The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1870-09-01
THE TIEN-TSIN MASSACRE.
From the Evening wisconsin

liSHeS tAtIdCtS AAOuI d private lcLLcI, VIII
ten by young lady well known at Rip
on, who has been employed as a teacher
for the past Gwo years by the American
Board at Pekin, who was on visit at
Tien- Tsin at the time of the massacre.
The letter gives reliable information,
which fully confirm the reports recently
published in the Wisconsin, and fully sus-
tains the views we expressed when COM.
menting upon the information then at
hand. We copy the following portions
of the letter, which are of general inter
est: G6tT TW tfHH g AEFHs3 8Ea
"The Chinese became greatly excited
and enraged at the Catholics, (French,)
who, most certainly, have acted very un
wisely.-TheY had large cathedral on,
the river bank, near the French Consulate,
and convent in another part of the city,
where were ten Sisters OF Charity, hav-
ing a great number of children in their
charge. They paid money for the children,
and, of course, many of the lower class
would steal and take them to the convent.
The sisters took in all that came, having
a place with box, in which persons out
side might put them, and fixed 40 as to
turn round, 80 that those who brought
them need not be seen. Those who did
bring them, stole Unemployed them mp
from the streets, Or anywhere they could
find them. Coming from every filthy
place imaginable, and so many collected
together, it is not strange that great nrm-
bers of them died, when rumors began to
spread among the Chinese that the Cath
|olics killed them, and took out their eyes
and hearts-even digging up some in the
cemetery to see if they had done 30. Of
course the Chinese believed that the
children had been killed, and when the
people (Chinese who belonged to the
Catholics were asked if it ware so, they
too believed it., Of courseit was not so !;
but it was unwise to pay money for chill
dre1. ~ baa
Some one from the Catholics lad told
the Chinese that there was one person
among them who was the principal cause
of the trouble (of the doings of the Catho-
lies, mean,) and If they could get him
| it would all be ended-or something to
that effect The chief mandarin went to
the French consul, and demanded the
person; but he would not give HIM Cup,
and most unfortunately, losing his tenn
per, fired at the nandarin's feet-not in
juring him, but killing some other per.
son. ,st.
/ Nothing more was wanted to lead the
already exasperated mob to give vent to
their rage in the most horrible manner.
The French consul was Immediately kill
ed, as was also his secretary and the sec
rotary to the French minister at PekiD,
aud his wife. The latter couple had been
married only three months, and had Just
come from France-were on their way to
Pekin, having reached Tien. Tsin Mon
lday morning, and were stopping with
their consul until they should leave for
Their destination. All of the sisters of
charity were killed also, by mistake.
three Russians, for which the Chinese
are very sorry. They intended to kill
only the French, and did not intend to
leave one of them living,
1t seems there has been a man, it is
thought mandarin or official parsonage.
who has been around in different parts
of the country, at some place on the
Tangtse, and at Tien-Tsin, who was
/ thought to have stirred the people up to
evil deeds He has disappeared from
Tien-Tsin now. am not certain wheth-
er he has been to Ningpo or Chinkiang.
There have been some disturbances at
the latter place, and it is rumored also
at Hong-Kow and Marking I; although
no lives nave been lost except at Tien-
Tsin.
| There were killed of the foreigners in
all twenty-five, ono of whom was French
priest. Several Chinese were also killed.
The smaller mandarins seemed to favor
the actions of the mob"
/ This report, coming as it does from an
eye witness, fully duplicates mandarins
in encouraging the mob-fully duplicates
the sisters in the charge of practicing q
i system which led directly to the kidnap-
j ping of children. 1t shows conclusively
i that the French consul was responsible
for bringing matters to a crisis, and in
directly, by refusing to deliver the per
son called for to be publicly tried, and,
j if guilty, punished, for producing the
i disturbance. On the other hand, there is
4 sufficient testimony to show that VIC were
Justified in taking the ground which we
did, that the Chinese government should
be held to the most rigid accountability
in this matter, and be compelled to give
sufficient guarantees that no such brutal
attacks will be permitted to take place
in the future The fact that the cores
i pondent makes no mention whatever that
the Americans, or in fact anG of the Prot
Iestent missionaries were disturbed is con-
elusive evidence that the report of the
Hong Kong press was gross misrepre-
Isentatiop, published for the purpose of
arousing all christian nations to such a
degree as to involve them in innumera-
IIble difficulties, by ordering general at
tack, instead of leaving the matter as it
should be, subject to the action of our