The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1874-06-30
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THE MASSACRE In CHINA,
The Recent Dreadful Elaughter
af Chinese Ghristiaus-s10 Thou
sand Victims Sacrificed,

the Regent Dre0ufnt 610Uknter
Af Chinese Christia us-s10 YhOuS
sand Victims Sacrificed.
The French periodical, Missions
Catholiques, gives us The tirst AUTHENTIC
and detailed nsrrati3e of the recent
massacre Of Roman Catholic native
converts in China. The, account, ,ass
translated for the London Tablet, re.
lates that the massacre bioke ou. on
the 25th Of February, when the sitter
ates," as the prosecuting party is called,
opened the campaign by beheading two
men in the service of Pere Doare and a.
Christian whom they then threw into
the river. The same day they burned
THE three villages of Trun.Lam, MID.
3si> Rz pc| md leaeocfsI1 ne
inhabitants that were ID Them h0BB
who succeeded in escaping to the woods
were hunted down with hounds, brought
back and killed on the following day
The river was covered over with bodies
floating down from the side of Larcgs
At that time the murderers were Hassa-
creing the Christians of the parish ofsl
Holven,and were burning their villages.
Those who took refuge in the cliffs Of
the neighborhood we're hunted, down
and burned alive. The Grand Manda.
rim of Justice was at the Market of Sa.
Nam with eight hundred soldiers, brt
remained an inactive spectator Of the
massacre of the Christians of Nam.
Duong, only few Of whom were able
to escape. s7aE* The literateA,
who were the heads of the militia ap.
pointed to massacre the Christians, say
that the work OF extermination carried
out under the eyes Of the Manda,ins
was concerted between the Court and
the literates, and was done in reprisal 4
for recent events. The Mandarins have
just received orders from the Court net
to employ any other means save those
of persuasion to stop the murderers in
their career. One of the chiefs who
had just caused two Christians to be
murdered on the high road went on the
parade before the Governor of the cit
adel, by whom he was dismissed with
honor. On his return twenty woman
or children fell under the sword of this
man and his followers. He, had juet.,
come from offering sacrifice to the
Goddess of Prostitution, to whom q fa-
nous temple that stands near the road
lis dedicated. -
In several localities they take an en-.
lire fsmily-father, mother and 9ebil-
dren-biad them together With h&rn.
boos, and then fling the bundle of iy-r
ling humanity into the waves. First.
however, they take care to cut off the
mans head. The 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
IeYery body does not send forth any bad
lsmcll There are then five parishes,
containing nearly 10000 Christians,
which have to be blotted ont of the
mission--namaly, Lang Thank Huyen,
Nam Duong, Hoy Yen, and Doreg-
Thank. Many of the victims died if
| the midst of flames. A village Of more
than 400 Christians was attacked blythe
literates, and soon became prey ~
the flames Among these 400 Chris
tians there we're 120, more or less, who
succeeded in saving themselves byr IA.
king refuge in large village near bv.
! The remainder about 800 were nearly
all rnassacred itc 80 siHaifi 81
Two small villages Of Christians, sit.
uated 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, undcrthreat' If nest
severe punishment, to GO ont of .doorss.
4 A few of the Christian women attempt
ed to 60 to the market to keep them.
: selves from starving. They neyer, re-
: turned. Some pagan women that went
! with them say that the Christian wo:
men we're captured and bchearied. Two
men from one of the same villages haz-
arded flight ,dnring tire. nigAtsilthey
passed the great triYer by swimming and
! came to me to tell their, misfortunes,-
"Alas!-' writes, Archbishop Gahtkier.
4 from whose letter this infoftEatioh is
! chiefly derived, ii could do nothing but
weep for them, being unable to. do any
i thing to snccor. them Two or, three
, days after that l learned that all the
men in that vi lage hal had their Heads
, cut of, but the women and children
were spared. And, as the houses were
intermingled with those of the paRahs,
, it was forbidden to burn them down.
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