The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-11-06

sn"k tEey ought TO be. But one
tDing is quite tnre. If society stands
on from Barnhavdt, Bcrnliaiat will
not advance to- Society. Her sense of
seitFseste teemiis just as strong as that Of
the most aristocratic social leader on
Fifth avenue.
TIE USE OF THE WHIP.
1t Beats Hanging, as Terror to Evil
Doors.
On tho 10Th ultimo one Of the most
braZen-taced ruffi9ns who eyer stood
upIn British court, suddenly Wilted,
ana uttered,a scream OH hearing the
terms or the judges sentence, and was
taken away in Il ,fainting condition.
lie had no defence. The evidence
against him was conclusive. He was
sure Of conviction and ofa severe SEN
tence, and lie knew it. But he was
not prepared for ono part Of the pun
ishidont prescribed by Justice Stephcna
Ho screamed and almost tainted, not
III view of tho twenty years of penal
serVltudc, but because tile iudge or
derod, as u fitting prelude, thirty LASH
es from a cat-o'-nine-tails. This man
had robbed and attempted to murder
by drugging, and then throwing from
a railway carriage, a travelling com
pamon, IN whose confidence he had
arttully ingratiated himself. 1t was a
Prcmeditatcd crime of tho most hein-
Gus kind, 1t would have ended in
murder but for the inability of the
assassin to eject his victim from the
Car before the train stopped. Tho
rutiian then escaped with his hooty,
but was followed by the half stupcficd
ana badly injured man, who staggered
upon the platform and gave an alarm
which led to the capture Of his assail-
ant. Ihls strange affair took place in
car tof the London underground
hne) OF which the two mon were the
only occupants. Mr.. Justice Stephon.
III passing sentence, said it was "the
most cowardly and brutal outrage
that hau eyer been brought under lis
notice." lie marked his sonsc Of hon
or, as wcll rs made tho sentence q
wholesome caution to all other mind
ca despcradocs, by prcfixing the thirty
lashcs TO the twenty years. imprison-
ment. The prisoner would not have
tiinched from tho incarceration. but he
WINGED terribly under tho Judgment
of the cat, as if he already felt hcr
nino tails raising wales on his bare
back. .
1t is the uniform experience of
Drltish Judges that corporal punish
mcnt is the most certain known deter
e rent or coWardly and brutal Offences.
when any peculiarly shocking crimes
against the person begin to become
common in England, the Judges al
ways check it by ordering a dose Of
tho cat well laid OIL in addition TO n
long term Of Imprisonment with hard
labor. This is the best known pre-
ventive for outrayes on women and
Children. 1t is the only thing that has
put a stop to garroting. Its success ia so
marked in the declining freoucncy of
cruel and malicious assaults upon the
person III England that the British pub
tic almost unanimously approve of it.
Only a little minority of those philun,
thropists whose sympathics for crimi-
nals rise i'll exact proportion to the
diabolism Of their protegGs, continue
to protest against the lash as rcmedi-
a. agent OF society. While that agent
does so manicstly good q work i'm
England, it will be judiciously con-
served there. The theoretical opposi-
ton to it in the United States is wide
spread ana Intense, as any man finds
out TO his cost who proposes to rein
troduce it in our judicial system. But
now and then thinking Americans will
brave the consequences and ask them
selves and their ncighbors if corporal
chastlsement, so common among our
ancestors as a penalty for minor vio-
lations Of law, might not be revived.
with signal advantage to society, for
the punishment Of certain speciallv
atrocious crimes.
DIED AT THE PosT OF DUrY.-Saml.
McManus, respectable old colorcd
man, aged about sixty years, life
long Democrat, died suddenly on his
way 10 the polls on Tuesday last, in
Flat Creek township. He had been
SICK for two or three weeks, and was
not able to walk to the polls. He,
however, expressed a desire to vote,
and MIR. Snipcs, the gentleman with
whom he was living, carried him to
iaXahaw precinct, a distance of only
two miles, in his wagon. Having
reached the place, the old Iarkey got
out or the wagon and walked to within
thirty yards Of the polls when he COM
plaincd of feeling sick and sat down.
l)r. Blakcncy, who was on the ground,
was immediately summoned, but
medical aid proved unavailing, and he
dlcd in few minutes. 1t is supposed
Inc died Of heart disease. He was an
honest and Industrious old man and
was well thought of by the white pco-
pie. His white friends bought him q
good burial suit, and ordered nice
coffin made, and quito q number of
thom attended his rcmains homc.-
Lancaster Ledger.
On examining, some time since, n
copy, taken haphaZard, of Il London
daily, 1t was found that five columns,
in large type, were absorbed by re-
ports of horse-racing, athletics, boat
ing and football. The journal in
question is rcputcdly conducted much
in the interest Of tic Evangelical
party.
Dress Goods, Laces, Collars, Cuffs,
Boots, Shoes, Neckties. Hats, Caps.