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frontier Of tho Indian peninsula. It Ia scarcely
for practicsl purpoacs M @ eseopt in hot oltmatoa. ~
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT.
Merciful aud Rfnrca'esh Modes in DIFF
for1nt hEcss ''

From The NtD FORK 1tHkt ''
This artiolo proposoa Buec'nct roviev OF Tho
methods by which obnoxious cri,ninals liavo been,
at various tinos, among various tooples, lnvitod
10 "sl,lliho on this mortal coil."' Capttai pun
iahment, lilo Oloopatra'a charms. haa boon OF
"innnito yaroty," tho variety, however, na a
rule, bntpg simply among the most horrible pos
Alblo omethois. No sccords remain to toll how
the contemporaries Of tho saurlans md tho Me-
aiathcrtrin, tho ingoui GUS dwelers In cavca, and
warriors Of tho fint ago, disposed Of their male
factors, but Tho fclleat accounta havo boon pro.
eoryod OF tho proceedings OF our moro modern
ancestors Binc6 the days Of Adam In tho way OF
executions. Tho Jowa, Who 1o1 tho teadroll Of an-
tiqus nations, appear to havo usually stoned tho.
criminals of thor own raco-~a domooratiu lort Of
penalty, vhero ovory good citizon Ind finger In
tlio pic, and hurled ha righteous rock, and ovor,
tho little Hebrow boys could enjoy tho fun pf
thu stonor. 70 tho atonoe 1t must havo been
something Of lingering torture, requiring much
,pationco to boar. For tlioir onoulios they ro-
servol the sharpor PRACTICE Of hewing then1 in
rlooos. or they, burned thom nliye, or turned
thcm to agricultural acoounk and fortilizol tho
bites of tnoir smoking. ottioa by narrowing them
In with considerable vohomence. Tho Chinosc,
nnbther ancieut and highly cultured race, hlvo
beon similarly morolloaB. 1t Is singular. how lit
tlo difference thoro las been In this 1espootiof
ingenious cruelty between the :moHt ohl-
tivated peoples j, and tho nildest saw
ngos. IDecapitationt is tho mildost Of CHI
neuo oxtromo .penallias,> and. ia usually
performed with much skill and sang froid by
naoana Of q Sword, the criminals, mals and
female, taking the nanttcr most philoaophically
thor f summit summary - taiing OF. There Is tsrin
too tor hubstItutos,-a plan which might oon,-
mend iiseli to our woalshior homloides. Dut our
Celestial neighbora aoroas tho Pacific prefer
sleep. or starving thonnl to death i1 oaRca OF
straitoncd limits, IN which they aro exhibited
during tho proeesa Of sheloton formation in
peripatesio; ranlblos on. tho shoulders Of tho
liborately Into Fragments, at intervals Of an
hour or 50, IL ,mucti to their taato. rhoro Is q
cago, 7part :of tho snolid oret,fa- OF tho first
"OLinoao war, among the archives Of tho Royal
oarriod about Goi. RoWiandaon, and tho
London Times Inns liboral annuAl payment
on :: It'd pnnsion list. Tor the family Of
Mr., Dovloa, O special correspondent, similarly
iaposod Of Just boiore tho 1ass Chinese var
man, whom cooper tmmortalizcd, and Custer oc-
oaalonaly INSISTS to tho happy hunting grounds.
are too woll known to require much Notice. rho
,1ao Of fro Is prominent fe.turo in their social
circles, complicated with tho; fsootious toma:
70 lhs1s liz hfnJocs thn a;omr n6d nthoro iIEn
~ & ~ ~ 1o aIaa ,tmS S
1no ony soH me n9 n1 ,er hna
oIa ~ hove am;i,r y
LIE s4en " n9so nsa. asoneses e ~, u
.aeir isreoaan q tGr ttnppns s ht sne
f.t, ~ .s arotad ~. dlusa to
- ~ a ,na uI ane W o rho
Maa VI "t.u ~ -,
dteexs Mero homewhas tonaet-noasieo @ N
aomo aaaea o;no LOT sna'nhco . 'ney an4WGa
Socrates to posson m, htnsei comfortably
among his .frionas. Iney ~ 4 op)ectea 70 par
neidos however anu hos tnons ieaof'eH e. pun.
ishnent aaopteu rom .ae Eggrs'ana se n snGe al
1iphabes', Gna M natnraazea q ~ later !ase ny the
slayer Of hig father IN -. bag ~ With anaho
monkey, and cat to Keep MN company and
thon gently cropped tho con Gongen3al party IN TIE M
ssn. rue Aomans seem n1st 70 hnYa n,t on eno
iaea OF cruohxlon, Mhgalally sortnr1ng rei1ne.
ment q intesnal. exsefnal. ana monta! pain; 1t
vas ostoomoa an lgnople aoatni and must nave
ooan angnisn TO sens!slse uanu; sho osnel III!
n I on 1nt ava hae, sne 1
ceodingly seyere, whllo Tho droadIal thirst Of