The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1867-02-20

able 10 bear it.
awe then proceeded TO explore anoth
or room, on The left. Here we found the
instruments Of torture, of every kind which
the ingenuity OF men or devils could in,
vent. Col L. here described four Of these
horrid instruments. The first was Il ma
chine by which the victim WAS confined,
and then, beginning with the fingers,
every joint in the hands, arms and body,
were broken or drawn, one after another,
until the victim died. The second was a
! box, in which the head and neck OF the
victim were so closely confined by screw,
that he could not move in any way
Over the box was vessel, from which
one drop OF water second fell upon the
head otihe victim,-eyery successive drop
falling upon precisely the same place on
the head, suspended the circulation in a
few moments, and put the sufferer in the
most excrucating agony. The third was
an internal machine, laid horizontally, to
which the victim WAS bound, the machine
then being placed between two beams, iu
which were scores Of knives, 40 fixed, that.
by turning the machine with crank, the
! flesh Of the sufferer was torn from bis
limbs, all in small pieces. The fourth
surpassed the others in fendlsh ingenuity.
Its exterior was beautiful woman, or
large doll, richly dressed, with arms ex,
tended, ready to embrace its victim.-
Around her feet seini circle was drawn.
The victim who passed over his fatal
mark, touched spring, which caused
the diaholicaI engine to open, i,s arms.
clasp h;m, and thousand knives Gu, him
into as many pieces, in the deadly EN-
brace.
Col. L. said that the sight Of these
engines OF internal cruelty kindled the
rage Of the soldiers to fury. They de
c'ared that every lnqui'itor and soldier Of
the lnquisition should be put to the tor.
ture. Their rage WAS ungovernabIe.-
Col L. did not oppose them they might
have turne! their arms against him, if he
had attempted TO arrest their work.-
They began with the Holy Fathers.
The first, they put 10 death in the machine
for breaking the joiu,.. The torture Of
the inqnisitor, put to death by the drop.
| ping Of water on his head, was most ex
crucia,ing. The poor man cried out in
agony to be taken from the fatal machine.
The Inquisitor General " az brought be
fore the Internal engine. called "lhe Vir,
GIN" The soldiers commanded him to
kiss the Virgin. He begged to be ex
cused mo" said they, you have caus
ed others to kiss her, and you must do it,.
They in,erlocked their bsyonets so as to
form large forks, and with these they
pushed. him over ,l,e deadly circle. The
beautiful image instantly prepared for the
embrace, clasped him in IT'S srms, and he
was cut into innumerable pieces. Col l..
said he witnessed the torture Of four Of
them-his heart sickened at the awful
scene--and he left the soldiers to wreak
their vengeance on the last guilty inmate
of that prison house Of hell. .......
In the moantime, It was reported tbro'
ugh Madrid, that the prisons of the In
QUESTION were broken open and multi
tudes FASTENED 10 the fatal spot. And
! o, what a meeting was therel IL was
ike resurrection About a hundred
who had been buried for many years,
were now restored to lie. Thero were
fathers who found their long-lost daugh'
ters; wives were restored 10 their hos.
bands, sisters to their brothers, and pa
rents TO their. children; and there were
some who could recognize no iiiend a.
mong the multitude. The scene Vas such
as no tongue can describe.
When the multitude b ad retired, Col.
l. caused the library, paintings, furniture,
&c., to be removed, and having sent to
the city for wagon load OF powder, he
deposited large quantity in the vaults
beneath the building, and placed slow.
match 10 connection with it. All had
Withdrawn at a distance and in few
moments there was most oyful sight TO
} thousands The walls and turrets Of the
massive structure rose ma ajes,iesIly towards
the heavens, impelled by the uemendou.
explosion -snd fe.l back to the earth, an
immense heap OF ruins. The Tnqnisition
wassno more
, We heard a lawyer and doctor dis,