The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1867-07-10
The Whipping Case 4. Fort Go1gwic,
Barbarous Punishment,


The whipping Post in Mouth Carolina was
IN radical estimation barharous. unclnis.
tan. brutal agency. But, the ''Saucc for
| the goose is not "Saucc for tho gaudcr, -
IN this instance. We copy from the Omaha
RCpudijcan Of the 22d ult.. OF II dose nd.
| ninistcred by our guardians to white man
at Fort Scdgwick:
a gentleman who was nh eye witness,
writes ns an account, which rs too lengthy
for us to publish in full, Of the harba
| rous punishment by !iogging indicted by Il
military official upon citizen nj Fort Selg-
wick Oh the 10Th inst. a man named Iicn-
bricks, III n state of grca, debility from
loathsomc disease, who had arrived in tl,a.
vicinity few days before from New York,
was induced by some soldiers, dressed III
citizens clothes, and who represented thcm-
selves to be citizens. TO buy for them boz
tlo of whiskcy. The case came to the
Knowledge of one Lieut.. Dantz. Of CO. + of
tho 3Oth Infantry, who reported il 10 Brcyt
Lit Col. II. |. Dodge, commanding The rcgi.
mcnt.
Col. Dodge ordered Hendricks 10 hc ar
rested, and iloggng of one hundred LASH
es to be administered to him. Lieut.. lnnth
LOOK charge OF the execution Of the order,
Hendricks Was stripped and then fastened
to rough cross which had bccn construct :
cd aud placed upright in the ground \
private soldier was then placed on each Side
of him. each armed with II plated knoitcd
rope. Hendricks here solc,nnly asserted
that he did now the men ior whom he
bought to be soldiers, but believed them TO
be citizens ms thoy represented themselves
to DO. Lieut.. lnntz ordered the puniSh
ment to proceed, aud after ilW blows
(hrst ono of the soldiers and then the otllar
bringing the knoticd rope down with all lls
might anon the Quivcring hcsl,) Tie blood
poured down the body of thr victim in
streams. and his flesh huns, down in Slwcls.
Al length spo1tators, upon whom roDr lIcn.
bricks blood had spattcrol during the lo"-
glng, and who closed their eyes and ears 10
shut out the horrid sigh, anl make them.
selves deaf to his piercing cries Of pain, ap
pealrd TO the Lieutenant TO stop tho Iun
ishment, md he did 50, and lIcnd,icks WA,
permitted to drag himself away as best he
could TO the nearest sand hill, whore he was
found an hour or two afterwards suffering
the most intense agony of body and spirits.
horon ron rnE RIclr, nur NoNr ron THE
Poon In his answer TO The communiua
ton from the Committee Of The City Com.
Gil on the subject OF liquor licenses, Gene
raj Sicklcs says:
eff, rs is suggested, the restriction i'm.
vor Of inn Keepers. it is grievance within
the control Of the municipal authorities:
FOR it may &c assumed that there viii be no
military interference 10 induce the rOncva-
-si0n - inu Keepers q: iiva..aaD gu, i,ur
rooms. That rcmains matter for inunici-
pal regulation"
1t will be seen Ivy reference to the pro-
cccdings of City Council on yesterday nj.
icrnoon that they have acted on this hint. .
and determined not to grant any licenses
Tor bar rooms, or other licenses to sell in.
t"Xicatng liquors in quantities less than
one gallon. This action was opposed by
some members Of Council on the ground
that if tho municipal authorities did not
grant licenses to inn n.kccprs to have bar
| rooms, the military authorities woull, and
| TINT once these latter got the lucrative bis.
moss of granting liquor licenses in their
hands, they would never give il up so long
as we were under military control In view
OF the quotation above, however, this oh.
lcchon falls TO the ground, for General
Sicklcs cannot undertake 10 grant bar room
licenses even TO the Charleston Hotel or the
Mills House, without acting in bad faith TO-
wards the city government.
The result Of this combined action of The
military and civil authorities is hat poor
man in Charleston. although he may hc dy-
iuS iof 'Hc WaHt Oi M ounce OF iltluOf anu
may Just have money cnough to pay for il, i,
cannot buy ii without violation Of the law,
while the men who have money enough 10
buy gallon, mny carry il homo and keep
drunk rs long ns their money holds out, and
yet there be no breach Of existing rcgua.
tions. Charleston Mrcmry
=
GooD OEE on THE MEILsu.--A company
| of Brownlow Bnmmcrs, m roUlc for JOHN
sonvillc, were on the cars Friday evening
| when the mash up occurred, and friend,
who was also aboard, tells us that they
screamed like pack Of frightened children
or flock Of scared sheep. One. cried out,
80, my God the rebels nrc upon us !" An-
other shouted, "Don't shoot Don't shoe,
They forced me into this'' They happen
cd to occupy forward car which was badly
shattered and several of,hem hurt. When on,
informant climbed ont of tho ruins he found
one sitting fat on the ground md crying rs
if his heart would break. On being asked
why he wopt so, he replied, "Bckasc
thought tho reb.'d got mo surc!" Poor
creatures Ignorant and deludcd. they
consider TINT they live in wartime still, and
are nfrnid Of being thrown of tho track
whenever thcy ride in tho cars. or of being
shot at from every bush whom they rilo
through tho country. Truly guilty coE-
| scious makes towards OF tho Brownlow body
guard and needs no ccuscr.-NaShUWe E0n-
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