The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-12-07

"You came all the way from Philadelphia aud
New York to zee this business, and we people
Of New Castle came to see you"
Just 80 y assented q capet bagger.
Meanwhile the brace OF reprobates In the pill.
loIy were beginning to get uneasy Their early
ssllieB at laughter had soon subsided, and now
their sole object appeared to be q constant
shifting OF their legs Tor the sake OF extortinga
little mercy from the hard, rough boards In
which their necks and wrists were pinioned.
One Of them, Joseph sluby by name, was
almost as black as the traditional ace of spades;
the other, Jonathan Graves, was so light in
complexion that the Turnkey was ap-
pealed to before we were assured
OF "visible admixture" The age of each was
about seventeen years. Graves had appropriated
shotgun, In return for which speculation he
had been sentenced to pay $40 restitution and
COSTS TO stand one hour In the pillory to receive
twenty lashes and to rot In New Castle iail for
two years. Sluby had a double account with
the Slate for settlement. For the larceny of
certain money and goods he was doomed 10 pay
The costs of prosecution, to stand in the pillory
half an hour, TO receive ten lashes and to tenant
the jail for year. In addition to this, he had
set fire to the office of his Involuntary benefac-
tor. and for that offense he was saddled with a
fine Of $500, the payment of $1,000 by way OF
restitution. and an extra half hour in the
pillory, twenty additional lsshes and four years
more Of imprisonment!
At twelve o'clock slime" was called by one
of the carpet bsggers, and the Turnkey promptly
responded. When the wooden pinions were
removed from their necks, the two reprobates
stIaighteped up their heads with a Jerk
shuffled down the ladder from the elevated
plat form as fast as their stiffened legs would
carry them, and entered the gloomy Jail with
an air that showed that the iron had not vet
entered into their souls. The shivering spec
tators were then informed by theTurnkey that
"the rest of the show" would have to be post
poned until the arrival of the Sheriff, who was
expected every moment. So the crowd filed
out of the enclosure, and the great doors swung
back on their creaking hinges to the embrace
Of bolts and bars.
The Lash Is Applied.
It was half past before the Sheriff arrived,
and then the second part of the programme
was executed. The crowd in attendance was,
perhaps, not as large as in the morning,
although the rain had ceased to fall and the
air wss not as chilly as IL had been.
The first victim was Robert Harris, q dark
skinned youth of sixteen or seventeen, who,
for the larceny of ive dollar greenback, re-
ceived ten lashes, very lightly laid on by Sheriff
Richardson Other eyes than those of Delaware
were gazing on the spectacle, and a bystander
| remarked that he had never before seen the
|
cried "Tep - the boy picked up his blanket,
threw 1t around his naked shoulders, made @
| deferential bow to the Sheriff he received
from that official five cent piece, and stalked
back into the jail with we'll assumed indif.
| ference.
| Next came Graves, across whose yellow back
| O lightly discolored ridge raised by the
twenty lashes with which the Sheriff piled him,
little more energy being displayed by that
| of3o nj t.1t hat Arct
key cried twenty" he gathered up his blanket
and left the scene without share of the Sheriffs
| aims
Then Sluby was marched out and manacIed
| to the post. The energy of the Sheriff appeared
| to keep even pace with the progress Of his task.
He was evidently "getting his hand In" and
his last victim writhed, and twisted, and shifted
his position with almost every blow. He
clenched his teeth and contorted his features,
but not q moan escaped his lips.
"Thirtyy' cried the srithmetical turnkey, at
last; and thea tui ming about he exclaimed, with
affected sorrow:-
| "Gentlemen, this ends the show!"
1t was expected that young white man
would receive ten lashes for the embezzlement
! OF q coat; but the Governor interfered and
mitted this portion of his punishment. Doubt
! less be regarded the humiliation OF subjecting
W hite man to such penalty In such disrepu-
|
worthy white man were subject to spasmodie
attacks of kleptomania. But IL Is understood
that the Governor has solemnly declared that
there shall be no more clemency OF this sort,
because OF the scsndalous stories circulated by
the carpetbaegers.
| The Beauties of "the Old Way"
| While pointing out the attractive features OF
the exhibition, Turnkey Vining declared that
| Delaware liked to get along in the old
fashioned way" expressing the fond hope that
| the rest of the woI Id would soon slip back to
| "the old way" also. Notwithstanding this emil
nently conservative spirit. which usually
| afficts q petty and Insignificant community,
| "the old way" Is in some disrepute, even In
| Delaware. At New Castle 1t is not now the
custom to fog criminal with raw.hide; nor
| with q fiat board, pierced with small holes,
| through which the lifeblood spirits a
| every blow; nor to wash down the back of the
| lacerated victim of the law with brine nor to
| expose the nakedness of women, as well as of
men, at the whipping post; nor TO hurl dead
cats at Pill DRIED prisoners; nor to dehle their
persons with rotten eggs Yet not many years
| have elapsed since all these practices Were In
dulged in at this very town Of New Oastle'
within thirty. five miles of Philadelphia. Della
| ware despite her conservatism, has contrived
| to mar somewhat the beauties of 1.-The old way,'
| in adhering to which she takes such profound
| delight.
| TerrOrs of the Lash in Sussex County.
But, although the Inherent brutality OF the
whippipg.post in New Castle county is In these
latter days slightly tenn pered with decency and
| mercy, IL is acknowledged that the squeamishs