Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1852-05-01

ing caldron of hot water in the shape Of dark mar
BILE vase, from which arose hot clouds Of steam the
marble floor wet and soapy and Of smartng heat
the walls were reeking with warm sweat; high over
head ceiling, pierced with round holes,
in which colored glasses and through this the
light poured down in streaks Of every hue; mist OF
apor hung in the atmosphere, lit up by flashes Of
colored light gave the moving figures appearance Of
roasting in flames of fire and brimstone and all around
in every direction bare bodies and limbs and shayen
heads gstening through the obscury and great naked
monsters orturing them with dppers full Of scadng
ter binding lather from huge basins Of suds
scraping with bald crown scading down
leg arm rubbing off the skin from the backbone
OF PROSTATE victim others stretching out limbs and
trying to dsoint them scrubbng them down with hard
brushesall working with iendish rest increased to
malicious grin Of triumph when groan or involuntary
yell OF agony could be elected Surely" said to the
captain, they are not going to put through here in
this diaboical crowdf" sOh this is nothing said he
theres another place yet if I'm not mistaken We can
go into that il you like, only it's good deal hotter
Hotter! Why, good heavens there's not air enough
here for musquito." Nonsense; you'l not mind il
directly; it's quite stunning assure you when you get
used to it, Now had painful msgiving Of absolute
suocation in the act Of getting used to it, but 1t was
too late to rereat At some magic word in Arabic from
the captain who not much pleased himself with the
assembage here were seized again by the naked mon
sters before mentioned and dragged into room still fur
ther on, and Of much smaller dimensions There were
only two three victims in this branch Of the establish
ment. It seemed to be the fnishingup place, where
people who chose through the whole operation were
subjected to the final and most exquisite ordeas but We
as matter OF favor we're perted TO suit ourselves by
having the whole thing concentrated The fact u.s. in the
rooms through which had passed there was such an
odor of impure flesh that both little haunted
by visions of plague and leprosy. Here however we
were past all odors there further for the or
gans Of scent II was Of such fiery temperature that
for few minutes it sufficient labor to struggle
against sufocation Soon the big drops of perspraton
rolled down from my forehead; was covered with q
flow Of steam and perspation that quite blinded me- The
captain vanished in white mist, leaving parting i'm
preston on my mind of man gaspng for life in sea of
soap suds. l saw Of him for quarter Of an
hour Meantime was jerked out of my winding sheet
by the oneeyed monster and thrust down into sttng&
posture close by the of hot water. Hold forSs
Gods sake What"-It was too late. perfect de-
luge Of foaming lather came pouring down over my
head and face, running into my eyes, ears and nosrs,
and stopping up my mouth beyond all hope Of speech.
have indisnc recollection Of confusion Of agonies
depict them with any thing like the force of reality
From the of my head to the soles of my feet
was enyeoped in bank of het lather which the horrd
wretch who had down rubbing into my flesh with
small rake, other instrument Of torture At
last he reached my eyes, and here he rubbed efecual
y that the pain exquisite to be borne. Water,
water y roared in the very extremity of agony, "wa-
ter you villain! quick, I'm blind for life !" Mooe"
suggested the captain from his bank of suds the other
side, call for moos that's the Arabic he'll understand
it better than English" "Mooe" screamed in the
madness Of anguish sMooe you rascal ~ There was
gutteral sound Of from outside the coating of
ather; it was impossible to an inch but heard
dabblng if in water and thought detected something
like fendsh inward laugh. Next moment my brain
seemed to be scorched with kissing fame of fire. and
my body felt if thousand devils tearing strips Of
skin off it with red hot pincers. For while
tirey incapable Of utterance could only wrhe madly
under the grasp of the live mummy, who held down
with hand, while he continued pour the scaldng
food over with the other till momentary cessation
of the torture enabled me to call for aid Captain oh
heavens, captain he's boiling in earnest ~ "Cold
water p said the captain in Arabic; aput cold wa
ter on him" There was pause now, while the
went in search of cold water during which sat simmer
ing in puddle of sud afraid to stir lest my entire suit
of skin should drop off In few minutes he returned,
and, holding the bucket my head he poured down
stream Of fresh that shock into my very
II was relief, however, it eventually enabled to
open my eyes. When did open Them the first object
in view that dabocal wretch grnning horribly and
squirting with malicious satisfaction at the results of his
labors red all over perfect boiled lobster in
ternal appearance sTah5ss said he signifying good,
isn't it "Tahb, hey?" And then he took from large
bowl of suds Misunderstanding instrument brush which
fastened his hand, and seizng hold Of by the
arm, commenced rubbing with all his might To be carded
down in this with hard brush the wooden part
Of which and then touched up acute angle,
not productive Of agreeable sensations but il vast
improvement the hot-water process Such exquisite
delight did the yianous old mummy take in it, that he
strained every muscle with ZEAL and snorted like racer,
his fiery eye garng on with fendish expression, and
his long pointed teeth gsenng through the steam, as IL
nothing would have afforded him half so much satisfaction
as to bite Strechngme my back he scrubbedaway
from head foot rakng over the collar bones ribs and
shin bones in paroxysm of enthusiasm. This done, he
reversed the position and raked his way back lingering
with great relish every spinal elevation till he reached
the back of my head, which event he signalized by
He then pulled up into sitting posture again; for
by this time quite loose and felt resigned any
thing and drawing the brush sklfully the beaten
track gathered up several rolls Of fine skim each Of which
he exhibited to me- with grin of triumph token Of
skill Tdhb Uoscadja Tdhi6?" Good is mt
your excellency cleverly done, eh2
Having arrived ut this stage of the proceedings the in
defagable monster agnn covered up in Of ather
and while writing in renewed agonie from streams
Of soap that kept running into my eyes in spite Of every
effort to shut them off, he dashed large dpperu of hot
water over me- following it up by others in rapid success
sion TILL unable TO endure the horrible tortung prang
to my feet seized the dpper and shouted bactsh att
the top of my voice., The words acted like magic, l
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