The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1867-07-16

A gentleman who was IN eyewitness writes
US an ACCOMMODATED il too lengthy for US to
publish IN full--of the barbarous punishment
BY flogging, inflicted by : military official
upon citizen, at Fort Sedgwick, on the 10Th
ult. A man named Hendricks, in state OF
great d, bii,y from loathsome disease, who
had arrived in that vicinity . few days before
from New York, was induced BY some sol-
diers, dressed in citizens clothes, and Who
represented themselves TO be citizens. TO buy
for them bottle Of whisky. The csse came
70 the knowledge Of one Lieutenant Lantz.
Of Company +. Of the Thirtisth Infantry,
who reported it to Brevet Lieutenant Colonel
Colonel Dodge ordered Hendricks to be or
rested. and foRging Of one hundred lashes
administered to him. Lieutenant Lantz took
charge Of the execution Of the order. Hen
bricks was stripped, and then fastened to a
rough cross, which Rad been constructed and
placed upright 10 the ground. A private
soldier was then placed on each side Of him,
each armed with q plated knotted rope.
Hendricks here solemnly asserted that he
did not know the men for whom he bought to
be eoldirrs, but believed them to be citizens,
al they represented themselves to be. Lieu
tenant l.aniz ordered the punishment TO pro
coed. and after few blows, tfirst one Of the
soldiers and then the other bringing the knot
ted rope down with all his might on the quiy
ering flesh, the blood poured down the body
of the victim in streams, and his flesh hung
down in shreds. At length the spectators,
upon whom poor Hendricks blood had spat.
tered during the aogging. and who closed
their eyes and ears to shut out the horfid
sight, and make themselves dsafto bis pier
cling csies Of pain, appealed to the lieuten-
ant to stop the punishment, and he did SO,
and Hendricks was permitted to drag him.
self away as best he could to the nearest sand
hill, where he was found an hour or two af>
forwards. suffering the most intense agony of
body and mind. Omaha Republican.
George II. Hepwor,h deliver the GRAFTON a,
which hr said Of
All, gentlemen. | AM not cruel.
] d.. not like to look even upon the mer-
tied p ishment Of bad man. But this |
say: here is one man to many in Amer.
,ca. Am, RIGA, ever busy and eager, filled
with ti.' hope Of the morrow more than with
the m N ry OF snv past, holds the great Of
fender the man who stood at the head Of the
organized rebellion and cheered his soldiers
to their bloody work, within erfortress walls.
The people cry out for justice with thunder
tones that echo from the Pacific shore t.. the
Atlantic slope. Bus policy or cowardice,
know not which, finds excuse for delay, and
BY slow degrees the peoples cry ssovs faint
er and fainter, until at last when the prisoner
is released. scarcely sripple of surprise or
interest ruffies the suflace Of the nation q
daily life. Poster,ty shall read this terrible
sentence, written on the bloody page Of our
time. A republic attaches no penalty 10 a
great crime Only petty guilt is punished;
while colossal crime finds An appologist, II
not eulogist, and holds its court in Can
ada. God grant il may not be the seed corn
of another rebellion.