The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1858-01-28

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This is the title Of book lately published
in London, containing complete history Of
the Van lois Of Piedmont, whose dread.
inl persecution called forth some OF the
nobl,-t lines of MILroS In looking over
some Of the extracts from this work wc were
particularly struck by the following account
Of the prosecutions Of one denomination of
Christians by another
uArALoouE oY MARTYRS.
There Ia q town In picdemoUt, said q Vau.
dols barba, in his memoirs, "in which some Of
our brethren have not been put 10 death. Jor.
dan TertaD was burned alive at SusA, Hypo'
| lyte kouss,cr was burned nj Turin: fiilerInin
Ambrose WAS hanged ON the Col de Meene
ugon Champs, of fene.'relle. was taken at
suxa, and conducted to Turin, where his bowels
were torn out and lung into . basin, without
his sunefings being terminated even by this
fightiul torture. Peter Geymont, Of bobi, died
| nj Luosrua. with living cat In tho interior Of
his body. Mary domaine WIS buried alive at
Roche Plate Madeline FontaDs suffered the
same fnte Al ~. John; Michael Comet, man nj.
most n hundred years of age, was burned alive
! al SArceDa. susanna liichelin, at tie same
place, was left In dying state upon The snow:
bartholomew Frache, having been hacked
with Habres, had his wounds filled with quick
me, and expired IN this manner at FeDil. Dan.
icl Michslin had his tongue torn out 81 liob for
having praised tod. James Baridon died, Gov.
cred With bfimstonc matches, which th,y had
fastened between HIS iiuger. and about h's lips.
bis bostriis, aud all parta VI his body.
| Daniel hry.l had his mouth 6lled with gun.
| povdet, which was set on frc, the explosion ~
which tore hi. head in pieces. Mary xoaain
I was taken IN the COnbs oi Iionsa the flush Of
! her checks and of her chin was removed 40
| that the Jaws were exposed, and N this way
she was left 10 die Paul Garnief MAS slowly
mnnRled nt I'ora, Thomas Morguet muiiIated
in an indescribsble manner VI tho Fort Of the
Mrab0ue, aud Susanna Joaquin cut In pieces AZ
La Tour. number of young women 1T failla.
rct IN order to escape ouuages still moro
dreadful 10 them than death. flung themselves
from aprecipcs. and perisbed among tbs rocks.
sarah kosiagpol Was cleft up through Tho mid
die Of he. body, and VA. len In a dying state
on tho road IRON Eyrals 10 Luosf6a Ann
tbafbobner was impaled alive, and borne In
this state like a banner. from ~. Jean 10 La
Tour. Al Faesane, Daniel Itanbaud had his
nails torn out, then his tbgrrs were cut on,
then his feet and hand. ws.o severed by blows
of hatehe's, and then his arms and legs were
separated from his body, upon each refusal
that ho made TO adjars The Gospel
There Ia not "a foos Ia the Eaudois valleys
II death, not u meadow but has been the scene
of some execution. not ayiage but has had its
martyrs, No history, however c0mpiote can
contain record ot them all.
And yet these acts were perre,ratcd by
men many Of whom believed that they were
doing the Lord Il work. and not by natives
81 India risng against u superior race, with
all the fcrocity Of cDwarjs whn have been
long kept in subjectiou still with the per
sccuiiop Of the Walcnpss ou record and
the site Of the Gre4 Of 5mithGeb cxtant.
men arc 10 be found who coolly deny that
the alleged barbaritlca committed by tho
muiinpus Sepoys eo'dd have taken place
The death of M.HY MouasiS in extract. 50
gpikingy descri0c tho punishment inflicted on
I. l.1s, the otl,rr day, IN Delhi, that the ac-
tohn'i v'cm almost identical. A common
''sff.;is1l arios9.thc pseudo-sep-itivcs Of
,hr ,ss,:,, day "a; "oh' W. eaano' believe
these s,orirs. they sre 50 horrible tha, human
nature ~, olts at the idea o' such possibili-
,ir. Z" The tiger takes his prey. at the
present day, and deyours 1t as be did At the
rarnt ages, hut man, !! anything, has ad-
dyd tDrtur with refinement TO his cruelty
The new l.. s. Treasury Notes, which
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week. They are pronounced exquisite spe-
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containing the arm. oi the Union, with en-
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has been engraved expressly for these notes.
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