New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-08-15

on obedience and disobedience are blottas .ss1
ever Uncover your head - said the im,s.@.
master; be was obe' 3D. Take of your 49,. ooos
old rsscsll' and of came Bsrns VS. fackei an IA
on your knees. down kneli the Old man N. SSoFa
ders bare, bis bald head glisening in the ann
aged knees 90 the cold, damp ground In this ha.aa
and debasing atntufe; The masier-that mss,s- :
whom be bad given the best years and he bs., -.
OF bis lfe-came forward and laid on thirty I..al1e
with bis horsewhip. The old man bore il n,,;...sS
10 the last, answering each blow with slieh, 49,
Of the shoulders, and groan. cannot thin sS
Col. Lloyd succeeded in marring The flesh of Ola -
ney very seriously, for the whip was gh, -
whip; but the spectacle Of an aged man-a hu~h..S
and faiher-humbly kneeling before a worm ~ ~
dust surprised and shocked me az the time; 40 20
have grown old enough 70 think on the wickeSn.es
of Slavery few facts have been OF more yaIae,noN
than this 10 which was a witIess. 1t reveals So
In its true color and in It's maturity Of repaIsiye 49,.
fulness. owe il 10 truth, however, 10 say nAt ~
was the first and the 'ast time ever saw OaBsrr~
or any other slave, compelled 10 knee 70 recevs,,
whipping.
Upon the coming of new oversecr 10 "a
plantation, such acts of atrocity were commis.s
as led Mr.. Douglass to suspend his personal
narrative for "chapter of horrors" We glr.
a singe specn en-:
The name of the new overseer was Austin Cor.
Ipou this individual would fix particular st,enior
"a
leuce and boodshed than had-according 20 tie odsr
slayes-ever been EXPERIENCED before this plant.
ton confess hardly know hos 10 bring III man sl,
before the reader. He was 1t Is true, An oyersef
and Possessed 10 large extent the peculiar charactr
istcs of bis class; vet 70 call him merely an oyerss
won not give the reader a fair notion Of the man.
speah of oVtrseers as a class They are such. hy
nie as distinct rom the slavehodiug gentry q 4.
South as are the fsh-women of Paris and the cod
heavers Of London distinct from Other members OF A.
strfa n Il.
South OF lees marked than is the fraternity OF Pan
lane bullies in New-lork. They have been arraaee1
and classified by that gfea law of attraction wiichSe
tcrmines the spheres and affnitles OF men; which
dams ihGi men whose mGhgn and blutal propensa.
piedomnaie over tier moral and Intellectual endor
menis shall naturally fall into those empoymers
which promise the largest crahcation 70 those pn
domiT atiDg is II cts or propenSltles. The Office q
OK crseer takes this material OF Nulgartg aud ora
tajty ard siam, il distinct class OF SOa'hern a.
ci,ty But in tits class. az in all other classes tber
are characters of marked individuality, even vhis
they bear q ger era r resemblance To the mas. Mr.
Core was one Of those 70 whom general characerz,
ton would DO no ner OF justice. lie was an Oyey
seer; but Ie was something more. With the maEga
md t,ranr ica qualities of an overseer he coubnad
somefbiny of the lawful master. He had the srf,
mess and the mean ambition OF his class; but he w
wholly free from the dis usting swagger aud noisy bn
yado Of bis fraternity. There was an easy sir ofinde
nenderce about him; a calm scl-pus .esson, and
sterrtess of glance. which might well daunt hearts lea
iimid than those of poor slaves, accustomed iron
childhood az d through life to cover before drivers
ash Tie home plantation Of Col Lloyd afforded Is
ample field for heexercise of he qualifications oSs
seersbip which he possessed IN such en- eminel
degree.
MIR Gore was one of those overseers who conli tor
tune the slightest word or look into impudence. He
had the nerve not only TO resent but 70 p1uA
promptly ard severely. He never allowed Himself
BE al swered back by slave In this ne was "a loH
a ard
acting always up 10 the maxim practically mai0taicd
nv Shareholders that il is better that dozen slsss
suffer under the ash without fault than that the
ter or the oveneer should seem Ia have been srongs
the presence Of the slave. Ererythiag must De db~
b,te here. Guilty or rot guilty. II is enough TO be %
cused TO he sure Of logling rhe very presence q
ri. mar Gore was painful, and stunned HIN q
vould have shuI ned ratlesnake. His pierciy
black ewes and sharp shrll voice ever awazened st
sations of trrOr among tie slaves For 40 Young
man 1 describe him as be was twenty-five on thHF
wears ago) Mr. Gsre was singulary reserved 80,
grave In the presence of slaves. He INDUCED 10
likes said TO luDny things and kept his own con
sels Other over etIs, how brutal socver they mir
he were at times inclined 10 gaia favor with the ssr
by INDUCING little pleasfniry, On Gore was neV
known 10 be- guilty of any such weakness. lie "
ALWAYS tie cold distant, unapproachable 0reraavd
Col. EDWARD Lloyd's plantation, and needci no hgnG
pleasure hln was involved III u tditntul discharge
he duties of his office. When he whipped ho Ss0kd
quences What Hopkins did reluctantly Gore *
with als Gritty. Thee WAS n stern will an ifon.lts
reality about his Sore woicl would nave esSI
made Lin the chief Of a band Of pirates, had his %
vrOr mel is been favorable 10 such a course OF he
All the cOOness savage barbarlfy and freedom fros
moral restraint which are necessary in the chsrea
of a pirate hief ceDtered, think, 10 THE Cor
Ansorg many other dee ds Of shocking cruelty Wild
he erpeiraieo wbie / was At Mr.. Loyts was t
muId der OF a young colored man named DENLY. ne
was sometimes called Bill DENLY, or Demby, u VIE
from sound ard the sounds or LlOy1s planteuOa or
not very certaip) knew him wei. H. was pos.
erul young man, full of animal spirits, and so far o.
kr Ow he among the most valuable Of Col ll0ydJ
slaves ID sou Ell ing-l know not what be Oneni1
ts Mr.. Austin Gore, and, Ia aecordance with the eH
tom of The latter, be undertook 10 fog him. lie gsW
DENLY but few stripes; the Inter broke away frn
him ard plunged INTO the creek aud, sanding tee
10 he d, pih Of his neck in water be refused Osas
out at The order of the Oyerseer, ghereapon for ~
refusal Gore shot HIM deadl IL rs sail THAI Gn
gave Denly three calls, telling him hat If he did %
obey The last cali he would shoot him. When b.
third all was given DENLY stood bis ground frnl
a, this raised the questio0 in the minds OF thoF
standing slaves "Nill he dare b shOotP Ar. %"
without further Jarey, and without making aoyT
ther fort 10 induce DENLY 70 cone out OF the var
raised his gun deliberately to his face, rook desdi
aim at bis standing victim, and in an Instant POI
Denly was numbered with the Geai. His msaga
body sank Of sight, and only his warm, red ol'H
naked the place where he had oof.
As TO his own personal condition, while ye'i
boy, take the following description:
Az have before minated, | was seldom whippe1
ard reyer severely-by my old matter. ! san'p'
little from the treatment received, except from az
ger ono cold. Tn, Sc were my two great PaySss
troubles ! could neither get a sufhcency OF 1909 =
o. clothing; but suffered lees from hunger man Nv.
cold In hottest Summer and cOcest Winter -
kept almost III state Of nudity no shoes DO s..
ings, no jacket no irowses nothing bu. cosIe 30,
cloth or tow linen, MADE into sort Of shT, res'I
down 10 ny knees. THIS 1 wore nigh. ana ~
Changing il once week. In the day nne e.
project myself pretty well by keeping Oh tne 'a-,
Size OF the Louse and in bad weather IN me su
of The Kitchen chimney. The great difhcuity VT s
\. ,;obt I had no BED. -