The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-05-29
IMPRISONED IN BURMAH.
The Coneiusioa.j

sbo roy.t taste He soon found, however,
that the ladies were chosen for political rea,
sons rs their very name OF ''GoYernofs
D,nghters" indeed Implied When any noble
man is m de ruler of a province, and especi-
ally If il be distant one, his nearest iemaie
relative is taken TO the palace, as hostage iol
his Fidelity For a considerable time, the m
detatigabie MIR. Gouger-makipg the most
satisfactory bargains, ana irauEurathg, as
h.. Il ttserei himself, a most magnifcent Hler
cantil1 system-reta'ned tne Ioyat iasor' az"
was IA md and glove with the aris tosrtfy gen
er,t!y Once only he got into iroubie ABOUT
killing "A sheep-for which offence, since Inc
Rurupse are forbidden 10 eat any meat out
c4rrion a poor peasant was soon afterwards
..ou.rtered alive, as he had quartered the
animal''-but even this was got over by Judl,
cious bribery and he subseq uenilY Obtained
his mutton as in Engiand, Prince IharaWGh'
the heir apparent, becoming accessory after
IN. fact and daily sharer in the forbidden de-
licacy. Nay, he was even permitted TO MAKE
n voyage TO Calcutta, whence he brought
back with him greyhound Tor the knsIa
the royal sunshine tnan ever. But me darh
DAYS of this too enterprising trader were
dr. wing near 80, r.
No sooner did the war break out win Eng
I'D than the feelings of the monarch altered
toxards him and those OF the court ol course
uarticIp ted in the htng". MT fou%eE va
sei1sd upon IS British spy, aud upon the
Stilt prayer suspicion OF being me orother-in-
I,u of the Honorable East lnGiHn Company.
The Burmese sta tesmen were seriously OF me
ou,uion that The II l.. j &. h3d married Mr..
Gouger's sister. On these charges, he was
hurried into captivity. exchanging his sump-
tunus fare ana scarlet finery tor ha wore "a
complete harlequin suit CT stuart tartan FIX,
hy the gracious command OF ms naJestyj ior
the nuimiginable horrors OF the Let-mu y"0hi
fnpan or Death prison, it's name, being liter
ally IN ter pref ted, signifying 'hthd SHRINK
not " from The revolving cTneitles practsed
within its walls "Ahhoush ~ vas oetW"th
tour and i've O'Clock on a bright sunny alter
noon. the rays Of light only penetrated
through the chnks and cracks OF the walls
sufiicientiy to disclose the utter wreic hettntSS
OF All within. Some time elapsed before i
could clearly distinguish the objects by which
| vas surrounded. AS my eyes gradually
adaptnd them selves to the ann ilgnt, ascef-
tanned il to be roo m abont forty feet long by
thirty feet wide, the floor and sides made OF
strong teak wood planks, the former being
raj led two feet from the earth ON posts, which.
according to the usual style OF burmese aren't
lecture ran through the body of the building,
and supported the tiled root as well as the
r,ftrrs for the floor and the planklng OF the
walls The hrl-ht of the walls from the floor
was f. We or six feet, but the root being siop-
ing cue, the centre might be double mat height
1t had no window or apeitur 10 admit liSht
or air except "A closely woven bamboo wicket
used as q door and this was always Kept
closed Fortunately, the builders had not ex-
pended III uch labor on the walls, the planEs OF
which here and there were not very closely
united, afording through the chinks the only
ventilation the apartment possessed, II we e1-
Il hole near TIE TOOt, NAtIty tttIEE ny NC
ciient or design, nearly a foot III length OF de-
cayed plank had been torn off. This formed n
safety valve for the escape OF foul air to GER
tain extent: and but for this tortuitous circum-
stance il ia difficult To ste how life would
have been long sustained Before
me- stretched OH the floor, lay forty or fifty
hapless wretches. whose crimes or misior-
tunes had brought them into this place OF tor
ment They were all nearly naked, and the
half famished features and skeleton frames of
many OF them too plainly told the story OF
their protracted suherngs. Very few were
without chains, and some had one or bot feet
in the 9 locks besides. sight of such squalid
NrechednesS can hardly be imagined. Silence
seemed to be the order OF the day; perhaps TIE
poor creatures were SO engroSsed win thell
own misery, that they hardly cared to make
many remarks on the In trusion of so unusual
an inma To as myself. The prison had never
been washed, nor even swept, since IL was
built so i was told, and have no oouot
WAS true: tor, besides the ocular PROOF IRON
Us present conCit IL on, 1t is GER tain no aLtemp
was made TO cleanse ii during my subsequen
tenancy OF many mouths This gave u kin'
of fxedness or permanency &c the fetid doors
until the very floors and walls We're saturat
eli with them, and joined in emitting the pest
Putrid remains of castaway animal ana Vege
table stuff, which needed no broom to make
more Ou-the stale tunes from thousands
tobacco pipes-the scattered ejeetions OF tn
pulp and liquid from their everlasting petel
and other nameiess denominations, stiii NOR
disgusting which strewd the foOr-and il /
ola crowd of never washed conyicts, enc0nr
aged by the thermometer al loo degrees, IN
den almost without yentilatIon-is 1t posslbi
10 saw what it siRe cit like ~ SIhe furniture O
this den consisted of rows OF great woode
stocks, which, like huge aliigatcrs, opene
and shut their jaws With loud snap upo
the arrival OF each victim !; and of long BAN
boo, suspended from the roof by a rope Il
each end, and worked by puleys, TO raise G
depress it ut pleasure. AT night, the father
or chef OF the itilers-whu had all the ring
mark branded on each cheek, which distI
cuisines the burmese OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
tins bamboo to be passed between The legs
each individual, and when II had threade
our number, seven IN all, "a man TT each en-
hoisted ii up by the blocks 10 IA height while
allowed our should TO rest on the grount
while our feet depended from the iron rim:
of the letters. The adjustment OF the heigt
was left to the judgment o. cur KIND heartt
psrent who stood by TO gee that II WAS N
fiiyn enough to endanger lie, nor low ehoug
u exempt from pain The other six who "e
Mr. Gouger's com panions on the bamboo We
thu following Mr.. Laird, Il Scoichn,an,
Gently Kidnapped at kangoon the unhapl
Rodgers whose natuTa iiZltion and long res
oence in the country could not shield hi
from the royal tnry; DR.. Judson, ard II
Price TWO American missionaries, who we
contounaed with The British 10y ungeograp
ical Burmese and Two Hindu servants Of NJ
Goug.r. All conversation, even AOanIB
themselves, died away AMONG this wrech
community, when O'Clock was puclaim
each afternoon by the palace gong. A deaf
like silence prevailed. 1T seemed as thou;
even brea hing were suspended under the co
lrot OF a panic terror, TOO deep tor expires sio
winch peryaded every bosom. We did Ii
long remain in ignorance OF the cause.
any OF the prisoners were 10 suffer death Tn
day, the hour OF three was that ut Wni
they were taken out for execution. The We
manner OF il was the acme VI cold blood
cruelty. The hour was scarcely tod by |
gong, when the wicket opened, aud the hi
eous hsa fe OF II spotted man appeared, VII
N III ward Nsysl E.4G g n
bis victim, low Tor the iirsl lime prUEth
made acquainted with his doom. As many
[hese unfortunate people knew no more tn
ourselves the tate that awaited them. II
mystery was terrible and agonising: each @
fearing. up To the last moment, thai the 5 trI
of the spot might be direc ted hs way WIN
the culprit Disappeared with his condnc Il
and the prison door closed be ind them III,
who remained began again TO breathe ms
freely; tor another day, at least, their Ii,
were safe
Slarceiy nything in the whole range Of
eratnfe is more graphic and Interesting III
the account OF thts im prisonment; nothing
fiction appro scnes IL for outIandisn ,rbari
but at the same time for philosophical,
most cheerful resignation. Heavily iron
witness To the tortures and death OF 9th
daily, and expecting them daily Tor hi
self; with no chance OF rescue; deprived
everything he possessed, and dependent sol
VI on n certaiueaene solent Mohammedan
ker for his escape from positive staryatio
the fate OF many Of his teiiow prisoners, III
whom the jaii-rs had flched the royal alls
ance appointed for them, and who had the
fore nothing 70 look 10 but the donations
the Charitable; filthy, naked, and, on one
caeion, actually chelned 10 ifpsr, did
Gouxrr contTi,e for more than year to
tain ,sot only existence, but even hope.
haa been permitted, BY favor OF tbs jail
g,sas %.sS isxon ras.s sspsr
cell, where dysenfery NJ length comliei
Frustrated him, and brought him 70 deaf