Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1857-11-07

scat On one side of the room was an elc-
waited seat called the Tribune of Judgment
This the Inquisitor General occupied, and
on either side were seats less elevated, for
the holy fathers, when engaged in the SOL.
emn business of the Holy Inquisition--
From this room we proceeded to the right
and obtained access to small cells, extend
ing the entire length of the cdifcc; and
what a sight met our eyes How has the
benevolent religion of Jesus been abused
and slandcrcd BY its profcsscd friends.
These cell were places OF solitary continc-
mcnt, whore the wretchcd objects of inquis-
itorial hate were confined year after year,
till death released them from their suffer
ings, and there their bodies were suffered
to remain until they were entirely dccaycd,
and the rooms had become fl; for others to
occupy. TO prevent this practice being of
fcnSiyc to those who occupied the Inquisi-
ton, there were iucs or tubes extending to
the open air, SUP "iently capacious to curry
off the odor from those decaying bodies. LIN
these cells we found the remains of some
who had paid the debt of nature; somr of
them had been dead apparently but Snort
time, while fothcra 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 three
score and ten years, as naked as when they
were born into the world. Our soldiers
immediately applied themselves to releasing
these captivos of their chains, stript them
selves in part of their own clothing to COW
Ell these beings, and were exceedingly anx-
ious TO bring them up to the light of day.
But aware of the danger, insisted on their
wants being supplied. and that they should
be brought gradually tc the light, as they
could bear it.
When we had explored these cells and
opened the prison-doors of those who vet
survived, we proceeded to explore another
room on the left. Here we found the in
strumcnts of torture, of every kind which
! the ingenuity of men and devils could in
vent. At the sight of them the fury ofour
soldiers refused any longer to be restrained
They declared that every inquSitor monk
and soldier of the establishment deserved
to be put to the torture. We did not at
tempt any longer to restrain them. They
commenced at once the work of torture
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 wrcak revenge. AS soon as the poor
sufferers from the cells of the Inquisiton
could with safety be brought out of their
prison to the light of day, (ncws having
spread far and near that numbers had been
rescued from the Inquistion) all who had
| been deprived of friends by the holy Office
came to inquire if theirs were among the
number.
o, what meetings was there About
hundred who had been buried alive f,r
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 re-
cognizc no friends. The scene was such
one rs no tongue can describe When this
work of recognition was over to complete
tic business in which had engaged, went
to Madrid and obtained large quantity of
powder, which placed underneath the ed
itico and in its vaults, and as we applied the
slow match, there was joyful sight to
thousands of admirng eyes. Oh it would
have done your heart good to see it; the
walls and massive turrcts of that proud cd
ihce were raised towards the heavens, and
the lnquisiton of Madrid was no more.
A DIsTINGUIsuED PARTY or NATIVE
AMERGcANs.-Th Yolo County Cal,
Democyot, gives the following notice the
arrival in its diggings of distinguished
party of the Digger Indian tribe "Thc
Digger warrior, Ti-whop- -pcrty, accompa-
MED by several lesser luminarics of his
tribe and bcyy ofthc swarthy "fair SEX"
might have been seen "by the light of the
moon" a few evenings ago, cncampcd pic
turesqucly in the vicinity of the public
square, the hotel-for the time bcing-of
this branch of the "frst families" of the
country. They arc not bad specimens OF
their tribe, and seem to have taken to the
costume of the whites, with considerable
gusto and some luck. One young blood, in
particular, made fine appearance in an ell
giant suit of summer clothes, consisting of
one secondhand wool hat !"
TIE CONSTITUTION OF OREGoN.
Constitution likely, according to the last
accounts, to be adopted by the Oregon Con-
vcntion, contains some remarkable proyis-
ions. 1t does away with grand jurics as
unnecessary preliminary examination
before magistrate previous to comnnittal
being deemed sufficient 1t provides that
thcre shall be no Lieutenant Governor;
that the Secretary of State shall exercise
tLn functions of GOynrnor ,,ro Jo,, -, ooso