Demoine courier., 1855-10-11

from Tue IT Itenu OF Onlhd.
Of March Ia:
"'rhe execution had been fred for
noon. Atlll2 half a-dozsa men ar
rived with knives; preceded by bearers
of rough deal wood boxes. decorated
with bloody sides. These were the cof-
fins. Unconcern with the general %.
peafance Of the soldiers aud spectators,
Of whom, altogether. there may have
been ore hundred and fly. The day
was dull. a fresh breze from the eastward
carry ing the stencil away from foreign.
ere, who to the number Of . dozen. had
obtained admiltsncey to The top of one
Of the hoases on the Far side OF the street
passing The entrance Of This field Of
blood Al III the first batch Of ten
prisoners arrived, speedily followed BY
The rest in similar quantities. Each
prisoner (having his hands tied behind
his back. ard labeled on the tally appeas-
ed to have been thrust do wn IN q wicker
basket, otter which his chained legs dang.
led loosely, the body riding uncomforta-
bly,, and markeG with a long ps2er tally
pasted on a slip of bamboo ,hrust be-
tween the prisoners jacket and his back.
These man baskets slung with small
cords, were carried on bamboos on the
shoulders Of two men. As the prison.
ers' arrived, each was made to kneel with
his face 10 the south. In : a space Of
about 20 feet by IL we counted az many
as 20. ranged in half q dozen rows. Al
5 minules to twelve a white button man.
DARN arrived. and the two 10 be first cut
in pieces were tied to the crosses.-
While looking al this Tightening process
the execution commenced, aud 30 or 30
mus, have been headless before we were
aware OF it. The only sound 10 be
heard was a horrid cheep, cheep, cheep,
as the knives fell. One blow IVES sufi.
cient for each-shR head lumbling between
the legs OF the victim before it. As the
sword falls, the blooj.gushing trunk
springs forward, falls on The breast, and
q still foreeef. s..fn four minutes the de-.
cap.ntion was complete. and then on the
other victims commenced the barbariiy
which 10 ,hlnk Of 10 sufficiently barbaric.
With a short, sharp knife q slice was cut
of from under each arm. A low, sup-
pressed, fearful groan from each followed
the operation of the weapon. Dexter
Gus as butchers, a slice was taken sue.
cessiyely by The operators from tho calves
the thighs, and ,hen from each BREAST
We msy suppose-we may hope-that
Fby this time the sufferers were Iusensi.
BILE to pain; but they were not dead
The knife raj then struck into the alb.
domen. which vas ripped up to the
breasibone, and the blade twisted round
and round as the heart was. separated
from it's holding. W to this moment.
having once set eyes on the victim undes
torture. they had become fixed,ss BY fas-
cination; but they could be risesed there
no longer. A whirling sensation ran
through the braini and il was with di6i.
Guilty we could keep ourselves from faih
ing. But this was not all; the lashines
were then cut, and the head, beiux Tied
0y the tail to a limb Of the crosse, Vas
severed from the body, which was then
dimemhered Of hands and arms, feet mud
legs separately. After this the msnda.
RIGS left the ground5 to return, however.
with a man aud worsan;the latter, il vas
said. the wife Of one Of the rebei chiefs
The man q leader of some rank: Tho
woman was cut up in the way We have
described; for the man a more Lorribl1
punishment was decreed. He was fay
ed alive. We did not SEQ this. but il
was Witnessed by the sergeant Of marines
Of The United States, J. r. p. Kennedy
I-,he cry a, The irst insertion. or the
knife across the forehead, and the pull
ing Of the flesh over the eyes, being
most HORRIBLE"