The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1845-07-07

that they had been Delleu' lhnN W. ""u oSp"
oil, and I was prepared to give up the search. con-
vinced that this Inqusition different from others
of which ! had heard.
Bot Col De Lille was not SO ready TO give up the
search as myself and said TO me. "CoIonel, you are
commander to day, and, you sny, so il must be,
bat If you will BIO advised by me-, let this marble
floor DO examined Let water be brought and pour
cd upon il, and will watch and see If there Is any
place where it passes moro freely than others"
replied to him, edo you please, Colonel" and or
dared winter to be brought accordingly. The slabs
of marble were large and beautifully polished When
the wa ter had been poured over the floor much to
the dissatisfaction o. the Inquistors careful exam
nation Of every seum in the floor made, TO see
if the wnter passed through. Presently Col. De Lille
exclaimed that he had found it, BY the sides Of these
marble slabs the water passed through FAST rs though
ihero was an opening beneath. All hands were now
at work for further discovery. The officers with their
swords, and the soldiers with their bayones, seeking
10 clear out tho scam aud pry up the slab. Others
with the butts OF their muskets, striking upon the slab
with all their might TO break il, while the priests
monstrated against desecrating their holy and
beautiful house. While thus engaged, soldier who
was striking with the butt Of his musse,, struck
spring. and tho marble slab hew up Then the fac
es of the Inqusiors grow pale Belshazzar when
the hand writing appeared on tho wall; they trem-
bled all over Beneath the marble slab, now partly
up, there was a staircase. stepped to the altnr
and took from the cnndestok, of the candles four
feet in length, which was burning, tina, might ex-
plOre the room below. As was doing this, I was
arrested by one The Inqusitora, who laid ha hand
gently on my arm, and, with demure and holy look
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your bloody hands; they are holy WELL, | said,
a will take holy thing to shed light on niquty;
will bear the responsibility ~ took the candle and
proceeded down the staircase. As we reached the
foo, of the stairs we entered urge square room,
which called the Hall Of Judgment In the
ire Of the large block, and chain fasten-
ed TO il. On this they had been accustomed to place
the accused, chained to his seat On side Of
the room was elevated seat, called the Throne OF
Judgment This the Inquisitor General occupied,
and either side seats less elevated, for the
holy fathers when engaged in the solemn business of
the Holy Inqusilon.
From this room we proceeded to the right, and OBJ
tanned access to small cells extending tho entire
length of the cdiGce; ard here such sights pre-
scented he hoped to again
These cells were places of solitary confinement,
where the wretched obccs Of inquisitora haze were
confined year after year, till death released them
from their sufferngs, and there their bodies were
suffered to remain until they entirely dccayed,
and the rooms bad become fi FOR others to occupy
To prevent this becoming Offensive to those who oc-
cupied he Inquisi,ion there hues or tubes ex
tending the open air, sufficiently capacious TO
ny or the oder. In these cells found the remains
OF some who had paid the debt of nature; some Of
Them had been dead apparently but short time.
while of others nothing remained but their bones, still
chained 10 the floor Of their dungeon.
In other cells, we found living sufferers Of both
sexos-aud of every age, from three years and
It en- down to fourteen OF fifteen years-aIl naked
when born into the world and all in chains Here
were old men and aged women, who had been shnt
up for many years Here the middle
uged, and the young and the maiden Of ii years
old The soldiers Immediately to work to
lease these captives from their chains, and took from
their knapsacks their overcoas and other clothing
which they gave 10 cover their nnkcdness They
exceedingly anxious to bring them out to the
light of the day; but Col. L.. Of the danger,
had food given them, and then brought gradually to
the light they able to bear it.
We then proceeded, said Col. l. to explore nnoth-
or on the left Here we found Instruments Of
torture, of every kind which the ingenuity of men
devils could invent Col. L. here described four of
these horrid instruments The first machine
by which the victim confined, and then, begin
ming with the fingers. every joint in the hands,
and body, were broken or drawn, utter another,
until the victim died. The second was box, in
which the head and neck Of tho victim 30 close
ly confined by screw, that he could not move in any
way. Over the box vessel, from which
drop Of water a second fell upon the head Of the vic
tim. every successive drop falling upon precisely
the place on the head, suspended the crcula-
,tion in few moments, and put the sufferer TO the
most excruciating agony. The third an internal
machine, laid horizontally. to which the victim was
bound, the machine then being placed between two
beams, in which were of knives fixed, that,
by turning tho machine with crank. the flesh Of the
sufferer was torn from his limbs all in small pieces
The fourth surpassed the others in fendsh enuty.
Its exterior is beautiful woman, large doll, rich
iy dressed, with extended, ready to embrace it's
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