The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-07-05
HOW REBELS FARE CHINA.
End Of the Manas Insurr, ciion Massarre
aud Torture NCad ROdic, ENhumcd.


Gen. Kin Shun arrived before Mana
on the ID of September, 1876, and five
days later opened an artillery fire OF
the northeast angle Of the wall. vii
not recaptulate the details Of the siege
suffice it that breach after breach wa,
made, and assault after assault was re
PEELED, during the period of two months
for which it lasted. At length, during
the first DAYS of November sorties were
attempted by the garrison, and some
prisoners who were taken stated that
the provisions of the garrison being eX
haustcd, their leader had sent them out
to see how matters stood, with view to
seizing any opportunity ofgetting away
After examinations the prisoners were
beheaded At length, at midnight on
the 18th of November, the Mohammedan
general lIai-ycn himself came out and
begged to be permitted tosurrcnder.
quote the language of the memorial
itself as to what followed
"Kin Shun hercupon commanded him
to deliver up the horses and arms of the
garrison, and to hand over in bonds, the
leaders of the rebels, after which
he was to draw up lists OF
the remainder of their number, who were
thereupon to be called upon to answer to
their names, and be severely dealt with
according to circumstances. llai yen
agreed to do this. At daybrcak on the
9th of November a body Of 1000 or 1000
of the garrison sailed out from the west
gate, the centre of the column consisting
OF aged persons, women and children,
who were guarded on all sides by dcterm'
ined fighting men, with arms in their
hands; and Kin-Shun, knowing them to
be treacherously disposed, caused his
troops to stand to their arms The llu-
nan troops on the north OF the city were
drawn up in battle array, AS were also the
divisions on the south front, while a
separate cavalry division was posted at
the commanding points, in order to pre-
vent escape. Su-Ilio-kung was at the
same time ordered to 90 forward and call
upon the advancing body to throw down
their arms, whereupon their lives should
still be spared; but the ostylcd general
of the rebels, Ho Luh, by name, sud
denly fired off pistol and set his troops
on to make rush at the trenches So
IIio-Kung instantly Ordered his men to
charge, aud Iio Luh was taken and be-
headed in front of the line of battle. The
rebel leaders and the desperate fighting
men at their back, abandoning their
women and children, made bold rush
forward but they were enveloped by
the various divisions of the Human
troops and the fire under Kin Shun's
own command, and the greater number
of them were put to the sword. One OF
the so styled generals of the rebels, see
ing that all hope was lost, shot himself
with a pistol, and every man of the
scattered host was captured and beheaded
by one or other of the cavalry diyi-
sions.
"Thc infantry meanwhile had laid
hands upon and executed all the rebels
remaining within the city, sparing the
women and children and aged persons,
who were exempted from this act o:
retribution. liai-yen aud other leaders
were captured alive, and after being cX-
amincd before Kin Shun and his col
leagues, were put to death with the
extreme of torture. The corpses OF
Han Hing-nung, Ileh-tsun, and other
leaders, together with the remains of the
selI-styled Prince OF the Pure (RcIigion),
TO tch.Iin, were searched out and eX-
humed and cut to pieces, asa public en-
ample. Thus, on the 10Th of November
the south city of Manas was recaptured,
the leaders of the Insurgents destroyed,
and their followers exterminated.-Lon-
d0n Times.