New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-02-09
Rosar ,l,ss Jams whom buried tic osher dayu

Ihe next day informed the HldoW Lhas nau
ound the money, though did not deem " pfHaelsSo
ell her Of the circumstances under Which ! had re-
,eired it. eTaded her questions, but Ia enc END vas
obliged to invent story to satisfy her Bot the money
nag been found and this was te most a
poverty that stared her in the face Was removed from
her, and she was content s
The reader may believe or disbeleye tins stoIy as
he pleases 70 this day nave obtained 10 saIisIac
tory solution OF this mystery sEInIe insists upoh
that it was Eli Williams who had taken advantage OF
his resemblance to Roger and drawn out the money
and then, impelled by the pangs Of conscience had
taken this method of restoring it. But whether there
was any resemblance OF not, cannot say, aa nave
never seen Eli. sssss..g-.
Do not understand It put smnk # Is saser " a
tribute it to mystery or to some such cause as
Emne suggests rather than 20 supernasaraL
agency am in the dark and the reader ls al hnefSy
to solve the riddle as he pleases $E8
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The fotnyri,g s,,eteb e visit ID Bavarian Ratf-
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q letter in the Milwaukee Sentinel
Ratisbon has much to interest the traveller VINO is
fond Of relics and antiquity. OF its churches and
walls its towers and battlements, dating as far back
as the time when it was under the RoInansI shal!
saw nothing for fancy my readers are gettlng 6lred
Of reading about them yet to me, such places pos
sess deep interest. IS ~.
will, however, mention the Rash house az tits
called being an old, irregular pile Of ruins, m nleh
the Diets of the German Empire we're held foE eenfH-
RES. The new joins it, which was built some
three hundred years since Down beneath the ground,
under the old portions shown the cells and torture
chamber with its horrid apparatus, Just as Y was
used in former times. The descent and Nlndlngs To-
gether with the are very sl.ltaf " snosg
seen after passing oFer the Bridge Of Sighs, which
described in a. former letter from VENICE wicked
rulers and trans in all countries have ever been m
genious in their devices and plans for venting their
malice and cruelty upon their enemies.
lish. and gho seemed very intelligent, took me down
into these cold and loatIsome dungeons With lights
and at others only looking I'M the passages being
small that it was difficult to get crawling
on the hands and knees. Previous to going into the
torture chamber which possesses the most interest,
entered one for the higher grade Of criminals stoop
ing considerably. It is some seven or eight feet
square, lined with tnbers, something like our Jalls,
without any place to admit air or light and only one
j piece Of furniture, block for the unhappy vetm to
lay his head upon. In the ceiling above B small ap-
eratnre, to which there is pipe with
a q room ahoVe to enable spies and listeners to hear
any word that might be unWary uttered or sighed by
. the I-fated occupant This room, with some twenty
others. were for criminals of higher character Be
meath these are other dungeons vaults rather hay
ing no mode Of entrance except through 90 IRON gra
ted door, level with the floor, which = strongly
secured by bolts and chains. Those that passed this
dreaded portal again saw the light of day They
either were suffered to pine out u this living tomb,
the small balance of d miserable existence,
dispatched There are only three or four OF this
kind, but / was satisfied on seeing one. 5s#i
But / passed on through intricate passages, and
small double-bolted rou doors until came to the tor
ture chamber, which was large and high, giving
ample space for the inqaisors, surgeons
Victims and instruments Of torture. On the outside
is stone bench from which, through an opening In
the wall the helpless captive could see their internal
operations perhaps upon father, brother, or some
near friend, and hear his agoni2ng shrieks The OBJ
ject of this was to cause confession The inagina-
ton will not be slow in conceiVng what these Insfru-
ments were. They were known by dlI!erent names
gvep t4 70 .hf 9y aaH r. ~
" +t ss ,a;5es Iag y T,is Yas a. 1;g s,rocsar'
the bottom Of which is full Of small sharp skes Of
wood on which fine victim was obliged 10 sit with
nondsrons Tm nsnts IN Ian and oe rom
ba ssat Annfhar caei3 s1 Tqgs5s the
iardsd hare y and consisted If horizontal rsck
semhIina iona narroy hedstead on Which there was
roller set WITH ron spikes over which she viotmwas
almost eyt;nct mother yos called de scfu1e Eesei
or Rad Bess.n This was a sort Of upright franne Of
wood with wndlass attached, The prisoners feet
tb na ttacbaa h. the tg7sts Ia yTas drayn nm
nnti III cracks We're heard Of the bones LEAVING the
soe1ets ryhen he Was lowered down Another meth
o1 os Ia attaeh beavv yvaiets to him and then with
III; III @ ~ b,d h;S h baI raisa him tn the roof
@ 'ta.n 4 t him sddanIy faIl to within fw inches
f at4 th n This rrond start everv hone in the body
Another called ,utsch6atn or "siide Twas species
hi tI v;+ Igas Drawn nnf every vertebre Of
his naked hack was erazed and the flesh torn and
hrnised I,rr isi5se
1 thpr ind n
snanacha oseJ or g the Snanish Assu heinz wooden
horse With a sharn hack on which the gictim was
conna,led to ride There are MANY other mnIenents
of tdtnre and creltv Int tia ahoye are sufficient To
show what demons there were IN those ages, who
WIFE, MGfe ~ s :e
the same now as they, were when used, even to the
very ropes and weights For the credit Of the place
ana humaly y Is proper 70 ssate tnas Iney nave no'
I been used for nearly a century and a bali.
porp1sG THE OUEsT1oS@Speaking Of q popping
the q question, I'VE don't know but What it would BE-
fairly in order to 0wring in the following from an
exchange: H.. E.5 &.
Be sure 6efore you commence coong. pur .lenus us
one ss ~ so t,e ,1bo hotb
aoaen,sn en+ertains5 fandar fsanos In snirit of
fro;c one Of The vonno ladies heW ant the iamp and
onr friends th;nk}ng if q fayorahe moment to make
known their-1 feelnns to Tia fair objects of their
racard moved SEATS st the same instant. and placed
themseves as thew s,1nnosed by the Iady' side but
she had also moved and he gentlemen were in reality