Washington telegraph., 1849-07-04
aware ofthe danger, had food given them,
and then brought out gradually to the
light as they were able to bear it.

aware otthe danger, had food given them,
and then brought out gradually to the
light as they were able to bear it.
| We then proceeded said Col. L., to ex-
plore another room on the left. Here we
found the instruments of torture, of every
kind which the ingenuity of men or devils
could invent. Col. L., here described
fonr OF these horrid instruments. The
first was machine by which the victim
was confined, and then, beginning with
the fingers, every joint in the hands, arms,
a:si body, were broken or drawn. one
after another, until the victim died The
second was box, in which the head and
neck of the victim We're so closely con-
fined by a screw, that he could not move
in any way. Over the box was vessel
from which one drop of water second
fell upon the head of the victim-every
successive drop falling upon precisely the
same place on the head, suspended the
| circulation in few moments, and put the
sufferer in the most eXcruciatlng agony
The third was an Internal machine, laid
horizontally, to which the victim was
bound, the machine then being placed
b,tween two beams, in which were scores
ofknives so fixed, that, by turning the
nnchine with crank, the flesh Of the
sufferer was torn from his limbs all i'll
snail pieces The fourth surpassed the
Others in fiendish ingenuity. Its exterior
WIS beautiful woman, or large doll,
rihly dressed, with arms extended, ready
toembrace its victim. Around her feet
a semicircle was drawn. The victim who
passed over. this fatal mark, touched a
sPing, which cause the diabolical engine
tolopen, its arms clasped him, and thou
sand knives cut him into as many pieces
inlthe deadly embrace.
Col L. said that the sight of those en-
gilles of Internal cruelty kindled the rage
Of The soldiers to fury. They declared
that every induisitor and soldier of the in
qusition be put to torture. Their rage
was unsovernabe. COL L. did not op-
pose them; they might have turned their
aims against him, if he had attempted to
axest their work They began with the
ht@ fathers. The first they put to death
in Ehe machine for breaking the joints
The torture of the inquisitor, put to death
by the y.2pping of water on his head,
was most excruciating. The poor man
cried out in agony to be taken from the
fatal machine. The inquisitor general
was brought before the Internal engine
called "the Virgin The soldiers COM
mand him to kiss the virgin. He begs to
be excused. "No,' said they, ''you have
caused others to kiss her. and now you
must do it, They mterlocked their bay
onets so as to form large forks, and with
these pushed him over the deadly circle.
The beautiful image instantly prepared
for the embrace, ciasped him in its arms,
and he was cut into innumerable pieces.
Col. l.. said he witnessed the torture Of
| four of theln-his heart sickened at the
awful scene-and he left the soldiers to
wreak their vengeance on the last guilty
inmate of the prson-house of hell.
In the meantime, it was reported thro'
! Madrid, that the prisons of the inquisition
were broken open. and multitudes has
tened to the fatal spot. And O. what a
meeting was there. 1t was like resur-
rection. About hundred who had been
buried for many years, were now restored
to life. There were fathers who found
their long lost daughters; wives were re-
stored to their husbands, sisters to their
brothers, and parents to their children;
and there We're some who could recognise
no friend among the multitude. The
scene was such as no tongue can describe
When the multitude had retired, Col
l.. caused the library, paintings, furniture,
&c. to be removed, and having sent to
the city for wagon load OF powder, he
deposited large quantity in the vaults
beneath the building, and placed slow
| match in connection with it. All had
| withdrawn at distance, and in few
moments there was most joyful sight
to thousands. The walls and turrets OF
the massive structure rose maJestically to-
ward the heavens. impelled by the tre-
mendous explosion-and fell back to the
earth an immense heap of ruins. The
inquisition was no more.
I CURIOSITY OF THE EARTH.--At the CITY