New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-08-22
WY A MINISTER LEFT HIS CHURCH.
Brutal. OUTRAGES ON SLAVES.

BRC IAls IkAGES ON SlBANES.
The Rev. Samuel Sawyer, graduate OF the New
York Union Theological Seminary, and for the past
nine wears pastor of the Second Presbyterian Church.
Rogersvlle East Tenn recently driven from his
church in consequence OF his course In regard TO the
beating of slave named Anthony, by bis MASTER one
Col Netherland, an elder in bis church.
The Col. Netherand, whose brutality is so disgust
y shown has been elected delegate to the Secession
Convention called by Dr. Ross and other Pro slavery
meet at Richmond on the 9th inst.
Ii appears that a slave, formerly belonging to the
CHILDREN of DR.. Ross, owned by Col Netherland
and was sold in 1885, to be sent to Mississippi Rather
than 90 "down South" the negro ran off to the
woods and remained concealed for more than year,
until found ard brought back by some hunters He
was then handed over by Col N, with his chains on.
the church, in field aud there in the presence OF a
crowd of spectators, beat him with over $50 blows,
laid OIL with leather strap nailed to a board while
the slave was tied down his back. naked and blind
folded. The trader whipped him 10 make nm confess
who had baIbored him. and probably would have
beaten him til Saturday night, II such an excite
mept had not been caused by the first nssllment OF
scourging.
But this was not the worst; Col. Netherand owned
an old greyhaired slave, who had nursed hi i'm 10 in-
fancy and suspectin. that he knew more about the
runaway ard who had harbored him than he chose 10
tell he handed him over TO the same negro-rader, TO
be taken to peghboriug county, aud there beaten,
AT discretion, to made him confess.
The trader took the old man TO place called Bean
Station in the next county Granger, and there on
Sunday morning, in Q stable on the public highway,
stripped ard tied him naked on plank, strapped his
feet 10 post ar tied his head forward to brace,
and then whipped him by striking hun with carpen-
ters hand-saw, Mississippi way, which raises large
bisteIs and bursts them cutting the hide In pieces
He whipped him that Sunday till the neghbos closed
their doors-whipped him I'LL the neigtbors put down
their windows and closed their curtans-whpped him
t the women driven wild by hearing the blows and
the pegros agonZDg cries Tor mercy ced ou against
lsola bo. "A mot -fo he q
return him TO Court-tl the landlord OF the tavern
after hearing in silence the nicOn Of at least three
hundred blows with the saw, went to him aud told
him that be must put sop TO it-thst be himself was
liable 10 indictment for suffering such things on his
premises. and that be was unwilling TO bear It any
Tor ger The trader became very angry at this inter.
ference and told the landlord that he I'd sent boy
10 get bundle Of whips TO ecourge the negro BAG
saw and finally finding be could not 60 on, he tum'
bed the negro into his wagon, IN disgust the Bean
Station people, and went to Rutedge.
The slave bad two FITS consequence OF the beat
ing but Notwithstanding the trader tied nun up ass,n
in Rutledge JAIL while the Jailor who would hardly
have allowed III was away and beat hun with three
sticks from LOOM the raw flesh, until ne was
tired. and then told him lie would try it again the ne 1t
day The Inspectors however refused to let the jan
be used for such purposes, and the negro was sen,
bome in a week-no information having been obtained
from him. p,.;uo
Tbereupon a great excitement at Rogersvlle,
and the Church Session mildly requested Col Netner-
land 10 come forward and show he not responsible
for the outrage He refused TO do this; declared he
had right to beat his negroes as much as he cnose
or have Il done that churches had nothing TO DO with
poli,ies and finally wound up by declaring Mr. Sawyer
an Abolitionist and that be must leave. Mr. sawyer
| thinking that the Church would be divided II he
STAYED and his friends being too much afraid OF being
called "Abolitonsts if they stood up Tor him. re-
signed the charge Of this Church with It's most rgnt
| eous elder, and came away. ,
Nothing has been done with Netherlaud the
trader and they are supported by the Pro-Slavery
strength Of the reghborhood, who stand together or
all euestions OF this kind and who declare that il