St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1863-12-03

Gen. Butler ordered him to arrest all
the inmates of the house, and keep
them in the guard-housc oil nig' t, and
bring them before him in the morning.
On returning to the house, the ser
geunt found that the second outcry was
caused by washing the hceratcd back
Of the poor girl with strong brine
They !da; this1 at the; South on the pro-
tense that it causcs The wounds of the
lash to heal more quickly and with
less pain. The real object is to max C
them heal without such scars as would
lessen the value Of the slave at the
auction-block. 1t is said really to have
that effect; and the operation has the
further charm Of being more exquisite
ly painful than the punishment itself
since the flooding Of the back with
brine revivcs the dull scn~itivcncss OF
the nerves, calls back the dead agony
to life, renews, in one instant, the an
guish of each several stroke, and that
anguish intensified The whole extent
Of the sufferers back is one biting,
burning. piercing. naddcning pain.
Iu the morning, the hoary wretch
and his tortured slave were brought to
the Generals Office. The upper part
Of her dress was opened. 1t was a
hideous and horrible sight.
"What have you to say, sir?" said
Gen. Butler to the old man. j.,
| He said the girl had given inforlna.
ton respecting the arms and tents in
| his garrct, and she was going to run
away y.
"lt is false, sir" said the General.
$50 far as the information is concerned.
We had our information from another
source. What was the cause of the
second outcry?"
The old man said he did not know.
The general asked the girl. She said
it was master washing her with triue.
els this SO % asked the General.
"Ycs."
"You id old rascal! What could
tempt you to treat human being so ?"
"Shc is my servant, and l suppose l
may 10 what | like with hcr. | wash
cd her to relieve her from pain"
"To rez'evc her? Well, sir, I shall
commit you to Fort Jackson"
"Gencral, l ain native of South
Caroline; ar 2; my health is iu6rm. 1t
IL can't help that. And zee that
you behave well, or you shall have pre-
cisely the same punishment that you
have given this poor girl, and to re-
lievc your pain, you shall be washed
down with brine" :
The old native of South Carolina
went to Fort Jackson, where aw hap
py to be able to state, he died in a
month. Gen. Butler gave the girl her
freedom, aud assigned her u sum of
money sufficient to set her up in some
little business, such az col red girls
carry on in New Orleans.
TUE "H1GH-TONED" MIR. LANDRY AND
HIS SLAVE DAUGHTER.
One Sunday morning, while Gen.
Butler Was seated at the break fast ta-
BILE, Major Strong, gentleman VIII"
was not given to undue emotion, rush.
ed into the room, paic with rage and
horror.
~"General," he cxclaimcd, "thcre is
the most damnablc thing out hcrew
The General followed him to the Of
fee. There he found the staff assem-
bled, standing round woman, gazing
upon her with flashing eyes, their coun;
tcnances bctraying mingled. pity aid
fury; The se' wants Of the house we're
ero~ding about the doors Of the room.
The woman Who was the object of 90
much attention was nearly whit, agcd,
about twentS-seyen.u Her., lace showed
at the first glahce that she was one Of
those unfortunate creatures whom some
savagcs regard with kind Of religious
awe, and whom civilized beings are &C.
customed to consider peculiarly entitled
to tenderness and torbearance. She
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