Litchfield enquirer., 1868-12-03
w HOLE NO. 822
md it descended on the bare skin.

ana It descended on the bare skin.
 "One, said the iailor, ''two, three," &c., as the Sheriff tenderly, and with not half hlse seeming strength. struck twenty blows The skin was not broken, and the boy, looking very sad. was buried of. This of- ticer IS too humane for the law. Other Sher- ifs that I know of used to stand off aud eye the victim as Western drover would fly upon his OK, and then measure the distance so nicely that the ends of the thongs would cut bits of skin from the pris. oner's back, and bring the blood forth in crimson streams. That was what law and Chief Justices had calculated upon. Out cime the jallor with another boy-a boy of fourteen, who was surrounded by running children gazing curiously upon him. He had twenty laShes, also and as each blow descended his n lscles contracted and he trieI to dodge to avoid it.
 ''Wny don't the Sheriff make it sswish?'"
 >"He ain't half doiu' it, said another" ''He ought to cut into him." observed another man, who seemed to take it to heart that the outr tged '.maiesty of the law" was not better vlndicated. When the boy was released, he assumed au air of bravo, and cracked his heels together to signify that he didn't care for such logging. Ali the little girls clapped their hands and laughed at this.
 Mir. William Mulloney was the next star actor in this ugly drama He wanted drawers and stole pair, worth a couple of dollars. His sentence was, restitution money, costs, 20 lasbes, six months inn | pnsonment, and six months of conviet's costume. MT. Mulloney seemed calm, and when the lash fell upon his white should CTS, hs only shrugged them, and drew him. self nm Ha yvank nxvau ahivarin0 with cold, and with welts of a fingers thickness on his back.
 | Then there was piteous sight. An old man of 70 years, decrepid, feeble and very lame, hobbled out his gray hairs stream ing in the wind. He wanted shirt, Heav- en knows badly enough this bitter Winter weather, and he had very wickedly stolen It. lie had none on now The jailer fas- tened him to the post and snatched the blanket from his back. His skin was yell low and wrinkled, and it had scars upon it. The flashes fell, and the old mans whole frame was convulsed with agony He writhed under each blow as if it were un- indurable. and at last he put his head down and cried like child. Most of the spec tators were affected. would like toshave had the unjust judges and the Delaware lawmakers look that poor, broken-down old wretch in the face then. I think they were the great criminals, not he.
 The jailer whispered in his ear very hur- riedly-"I It wasn't so very bad, George, was it?" and them helped him to limp away to his six months home
 The next was 8 fashionable worshipper at St. PIliory's shrine. He wore fashiona- ble trousers, tucked into aristocratic top- boots of patent leather. But the upper portion of his fine figure was en dishabiAe. Charles Wheatley was his name, and the '-soAatio1I of thoso identical patent leatlI- CT boots, his crime. He wore a forced smile upon his face, and tried to assume a satisfied air; but when the cat furrowed his back into ugly crimson ridges, he squirm- ed and twisted as if he did not enjoy it hugely. He danced off with affected gaie- ty, and the boys and girls rewarded him with cheers and laughter.
 There was no cheerfulness about the nexs man. He had stolen carpet-bag in the cars at Wilmington, and had been sen- fenced as severely as the Fest. He looked SICK and very sad. A plaster was stretched across his bare chest, and he walked with feeble And nesltatlng Step. The jailor said he w"s very Ill. H. stood up to the post With Ills, teeth cleachei, and his breath comlug hard; and aS the Sheriff scored his back lnto swelling cords, he shuddered, as If sutf rlng excluciatiug pain and over whelmIng disgrace.
 The last actor in this hideous tragedy Was the man wlo had stood in the pillory for all hour He seemed hardly recovered from hls tfst torture, aud his face indlca- ted keen suffering. He walked to the post With an ar oi melancholy resignation, pla- ced Ills blue hands through the mana c!es, i"h received his punishment without any nttelance but d supp ressed moan. As he paased through the grated door of the prison, the crowd began slowly to dis perse' aa't to discuss as they went the ex- ceAenc1 oj the system, the behaviour of 1he sufferers and the lenity of the Sheriff. IL Was only Ill 855, that some ray of civili- zaClon-some gimmer of decency shone in upon the dull brains of the Legislators, and wonan- Whipping was abolished. We can thank God and take courage from that for ward stride. But they fog little children yet
 THE MODERN LADY MUST DO NOTHING