The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1850-04-25
These cells were places Of solitary con-

~ Auoso cciS Wcio piaCooi VI buhtn1J con
finenent, where the wretched objects Of in
quisitorial hate were confined year afte
! year, till death released them Of their suffer
ings, and their bodies were suffered to re
main until they were entirely decayed, ane
the rooms had become fit for others TO oc
cupy. To prevent this practice being often
siye to those who occupied the inquisition
there were Hues or tubes extending to the
open air, sufficiently capacious TO carry of
the odor from those. !decaying bodies. In
these cells we found the lremains of some
who had paid the debt of nature; some Of
them had been dead apparently but a shor'
time, while of others nothing remained but
their bones, still chained to the. floor of their
dungeon In others we found the living
sufferer Of every age and Of both sexes,
from the young man and maiden TO those OF
threescore and ten years, all as naked as
when they were borne intolth woridJ Our
soldiers Immediately applied themselves 10
releasingthese captives OF their chains, stript
themselves in part of their own clothing 10
cover these wretched beings, and were ex-
ceedingly anxious 70 bring them up TO the
light Of day. But aware of the danger,
insisted on their wants being supplied, and
being brought gradually to the light as they
could bear IT. hzolsb a-.s r,.as Jsa!
When we had explored these cells, and
opened the prison doors of those who yet
survived, we proceeded to explore another
room on the left. Here we found the instru-
ments of torture, of every kind which the
ingenuity of men or devils could invent.
AT the sight of them the fury of our soldiers
refused any longer TO be restrained. They
declared that every inquisitor, mork, and
soldier of the establishment deserved TO be
put to the torture. We did not attempt any
longer to restrain them. They commenced
at once the work of tortur, with the holy
fathers. remained till saw four different
kinds of torture applied, and then retired
from the awful scene, which terminated not
while one individual remained of the former
guilty inmates of this ante chamber Of hell,
on whom they could wreak revenge. As
soon as the poor sufferers from the cells OF
the inquisition could with safety be brought
out of their prison 10 the light of day, (news
having been spread far and near, that num-
bers had been rescued from the iuquisition)
all who had been deprived of friends by the
holy office, came 10 inquire. if theirs were
among the number. .r
0, what meeting was there about a
hundred that had been buried alive for many
years, were now restored to the active world
and many of them found here son, and
there daughter; here sister and there a
brother, and some, alas could recognize no
friends The scene wassuch that no tongue
can describe. When this work Of recogn-
ton was over, 10 complete the business in
which had engaged, l went 10 Madrid and
obtained large quantity of gunpowder
which placed underneath the cdifice, and
in its vaults, and as we applied the slow
match. there wus joyful sight TO thousands
of admiring eyes. 0, it would have done
your heart good 10 see it; the walls and mas
sive turreis of that proud edifce, were raised
towards the heavens, and the Inquisition Of
MADRID was no more.