Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1857-1858, 1857-09-08
From The Trenton State Gazette. s1st.

once No IS, DeaderIck street
From the Trenton state Gazette, s1st.
Great Excitement AT Burlington. N. r.
Seduction of Young Lady15 years of
sse oy Clergyman The Sedueer
makes his escape.
The citizens of Burlington we're thrown into =.
state OF intense excitement Friday last. by the
circulation of a rumor that Rev Wno p $50
land, of that city, had been guilty of the ciro 80
seduciDg the daughter Of u member Of his church
VINO was turned OF fifteen years of age Aninves.
hgatoD OF the rumor led to the painful coneiusion
that Z was IN all it's enormity too true to be disbe
HeVed- IL appears that on Wednesday ahernoo,
last Sutherland went to the bouse ~ The ;, -
ther Tor bis intended victim to come to him and as
slst some other girls in arranging some books in his
hoFary, 1t having been previously understood that
severa' were 10 meet there for that purpose Tho.
elri not responding to the invitation Sutherland
sent tor her sgein and this second invitation she
unfortunately obeyed. On reacl ing -SutherIand's
mouse, ne iDVited her into the library when she
was surprised to nd herself the only female pres
ent: de Immediately commenced his advances and
1amliarities With her, drew her into chamber and
there succeeded in overcoming her. 1t is very re-
nafkaoie that as the young victim of this mans Sc
auctions was leaving the house. she encountered
S0therands wife, who was just at that moment re-
turning home after an absence Of some DAYS The
vile noticed the flushed and excited appearance of
the girPs counteRance, and asked the cause why
she had been crying &c, to which evasiye answers
were returned, and the outraged child FASTENED
home to the house of her parents. On Thursday
she related to her mother the particulars of the
shame that had been pFacticed upon her and the
mother Immediately waited upon one of the deacons
OF Sutherands church, and related the circumstar-
ces. He Immediately called in a brother deacon.
and they went directly to Sutherland's house where
they informed him of the charge made against him.
Sutherland admitted that he bad taken many Iiber-
ties With the child. but denied the charge of seduc-
ton. His whole onduct and manner however
were such as to convince the two that be was guilty
and they Informed him at once that all further in
tercourse with him, pastor of their Church, was
at an end.
In the meantime the father of the girl was made
acquainted with the atrocious crime, which had
peen peTpetrated on the virtue Of his child. His
evaporation became uncomfortable, and arming
himself Tor the purpose of making summary ven
geance on the destroyer started in pursuit of him
But an intimation to Sutherland that his life was in
danger, enabled him to escape over the back fence
OF his garden, only few minutes in advance of his
justly indignant pursuer.
This clerical hypocrite is about thirty wears of
age, and has been ia charge of a church at Burling
ton, since last year. He went there from Lodi
near Jersey City-but where be is now gone no one
can tell The victim of his arts is barely fifteen
years OF age, and has borne an unblenlisbed char
acter. Her family also are of unimpeached stand
Ing, and enjoy the respect and esteem of all who
know them.
This scandalous act of Sutherland is not the first
which has been laid at his door during his ministry
IN Burlington On the 2lst of july but little over
month ago, hired girl in his family named Te-
resa Gilbert, about twenty-three years of age mads
oath before Alderman Brown, of that CITY, that she
went to reside in his family either in April or Nav
last; that the very first day she was there all the
family but Sutherland being the country on a Wis
It, be invited her into the parlor there to sit down
on the sofa beside him aud read chapter from the
bible to him; he took the book from her and COM
menced handling her person, when she got up and
went out In the yard, saying she was going aWay
apd that TO induce her to stay he promised her gold
rings and a new silk dress, all of which she refused
TO receive that few weeks after this, Sutherland
came into the room where she was combing her
hair, and commenced brushing it for her, but she
knocked the brush back in his hand and at the
same moment his wife came into the room, when
she sent Teresa On an erFand, on returning from
which the wife looked as if she had been CRYING
that on another occasion, when his wife had gone
out to tea, he went into Teresa's chamber where
she then was, laid down On her bed and asked her
20 lay down also; that she refused and threatened
70 raise an alarm that he then jumped up and told
her 80 leave the house, which she refused TO do un
I'll she saw his wife, to whom she related his con-
Cuct to her, but she refused 10 listen to anything in
relation to her husband, and he coming in at the
time, and learning what Teresa had been telling his
VIE, ne took hold OF Teress's arm and threw her
part way down stairs, then followed and kicked her
several times, but that he desIsted being told by
his wife not TO do go.
These charges were investigated by the proper
officers of the church. but were dismissed not be
ing entitled 20 credence. The Developments of the
past week have wrought great change in respect {
10 their truth
We learn from gentleman of Burlington that
the excitement there was very great on Saturday /
hlght, and that there a strong talk of tarring
ana teatherlng Sutherland, if they could fud him.