9. 124
!
Sonsul Stewlett and also the
10th
instructions conveyer by the god paragrapli of Secretary of State's "despatch Mob of cApril sot 1865, I was most unwilling to survenite these priemers, feeling almost certain that they would be subjected to torture to obtain a confession, ans that they would probably aftermares be pret to death by some horrible lingering proces; wis the incutive jouncil unanimondly recommented me mot to surrender them
and
until I has receives your Loarships instructions on the
subjech
subject.
may be remarked that
call
by
application for extrâsition has been made in this the Viceroy, and that in the two applications mare by the folonel fommanding at Kanlung
promise is
given
that
torture will not be intlicted.
I have no doubt however that
such a
promise would be
given by the Vice Ray readily as
frimmer
as
as it has been on
occasions if it was
intimated to him that the
prisoners would be sus
on that conditio