The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1870-09-02
Chinese Atrocities.

Chinese Atrocities.
A special correspondent gives de-
tails of the atrocious Chinese massa-
ere of French and Russian residents
at Tien Tsin China. Itappears that
the responsibility of the horrible
butchery rests entirely upon the Chi
nese authorities. and that the mob
were not only melted by the Chinese
Governor of the province, but were
frequently urged to commit the
atrocities. Their ignorance and sup
erstition were worked upon by the
most remarkable means, and the OF
fetal publications taught them to
believe that the foreigners were IN
Tien Tsin for the purpose of kid
manning the women and children
with the design of killing them and
converting their bodies into drugs.
A mob held possession Of the
French settlement, maltreating all
foreigners who were abroad, for two
davs before any blood was shed. The
Governor not only did not restrain
or disperse it, but he even permitted
his soldiers to encourage and aid in
Il. 1t was not until the riot was.
three days old that the French Con-
sul was killed in the Governors Pa
lace. and then wholesale slaughter
began. The following are the only
names Of the victims that could be
obtained. A number of Americans
and Englishmen are missing and
can only be accounted for by the be-
lief that they suffered the same fate
as the Others, and their bodies float
ed away in the river. Henri Fanta-
uier. Consul of France; NJ. Simon,
Secretary to Consul; N. Thamosseir
and wife: Pere Cherrier, a Catholic
priest; Mr.. Protopopef, a Russian
officer, and wife; Mr.. Bascof, sister
Louisa. Louisa French, Mary, Vic
toria, Theresa, Josephine, Vincento,
Orelia. Ouzencie and Catherine,
nuns, and Madame Chalmaison, in
all twenty.
The Rev. Mr.. Stanley and family
Of Cincinnati, Ohio, occupied one of
the missions, but as he CHANGED to
be absent at the time, Mrs. Stanley
and Miss Thompson found refuge on
board the steamship Manchu, and
thus doubtless escaped a terrible
fate. If is asserted that over 200
Chinese proselytes Of the priests
were massacred by the mob. 1t is
charged that Changhow, the Manda
rim or Governor of the province,
stood BY and witnessed the massa-
ere without attempting to prevent it
and also that J. a. I. Meadows,
American Consul at rien Tsin, was
in company with Changhow all the
time, and did nothing to prevent the
terrible outrage, although he is an
officer of the Chinese government,
and had enough power and influence
to prevent it.
The Emperor of China has ap-
pointed Chunghow a special Minis
ter TO Paris, to salty the French
Emperor in reference to this outrage
and has appointed Mr., Meadows as
Secretary and interpreter to accom-
uany Chunghow. This the Shang
hal papers denounce as a gross in
suit, and calls on the French and
Russian Governments to resent it,
and the outrages to which the fe-
males were subjected to before they
were murdered are too sickening to
relate. Every cruelty, says the cor
respondent, which it was possible
for the most savage and barbarous
to conceive of was perpetrated upon
these defenseless Christian ladies.
A native Christian priest, who at
tempted to guard the door, was
seized and torn limb from limb.
Nine Sisters were collected in a
large school room beaten with sticks
and their clothes torn from their bo-
dies and placed on their head and
cut in the most savage manner and
outraged, while yet alive they were
ranged side by side along the room,
their cheeks gashed, lips and nose
cut ewes scooped from their heads,
their breasts cut of and their abdo-
mems ripped open with large clea-
vers. Their limbs we're cut and
broken and in ten minutes naught
remained but their disfiurged bodies.
When there was no more to do fire
was applied and the building burn
ed. Sixty or seventy children who
had sought refuge from the mob In
the cellar, were burned to a cruel
death. The French cathedral, consul
late. hospital and the buildings of
all foreigners, were sacked and burn
ed. The Shanghai News Letter, the
only American journal in Shanghai,
saws ]. A. T. Meadows, American
consul, was the only one who seem
ed to view the whole affair with un-
concern. He was evidently under
the protection of his friend and en-
ployer, Chung, for he did not turn
out with the volunteers, and rather
sneered at their endeayors to protect
their lives and property. This fel-
low Meadows is an Englishman, and
Is Consul for theUnited States, Hol-
land and Denmark, but without pay
from either, but he holds the posi-
ton of Superintendent Of the Chung
Howe Arsenel. Forei gn ministers
and delegations are much exercised
over the fact that be has been dele
GATED to accompany ChunghoW to
Paris, but the Emperor will not al
low any Of them to leave Pellin for
the Interior at present. They com
plain that they are shut up as pris-
oners, but the Emperor says that 1t
is merely precautionary until the ex-
citement is over.
The Eduertiser makes severe attack upon