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CONDITION UP Till! SOUTH-ATROCIOUS CBLH.TUA rolumirona report ha# itnnlljl Wen re-wired by (!•*• iftl Howard from lt;!*nelt;al T»rrw, con-ralng the rriMli r« |'erii*od »« Mre. Ilrr.rv Ahrahernt r.f King W|| itn’i Comity. Vlrglr is. ujon bar miiU. Tbf m*t »r nm« to light through mrr. illation rat on foot llmt a month ago Tbe rrwwia ahow that on it o »nd of Jun* • fir.il girl r»n»*i Martha Ann, ajjnl I?. waa bro- ght to a h apital in Ktcbnond. Too aiiigror. ■tote* that l cr# »«r« apon hrr ba-W oavon ulcora. oil tbarroult of turn*, and all |-rod u rod within ».*o or thlt;ie wteki: tbo largaat waa r.rarly too iochro Id ili«*rvtrr. In addition to tbeoe, bar rottre bod/ oo« a I moat o- tried oitb a*rt, too# old and arena catered with rrcwnt eealaa, aotoa the leaoU of burnt, on! »ua tbo roaolt of whipping. Ph# bod boon oo aboard tbot abo waa arorcol- ablo to giro axpreeaon to oa intelli-Idee. Iha iaoaatigotion mad# baforo tbo Jo-lge A.1 roct. at Rtrhmord prorod tbat tbia monitor, Mra. Abraham#. whom half tbo Uwron of the dty eoloo-taotad to dofond, baa oiibio tbo laat faw joara boo* tbo eaaao of tbe doalb of foor of bar nogro arrwanta. Lory hirhardaeo. mother of tba aboye named Martha Ann, and who *oa fonnarly a aorrant of Mra. Abm-bam, (ootifiaa ao follo»o i - 1 aroo whipped trery way that a aerreot rwald bo whipped, and wan ntarh naked • boa I waa ohipprd, and aoaotioHO »oa tioJ op oltk ray l oad# otar my faoodood ownag op to tba kitehan Jnlet, atid aomctlmoa I waa stripped and had to go dooa ea toy haodo aid knoeo. and waa whipped with kiekory la that way ; ooroatimoa aba would htre a (mating-board that ihoy proawd gentlemen's clot baa with, ood aha would b»wa ao naked, with my ban la and f*ot oa tko floor, and my brad down on tbo floor, and then alto would ooliO mo «llt;b tbo proaaing.board ; aororlincoaba wonld Uka ao nek'd lo that war, ood Ukoa 'tick or tbo long* or o poking Iron, end wonld boat mo with that; and somaticaso abo would toko ma and atrip mi nod tie ao aorooa a tablo. an I whip me oitb biokorioot ood onoe obilook me and Lird ma Mroan the tab!#, ood Wok tbo Mirk I am! to make tba tedo wltb, and boat ma with tbat until I waa parfactlj tie aamo oa a loaf of brrnd, ewell.d up; aha to k and tiad my feet together, and ewoug rao with *ny books upward and Wad downward aeroaa the door, and bit me in tbat way aa long a* aba ronld with birch birkoeiao. ood abo took a lot poking-iron atd branded tbia place on my nock (witneoo btro oiblbited a eear oo her aeek), and aha knocked ao on my mouth and knocked all my (root teeth out with tbo Wage, and abo cot mo in the eye with a awitrh, andrt that oot wllfolle ; abe wee doing that all the time ana there j tbo firal year aha treated me tolerably well, bat a’ter that, through all the time 1 waa t bore, abe went through tble eort of j-e'eeootioa ; aba treated me pretty well a little while ioat after tbo Yankrea ■oat through here, bat la o little while it woo Jaat the aamo ao before.’' Of Martha Ann aba Uolifiea: •• They would atrip brr and whip her almooi aa long aa abe could aland—whip brr with bickorioo-llwo afire'aba bad dona aba weald eay whipping waan’t a puni*bmenl fur that, aod abo would croaa her hande an! tie them no and pot them oloee teg#'her ao (wiineea hero indicated b» goal urea tba proeoea of bucking) and tie them down them, and pot team oiooe to the ondirona until they were tooatod like meat for tbe table; tben oho would bare kiekoriao aad whip h*f ontil aht would whip all lint akin off perfaeily raw; if abo hollared any lime while abe waa doiag alt tbat, aba would up with her Ioof, -hoe aod al, and eUmp Ibrm down in lha mouth and f«j tboy ahonld not boiler; ilirn aba would bare tbe f«pper and aelt and put it in tbo water, aod moke it aa strong aa it could be made, and camphor, and wa»h them down ; ah-would Uka biokoriei aid weak it in ; than oho wonld heat tbom with the loagi and pokiog-iror. and beat tkem. Wit tee. Loro deerribad tba burning prootac ; Tboy woold ** Uka tba poking iron aod pat it in tba Ire, and boat it right rod hot, and hare them stripped aod Hod in the tame way (boobed), with ber kneee ao, ood o atirk ander her kneaa, and bar# thorn lay ao that tboy coo!d oot help Ibeaeoitoe, end take it and pat it all up and down tbair booka, and lake a chunk of fire with a lire eoal on, and born tbeir bark# with tbat aa lo-tf oa aha coaid am a bit of fire on tbeobunk ;and tboo aha woold take tba chunk off tbeir bocks, ood tbo akin wc-nld ocma off oiib tba cbuuk; ao«! aonaoliroae aha wool 1 Uka a abotol of lira ooal*. aad put them on tba hearth, and mnkotba children lay oa it until tba ooala woo'd net burn any mure.
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Sydney Empire
Sydney, New South Wales, AU
Wed, Oct 24, 1866
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