Arkansas intelligencer., 1843-03-11

ee.her, 10 the number of twenty ~
nody TO Mr.. Burneti's and tai;nc III
iiom his overseer. hanged them wiPhons ~
ny, as above stated. ~
The above paragraphs is from tbe G,,,.,;
Sgnal OF the llth inst, unl i now 49,.
rounds OF the newspaper press, The |. lsls
OF the north will probably sei., mon ;ssI\
up .ne transaction as showing tn jepravitSl L
oou'n' ana the excessive cruelty perpearnbt
our citi1ens upon the colored racs. The ,
sons living at a distance mny be a,pr;ssd II
enormlty OF ths offences which cccas;onid
summary punishment inflicted by fnesrsis;,.
Copah, we have thought proper 10 COW ,he'
lowing article from the ''Signal" Of a Iater ~
In winch the circumstances are more par,j
narrated.
The Negro Outrage.7rIn tne las. nun
our paper, we gave an imSerfecf accountl
summary punishment bf tive, ksqro roerJ
ing to Mr.. Burnly, Of this coInty
hung according to statute OF Ioa
such cases made and propidsd.'f,fX
learned the particulars of the ciH,a
led to their execution, and the rnbr, (b
on them, the more ere we inclirM To-
most 'ny step calculated to punish fhe,
ior such revolving outnge as thev |,
acknowledged was 10y them comnitied'
HnPpenr that they went 10 thdiouse
curing his absence, and orderd his ,l3
them some liquor. On her .sefuInp !,
cursed her in mt vbiasphc4fa.
threatened her withty yenth if shevZc}
After having got the Nquor, they c
hot coffee and cold victuals, which ~
they should have if they would no. i u
her children, which they pro,nshsd 10
after this, they forcibly took from her
infant babe and rudely throwing !upon
they threw her down, and whis one OH
compished the iiendish designs Of a ra.
other pointing the muzzlo OF o. loaded
head said he would blow out her bsai
resisted or riade the leust noise. Thcy :
wards took the quilts aud blankets from tho
broke open the trunks and era wers, and I'D
their contents, which consisted Of forty tloIiak
specie and a quantity of clothing, all Of N
they carefully put up in the cults aud btast
they even took the shoes from off the .eet q !
n. and placing TIE whole Of the p!undef q
back of a horse which they had brought I
them for the purpose, they made of. ~
We obtained these particulars from a -
man Of the highest responsibility. lie qreql
cd tbs negroes on the subject a few hoursApr
Gus to their execution, and also nierrogared
N. in a similar manner, and Ter answers ag,
in every essential particular With the staten
made by the negroes. Whist aggrayates this
fair is the fact thn. the unforiunate womnn
but six weeks previous recovered from child.
and her body is bruised and much hurt from
rough treatment she received while in the hn
of the negroes, the prints OF whose fingers v
vis;beon her neck.
We have ever been. and now are, oppose
any kind of punishment being administered un
the statutes of Judge Lynch, bu, when we rel
upon what must be tho feelings of the hush
and father, and the deep ang,sh whic.i must
wade the bosom Of the injured wife and outrn
mother, duo regard for c;ndor and the pre-
vatioa Of all that is held most sacIed and all
is most dear 10 man in tn, domestic circle.
life, impe!s us to acknwledse The fact. that if
perpetrators of this excessively revolving CT
had been burnt alive, as was first decreed, I
fate would have been 10 good for such diubol
and innuman wretches.-Gallasi. MISSY
nal, I'm instant. N