Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1860-01-06
1sffa Rrntai Outrage!
AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS So,
CAROLINA,

@~NAhNAs
We copy the following account Of I'D
ings Of an lrishman at the hands Of
sal 'slaveholding mob Of South Coro
from the n. Y. Mdcpendeat, had Womb
10 d The particular attention of al, /,
men and Foreigners, who so gere,ou, y
they must support the Democratic t;,t
The Northern newspapers have j.
republlshed brief paragraph from
Charleston Wafeaty, announcing II
nonchalant style, that a workman 8,
ON the State House, in Columbia :
was recently seiezd by mob on aos
as was alleged, Of holding an,i.sl.F
opinions, and that he received twentr
lashes, and was tarred and feathers Y
escorted out of the state
1t took q very few lines TO tell III
ry, according TO the style Of the SanN
press for it is trait of southern chi,
first to practice cruelty, and then IL
press the facts.
We have seen this unfortunate ma.
heard his story, and looked at his wo
His name is James Power. He is n,
tellisent young man, about twenty
years Of age, native of Wexford, In Il
and stope-cutier by trade. lie wepN
Philadelphia to the South, and an
employment in Columbia, where he
worked for nine months.
The only opinion lie ever cxprA
against slavery was that il caused a
latorer in the South to be looked mn,
an inferior and degraded man. But
was enough The remark was repouE
the Vigilance Committee, Compose
twelve mcInbers,1 whoimmediately orb
the police 10 arrest him. lie was n
two miles away from town, in attempt
escape. lie was brought back, and M
a cell, where he remained for three
during which time he was denied the
of pen and ink, and all communication 4
his friends outside.
AT length be was taken before The N
or. -Four persons appeared and bore
timony to the remark which he had u
The evidence was conclusive. He WI
turned TO prison, and kept locked up "a
days. During this time, he was allE
only two scanty meals day, aud the 4
was carried to him by negro. lii
then taken out Of Jail in HE custody u
ma halls x,.bs, rnsJ
" You are so fond OF niggers, that
going to give you a niger escort
He was led ihrough the main street
a great crowd, hooting and yelling, the
shals compelling two negroes TO drag
through the puddes and muddy placN
the street, and Of the State House
As he was taken past sshe State liA
three members Of the legislature, ineIus.
the Speaker, stood looking onaasl Iansk
The crowd gradually increased until III
bered several thousand persons, heads
a troop Of horse. f
After a march Of three miles out Il
city, TO a place called 'the junction, lhe
cession was stopped and preparations
made for punishment, The popuIace u
" Brand him Burn him /" 81
him 10 death and made threats az
his life by pointing pistols at his head b
sticks in his face.
The Vigilance committee ordered BID
strip himself naked, and forced a neg
assist in taking off the clothes. A O.
hide was then put into the negro's b
who was ordered to lay on thirty-nine
es, mot twenty-nine, as reported,) "A.
draw blood with every stroke. Or
formant describes the pain Of this MIA
rs exceeding in severity anything wbic
ever suffered before. His back and g
limbs are still covered with the scars
wounds
A bucket Of tar was then brought 81
two negroes were ordered TO rub il upca
bleeding skin, and to cover him from
TO waist. His hair and eyebrows
cloited with the tar. After this part d III
ceremony was concluded, he was COW
with feathers. His pantaloous were
drawn up 10 his waist, but he was nj
lowed TO put on his shirt or coat He p
conducted in this exposed condition,
he shouts Of the populacc, 10 the rail-
ran, and was put on board The nes
ar. The engineer blew continuous W.
,n his whistle TO signalize the performs
A citizen Of Charleston on the tram,
Jaw the poor fellows unhappy condi'a
stepped into a neighboring hotel, before %
starting of the cars. and brought cu
.oifee and some biscuits 10 relieve the
erer's faintness. ii was timely git,
gratefully received. But the South
gathered around the Southern q
leman, and threatened him with sunni
vengeance if he repeated his genero
The exasperatcd crowd detained the Y
md called for more tar and feathers, I re
urther infection upon their bleeding 81
i'm. More tar was brought. bat
Gathers could not be found and after I Isl
ar was applied, cotton was stuck uP' IS
instead
When the train started for Oharies
he mob babe him good-by, and told
hat when he reached this city he would
Give 1870 lashesI AT every station
ween Columbia and Charleston, the eng
er blew prolonged whistle, and saih' II
mob TO add fresh insults to the woun
IAN. AT length, on arriving he wa
y the police, conveyed TO prison, ana
,ined in his cell for an entire week y
e received, for the first time, soap ana
II to wash off the tar and, oil to soften
,res. A mob several times threatehea
reak into the prison to carry HIM ou' 7
le street, and make a public spec'ac,s
i'm second time. But he was kep' css
: confined. A physician called to see y