The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-12-07
How Justice is Tempered
with Mercy in Delaware.
Another Medieval Spectacle
at New Castle.
0utcroppings Of Barbarism in
Sussex.
From Our own Correspondent.

The New Castle County Court having wound
mp its business yesterday, 1.-THE eyes OF Della
ware" will not witness another medic val spsc-
tacle in this locality for a space OF full six
mon this. But New Castle has enjoyed two such
spectacles this week. and should, therefore, rest
content On Monday last
Quiet FlOgginR Scene
transpired, and New Castle happily was the
sole spectator, inasmuch as the "carpet.bag
liaIs"-by which elegant title the representa-
tives of the press are now known in Delaware
were not informed Of the occurrence Oh that
occasion two men were touched up by sheriff
Rchardson-gently, we presume, according to
his custom. One OF these, Reuben Johnson, a
seedy dark, whose larder was running low, lad
laid In thirty pounds OF picked pork for winter
use, but unfortunately paid the $50 which was
Its assessed value to the wrong man. For this
indiscretion he was obliged to pay so restitu
tion-interest by way Of restitution, in Della
ware, Is reckoned at the usurious rate of 100 per
cent.-and the costs Of prosecution to receive
twenty lashes, and to reside six months in New
Castle jail. The other. gentleman of color by
the name of Benjamin Craig, had fitted himself
out with coat and vest at Brandywlne village,
and suffered to the same extent, with an addi-
tional dollar as restitution.
But, although "lhe eyes of Delaware" mono.
polized Mondays spectacle, SUCH was not the
case to- day, for
The "Carpet. bag Liars"
were on hand in force two of the New York
dailies being represented as well as three Phi
lsdelphia journals. The "carpet. bag liars"
according to the rumors which reached them at
Wilmington, were promised u hospitsble recep-
ton. Rotten eggs were freely spoken of as the
most prominent article of diet to be rendered
them, the side dishes embracing rare assort-
ment Of blasphemy and abuse which had been
m arattn tnn oil ha al rafar
ence to the case of your correspondent, whose
letter of last Saturday had given him a most
upe nviable notoriety through all the hundreds
of New Castle county, his sole offense consist
ing in the plain. unvarnished repetition of the
arguments in favor of the pillory and the lash
which sun dry ex sheriffs and citizens had put
forth in his presence. Bat when the unvera.
cious carpet baggers arrived in New Castle, the
chivalry Of that section had determined to put
their added eggs to other and more reputable
use. The threats Of vengeance and intimids-
tion turned out to be nothing more than a bit
Of Delaware bluster. to which no objection
could be taken, as they harmed no one and
afforded the New Castle chivalry O vast deal of
relief.
Justice Obscured by Clouds.
The day has been unpropitious. Last night
the heavens had the audacity
"The ssintly veil of maiden white to throw"I
upon the cOnsecrated soil OF Delaware's mag.
fcent domain. But early in the morning the
snow storm was merged in a miserable drizzle
of q rain, with the thermometer do Vn below
40 deg, and rheumatic chill piercing the very
marrow of ones bones. But, since the heavens
deny the jurisdiction of Delaware sovereignty,
Delaware has her revenge by ignoring the
heavens. She never postpones one OF her
medieval spectscles son account of the
weather" Therefore. a few minutes before IL
OJc "a fpaf afaao of n nrfa ri
back on their creaking hinges, and In to
the enclosure hurried the scandal dealing
carpetbaggers, and the rag-tag and bob tail
OF the New Castle chivalry. Through half foot
Of Delaware mud they shuffied their way;
seeking refuge from the drizzling rain and the
chill air under the sombre rampant Of stone
which enciroled the shrine of the Delaware
deity. 1t Is charitable to suppose that the
weather was directly and solely responsible for
the size and character of the aboriginal assem-
blsge. A dozen shivering urchins constituted
Its most prominent feature. With their dirty
fists thrust to the very bottom Of their pockets
and their teeth chattering like the tongues of
so many magpies, they ranged themselves
along the prison wall and prepared to receive
the Inspiration OF awe and Difference to the
majesty of outraged law, by gazing,on
A Brace of ReprObates I'm the PiIIOry.
"Here, gentlemen" exclaimed Turnkey Vin-
brella; ''here, gentlemen. you behold a speci,
men of Delaware barbarity"
There was q touch OF sarcasm IN the Turn-
| keys voice, and his blandly benevolent smile
| was quite as sinister. Yet he rambled on in
wondrous good humor with himself, through the
mockery OF enumerating at length the discom-
forts of having ones head bent forward at a
sharp angle to his body, and then thrust
through hole which Is his neck as neatly
| as an india. rubber collar.
~ was in hopes" remarked the Turnkey. at
the end of his harangue, "that 1t would clear
off after while, and didn't open the gates at 10
O'Clock, as we usually do But the prospects
| didn't improve, and 1 don't like to keep you
waiting to see the show. But you see, gentle
| men that we Delaware barbarians are not en-
tirely inhuman; we wrap them up in blankets"
"Why don't you hold your umbrella over
| their heads ?" queried one of the carpet-bRg-
| gers.
"Oh I" responded the Turnkey, sit wouldn't
do much good now; they've been there too long,
| and they don't mind it-don't you see they're
| laughing2
"Gen'Pm'n," interrupted a full-grown abo-
| riginee who bore up bravely under u heavy
| load of Delaware cider, "gen'l'm'n, you-you
must consider me an ex-exemptt-J party
| You see, gen'pmn, L d-don't ex.ugh.ac'ly
| approve of.ofof this yere thing. It's kinder
| rough on fello', you'you see. andI-I d-d.don't
| know ex.ugh-acly when may get In that fix
my.myself, you see ~
awe con fessed that we saw the drift and force OF
the exempt party's" observation, our penetra-
tion being rewarded with an expressive leer at
the Turnkey under the green umbrella.
"You came all the way from Philadelphia