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Show BUTCHERY IN' CHINA I rr GOVERNMENT TROOPS SLAUGHTERED SLAUGH-TERED BY TH REBELS. Several Cltle Caplnrjd'and Men, Women and Children are tojtwiil to Death Itetoltlnc CruellyTof Ilebel. Victoria, 11. 0., March 10. Dotatls of tho Insurrection iSJlhe central provinces prov-inces of China, rcce veil by tho Empress of India, state that the rebel force and the Imperial troops met In a pitched battle on January J23, and tho latter wero defeated wlWgreat slaughter. Hundreds wero kJlWifcand their bodies, after having '&0lJ mutilated, wcro thrown Into tho river until, according to a corrcsponpcnU,'0' the China Mall, tho stream was jlko a log-jammed creek. After tho defeat of tho Imperial ttoops, the victorious rebels swept on to the cltlcBofjKJtyang nnd Mcng-Sheng, Mcng-Sheng, which they took, nftcr a short siege. As soon as they passed tho walls they massacred men, women nnd children, nnd performed all manner of revolting cruelties. They then burned the enptured town. After theso successes, tho rcbols pushed on to Shaciiou and Kauchon. Tho gates of thej former city wero opened by aympatljlzers within, and tho horrors wltncsSed'nt their first two captures wero rc-cn,actcu. Kauchon held oili for some time. At length Nlu and hWi followers gained an entrance, to begin their slaughter. As a rcvengo for hiving held tho city against tho rebel's, tho unfortunalo commandnnt otittiA gnrrtson was butchered with aajoge cruelty. It is said 200 men, women and children fell In tho struggle- attending tho capture of tho city. . 4 |