The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-08-11
Masaacre In China.
ITEM THOUSAND NATIVE CHRISTIANS sLAGGh
rERED-BLooDY SCENES AND HEROIC SUI
FIRING,

| Massacre In C1ina.
ITEM THOUSAND NATIVE CHRISTIANS sLACGH
resEp-BLooDY SCENES AND HEROIC SUP
| FBRISG.
The French periodical, Missions Catho
kques, of the last Of July, gives the frst au
tbentic and detailed narrative OF the recen
massacre of Roman Catholic native convert:
| in China.
The account, as translated for the Londor
| Tablet, relates that the massacre broke ou
on the 25th of February, when the ute
rates." as the prosecuting party Is called
opened the campaign by behcading TWO mer
| in the service OF Pere Doare and Christian
| whom they then threw into the river.
The same day they burned lie tnrc1 vii
lares of Trux-I,am, FlO.Vini;, aIi Bait-Tac0
| and mastered the inhaDiiant5 that we're II
them. Those who succeeded III escaping &c
tbe woods were hunted do~n with hounds
brought back aud killed on The following
day, The river was covered over With 30.
dies floating down il from tic side OF Earcg.
At that time the n,urdcrcrs5 were mas
sacreng the Christians OF the :,ariSt, Of nol-
ven. and were burning their villages. Those
who took refuge in the cliits Of the ,:c.gh-
borhood were hunted down and buraad
alive, The Grand Mandarin OF jGs.ico Fas
at the market of Sa-Nafa With 800 soldiers,
but remained IN inactive spectator Of the
massacre of the Christians OF Ham Duolg,
only few Of whom were able to escape.
TIE hTEEaTEs, ... ..
who were the heads Of the militia appointed
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 literates, and was done in re-
priSal for recent events. The mandarlns
have just received orders from the court not
to employ any other means sage those OF per-
suasion to stoD the lnurderers IN their ca
reer. One of the chiefs, who had Just caused
two Christians to be murdered on the high
road, went on the parade before the govern
or of the citadel, by whom ne WAS dismissed
with honor. On his return twenty women
or children fell under the sword Of this man
and bis followers. lie had iuss come from
Offering sacrifice TO tho Goddess OF t'rostitu-
ton, to whom famous tempe that stands
near the road is dedca-cd.
MODE OF TORTURE AS0 DEATH.
In several localities they t.6o IN entire
famlv-father, mother, AMI ch!.dTen-Sind
them together with bamboos, and then ding
the bundle of living humanity into the
waves. First, however, they take care to
cut off the mans head. The multitude Of
dead bodies thus fastened t getlIer IN groups
of from eight TO ten block up the principal
river, but TO the great surprise OF everybody
does not send forth auy bud smell. There
are then five parishes, containing 10000
Christians, which have to be blotted out OF
the mission-nlmey, Lang-Thank Huyen,
Nam-Duong, Hoy-Ien, and Doreg-Thank.
Many OF the victims died II TIC mii5t OF
flames.
A village Of more than 100 Christians vas
attacked by the literatcS, and soon si9s:asce a
prey to the flames. Among these 4UU Chris
tans there were 120, more or less, who sue
ceeded in Swing themselves by taking re-
fuge in large village near by. The remain
der, about 500, We're nearly all mastered.
TWO small villages Of Christians, situated
two hours walk from the place at which |
then was, were hemmed in by the pagans.
The Mayor visited each house, numbered
the Christians, and forbade them, under
threat of most severe punishment, to go out
Of doors.
A few of the Christian women attempted
to 60 to tue 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 haz4rded flight during the
night. They passed the great river by
swimming, and came to me to tell their mis-
fortunes.
"Alas," writes Archbishop Gauthier,
from whose letter this information is chiefly
derived, Il could do nothing but weep for
them, being unable to do anything to succor
them!" Two or three days afterwards ]
learned that all the men in that village had
bad their heads cut of, but the women and
children were spared. And, as their houses
were intermingled with those of the pagans.
it was forbidden to burn them down..