. Narrative of the life and suffering of William B. Lighton. (minister of the gospel.) Who was a soldier, bound for life in the British army and in which is contained an account of its character, and the barbarous method practised in punishing their soldiers; with an interesting account of his escape from his regiment, his capture, imprisonment, trial, and condemnation to death; his subsequent sufferings, and final escape from captivity, and from the British dominions. hree poles, with a bolt to fasten them to-gether at the upper end, and spread wide en-ough to fasten the prisoners legs and ha
. Narrative of the life and suffering of William B. Lighton. (minister of the gospel.) Who was a soldier, bound for life in the British army and in which is contained an account of its character, and the barbarous method practised in punishing their soldiers; with an interesting account of his escape from his regiment, his capture, imprisonment, trial, and condemnation to death; his subsequent sufferings, and final escape from captivity, and from the British dominions. hree poles, with a bolt to fasten them to-gether at the upper end, and spread wide en-ough to fasten the prisoners legs and hands totwo of them : this, with a board that run acrossto each pole for the prisoner to bear his breastupon, completed the barbarous , the poor criminal, guarded by a file ofsoldiers and an officer, is conducted to the tri-angle, where they remain until the adjutantreads his court martial and sentence. Afterwliich, the commanding officer gives the word proceed to punishment, when the criminalis stript to his naked buck, and tied firmly withcords round his ancles and wrists, to the twospars of the triangle ; thus, in a forward, lean-ing posture, he is stretched, ready to receivethe application of the whip. The company ofmusicians, with the drum or bugle-major, taketheir stand in single file in rear of the prisoner,as also the surgeon of the regiment, Mho isthere to watch the symptoms of the sufferer,and to relieve him if he thinks he is not able to. LIFE OF W. B. LIGHTON. 89 endure his punishment. The bugle-major thenorders the first musician next to him to take hisstand at the post of duty, which he does withinabout one pace of the criminal ; and thus, witha cat of nine tails in his hand, proceeds, andinflicts the cat at every time the bugle-majorcounts, which is about once in every four sec-onds. Thus commences this painful scene. Atthe end of every twenty-five lashes the execu-tioner is relieved by a fresh hand who is boundto inflict the lacerating lash with all
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