Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1872-10-31
"I did," said Sam.
"And didn't you say that we could
whip the Yankees with pop-guns?"
"Certainly did, but the ID
rascals wouldn't fight US that way!'
How they treat Robbers in Eng

"A London. correspondent, Of, the
Dubli:1 :FEslhians ,yoarnu1 writing 6
of'dats September Ill aNth, says, ses
Two young men, convicted of. rob.
berry with violence, had administered
to them this morning a castigation
which must forever have settled in
the minds of those who witnessed it
the moot ot,question, whether corporal
punishment really acts as q deterrent
to crime. So far as the culprits them
selves are concerned, it is more than
probable that they will never again
run the risk of being. placed at the
mercy of a couple Of stout warders
and q ,nine-tailed cat; and as to their
friends in crime, were they to witness
the manner in which the punishment
is borne by the most hardened of
their fellow-ruffans, a salutary effect
would, no doubt, be produced upon
their minds for some time to come
. Daniel Duffy, T. young fellow Of
eighteen years. Of ags frstplaoed
on N the grating to undergo that por-
ton Of his sentence which must have
been harder to bear than the whole
seven years penal seryitude which
are 10 follow. To the uninitiated
twenty-five lashes do not appear
very severe sentence; but when one
witnesses the effect of each stroke
upon the back of man, the fearful
cries of agony wrung from him each
time the cat, welded by the practised
arm Of q powerful :warder, comes
whizzing upon his shoulders, it natu-
rally occurs to the mind that the
matter ought to be ventilated as free
ly as possible, in order that garroters
in general may be made aware Of the
treat in store for them within the
walls of Newgate. Duffy when
brought into the room, cast a nervous
glance AT the two warders with their
sleeves stripped up ready for action,
and without a word submitted to be
fastened, hand and foot.
At, the first stroke his courage fail
ed, and from that time until the whole
twenty-five lashes had been admins
tered, he. kept up a continuous scream
Of agony, OCCASIONALLY crying, Have
mercy, doctor, I'm being murdered.
When released, his back from the
shoulders nearly to his belt, was one
mass of lived flesh, and he was una
Bile to walk to his cell without assist
ance. The second victim was young
fellow nearly twenty years of age,
named John Talbout, who, at Maid
stone on the 22d Of July, held a la-
boring man named Pritehard by the
throat while two other men robbed
him of few half pence, etc. The
sentence in his case was thirty lashes
and seven years penal 'servitude.
Taltout, stronger built man than
Duffy, from the determined manner
exhibited when brought from his cell,
believed thatshiss courage was suh-
cienE to carry him through the ordeal,
the nature of which he evidently
mistook.
As the first stroke was laid on a
suppressed groan escaped him, accom-
panied by start of surprise, but he
drew himself upright, and threw his
shouldcr-blades back together TO pro-
tect his spine. From the beginning
to the end, however, he never uttered
u word, although his back was more
severely lacerated than Dufy's. the
skin being broken in several places,
and, when released, he declined the
profered assistance Of the warders to
dress, and quietly walked from the
room to his cell, assuming the same
defiant air with which he had entered,
it was evident, from his
uneasy motion and the discolored
back, that the punishment was such
as will be remembered to the end of
his life. The sentences. were Carried
out in the presence of Sir John Ben
nett, the Sheriff, Mr.. Beard, the I'm
der-Sheriff, Mr.. Gibson, the surgeon,
and representatives of the press.