New-York tribune., 1870-08-22
THE CHINESE MASSACRE.
TWENTY EUROPEANS KILLED AND BARBAH4
OUSLY NUTILATED.

DERED-fRENCH CATHEDRAL CONSULATE
AND HOSPITAL SACKED AND BURSED-RUs-
SIAN AND ENGLISH SUBJECTS SLAUGHTERED
AMERICANS AND ENGLIsHMgN MISSING
AMERICAN MISSIONARIES DRIVEN OUT.
FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT
TIFN-TsIN China, June 23.-TwO days ago crowd
of Chinese led on and encouraged by official man
darins aud priests made attack the foreigners
in the native city, killing 13 women and men
beside about 90 native Christians and "a children
For more than year the Buddhist priests. and
many of the mandarins, have been busy exciting
revolt. and forming forces with which 10 drive tho
foreign devils0 las they kindly call usD from China.
In January last fierce attack was made ON the
French and English missions at Hangkow, on tho
Yangtze River, and number Of the former were
outrageously treated their houses burned. and ono
clergyman killed. The French Minister at oncp
ordered the Admiral to his aid and with several gun
boats steamed ND the river. where he demanded ~
the "Foutaip (GOyemOrD reparation and punishme'
of all persons engaged in the dsgracefui and mn
man violence. The FOutai" tried to procrastlnai
and attempted Chinese diplomacy" but
Frenchnan was in no mood to be trih
with, and was peremptOry. His deman'
were complied with, churches and missions were
built actual indemnifcation made, and several
the known participants in the affair were beheade.
For time everything remained quiet but educated
would kill every foreigner in China. In order -
accomplish this end, it is now known that from
Marking to Tien-Tsin concerted plan Of action was
agreed upon under the plea that foreigners were IN
| China for the purpose of kidnapping young boys
| and pirlsr killing them, digging out their eyes
mutilatinR their persons, stewing portions OF thou
bodies in huge cauldron, and packing IN TIN cans
after which, they shipped them 10 Europe and
America for medicinal purposes, the prepTauoi
being sure panacea for battling diseases. ms "a'
the story these leaders set aiOat IN order 10 eAclsl
the superstitous fears of the farmers, Coolies ahd
boatmen and make their hearts brave for an attack
on foreigners. OF course such Infamous repof'"
were known by the officials TO be base lies. but wiCh
common interest and animus, they repeated ths
tales. and on the same day-June 6-the several
"Foutais' of all the northern provinces caused 70
be posted official notices taking cognzance OF th'
rmors and giving official color and sanction thereto
In every village. hamlet, fshn station, and city
did these notices appear walls and temples, ana
the following, from The North China Ne'e' al Hhis'
hal. was circulated all over the province:
BY wsne chiS Heu Of Tau,u Presc'sr
Of Chnkeang 80,
Wbere1s IT has been discovered by me that number
OF vicious characters are going about IN an HIeos
ndnapphg ehlGIen % a ossd,nT5 of taste m somctii-
thew give them 10 eat, OF vapor conveyed ~ lopa
|
eas suects for abduction, the result OF which i th
they are cruelty murdered for the sake OF procuring
in that of females their breasts and privy parts which
are cut out to be made up, it Is presumed INTO SOM
And as this is matter for deep COMMUNICATION, T.
Chill Hsien has taken secret ana Vig' d to ise tb
tber Wives and children to run the risk Of being Kid
napped by going out at wil and any one who can pro
cure the conviction OF one OF these KihaPirs P van
without fail, receive reward OF slOO Let al oDey "i'n
trembling. A necessary notice.
The consequence of this official notice was 70
cause great alarm among the lower classes, and to
intensity their bitter hatred of Europeans. Old wo
men related the horrible tales; mothers clasped
their infants closer to their breasts little children
ran screaming, from the approach OF white men
and each day the reports were magniiied, and the
torpid blood of the Orentals aroused to ercer heat
The French more especially abhorred on ac-
count of their prompt resentment of the first attack
Besides several hundreds of French priests profess
ing the Catholic faith, are scattered throughout
China, speaking the language huently, dressing in
native costume and contenting themselves with the
humblest fare BY their zeal they have made many
converts to Christianity. At Marking, Shanghai.
| HangkOw and Ten-Tsn, have been established, by
the charity of the French nation, large mission
schools and hospitals for the nurture, education and
civilization of orphan children. Thousands of these
! children have been reclaimed from the lowest
haunts of the Chinese, and, under the tutelage Of
the pous Sisters of Mercy" by whom the missions
are managed, instructed in the tenets of Chris
tanity. taught to read and write and fitted TO teach
their benghted countrymen the true faith ane an
advanced civilization. The missions are in charge
of Lady Superior and assistants and at Tien-Isin
had been established eight years and had done an
amount of good second to none in China On the
fatal 2st of June the blow fell here, and in many
other places was attempted, but, fortunately.
| ayerted.
THE SCENE OF THE MASSACRE.
Your correspondent was on his return from visit
to Pekin, where he had been the guest Of the Hln-
Mr.. Low, our Minister to China, and where he wa
informed that trouble would occur days before
did. 1t was, however. esteemed an idle tale. Tier
Tsin is situated on the Peiho River and at the hef
of navigation, the depot for Pelin--which is %
miles northeast and 10 miles from the sea. he
mouth of the river is protected by two large fos.
rendered almost impregnabe by their naturaho-
sition They are furnished with large numbs q
improved guns among which are % DahlgTens oithe
largest caliber 1t at this point the Engllsland
French were SO severely beaten in 1858 by Chinese
forces. - -
On Sunday June 10, the mutterings Of troIb'
heard for weeks previously, assumed hostile shape
by the assembling of large crowd Of natives md
the walls of the native city, about two miles nlr
of the foreign settlement and in the immediate
cinity of the French settlement l. e.. the Consul
Cathedral Mission, and Hospital lin all China
! Observable that the French almost invariably fou
settlements apart from other rnationalites and
the native cities as possbe. All that day the
! INDUCED in fierce screams and howls, beatins u
| tom-toms and gungs, and assaults of servants Of
ropeans and such native Christians as appeared
! the streets, such unfortunates being thrashed y
! long bamboo rods, applied by the leading" Draw
! who were applauded and encouraged by seu ;