The New York herald., 1870-05-22

wall. The prisoners were 30 stationed that the sun
iell upon the buck OF their heads and necSs, .css,
authorities, TO expose 70 the solar heat. Wnen
the sne par were up ior fifteen minutes tnae ma !
larger one was perspirlng prorusely. remarked TO
one OF the ocas that the heat must ada tenIola 10
an se s Of the to s n
Q bit; only the other day one Of them, VINO com
planned OF being sick, lald himself down In the noon
day sun, which was enough TO broil white man.
But he never seemed to mind 1t In the least" Never
theless could Judge OF the present situation q1,.e
oflciais conhdent assertion that 'these mig,
gers don't mind the sum-" could see
at mac Heard moved S m n ig a 9,ops and
that the back Of his neck was shining with greasy
looking moisture Icould see MIN twisting ms rlgns
wrist 10 emancpate It from the wooden clasp ana
finally noticed that he succeeded. He extricated nls
rgat wrist at last and while vnngs bsS bacS was Spd
.'put back your hand, Mac Heard,n said vining
"Phew p said the T prisoner giving his arm swing
to It, and then squeezing his hand back through
the hoe. sit don't 1T, this hole DON'T It'stoo big
kin GIT my hand out-of It," said Mac Heard Illus
trating the words by again releasing his wrist, q
performance which set the Juvenile crowd into .
joly laugh. Another command from vining made
the prisoner hastily restore the wrist to us wooden
clasp.
When thirty minutes had elapsed Brown. the
smaller OF the two. showed no signs OF being USED
up. He was evidently more gamey than ms Dig
comfortable than ever. l fully appreciated the re-
mark OF q bystander, who said 'Puck and endur.
ance Amt always measured by sze.n One would
certainly say ssrrue indeed,n while contrasting tine
burly MacHeard, swelterlng and pulling, with the cool
anu eadurng Brown who up 70 THIS moment q, h1a %e
was first left by Mr.. Vntng. The exhibition had
grown decidedly monotonous and untnteresting Dy
this time. Continued gazing up at the victims was
tiresome and calculated 10 produce q 'crick In the
neckn OF the little boys f0rclby expressed IT,
certainly experienced the ''crck" to some extent
show, when Wiring came to the rescue with an
anecdote. IL was about Dutchman who some
years ago was convicted OF stealing horse ana mar
ness.
VINO seal small articles.n When the Dutchmans
sentence was announced he cried out, Zach niue
Got, s cal horse and dey no imprson me one day;
but steal whole harness-only hity cents wort
anu dey give me SIX months Mine Gotl Vat ia gun
TINS made US laugh, and refreshed us for at least
fifteen minutes more, when the victims mad gone
through tiree-fourths OF their agony. Mac Heard
was now, whenever VlnIng's back turned, regularly
squeezing out his right wr.st and squeezing IL III
again, to the admiration OF the young Newcastlers.
Brown was still game. and Mac Heard st the very
themselves with pitching pebbles at each otner and
betting on the election. gt seems taat % taere is
something OF the kind in progress here today
SIXTY MINUTES AND A RELIEF.
At last the iull hour was up, and Vining, who had
hook the crimina 8, commencing win piucky little
Brown, who had endured his plloryng SO courage
ouSly anu manIully. Wnle Vlnlng was DuSy dt
Brown Mac Heard seemed to he enduring the tor
ments OF the damned. Every second ap-
peared TO be felt by him as an hour,
SO anX0usly did he look for deliyerance. Evi-
IDENTIFY u very few minutes more would nave
ilnlshed him up. Brown took his delyera zee
c00lly as his punishment, but when Mac Heard on
getting out l!ls neck and wrist CALCULATED ''lhew
goy ~ and proceeded 10 strengthen out MS cervical
vertebr9 anu to Swilg around his arms as though
they needed unslilfen ing, / should say that the
necks of both prisoners lett unusually starchy.
Vining ordered them TO descend the ladder, and
MOI nffnef fitaN NxVnF fna fh,
pee!ing of preparatory to getting 1orty lashes
each, which would complete their sentence, barring
one years Imprisonment
EIGHT DARKIEs WHIPPED.
Immediately after the piorying Sheriff Richard
victims the list-to wit, Alfred Brown. John Mac
Jonn Thomas, Samuel NichO, and john Johnson
all co.Orcd men. Old Ben Harmon, whose Case
mentioned yesterday IN my letter, was the first
lashed and he is the only chat have noticed as
showing anything like sense OF shame. He seemed
to feel the disgrace vi his pOston, and looked
aimosc ready to weep. While being lasned
lie kept his eyes closed and mumblcd with his lips
though In prayer. III the whipping OF the balance
there was nothing part .cularly worthy OF note,
except in Mac Heard's case. This one appeared 10
have soft back, as well as weak neck aud wrists.
He wtlted under every lash as If smartng verely,
though the Sheriff struck no harder blows than
the rest OF the criminals.
] Will only say In conclusion that the whipping
to-day was quite as light as that described week