, 1860-11-30

scar tAst named, told me- TINT h!s sulo was to
give a slave mother one hundred lnshes. II she
lost her child; us If mothers affection were
not indqcement enough to secure watchlul-
s, neas ana care, on her part, aud mothers an
!.utsh ct the death Of her darling, not sufHcient-
y Intense, without the addition Of this terri
ter draught!'
Mr. G.'s care Of the health and condition Of
his negroes did not spare their, hides, rs their
Scared backs gave unmistakable proof no.
ticcd OH the plantation be managed, large
number Of slaves who had been SO cut up with
the lash that their backs were marked with
sears aud welts from their shoulders TO their
heels. I was surprised aud shocked at the
amount Of whipping @hieh / witnessed N.Y.
sell on this plantation. rode ont, one day,
with the overseer, to their field Of labor. They
were cutting timber and getting out rails. 4
number Of them, whose movement did not
please him, were ordered to shell of aud come
down, to have their activity quickencd with
the drivers cxcrucfatlng lash.
one Sunday morning witnessed punish
ment Of very different kind. The yigilant
ovcrsecr had, the night before, caught slayc
in Inc act Of cooking pig be had stolen. IL,
was Immediately taken To the stocks, and there
fastened by the neck till the next morning.
After breakfast the oycrsecr ordered his blacl,
driver to bring the culprit 10 his house, along
with the pot Of pig he lad cooked.
..shell off your clothes, sir, and sit DOWN.
1.-The poor fellow trembled and rolled lis
eyes in Wild manner, as If watching an op-
1ortunlty to break away. But the presence Of
the driver, with bis heavy loaded whip readyto
knock him down, if hc made the attempt, pre-
clude0 all hope Of escape. Tie orerseef taunt-
I'll him. and bade him lclp himself to the con-
tents Of the pot Us fast as possible. When llc
ceased. because le could eat no more. the raw
hide was app1.st to lis bare back, and thc
meat, grease and soup, were forced down lin
until his abused stomach dissorgcd lts co,,-
tents. This only aggravated lis punishment,
rs he WAS compelled TO swallow again what
lis stomach threw OF, and this process at voul-
iting and swallowing it uggain was continued,
altcrnated with 6e0urging until 1t seemed M
it tue poor fellow would die under the opera
tion.
Another method Of punishment fora lille Of
Col 3. The pig stcalcr was compelled to wear
4 ham Of fresh pork lashcd to his shoulders
like knarsack, without any relief from the
burden, night or day, until the flesh dropped
from tile bones. Tie sickening stencil OF thr
putrid meat which the victim was compelled
pcrPctually to iullalc, and the annoyance ofthe
swarlns Of flies which it attracted, in fly time
ito say nothing Of tle tlocks ofbuzzards which
1havc seen bcsettiug the poor fcllow,) togeth-
cr with during the long process of dcroulpos:-
tim, rendered this the most intolerable pun
lshincnt. :te night well cxclaim: 10 wretcllel
AAAu %tltk A4aI4 hAO tI1HH UEutNI IAE lrQUl
this body Of death!
The oversccr Oh another plantation boasted
t. his brother oyers2crs, that he lad c,mrel
led slave to cat the whole Of a duck which hc
had stolen, feathers, entrlils, everything hu,
the wings, who applauded lin, for his skin in
managing nigScrs. Tho Same orersecr once
drove slave into the river where hc was
drowned. He became notorious, indeed, for
his outragcs upon the defenseless blacks. But
he bore tic character Of IAN excellent croppcr
who could make Il niggcr travel about right"
This alone w;ss sufficient to cover multitude
ofsfns. Mammou is cruel god, when ill.,
manity crosses his patti :; it is then he becomes
a 31oloch.
Another Of the legitimate effects Of slaycry
WIS exhibited un Mr. LIS third plantation; III
which the overseer suspended . slave by his
thumbs and great toes to the limb of peach
tree, and whipped llul to death. r. escape
punishment, he crosse over into Mississippi,
aud remained there until the grand jury had
finished their report Of criminal cases for the
next court. This case excited srcat deal of
sympathy in the nciGhborhood, not for The
poor murdered slave, but for the murderer, be-
cause he was compelled by this unhappy
occurrence to leave good situation, while lis
employer kept hack his waycs to indemnify
himself for the property he had titus lost.
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