The New York herald., 1870-05-15

che teb were swung open only dozen little boys
IN girls made their appearance an none OF them
got hurt even, wnicn apDe red ike adding insult to
injury. Icoud have forgiven the tweve youngsters
however slight. When th s. little oes q { snagiy
arranged un Ter the shadow OF ,h high wal. along
Market street. about fifteen or sixteen n strag-
ged In, and then at ten O'Clock precisely, Sheriff
Richardson came Oh the scene, dress ii as usual it
be ring III his right hani the -o'nine-tails. He
the yard or to the c n OF the criminals as they would
stand when fas ened 10 me whipping post. Vlnng
sta ioned himself on the opposite side, lactng the
Sheriff and then tho latter said to Mr.. Whd,
"Ready %
THE WHIPPING.
Mr.. Wild Immediately dlsapp ared and returned
with the first victim, the wriggnng Swiggett, not
Ut finished wriggllng, Still des .eratey smiling, and
now looking through those smiles p.teous appeal
"On with your blanket.n said vining.
The wrgger obey ed and stood IN front OF the post
looking from SIDE to side. think at that moment
was certain that he must nave 'elt pae;' for then
realized that after all, the term "fee pale' not
Se vcs msaang co The
anu then Sheriff Richardson raised the whip
and admin stored the n,st lash. IL was done In
an easy, gentle way without using the Sigh est
strength, and when the last touched the naked esh
the v.;un made no notion noC even 80 much as
one might When ny tlckles ones back. Each or
the twenty ashe5 was gwen In the slme easy style,
ana am ceraln not one OF them gave pain. AS
each blow was delivered vining Cal ed out lone,
Swlggatrs hands were released he jumped lightly
over to where he had thrown his blanket, and
hastily picking it up and casting II on his shoulders,
scampered oil, exclaiming derisively:-
'Gool by. Pm gwine e. leave yer now"
"Well, what do you think OF the Daroirous Gus
TOM uowYr sail the sheriff turning to me.
remarked that did not see much use TO be de-
rived from whipping IN that style, and mat ruth sr
thought mitiga Ing the sentence so largely was cal
C lated to encourage crime. AT the same time
while / spoke thus, l was wondering secretly
wnether Mr. shenr Richardson was not playing
sly little game; wh-thsr he had not
got this very mild exhibition specially for the de-
light OF the New YORK HERALD, 10 give the great
American public softensd de icate, rose.colored
picture o. the .'barparous institution - | own /
could not help suspecting some such trick, but iu-
dicousy kept the suspicious 20 my SELF and my
victim No. Q. Thomas Ventries by name, o short,
thlck.set chunky dArky, whose wrists could hardly
be got inside the iron clasps so fat or stout were they
His twenty lashes wtre soon over, and then came
victim No. 3, Frederick Harris, followed soon by
victim No. 4, John Willis, really hand some white
young man. with nothing vicious In his appeSrance
except little show OF sulkine s. 1t had Seen all
black before, and white was relief Shan say II
was soY sh,l rather say it was novelty, and not
a plea sing one at that for II made spectator
realize more keeny the degradation OF this phnish
to see one OF the Caucasian race It's victim, ole OF
the same delicate skin aud OF the same superior
creation as the bulk Of the spectators. Willis took
his position with look OF sulky defiance and In
difference; the Sheriff remarked, while the vic
tins hands We're being fastened,
"ThIs US the second time that young rascal has
been nele.n
81 think its the third tlme,, said vlnng
When l heard this announcement expected
the lashing would be done In earnest
l thought surely now the Sheriff must show~hts
mu -ce on this victim. But not so. Down came the
twenty lashes as easily as all the others, 80 much
that could not hep saying to myself. Pshawl this
is mockery. The Sheriff Is doing this specially
for my benefit" And while thus inwardly con
versed with myself felt consoled. said to myself,
swell, old fellow, you have done some good by
coming here, anyhow. You have saved these poor
devils RON sound ashing.n
On Willis back had an evidence OF how easily
the blood might be drawn from white mans back.
Though the Sheriff struck SO lightly, the whip red
dened the skin Of Willis white back.
''You can't lash white man like ngger," said
one OF the officials standing at my SIDE. 'It's fal
easier TO draw the blood from white man than from
nigger, The white mans flesh is more tender and
won't endure half so much"
Victim No. was another black man, William
Thomas, or whom when the Sheriff began to whip
the Official wh0'had remarked on the difference be
tween black and white 1esh said in loud voice, sc
that Richardson might hear ''Ihats the fellow thai
Sheriff, however, Needed not the hint, and when II
was over said, ''You are mistaken. The big fellow
who used The knife got away He isn't here at al /
This Thomas Is another man entirely"
The ixth and last victim OF the show was Jane
Sudler, black man, whose sentence was for
Sheriff made no di termination In this case how
ever, and thel exhibition closed without affordin,
much food whercon to construct very Ordinar
blood and thunder sensation
AS to what I think about the whole afYatr, nov
| that have seen 1t. hardly know myself and pei
haps had better reserve observations thereon for
future letter. But this much feel bound to oil
serve, namely, that If all whppings are so mild a
those have just witnessed, fail TO see the ban
bar1ty OF the Institution; fail to its utility;
fail to see where the Philadelphia writers got al
their horrors.