Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1860-03-10

A MONSTER IN FEMALE FoRM-On Mon
day, the 10th of March, 1858, at 8 80 A. NJ, we
were greatly distressed by screams, which
proceeded from some fellow. being in the com
pound OF the next house, the wall of which
was about thirty yards distant from our own.
Mrs. M'Leod was at the time slowly recover
ing from the effects of the fever and the treat,
ment she had received from DR.. Fonseca, and
1t may be easier imagined than described what
serious effect this had on her system. The
screams proceeding from that house were,
ON THIS occasion, more alarming than those
that were heard from time to time, daily, when
the female overseer was employed in punish
ing the slaves under her control. AT last they
became SO alarming that we came to the con-
clusion that the slaves had risen upon Portu-
guese Rosa, the overseer, and having succeed
ed in getting her into one of the out-houses,
were employed in avenging themselves for the
gross and continued wrongs which they had
suffered. Believing that this was the case,
and urged by the entreaties of my wife and
her maid to endeavor to save the woman from
the fury OF the negroes, | repaired to Mr..
S0ares house, in the courtyard of which the
following revolving scene met my view: Por-
tuguese Rosa was lying on a native bed or
sofa, which was placed with its head about
three feet from the doorway of an clubhouse,
IN which cocoa nuts were stored until required
for the use of the house. This Portuguese
woman was reclining at full length upon the
sofa, her chin supported by her hand, and
contemplating, with evident pleasure, the dis
gusting scene of barbarity which was being
enacted inside Of the cocoa nut house. A ne
gro, one of the finest specimens OF man | have
ever looked upon, and one that an artist would
have wished for model of Apollo, was dashed
up to ladder by his hands and legs; two
negroes were castigating him on his poste-
rlOrs two spare ones were waiting to relieve
them, and one old negro stood by, who ap-
peared TO be doctor, witnessing how much
the sufferer could bear without being killed.
lhe poor fellows posteriOrs and thighs were
covered with blood, and a pool of blood was
around his feet. There lay the Portuguese
woman, calmly enjoying this scene of blood
occasionally instructing the actors where to
strike, when Cry of more thrilling anguish
would testify to her refinement in torture
Anxious to put an end to this revolving scene,
L asked-nay, L begged-this fiend IN woman's
form 10 pardon and release the man. Instant
ly her dark eye was lighted up with the fren-
zy of intense hatred, and, turning to me, she
said, "For anything with a white skin l would
pardon; but for you, thou champion of the
slave, neverP Then, turning to the execu-
TONERS, she yelled "Flog, sons of hell, fog or
else I'll pour boiling oil upon you" This
Wv" my o'eSieiVN " dtnClSHDoillS uiS, Ou
which stood a pot,swhich;N afterwards learned,
contained boiling Oil To&ave remained long
er would have Only added'p the sufferings Of
the slave. Thiswas a-cases of domestic slave
ry, in which, of course, could not interfere.
A late portaria of the King of Portugal de-
clares that this slavery shall cease in twenty
years time; that is to say, continues it for
that period. Subsequently, heard that this
slave was punished for disobedience of orders
Inquiring further into the matter, learned
that this noble slave had refused to castgate
his own mother Women OF England and
mothers of Portugal, hear me and when you
hear, speak-so that Don Pedro the Fifth Of
Portugal shall cause slavery to cease in his
dominions, and leave to his dynasty name,
the memory of which shall awaken prouder
associations than those even of the era OF con-
quest.-Ira0 in Eastern A tiicd ; Nth the Mar.
rahue Of Residence in Mozambique. By Lyons
M'Leod, Esq, f. r. G. s.