The Camden daily journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1864-1864, 1864-10-19
HOW Garrolers are Punished ii, Eng.
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The following is extracted from the Durham
Chronicle an English paper:
John Crudace and Thomas Allison, who were
convicted at the assizes last week of garrote
robberies at Sunderland, and sentenced, the
forner.to five years ard the latter to ten Years
pena, seryitude, with twenty lssbes each, mn
derwcnt the punishment Of fogging at the
county prison on Saturday. The instrument
of punishment was manufactured by a sailor,
who is undergoing Imprisonment in the goal,
expressly for the purpose. The cat is ingen-
ionsly composed Of nine thongs of stout leath-
er, in each ofswhich are nlne knots, and these
being connected to a flexible handle, the pow
er; welded by strong hands, is terrific. at cy-
cry stroke the knots cut deeply, making flesh
and blood fy.ins every direction. The prison.
ers were'6rlnly tied uPin reclining position,
the lower part oftheir shoulders exposed, the
higher and lower part Of their backs being pro
teeted, by padding The warders, IIodgson
and Allison, executed their task with the skill
-of mere practiced hands. The. officials of the
goal were present. bRt the prisoners were kept
in their cells. Hodgson aud Allison alternate
iyiinhicted ten lashes each on each of the. .pris-
oners. The first lash was received with COM
parative equauimiry by each prisoner; but on
the second, the yell of deep and excfutiating
agony which burst forth is.represcnted,as indc-
scribable. Their cries continued during the
whole Of the punishment, and these, together
with the sight Of the flying flesh and biood,
the Inangledi backs of the sufferers, and the
clotted skeins of tlescat, made up a spectacle
of horror ovcrpowerng to thos, who witnessed
it. When the punishment had been inflicted,
the prisoners we're taken down and removed to
the prison infirmary in state Of complete
prostration it is averred that ueilller
OF them .conld have received another lash with
jont the greatest danger. Although the pris-
aohers did not witness the punishment, they
could hear the shrieks Of the unhappy sufferers
in their cells. and it is to be hoped the con-
temptation of the punishment may have a sal
utary efect:on their minds.
HoeR1BLE Y1LlaINY. The New York. Her
tald Of the 5th has been received in. Richmond.
I'M ii, says the Dispatch Of Monday, isa letter
from Grant 10 Sheridan, in which he directs
s1riIi, to burnzeyery house IN the Valley - to
kill,every horse COW, hog, sheep or other AMI.
nal; 10 destroy every mill; to set fire to every
barn, wheat or hay stack, to cut down every
ornamental tree and carry off every negro. He
SAYS that if this war continues twelve months
longer, he desires to convert the whole Valley
into a howling wilderness. There is nothing
in modern history so atrocious as this order
It is the act Of man with small brains and
great vanity, who has been beaten and bafied
until his senses have fed completely. Itis the
outpouring Of beaten,au wounded spirit
He cannot whip Lee, but he can starye the
women and children. We turn him over to
Gen. Lee,
This order was issned while Sheridan was,
: as he thought, carrying everything before him
It had not time to be published before he was
flying down the Valley with his freebooters,
and Early in pursuit. Is there a man belong
ing to the Valley who can stay away from bis
coIors under such circumstances If there is,
he must be dead to all the impulses that emo
bic man. Never was vengeance more loudly
called for.
The invaders Of the old Dominion ought to
be pretty we'll aseasoned" with their expe,ien-
ces of Sahville and Gulpeper. .--Aaa