New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-07-24
TERRIBLE REVELATIONS FROM THE
Sol I'll.
ANARCHY AND BtRBARIsm N TEXAs-sLAvEs
BURNED IN LOUISiANA--ITsTIMoNY OF 4

BURNED IN DISQUALIFICATION OF s
EUROPEAN sAvANT.
The Indepssdanes Belge 81 July 6, 1869 contains
two very curious letters, wrjven N April and May
las. by VI Honleau, 3 savan, % Belgium, who had
been staying some time in feyas, bat who recently
tried 10 esespe ne horrors vi civil war by seeking
70 10 le in Mexico. 4" We have received Two ol bis
leteTs" says LIsifpt'd2Ace, " and If they did not
emanaIe from one OF Our countrymen whose good
name and chaTs ter are known 20 al, We would
l.. state % putlsh statements winch too born
bic for credcnce. BIT We canDo. doubt their truth,
and pint them 20 show he kind Of Iaen and the
cause that tho par,sans Of American Secesrionisis
would defend" We (EgeRiHg P0stJ translate
those Letters, which are 80 well authenticated:
"MhIA~oRAs Meri;o Apr, q. 1872.
"You probably haze con isc;rIed that he block
ade has kept me- ia Iexas ~ IN besieged city, de-
,riyiny me OF all communities ION WITH Europe. The
government o. plsn,ers here have increased Ibis
isolation by susreld.ng he mailing OF newspapers,
and bv s1pD-essing mos Of the mad routes, whence
results safe Df isolation very favorable TO igno.
/ rance and tyranny
"Nbat 1 have seen scout ne, aud what / have
heard iron she months 81 sufferers and Witnesses
forms c frightfll tale. ! have To- aar1ed few
pages 10 ,he PsUVs yr.aeStreiie since NY arrival il
Mexico. ! col'f nave increased the catalogue Of
Atrocities which ths ,lyehol1srs are acc.mulating
- their serDai shame J only wish 20 speak o.
iacjs which can prove, but viii add a few Others
which believe - be perfectly yeri,able.
"A pregnant woman being indispOsed, her matter
had her whipped 10 make her 70 20 work. She
dragged herself 10 the Geld and fell upon the ground
in The psags Of childbirth, Another punishment
was s,ere administered. The iash wac applied, and
5roggtl oE ,9riJs If 9,Sh ckich ;see 81 thick nat
one cot.id actlahy see he hngs of .he misera6ie
roman who dariGg this or-Ire gave birth 20 still
born child, snd 2 few minutes aitsr ded herself.
" Another fugitive was hung up by The hands,
an in that position perebed Of hunger; bic master
even bad the cruelty 70 place near him pia,e Of
Oh pod gah 4
tioe, One Of The comrades Of This Uarfyr told me
tha. bis l,-t words, ina low t,ng 20 &c, were let
NE eat--eat.'
~ have seen ireo negroes banished, and freed
slaves, when fr-e papers were not pie-erved or N
due FORM sent back into Slavery. When j cay ne
rr)es wish 70 AVOID he phrase persons O. color,
Ior T. IS no, 80 essy 20 find purely black neg o..
be oolored pJpuls,ipD especially that portion Of Il
which j. iree j. groefed in The first, second or third
Degree Tiers are among them persons wi tier than
yon Or / aud they sngge.i pref queslion IN &C.
nealogy.
II b27o seen q German, who vac for time q
slave IL ore o. the leui0gis where he slavery VI
poor whi,,s is freely defended. An odiocs attempt
has be en- made 90 re.esiablsh Slavery 10 .bis part Of
Mexico. Civil var has been provoked here and
sustained by Che s,o-des, arms and ammunition
furnished by The planters Ma,am0ras, where J
ueF am, ie ~ ruins after ,hree-mOn,bs war pro-
portionately more murderors than tbs wars Of Uu-
ro,e. Ye:, Notwithstanding The American cannon,
tie heroic population - tis Cl,y, which nas Indian
blood in i,s veins, has repnlsed the bTiginds who
have assaled j, from ge2as.
Wnat couid ] do N such scenes u confusion
Nv humble possessions were seized by these men.
had ..en several Of ny neighbors killed in their
ii-lIs and few Of them scaDeI. Others bad fallen
renealt ihe axes VI he furious Rangers, because
they were UalCuisls. had se.u BOlc Aogrsiin cut
up " ,i knives before lie Justice OF Peace Of Sun
Antonio. / had seen anO her pursued By q man
- ba tftfr. 4
owing IA ,be uarkei-place. VIVA Should 90 ;
What could do he path o. duty seemed - he
rGaced \ wac ~ OncG forced % have my hOure,
and Leave 20 The terrible Vigilance Committee iJlr
bare WALL md he hshss u NY burned papers.
a" Only retaiuej a DemoIei u jhe lnionis,5 OF
Sen Antonio 10. :he Cab net ~, Washington, doc
nment which, if found IN nay person, would have
been enough - nave bangeI mo ten tines over, a. Il
spv Or correspondence or q DniOnlsI. j rolled - up
and bid j. in ne barrel II ny l1ie, aud Tie American
Consul a. uaiam)ras, an energetic cl.ifen o. New
EDg and, - Fh0m 4 mustered /. Oh my ARRIVAL
here has fOrWarled +. - Mr.. Lincoln, Who by this
1lme. mus, have received ..
o. cdnLo, express 20 yOl my satisfaction OF ind
jng my,en free on this aldc ~ the RIO GrDfr.
WOali hat my voice could be- beard all over In
rope. The southern States wI,nesses 81 c,lni-
i,ial 4. emp. which rivals The most bloody ana NIB
bored crue,ieB OF he InauisitiOn 10 This saDgui-
nary tyranny added lbIong or terrible passions
all VI hose paesi jus Which cIgendered by ,hc
pOsssssion Of man or wopIaol by MAJ There are
10 longer Gui.s. longer restraint, no l01ger mod
es,y. Near % Seguin, JsSas, mater wac recently
struck by slaye Tor ha7inl, in his prgssnce, US
tempted 10 yiol,e he honor Ji his negro wife. o.
c,ui.e me negro husband Var hanged
In this pretended political movement o. the
South, there ID return - barbersm, which he cps-
.or.s # ihe iaes ihe splt Of our country and or
ideas of humanity aud religion oannoJ permit. Tno
impious aud hsa.hsnish attempt, winch openly
ad1ftA "a LIS motto The CSieurion end uerpetulfy
Ok slavery ibis criminal s.tcinp. cannot succeed.
The lusstIOn O .ha hDer,iion u ble slaves assumes
every day u more pra 'ical form
LETTER 80. ..
"MAfAaORAe, Mexico, Nay ~.
Al sm lucky, alter having lost all my prJp-r;y,
in sqy,rg mysoli from hanging, 40 an AJoluonisl.
have had " bard Journ-y hrher from >an An
tonic, an. have fecEd here ~ rue friend IN 'be
American ConhDl.