The New York herald., 1870-09-05

Prom the North China Daily News July Is.]
News OF s.artling nature has reached US from
there has been great excitement among the
Chinese against foreigners at that place. lr was
burnt and the foreiEncrs exterminated. To a Ger.
tain extent this is sadly verified. BY special
couref via faku overtaklng the steamer Dragon,
which les TlnntSin ON the afternoon of the 2Ist
ssant, the news was conveyed that the Frencn Ool-
suate and French Cathedral were In names, and
that the French Consul Sisters of Mercy and several
0tner Frenchmcn had been murdered. Her Ma
jesty's gunDoat Opossun was lying at Chefoo when
this news arrived, and started at once ION the night
OF the 23d instanl) for TlentSn Her MaJesty's ves
sci Dwarf leaves Shang this afternoon Tor Tient-
Sin, In consequences OF thus news. and the French
the meantime the Asptc and Scorpion remain In
port and her Myesty's vessel Zebra, at NagasakL
has been requested to come over.
ASSASSINATION NOTICES.
The following notice has been posted about
PUBLIC NOTICE.
Issued from the Yamen OF the Chinkeang Taotai,
June Is, 1870.
Whereas Of late, whenever young children have
pea 5y a. PLACES along h a
always transpired, through the depositions
taken from time to time by the local au-
th0rlties, that tho culprlts had taken passages IN
steamers and cOnveyei the children to Shanghae,
where they sold lor the purpose OF having Jeir
eyes sc0Opcd out anu their private parts cut OF TO
be used In the preparation OF mysterious drugs;
fact olas, how lamentabie; and whereas 1t Is pre-.
sumed that the captains and Chinese stewards, VINO
traverse The rivers and coasts on board the steam
ers, are not wanting IN bencvoencc and recutude,
special appeal IS hereby made to them 10 be careful
In noting whether they nave any passenge travelling
wittout his family, but having in his charge any
young boys or girls, and, II he cannot give good
account OF himself, while MS appearance Is clearly
suspicious, to watch him. ana lay private inforIna-
tion at the Custom House OH arrival in port. The
customs oficias Will tlereupon seize the individual
and forward him TO the Iaotal for trial and punish
mcnt
The merit Of such an action will be great indeed.
respectful notice.
Proclamation issued by Wang, Chih Hsien OF
Tantu In the Prefecture Of Chinkeang:-
DATED JUNE 8, 1870.
Whereas It has been discovered by me that num-
ber Of vicious characters are going about In all drec
tiOns kidnapping chi dren and young women by
stupefyng them either tnrough the medium of taste
vap0r conveyed IN tooacco they give them
to smoke. thereby rendering them more easy sub
ects for abduction, the result OF which is that they
are cruely murdered for the sake OF procuring, in
the case OF males their eyebas, livcrs and testes
and In that Of the females their breasts and prtvy
parts, wlch are cut out to he made up, 1t Is pre-
sumed, into some strange drug.
And as this Is a matter for deep coinnseration,
the Chlh Hsien has taken secret ana vigilant
measures for their apprehension, and 1t is is duty
to issue this pressing notice, calling upon all classes
not to allow their wives and children 10 run the risk
or being kidnapped by going out at VIII; aud any
one who can procure the convection OF one oi these
kidnappers SHALL without fail, receive reward OF
500. Let all obey with trembling. necessary
notice.
What the Chinese Ambassadors i'm Europe Say.
10 THE EDITOR OF THE LONDON AyD CHINA
TELEGRAPH:
PENDING the receipt OF a more detailed account Of
the Tleutsn massacre than that given by telegraph,
IL would be premature TO express any opinion upon
It's immediate or remote cause The question, how
ever, "a TO how France will act the matter is one
oi grave importance for II adequate satisfaction be
not exacted and the mandari.s be not made to feel
tnat such outrages win most certainly mv1ve them
selves In disgrace and run there VIII he eafter be
put sisnt security for tue lives and property OF
foreign residents at tue smaller treaty pors.
One oI the kilograms states that the missionaries
We're accused OF numbering children ami scooping
OUT tneir eyes, and similar accusalons you may re-
memDer, preceded tue Yangchow outrage in 1868.
NOW, II ~ o wel-known fact tnat these cauIapious
ialsehoods are disseminated In CANA by medns OF
innalnnatory placards, which are posted up at the
gates OF cities other places OF pubic resort and
seeing the lamentable events which nave too o.ten
1oHowed their puhcatton 1t Is TO De hoped that the
representative OF France will now insist the pro-
mulgation in the Pekin Gdzette, Of ian Imperial
degree making IL obligatory On ali local authorities
duty be neglected, 70 cause such placards whenever