Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1845-07-17

wsbt 20 le bfoueL, accordingly The
SABA Of marble we've large and beautifully
polished. When the water had BERN pour.
81 the lnquisnors, . co tsful ~xanp,as,ion OF
c'ery srrm m the Aoor va. msde,, 10 ser 1.-THE
wstet rs.-~d through Prrsmiy Col Ds
| l.,le nc lsmnrd that he had iqund IT, Bv
The s,dc, OF these marble slabs the water
raised through iasi, rs though there was
an openrng hntaib All Land, were nov
nj work fnr farther discovery The off.
Gers. with their swords. and the soldiers
rrh their bavonHs, seeking to clear GU,
III" sc7m md rrv up the slab Others
with Tho bots Of their muskols striking up.
on The slab "uh oil their might to break
Il, while the priests demonstrated against
our sccrRiing their holy and beautiful
house. While thus engaged soldier who
was striking " ith the but Of his musket
struck spring, and the marble slab few
up Then the faces OF the lnqnisiiors
grew pale as Bclshazznr when TIE hnnd
writing appcsr( m the wall they ir~m.
bird Nil over Beneath ~ marble slab,
now partly up there was staircase |
stepped 10 the ALTAR ond took from the can.
hrick, onc OF the candles four feet in
length which wn, burning. That I Nigh,
explore tn" room below A. was doing
this. was arrested bv one OF the Inqni.l
tors who laid his hands gently on nv
arm, NV son, Won must no, take those
lights with your bloody hands they are
holy 'Woll. | sad I will inke n holy
thing n shed light on inquiry will banr
the responsibility / took the candle and
proceeded, down the staircase. As we
reached tho FOO, ofthe stairs. we entered
n large .qrrrc room, called the Judgmen,
Hall In the centre OF the room was
large block, and chain fastened to it, On
thus they had been accustomed TO place the
accused chained to his seat On one SIDE
ofthr throne was m elevated scat. chill ID
the throne of Judgment This the Inorisi.
tor General occupied. and on either side
were seats less elevated for the holy faith.
ers when engaged in the solemn business
of,he Holy Inqusl,ion.
E'nm his room we proceeded 10 the
right ard ohtn med nrress to small c.Il.
ext ndng the entire length of edfcr and
here such sights were presented as he ho-
ped 10 never Sec again.
Thcse cells were places Of solitary con.
FIN omcnt, where the wrrchcd objects Of m.
qnisltorial hate were con6nrd wear aher
vc'r, I'LL death Released them from ,hcir
srh"rIngs, and there their bodies were cut
fered 10 remain until they we're entirely Dr..
cnv"d md the rooms had become fit for
o,hcrs'o occupy To prevent this hecom.
ING offensive TO those who OCCUPIED the
lnqnIsition. there were nnes or tubes ex.
tending 10 the Omen mir. sufficiently cnps.
cious to rnrry of the odor In ihese cells
we found hn remnins Of some who hnd
paid the deb, ofn,tnre some of,hrm hal
been dend apparently but a short time
while Of others nothing renamed bat their
bones sill chained to The floor OF their dun.
geon
IN other cells wc found living sufr rers
ofboth soxcs and Of every nre from three
score years and ten down TO fourteen or
fifteen ycnrs-nll naked a, when horn into
the world and oil in chains! Hero
were old mcn and aged womrn, who had
been shnt mp for many venrs Here too
were the middle nged, and the young man
and the maiden Of fourteen years old The
soldiers Immediately went 10 work 10 re-
lease these capiIvss from their chains, md
took from their kna1sack, their overconis
and other clothing which they gave to COW
rr their n,k"dness They were exceeding.
" anxious TO bring thcm out to daylight;
hnt Col l.. aware Of the danger, had fond
given them and then brought gradually
TO n" light rs they were able to hear il
We then proceeded. SAID Col l. 10 CT.
plore another room on the left Here wo
found Instruments OF torture. OF every kind
| which the ingcnu', Of men or devils could
invent Col l. here described foar Of
these horr,d instruments This was ma
chine by which the victim was confined
and then, beeunnlsg wuh the fingers, every
Joint IN the hands, srms and BODY, were
brokNn or drawn, one after another, until
TIE victim died The second was a box,
IN which The hrnd and ncck Of the victim
was 50 closely confn'd BY screw, Inn, he
could no, move IN any way. Over the boz
WINS a vessel, from which one drop Of wa.
ter second flI upon the head NJ the vie.
Tim. every successive drop falling upon
precisely the snmr place on tho head, sos.
PENDED the cllcuIn'ion IN n Few momcnls, md
pm, the sufferer To The mosi rtcrucialing az.
ony. The third was an internal machine,
lad horizontally. to which the victim was
boz j. the mach,ae thcn being placed bc.
i've en- two henms "a whlc,. we're scores Of
knives so hrrd that. by turning the ma.
chine wuh crank the fish of the suffer.
ct was torn from hs limbs MI in small pie
crs. The fourth surpassed The o,he-s in
h.ndish enuhy lis exterior isA beautiful
woman, OF large doll tciiy dressed With
aun' extend d realyto embrace IT'S victim
Around her let asrmieircle was drawn. -