Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-10-15

u, IA Which me HAtHt.
b the character De tbs
Gre e Tien-tain, goes on =
aThe G0varnor-G melm IS
province Of Chill, Tseagk
Fan, whose seat Of Govefnme
ID PaOu-ling-foo, about 50 m'Ias
Wast Of Tien-tsin, vas oEd y
repair to Tien-tsin 10 imFeas
The affair. This Official delayed
his arrival at the seat Of fhe e
for two weeks. When be arrived
there he proceeded with alarfe
concourse Of Oh aIals 10 the oame
terry in which he dead from
the hospital Of the Sisters
Of Mercy we're buried, and
which had also been used BY The
French generally. The graves
had previously been deseeEa-
ted by the unofficial visitors
and the officers who accompa-
MED T~seng-Kwo-fan exhumed 8
number Of remains, for the puF-
pose, It is said, Of ascertaining
whether there were any bodies or
skeletons minus the eyes.
"Mr. Wade, Her Maesty's
Charge d'Affairs, deputed two as
sistants to proceed to Tien-tsln,
presumably to make inquiries.
These gentlemen exchanged civ
ilities with the local authorities,
and have made favorable report to
Mr.. Wade Of the tone Of the
Chinese authorities.
"As yet, however, no inquiry,
nor the sembIance Of an inquiry,
has been instituted. The guilty
parties and the essential witnesses
have had four clear weeks 10 do
whatever they pleased, but there
is no reason to believe that any Of
them have taken the trouble 10
escape or go into hiding.
The local Chinese authorities
have, however, been diligently pre-
pairing for the expected investiga-
ton. Large numbers Of native
Christians have been imprisoned
by them and daily and hourly put
TO the torture, partly to crafty the
passions of the Chinese officers and
sIiterGti, and partly to induce them
to confess to the crime Of kidnap-
ping. The ostensible cause Of the
massacre ofthe Sisters was the ale
CATION against them Of taking out
Of children's eyes and other parts
and compouhding medicines from
them. Whether there really be
one of the class called literary
who believes such fables / cannot
say. 1t would be rash to set
bounds to the credulity Of people
who take 80 much pains as the
literary class in China to exclude
the light of knowledge. Ills prob
able, however, that none Of them
believe the above story, though It
is in evidence that they do all they
can to spread the belief among the
ignorant populace. In the present
juncture it is Of the highest inn
portance, in their estimation, to
obtain some evidence Of kidnap-
ping at the instance of the muir
dered ladies', and torture offers the
readiest means Of providing such
evidence.
Some Of the poor native Chris
!, tians have at last been released at
the instance of the French Minis
ter, and their condition is said to
be too horrible almost for descrip-
tion-eyelids cut of, nails pulled
out, ears mutilated and rotten,
knees dislocated-yet as far as is
known they have been all con-
! slant, though a simple confession
I of kidnapping would at once have
released them from their cruel suf-
fering.
"There is a we'll known, anti
, foreign element among the official
and expectant class in all parts Of
China. The affair of Tien-tsin
has been a source of rejoicing to
this class at all the treaty ports,
and an uneasy feeling is prevalent
$ everywhere. The action which
e may be taken by the foreign pow
I ers at this crisis Is q subject Of the
: greatest interest to all, as on It
: will probably depend the behavior
of the anti foreign party and the
chances of further massacres.-
b There are those in well-informed
and unfanatical circles who see
d in the various outrages on foreign
s ers committed under the auspices
o of the authorities this has been
proved in all cases, no less than
that of Tien tsin a series OF ex-
i periments made by the Govern
y ment to test how far they could
safely go in their design Of
g expelling foreigners from the
country; how far, that is, they
d might trust to European Govern
ment keeping the peaceful prom
Uses male to the Chinese ENJOYS,
2 and leaving China in all cases to
settle her own difficulties in her
t. own way"
The negroes in Holmes county,
J. Mississippi, puiEed up with the ad-
= vice Of the loyal league leaders
Idl hava held meatinOa and resolved