The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-02-13

DARBAROUS OUTRAGE ITOONOfe 4HhT-
der.-A few weeks since an individual
in Ghent Carroll county, Kentucky, pur,
chased three negroes-a mother and her
two childIen-.une OF the latter a girl
some eight ol nine years Of age, being an
idiot. In consideration Of his taking the
idiot child off the hands Of the former
owner, he got the mother aud the other
child at very low price The child was
given into the hands of an old negro W..
man, in cabin some distance from the
owners residence, to be taken care Of
Having occasion, however, for the ser.
vices Of the woman about his premises,
the idiot was left alone in the cabin.
Fiuding it u great bulden he offered to
give any Une who would take it hundred
doIars.-This offer was promptly accept.
ed by man standing by, who in his turn
offered fifty dollars trauy one who would
take it from him. The offer was acceded
to by third person. who Immediately
offered twenty-five dollars 10 any one Ia
lake il on the conditions on which he had
done. "A customer was not long wanting
the bargain was struck, and the twenty
| five dollars paid. The fellow into whose
hands the poor idiot last fell, in compsny
with another, prnceehed to the cabin
some two miles distant. on a cold frosty
morning. took the child out almost naked
aud bare footed, and drove il before the
whole distance poor little creature
moaning most piteously the whole time
her feet covered with blood from having
been cut by the hard. frosty ground. The
monsters took the child 10 fiat or store
boat lying up there. aud for awhile a.
mused themselves by placing her on a
hot stove with the bare feet, burning
them most horribly; aud by lighting piece.
of paper and applying them to different
tparts of her body, The owner Of the boat
coming iu, ordered the fell VS. To leave
his premises, which they did. Que oI
the rascals then procured sk,H, put the
child into it, aud proceeded down the
river. He shortly after returned without
the child, and upon being asked what he
had done with it. refused To give any salts
faction. A fiat boat coming along in the
course Of few hours, he jumped into ii
aud has not since been heard Of The
child was doubtless drowned or left upon
the bank of the river 10 die.
The affair has crealed considerable
feeling among the community in which il
took place, aud the individual who pur
chased the family is greatly distressed
He doubtless offered and paid the Sl0C
in good faith, believing it would he am
ply sufficient pensatiunfoT The trouble
nf taking cate of the idiot. He has of
fered a reward for the recovery OF tht
child. It is to be hoped that the villain,
concerned in the tnrturing and maxim!
way with the idiot will DO arrested ant
severely punished.
P.S. Since the above was written, W,
find paragraph in the Madison Banner
in which il is stated that a fellow name,
Ross, alias Crawford, has been arreste
at Madison, supposed To be the scouu
drel who took the girl off in the skiff H
is now in Jail in that city, NcU A2ban
Ledger.
u IN the following passage from a MOD
ern love letter TO young lady, whic
has been handed us by friend, we re
cognize somewhat kindred deicacy a
mpliment:- How | wish, my dear Ad
, aline. my engagements would permit m
: to leave town and to go 10 see you.
would be like visiting some old r&in. ha
' lowed by time and fraught with a thou
sand pleasing recollections.