The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1832-12-25

nervous hands. Struggled firrc-ly, ut
IN ynin, Ia free myself from their grasp.
Thr t"rmrnied b-lbY, however, suw the
objeci nf my rudrA,ors, aud, Ms if actu-
n,rd by a wish To aid them by his own
he made one last, one fearful effort
Rui lis swollen frame could no longer
bear the violence of the struggle. ]
turned in sickening horror from the
,ight--fnr relt and muiilaied cnrps
was all that now remained IN the hands
,f these ministers of hell.
No 2.--THE TORI URE OF FIRE.-Ai
that instant l"ud appalling shrek
burst upon my ear IL came from the
sqnulid being | hnd observed piniunrd
10 the ground. His feet and tnls, and
the lower rxtrrmiiies of his body, we're
Iurdcd all ,.ver, anii one continued to
bnsie them with o,I. while another kept
up aud increased the searching fr., be-
iore which the now more than half
| roasted wretch was bound. While ma
Iture Gould Withstand the torture, he had
uttered no sound-bui lis skin was ba-
ked and hrniled--ihe FIRE had reached
ii,e bones aud mar,o~ "a his limbs. snd
uow forced from bhu "A su;c:e-s'"n "f
shri, KS aud screams, TINT even yen, when
! think Of them, riny upon my ear. His
foriitudc gave way under the excess of
tOrture, and ia the agony of the moment
he yielded to all that was desired uf
him.
No. D. THE TuRTURE by THE RACK
With n dispatch whicli would hive done
credit 10 u better cause, ! was srIzrd
and stripped oi my upper garmeHis -
A strong rope depending from the roof,
which ] lad not before observed. WAS
fa-ienrd Ia my arms Immediately sbove
the clbo" joints, and in an instant WAS
elevated from the ground, by means of
pulleys, to the al most height the lofty
PRISON would allow. There, at the dis
tauce of many taihums from Tie floor,
remained for Il moments space suspen-
ded. when, suddenly. the rope below
was relaxed, aud l descended, swift as
the ligh,nings fash. till within about 3
feet "f tie ground, when tho rope was
It's suddenly iigltened again with I'M
mense violence. ] was unprepared for
this species of tor iure, hich had nOi
before Witnessed, aud the sudden agony
lut the pain forced Ius TO utter an invol-
untnry screan. Both of my shoulder
JOINTS had been wrenched from their
sockets. and tue whole weight of my bod
y hung, as u were, dangling upon flesh
aud siiiews But the weakness of hu-
man naIore--the sntdenness Of the
paiu--whlch had forced an involuntary
cry, was past, aud renamed obstinate
ly still nnd silent. After few minutes.
the ropes were remuyed from above my
ellmws, aud fastened To my wrists
WAS again swung aloft. aud again the
san,e ni,era'ion wes repeated. NV
wriSs and elbow joints were dislocated
aud the flesh aud sinews If my shoul-
. ders stretched almost beyond tho reach
'f endurance s,Ill l uttered no scream
no sound-to shaw that ] WAS at all
sensible of the agony endured. A few
minutes pause ensued, and was again
asked to confess. / made no answer,
but ~ savage glance Of defiance at the
Stern inquisit"r. Again the ropes were
removed from my wrists, and, in less
time than | now take 10 narrsie the
'ransacu9n, fastened round my thighs.
RI Again was lashed up tn tine root of
the internal den, aud again was the
strong rope relaxed, and drawn up with
Ia violence that disiocaied bMh hip.
JOINS. even as my arms had formerly
been wrenched from their sockets. ]
scarcely remember any thing that hap
pened afterwards the sensation of ag-
ony arising from the position in which
: had been placed, with my head down
wards and my manned and dislocated
hmbs hanging in All inverted posi'iun,
was so feariilly acute as almost to de4'
prive mo of sense. Still l spoke not.
and but faint impression, like the re-
n,embrance of painful dream, now
4 rests upon my memory, of Il cordial have
ling been forced down my thrOnt-of
having been once more swung by the an
kles aud wrists tugether,--Of the rope
giving way, and of my falling. in a stare
Of insen-ibility, to the ground. A dim
fitting of lights around me, beings III
the garb Of hell. with fiery eyes and dis
'orled visages aud confused cries. like
the yeils aud sl,Ontings of the damne,,,
we're the las, sights that glanced befnre
my eyes--ihe last sounds that struck up
ON my ear.
4 How long remained in a state uf i'm
sensibili'y, cannot tell. When l re-
covered, ! was alone, and in my dungeon
my tongue clinging to the roof of my
mouth, aud my whole frame burning
with the intensity of fever--'Wnter-
wa,er'-was the half-choked cry l ut
ftered-but there was no one near to
i'ea5 or ald me ; and, III the agony of
my s"ul, ! deemed that the In,screamts
had leit me 10 rut aud perish o. my bed
Oi damp unwho.esomc straw.