The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1877-07-19

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fessions. and in China the disregard
for human life, the callousness TO hu-
man suffering il notorious THIS d's-
regard and cslloa>aeSs have been M
corparartsi into every section Of the
criminal code Of the country, and moi
even gaining = tcothold by foreign
civilization has sufsicei to shame the
rulers Of the Flowery Kingdom nom
their cruelty. The French naked
e-eur,' AT Shanghai. some OF the men,
bers of which were presumably Earo-
means has. accounting TO recentnnm-
her Of the Hong Kong Daily Press,
raised sentence upon eight natives
convicted Of taking part ins eFassi
and cowarily attack upen the mana
ger of a Temperance hail, one MT
Grimmer. The seven male prisoners
were sentenced 10 receive nom nitS
To sn hundred blows each, one of them
being also condemned Ia a months
eaague-that is Go wear around MS
neck a huge wooden collar weighing
thirty or forty pounds for the term
named-while the woman was ordered
ito he logged ON the face with
strap." The punishment of the native
tribunals are even more severe. At
Foochow according TO the same paper,
man being convicted of kidnapping
female child, was sentenced 10 death
having the privilege of choosing be-
tween decapitation and death by star
walton. He chose the latter, sing ular
TO say. and - Was placed in cage
and publicly exhibited, tina, the peo-
pie might watch fr"m day 10 day the
slow progress al his gradual extinction.
How long the unhappy WI, tch linger-
81 il j. not stated but the report says
that This horrible scene was witnessed
throughout the sresteT part OF last
uesk. IL ~e~ass. that the inhabitants
cg The foreign settlements al foa-
fb0w are much ~saufalizsSi hy these
pgsa3c puni>hln+At~. and rsV'ently
pTyse>t~-i sSaiust the aoE-ing Of al .
.sessnlting official in the open .ire~t-.
In this connection. The following
translation 81 letter fram French
ar rather Belgian gentleman al Tan.
fy.n - friend max te fossni of inter.
81
SA~ 5G>f eatiug nv hr,zs fast
wE-a T. entered suddenly. anil said
-Tass 4tll pss- Judgment to-day al
Nan la&i. probably also there will t-a a,
execution, Would you like TO come
Mt that executions ia Canton ar
r4rr. for hare they decapitate from :,
tssa 10 1.sss criminals wear. to ga,
nothing AZ those who die from tn,
effects Of torture ar imprisonment
But. a. rule. these butcherie- ma,
hs said Ia be off-hand. 40 suddenly
and irregularly do they take place. !
European may have lived here doz
en- years and yet moi have an oppor
tunity, unless he has unusual intiuen
OF seeing one. l.. has lived here the-
fifteen years, aud besides thorough,
knowing the city, is a sufficiently eN
perienced linsnist, and he thought h
was offering me an unusual trea
when extending me this invitation.
AT first as you can imagine, hard
" thanked him for his offer but tn
desire of seeing clearly, ard in compa
ny with an experienced cicerone, tn
workings of that Chinese Judicial
system Of which ! had read account
that | deemed fantastic, influence,
me to accept. Let Us go As far as tn,
prison, anyway | said.
"Nan-hai, the larger of the prison.
of Canton, is situated in the center o
the Chinese city, at a considerable,
distance from the European quarter
Nothing more gloomy than the sur
roundings of this Jail can be imagined
Round il swarm ragged, haggard, sal
low men, with iron rings round their
neeks, To padlock- in which are fast
ened chaines riveted to iron balls or
blocks of stone, which they drag
painfully over the soil as they pass
through the throng begging of the
visitors or offering small trinkets of
their own manufacture for sale.
The prison is a heap of rude build
ings grouped around large yard or
ward, at the back of which is the door
reserved for the passage of the man
darius 10 the halls set apart for the
administration of justice. Such justice.
The court room gives on the dungeons
cages where hundreds of prisoners
heaped together pell-mell, avail, Their
fate. given over to hunger, fanlin,
and vermin. There is no inprison
ment here n a punishment. and Otter
those who are condemned Ia sutfel
death or stripes are left to depend ~
the public and scanty charity for food
Let those who pity sroundreIs fee,
them, says a maxim
The aspect Of these deps l. at one
pitiful and repugnant. Spectral face
fit behind the bars. and fie-hlesS fin
gers impiore An alu-: you can Sc
dimly human forms writhing upol
heaps of filth; from the shadows rom
the blinking of chains and All oior :
nauseous. The women'- ward j. no
different; there. too, ] am told. youn
girls, wives and mother. are frequent
iy held as hostages till their father.
husbands or sons have been arreste
or have given themselves up.
In one cage was shown a wonlal
of ~, or Whereabouts She poi-one
her husband, and il ta he cut Will
living into thiry-four pieces -ai
l.. That il common punishment,
She has been waiting death for tire
months He accompanied his *
PLANTATION Ivy gestures sufficiently sig
nificant, but to which the miserabl
wretch paid no attention. She mere
iy threw out skinny hand int
which we threw few cash"
Facing the condemned cells il
room occupied by spies, placed her,
To listen 10 the conversation of IN,
doomed men-not 10 elicit inforua
ton that may change a sentence 70
the sentences are irrevocable, but {.