The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1874-08-21
MAssAcRE 4 CHINA.
Ten Thousand, Nave Christians,
sIaIfrEtsfed.

Ten Thousand Nagse christians
Slaugtssfe"'
The French ipafS5dical, Missions
Catholieues. of the ssst of July, gives
| the first authentic apsA Adetailed narrative
of the recent massac OF roman Cath
olic native convert tsez emma.
The account, as syanslated Tor the
London Tablet, res that the massa-
ere broke out on tAg 5osh OF February,
when the " literate the prosecuting
party is called, opepe the campaign by
! beheadipg two meEsFl tne service OF
! Pere Doare, and a dtsastlan, whom they
then threw into tlsfSiver. The same
day thew burned th snree villages OF
| ,Trun-I,am. flo VIM tetsd Bau-Tach, and
massacreI the inhsE auts that were in
them. Those VIZ zee = IN escap
ing to the woGH ~ down
burned Give. ThssF.<ld 5l5sS5fin of
Justice was at the f1Trket of La-Nam
with 500 soldiers, but remained an in
active spectator of the massacre OF the
christians of Nam-Duong, only few
OF whom were able to escape.
THE LIrERATEs,
who were the heads of the militia APP
pointed to massacre the christians, say
that the work of determination carried
out under the eyes of the mandarins
was concerted between the court and
the litorates, and was done in reprisal
for recent events. The mandarins have
have just received orders from the
court not to employ any other means
save those of persuasion to stop the
murderers in their career. One of the
chiefs, who had just cansed two chris
tians to be murdered on the highroad,
went on the parade before the governor
of the citidal, by whom he was dis
missed with honor. On his return
twenty women and children fell under
the sword Of this man and his follow
ers. He had just come from offering
sacrifice to The goddess OF prostitution,
to whom famous temple, that stands
near the road, is dedicated.
MODE OF TORTURE AND DEATH.
In several localities they take an el-
tire family-father, mother and chill
dren-bind them together with banl-
boos and then fling the bundle of liv-
ing humanity into the waves. First,
however, they aia care to cut off the
mans head. Tho multitude of dead
bodies thus fastened together in groups
of from eight to ten block up the prin-
cipal river, but to the great surprise of
RverY body, does end forth any bad /
smell. There are then five parishes, /
containing 10000 christians, which have |
to be blotted out of the mission |
namely, Lang-Thankhuyen, Nam-Du- /
ong, Hoy-Yen and Doreg-Thank. Many /
ofssthe victims die In the midst of flames. /
A village of more than 400 christians /
was attacked by heliterates, and soon /
became a prey to The flames. Among /
these 400 chritians there were 100, /
more or less, who succeeded IN saving I
themselves by taking refuge in large |
village near by. Tl* remainder, about I
SOC. we're nearly a aaassaered. Two I
-4A--z--.7 sa.s.ss 81.
tsF;i ttssF3;ir,l ,sryVe1,V sep1red a byf
the pagans. The mayor visited each |
house, numbered fe christians, and /
forbade them, uB threat of most /
severe punishment 20 go out of doors. |
4 few of the Christian women attempted |
to go to market TO keep themselves |
from starving. they never returned. |
Some pagan women who went with |
them say that the christian women were
captured and beheaded. Two men |
from one of these same villages haz- |
arded a flight durng the night. They |
passed the great river by swimming, |
and came to me 10 tell their misfor-
k5unes.
"Alas," writes lrchbishop Gauthier,
from whose letters this information is
chiefly derived, 81 could do nothing
but weep for them being unable to do
anything to succm them. Two or
three days Afterwards learned that all
the men in that village had had their
heads cut off, but the women and chill
dren were spared. And, as their houses
were interminglel with those OF the
pagans, it was forbidden to burn them