The mountain Democrat., 1864-01-23
Prom the LOndoa Dispstsh.
M0uraviOR On Caereien,

To GENERAL BUTLER.-General, my
Friend and Brother :.-HN~ ave S"A>'-'
Where are you pOstedH What are you
about? 1t is some time since have
heard anything of you. But suppose
that is because you have taken good care
to keep all quiet in your neighboFhUod.
Little noise there l fancy, but the crack
Of the rife snd of the whip-ehl No
body in your jurisdiction dare cry out,
| take II, except those that can't help it,
writhing and shrieking under the lash.-
By the bye, you fog with cowhides-
don't your wonder if your cowhide is
the same thing as our knOut. | wish you
+ ~---~ ~.1- -~~s- 80 .t~~U.-~.>s,0. T~S|
earliest convenience and believe me, my
dear fellow, | shall feel the greatest pleas
ure in returning the obligation.
And how about hanging? Do you use
the drop rAnglais? suppose you do,
you mechanical Yankee genuses; and
the British gallows is certainly pretty
apparatus. A model Of it forms most
amusing toy for children, especially if
they have what the phrenologists, think,
call large constructiveness and destruc.
tiveness combined. I have got one tor
my little ones. who work off their small
wooden Poles upon it with great glee.-
dare say you hang by means Of the
same contrivance don't. think it a
better plan to haul my friend up to the
gall0ws. beam. A sudden fall plump
through a trap is too apt to break the
neck at once, and there is little or no
kicking | want ten minutes or quar-
ter of an hour or so Of struggles and con.
vulSions, tor the sake Of example. You
shouldn't launch your patient into eterni.
ty too quickly. Let him dance a little
upon nothing, for the editication of the
behoders.
We have had some very good shooting
lately, Dc Berg and I. The execution Of
that boy Of eighteen. which, Of course,
you have read about, was capital sport.
We ix the fellows in wooden frames, you
know, hand and foot; in a sort Of struc.
ture between the pillory and the stocks.
Make 'em all fast so, and then have at
'em. Bang The firing party know
their duty. The rascal's legs and arms
are shattered, and perhaps bullet crash.
es through the co,lar-bone. The wretch
is not killed; reload in no hurry, and
blaze at him again, and again, and again
Da capo ad libitum. So that, in point OF
fact, shooting a man Ia Russo is as good
as breaking him ON the wheel. ! was
going to recommend you to adopt this
practice; but think there was a case in
which some Of you did something Of the
kind the other day to deserter.. should
have liked to see it.
Wn nnvar thiolr of otaodipO m III
slightest ceremony with our rebels. Ifa
gun is fred from anybody's house, the
house is Immediately contiscatcd. sacked
and razed to the ground, and its occu.
pants shot or hanged. II the life Of a
Russian is attempted anywhere near it,
the place and the people in it are served
in the same way. In case arms are found
in the room OF tenant or lodger, we
hold the landlord anSwernble for their
concealment, bring him to a court mar
tial, and string him up, shoot him, or of
with him to Siberia! If any suspected
person is arrested in any other persons
house, woe to that other person woe to
both Woe, also, to any one under
whose roof fugitive even attempts to
take refugel Their portion is the halter,
the bullet, or the knOut! -O0r insurgents
| have pretty prospect in view. Shall |
tell you what it is, my friend! II is n
forest which have planted, for them to
gaze upon it with profitable meditation
u forest Of gallowS-trees, nv Butler; q
wood Of gibbets- For my part, think it
charmingly picturesque especially when
| the trees are loaded with fruit, as they
20 hn hat
er the season. There are districts in
which, If violence is offered to any one
Of our imperial masters faithful servants,
| instantly have all the inhabitants tried,
and as many executed as l conveniently
can. Our groves of gallowses, therefore,
are necessarily rather extensive. There
was a Prince whose hanging gardens
were among the wonders of the world.
So are our Cars hanging-g grounds to all
who behold them. The rebellious Poles
have always gibbets before them; gibbets
on all sides staring them in the face, turn
where they will. When an offender es-
capes We hang or shoot the passers-by, to
make an example Of somebody. We
stand no nonsense. Work people had
better not let us find their houses stored
with more provisions than they want for
their own consumption. Landed proprie.
tors must contrive at their peril to pre-.
vent insurgents from crossing their do.
MAINS They know the alternative
plunder, fine, or banishment. take no
excuse. Let those who won't wear round
hats, or will shave their mOustaches, or
allow their wives and daughters to wear
mourning even for relatives who have not
been executed, look to themselves. have
nFSakKEed all sso&affRd to Rs kfRSm fRSmsi&ss ihsas "P Puff
out the hail light. That is a sad msfor-
tune to the hOusekeeper, who is respon'
sible for the illumination. Put out the
light, and then put out the light, as the
hlackamOor says in the British comedy.
The wind extinguishes the hall candle,
and we snuff out the other light with .
bullet.
Then there is another point in which |
know you will heartily approve Of our
management. [ never allow myself TO be
trifled with by women. Their influence
is very great and IpiSchievous. By their
smiles, and their praises, and their blan-
dishments, and their tears, they can urge
men to almost anything. put up with
none Of their sauce. If they treat inc or
my officers with contempt, or give ME
any of their airs, whip them, and re-
commend you to do the same. fyou
catch a young lady waving a handker.
chief to Copperhend, whip the skin of
her back irst, and 60 on whipping her
TIL she takes an oath of allegiance. You
can leave your soldiers to deal with the
pretty dears afterwards, as mine do but
: whip them first. Give it 'em well; and