The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-05-03
TIE TRNESE EMISSICRES,
u" primers ofthc Royal Blood Irmprison-
ca ana ihrh rut to Death by Torturc--
Contempt for the british Authority.

Tho Primers ofthc Royal Blood Irnprisou-
cd and Then Put to Death by Torturc--
Contempt forthe british Authority.
tFom the London Daily Ncws.l
RANGOoN, March lG.-Thc Kinr's
fears continued 10 gain upon him as
one after another OF The princes pincd
away and died in the frightful under
ground prisons Of the palace. loath-
some with the filth never removed
>incc these dcn> were constructed wears
ago. Pears OF British intervention
alone prevented him from putting
them all 10 death months ago. Sud
denly the news of the disaster in
Iululand reached Mandalay. That
apparently decided him. and work
OF cold-blootcd butchcry began which
will hardly find Il parallel i'm history.
Al first the massacre was carried on
according 10 old Burmese use and
; wont. The victims were led out of
their cells in twos and thrccs. brought
. TO &aehho TO thc King, and then dis
I posed Of in ordinary Buddhist fashion.
/ The head oithc victim was tied down
to his ankles, and 4 blow; on Tie bacl; of
| the neck from Il heavy clad put him
out Of pain. But this soon proved too
mild Il spectacle for the iicn'!i-h mind
of Thcrbau. The Fhouyzu Prince.
whose inSo!rnt bearing English visi-
tors TO Mandalav will remember, on
| being brought to dO reverence 10 his
Young brothcr-thc Kin" is past twcn-
! tv-on" ycarS-proir-Srd IN utter scoru
! for what could be done to him. and
/ W"s logged 10 death. The late Kings
( oldest Son-thc trucuicnt Alvkhaya
! princ". who used to look upon all ior-
ri@iIcr: as 50 mucl! dirt under his feet
turned craven. anal WAS taun!ci and
driven 10 :nadu"S, before receiving the
bow which only half summed him.
! when his WrithinG body was i!roWl
in,o the gigantic trench dug 10 receive
ihc Victims. Tie nasSacre wa, car
rira Oh in L lc...ur2ly fashion cXtcud-
! @cnuitv being taxed t) The utmJst to
devise fresh horrors.
HORRORS rro% HORRORS.
MouDgokc, the Governor of Ran
COON when K was captured by the
! L"itish in 1876, had his nose aud
mouth filled WIN gunpowdcr. a light
WAS applied, and he was then flung
Into the trcurh to lie s,illrI by The
bodies of succeeding victims. The
danghtcr ofthc Nyuun- Ian. Il voung
orr of SIXTEEN. was hln'l"l over t.
c r''t soldiers Of the royal gual d
40 be pitched inscnsiblc into the Same.
| h"avih% grave. Tl" wife ofonc prince
was ripped up, and the aTouizcd huS-
band WAS brou::h; to see III; Wife and
it.,. Ill t,,,r l.. 4.
solh" days Of this sort Of ding the
rN"ruiiioners got weary and hurried
through their task. Little children
wee put in blankets and swung
agHins: the palace walls, women were
bai'rrrd over I h" head. as taking less
trouble than tying them up, 50 rs 20
about ninety persons arc believed 10
have been l,u, TO death in This way.
No one was allowed to leave the
palace while the massacre was going
"h; but il seems certain that Mr.
Shaw, our Resident, was inside the
palace walls within very short timc
OF IFS commencement. lie had been
TO concert given by one OF The Minis
lrrs. Ohc object of this p'"ni was to
| drown the cries Of the Victims. Tie
r"mohstrdncc Wliicn Mr. o:liW III tiil.
Instance Of our government, addressed
to the King was received wnh the
Utmost contempt, and he WAS told in
rs many words to mind his own bust
nc"S-!lNt Burmese domestic affairs
had nothing Whttcvcr TO do with the
British government. The guard of
thlily Srpoys conceded 10 him arrived
a short time attcrwHrd. but was not
allowed to land for day, and the
detachment for MIR. 81. Harbc, at
bhamo. was not allowed TO di#cmba,k
at all, though that gentleman was at
Mandaiay.
NOT AFRAID OF ENGLAND.
There IS no doubt that the lives of
MIR. Shaw and all of the E!,.lish resi-
dents in Mandalay are in very great
danger, and the act Of one fanatic may
bring about a general massacre. The
most various accounts prevail as to the
forces the King has at his disposal, but
probably lie could not muster more
than 10000 men, and of these the
majpi ily would be without firearms of
amy description, but there is no doubt
thai the account OF The disaster TO the
. 9th at Rorkc's Drift has produced Il
profound impression. and the Burmans
are convinced they can easily repeat
VIA, "thc negroes" for whom incv
have coEslmiatc contempt. have
done before them. There is most
uneasy feeling in lsangoon and should
there lie war with Upper Buruuh
there would certainly be riots here.
During the last few days cmiSsarics O!
thr King have been going round the
town summoning by sound Of gong all
natives of lndcpc dent liurmnh TO