The New York herald., 1879-08-11

Generals visit. flowers in great profusion having
Sa Pssn seeed to unite IN dons
honor to the General. and this hearty sym
pathy, in which every one9 joined was
among the most agreeable features of the General 8
visit TO Tientsin Even the captain of the British
gunboat showed his good will by sending his crew
and marines to act as guard of honor ut the house
Of the Consul. There was nothing oppressive in
the hospitality. has been the in many
of the places visited by the General. The French
Consul MIR. Dillon, gave dinner and garden party,
at which all the inhabitants attended. The grounds
were beautifully illuminated. One of the features OF
the dinner at the French Consul's the presence
OF the viceroy. This was the frat time the vceroy
had ever attended dinner party at which Euro
peans were present with their wives. The only
difference in the arrangement Of the table was
that the General escorted the Viceroy to the
table. the ladies' coming in after and sitting
1t was quaint arrangement and not without its ad
vantages, and the Viceroy Notwithstanding he was
breaking through customs as old as the civ
ilization OF China, and apt to bring down
upon him the censure of conservatives and
the displeasure OF the censors who sit
pire high and low. seemed to enjoy the feast.
Still the Viceroy is perhaps the one statesman
in China who can do as he pleases in mat
statesman comes to the foreigner in the
ways Of social and business intercourse the
never suffer from coming without reserve into the
family Of nations. coming rs Japan has done and as
people the respect to which they are entitled
A FETE CHAMPETRE.
The fete at the French Consuls made brilliant
by display OF fireworks. which gave us new idea
OF what was possible in pyrotechny under the cum
ming hands OF the Chinaman. There was also dis
play of jugglery the viceroy. the General and the
and watching the performers. l told that
the viceroy had never even seen Chinese jugger
BET ore, aud he certainly seemed to be pleased with
the show. There nothing startling about the
tricks except that what was done was pure sleght
nT XII that
players required were blanket and a
fan. They stood on the lawn and performed their
bowls full of water and dishes of soup and other
cumbrous and clumsy articles from impossible
places. At midnight the fete ended. and consider
ing the small COLONY and the resources possible to
SO limited q community, it was great success.
"A CHAPTER IN RECENT HISTORY
While the growth OF this pleasant, cultivated and
harmonious little colony shows the progress that
foreign ideas have made in China since the burning
III Itself fAi is mem memento % Of @ one Of the saddest
events IN the history of China-the massa-
of Tientsin. This massacre took place In 1870.
The French Consul at that time was M. Fontanier,
who lived i'll the Chinese section, preerring that to
the Concessions. He was near the Catholic lnstitu
tions and the policy of France in China has been
more than anything else the protection of the Cath
olic missions he preferred TO be among
his own people and not in the foreign con-
cess. .ons. The missions under Lazarist priest
named Chevrer This priest in the course of his mis-
sion had observed restless, angry spirit among the
people which boded i'll to his mission and OF which
he warned the Consul This officer. however, did
regard the fears Of the priests and rriated
whenever the matter was nentioned In addition
to the lnission OF M. Chevrier there on
the other side of the river hospital and orphan
age under the of ten Sisters of Charity. There
was Hourishing at that time Chinese general. who
had belonged to tho rebellion. and having betrayed
the to the Imperaiists was now an officer in
the army. This General noted for his hostility
to the foreigners. and sought to win favor by
making war upon the Europeans. He had fomented
riot in Nanking and Chinkin. and pre-
sumo IL he had been In America could have made
reputation as widespread as that of Dennis Kearney
In opposing Chinese cheap labor. He fomented
opposition to the missions and the Sisters and the
who came with him was the development of q feel
ing OF suspicion and aninosity toward the priests
and the Sisters of Charity.
HOW MASSACRE BEGAN.
1t is written that small spark will kindle great
fire. While this uneasy feeling OF agitation was
setting the hearts OF the people against the for
eigner rumor put in circulation that children
agents. oE the
Sisters killed the children cutting out their eyes and
hearts to be used as charms These are something
cuiated at home about the Chnaman in CALIFORNIA
The Chinese like children, and all classes have
the belief OF children in the supernatural. There
than stories like this-that the eyes and
hearts Of their children were torn out to
serve charms. While this agitation was seething
an epidemic broke out in the orphsngc Several Of
the children died, and this event only Increased the
the Sisters really not taking the chiidrens lives and
calling it epidemic to blind the people? Some OF
the more daring of the agtators broke open the
tombs and outraged the bodies OF Christians buried
in the cemetery behind the Consulate.
COMPLETELY OF THE AUTHoRITIEs
Chinaman detected IN the act of rihing the tombs
was arrested by the priests and taken before the
French Consul. The priests urged the Consul not to
take the matter in his own hands. but to go to
the mandarins and represent the temper of
the people and the danger OF the mis-
sions. The Consul would not share these
culateI that the converts at the mission became
sorcerers. They bewltched children with strange
drugs. Men were tried and executed tor the COM
mission OF crimes. which they confessed before
ecution have been committed at the instigaton
the good and gentle Sistsrs. The project. also q
demagogue of the Kearney stamp. issued a
proclamation indirectly confirming the confessions
malefactors and intmatng his belief that the
Sisters did inspire murders and make their converts
This act gave the prefect so great repu
tstion that the people presented him with al
Official umbrella. decoration of high rank
in China Even the military went to the
extent Of proclaiming martial law. to al
low of summary justice on the sorcerers A
demand was made that the graves OF those who had
evidences OF sorcery. This demand was re-
iused and the refusal was accepted ss con
fession of guilt on the part OF the Sisters
Then the mandarins and tore out the bodies
In OF them the eyes had perished the resul
of decay But the eyes were gone. and there the
had put those children to death and pulled out their
eyes aud hearts for charms
MASSACRE AND MARTYRDoM.
The agitation broke into flame. Teachers of the
mission were beaten The lying spirit
flew on all the Winds Formal charges OF sorcery
were against the teachers. and III these charges
the protect demanded that the teachers should be
surrendered to him tor punshment--to be tortured
and beheadea People were found TO swear that they
had been paid by the Sisters to kidnap children
or course the Consul could not yield to this de-
mand. The mob then arose. The cry heard, "Kill
the foregners!" There were men-of-war in the
harbor, and the work easy-so easyi The project
took sides with the mob. All night. the night OF
the 10th of June. 1870. the mob surrounded the
Consulate and the missions The priests and Sisters
saw the danger, and knowing that the hour
trial had come, said and prepared for death.
The British authorities wrote to Pekin tor aid.
The fire was seen and the felt to be inev-
table On the M orning of June Il the priests and
hurried to the church. whose ruins passed
us we went in state to visit the Niceroy. Here
they remained in prayer aud communion before the
altar. The windows were broken. Stones were
thrown at the church. The church invaded.
The priests went to the altar. took the sacrament
and retired to the sacrisy aud from thence tried
hide in a summer house. They taken and
killed. The Consul killed. along with his
tary. Two guests at the Consulate. an interpreter
OF the French Legation and his wife. cut
to pieces in trying to reach their boat to pro-
ceed to Pekin. The Consulate pulled down,
and the Cathedral and mission house committed tn