“Some days after the above trial, (which by the way did not come to an ultimate decision, as I believe) I was present in my brother’s office, when Judge Turner, in a long conversation with my brother on the subject of his trials with his wife, said, ’That woman has been the immediate cause of the death of six of my servants, by her severities!

“I was repeatedly told, while I was there, that she drove a colored boy from the second story window, a distance of 15 to 18 feet, on to the pavement, which made him a cripple for a time.

“I heard the trial of a man for the murder of his slave, by whipping, where the evidence was to my mind perfectly conclusive of his guilt; but the jury were two of them for convicting him of manslaughter, and the rest for acquitting him; and as they could not agree were discharged—­and on a subsequent trial, as I learned by the papers, the culprit was acquitted.”

Rev. THOMAS SAVAGE, of Bedford, New Hampshire, in a recent letter, states the following fact: 

“The following circumstance was related to me last summer, by my brother, now residing as a physician, at Rodney, Mississippi; and who, though a pro-slavery man, spoke of it in terms of reprobation, as an act of capricious, wanton cruelty.  The planter who was the actor in it I myself knew; and the whole transaction is so characteristic of the man, that, independent of the strong authority I have, I should entertain but little doubt of its authenticity.  He is a wealthy planter, residing near Natchez, eccentric, capricious and intemperate.  On one occasion he invited a number of guests to an elegant entertainment, prepared in the true style of southern luxury.  From some cause, none of the guests appeared.  In a moody humor, and under the influence, probably, of mortified pride, he ordered the overseer to call the people (a term by which the field hands are generally designated,) on to the piazza.  The order was obeyed, and the people came.  ‘Now,’ said he, ’have them seated at the table.  Accordingly they were seated at the well-furnished, glittering table, while he and his overseer waited on them, and helped them to the various dainties of the feast.  ‘Now,’ said he, after awhile, raising his voice, ’take these rascals, and give them twenty lashes a piece.  I’ll show them how to eat at my table.’  The overseer, in relating it, said he had to comply, though reluctantly, with this brutal command.”

Mr. HENRY P. THOMPSON, a native and still a resident of Nicholasville, Kentucky, made the following statement at a public meeting in Lane Seminary, Ohio, in 1833.  He was at that time a slaveholder.