, 1870-05-18

He took up his posihon on tbs Orange Nlfce
side Of The ys1d or e The lefe of the efimin y
uhippmg-pos Vining stationed himself 0,
the Opposite side, facing the Sheriff. and the1
the Litter said to NJ. Wild, '' Resdyl"
III. Wild Immediately disappeared aud rs
turned with tho first victim, the wrisslir:
Suiggett, not yet finished wriggling, still des
perately smiling, and now looking through
those smiles ,iteous appeal to the Sheriff.
"OR With your blanket" said Ffning.
| The wTggler obeyed, and stood in front o.
the post. looking from side 70 side thinl
il he could; and ! was certain that hs must
| have "fe1t pa1e;" for then realized that
after all, tie term "teel pale WAS not a
Together without meaning or application Vim
ing fastened the victims wrists to the post,
\ and then Sheriff Richardson IaiRd the
whip. sud administered the first lash- It
Bas done in an easy, gentle Way, With
cat nsinE the slightest strength, and when
the ,laah touched The naked flesh the
Nctau made no motion. not evuu so much -
| one might when fly hcklesones back. Each
Of the twenty lashes Was g1een in the same
gave pain As each blow Was delivered Vlning
called out;. t'one, two, three, four, five. si1,
| kc., on to the end When Swiggptts hands
| were released he jumped lightly over to whero
he had thrown. his blanket, and, hastily picking
itup and casting it on his shoulders, scamp
cred Of, e1cla;rn:og derisiyely:
"Good-by. I'm gWine to leave yet now"
"Weu, what do you think Of sthe barbaxous
custom now?" said tho Sheriff, turning to me.
remarked Tint ! did not see much use to
be derived from whipping in that style, and
TINT rather thought mitigating the sentancs
so largely WIS calculated, to encourage cr1me.
At the same time, while spoke thus, I was
wondering secretly whethar Mr.. Sheriff Rich
ardson was not playing 3 sly little game;
hibition specially iors tho delight of the New
York Herald. to give tho great American pub
lie 'softoned, delicate, rose-colored picture
OF tho barbarous institution" own I
could not help suspecting some such trick,
self, and my thoughts we're interrupted b. the
appearance of victim No. q, Thomas Yentries
by name, a short, thick-set, chunky darky,-
whose W1lsts could hardly ba got inslda clasps,
80 fat or stout wero they. His twenty lashes
were soon orcr, and then ca1ne victim No. 8,
Frederick Harris, followed soon by victim No.
4, John Willis, really handsome white young
man, with nothing vicious in his appearance
except little ahow Of suliness. Il had baan all
black before, md whEe was arelief. Shall IsAyit
was 10? or sha1l rather say it was novelty,
md not pleasing one at that for it made
spectator realize more koenly the degradation
OF this punishment to SEQ one OF, the Cauca-
sian faee its victim, ono OF the same delicate
skin and Of the sama superior creation as the
bulk !of tho apeetatora Willis took his posi-
ence! The Sheriff remarked. while the VIC
LIZ s.;ra nanas u .h meta = nelIG a tassensI thst
Ia. taa1 T. 1ss-a 1ao seeona o4e tn"e so'4u
n1I ~ tI,;nIa; t t1,,.a +;. ~ .,;d v;,.n,
WI Ifa ~ - ~. H. .1u .ao, ~ a1.neta5
the 1ashing would DO done in earnest. I
snouEn1 sure!y noW In9 eaelln nuSI n SNOW nis
asc.o nv ~ 1n,S sMt- 5Ht ~. ~ ~ T. I'M Ias
.ne tNenty a aaspes - easuE - a.. ;ne be1s., ~
.aneh ~ III; co1iu nos hep saJmg 9 nays9n,
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