New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-05-14

ep-l. which bods asd deaens oytsy nhn, e~p Cssiy
"the Judge" TDese words, whsch once reportal
10 the G 'vernor. Gcneral brought him - ~ aosrS
imprisonment.
How different from these Ia the situation as 10
public respect Of such men Aldsma, EscaurIxa A.
| yArz. CaIvajsl sad Others, Who comn-noed hosek
buspers with little or nothing. bat IN Sis them slves
nllonar,s By hard struggles and the utmost orera
NJ their enc rees on heir gay to oruae. without sev
| ,tiue from the paths of honesty ana Christianity.
IIs NE puo pal maxim Of the Shareholders 10 thss
island thai slave cannot last moro than Eve y IN
years. By that time bo has worked out the outlay fs
his nnrrhsse and support, vita fair interest. lie
worn out and It is dee>ued more profitable to inpaa
now slaves from Africa than to tia trouble sscs.
inc far apo nursipg weak hands. On tae msjsrity II
III. MA, ts,io.s the negroes, both sad wVnssI
work in the fields almost naked, sod the delicate fsAL
pcs of the creole young lades, who take their day
ride throuoh the fields are not at all offended by tn
xpoeure, which they look upon. From their teadr
bdbood they are accustomed not 10 consider tn. ne.
eroas a. men but A. Working cattle. Oa other paots-
IONS the negro men wear short cotton paotA0oas
winch reach down below the knees, sRd the w ne
ot Of short gown but the children, untI they reach
their twelfth year of age are roaming about naked
All slave CHILDREN without difference Of SEX at leae
once every day undergo severe punishment 9Th the
cowhde ID make them ia MI ar with the whip frou
their first childhood. saw little slave grs vi i've
six years Of age whipped by Ter Of their miStresscs
such way $ European, were bis heart hsniepA
against all human feelings, would ever waip his dog.
Dogs ala horses in tue Is and OF Cuba, are more est
mated aud receive better treatment toan ncs'oea
This was the every where, ami Ia every place.
had the e studythe tuaton OF the black race
I fonrd their treatment to be all alike. Wnen toeJ
commit fault they 90 not receive their panshmeE
=. once lint A. our laborers receive their wages
x.aklv 40 the slaves receive their whipping by tss
week One night. in Garden IS, I sas in compasy Il
. ,r.rcbsnt at his hou,e when he heard noise q
hi. ward and leaving the room, perceived negro, wN
hsn nAssed down over the roof of neigh BORING hou
To speak with ny hosts serya glH. Toe moecnaut
rushed toward the negro, and tried to eaten him. bt
the latter escaped. The ueighbor to whom that SLAM
belonged WAS made acquainted WITH what had hap
pened and dictated to the negro-what do you toiak
INV reader st first three hundred iashes. For chs
puroose the p.tient-sni really he may consider him
self patient rom the NOM. nt the Punishment IL CON-
meuc.d-was tied to the ground by his arms sad eet
and received his naked back, 10 cruelty measured
intervals three hundred asnes, the third Of wnioh
already despatched tue ground around with hs stream
ing blood This torture being c,mple ed, taefe ~as
10 be seen on the ground a iormleSs mass Of hesh,
covered with gore whereupon the overseer, who va
preset, called or three other negroes, wac oP
proached trembling, and moist med tue whole bloody
wound with fluid. which am not allowed here 70
meotion' The patient uncOnscOusly dragged
into bis dungeon, and three days after
dfed and fifty lashes were administered TO his back 10
the same way; two days AFTER one hundred lashes
more Al from this time hundred whips every
bola 4 mag a
believe what have just related, but il TACT The
master of that poor victim, that devil IN human rane
is a rich msrchsIt sf Casdenas. Every one mag
easily understand that tie slave, after receiving the
first portion of his punishment, uo4blo either
TO walk or to stand. Ga the eighth day his master
forced him to creep the street to the hous' Of
the merchant Ia GerDab whose slave gTl toe negro
h.d courted in order to kiss his seet aud to ask hH
forgiveness.
a short time after this incident the Germsa
merchant surp ised his servsst glrl 10 love affair
with a white man. He had wnip or oth,r instr1
ment for punishment in bis own house. 30 he seat the
girl to the house of an acquaintance Of his, where
such used to happen most every day Hero the
girl Who never 10 her life had done any otl.r cork
than sew'ng-s young aAd goot-lookins person, VIE
occupied rather the place Of companion with the
lady of the house than that OF a coc.mon servant--
was stretched upon the ground, ted unclotaed, ADD
eceiyed three hundred lashes wnich kept her on hf
bed for more than whole month.
osed to spend my leisure very frequently 10
visiting plantations and o tentimes took dinax
with their pro ,rietors. Once, a certain plants
ton, noticed that ell the slaves attending th
t.ble moved about if walking caused tnem pain. AZ
my won ieripg looks, which may have too strongly
expressed my surprise, the youog ladies' commemorate
smile until at lat my neighbor told that al the
servants Lad been whipped that very morning, aM
therefore were lot able to walk quick usual.
Tbese are no single instances. Reye~og what
happened almost under my eyes during the e years
Of my residence 10 Havana, could call up huadreisof
scenes before my reader which wouldshow him plainly
how the slave, and especially the female once, ore
treated in Cabs which could be the very paradise Of
man. and now, In fact, is the hell to thousands Of
human beings. But the above may be enough
atd my reader, hope, will readily leave
unveiled those disgusting pictures, tue DESCRIPTION of
which my pen refuses, pictures which would revolt
every feeling OF deceDcy and morals
word Of pity 10 favor Of the victims would only
expose the foreigner to ridcule who would dare 10
interfere with the authority of old customs and preu
does Once only Itook the liberty to fayorably speak
to young lady about soma colored people Alexsnder
Dumas grandfather fatner and son, aod others, who
had obtained high reputation in Europe, in answer
to my words, she cited chapter of the Old Tests
meni arguing that the negroes beng the descendausd
one of the sons Of Noah, and cursed by the Lort
must suffer for the SINS Of his forefathers. p L.
In Porto RICO ud such purposes mixtures
.s, which heals wounds very quickly with's