, 1873-03-18

everything for tho Nobols nt tho Fodefai occiipa-
ton.
II firmly bolovo It WAS tho intention Of tho
maudcr Of tho prison waB
A sfIssountAN,
d horribly cruel fealow, who Wns 30 anxtote to
lavo EXECUTIONS TINT he dleguzted Liz com
ee'os' eeom%aa'ed 1q tho ''"i dopalimont IT brovo;
port, acnt him up word TINT ho must
by tho department. commander. at TINT timo,
this man had from thirty to fifty mon COUNTED
Out aud ordered to execution.
MY vito Was allowed to rcnain IN my house.
under espionage, but was gont to tho common
which was noro,y isrgo s'hoa inc,osoa with
brick . |nl1a wt w3l r. nrnn one part
ton i'll tho contro tho t.ros of nnturo. Tilero,
died togethor, apont what seemed to mo q 1!fe-
t,me. My lair turned white, my flrmneaa left
formor solf. My motnory Hooma to hayo failod |
II, g1cat degree, and reoollcct with difficulty.
Amongttt a1o prisoners woso soy0ral who Ind
upon tho citizens Of the su,rounting country In !
follows belonged to Quantrell'a gang, and ho |
r rotson % whon, 10 tortured Sy p5uttns die to Liz
foot, go that tho 1nnn dlod. This follow had
scarcely como to the prison whom
n,,, no unuGs'oom att9 % 20 ontiGapo, III co"h
e; getting In" into tho rsfuao dI wo and Gtunnong
ailaft from Its aido unlor tho priHon-wa and
ont into q lot. This man was detoctcd aud ar
| rcHtod, mud, whon put in irons, they demanded
that ho give tho names Of tho persona who u.s.
| sisted him, threatening to whip him. and eyon
| 10 kill him.. He ,Yaa o desperate fellow, and ho
ahools his chainH ct tho inqnirore, and told thom
that he cared nothing for his lilo. Tint waB
| tho way with ovorybody. it seemed to 1ne, For
desperation, Arhanuas Gun equal any part Of tho
earth. 1 think novor saw anybody there who
way not willing to fight, and very fow unwilling
to kill. And thoy wore all praying people, mur-
''Dut tho worst things wcro tho cruoltieB in
fioted upon the
1NorrENs1vE NEGROES.
"Guch outrageB Wero common enough before
IT remember, for example, that man
by, tho namo Of Armstrong whipped
and tho only mention tho newspapers mado Of Il
wes, that AIR. William Armstrong lad lost d
valuablo negro.'
"Ho had hired this slave to auother man. who
Ind bocomo dissatislod, and the owner ordered
the lossoo to tic tho negro up and give him
whipping. He was present when tho whipping
took place, and, indignant at tho a!avo
for not showing d broken spirit, he vas seized
with sort Of maniac fury, and, taking up tho
whip, he rushed upon tue man and beat linn no
that ho died,
"Dut thero waa ono negro In cur Jail Of
w1loAo
DYING AooN1Es
waa . witness. " llo Tas faithful, indnatrions,
ohristian negro, by tho name Of Jim Bragg.
lie belonged to Mrs. Bragg. u, 2 2
him to hire himself by paying her so much .
year. Tho negro had not only paid hts mlatreas
about 81 600 per annum for his tinle but had
put by some ,money--onough 70 purchase h,a
acrip, md stsudily dopreoiating a. the war wont
OH, the poor fellow found when lie como to
purchase himself, that his mistress refused to
eoli him at tho price previously liked. But the
| commander Of tho troops around Camden,
a16SouRtAN;
heard from this transaction that Jim Bragg had
; 4 largo amount Of money, and be determined to
got It cut Of him. Ho was aent to tho jail, and,
known to himseH to carry.
Beoause,' he said, 'thoy mean to take tlig
money from me- and know your faes but not
your name, so that alone can get it back from
you, aud can truly say that do not know tho
| nnno Of tho person to whom gavo It,
"Haying failed to got tho money from Jim
Bragg, the military officer commanded that he
bo tied up and whipped: They gave him tori:
place aud thrown on the ground, horribly cu
up. After little respite. he was told t1nt un
vas ho gasy " that money 10 % oqd M be M whppe;t
i. aud tod him up, and tho Surgeons wore proaen
!! to SEQ how much pain llo could stand
"Yhey whipped him until theao men said TINT
: another blow W0ulQ Do 1atal.
"When ho was brought back to our prison
Its back looled Hko q liyor which you buy at
butchors,-all blood and raw iosl. Thoy throw
:, :, him down in puddle Of water on tho clay, aux
tue remarks which l.! Wero :, made by the whlto prs
: "saa ONO: .lhey don't know how to whip
S bigger down horo, They just take follow liz
that, md mash him up little, aud it don't hur
a "fIot ono portion made feeling remark, e3
Q cept ono Of Quautrells men, who exclaimed, a.
. le looked at tho negro lying there insensiblo:
> "'Well, gentlomon, want anybody that whip
: man like that to have all tho crodit Of 1t: It'
. nothing that have any dOslro to claim
: : Zone fellow, aud he IN Arkansan. said to til
Al rest:
!, "HeB only shan,ming,- g,-Ill bring him to-
= = " He took some tfo, and wontup TO tho nogr
low didn't oven draw up his lega Then thi
;. wretch, laughng meantime, and tho rest Of th
- prisoners looking on stolidly or amused put
that 1t burned into the ttieu and VIC could sn,e
:. the sickening saYor through all tl,nt sled. III
Il negro didn't move for Romo time, anti thor
y - opening his Dyes for moment, lie said, in
J ! pitifM way:
y "He died that night. thought, whom sa
= him, Of how the Southern people Ind denounce
~ Mrs. stowo's aecount Of Logreo and his plantt
Il II slaves. We were not many naies from the sam
~ part Of tho country, and hero was similt
scene, which SOW with my own eyes.
~ "My friends outside, knowing the gros
~ ~ danger was in, worked hard to have lna
r. DAEtgIIED
y from the State In order to eaye my life.
r length, with inexpreaaible Joy, found that
i ,yus to bo expelled from that inhospitab
~ country.
! "Wo wero put together In wagon With SON
- other unfortunateg and sent 100 miles aeross u
4 bpttpms Of tho Btato to aaino'B Landing, q
ss tho Miasiasippi River. After eight years {
y, labor In the State, wa ,soro poor aud wretclled
= but when. at 1ast wo stood undor tho America
Aas, VIC had nothing to regret, and tl,ankotl G. 6
~ 1and, among institutions Of mercy aud en1igh
= oumont."
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~ evening, soon after dinner, nud partly write
II cut by my own ha.ll that evening, and the 1o'
70 70 dictated next morning. GATH.