, 1870-07-08
0UTRAGES IN GEORGIA.
L Negro Whipped to Dcatia-Atroci.
tics OF the Past,

Turk Sun.
PerPetrated upon family OF colorol people,
ncas % Hlghcastle. in Forsyth Comfy, In tAis
21ate, nave just reached this city, tho inf,rma-
Eon teng brought By gentleman direct from
TIE scene Of the Outrage, The facts Of the
aua,r are substantially as follows:
Some two weeks ago, about o'clock in the
morning: pn1y Of nine or ten masked men
sarTo1ndea SO + tho cabin Of eolore3 maa 1amed
walker, occupied by himself, wife, ami sister
ns residence, and, breaking open lhe doer,
dragGcd tho inmates from th.ir beds and into
the open air, tied them, bound and gagged, to
trees, nnd with heavy norsewhips whipped
them until they were illseuuihle. TAo ticnds
then Lift their victimE, stil bound to the trees,
remo'1nted their horses and rode away. The
next morn!nG the poor creatures were diseov-
cred by party Of laborers goiug to their work,
who Immediately released than from their
fastenings and gave the alarm.
The sudc1ings of the three poor w1etchas,
alter returning to consciousness, throughout
the long, terrible night. may he imagined hut
not described.
The three sufferers were at once removed
TO their cabin, and everything done to ease
their rain That was possible for tho poor
people, their friends, to do. The man, low
ever, has since died from the effect or his
wounIs, while his wife and sister still lie il a
very critical condition.
Tho ''odies Of the poor women my informant
1HSS J" Au4 1h tte1QE covered Wltl lQNE,
deep Sashes, the marks of the 1ashes being
cchfiued to no particular part Of the victims
Ee1sons the mar end the 'ee7nppng: a;i
-lIue causes that led to the perpetratiou Of
this outrage rest in the refuHal Of tho deceased
man Walker to leave the couatry, he having
been frequently warned that it would be best
for him to do 60 It seems that Walker had
been culfirating on shares tho farm OF one of
the residents Of the county, and By much ex-
ertion had succeeded in getting in . large crop
Of corn. The crop no longer requiring atom
tion till harvest time, and it giving promise OF
heavy yield, has excited the cupidity of tho
owner Of the land to get entire possession
share Tint would dghtfnlly belong to
Walkcr. With this purpose in view
ske had for so1ne time past been subiecting
Wake to insults and unjust treatment, but
Walker WAS not in that way to be forced out Of
participation in the fruits OF his hard labor,
humble silence.
Two days before tie outrage upon the negro
and his family. The proprietor Of the land had
occasion to leave home, returning to Highcss-
lie the day after its coulmittal. Ills assumed
of the outrage upon lis tenant deceived no
ono; but, on the contrary, from its pa1pab1e
insinccrity, convinced ::eyoIybody that lie man
himself, il not participant, was at least an
ACCESSORY to the whipping.
, I"o oA tA4e party enEaHeA IN toe outrage
were recognized By the women, and two days
after the whipping, warrants for the azsest ot
the men were placed in the hands OF oue OF
the officers Of the county. But there the mat
ter rests: One Of the leading and influential
mea Of Highcastle, Willie by name, when ap-
Eealed to by NJ. Holliusl1ed, the Notary
Public who issued the warrants, to exert lns
Influence to bring the perpetrators of tho das-
tardly atrocity to justice, violently opposed
the Idea OF making any arreste, giving as his
reasons for such course tliat the presence of
few Ku-klu1 In tic county Was necessary to
Keep tte freshmen in proper discipline. II is
intended t., lay the whole tnatter before Gene
Isl Ttrsy, the military commander Of the
States Int it is feared it will BE- impossible to
brlaE 10 trial any Of tue gang engaged III the
whipping OF the negroes, the general cl,arac-
ter OF the inhabitants Of Forsyth County, aad
pzec.u2irg the hope that any member Of the
Kan can be a1restcd.
It waE in this came county that the old man
Hutchlns and his two sons were summarily
hung one morning by the roadside, in front Of
their own dwelling, the former being suspend-
ed to the LIMB Of q tree by an old OF chain;
the two latter By green withes cut from the
bushes The only crime alleged against this
unhappy tho wAs their unfAItering devotion to
the Union Cause. 1t was in tll,s same county,
also. thst tue lasnentcd Colonel Ashley, with
tHelVe Of Lis men and boy guide, were 1ru-
tally murdered in cold blood. The manner in
which death was meted out to this brAye little
Land by their in1unan captots has no parallel
in the annals Of savage bntchery. The twelve
aen were chained together By the wrist in
pair: they were then despatched with rero!v-
crs, one at time, one of tho men of each
pair being compelled to witness the death
struggles Of his companion. When the first
viclim had expirad the second VAS arAsusai
and 20 on. The brave Colonel Ashley shared,
in company with his little gnidc, the same fate |
as his men. The little guido, q |
mere child and ignorant OF hay1ug committed
any cr;mc, pra:ed earnestly to be spared his |
life, hut il WAS denied him The bodies of l
tkcec fourteen martyrs to the Uuio4 cause |
were thrown by their inhuman executio1ers
into one common pit Their bones have since
the war kecu removed to tho national Cemetery
at Marietta and decently inferred. And as II
the above we're not enough to complete the
List OF horrors committed in that unhappy
co3ntsy, it is there where lives the brave NO.
man who. to make he- divulge the hiding place
Of her husband, WAS by 4 squad Of guer1llas
beaten and whipped with strips of raw hide.
The fearless asd devoted Woman still refusing
to Letray the whereabouts Of her husband,
her to7ne1ters next cut of one Of hcs b1easts
TIE marks of this mutil3tIon the WOMAN sill
hests.