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

Ina few minutes, Landry, entered
the ofice-a spare. tall, geplemanlike
person of fifty-6ye., llig yr;ae7ai - +
"Mr. Landry" said the general, "this
is Infamous. The girl is evidently sim
pie. 1t is the, awfullestspectacle, / ever
beheld in myllife." 80 1sgia cd moT1 -
AT this moment Major Strong whis
pered in the generals ear "a piece OF
information which caused him to ,com-
pare the faces of the master and the
slave. The resemblance between them
was striking. g3isssosn 10 bluow ,as.bi1
Ina sis this woman your daughter r.
asked the general. - ~, al, g.,a =,
There are reports to that effect" sal sal
Landry. - '''''"
The insolent nonchalanee, of the man,
as he replied to The last question, SO in;
famed the rage of all who witnessed
it, that it needed but wink from from the
general to have set dozen ihfuriated
men at bis throat. The general, for
once seemed deprived of his power to
Judge with promptness. "Heremained
for some fime," says an eye, witness,
apparently lost in abstraction. l shall
never forget the singular expression on
trr -fsF law
his face. ''s = d '7''. ''''' 90 ''''
q, Il had been accustomed to see him
| in astorm Of passion at any instance
Of oppression or flagrabt injustice; but
on this occasion he was too deeply af-
fected toaabtain'reliefl in the usual way.
IidtrHis wholei air was one Of detection,
almost listlessness his indignation too
Intense, and his anger too stern, to find
expression even IN his couhtenahce..
jos"Never have I seen that peculiar
look but on three or efohr occasioms
similar TO the one L am narrating, when
/ knewDhe was pondering upon the
baleful curse that had cast its withering g
bHghtsupon all around, until the man
hood and humanity were crushed out
of the people, and outrages such as the
above were looked upon with compla-
cency, and the perpetrators treated as
respected and worthy 7citizens-apd
that he was realizing the great truth
that, however, men might endeavor to
guide this war to the advantage of a
favorite idea or sagacious policy, tie
Almighty was directing it surely and
steadily for the publication Of our
country from this greatest of national
sins. --'
CATER sitting in the mood which Il
have described, the general again
turned to the prisoner, and said, in a
quiet, subdued tone of voice: .193si
rs "Mr. Landry, / dare not trust myself
to decide to-day what punishment
would be meet for your offense, for I
am in that state of mind that fear ]
might exceed the strict demands of
justice. j shall therefore, place you1
under guard for the present, until /
conclude upon your sentence no. 9'|
The next morning came troops of
Landry's friends to tell the general
what an honorable, what 'high9
toned" what an anaia6Je gentleman
Mr.. Landry was, and how highly he
was respected by all who knew him.
They saidthat he had his losses the
war wal had Thaifruined him his friends
had observed that he had been irrita
die Of late poor man; and no doubt,
he had struck his daughter harder than
he intended. His wife and his other
children came to plead for him. A,
legal gentleman appeared, also, to do
what was possible for him in the way
Of argument. hiou Us 92i' s.''7' ''e'' |
General Butler decided the case
thus: Landry should give his daugh
ter her freedom, and settle upon her a
thousand dollars. ia LJlsr7yi6J sdi -
Being in mortal terror of Fort Jack
son he gladly complied with these
terms. The poor girl went forth that
day a free woman, and a trustee was
appointed to administer her little for.
tune and see that no further harm befellI
her. got aaaidoih meow diuo1
1t was light penalty for such a
crime. Iswish the general.badtreated
the case a la rWellington-rung three
poles and a rope, and had the wretch
hanged that Sunday morning, in the
nearest public square. God and man
would have applauded the deed and
there would have been no more woman
whipping in New Orleans while the
flag of the United States fioated over
the Custom House. ~ 'H 9jajc OH ID
-" 80 - -ss'i9 3iii 4