The New York herald., 1870-05-14

best mechanics in Wilmington. He could earp1
would nr lay ess and Ss than yop os hs
men. He has been coming and going here these,
seven years. He Is never out more tnan two OF
He lays there in that same position from morning
ui night @ week after week, month after month, ana
II thought You brought me here to hll my belly
Missed the wretch 10 superintendent Wild II havent
superintendent wild pointed to q half loaf Of
, bread and some other food In an pan iymg Desud
''fhat looks as though you can't nj! your belly.
don't t2 believe you are TOO lazy even 10 eat"
"Will you have It for yourself" said the prsoners
We got enough Of the LATEST man in the world
WI Taoss cs name Is Robert Stuart and we surned o
was shown the cells of all Of the prisoners, SONG
tween the are Sou e be whipped tSm0rrSw ron oe
was pointed OUT white man named Frazer,
once once y Deputy Provost Marshal In Maryland,
e for Saynsg Idi & sentence Of imprisonment fof
drunken brawl Frazer is said to be Of GOOD family.
@ reedo@ that ne y
AS passed the cell Of one OF the aarkles SEM
fenced to be whipped he saluted me with the excl8s
viii yer, bossss'' The fellows thoughts seemed "a
told him never used the article he yelled, "Ha
ha ~ most dlabolically and added, "Guess yer don't
want ter give a poor darky none."
In Mr.. Wise's room, the lash. or whip, 'cat" a.
IL is called here was.exhibited to me. The handle,
Wo ines M 1n ~ % os q
leather through hch the Sheriff pass es his wrist
In order to hold the weapon more firmly Nine strips
say eacn about S1 an eiSatn ofan Inch nm IN diameter
are secured to tho other end Of the handle.
long probably more, and they seem TO be
very ugly customers to come In smart contact with
Sey But as b f g On dt s
nesh The genius who recently described the lash IN
sna9 tn & nercs style drew upon his imagination or else
A. 4 Saa ,,a them; nss sSagssTass S5
md those Lively Bohemians exaggerated s WitSous
thing connected WITH VIII % the whipping Institution, Il.
stead Of confning themselves 10 true and faithful
EFFECT OF TIE WHIPPING.
made 1t point TO interr0gate the officials as to
the esGt o9 tne whipping and poryng as regfds
SIR. ! have been warden here for several years,
and have spent the whole OF my life in this town,
cases were Old Offenders came back here, That's
pretty good showing for the effect Of the punishment
gets the benefit Of hal he donS
feel in the humor o having the dose repeated. There
amt any fun In the thing It's something so unplea-
SAINT that ne carries the remembrance OF It about him
for iie and the terror OF falling under the lash again
keeps him from committing crime. One OF the TWO
in cell there now. He's real hard case, that fel-
low is. He wasn't out more than three weeks when
VI wppsd pss oeE aga ssaE ssn aa
on questioning as to the crime committed by the
''hard NUT was told that he had stolen once .
pair OF ga1ters and next time box or candles
The declaration OF the warden as to the rarity Of
repetition Of offences was confirmed by everybody
with whom spoke here on the subject.
A very high dignitary with whom conversed and
who requested his name not to be published, talked
There Is ~ very wrong impression abroad as to
the horrors and barbarity Of the whipping post.
Much sympathy Is wasted In other STATES on tho
subject. Very much scSly sentimentality prevails.
The truth is more cruel, immeasuraDly more cruel,
puntshments are innicted In some OF the Northern
the douche and sweating box in the prisons Of
New York; IL IL nothing like 80 cruel.
ns Se s pssn aso in wss snow
young and healthy woman with her hands tied up
over her head In standing position. She was left
attention whatever; left that way regardless Of de-
cency or pity and only for the crime Of halooing at
wretched wanon, full Of lie and vlgor and scorn of
her tormentors; but she was tanned by this horrible
mans Keeper said if she don't submit nit by s tsmorrow
Wen bring her down by swelling her." He asked
what swelling her Ter meant ana was told that 7 con,
in the vessels almost to bursting, and that then the
torture would break her Wild spirit VIII you tell
respects T think not. The ia fact IS Sour our SYSTEM
y not understood rightly. II it were other
tnat they would adopt it. just look a. the Truth
About one-fOurth Oi our population consists Of
thevng which the an cure rey wi nave
horrible inclination to commit indecent assaults upon
children. For such thefts and such attempted per-
sonal assaults we give them the lash and perhaps
they are pilloried. They serve out their time ana
are set free, and never return again. Our
not the punishment. The great object OF the law IN
furnishing Is to diminish crime. We effect that OBJ
}eet @ better than elsewhere There Is no place where
Great crimes are lnlrequent, and small ones occur
far less than IA other States, aud ali owing to our
In the care of single servant, and do
not find as much as feather missing
and no thief enters. Where is greater security than
that enjoyedP No place, Sir, no place. Unlike other
o a Rsa ~
who steal sometimes In order to get committed and
have an easy time Of it, as they say; who laugh at
sr; we give them a welcome, hot aud heavy which
teaches them that prisons here not Tor and
idie thieves TO iatIen IN, but places where severe
! have given you this dignitary's views rather
aa nofa oesase ne q Is man whose posoa socSS
ter or kinder man does not exist. / know him to
possess good heart and sound judgment and that
what he spoke were his honest convictions. AS 10
whether he is righJ or wrong in those convictions
do not propose TO venture an opinion. Let the pub
lie judge for itself from this my report.
ORIGIN OF THE WHIPPING POST AND PILLoRY.
believe history fails to furnish with certainty the
q s and Sasa chipping p The ancient
sometimes victims whose only offence was that OF
falling into the hands OF their vlct0rs similar In
strument Of punishment is mentioned under the
name Of heaifange,' or 'scatch-neck" In the laws
away back in Tie time of Canute; and there Ia
no doubt that Delaware derived the custom
from Old England through Pennsylvania, Of which
Delaware was formerly a part. The whipping post
and pOry were quite extensively In use IN England
before the Norman conquest and they were en-
ployed for many centuries In most OF the countries
OF Europe 1t was called originally ptllorte. and
more recently ca'can mot ca-carD in France, while
the German name appears TO have been pron0er.
Skinner Ia very appropriate author the subject,
by the way, derives the word from paa, because
the place where the law was put into execution was
formerly surrounded by pillars, while Spelman de-
clares 1t comes from piieur; plller pilferer,
because the instrument was appropriated TO the
punishment or such offenders.
In 1882 1t was abolished In France, and five years
later In England and generally throughout Europe.
Recently however, 1t has been revived In England,
Or at least, the whipping post, for the punishment
Of criminals guilty OF garroting or other personal
assaults. Our Bri ish cousins Tor mothers, whclll
ever you like to call them after having abolished
1t, profess to have found 1t necessary to re-