New-York daily tribune., 1861-11-07
SECESSION BARBARITIES.

/ The following is an extract from letter from O
gentleman OF the highest respectaby in Illinois, to
bis friend in tbis city, dated Oct 26:
Yes. my dear Sir, we live too near the borders
Of Missouri not TO feel intensely excited by the
scenes dat are being enacted in that State. Secs
fion and rebellion are ramrant on the very borders
Of Illinois. The newspapers have informed you oi
the undermining of railroad bridge by the Rebels,
by which scores Of men, women, and children We're
suddenly sent into eternity, and great numbers, who
were not killed outright, were maimed for iife.
Scenes equally brutal though not so destructive, by
wholesale, Of human life are every day perletrhted
By the Secesh' of Missouri. a more cowaidIy set
OF savages does not exit. Two OF my three sons
are now 10 the Union army. The Oldest is captain
of q company, but Frank, our youngest boy ID only
private. Both are in the field in Missouri, and
both have frequently enjoyed the qualification OF
smelling gunpowder p battle with the Secession ras-
Gals. One day small party OF Mirsourian', con,
cealed behind woodIile close 10 the rairoad, fired
into the cars AS they were passing and killed an ex
celleut young nan who was sitting by the eide OF
Frank. The young man assntsinated In that cow
ardly manner was Frank 8 bosom friend, and both
were born in the same county. Ever since thai day,
Frank has never been in skirmish with the Mis-
soui Rebels without taking deliberate aim and drop
ping his man. for the boy "a capital shot, and al
ways hits his mark. lie rays he feels no moro COM
punc,ion In killing Mi4oun Rebel than he would
in killing mad dog
"You can hardly realize the ferocity with which
Slavery inspires the owner OF a negro or two. Even
woman, when she owns q slave, or one is owned In
tho family, sooms, Ia many instances, TO have cast
aslde her feminine nature and TO have become
savage. A woman Of wealth the owner of quite a
number OF slaves, whom band Of Cherokee Indians,
few months ago, came to tho south OF Missouri,
where che lives, to Join the Secession army, under
McCulloch Of Texas, that woman, or rather fend,
publicly offered the Indians large reward If they
would bring her Yankee free-soil scalps enough TO
make coun.erpane for her bed There is no mis-
take about IL.
"The same ferocity exists wherever Slavery is
found. Ia,t June, n beautiful and accomplished
girl a native Of western New-York, employed as "a
teacher In New-Orleans, was dragged, on Sunday
morning, 10 jackson Square, and placed in ad
nuditafe Rature in the presence Of many hundreds
Of spectators, including scores OF well-dressed
women. To the latter the poor girl made a heart
rcndng appeal, that they would lsvo her seI from
such an outrage. But they replied only by jeers
ard insults, telling ber 1t was no more than every
Yankee woman deserved. The unfortunate girl AZ
tarred and feathered, and then banshed from the
State without receiving the salary due her. You
may rely upon the entire truth OF this statement. 1t
comes on the authority OF a spectator, upon whose
word implicit reliance be placed upon that
Of any man In the community.
II hope and trust that God designs TO make this
wicked rebellion the instrument for Kidding our land
from the curse Of Slavery"--I Albany Eve journal.