The Savannah morning news., 1900-07-06
AT TIEN TsIN JUNE Fl. 1870.
Incidents of That Years Massacre of
French Consul and Missionaries.
From the Pail Mall Gazette.

From the Pail Mall Gazette.
I'VE must have man-of-war. for when
there is none disorders increase. There is
no doubt that the Chinese are most hostile
30 all foreigners; the fire is smoldering
and may at any moment break forth"
Thus wrote, on June 20. 1870. Mr.. Lay,
British CONSUL a Tieu Tsin, TO Mr.. Wade.
the British minister. The smoldering fire
burst into a condagration on the following
day. Early in the morning the gong was
heard summoning the butchers TO The
shambles.
A vast horde of China's lowest scum
surrounded the French consulate, hurled
stones al its gates. windows and doors
Too late came NJ. Fontanier's awakening;
be his negligence what il may, he faced
his death as Frenchmen in face of danger
are wont to meet it, lighting to the last
He was cut down. his head severed, his
body mutilated. The mob forced their way
into the gardens of the consulate, ana there
massacred NJ Simon, NJ. and Nine. Tho
massin, the friends of NJ. Fontanier. Sep
arated from the French consulate by
wall were the French Catholic Church,
Presbtery, convent and orphanage,
Fathers Chevrier and GU. the latter a
native priest, FASTENED to meet the riot
ers in the hope of being in time TO adj
minister the last rites of their church TO
the French consul and his friends. They
were at once surrounded and murdered
their bodies ripped open their entire length
and afterward thrown into the river The
maddened mob made their way to the con-
vent gate, Here Sister Monguet awaited
them. a cut from a two-handed sabre
severed her skull; her body was shame
fully mutilated. Sister Andreoni was the
next to fall by a blow with Ratchet; she
was impaled. and her body carried high
over the heads of the rioters Sister Clave-
lin met her murderers at the southeast
angle of the convent She was dragged
to the pharmacy and while still alive
her eyes and her heart were torn out; her
shrieks rose high above the yells and eX-
ecratous of her assassins. Sister Violet
a delicate num- tainted, and was killed.
Sister Legras was cut in halves. Sister
O'Sullivan was seized close to the kitchen
The rioters seeing a saucepan of boiling
water close at hand threw it over her.
The poor Sister, maddened with pain and
half blinded, rushed to the chapel, where
she was dispatched. An appalling death
awaited Sisters Pavilion and Tillet They
had sought refuge with some of their or
phan children in the crypt beneath the
chapel Here the wretches kindlel a fire
and roasted alive their victims. the men
holding their legs and arms. Sister Lenu
was the last to meet her death from a
blow of, lance on the temple.
The ambassador in Pekin signed a col
lective note of protest to the Chinese min
lister of foreign affairs, whose government
paid a substantial money indemnity for
loss of property, exiled several mandarins
of lesser degree and decaptated certain
coolies who came forward as substitutes
for those really guilty. in consideration of
the sum of 500 taels-about f125-being
handed to their families, and themselves
being laid to earth in fine clothes and
collins. 1t is more than probable that
bod not France been in the throes of the
German war measures more vigorous than
threats would have been taken by her gov
eminent.