Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1854-11-18
A STAR CHAMBER IN NEW.0RLEANs.


line southern papers reveal constantly phenom-
cha OF slavery which ere worse thaa the ordinary
Sugects OF condemnation selected 10y tue friends OF
humanity from among its dark details. For cX-
ample take the following from the Ne'r CrtcdRs
t'de Dcd, ol Oct ~, Ill rather an obscure part Oi
lhe paper:
"FENDIsH OuTRAGE-A woman named Fanny
Smith yesterday arrested ON Il charge Of burn
ing with hot irons, and otherwise ill-trcating two
slave boys whom she owns, and who live with her
in house ola St. Louis-st 1t is said that Fanuy's
establishment is Il brothel of the grosscst stamp
and that her behavior toward her slaves is tie
most fcndish that can possibly be imagined. 1t is
TO be hoped that such iendishness will not be per-
mitted to pass unpunished. 1t is little strange
that ahdavlts in relation to charges similar to that
made against Fanny are generally hidden from the
reporters in the Reco: dcrs Office of the Second
lt.tsirct Fanny had recently returned from Cali
tornia with goodly stores of wealth, but surely her
wealth cannot purchase impunlty for SO foul an Of
tense"
Observe the pararraph states that it is ga little
stran ge'-only littIc--t is not 'passinr strange"
or monstrous So the legal details of the internal
barbartics practced toward the slave in that quar-
ter, at least, seldom see the light. What Star
Chamber or Inqusition Hall could be worse &?
No other paper but the True Delta noticed this
circumstance ON the Goth but the next day the
Pcagaj,e had the following respecting it:
..c,.... c,.... u,
,;,,a M Ihn'' - ILN, ~
'"? -.' .' WY nee d uousc III So
I Iv'' i'"' ',i'u H'''
''ocu y" "cuneSu"y ,"SI WIN lorturl"S H'i
Seei,,e ''.i on p" eui1GSH"S one
" 'io " ''' ST'oiu instruct was "IiN-
~ oo"" '3' iou'o,N''' "nen no N"o S'''liou ~
.Io SI""vn % |Ple"iT,'ee Vi " ntEro Noii"n' WY wa,
,uoheo ouv VI G'l a:.c9 WY pciicctiy nnAeu' W''n
waist. Her back was bleeding in several places
and on questioning her, she told the policeman
that she had fed to escape the cruel treatment
of her mistress who had str.ppcd her and was
beating her when she broke from her and ran into
the street The policeman too,. her to the guard
house, and ON examining her her body was found
to be covered with Jumps and scars the effects OF
former WINNINGS. She also stated that her mis-
trcss was in the habit of beating all her slaves il
the most cruel manner, and mentioned II couple o
slave boys whom she was continually Y burning wild
red hot irons and sticking forks and other pointed
instruments into them. On hearing these state
ments, Lieut. Monde Immediately made nm AFFIDAVIT
5 cot out n warrant and had the woman arrested
= When brought to the Police Office the accused in
dignantly denied these allegations, and produce,
boy VINO she said was one OF those she was aS a,S
Guseu OF tordufinG' ana upon Wnoh no marks c"uI
DC iounu ne Save woman hrss "ritS'tu ;I &C.,, nov N
ever reiterated her statement ana sad that III
+ one permitted to see them. An officer was d
: patched to her house, and soon returned with tn
TWO boys, VINO dld not appear TO De more thah Se'
en- or eight years OF age. On stripping them the
were FOUND to be marked in number OF place
with tue scars OF fresh ana OLD burns, ana pun
tured wounds were found IN different parts OF the
e bodies. The accused was ordered to give securi'
u IN the sum OF SlOOO Tor her appearance Tor exai
h"vs and TlaI ',ir aro an, 20 ts iarYb pr;sor
d
, BE 1T remembered that slave cannot give eN
V dence against white person. The arrest, we mi
" safely affirm, is all that will ever be heard of I'll
Is circumstance