The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1860-08-09

gro thai lwluessed at lie Spulh ocCuJrod whlIe
asdsitihg this esthte, ] aipposo, -hbwevof.
that punishment equ,ll severe q eemmon-in
fact It must bchrttssaY for the maintenance
Of adequate discipline onccvcry large plduia-
ton. IL is m1cfm0re ,ty tlpn on ship
board, becdoSe tle opportunities OF hiding n
way oud shikin,, frtnn obor aud oi wasting
Gnd irjurng the owners property without dan
ger to themselves, are iar ErUaier ~ tue case ol
the slaves than IN that ul the saiOTs, bntoboN0
eli, because there is no reI mqul obligation on
the paIt of ;he negro 20 do what Is demundcd
OF him. The sailor performs his duty IA obcll-
ence 20 q voluntary contract; the slave IS lI,
involuntary srryilulp. The manner OF tlr over,
seer who Inflicted The punishment, and his sub
sequau, conversation to me about 1t indicated
that ~ was by no mans IN unusual occurrence
with him. / had acc lcatalIy cuCouulcre him
aud he was showing me his piu'a'lnr In go
ing from one side TO the other Wc Ind twice
crossed deep gucv, at the bottom oi which
was thcket cover, Of hrshwuod We were
crossing it The third time, and had nearly pass
ed through the b,u,h,wueu the over5cer sudden
stopped his horse, cXcaming- .s.
"Whas shat? laIlul who ore YOU thcre2
1t was girl living at full eugth on The
gtonnd at The bottom OF the uly,cviden,ly in.
tending t. hIde hcr,ell Gum Us ia ,he bushes.
"Who ore you lhrrcY'
"Sau', Sal, sir"
'What are You there lor2'
The girl balfrose buf gave no answer.
"Bccn here all doy?'
"NO sir"
GLOW came YOU hcrc2'
The girl made no reply. .
"Whcre have have YOU been MI diy?'
Thr answer was unlHtrliVpble.
After somn inrther questioning she said her
father accidentally locked hct in, when hc went
out in the morning.
GLOW Il you get on'?"
"ruahed Il plank on sir. md crawlcd out"
The oyer. ccr was slicut for moment, look
ins at the gil, tGen said
That won do--cusc out hCrrV
The 81 arose at ouce aud wOlkol iowari
him, she was about eighteen year, of uge. y
bunch of KEYS hung athcr waist which the over
seer esplcd, aud he snil--
r'Ah vour father loc,ed you in, but you have
the kaysN
rAcrr somr hesitation the girl replied that
these were keys to Other locks; her father had
the door.kty.
Whether the story was true or false could
hove been 0SCcrlancd in two minutes by IL
ding on to the gong with which hcr father was
at work, but the ovcrscrr had made up his mind
as to the lecis Of The casc.
"Thot won't do. Get down on your knees -
The grl knelt on tie g,ond he got OIL his
horse, ond holding his horse with his lcil hand
struck her thirty or lorjy blows across The buck
with his rough, Il Njble raVhide whip. They
wero well laid un, as boalswaiu would thrash
SkuIklng sailor, Gr Us some people ,log a halky
horse, but with no appearance OF augry excite.
ment on the part ol the ovcrsrrr Al every
stroke the girl WINGED and exclaimed, "Yas,sir,
or"Ah, SIR" or "Peasc, sh not grooming or
screaming. At length h. stopped aud said
"Nuw toll me the truth
Tho gIrl repeated the same sturv.
"Hou lmvcn't Got enough yet Pail np your
clDthes--le down.
The g,h without any. hesitation, without a
word or look OF remous'rance OF cntrcaly. drew
all her cIolheS closely under her shoulders end
lay down on the ground with her hCo toward
tAe oNCrseur WHO continued to il0g her with his
rdwhldc across the rukcd loms uad Thighs with
us much strength us before. She now shruuk
away from him, nqt rising, but writing, groyel.
iug aud screaming, Oh don't, sir! oh please
don't mdstcl please. SII please, SIT! oh that's
enough master! oh Lordl oh maSterl master! oh
God, master, do sltpl Oh God. master. Oh God,
musteT! Oh oh God, mustcG' ..
A Young gentleman of fifteen was with us;
lie had ridden in hon't, aud now; turning ON his
horse looked back with m expression ol impa-
tionce at the delay il is was the first time
had ever seen woman logged. ! had seen a
man cudgcied and beaten, IN the heat OF pas
sion before, bat never ilogged with u huudr1dth
part ot the severity used IN this case. glanced
again ut the perfectly pasSiuurss, bat rather
grim, husiucsSlke face of the oVcrsrtCaud lhcu
at The geullDmiu who had tpruei away ltuot
Indifferent; he certainly had not che lalutest SYM
palhy with my emotion, Odly my horse chat.
with eXcitrmrnt, gave mu rein aud spur
aud we puuged into the bushes aud scrambled
fercelv up The steep uccliyitv. The screaming
wells aud whip strokes had cruscd when lrUch-
ed the top OF the bank, Choking, Sohhug,s spas
modic grosus only werp heard, rode on to
where the road, coming dmGouaIly up the ra,
vine, ran across the cotton field My young
companion met me there, aud Immediately at
terwari the overseer. Ne laughed as he joined
us, and said
''She meant TO cheat me out of days woth
and she's done it,
Did you succeed in getting another story
rom hel?'
"Was itnot, perhaps, truc2'
'Oh no, sir; she slipped out of the gang when
they We're gong to work ,anu she's hecu dodsing
about all day, in one place and another as she
saw me- She saw us crossing there II litl,
while ago aud though we had gone hack to the
quarters, but we turncd bach 50 quick we got
iuto the gully before she knew it, aud all She
could do was to lie down in the bushes"
IL suppose th,y often slip on So
"No. sir; never had one dc SO h'fnrc---nol
like this they often ran away to the woods,
and are gone SOME time but never had case
like this before
WAS it necessary to punish her 50 severe
k|
"oh yes, sir Ooughiug1 III hlntpunish.t
her So hard she would have doae lhr same din.
again tomorrow, and hnll the people on IN,
plantation would have followed her example
Oh you have no idea how lazy these niggrr~er r.
you Nothern people dom know anything a1ou
il. Tnr,d ucVer work at all it ttey wera nu
afraid of being whipped.
We soon after me, an OLD man, who on b,
ing closely questioned, said that he hud seen lU
girl leave the gang oS they went to work ultr
dinner. II appeared that she had been at won
during the forenoon, but at dinner time he gan
wasmoyed, aud asit passed throu h the gull
she Slipped out The driver halunt MISS q hrr
The oycrsAer sail lhnl Mhen g HIst Lnnl ,hnrn