Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1838-11-28
From the Emancipator.
Death of a Young AboIitiOnist.

following account of the death of his eld-
est son last year. | takethe liberty ofcop-
ylng it from letter from Mr.. Stru9e.
l.. L. |
,"Though born amids' slavery he dclest- /
edlt Often did my heat cxait at The deep /
love of liberty which he felt. 1t was in
h'm' though young, pure and lovely |
PANE, put it consumed him. The thought |
that the members of nv church would set
their people free overcame him. When
ne heard that all had agreed, he drew me
a ship in full sail, with liberty on her flag,
chasing two slavers, and on her pendant,
Slavery must fall" He bounded away
with heart too full That night the fe-
yer took him and during his deliriun the
same feeling formed all his thoughts, and
was all his converse. La his lucid inter-
walls he spake of Jesus, earnestly prayed to
be accepted through his precious blood
and believe was heard in these accents
for pardon. Thus died my brightest earth
ly hope at the age oftwelve years"
From the Emancipator.
Able to Support Themselves.
When MIR. Joseph Surge, of England,
was in this city on his way from the West
Indies to England, he made the following
statements
In Jamaica proprietor told him that it
was considered good days work for
slaue to clear 70 or so coffee trees of
weeds, with hoe, but by paying task
work under the apprenticeship system, a
man and woman cleaned 500 trees in a
day, and boy $50 trees in one instance
f So much for free over slave labor
Mr.. Surge said that during his stay in
the West Indies he did not see a single
negro intoxicated. and practitioner of
medicine told him that during all his prac-
tlce he had never seen a negro woman
. drunk
t In jamaica the negroes contributed
D $4,000 currency, towards building meet
t nghouse. On one occasion the preach
f er told his congregation that if any Of
S them were inclined to contribute towards
repairing the chapel they might leave
their contributions in the vestry, and as
: he supposed they had not come prepared
: he would not send around the collection
| boxes. A sum equal to ESQ sterling was
e Immediately left in the vestry! S. A.
: From the Baltimore American of yesterday.
CANADIAN ExILEs. The schooner
. Perseverance, from Bermuda, having OIL
board number ofthose who were eXileC
; by Lord Durham from the Canadas, arriv
: ed in Hampton Roads on Thursday eve
ming last Among the exiles are DIR. Mel
son, the most prominent of the insurgents
n and DR.. Bouchette, editor of the Quotid
1t enne, published in Montreal, land eight of tn
st ers of lesser note. They have gone on /
: the North.
0 The persons alluded to arrived in this eli
e yesterday, and we learn this morning
J. that Messrs. Theller and Dodge, who r.
is Gently escaped fromthe citadel of Quebec
is are also in this city.-N Y. Com. Ado.
We perceive, by the last Richmon
u. Herald, that the notorious Slack, who tw
- or three years since visited this city an
g vicinity soliciting money under the pre-
lie tence of raising funds for literary inst
It tuition near Montreal, is perambulating tn
III State Of Virginia under the same pretenc,
except he has changed the location of b
M institution from Montreal, to Georgetown
ID. G. The frequent exposures of h
v conduct do not seem to daunt his couran
IN IN the least Christian Watchman.
'er THE LIVERPOOL. Great alarm is fe
lty for the safety Of this steamship. She le
* Liverpool on the goth ult and was expec
od ed 10 have arrived at New York about tn
an 7th inst. She has So passengers on boar
an Among whom are Mr.. John Van Bure
in B. B. Thatcher, Esq. of Boston, and II
hat eldest son Of Mr. Butler. the late Attorne
ion General. The Collectors, Of New Yor
the and Boston have very properly despatch
lch ed the Revenue Cutters to proceed in Il
the direction Of the Great Banks in quest
her-ChriStjan Watchmon.
DO Discovery OF A New CoNTINEN
NJ. Dabouzel, an officer attached to t
,ua French expedition TO the South Pole, h
81 written a letter, dated Valparaiso, Mar
"a 80, confirming the details given by NJ.
- d UrvilIe. A new circumstance me
so ~ toned by him is the discovery of a nt
~ continent to the south of Shetland. V
' carefully explored and determined sa
;rr that officer, forty leagues Of coast, n
ID withstanding the surrounding ice. III
fr' discovery is real service to nautical a
mo geographical science ...
9TH FROM CHINA Canton dates to
the Oath Of July have been received by
IS of ship Splendid, at New York. The Bl
rup- ish Government has directed the Admi
dia- commanding on the East India station
o Of resist the orders from Pekin for the
lese pulson of the foreign merchants, and
L. cause one or more OF his ships frequen
ated to visit China, and to take an early OPP
tunity to visit it himself with his flag Sd