Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1860-02-03
American characteristics.

We are indebted, says the N. Y. Tribune,
to a correspondent of The NashriHe Eagle
| (the names of the Southern papers are 50
Pickwickian, or we may take Franklin's
opinion about the foulness Of that bird)-of
The NashriHe Eagle writing from Troy,
Kentucky, for the following account of a
human barbecue:
son New Years day, the annual negro
sales took place at Troy, the county seat,
and there was quite a collection Of people
there everything went on smoothly until
about l o'clock in the evening, when Mr..
James Calaway, brother-in-law of the de-
ceased, mounted upon an old goods box be-
fore store door, and addressed the people
for about fifteen minutes. He said If the
mass of the people felt as he did. and would
do their duty, which he believed they would,
they would take the black murderer out of
Jail and burn him at a stake, in the presence
of all the negroes that were there, to set
an example before them, and to show them
| what will be the result of all such conduct
if there should ever be such again. Then
he closed by saying, .All that feel as do
will follow me- He then leaped from the
stand, and there was general shout given,
and he led the way to the Jail, and nino-
tenths of the multitude followed. On ar
irving at the Jail, they found the Sheriff
and the jailor, who did all they could to
suppress The mob, but all to no purpose.
"They now mustered some 800 or 1000
strong. They then commenced with siedge-
hammers, crow-bars and axes, and in about
an hour entered the Jail and brought for
They marched him to the centre of the jail
yard, drove down large stake and chained
him, in an erect position. hands and feet
fastened to the stake. There was abund-
ance of shavings and split wood piled round
him; this consumed some half an hour.
"During this time the negro talked tothe
negroes that gathered round him. He told
them that he had good master, and that
he was always treated too wei and given
too many liberties, and for them to take
warning in time and never do as he had
done. Then the torch was applied. and he
seemed to be entirely Indifferent about it
until the flames began to burn as high AZ
his knees. Then he began TO twist, and
snort. and groan, and in about a minute
more he began to scream. He gave sone
Of the most hideous Screams tlat | ever
heard come from any human being.
~ could not stand to see any more and
left. When left, the flames were burning
as high as his head. l was only a spec
tator-took no hand either for or against.
think that there we're some 900 to 1000
people TO witness this dreadful scene, aid
200 TO 800 negroes.
When we reflect that we have "Ono
Country. One Constitution, and One Des-
tiny" we are led TO infer:
First: That in roasting men alive whole,
our One Country stands alone. (The Fee
jee Islanders roast them, but not alive, AMI
then always for the purpose of eating, whiIe
we waste the meat.)
.Second: That our One Constitution, which
recognizes the right TO roast man wholu,
and may give the cooks the highest poIili-
cal and social honors in the Republican
cluding foreign missions and marriages With
Northern heiresscs of the Plymouth Rock,
Bunker Hill, Manhattan Island and Quaker
City siock--is certainly the model Consti-
tuition of the world.