Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1836-10-05

DEATH OF THOMAS SHIPLEY.- Our
readers may ask, who was Thomas Ship
ley2 He was not Bonaparte, an, Alex
ander, or Cesar He was philanth-o-
pist of the Society of Friends, beloved by
all who knew him and had hearts to
love what is lovely in human character and
human action In his death the cause of
peace and the cause of human rights have
sustained no small loss. He was emphati- |
cally the friend of theeolored man. His
loss is just occasion of weeping to this
oppressed class throughout our country.
They do weep. A correspondent of the
Liberator informs US that those who had
lived in the vicinity with him, lin Phila-
phia,) assembled at his funeral by hum
dreds. He was borne from his residence
to his grave on their shoulders Precious
memorials Far more desirable than ali
the parade made over the mightiest war
rior that ever split human blood Peace
to the ashes of the peace maker
Thomas Shipley, lin obedience to Deut.
XIII. Is, l6,) was remarkable for his phi
lanthropic interposition in behalf Of the
escaped victims from American bondage :.
and in this most natural and humane work
he was greatly successful. An instance
is now in mini that occurred Just after the
close Of the Anti.S!avery Convention in
1888. The general facts, according to
the best Of onr memory were these:
A slave who had escaped f. ON slave
State. & married a wife in Philadelphia by
whom he now had two or three children,
was discovered, seized and about to be re-
manded to go back into bondage There
he was in chains, bis wife with her little
ones by her side looking on and waiting
the decisiont in dreadful agony, Just at
that moment THOMAS SH1PLEY, who was
rarely absent from such scene in Phila-
delphia, was observed to leave the court
suddenly. He went to the proper author
tiles and suggested to them that now was
their time to strike if they would secure
the maintenance Of the wife and children
who were about to be left public charge.
The magistrates bestirring themselves at
once, required heavy bonds of the kidnap-
per for the support of those whom he
was about to reduce to pauperism. Take
your nlgger-'ake your nigger," vocif:
Grated the miscreant souldriver." The
chains were stricken from the captive,
and he was restored to liberty, his family
and friends
This was one of multitude ofThomas
Shiplry's kindred acts. The blessing Of
them that have been ready to perish will
rest on his memory. He departed on the
24th of September He was the second to
fall, Of the stztyone who signed the Dec
laratlon Of AntiSlavery sentiments in
1888. Evan Lewis, member ofanother
branch of the same religious society went
before him. Amidst all the commotion,
'umu't and violence, fJ7y-nine are yet pre-
served Some have been in the furnace
others in the very jaws of the lions, but
perfect deliverance has ALWAYS been
wrought. Surely the hand Of the Lord is
in all this.
"Poetry tcT'tten for the TtIegraph"-|
The young gentleman who left us two
pieces OF poetry for the Telegraph, and
who made an extra effort to claim and Sc
cure to himself the authorship by heading
WITH "Poetry for the Telegraph written
oy'-there giving his own initials land
closing with, "Written by"--(here signing
his name lis informed that the former of
the two pieces was written by" HENRY
kIRKE WHITE" and may be found in the
Supplement to "Wincheps Watts" No