Daily Republican., 1879-05-12
FROM THE ,CAPITOL.

Doyer's Natural Beauty-The Capi'
t0l and the Manner IN which Law
students put In their spare Mo-
meuts-The Cat I'm Kent-Enfer-
tainment by Miss ChadbOHrne.
Special Correspondence of the Republican.
DOVER, DEL, May 18th, '79.
Dover is perfectly canopied with fol-
iage and the green is luxuriantly car
peted. Birds fit to and fro among the
laced branches. The houses are closed
and quiet, for it is midday and the in
habitants are taking their morning sizes
ia. The scere, bathed as it ID in the
mellow glow of radiating sunlight as 1t
struggles through the over handing net
work is a calm an 4 peaceful one. More
through habit than from any concelv-
ed desire We wandered listlessly TO-
wards the c. pitol and entered. The
Legislative halls, so recently full of ami
nation were painfully silent. We gaz-
ed vacantly towards the places so lately
occupied by those of whom we have
MANY pleasant recOllections, and our
thou, hts reverted to the many little cpl
sodes of the late legislative session.
As we stood there Illuminating, the
sound of voices were borne to our ear.
"You would say he is the murderer
SAID the voice. "John Smiths hat was
found in the room but is that pr'ma
Eucie evidence ofhis guilt" With every
sense alert and with imagination fired
by every noble impulse the reportorlal
instinct inspires we followed up the
sound until we arrived at the law IL
brary entrance. Evidently John Smith
was in trouble. Whether John Smith
was guilty or not was secondary mat
ter. 1t was duty due to the public
, for us to discover the intents and pur-
pose which led to the commission OF the
diabolical deed, and We entered. Before
us stood the State Librarian kinney.He
was saving the air with his fists with
!, an emphasis that was perfectly vicious
His face was red, very red, and his
9 hair, like so many exclamation MARKS
Y fairly bristled, with one hand resting
on Coke and the other following tht
emotions of his mind. He twisted anc
souirmed under the burden of his argn
ment with rapidity of motion tina
suggested to us an individualized trlgo
nometrical interpreter under COMPOUND
pressure.
We took in the scene at glance
. 1t was a moot court and the law stu
3 dents were conducting it right royalty
The Librarian was counsel for the prls
> e,.er. John Smith, who sat rather dis
e consolately on bench near by. TX
:, Assistant Librarian A. Goodden wal
t. the Attorney General. Unconscious o
'. the presence Of an interloper they con
y tnued. ayes, gentlemen of the jury,
:. :. said the counsel for the prisoner with
a ma ajestic sweep of the hand in th'
:, direction of the long rows of state re
y ports, the idea is fallacious, it is more
:, than this, it is absolutely preposterous
- :, and my learned brother the Attorne!
- General here followed some rathe
:. uncomplimentary allusions derogator.
" to the learned Attorney Generals men
tai stamina, that were decidedly inter
esting. The prisoner for the defens
ID IN his desire to impress upon the mind
IL of the Attorney General his hopeles
h inability to conduct the case forgot al
ID about the jury and the prisoner. Tn
9. prisoner sloped and We stepped il
N lust as the Attorney General with de
le t.rmined expression upon his counte
IN nance, was rising to his feet prepare
tory to giving his brother, the learne
to counsel for the defence, a piece OF hi
n mind.
~ WHIPPING POST AT TIE CAPITAL.
vi New Castle county always admins
, ters judicial justice in the morning;
"a Dover the authorities wait until hig
Ut noon. On Saturday at one o'clock thel
Ae was an unusual stir among the juveni
population and they with number
Oh their elders strolled in the direction
le' the prison yard. The colored inhab
I'M tants of the environments of the cap
III tai were also out in force, swelling tt
III number present to about two hundre
To keep the crowd back a rope W
'e' stretched across the prison yard. III
on first offender brought out was color'
on man named Caleb Jackson. Sher
'rs Dunn contentedly putting at a ciga
10. stood by while his deputy prepared tt
II prisoner for his castigation. A raw hi
&C. was the instrument used and as it d
W. scended upon the quivering flesh
ne the prisoner it caused him to cling
'u' the post, to which he was fastened
~, iron bracelets, in cOntortions OF agon
vi Caleb howled and this evidence
~ -" physical torture was received by t
W. 'h assembled spectators with grins of 81
- isfactiOn.
el Thomas Truitt, COL, was the secon
Ia Although he twisted and wiggled
"a much Caleb, he uttered nc cry of pal
Thomas offence was in appropriate
chickens and ducks belonging to
neighbor.
The third was Milton Hamilton, co
an fos the same otfense. He took t
tly whipping stoically, and when it W
Of over he trotted hurriedly back to l.
,se cell amid the laughter of the spec'
,st tors.
he Moses Rlas, young chOcolate color
ire negro boy was the last. As this pr
he oner was being brought out, the Sher
lie having smoked his cigar until it h
ay become too short to be comfortab
sh coolly took out another, and lighti1
en- it, prepared to attend to Moses. T.
as COW hide descended and every muscle
all Moses body quivered. He like t
,r- others, was given twenty lashes.
,t- This closed the performance, and t.
2; spectators evidently pleased at the e
up allied character of the entertainer
or quietly dispersed.