The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1859-12-01

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lie had on neither hat, coat or vest, and
his shirt open At the collar, fallen loosely
away, showed broad, sun and whisky.
burned chest, which seemed fortress o
strength. His sleeves were rolled up like
a butcher, and his right hand clenched
an IL stiument Of torture, known nowhere
under the sun but in the slave States
called a "paddle," which lie fercelv
tiourished over the heads and faces o.
some half dozen negroes who stood tremb.
ling by.
Such is poor description Of the mur.
derer Belts. and the wretched objects
around him, when Jarm took bis position
in the bushes, The william, as he bran.
dished the bloody paddle. filed the all
with his curses, and threatened the slaves
with the same and even worse vengeance
than he was inficting on the fainting
Sam.
The instrument called "a paddle" was
the only article Of southern manu-
acture that Jarm knew of--and its exs-
tence might have remained secret 10
the rest Of the world, had not he, and
others like him, escaped 10 declare and
describe it. 1t is firm board shaped
like a huge Yankee pudding stick filed
with small auger holes, and is considered
the most savage and blood letting instru-
mcnt employed to torture the slave
Every blow, the sharp wood on the cir
cumference of the holes cut into the flesh,
and the pain and the blood follow, in
proportion to the number Of such holes
and the force of the blows.
The monster having finished lis speech
to the negroes. turned 10 glut his venge-
ance on poor Sam, with rage and energy
that seemed provoked by his cries, and
the sight Of his own barbarity. AS he
grasped the paddle and swung it from
his shoulder to increase the force Of his
blow, Sam begged with all the strength
of nature. The slaves turned their faces
to the ground or covered them with their
hands--snd Belts, with an oath, brought
the weapon down with lis might-blow
after blow followed, screams, and howls OF
agony, and cries for mercy, followed with
them.
Jarm, overcome with the misery Of his
friend and the cruelty Of his tormentor,
hid bis facs on the ground and covered it
with his hands, and refused 10 look upon
the scene.
Belts continued the blows until he was
weary, and then ceased them to repeat
bis threats aud curses to the negroes.
Thus he altcrnated his violence upon
the one and threats and curses upon the
other, until the voice Of Sam growing hol-
low and faint, convinced the listener that
nature was failing. The last sentence
which he articulated was, 20, Lord! o,
Lord!" and he continued TO utter it until
uLterance failed and no noise broke the
stiffness around but the sound Of the in
fernal weapon upon the nsentient and mo-
tionless body. When the monster saw
Sam ceased to speak or move, he also
ceased his blows.
At this time, when all was silent, Jarm
raised his head from the ground and saw
Belts place his foot against the bleeding
body, and with savage curse and malig-
nant force, set the barrel and body roll
ing together down the steep bank into
the river. As they reached the water he
Betts) turned to the negroes and, said
iereely:
"There, you id dogs, 60 and bring
him back again, and unbind Lin and let
him CO."
Quick as lightning the compassionate
fellows sprang to the water, unbound
him, and laid him on the bank---but it
was too late. Life ceased to animate the
poor man--his soul was set free, and bis
nutilased body, already wrapped in its
bloody shroud, was prepared for its fu-
,eral.
The poor fellows looked meanipgly at
he brute Belts as lie stood at the Greek.
Washing the sweat from his brow and
rms. and then, with sad ceuntenances
tood motiouless around the corpse.
"What are you doing there, you id
'illains,' said Belts.
''Sam be dead, massa," said one Of the