The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1863-08-19


ted upon the unresiSting and helpless pei
son OF his unfortunate victim. who stood
smarting, but silent. under tse dreadful
pain inflicted 10y the brutal Lash.
Ry the side ot the Stakeholder stood oui
Adiutaut General his face livid with al
most irrcpreSsible rage and his fists tight
clcuChcd, as ii To Violently restrain him
self from visiting the guilty wretch with
summary and rctrihutive justice. Dis
posed about the room. in various attitudes
but all exhibiting in their countenaucCS the
same minglng of horror and Indignation
were other members Of tho staff whilg
near the door, stood three or -four house
rservauts who were witnesses In the case
10 the charge OF having administered the
iuhuman casngation, Landry the owner oi
the girl pleaded guilty but urged in cN
tcnuation that the girl had dared to make
an effort for that freedom which her in
stinc.s. drawn from the veins of her ahusor
had taught her was the God-givcn right of
all who possess the geVm of Immortality,
no matter what the coler of the Caskct in
which it is hidden. say drawn from
the veins OF her abuser, because she de
| clarcd she was his daUgh scr andeyery one
in the room, looking upon the man and wo-
man confronting each other, confessed that
the resemblance justified the assertion.
After the conclasioM oI all the evidence
Pin the case, the General continued in the
same position as before, and remained for
some time apparently lost in abstraction.
| shall never forget the singular expression
OF his face.
| had been accustomed to See hun in a
storm of passion at any instance Of opprcs-
| sion or fragrant injustice but On this olca
| sion he was too deeply affected 10 obtain
relief in the usual way. .....
His whole aM was one o( detection, al.
most lstlessness his Indignation too in
tense. and his anger too stern, to find cN-
preston even in his countenaucc.
Never have seen that pecular look but
on three or four occasions similar to the
one | am narrating, when knew he was
pondering upon the banctul curse that had
cast its withering blight upon all around,
until the manhood and humanity were
crushed ont of the people, and outroges
such as the above were looked upon with
cOmplaccncy, and the perpetrators treated
us respected and worthy citizens, and that he
was realizing the fact that, however man
might CndcavOr tn guide this war To the adj
| vantage of u favoritc idea or q sagacous
| policy, the Almighty was directing it sure
ly and steadily for the purlicatiou of our
country from this greatest OF national sins.
! But to return TO my story. Alter sitting
in the mood which have described at such
length. the General again turned 10 the
prisoner, and said, in a quiet, suhducl tone
Of voice
MIR Landry. dare not trust myself to
decide to-day what punishment would be
meet for your otiemsc, for | am in that state
of mind that fear might exceed the strict
demands of justice. shall therefore place
You under guard for the present, until con-
clude upon your sentence"
few days after, a numhcr of influential
citizens having represented to the General
that MIR. Landry was not only u "high-toncd
gentleman" but person of unusual "ANIA-
BIIIrY' of character. and was consequently
entitled TO no small degree of leniency he
wcrcd that, IN. consideration of the pris-
oncr's "hightoned" character, and cspe-
cially of his "amiability," of which he had
seen so remarkable "a proof he had deter
mined to meet their views, ard therefore
ordered that Landry give a deed of manu-,
mission to the girl, and pay Il fine OF five
hundred dollars, to hc placed in the hand Of
a trustee for her benefit.