The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1858-03-03

HeFef NHBll ihi ~ outlet M lt hffI
aBi fasm, sheh almosi made M le.
sptli n eeef proceeding farther bat
a. ihe old nalls u, "ponogennea
anl pslienct remove maanlllns iu
oHe egfhef ~ Tho vault. ahuu, two
ferl ifum ilo auof ! fnw . hole " q
salalo rfulaf shape through whlch !
pressed ullia great 0lesl N lllirnI,y
Atw having thoroughly enInoi Wy
feet, | booked iDfwnfl through ava.
eully II almost lhlrnn.hahlo lafh
rpss, tni hthollh liahl shining, ~
1 through d key holr, "a slioh pleas.
ing c}uosufo ! mad m, way, regard
lesof al fuu0un' lng dangers, which
Mt length | reached, nnl gave n loud
rap ni lbo door A. Topped some
one opened The door, and IN ! walked
viii a'l lho cIlronler, of nn cyahgol.
ist lon can mfl,y imagine M,
feeling. elon | ws tod Nni thf
was iho linh ahud ~ nll lho wicked
people lrom pano'a County From
one end II the edffc 10 No plhcr,
we're machines " lhr mpsi compl.
Gated structure, which, ! waa told,
we're Designed lor ,arlnns modes "
torture, The most conspicuous W
them was o large wheel, which ! took
for granted from description, was
that Of 'loeion, going round with the
rapld'ty ol l.ghlning, 10 whoh man
was suspended by h.s heels. whom !
was told VA. one of the three hun.
drcd thousand dollar lords Of the
aforementioned county, who stood
high in no ones estimation but his
own. with m old Yankee woman APP
plying the lash to him ., every rcyo-
luton. In another place Vas the
mound Of sisyphas, rs ] thought,
with a dark Spanish chap VI some
three and twenty summers, archcd
legs, and black mous,achc, rolling
stone up IL, aud ius, before he gained
the summit Il iwould take q start, car
rying him hcad-fcrcmost down the
decliviiy. n another place was a
blue eyed ilr,, apparently Of good
micn. who was sentenced for the
breach ot so many marriage con.
tracts, whose duty II VAS to I'LL up
,nh that hal no bottom, with water.
In another ii. cction was n man Of
some thirty winters, whose head was
somcvha, devoid Of pilosity, with
huge whiskrrs. bound to a stake, IN
water up to his chin; aud whenever
he reached forward % quench his
thirst, the fnii would disappear.
After having taken a close inspcc-
ton Of oil the 6endish engines Of
torment, | became alarmed, in wha,
way | should make my exit from
this wrc.ched Den. The door, | vas
told, could rot he opened, unless !,
was done for the ingrcss Of some DE-.
parted mortal, which completely non.
plassed the; bu, being naturally Of
fearless disposit.os, and waking
through crowds Of people wholly un.
known b me, came to thu bank of
a rapid river, which ran with . howl.
ing noise, under wall Of iron.
Wills, promsnsdins the margin cf
the stream. in q stale Of despcnden.
ey. | saw q small boat or canoe which
served as . passage for the condemn.
cd, across the water. Seiriug hold
Of !, with erca,esscrncss, ! launched
j, in the current, entirely isnoran,
Of wha, Iwss doing. Of the same time
falliu, pres,ra,e upon my face. hav-
ing oaercl fcrvens prayer 10 hcsv-
en-. anil placing all confidence in God,
whom | knew csali delivcr ne from
the ,hrLiom Of iartncss, l started
Of with the expectation q being los,
forever, not kno~ius phcn ! nigh.
be dashed to pieces by some project
m, ruck. % he swallowed up by some