, 1870-08-19
The 'TIentsl NIn.sncre.


sstecially OF ChnghoH, tho Govoznor OF
1ieiatAin, sl.uu1txyously attacked the French
consulate, tie C.aolic Church Mission. sud
Tho Hospital Of ae St-tera OF Mercy. II was
st o'clock thai le assault commenced. The
saIf'ch Consul ydohs. Fontanier, seeing him
. ~ nenaced. aud his windows broEen b.
IL staa lsft th. Consulate IN uniform, aud sn--
,Iar -" on beins accompanied by pottg aiaa-
inr,a.,? Who ws5 looking on at the mob without
IA tL tLcas) 10 tho Tameu Of Chungnou,
u,ataNesl,e mere he denaAnded protection for thn Con.
in@s frr' reIkons who were resident, and for
fseH. lie also asked Chungho1 10 t,1otsct tho
;'ieters Of Mercy, And their hospital, Az he
had BY that time heard they were in danger.
Clunghow told him tlst ho could net protect
n's 6 the persons whom lie had named. Re-
,uo,istranees took place, and ~ the French
Ccl,kul had revolver III Lis hAAl, that hs
lad brought to defend himself. Chunghow got
frightened, analeft tue room Tbs French Cou-
10 another Mandarin, and liz was answered
,l!at nothing could be done to help him. Soma
alteration took place, when 0ne OF the
soldicra 1T the iamen. stabbed tue French
Consul in tho thigh with spoar and in that
wounded stato, with the blood having redden-
Cd the whole side Of his white
ii,o door Of tie Ysmen, anl, holding up ~
the Trench flag, asked leave to pass. The
soldiers ard mob seemed awed for a moment,
hut it was for mumcnt only. They fell
upon the unfortunate Con4nI. pierced him
With tpears and swords, and, after tnutilas,ng
Inn, threw his corpse into the river 1t has
t'eei' said that tie c1neul fired NJ Cluughow.
Or as one of the slan1ar,ns. and that
he killed servant Of the Yamea !;
hut. fortunately for the uause Of
l.utl,. Ftcrchtuau nam.d Cour.eaix
was in the Yamen, In. tho next room {;7aprs
i,c, too. had lied fur protection], anil he de-
rfsfed that, up 10 the last, there WAS no shot
Tired. and that he sAa the first wound iulslc.cd
courlra1 ALSO witnessed tho Consul
lamen door, md also saw The frat
u the brutal murder OF IL. Funtanier,
Meanwhile, tho mob, after allowing tLe
French CoNenl to go towards the iameu,
immediately broke open tho consulate, and
cruelty murdered Monsieur and Madame
1honassin, and the Abba Chevrier aud au-
other Catholic priest II. Tuom assiu WAS an
a;sacho to tho Freneh Legation 1t peking,
ana had only arrived tho day previous froasn
Flsnce, with his newly-mxrsiod aud beau
tiful young bride; 1t is reported
that. in tho terrible momen. Of i'm
l~11ding death, N. r1omaasia killed several
chinese, in order to defend himself and bis
W1tn; 1ho moi, led On BY soldiers, then net
tirc 70 the consulate aud Tho church Of tho
Catholic Misa.on aud burnt ali other inmates
who could not escape.
simultaneously witt, the assault on thc
French Consulate, the meb aud soldiezy
tusfo9Ided tho hospital Of tho
french Sisters Of Charity. H.y-
tiuv entered the gates, aud dragged ali tie
Sisters Of Charity out into tho street. There
they stripped tllen1 naked, exposed them to
tho public gaze, plucked out Their eye1, cut
~ their a breasts, npued them open, dragged
"nt she'r hearts, and delibcratelt cut then to
ritces. and divided por!ious Of their tissh
amongst the infurlated mob. No Eurouasn
witnessed these outrsges on humau-
presence Of each other. r,.an,l
through. the terrible ordeal, and peris1cd
"itloui hope Of release, aud without anr sup
port. in that extreme hour OF misery and ,p.-
ucns, save their confidence in smo,citul God;
whose behests they hxd endeavored TO fulfil
amongst barbatous people, a. the pcr,l 0f
their lives. Chineee spectators OF tho bloody
accnt relate other horrors parretsate,I on
lhese innocent 1Adies, tha. cannot b. msn.
toned. Tie lady Supe1ioress OF the hospital,
y u related. wss cut III twain wh,ls vel aIiye,
God Alone, and the Sister-, know ali they en-
d1ted OF moral seouy and bodily su1erinys.
No suoner lad tho mob and the Boldiers
elnttod their thirst for human blood on tho
unfortunate Sisters, than they burned tic en-
tsre hospital. Nearly hunllel orphan child
fen, Mhn lad been received in tho orph.nsge
attached to the hospital. perished in tho
ti.ncs. The mutilatel members Of the dead
Sssse1s Wero thrown into the burning runs
and thus, together With lie little chlare1,
they were charltably nurtuting, was the holo-
ra,lst completed.
Such = tale OF horrors would sufl;ce. but
more still re1nlins to be told. Mr. Y. l'toto-
polsoH. Russian merchant, with his wife, to
whom l'e had only been married two days,
was net, IN the town Of Tientsin, by the
same lnluIlated mob aud .olliery, aud at
taeard with spears and ewozs.s Mr. rrotopo-
.cG fell almost Immediately, and was cruelty
mnrdertd: His wife, Nho was on i
spirited horse, fed for her life, hut
~eing tepulecd from the road, turned back
and attempted 10 leap an open sewer in tAo
town. She fell with her horee, but, extrica-
ting herself, hid for few minutes in tho
sew CT, until she was dragged out and killed by
the mol- The bodies Of these t~o ltus,ians
we1e thrown into the river, and sfterwanl, re-
c:,vered by their friends. TAsy. had boon
stripped naked, and had been subjected "a
most ba1barous usage.
French merchant, Monsieur Cl,aImaisou.
hearing tha. the Sisters OF Charity were leinE
altackld, ttleu 10 get near tue hospital to
defend them, but be WAS caught IN the street,
and lacked 10 pieccs. His wife, On hca1ins
of her husbands death, fed to the house Of ;
ustiye Christian and remained thc1p till night.
when, disguised in . Chinese dress, she Tsn-
1ured TO the house, thinking to see the boly
81 her dead husband. After a fruitless search,
sle endcasorcd to got back to tho Chinese
house, but &being discovered By SONS OF
Glnpgho"4 trained troors uhe Chunghow
hiilesl. Was killed by them in tue strec,.
~. Frazer, X n, tho resident surgeon 1T
Iientelp, was attacked BY The mob willie re-.
sashirg from visit to 4 sick patient III the
Town: ana only escaped serious ill-treatment
[ky N<tiDF mHnhfnA NM A.aa ~.
Ltm through tho crowd.
Abcut nifty Cantonese men, who Nrsc sus-
Tecsed OF hcirg on Intimate terms with Eu-
tcleaus, were murdered during the excite-
uent and. even toward tie enl OF the dsv,
:. rue misereants weEe rtowling about the for
ciEn settleMcat- One II them IVES izken
With loaded pistol, and LIE confessed that he
had ren sent TO Kill SONIC Of the Euraposns
IN the Customs servica
There MAS 10 available force at Tientsin
Tor tho defence Of British property or hfe.
Lhtpshow bad been requested, four con.
fseutise days previously, ty the British
svc1t Tho outbreak o. afford projection md
re never even vouchsated an answer to
;hGec important ot1icia1 rcauisitjona. m,i1e
70 him ~ the chief authority Of Tientsiu.
Cron ChunEhow doubtless rests tbs re-
sTonsiti!it5 and blame Of the whole Of this
mntderoua 'nsur9eesiou, and Il 10 to bc hoped
him fcr hir conaivsucu Al the slaughter Of eo
'aany Innocent persons. There arc some
ito their Own slame) who. in this bme
IT sad grief, Geek to e1culp2le Chuuchow
from blame: but the fact Nill alHays re.usin.
lbat4this Chinese official, Of hish rand ani
.Hsolute poEer,, With regiment Of aisci-
.,f.ncd imperial troops, armed With Entield
Eifier, under his immediate command, aud Dos
rcsacd Of mosns uf keeping oracr in the ,oxn
where he Ind been the undisruted master foT
1ine years and with full knowledge nress-
Cd on tim officially, both from the French
and English Consuls, willie there vas eyeSy
ssme 70 prevent tho conspiracy against Eu-
tins m4n turned deaf oas to warning ma
appeals Tor protection, mud SLOWED the French
Consnl to be butehered 1t the door of the
Government ianen, without uttarius i word
or making gesture to forbid thr murder.
md, at the same time, refused to send
Sisters Of Mercy, no. far from the ysmen: M
and remained passive. and hidden in his
chamber, willie innocent ladies were being 4o-.
tnred and murdered within reach o{ HI,
Upon Chunehow il tLe whole
burden Of the massacre At Iieutrin: AMI. for
the sake Of example, bis Lie ought 10 be Tor
feited, in part exriation Of the wicked assasai-
naticns committed within bis iuriss,ict;nn.
The t1agedy that has taken place, be
rcuat nbcled, was not In Al interior toxn
where question Of right Of residence might bs
raised; nor did It occur in place where the
were powcsiess 10 suppress popu-
lar revolt, This hortfd massacre waa petpe-
tfsted in . treaty pon,-At tho very poTt
xhero tho last treaty wss tigned,- where the
full righ, of Tho FrsEch ladies and MISSION
.1ies 10 reside, and perform their works
OF CHARITY, had been expressly secured to
them by treaty, 1t the close Of the war.
I his tatne Chunghow bad. daring the past