Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1838-11-14
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VT. ANTI-SLAvERY SocIETV.--A
Semi-Annual Meeting of this Society took
place in Montpelier on the Gath inst. Mr..
Alvan Stewart, distinguished & eloquent
advocate, was present from New York,
and with other gentlemen addressed the
Society. The following resolutions were
adopted VergenDes Vermonter.
Resozred, That the system of Slavery, by which
to his irresponsible control, is alike repugnant to
the will Of God, the precepts of the Gospel, and the
declaration of our National Independence.
Resoloed, That slave-holding being in itself, both
a moral and political evil-a sin against God and
an outrage upon the rights of man, no Circumstance
es whatevercan justify its continuance, and it ought
therefore in all cases to be Immediately repented
of and abolished.
ResoEred, That the alleged piety of the master,
so far from being any palliation OF the sin of slave
holding, is but an aggravation of the offence, as by
reason of his reputation he makes the practice
honorable among men, and affords a plausible justi-
fcation for all the cruelty which is the natural re-
suit of the system.
RESOLVED, That those ministers, professors of
colleges, c~hurch-members, politicians, and all 9TH
ers at the north who justify the continuance Of the
system, in any way apologize for il, or by any means
attempt to arrest the increasing tide Of public in
dignation against it, are scarcely less guilty than
the STAKEHOLDER of the South.
R~esoIUed, That it is our duty kindly, but faithful
ly, to admOnish all shareholders who come among
us, of their guilt, SO far as it may be in our power,
and endeayor by all christian means to convince
them of their error. But to hold christian COM
muuion and fellowship with such, who, after being
thus admonished, manifest not the fruits of repent
ance, would be to reconcile them to their unholy
practice, to lull their conscience, and endanger yet
more their souls, as well as do great injustice to
our brethren in bonds.
Resolred, That as slavery in the District of CO.
lumbia and the slave-trade between the states are
! within the legislative jurisdiction of Congress, and
as a majority of Congress from the on-slave-hold-
ing states; therefore the voters of these States are
responsible for the guilt and reproacll which attach
es to us a nation. for their longer continuance.
Physiognomy Of experimenting
fact. A trifing wager was decided a
short time since between MI. Richard Mat
hews, of Huxham, and Mr. Nipple, OF
Reeway, In the parish Of Rowe, which
proves the accuracy of memory and power
of observation possessed by the latter gen.
tleman in the physiognomy of sheep. Mr..
Nipple engaged to take sixty ewes pro.
~miscuously out of his flock, and to have
their lambs penned offfrom them at a dis.
lance out of sight, and to go to the ewes,
fix upon them, and proceed to the lambs
belonging to the ewes, pointed out, and,
0ice versa, to take a laub, and go and
pointou the dam amongst the ewes. The
ewes and lambs were accordingly penned
off separately. An eve was taken out Of
the pen by the umpires, and MI. w. direct.
| Ivy rYonf onI coIaoto1 kho 1oooL lal~----
10 her; the judges were Immediately sat
isied by the maternal tokens of recognl
ton of the fact; a lamb was hen brought
out, and he went Immediately and Sc.
lected the eve that owned it. Another
eve was taken out, and Mr.. Nipple said
that w has two lambs, "and he proceed
ed till 40 out of60 had been tried, the
spectators declaring themselves surprised
and perfectly satisfied with the trial. One
instance was very extraordinary. A laml
was selected, and he said to the boy ,"gc
and fetch an eve with tuft of wool grow
ing out of her neck.' 1t was fetched ane
proved to be the dam. This wonderful
instance Of memory and observation wa:
proved before Mr.. May, MI. J.. PLAYER
Mr.. Mathews, andMr. Moxhay. Western
Luminary.]
The small pox is said to be raging tc
a dreadful extent amongst the Choctaw
and Chickasaw Indians. A great MANY
have already fallen victims to it.
The Montreal Herald estimates the non
alation of Lower Canada at about five hun.
dred and twenty thousand, that of Upper
Canada at three hundred ond fifty thou.
sand and the number of French in both
provinces at forty thousand. The popu-
lation of Nova.Scotia. New Brunswick
Prince Edwards island, and New Found.
land, is said to be about three hundred
thousand.
LAND SL1DEs.-The low stage of wa.
ter has occasioned the caying in of the
earth at the landing Of almost every .owr
on the banks of the Mississippi. The frs
accident Of the kind occur red at New Or.
leans, which swallowed up a portion O
the wharves along the Picayune Tier
The mex happened at Vicksturg, & more
recently the Free Trade describes two 9th
er land-slides at Rodney and Natchez. In
the latter place the land had cracked in
two places near the cotton press, and ex.
tended nearly as low down as the Steam.
Boot Hotel. The walls of the cotton
warehouse erected near the press, were
cracked considerably, and it is supposed
they will have to be removed. A gentle.
man direct from Rodney, states that a por.
ton OF the town had fallen into the river,
and that two houses had actually been de.
stroyed by the landslide or caving of the
bank. No tidings Of q similar disaste q,
Grand Gulf has as yet reached US, aud
protected as that place is, by the rocky a.
butments oil the Gulf Hills. there isa prob.
ability that it may escape the threatened