Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1837-05-17

wv" DC vi TIE SLluSSle. he was IInlIlSul-
ately arrested and brought in, and was
required to give bail 10 the amount of
$40 600. A gentleman stepped forward
and offered to justify to half that amount,
which Justice Bloodgood refused, and
committed the aggressor to BrideweII,
from which he was shortly after baiIed by
his brother in the required amount.
In regard to the case of Mr.. Wheeler,
the following statement from the Plain
dealer, will put the matter in its true light:
The conduct of Justice Bloodgood on
this occasion, as related to US by respect
able eve witness Of it, was most ferocious
and disgraceful. Mr.. Wheeler, is an ex-
ceedingly respectable member of the bar,
and his interference in the ARRAY we I'M
derstand to have been no more than this.
Seeing a poor negro man on he ground,
and some half dozen blood -thirsty-look-
ing fellows kicking and stamping upon
him in most savage manner, he, at the
mere spontaneous and honorable impulse
of benevoIence, intcrfered with view Of
stopping the brutality. He was then furi-
ousIy turned upon, dragged with violence
into the Police Office, and consigned i'm
mediatel Y 10 the BridewelI by Justice
Blood good, Gustice! oh heavent "the quail
ity of justice is not strained") in default of
being able to produce. on the instant the
enormous bill of ten thousand dollars.
Justice Bloodgood, we understand, fur
Their illustrated his notions of justice and the
proper dignity of the bench, by interard-
ing his official charges and maledictons
with the most profane and vulgar oaths
While thus Eliminating the anathemas of
justice from the bench, he had on the ia
bic before hima pair Of enormous pistols,
which he frequently fourished in illustra-
ton Of his discourse. Justice Of old car
ried a sword; but modern justice arms
himself with pistols, which Mr.. Recorder
Rlker thinks very proper sort of weap-
on for private citizens to carry, and OF
course much more SO for a justice on the
bench. Mr.. Justice Blood good, among
many other similar ferocities of speech,
frequently expressed his regret that he had
neglected to take his percussion caps with
him into the Park, as he should have
liked no better sport than to shoot a hall
dozen of the "niggers.'
In regard to the riot itself, the following
remarks are from lions Herald, Meth
odist PAGER, published at Boston:
We have here some of the legitimate
fruits Of the dabolical system of slavery
Here is felIow-man, whose only crime
is "the love Of liberty" which, with a
skin Of different color, would be in him
a virtue, hunted up and down like wild
beast, and that in a country whose loud
/ boastings of liberty have gone to the very
ends Of the earth! How cutting and
whitening the rebuke of European nations
wi no justly accuse US of hypocrtical pre-.
tensions to the love of liberty, and equa
! rights.
On Thursday, the case was again bro'
up. The Recorder said,
That from information which he haC
received from the keeper of the prison anc
others present, he was of the belief tina
no blame could be chcd to hira (the
prisoner) for the attempt to effect his es
+ cape. The prisoner replied, that he was
| forced by the mob out of the hands of thu
officer, and wished to remain in prison
until his case was disposed Of according
to law. In reference to the wea pons fount
upon him, the prisoner admitted having
jack-knite in his possession in prison
which he used for the purpose of cuttin!
: his food; but the dirk he knew nothin!
about Whereupon the Recorder, afte
assuring the accused that the circumstan
ces Of yesterday would not operate agains
him in the mind of the Judge, ordered tn
cause to proceed.
Rev. John A. Williams, black man
being sworn, testified that he is a Metho
) dist preacher, and lives in Forsyth-street
He recolIected seeing the prisoner at
PRAYER meeting the first time, which wa
the year previous TO the first cholera
remembers it from the circumstance c
) his (witness's) wife, having died in July
; 1882, of cholera. Had often seen him a
prayer meetings since, and has no dout
, he is the man.
, Justice BIoodgood interrupted the pro
, ceeedings of the Court by presenting
= couple Of pocket pistols, which he sal
= had been taken from the person Of blac
= man who was disorderly in the Park
} The Recorder from the vehement an
= excited manner of the Justice, though
, that the weapons had been found upon tn
, prisoner, bat upon ascertaining the tru
} state Of the case, he observed that he ha
? no doubt there were many evil-dispose
persons drawn together in the Park, bu
advised the magistrate to be cautious les
= he confound the guilty with the innocent
and that the better way to get along wit
= the business would be for the public off
, GERS to show as little feeling as possible
= The investigation was then resumed,J
, Mr.. Williams was very rudely cross
E examined by thecounsel for the claimant
5 In reply to question, he remarked tia
:. Dirnn did MT onnear Like a slave.