New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-10-13

one. foot in WIDTH, and two feet 10 lega.,h,.
the middle, Just large enough 70 take In AZ :,
the ankle. Ore OF tbose plapks is sppIea n..W .
ride Of the ankle. the edges OF the plslEs arc b..
together, and fben wooden cleats, runniay sero..S
plsnks are fastened with woodea ME. ~ 20;
sykes The ayes pu in theee stocks 70 n... sa
them from runninx away. They - elossly s,,a5
the ankle thst the foot cannot be drawn olt ma =
strong TIA, they cannet be broken, and " heavy ~,
they cannot be dragged.
TIE BELL.
Tire name does rot Indicate that thi, /. An inst-
ment Of nluchs utTering-snd vet the ve,rr sSt
it 10 be e.. An iron belt passes around be a..
-fhstet ed over The spine siih lock, and socis
sbou. bali an inch in diameter. An iron cola, /. ~.
around the neck With au iron ring shout an inch
diameter, fastened to the cellar behiod rod Of roun
iron runs down through the ring at the back Of TIA
neck and SITS in Tie socket Of the belt below Above
the neck this rod is spt ard bent gu, in The shan al
two horns, rising about a foot above the head A
piece Of iron fastened 10 the top of the hon,
end from the centsrof the cross-piece the "ben"-s
common cow BELLS suspended. The collar on he
Ieck Is often nearly the neck is long sOl
the upper edge sometimes is serrated-hke a saw
Wher the Turns his head the collar ch.ss
his neck. The bell IS put slaves TIA, have bee,
guilty Of running away, 50 bat they msy DC beard a
they run If they make smother attempt Besd..
the apparatus is beavy and the horns so high and
bioac that little progress can be made with it co. ia
the WOODS
Tie instrument is not often applied, aud wa
Obliged to travel fourteen miles 10 see ~ use. Ie
slave who wore II was driving mule in cottongn
Wherever CufTee raised his hand to s'rise the mas
the bell would sourd. and the animal was thss warned
Of the impending blow
THE GAG.
The gag is a piece of iron about t>lee inches IA
Icrcth one inch In with at ore end, halt en- inea
nt the otter and about one.eishth Of an inch IA
thickness. This Instrument is put toto the moa b. oVes
the tongue, with tee nsrrow end insrie, while ne
wide oId left projecting through the hps. The outer
end is inserted mo small trap OF irOl tha' passs
over the mouth, tie GODS of which extend around %
tho back of the neck, where they fastened ogehf
by rvet or pGdleck. Vita this long, wide plece
Of ion thus cor n,0 on the tongue, the slave 10 tidy
gagged 80 be is unable 10 utter syllable
1 saw the geg on a slave preacher, who, c0n-1y
TO his orders had left lis hut in tae night and gone
at into the woods 10 ptcath ~ some sisv = who hsi
aso LEFT their hute without cave 10 90 add hea bm.
II was dangerous 10 allow such liberty % saves. Bi
''Ssmho' thcug D, Il his duty n preach In the nigh
e,, n il he beSs-ne ma t!r byi' ss there wac much
reeiousi test excited snlous The slaves by s preach
ing. He had been severely published IN various ways
for his pre- eche, ua'il his masters rlen,e wa,
exhausted and he tod bin ha. ii ne ioInl him on,
a. ain at MID might BE would shoot him. IN death,
met in the path Of du'y, had no teTrors Tor Sanoc
When the appointed hour came his tanbeau blazd
on the stump .nd words of earnest ChrtiNn couneA
and consolation wee droppiug from his hps, whsa
Mr. b. his master, drew rear TO the deyout worship
ers with bis oeded rihs With stcalthy step he sd.
vapced slowly through the dark pine woods uatl
r,arly within eunsho' Of his victim, when the crack.
In q noise of some dry limbs under his egt staclei
tic outer Guard an TIC alarm through the heeS
irg crowd reachitg Sambos ear Mr., u. halted AMI
l. aned a. ainst while wsiing for the fears which
his footsteps had created TO pass away. Sambo CO..
U ued 10 pre- ach. lie music Il tones NJ bis voice The
Christian heroism exhibited in his resignation TO he
fste the moral courage displayed in reco sazioy hs
sulerior Obligations hghor power, tho hearty re-
sror see which from bs hearers as he counseled
\ 4 al
sutrifgs for their lie !veuy Matters sake, touched
the heart Ct Mr. who was himself professor % the
sane fuith-aId char ged biz purpe.e. He deciied 10
retire silently, ard wait until morniog before Furnishing
the dsobe1ent slave. IL the morning Slfbo was taken
TO the blacksmith TO be gag ed Az or tie rough iron
had been thrust toto lis mouth aud fss,ousd tnee,
was useless for bin 20 un eli in the night 70 preac
again, for be could lot speak word. Ne ioohes
AVON this preacher Lus npelled by his master 70 W
dumb, could net avoid The rejection tha', aftr al
bis cohci,on was not unlike that of many OF his NORTH
ern brethren-though it doubtless lees pain b
be es gged with Gotten Tran with iron 10 but jus.
10 say, however, tia since the passage 81 me Ne.
braska bill the proportion of northern ministers thai
gagged by the slave Pc YER is Tar lees than was
bt fore.
COTTON. PLANTERS WHIP.
This is called the COTTON pla tsr's shp'l becsu-e
The cotton planters Soy t1at Ms rhtp raises ne cotkoH
The stock s covered wi preen hide about four tee'
long, and is loaded W % lead NJ The butt. The ah y
oI e. and heavily wrought INTO bard knots coward the
enG with we. Tie sthff Is so h'ayy ID the lash .
70 long that the whipping master ia Sed 10 fwir
skilfully in the air elofe lie eau com ian i,s IN
! force. Hence the labor OF using this whip is hard,
al d when several AundTel lashes are ord sfei TIC
xbippers taAe turns.
TIE PADDLE.
This is made Of board, and is abon, three fee.
loHg ard four inches vice. One end ~ shaved
down for The handle, the Other end 10 bored fuh
of haliiDch auger Ia es. The padie il sometime,
applied TO the bach OF Save until all the skin IA
tsben off by IL, 40 tha' tcar wilt rcinaa reduce
The yulue OF The slave w the market.
GANG-CILNN.
This is lorg ctbi rurnrg the whole Length
between the pairs OF sa,es marching ia drovss to tie
market. And the short chan 8 between each pair
fastened to the long gang chain, AMI TO sSons iroo
c,lar fastened by paddock around the necH OF each
slave.
slaves which reed not describe. Tley arc eonhnei
in the "sugar-h oast made 10 walk the tread
"aill, fastened together, or bound with hand
"cufIs" And asice from any regular insirumsnl Of
torture, master, or mlSIcts, or an oyersef, 10 o
1T Of rage will scize whatever Weapon il o; hand eud
for bis purp And Me occasons, the ffe-
queLcy 81 such inilctiofis depend on n thousand ear
! CONSUMES which caDrot b for.seen end which 70
Womb be useless for ne 10 specify. leave the sub
iec Of the mCs' unpleasant ha. ceae under m
observation curing my s4uhern to1r.
Dr. Parsons has wkely aimed at the collection
of facts illustrative of slave lie instead Of atempt
ing to act on the Imagination OF his reader BY tho
relation Of thrilling incidents His volume, how
ever, is not destitute of narratives OF this KIDD, as
the following example will show:
b. of +. II, in South Carolina, osoed gAat
slave whore name Dread. This Save w@ repre-
se1ted 10 me by one Of the necb0os as man oil 81,
Icrio- strength both Of body sLd niod, belog nearly
seven feet inbighr. there were forty slaves a. work
on The plantation of ~ b. fore Dread Fas sd'ied %