The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1867-12-26
The Lash in Dol,-The Opening
Fall Exhibition Of the Legal
Barbaritles at Newcastle.

From the wilmington Commercial,
The session of the semi.dnnual
whippings having returned, we are
able to give our readers n faithful re-
port of tho manner in which the laws
oc our State visit vengeance on the
heads, or rather the backs, Of of.
fcudcrs On Saturday we visited
Newcastle for the purpose Of seeing
aud describing the sp c,acle. When
VIC first entered the Jail yard young
man was undergoing the punishment
pillory. Standing on platform which
is appropriately supported by its
twin relic of barbarism, the whipping
post, was George Hal, young man,
we'll dressed and pleasant looking,
who had been convicted Of forgery.
His head and hands were thrust
through the holes in the plank, and
no stood thus for one hour and was
then taken to his cell for three
months Of solitary confinement
Four, We were informed, had stood
in the pillory before Hall, that morn
ing. The pillory seems to have lost
its attractions for spectators, and ex-
cept few children, the yard was com
parativcly empty. AS it was undor.
stood that as soon as Hall was taken
down the whipping would commsucs,
crowd soon began to gather. The
crowd was composed of great vaiie.
ty of elements. There were some
witnesses in cases being tried, aud
others, casual visitors from adjoining
States who dropped in out Of curiosi-
ty, and in low tones whispered to
each other their Indignation at such II
brutal punishment. There were res
pectable looking farmers and young
men; many Of the latter seemed to
really look forward with imprtiencc
as treat to the coming affair. There
were old men, who, with pleasing re-
miniseeuces of former exhibitions,
chattcd with other old fellows, and
said they didn't whip now as they
used to, aud then, with ardent relish
would relate how Sheriff so aud sc
"did sling it into them" how hC
drought the blood at every lick,
&c. But the saddest thing about th'
crowd was the multitude of children
there, both boys and girls, who came
for the "fun." There were little
boys and gicls there, many of them
too, under six years of age, and these
seemed to enjoy the spectacle as much
as any.
THE VICTIMS.
At about l:l5 o'clock the first vic
tim was brought out; he was color
ed boy about 1S years of age, ant
had been convicted of assault ant
battery with intent to commit fur
ther outrage on the porsOa of a whit
girl His name was Alfred Howard
He had a sort of ashly hue, induce,
by fear, as he naturally expected, Of
account of the character Of his Of
fence, to be severely hogged. Iii
wrists we're fastened to the post, an,
one could see by the working of hi
muscles aud his close set teeth, tha
he had nerved himself TO stand th
ordeal. His sentence was thirt
lashes, and they "ere, ia the languag
Of the law. swell laid on" his bar
back, but the involuntary shrinkin,
with each blow was the only Sign h
gave Of the blow. The second yietir
was Edward Smith, another colore
boy, who received twenty lashes 70
stealing a pair of boots. ThougI
yoa could see his muscles working
J. with pain, he made no outcry, an
raa oil with forced hugh to tn
ljail. The prisoners nearly all seer
, to make it 3 point to give no sign O
pain, and to pretend they are no
) hurte The next was a small cplore
! boy Eho had to stand on block ;
put his hands in the links. He wa
? very frail looking, physically, and tn
sheriff struck him very lightly, an
r could not have hurt him much. II
received twenty lashes for some theft
The next two we're Samuel Golden,
) black man, and Henry Davis,
bright muIatto, who had been con
9 gieted Of stealing corn, and receive
/; twenty lashes each. The last, who's
lisht eolored skin showed the re
5 welts produced by the whip MOI
i plainly than did those of DARKER hd,
: stood 1T we'll; the frst WINGED an
r,oaned considerable. The next viz
: tim was CHARLES Scott, tail eolore
man, who had been convicted of stea
, ing a horse aud bridlo. aud sentenC
4 ed to receive forty laskes. He is
man said to have previously borue
good character, and be prcsistentI
asserts that he received the propert
0 from another man, not knowing