The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-09-22
DEATH SENTENCE.

and second matespf the Martha and Jane,
| of Sunderland, England. The English
! papers approve of the verdict and sentence,
taking credit to themselves that justice in
England has not ben defeated by ''insuffi-
Gent evidence" q neglect on the part of
the prosecution. The Liverpool Times
gives the Acknowledgements of the case:
"We have heardand read much lately of
the way in which samen are treated in the
commercial marins but this case throws all
| others into the SHADE, whether as regards
the brutal torture which accompanied the
extinction of life, q the deliberate and sys-
tematic manner inwhieh it was carried out.
Rose, it appearedhad shipped on board the
vessel in April, AMI the work of tortue COM
menced even befoe the voyage began. He
was used so shansfully that he absconded
from the ship, wal brought back, placed in
irons, and from that time till death released
him from his suffe.ings, the captain and first
and second matesof the vessel made his tor
ture their daily resort. 1t was proved on the
trial that he was fogged every day by the
three prisoners; that large mastiF dog was
set to worry HIM, which tore the flesh from
his body in large slices, causing the blood to
flow in streams, and leaving behind the most
CHASTITY wounds and ulcers; that an iron bolt
was put across his mouth, and his hands
chained to strong bolt in the deck behind
his back; thai he was put into an empty cask
and rolled abng the deck; that his own ex-
crement wasforced down his throat; that he
was sent alof naked to furl sails, and severe
ly beaten with rope before making the as
cent; that ppe was placed around his neck
and he was raised from the deck to the
elevation of three feet, where he was sus-
pended for ,ome minutes, and that when
lowered he fal on his back like dead man!
Death at lei 9Th, more charitable than his
prosecutors, put an end to his sufferings,
when his bdy was found to be indented
with the marks of the rope, and his wounds
full of maggts. The evidence was so clear
and indisputjble, that the three miscreants
were found guilty, but the jury, from some
extraordinary obtuseness, recommended
them to mercj-mercy towards the wretches'
the recital o.whose deeds makes the blood
of every listener and reader run cold But
Mr.. Watson. despite the warning, sentenc-
ed the trio IF murderers to be hanged by
the neck-a merciful punishment as COM
pared with With their brutal and cowardly
treatment oftheir unhappy victim.''
The LYNyHING CASE IN MISSISSIPPI
STARTLINGCo NFEssIoN.- have already
briefly mentioned that man named Snyder
had lately teen lynched in Lafayette county
Miss, for ;ampering with slaves. 1t ap-
pears he was stripped, tied to tree and
whipped will straps attached to sticks about
ten inches bng. He received in all two
hundred and thirty eight lashes, inflicted by
TWO of the mob, when he made confession,
which was to this effect:
He was to raise a company of some dozen
blacks, who were to be furnished with arms
(knives and pistols) by him and 60 with him
to the houses of some of the wealthiest fami-
lies and get their money by frightening them.
If they failed this way, they were to kill the
men and take it, when they were to get on
the cars for Memphis and then up the river
to Indiana. They were to take two white
ladies with them for wives. He implicated
another man who was then in Indiana. i
There was no testimony against him except
his confession and that of the blacks. So he
was shipped On the cars for his home in In
diana, but was subsequently overtaken and
put in Jail.
A ROMANTIC FUNERAL CoRTEGE.-A
funeral cortege of unusual proportions
passed through the streets of the second
district one evening last week. The hearse
was drawn by four white horses, and fifty
carriages followed. BY the hearse one man
walked with his hat in his hand, whilst the
remainder of the followers were in the
carriages. The peculiar circumstances of
the funeral were these: About two months
ago two German citizens, we'll circumstanced
in life, were on drinking frolic together.
During their conviviality they discovered
that they were both from particular part
of Germany. They thereupon ratified a
perpetual friendship, and under the enthu-
siasm Of the occasion, went so far as to
make a funeral compact, the provisions of
which were that the first one to die should
be buried by the other, the survivor to pay
all the expenses, to have the hearse drawn
by four white horses and followed by fifty
carriages, and to walk himself by the side
Of the hearse as chief mourner. One of the
parties happened to die last week; the other
fulfilled his compact as above described
". O. Crescent
WANTS TO BE UNMARRIED.-Au honest
but unsophisticated German applied at the
Probate Court, day or two ago, for license
to be unmarried, supposing it as easy to
undo as to tie the connubial knot. He
said he had been soldier in his native
country, and had seen great deal of
hardships, but welded life was more than
he could bear, and he declared if he could
not get rid of his ''frau'' that he would
drown himself
The wife of the German protested to feel
romantic attachment for him at home,
and even followed him across the sea.
Touched by her devotion, and convinced of