The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1864-02-18

lash to heal more quickly and with less
pain!s The real object in to make 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 fur
ther charm of being more exquisitely
painfulithan, the punishment itself, since
the flooding of the black with brine re-
wives thee dull sensitiveness of the
nerves, calls back the dead agony to
life, renews, in one instant, the anguish
of each several stroke, and that anguish
intensified i The eIwhole extent of the
sufferers back is one biting, burning,
maddening pain. .m9ai s4em baE-T3dj3t
"a In the morning the hoary wretch and
his tortured slave1were brought tonthe
generals ffioe2iiilThe upper parts of
her dress was opened. noIt was a hide
GUS and terrible sight.a9mnl5goD 10 8
di 'sWhat have you to say, STRIP; said
General Butler to the old mans 20 1rw
He said the girl had given informa.
ton respecting the arms and tents in
his garret, and sheowasl going to. run
awayaAUaas1 20 YAQ dzooao,YrzH
| p ''Itisi false, sir, ., said the general,
$50 far as the information is concerned!
We had our information from another
source;qq What was the cause of the
second dsoutcry?""sGRoi Tisdl nidjiw .s9a
:, The old man said he did not know,
The general asked the girl9 dShe said
it was masterIwashing her with brine.
fds'Is this so?n1 asked the general. 81 Z, Z,
fb,s"Yes."' ."'iapId q 527os9 .h9-air3 II 20
FqnosYou old 2 rascal What
could tempt you to treat a human be-
ing so ?'' .!aalI 45
DHShe is my servant, and suppose 1
may do what / like with her. Il
washed her to relieve her from pain"
'''To relieve her? Well, sir, / shall
commit You 10 Fort Jackson"
'TGeneral, am native of South
Carolina; my health is infirm. 1t will
ILL ma - s7mBE ri iG9msit3Ef 'ifoft lio't
81 can't help that, And see II at
you behave well, or you shall have pre-
cisely' the. same punishment that you
have given this poor girl, and to re.
lieve your pain. you shall be washed
down with brine 1aTa,}sr5.a ,ls pr.
The old native of South Carolina
went to Fort Jackson, where, 1 am
happy to be able; to state, he died, in
month. General Butler gave the girl
her freedom, and assigned herTa sum
of money sufficient to set her up in
some little business, such as colored
girls carry on in New Orleans. n.
TIE "High-toned'' Mr.. Landry and his lslaUe
'' Daughter.
One Sunday morning, while General
Butler was seated at the breakfast ta-
ble, Major Strong, a a4gentlemana who
was not given to undue, emotion,
rushed into the'room, pale with rage
and horror. go s''-s
General" he exclaimed = "there is
the most damnablei thing out here y
The general folio wed him to the
office. There he found the staff assem-
bled, standing around a woman, gazing
upon her with flashing eyes, their coun-
tenances betraying mingled pity and |
fury. The servants of the house were
crowding about the doors of the room.
The woman who was the. object of so
much attention. was nearly white, aged
about twenty seven. Her face showed
at the first glance that she was one of
those unfortunate creatures whom some
savages regard with kind of religious
awe, and whom civilized beings are ac-
customed to consider peculiarly entitled
to tenderness and forbearance. She
was simple-minded. q Not absolutely |
an idiot, but imbecile, vacant, halfsilly.
.i9"Looki here, general said Major
Strong, as he opened the dress of this
poor creature. al, ia sf.s 7edio i
0 He.back was cut to pieces with the
internal cowhide. 1t was all black and
red-red where the internal instrument
of torture had broken the skin, black
where it had not. To convey anoidea
of its appearance, Gen. Strong used to
say that it resembled a very rare beef
steak, with the black marks of the
gridiron across it. oef .t..sxs y4,..9
No one ever saw Gen. Butler so
profoundly moved as he was while gaz-
ing upon this pitiable spectacle. sel
h"Who did, this p heIasked the girl
.Master," she replied. .9Voni 1af.i ie9l
!, s"Who is your master?" .p,2-' '''.' /.
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