Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1836-08-11
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Runaray SIares--arrest Of judgment
Two female slaves recently run away
from their masters in Baltimore, who, sus-
pecting they had secreted themselves Oh
board of Boston packet which had sail.
ed, sent an agent on here to arrest them on
the arrival of the packet, which was &C
cordingl y done. They were committed to
Jail as fugitive slaves.
The trial commenced before the su-
prone court to-day: and as Judge Shaw
was delivering his charge number Of
co'ored PEOPLE entered the court room and
seized the slaves, Immediately conveyed
them out of the court, and ran for school
street. where hackney coach was in
waiting. The slaves were put into it, and
it drove of with all possible speed. The
Jud &c we learn was about to decide in ia
for Of the slaves, Lut the agent was present
to arrest them On a nonsuit All the po-
lice officers are pursuing the rtngIeaders,
and number will be arrested. The city
is now in consi lerab!e cxcitemcn: on the
subject.
Cticd e. Schenectady Rdil-Rood.--This
great railroad commenced operations in
earnest on Tuesday morning last. There
had been passing of cars up and down for
week or more, previously, by way Of exper-
iment; and on Monday Mr. Van Buren,, the
Vice-President, came up with three hundred
gentlemen from Albany, took dinner, and
returned the same day; but not until the I'd
inst was the grand opening made. We
saw the locomotive move out of the depot
with twelve beautiful cars filed with pas
sengers-twenty- -four and twenty-five In
each-in fine style, in the presence of an i'm
mensc concourse ofspectators. This is the
largest railroad in the United States. The
travel on it must be immense. Shortly all
the travel from Upper Canada to n. y ork,
as we'll as from the north and west, must be
on this road. The stock, consequently,
must be very yalua b!e.-N \. Bap. Regr.
"Jan,es Madison has bequeathed $4,000
to the American Colonization Society, of
which he was member"
Why did he not bequeath to. his slaves
their freedom, OF which they have been
worth more to them than thousands of dol
lars, and done more good to the world than
the above bequest. This shows however,
that the object of the friends of colonization
is, not to remedy slavery or benefit the
slaves, but to get rid of the free colored pop
ulation among them.-Bufalo Spec.
Teachers Seminary in Ulino1s.-A
seminary for the education of common
school teachers is about to be established In
Waverly, Morgan county
This town has recently been laid out,
twenty miles from Jacksonville, on the
stage route to Vandalia, and is owned by
C. J. Salter & Co. 1t is delightfully."- sit
uated on high, rolling, healthy prairie,
and the view of the surrounding coun-
try is extensive and exceedingly pictur-
esque.
Adjoining the town the proprietors have
agreed to deed to the trustees GAO acres Of
land-one half of which will be dona-
ton, and the other half put at 81 Is per
acre. They also agree to give for the
purposes of the seminary, ten per cent oil
the net proceeds arising from the sales o.
a portion of the lots. In the centre Of the
town are two large open areas. separated
from each other by road. Fronting these
and On the highest part Of the town plat
eight lots are reserved as the site of the
institution. In this respect it viii resem
bic the celebrated site Of Yale College