New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1866-03-14

the best of i. that they could understand IT. when
il read to them they never failed to comprehend
tie most important parts Of Ii. 1t was well drawn;
found that had been read 20 them properly by their
owners or masters they would have understood It, Tor
as would read along TO them would ask If they I'M
derstood thstf Oh yes they would say, we under.
stand thati' Then would read another passage and
ask them IL they understood THAR "Oh yes" what
do you understand by = They would put it In their
own terms. and saw they understood IL. a.,
O. Did they pretend 10 you that their od masters hau
given that peculiar version Of Gen. wilson's order
that they should work six days In the week hard ana
half a day on Sunday \. In many instances they
gave that impression; they told me that IN so many
words and said that they had been told SO by the men
for whom they Worked some Of them were not win
their old masters, but were hired OUT as they called H.
10 other parties but that the impression they were
under OF course they became relieved when they heard
the order and understood it, sometimes they came with
complaints of cruelty; never found myself perhaps
fully drawn out, excepting in instance OF fearful
cruelty they came with great many little complaints;
could understand how that state Of things would nat
uray create jealousy on the part OF owners, and per-
haps make the negro or less unanageable ana per-
haps mpudent; OF these little things took notice
for thought them natural; l simply advised them
always 20 back for their own interest and to work
faithfully until Christmas and 10 take their part Of the
crops, as could there was no money Tor themi
think they never failed to follow my advice; know OF
no instance where negro went away Whom l
advised to return; on the TN oil Angus,
was awoke in the morning Dy our colofeu
cook coming 10 my tent and saying that man wished
20 me; Immediately opposite my tent there was a
colored man, good-lookInS man. intellXent ana
bright. faced--a yellow man. about mulatto should
think; be told me his name was Arnold Cater; that
DO had been born and raised as house servant with
Gov. William Rubon Of Georgia; that he had been
few years ago sold 20 pay the debts OF the family
that he was then at the time him, A. years old
that when he was sold he separated from his VIE
and five children and that he purchased by specI-
lators and taken TO Southwestern Georgia; perhaps
ought 10 state how the negroes came INTO South
Western Georgia. II Is poor section o. the country!
and he people there have been poor; tdey nave peeh
empha,ically poor whites they were not wealthy
enough 10 own slaves; they did their oHn work. Dlt
when the Border States found IL polite to sell thelF
slaves they sold them at lesser pree to spectators
who found To their interest to purchase them ana n
them into South Western Georgia, and put them AT
price at which these poor people could buy them' SO
that every poor man bought one or two slaves as ne
could afford IT, just as he would buy an OK or COW
they kept them in their families, ard worked them like
catle the slaves had 10 respect for their MASTER
the slaves have no respect sOr poor man VINO owns
them they all seemed to apologize when they
were asked where they came from; they would
say, I'VE were not raised here they all
dated back 70 better days: they had been
all raised in wealthy families in Virginia or South Car
DINA; this man that been speaking of had been
taken away rom his wife and five children; taken 10
South Western Georgia, and sold to one Nick Wyhe;
Nick Wylie had large number of slaves during the
year Of tire war he had not been on bis own plantation
b.. some 200 miles away perhaps IN the service; Dc
not know; he had oyerseer by the name Of jim Bird
who have been the personifc1ton OF cruety this
negro told me that two years before be married.
after their style of marrying, young woman about II
years old. who was slave on the Wylc plantation
they had child, who was then little over one year
old; this man a blacksmith; while he was at work
few days before his wife had proved unable 10 90 the
task Of spinning which was given her; she was again
within months OF her confinement. and was unable
70 do task she complained that she could not do 1t.
and failed by knot two. as their term was, OF com
pIeting IL; when he home at night from his days
work he found her lying in her hut; she had been
backCd and gagged
O. Describe the processl A. The person is seated
~ no kna ORA nm he hands
under the knees and the stick run Through over tle
arms and under the knees. the hands being tied IN
'front.' that makes them utterly immoyablei then there
is gag put in the month and tied at the back OF the
head: this woman had been treated in that way then
the overseer had come behind her. kicked her on the
ba ck and thrown her over; she had been stripped IN
the mean time for they never whip the negro with the
clothes on; she thrown on her face and lased on
her back that when her husband found her. he said,
she gore Of blood, and she must have been; she
had been united and lying there as she had been
left: he did not tell that he demonstrated very
much suppose he dared not the next day the woman
was ordered again TO her task she was utterly unable
10 do H. and scarcely able 10 stand; she bougt all the
warn she could and make up the eight knots that
she had 10 turn in she failed TO get quite enough fail
ing by knot or half knot; the oyerseer sent
% her the next night, when her task was counted and
she had failed again ordering her to come TO him the
next morning al IOck a. he going 20 whip her;
that he had whipped ncr yet but should do 80 next
morning Arnold then had no way but 70 gather up his
wife walking well as she could ma afie$ nighttime
they started for Americas. II miles below Anderson
vile; thew 20 miles from Americas. IN the
countrv they dared not take the direct road for they
knew that the overseer would mistrust that they had
gone ~ Americas and would oyertake them; they
therefore went around. travelling some ~ or 40 niles
after two DAYS they reached Americas by crcuitods
route: the oycrseer had been there and had warned
the military authorities that he had two runaway
slaves man and q woman. who were coming there,
and ne wanted them returned; think he stated that
he had punished them; they went into Americas
without going direct to the military authorities;
people saw them and that she was lame and hurt,
and they took her in somewhere; he went to WORK tor
people there AZ baeksmithing AT - day. he heard OF
me AZ AndersOnylC and he thought 20 reach me there
he heard there was settlement Of Yankees forming at
Andersonyille he started with his WIFE for after be
ing a week there, SIZE had got little better lie had
been paid for his work in Confederate money and when
he found himself the train, the conductor would not
take that money. and put them both OF; be let the
wife at Americas came TO me at Anlersonyiie, ana
told his story; wrote Immediately 70 the connandln
~ Americas stating the case TO HIM and asking him
TO send sergeant and wagon. or team of some kind
with that man, back Ia Nick Wyhes to get whatever
he had left hc spoke of having lett chickens furniture
bed and bedding and the baby which he had been
obliged 10 leave and to send them to me: lie took the
note 10 the cOmmandant at Americas, and 1t was done
as requested; two days after, the whole assemblaec
drove up In front of my tent Cato. his wife and the
baby the chickens, and the bed and bedding; took
his wife into my tent and examined her back; she was
n Young bright colored woman, little darker than he
with a fair patient face with nothing sulky in her
look; | found across her back IL hshes. or gashcs
partly healed and partly not some Of them cut into the
bone; she must have been whipped with lash half as
large as my little finger II may have been larger; any
of these gashes from eight 20 ten inches in length
the hesh had been cut completely out most OF the way
il had been curling whip; II had cnried around her
arms cut out inside the arm. over the back and the
same on the other side; there were II Of those long
lashes partly healed and partly not; she could not
bear her clothing on her back at the time. except
thrown loosely her shoulders she had got strong
enough be able TO walk but she was feeble and
must have been unable to work before that occurred
she was in no condition TO work.
q. She was in q state OF pregnancy them A. Yes
Sir that the diiiculty she who. from her
face would have rebeed against labor that sue
could have done; Of that j mn satisfied.