Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1858-07-16

secured the entire income OF the estate for
my client,i and charged my bill to Peter.
who wassbut too glad to pay it.
az'aTorture in India.
The London Weekly Times gives the
followingfextract from a work, entitled
"The Sepoy Revolt. by Henry Mead, :"
which has lately been published in Lon
don. The Times introduces the paragraph
with the following remark: "rhe Eng
lish people should not get credit, or rath.
er discredit. for that which belongs to
acts committed in their name. The most
horrible revelation of modern times is in
disrutably the practice of the torture in
India. not with the sanction indeed, but
with the connivance of successive Gov>
ernors General"
The following list of the tortures cur
rent in Travancore was prepared in l848.
by an English gentleman of the highest
responsibility, at that time. and for many
years previous, residing in the country
1t will be seen thatGthe operator had an
extensive choice in his modes of treat
ment, and could deal with any kind of
subject. in any locality. Some of the
kinds of torture were constantly practiced,
others with less frequency; but there
were few of the government servants
who had learned the whole system, and
could apply any example of persuasive
treatment that might be required. Beat
ing hardly comes under the head of tor
ture, though the Burmese method oflay-
ing the patient down ON his face and
kneading his back with the elbows OF a
strong man. approaches very near to it.
Our catalogue should commence with
racking the arms backward with cords
tightened with increasing severity
While the arms are thus tied, bearing
down the neck by heavy weight pressing
various parts of the body, even to the
ment called the "kitti." formed by two
sticks connected by a loose joint at one
end which serve as a fulcrum, the two
sticks being levers between which the
fingers, &c., are squeezed; the degree Of
tightness is not limited but increased ac-
cording to the nature Of the case, and the
will OF the torturer.
Whipping with species of singing
nettle. Tying two women together by
their long hair, and suspending weight
on that hair between them. Using a
long iron rod, with rings which slide on
it, each one fitted to contain leg; when
these are filled, pulling the rod with
violence, through hole in the wall or
wooden frame. by one end. SO that all the
legs are jammed up together at the other
end. Suspending by the hands on pole
for heightened time. 1t is not needful
to tie the hands together; they can be
constituted self>suspenders in this man
ner-while holding the hands in front
with the palms inwards. toward the chest,
and the fingers extended. turn them in
ward, and then lock them one in the 9th
hand rest in the palm Of tho other; then
a pole passed across them inside will sus-
pend the body. its pressure preventing
the fingers from slipping out. While sus-
pended in this manner. lighting fire be-
meath the victim. Adding to his suffer
ings by throwing the strongest red pep
per on the fire. so that its severely pun
gent fumes assail his eyes, nose and
throat. Shutting up in close room, and
smoking the sufferer. Applying hot PIN
GERS, and that to parts of the body which
cannot be mentioned Enclosing num-
Der of pincbing beetles in half cocoa.
nut she'll and tying it over the navel, SO
that the horrid sensation OF digging into
the bowels is inflicted. Rubbing the arm
from the wrist to the elbow with salt and
sand, then applying longitudinsIly mum
Der of eekil, or ribs of cocoa nut leaf and
tying them on firmly; then fOtcibIy draw.
ing them out one by one, the fuer end
FIRST, SO that each one, by its own increas'
ing thickness, and aided by the salt un'
derneatb, cuts burningly into the flesh
and leaves its smar'ing sting.