Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1836-05-19

tanned QuOtdtlODS rom speech OF the rev
Robert N. Anderson in letter to an &C.
clesiastical body in the South, and aletter
from the Rev. Vim. J. Armstrong dis
claiming all participation in the doctrines
and measures of abolitionlsts and accus-
ed the head of the Post Office Depart
ment of having betrayed the high trust
committed to its hands, under the plea
that we owe a higher obligation to the
community than to the laws! 1t adverted
with censure and sarcasm to the response
made bv northern merchants to the ap-
peals and demands of the South on the do
ings and designs of the abolitionists, and
the conduct of the New Y ork Legislature
in seeking to propitiate the South and OBJ
tain southern votes by stab at one of our
literary institutions
In noticing the proceedings of Con-
gress on the anti-slavery petitions pre-
scented, the report spoke with severity of
the treachery of northern members on
that subject, and advised that list ofsuch
men be preserved by every friend of the
abolition cause. After noticing the forma-
ton of new slave states, and the design of
rendering the Texas excitement subservi-
ent to the perpetuation and extension of
slavery, the report concluded by rally
ing appeal to all the friends of abolition,
exhorting them to unite their efforts and
exert their energy to meet the great crisis
which had now arisen.
Thomas Shipley, Esq. of Philadelphia,
moved the following resolution:
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accepted and approved, and that it be en-
Joined on the executive committee to pub
fish the same, as far as possible, through
out the length and breadth of the land.
From the N. Y Evangelist
THRILLING ANEcDoTE.
Just as the great anti-slavery meeting
on Tuesday was about to close, Mr. Alvan
Stewart arose, and begged the attention of
the audience to an authentic anecdote of
the escape of slave which he was sure
was we'll worth their staying just three
minutes to hear.
years ago, there lived man, black but
noble, giant in strength, and in form an
Apollo Belvidere, about 35 years of age a
slave, with wife and four children, also
slaves. The love of liberty burned ire
pressible in his bosom, and he determined
to escape, and free his wife and children,
at every hazard. He had heard of Cana
! da, as place where the laws made every
man free, and protected him in his free
dom. But of its situation, or the road
: thither, or the geography of the intermedi-
ate country, he knew nothing. A benev-
client Quaker, however, helped him on his
way by night as far as he dared, and then
: told him he could do no more for him, but
commend him to God and the north star
Pointing him to the beautiful pole-star,
t riding high in the heavens, he told him
10 steer his course by that star, until he
: found himselfin Canada. The slave pro-
q ceeded, lay in the woods by day, and trav-
: eled by night, subsisting himself and fami-
# ly as well as he could, on the fruits and
It roots he could find, crossing the Savannah
e and other rivers, and carrying his wife
d and children by almost superhuman ef-
7 forts, passed through the states of South
| and North Carolina and Virginia, crossed
d Pennsylvania without even knowing that
d it was the land of the Qua1ers; and final
: ly, after six weeks of toll and hardship, he
: reached Buffalo.
: Here he placed his wife and children in
r the custody ofa tribe of Indians in the
S neighborhood, for the poor man will al
J. ways be the poor mans friend, and the op-
S pressed will stand by the oppressed. The
o man proceeded to town, and as he was
n passing through the streets, he attracted
d the notice of a colored barber, also a man
;, of great bodily power. The barber step
r, ped up to hin, put his hand on his shout
J. der, and says, Il know you are runa-
y way slave, but never fear, am your
IT friend" The man confessed he was from
e Georgia, when the barber said, Your
/ master inquired about you to-day, in my
G shop, but do not fear, have friend who
Of keeps livery stable and will give US, g
n carriage as soon as night comes, to carry
your family beyond the reach Of mas,
6 ter
g AS the ferry boat does not run across
lr the Niagara river in the night, by day
break they were at the ferry house, and
OF rallied the ferryman to carry them to the
lie Canada shore. They fastened to the
s, boat, and just as they were about to let go
}; the master was seen, on his foaming horse
d. with pistol in hand, calling out to the fer
- ryman to stop and set those people ashore
D. or he would blow his brains out.
p The stout barber, quick as thought
Is said to the ferryman, If you don't pu
I'd of this instant, I'll be the death of you;''-
10 and the ferryman, thus threatened on bod
IS, sides, cried to God to have mercy on hi
s. soul, and said, IF must die, will die
a doing right" and CUT THE ROPE.
K The powerful current of the Magyar;
n 1890 LIZ, Lat IL i