Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1862-06-27
A Spanking Case.

Various methods have been resorted +
to put stop to the malignant insults o
secesh and compel women to maintain
at least the outward demeanor belonging
TO their sex. Gen. Buffers caIaboose pre-
scription proved,it is said,very efiicaciou
at New Orleans. Gov johnson, oil len
nessee, has had good success by ascribinI
the bitterness of the feminine tongues tt
the acidity Of their stomachs, and ha
| found dose of rhubarD to be sufficient IL
mild cases, and the most obstinate to yielt
to three and an emetic. In one instance
narrated by a correspondent of the N
Y. Atlas, corporal punishment has beer
resorted to, and as the only case of it
kind, we copy the account, without, o
course, undertaking to Justify the course
adopted. The charitable sup2ostion !:
that the fatherly sergeant misunderstood
!
his orders, or at last that the manuel
application was intended by the General
to be administered outside the crino.
line.
The General in;ommand of the troops
was sitting in his quarters, large room
in long before evacuated house, busily
writing. A sergeant who is called by his
inmates BIZ King" on account of his
great size, De is six feet three, and
weighs over vo hundred) stood, cap ii
hand, waiting for some order or answer
from the General, when in came young
and really beautiful lady of about eight
een-quite petite in figure, say not more
than four fe,t six, perhaps, and weighing
about one hundred and thirty pounds, tt
make somecompiaint, or rather to abuse
all the poor, mean Yankees" with The
full force Of spunky woman's tongue
her everlasting and her nose elevated
The General was taken completely by
surprise at the TRADE, while she kept OF
callincthe General himself all the hare
names she could think of, until for mo
ment she paused for breath. ! now ust
the Sergeant's own words as near as car
remember them: The General look C
quietly up at me, saying, Orderly ! re
move this child give it a sound spanking
and send ii homep | saw, despite hi,
placid manner, that he was in earnest
But the command was enough. | TOOK
her by the hand and led her interestingly
into another room which was used for {
store room for the Generals trunks, &c
the girl supposed l was showing her the
street door until l led her into this room
shut the door and led her to chair and
sat mySelf down (although | never did
such a thing myself ! have seen my wife
do it to her little sister and knew how il
should be done,-and before the little ere
ole understood my purpose had laid hen
face downwards on my knees in a second
more the dress and all the loose cloth
ing was turned over her head, out of my
way, saving only a single thickness of lin
en- to save the blows. She began to strug.
gle and try to get away, but all in vain
holding her in position with my left arm
and hand, my right hand did its part and
came down hard the first slap caused her
to shrek just above her breath, and SO
quickly descended a dozen more, that she
forgot where she was and all else except
the sting, and kicked and struggled like a
child of six years almost throwing herself
out of my lap. Pausing for a minute to
put her in position again, | slapped her
several times before she was content to
keep still; after she did l gave her three
more to remember me by, and replacing
her dress, / raised her to her feet and put
down her veil, merely noticing that the
tears were on her cheeks. Although the
sound that escaped her at the first blow
was the only one she uttered at all like a
cry, she looked subdued and conquered.
conducted her to the outer door rails
ed my cap,and out she went. l went back
into the Generals presence as quickly as
though had just gone to shut a door /;
be pointed to a note lying on the table ad-
dressed to our captain; | took it and
withdrew All | have to say is if that
young secesher' had much sitting down
10 do that day or the next, l pity her.
Either way am sure she won't try in
'uting the General again, even if she
loes the men. Now she will, l am sure,
know what our New England ladies
mean by sound spanking, and will
understand how they are taught when
young this lesson in Manners which in
her education was neglected.
enc
FINEs.-Femando c. Kenaston, of
Cabot, was fined last week for selling
liquor not for the public good. He plead
guilty to four offences and was fined $40,
and costs. Also Geo. w. Stone, esq,
$40 for rontpmnt % court