The Coreans

The Coreana, who bave recently sent a minister to Washington, are barburous In tUelr puntshmentfl. No coui't and prlson is complete without an assortment of ron chaius, batnboo roils for beatiuK the backs of offiMidere, paddies, and switches for wlilpping the chIvi-s tl 11 the flesh Is in tattera, ropes for sawlng the flesli. stock?, boards to beat the knies aud suiu-bones. Other panlshmenU are tuBpeutton bj tUe aims. the baetlaado and whip. One hutiiiliatiu, but nol painful ni'iile of puulKhment is to tle ■ drum to ilie bark of the otteudcr and proclalm liis critne winlc the drum Ia beaten n, be wulka through the itrecla The mau wbo utrlkea liis fiither is beheadcd; the parricldc is liurned to deatli. Fonnerlj, In extrema cnaes, rlnegsr waa pourod down the criminal'! Ibroat in l:irs;e quai tUlea, aud tie was iheu beaten till bc ' buril.