The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1865-12-01
tp south Carolina.
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WtinN VI uhtnhlN sWn t,ara,,s ~. -
doomed 20 feel In my ,,i,,, III I'..'..',, ~. y,
fccts OF the hNarlce, cr' U.en nr thai es.',,'
which characterized the arlian ~ a. :.
was the only male ~ who baJ a.,
ilncd aud delicate ietnni' d., fsa,,,, Ivy W.,
there for shelter and protec s,Ioo,al A. ~ y,
certalned the plan that wns I,s,i, " ILL ~
Wholesale system OF plnnue y, ,,srt,, yias ~,
phcmy and brutality Ihc III sr,s,, coia,,a ,na
came was headed by officers ,,'I,,, ,'..,
down 70 lieutenant, VINO ncINl oni, cn,,,,
ing polltcneHS, hnd told me they en- ' ,i,'''
10 secure our firearms, ana WIZ @ 49,
were delivered up, nothing III "" "%yuS %
should be touched, out OF the hou ", ivy
said they were authorlzu 70 pre- ~ 'oinH.
for their large army tod then N n.,''
the whole llnc OF march ol Sht i,'im i,a
army, rom Columbia 20 thcrhw, ~ @ .
been nscertalned Tint the ladies hnd pocn
robbed nnd personally in.ulteu,
asked Tor. n guard 10 protect the leIhli ~
They said there was no necessity ior ,hl :
~ the men dare not act contrary 70 orueih'
II any one did not treat the lhules WIN
proper respect ! mlghi plow th,li pralns u
out. Hut said L. You nave taken away
our arms, and We arc defenceless:"
They did not blush much' and made no
reply. shortly after THIS came inc second
party, before the nrht lnii lcit' Ihey ue-
| inanded the Keys OF thc iHdlrs urhwefs
and took away such articles ns they wanted
then locked the DRIVERS nnd put the keys
IN their pockets. In the meantime, they
gathered up thc spoons knives, forks
| towels, tnble-clothH, etc hs they were
| carrying them on appealed to the officers
Of the urI pnrty--they Ordered the men 20
put back the Things; he onlccf OF thc
aecohu party Haiu ne wouln see thein
damned first; and without hirther ado
| packed them ~ hnl glanced nt each othcI
and smiled. me el'gant carriaec ana Nv
the vehicles on the premises were seized
and nlied WIN bacon ana othcr pitinucf.
The sinoke-houses were omptied OF hll
| their contents hhd carried on Every head
OF poultry was seized aud hung over their
| mules, ana thcy presented the Mucous pie-
tiire 10 some OF the scenes IN The iorty
ithleves, Every article OF harness they uih
not wish thcy cut IN pieces By thiH Time
tne ilrst anu sscohn parties hau lelIl nha
thiru appeared on thc nciui tley ueniahdcd
| the Keys OF the drawers, ana on being IN
formed THAT they had beoh carried on
Goolly hnd deliDeratciy proceeded ~ break
open the locks TOOK what they wanted, Hid
| when We uttered words OF complaint were
cursed
Every horse mule and carriage even 90
the carts, were taken away, and four hun
drrds of miles, the last animal that cnlti
vAted the WIDOWS corn HELD ana The Vehi-
rles that once bore them 20 the house OF
worship, were carried on or broken In
pieces or burned
The first party that came promised To-
leave 10 days provisions, the rest they ear
ried on An hour afterwards, other horties
Of maraudcrs from the same army came
aud demanded the last pound of bacon aud
the iast quart OF meal ON sunday the
negroes were dressed Ia their best suits,
they we're kicked and knocked down and
robbed OF all their clothing, aud they camo
70 US IN their shirt sleeves, having lost their
hats, clothes aud shoos. Most OF our own
clothes had been hid Ia the woods; the me-,
grocs who had assisted IN removing them
and compelled 10 show them where they
were concealed, They cut open the trunks,
threw my manuscripts and devotional
books Into mudhole, stole the ladies Jew
clry, hair ornaments, etc., etc; tore many
i Of the garments Into tatiers, gave the rest
10 the negro women ~ bribe them Into
criminal Intercourse. These women amer
| wards returned tO ils those articles that, af-
ter the mutilation, were scarcely worth
preserving. The plantation OF one hun
dred aud sIxty pegroeH, was some distance
from the house. aud To this place successive
parties Of ffty at a time resorted for three
long days and nights, the husbands and
fathers being Hired NJ aud compelled 90 ny
10 the woods.
Now commenced scenes OF llccntiousncss,
brutality and raylshment, that have scarcely
had nm equal Ia the ages of heather bar
barity. ! eonyersed With aged men aud
women, who were witnesses OF these itm
NOUS acts and several OF them, from the
cruel treatment they had received were
eonflned 10 their beds for weeks Afterwards.
During this time the f0ruth party, who, I
/ ssa tt.f.Arfttan nth ttfnH had als.e