Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1859-09-16
SLAVERY ON THE BORDER.

The Leavenworth correspondent OF the 1
Tribune relates the following as one Of
the many instances of insufFerable cru
city which came under his notice during
the four months of DIR. Dogs incareera-
ton -
A negro had been caught somewhere
and brought to the jail. Negroes are
confined in the lower part, and commu
nication could be had through hole for
stove pipe. Through this DIR. boy
learned from the captive that he was a
free man, and was born in the State Of
Illinois. He had-kas-S0 acres of
land, with some Improvements, near Au-
rora, III. lie bad come to Kansas to look
at il, expecting to locate there, and on his
return was seized by the Missouri thieves.
and hurried to the county jail The day
after his arrival there he was taken out,
stripped, and lied to post. The iron
whip with its sharp knife-edges and dag
ger points, were produced. The Sheriff
or his Deputy, and other legal parties
were present. The unfortunate negro
was asked where his master lived, what
that masters name was, and when he ran
away. In vain did the poor fellow tell
bis story. 1t was received with oaths and
abuse, and he was .old that that kind
Of style would not do" while the insiru-
ment of torture was applied ferociously
to his naked back. Blood started from
the wounds, and the victim writhed and
shrieked in his agony. At last there was
a cessation, and the question:
"Well, tell US who's your master, and
when you ran away =
81 told you never had master.
was born in Illinois / am free"
"Oh, d-n you, we have heard such
stories as that before. Give it 10 bim
Tom, till lie confesses."
Again the horrid scene was renewed
1t was in the jail-court--in the precinct:
> of justice, and the prisoners through the
: CRATES could witness it. In agony the
writhing victim cried for them to tell hin
what they wanted. The questions wer,
rAt.ast44a- h,ai -Ihs is..r....l;a,- l..,.- s:-,
reSpited little, the trembling, bleeding
. victim hesitated to repeat the words tina
, would eonsign him to fate even NOR,
horrid than death. Again a torrent 0
profanity was poured on him. He hat
. fallen down, as the cords had been some
. what loosened.
Put him up, put him up, well brinl
t him to yet;' and the poor, crushed victim
: again was made to wrlhe under the tor
q ture. At last, almost too faint to SHREK
: bleeding aud weak, the execution wa
= once more stopped, and questions asked
u Who's your master Z"
- Oh, anybody you like"
y "Wel, was Mr. Brown"
u i YES, yes"
'' "0f Culpepper county, Virginia Z"
= "Well, just as you like; don't kno,
10 any counties in Virginia; never Wa
there"
70 What"
{ " Yes, yes" cried the trembling victim
g that was the county-Virginia.
q " And it is rather more than six montl
6 since you ran away from him?"
- = Yes, yes-oh, yes;'' and the shriel
ing man, without hope in all Of Il
= despotism around him, let bis bead I,
forward on his breast, aud his agoi
broke into tears and sobs.
' You have all that noted down p sa
''u one of the officiating villains to the she
III.
Yes, all right"
The victim was unlastened and !
ied away. IL was nearly two weeks beio
IA bis wounds were well enough for him
re- be fit TO travel, and then he was led awI
Where
All This kind Of work is, suppose.
''' accessory to the slave trade. Who wol
iia want to go to Africa for unframed Al
Aeo cans, when eiyiliscd men are to be
oh for the stealing 10 the States of the Uni
the And, in the midst OF all, a prejud
; " against the oppressed race Is foslei
of among intelligent white men, in or
oy- that no sympathy for the iniaiua
Tar should be barrier to the commission
de- such crimes.
day
.,;s MUsIc.-There Is something v
!. !. wonderful in music. Worda are "
-. derfnl enough; but musie Is even N
wonderful. Itspeaks not 10 our thoug
= as words dot speaks straighs 80
-. hearts and spirits. to The very core
-, root Of our souls. Music sooibes
slirs as up; il melis u TO tears, We b