Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1860-03-20
UNION, LIBERTY AND FIR RATERN1Tv.

TUESDAY March 90, 1850,
UNION, LIBERTY AND FRATERNITY,
'Behold! how good and pleasant it il
Cor brethren to dwell ,ogethsr in unity
The citizens of a great country ought
certainly to feel devotion stronger than
life for tLe land of their nativity, and
the ratcrnal Government under whose
ngis. life is enjoyed in security and
- pefcc Sach asGoverpment ought to be
, enjoyed by the people, of the United
!, States, But the sad truth is, that there
= is not on the face of the earth, either in
..eisilized or saxagelands, aeountry where
the traveller. is in so great danger of bru-
taloutrage asin manyof the States in this
URion. We, could fill the Telegraph
weekly with accounts ofthese insults and
putrages, but have generally refrained
rs from publishing them. But that our
readers may form some idea of the state
Of. things, we have transferred
10 our columns some of the scenes of vi
Is olence with which the papers abound
We give an instance this week, not be-
caase il Is worse than others, but that it
naY servers the basis Of a few remarks
/, Of our own. ga 8a5 ,.aasHg 4..rg
1i' Here is an extract Of an account pub
lished in the Be!fast (Me.) .Ags, 1tisau-
,hcnticatei beyond all doubt, and We ask
our readers to compare it with any of the
Internal crueities practiced in savage
warfare! There is no prctcnsc of any
.rinae having been committed by the
!, Victims: ra, Il a-.a
b s,Tlle brig B. G. Chaloneir; of East
Ehfachias, Me-, was chartered in New
York to come to ST. Ilia Mills, on the
St Illa river, to load with lumber =
Capt. A. V. Kinney was master, who
had with him his wife, Mr.. Patterson
the mate, and acrew of four men.
Mr. Patterson was we'll acquainted
with ths river, having once been wrecked
up White Oak Creek = AT that time
while stripping the vessel, he lived with
wealthy planter, who became much at
tacllei Ito him. No sooner had his
planter friend-Alr Morrissy-learned
, that he was again on the river, than he
.senta negro tolcenduct him TO his house
Mr. Morrissy learning the Captain had
~his wife with him, sent pressing IN
vitation by Mr.. Patterson, for the Cap
fainfto come and bring his wife with
S.,l-I
family "
On Sunday morning, December 25th,
the Captain, with his wife and mate,
took the crew in the boat and started for
Mr.. Morrissy's plantation, having to go
about Is miles by water to his place Of
landing, from which, to the plantation,
was FIVE miles. After landing, he sent
his men to Mr.. Peters house Che being
acquainted with Mr. p } to tarry until
his return. The crew had been in the
house lbut;a short time before six armed
Ilfea came there, BY the names of David
Brown and his two song, Burrill Brown
and Nathan Brown, with their brother
ia-law, Thomas Harrison, and two others
whose names L don't rccollect, and told
them they must@go to Jail The sailors
believing their innocence would appear
the more apparent if they yielded, con
cluded to obey their orders, supposing
they were authoritative. They were
then taken into the woods. tied to a tree,
snd negro made to give three of them
ffty lashcs apiece. The reserved one
wasa tall man of che height Of six feet
three inches, whom they called 'tthe
Captain of the crowd Upon his bick
they dealt one hundred ldthes After he
was 'takeu down, they asked him if he
would run as fast the others had? they
having been compelled to run as fast as
released .n ~ 500 +4aa
As he did not at once start, one Of the
gang raised his gun saying, ''-- you,
you won't-run will your and fred, the
ball passing near his head and lodging
In i tree. With what strength remained
the suffering man then started, hastened
by the profane threats of his tormentors.
BY the Kindness of Burriil Browns wife,
the men were shown the way down, and
boat was provided to take them on
board the vessel
On Monday morning, as Captain Kin
ney. his wife and Mr.. Patterson we're
coming down toward the landing, they
were met by the men who took the sail
ors aboard, and told what had happened,
and advised him to go back to Mr.. Nor
risey's and leave the woman, and then
go round the other way and send Sher-
if for the boat This advice was acted
upon.
They had not gone moro than a mile,
befoie they were overtaken by man on
horse back, who. pointed double-h bar
relied gun at the captains head and told
him to stop. Presently old Brown and
his gang came along, armed with pistols
and guns, and ordered the Captain and
mate to take off their coats, which they
refused to do. Guns were at once
cooked and levelled at their heads, and
compliance demanded by threatening to
blow out their brains.
After they had divested themselves of
their outer garments, a negro was ordered
TO give them fifty lashes apiece. The
Captains wife pitcously interceded in
behalf Of her husband and companion,
but they coarsely told her to stop her
id crying or they would give her the
same number OF lasheS tney were now
giving her husband. After the negro
had completed his task, old Brown, who
was unable to walk without cane came
hobbling along, and commanded the
slave to give them four more for tally.
These six inquisitors then marched
the sufferers before their guns to the
boat, and theu showed it off, leaving them
to row fifteen miles against the tide to
their vessel.
Harr do No after the fra nsantinn the