New-York daily tribune., 1857-09-05

We gave, the other day, the First Chapter in the
History of the Great Flogging behind the Second
Pre.by terian Church, in the town of ROgersville,
TenD-a fagellatory event which viii hereafter se-
cure for that edifice, heretofore humble and un-
known, honorable mention in ecclesiastical annals.
We showed how the boy" Of Netherland-Deacon
of the Church aforesaid, End Colonel Of some
regiment, the number and arms Of which are to US
upknown-was properly chastised beneath the
shadow Of the sacred caves. Toe object Of this
whipping was to produce in the :" boy y penitent
frame Of mind; to extract from him a confession of
the name of the bad and eviminded Samaritan
who had helped him to run away. Now, We pro-
pOse-this being one of those cases which demand
proflse details-to give the Second Chapter. The
tongue of the "boy" remained dumb. He groaned
and beloved in the most pusilanimOus manner at
bis stripes, in such loud way in fact,
that the soft-hearted neghbors had serious
thoughts of interfering and of rescuing the weak
minded foggee from the strong armed flogger.
But there WAS certain other "bOy'-venerabe
and silver-headed this "boy" was--and it occurred
to the Deacon and Colonel that this ancient juve-
nile knew something Of the running away and
bidirg Of the frst boy. Boy Anthony bore pecu-
liar relations to Deacon Netherland. In by-gone
days, when that present stern champion of the
PRESBYTERIAN Church was in his swaddling clothes,
Boy Anthony bad helped to nurse him, had played
with him, had carried the sucking Colonel upon his
shoulders hundred times. Certainly poor old
Boy Anthony, under circumstances less pressing
and less dangerous to the Presbyterian Church,
might have hoped for little mercy-a little
recollection of old times-a little yielding
to gentle "reminiscences. But the spirit of
Netherland was up. Here was the Second
Presbyterian Church in Rogersville rocking
to its foundations, to say nothing of the
blessed structure Of our political institutions,
which was vibrating in the most alarming manner.
SO Netterand smothered his emotions, and sternly
subdEed the promptngs of pity, and determined to
extract tie secret from the breast of old Anthony.
He gave him up to be cOaxed by the seductive cat
into confession. Anthony was taken by negro
trader into neiehbOriDg county. 1t was the
blessed Sunday-but the better the day the better
of course the deed They took Anthony into a
stable. He hadn't the honor to be hogged behind
the Second Church, but he did have the honor to
be hoeged in a stable. And in a similar edifce,
about nineteen centuries ago, Oar Savior was
Graded. Anthony was carried into loft, and the
ceremonies commenced. This holy and acceptable
living sacrifice was stripped naked, stretched on
plank, his arms tied together under the plank, his
feet to post, bis head was also tied forward to
brace, so that the Old Boy could not move at
al. Now for the instrument Of floggDg. 1t was
no common utensil. 1t was no vulgar cato nine.
tails 1t was carpenters saw. Carpenters are
.criptlrally classical Joseph was carpenter.
Hence the propriety of using saw. It's Missis-
sippi invention, and all honor to the gallant State
which introduced it. Well, they were rather hard
upon the Boy. The neighbors closed their windows
that they might not hear his cries. The women
whimrered-as women will-till the owner of the
stable nterfered with further proceedings, probably
being ashamed to have them noticed by his horses.
The trader was Disguised, and carried Anthony Of
to have bis polishing completed in Rutledge. The
slave went into fits, but for all these, he took him
to Jail, ami the whippiDgs were renewed. The
sheriff interfered. The stony hearted jaor inter-
fered. So the whipper was compelled to break off,
and Anthony, after waiting week to be healed,
returned upon-by singular coincidence-upon
Il Sabbath evening
Now, il is quite a remarkable fact, that in the
opinion of the neighbors all this labor of the trader
was i'll expended, and that Boy No. , knew nothing
of Boy No. |, his fugacities and hidings. Hence,
all this perspration this exertiOn, aud even this
Sabbath.breakipg, was labor lost. Because, if Boy
No. had nothing to tell-and it is certain that 10
spite of his tortures he did tel nOthlng-what was
the use of whipping him 1t was sheer squander.
pr Of saws, blood, muscles and whips to say nothing
Of the needless narrowing of Col Netherlands feel
ipes. However, the Colonel showed himself to be
regular Roman. lie did not vince when poor An
tbopy dragged his mangled body home on that Sun
day evening He snapped his fingers at the Rev.
Samuel Sawyer, when that weak minded priest
csnsured him. He defended the deed He called
upop the Church to dismiss the Rev. Samuel, aud
the Church obeyed. And thus ends the Second
Ctapter in the History OF the Great Rogersville
Floognc. We have written it in no lightness of
spirit. if with some Eghtness of speech. There are
some human inconsistencies and fobles so terrible
and degrading that we greet them with laughter
which is akin to tears
The last sitting but oae of the Commons before
their proroeat;on was seized upon By Lord Palmer.