Mr. SAMUEL HALL, a teacher in Marietta College, Ohio, says, in a recent letter:—­

“A student in Marietta College, from Mississippi, a professor of religion, and in every way worthy of entire confidence, made to me the following statement. [If his name were published it would probably cost him his life.]

“When I was in the family of the Rev. James Martin, of Louisville, Winston county, Mississippi, in the spring of 1838, Mrs. Martin became offended at a female slave, because she did not move faster.  She commanded her to do so; the girl quickened her pace; again she was ordered to move faster, or, Mrs. M. declared, she would break the broomstick over her head.  Again the slave quickened her pace; but not coming up to the maximum desired by Mrs. M. the latter declared she would see whether she (the slave) could move or not:  and, going into another apartment, she brought in a raw hide, awaiting the return of her husband for its application.  In this instance I know not what was the final result, but I have heard the sound of the raw-hide in at least two other instances, applied by this same reverend gentleman to the back of his female servant.”

Mr. Hall adds—­“The name of my informant must be suppressed, as” he says, “there are those who would cut my throat in a moment, if the information I give were to be coupled with my name.”  Suffice it to say that he is a professor of religion, a native of Virginia, and a student of Marietta College, whose character will bear the strictest scrutiny.  He says:—­

“In 1838, at Charlestown, Va.  I conversed with several members of the church under the care of the Rev. Mr. Brown, of the same place.  Taking occasion to speak of slavery, and of the sin of slaveholding, to one of them who was a lady, she replied, “I am a slaveholder, and I glory in it.”  I had a conversation, a few days after, with the pastor himself, concerning the state of religion in his church, and who were the most exemplary members in it.  The pastor mentioned several of those who were of that description; the first of whom, however, was the identical lady who gloried in being a slaveholder!  That church numbers nearly two hundred members.

“Another lady, who was considered as devoted a Christian as any in the same church, but who was in poor health, was accustomed to flog some of her female domestics with a raw-hide till she was exhausted, and then go and lie down till her strength was recruited, rising again and resuming the flagellation.  This she considered as not at all derogatory to her Christian character.”

Mr. JOEL S. BINGHAM, of Cornwall, Vermont, lately a student in Middlebury College, and a member of the Congregational Church, spent a few weeks in Kentucky, in the summer of 1838.  He relates the following occurrence which took place in the neighborhood where he resided, and was a matter of perfect notoriety in the vicinity.