The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-09-07
4irlrmun1 lispateh.
WEDNEsDAY.....sE 7, 1870.
THE CIRCULATION OF THE DIsPATCH
Is LARGER THAN TIE COMBINED CIR
CULATIOs OF ALL THE OTHER DAILY
NEWSPAPERS OF THE CITY.
of Christians at Tient.sin.

| among. the Chinese against foreigners at
| that place. It was openly said that the
French cathedral would be burnt and the
foreigners eXterminated. To certain eX-
tent this is sadly verified. BY a special cou-
| rier Utd Taku oveHaking the steamer Dra-
gon, which left Tient-Sin on the afternoon
of the 2lst instant, the news was conveyed
| that the French consulate and French ca
thedral were in flames, and that the French
Consul, Sisters of Mercy, and several other
Frenchmen iwd been murdered. Her Ma
jesty's gunboat OposSum was lying at Che
| foo when this news arrived, and started at
| once ION the night Of the 23d instantly for
Tient-Sin. Her MajeSty's vessel Dwarf
leaves Shanghae this afternoon for Tient-
Sin in consequence of this news, and the
French gunboat Flamme will start to-mor-
row morning. In the mean time the Aspic
and Scorpion remain in port, and her Ma
jesty's vessel Zebra, at Naeasaki, has been
| requested to come over.
ASSASSINATION NOTICES.
The following notice has been posted
about: ..........
"Public notice, issued from the Yamen
| of the Chinkeang Taotal, June 15, 1870:
Whereas, OF late, whenever young chill
| dren have been kidnapped ut various
places along the river by means of stupefy-
| ing drugs, it has always transpired, through
the dispositions taken from time to time by
the local authorities, that the culprits had
| taken passages in steamers and conveyed
the children to Shanghae, where they were
| sold for the purpose Of having their eyes
scooped out and their private parts cut off
| to be used in the preparation of mysterious
drugs; fact, alas, how lamentable and
whereas it is presumed that the captains
and Chinese stewards, who traverse the
rivers and coasts on board the steamers, are
not wanting in benevolence and rectitude,
| q special appeal is hereby made to them to
be careful in noting whether they have
any passenger travelling without his family,
| bat having in his charge any young boys or
girls; and if he cannot give a good ac-
count of himself, while his appearance is
clearly suspicious, to watch him, and lay
private information at the custom-house on
arrival in port. The customs officials will
thereupon seize the individual and forward
him to the Taotal for trial and punishment.
| "The merit of such an action will be
great indeed. A respectful notice."
Proclamation issued by Wang, Chih Hsien
of Tantu, in the Prefecture Of Chinkeang,
dated June 6, 1870:
Whereas it has been discovered by me
that number Of vicious characters are
going about in all directions kidnapping
children and young women by stupefying
them, either through the medium of taste
in something they give them to eat, or of
vapor conveyed in tobacco they give them
to smoke, thereby rendering them more
easy subjects for abduction, the result OF
which is that they are cruelty murdered for
the sake Of procuring, in the case of males,
their eyeballs, livers, and testes and in
that of the females, their breasts and priyy
parts, which are cut out TO be made up, it
Is presumed, into some strange drug.
s'And as this is a matter for deep COM
mi>eration, the Chih Hsien has taken secret
and yigilant measures for their apprehen-
sion, and it is his duty to issue this pressing
notice, calling upon all classes not to allow
their wives and children to run the risk OF
being kidnapped by going out at will and
any one who can procure the convection OF
one Of. these kidnappers shall, without fail,
receive reward of 800. Let all obey with
trembling. A necessary notice."
WHAT THE CHINESE AMBASSADORS IN EUROPE
| SAY.
''To the Editor Of the London and China
Telegraph:
"Pending the receipt of q more detailed
account OF the Tient-sin massacre than that
given by telegraph, it would be premature
to express any opinion upon its immediate
or remote cause. The question, however,
as to how France will act in the matter is
one Of grave Importance; for Ii adequate
satisfaction be not eNacted, and the manda-
rims be not made to feel that such outraSes
viii most certainly involve themselves in
disgrace and ruin, there will hereafter be
but slight security for the lives and property
Of foreign residents at the smaller treaty
ports. ,.,
ton to the execution of the leaders of the
mob the French authorities will demand OF
the Chinese Government the rebuilding OF
the cathedral, consulate, and hospital, and
monetary compensation for the relatives OF
the deceased-a demand in which | trust
they will receive the moral support OF the
REPRESENTATIVES of the other treaty Powers
at the Court of Pekin. l am, sir, your
obedient servant.
"August 5, 1870"
| CHINESE EXPLANATION.
The members Of the Chinese Embassy at
present in Europe have addressed the fol.
lowing letter to the French Minister for
Foreigh Affairs:
"TwENTy-EIGHTH DAY OF THEl
tSIxTH Moon (July 20.
cit is with profound sentiment of grief
that we learned that the scenes of murder
and devastation which occurred at Tient'
sin through popular rising have been con.
firmed by telegram lately received from
Count de Rochechouart. We have, on the
other hand, been Semi-officially informed
that the Chinese Government has confded
to functionary of elevated rank and emil
nent capacity the care OF opening an in
auiry relative to these regretable events
We do not hesitate to affirm that this high
parsonage, whoever he may be, will use
the greatest diligence in acquittine
himself of his mission, regulating hi
action OH treaties and laws. This j
for us a reason to hope that the negotld
tions previously commenced between the
II Duke de Gramont and ourselves, with 8
view to arrange, as we have done with the
principal courts of Europe, the basis OF q
durable understanding on the principles o
international law, and which have been SC
unfortunately interrupted ut the moment
they were about to be completed, will be
resumed hereafter. Under existing circum
stances we propose to leave Paris for Spain
lto-morroW. We shall shortly return, and
in the mean time, ask permission to take
leave of your Excellency in renewing the
assurance Of our high esteem"
The ScaIDtnS EndIans-Massacre In
Texas-Rans0m Of q Mother and
Five Children-The Scalp Of Mur
dered Father Thrust IN the Faces
of his Children.
The special correspondent Of the Chicago
| pon,,bI;c1n writing from Fort Sill, lndiaI