The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1843-10-12


" fobss, III rams out of lh.is 20. !.
ws aeFe making COR wag inla The inle-
rinr q he lrqaisillnn. and viii long e.
ces and aheW arms crossed over Iheis
oFe@sis. lhsir fingers RISING On ll.eH shou..-
heFs. - ihnugh they hsJ been deal 10 al
The noise af the attack and drlenee. and
bad Iusi learned what was going on: lhey
addressed shsmself in The language o. rs-
buks 10 their o9n soldiers. saying. .YYhy
do VOC hghi our friehds. The Freneh!''
I'hsis iniennOn apparently Vas "a
make ns think ihsl lhis defence was Who'll
y nnsulh"rIzsd BY them. hoping e they
could Prcdues IN our minds . bell, that
they sere iriendiy. they shaBld have .
better opportunity IN Ihe ronlusion aud
Ilandtr 81 the lnquisiiion 10 esrape.
TIER arnfiee vas too shallow. md did
not surseed. | caused ihem 10 be placed
under guard. and sll he soldiers of The
inqulalion 10 be secured % prisoners.
We Then proceeded 10 examine HE prison
h'lse Of hell. Wspsssed through room
sfier room, found sllsrs and rruelixrs and
AJAX candles in abundance. but could dis.
envtr no s,icenees 81 lRiquily being prac
hsrd there. nothing Of ,hose peculiar fra.
lures which we exreclrd 10 end 10 an ln-
QUESTION. Here was beauty and .plen-
dor. and The most peri; CT order .n Which
my eyes lad ever rested. The sIeh,tec
tors-,he proportions were perfect. The
ceiling and fnors Of wo"d were scoursd
and highly polished. The marble floors
were arranged with . strict regard 10 OF
der. There Was every thing 10 please
The eye AMI CRAFTY culIivsird taste: bu'
ahere we're thnse honld inslrumenis oI
torture OF which we had teen told, and
where those dungeons in which human
beings we're said 10 be buried alive! We
searched IN vain. The IDLY Fathers
assured us ,ha, they had been belled.
That We bad seen Ill. and | was pre-.
pared 10 give up The search, convinced
that this Irq, isIiion was d.ffenn, from
Others OF wh,ch | had heard.
| But Col. de Lille was not so ready ss
myself 10 give up the search, and said Ia
me. Colonel, you are commander to day.
and IS you say 80 il must be. but il you
will be advised by me, LEI this marble
floor be examined more. Let some wa
Ter be brnugh, IN and poured upon u. and
nc will watch and see lf there is any
lace through which il passes more freely
then o,hers.' Ireplied to him. do a,
you please, &. lnnel.' and ordered waIel
10 be brought accordingly. The slabs o
marble we're large and beautifully polish,
ed. When The water had teen pnuret
over the floor, much TO the tissa,i, faction
Of he InqaisitoTs, cartftl examinslior
was made Of every seam ~ the floor. t.
see if the water passed through. Pre-.
sen,ly Col. De Lille exclaimed that Ia
had ionnd u. BY the side Of one Of these
marble slabs the water passed ihrougl
last. as though there was an opening be.
meath. All hands we're now al work 70,
further discovery. The officers with thell
swords. and the snld,ers with their biyo-
nets. seeking TO clear out The seam ana
pry up the slab. Oilers with The butt.
OF ,hem muskrts SIR king the slab with al
their might % break il. while The priests
demonstrated sgalns, our desec'aiing their
holy and beautiful house. While thus
engaged. soldier who was st'iklng wnll
! The butt nj bis musk, {, 6 ruck 81 ring and
the marble slab flew up. Thenrhr fares oil
TIE lnqnisi,ors grew psie, and as Bs'shsz
Ear. when the hand appeared wiring on
! the wall. so jId these men Of Belal shake
| aud quake m every bone. join, and sinew,
: We Iooked beneath the marble slab. nov
patty up, AID we saw q staircase.
epped IL The table and t"ok from the
csndlestick one Of tie candles frur feet ia
hngth. Which was burning. that | might
rxpiore what was bei"rs US; as was do
ing This. was arrested by one Of the In.
quis1t"rs. ~ho lad his hand gently 90 my
am. aud with very demure aud holy
look, SAID, My son, you mus, not take
that with your proIane and bloody hand;
it's holy Well. uel',' ! sail. ! want
something tina, il holy 10 see II IL will net
shed light an iuIquitv; will b, ar the res
p"nsibili,y.' uOk The candle and pro
''ceeded down the staircase. | now dis
covered Why the wafer reresled 10 US this
passage. Under The floor was tight
ceiling EXCEPT at the Trap dnor, which
rould nut be rendered close: hence the
success Of Col. De Lilies experiment. As
we rescl ed the foot Of the ets'rs. we en-
tered large square rom. Which was
called the Hall Of Judgment. In the
centre oft was large block. aud cham
fastened to il. On this they had been &C.
customed tn pace The accused, chained to
his seat. o, one eide Of the room was
o. c elevated seat. called The Throne ol
Judgment. THIS the InquistT occupied,
and on either side we're seals less elesst-
ed. for the holy fathers when engaged IN
the solemn business Of the Holy inanlsi-
uon. From this room we pro"eeded Ia
the right. and obtained arcess to small