Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1839-06-19

ma, while the Atlantic happened 10 lie De-
tween the gully man, and the scene Of his
crimes. Soon after Mahan's arrest, Great
house, whose property he was charged with
feeding, (what crime , offered TO secure
his release for $500. The reply was,
shall never give that A few days after,
only $14o0 was required. What! says
Mahan, $500 in as many days! That is
making money fast here in prison! Still {
demur' He continued TO grow rich at this |
rate, till only 500 were demanded. Cant
give it, was the reply. What will you
give ! not 25 cents ? Thus ended the ne
gotiation. The suit on the civil process is
| still pending. He has already expended
$1,000. Greathouse is a despicable fellow
Some time ago he was prosecuted for steal
ing fifty dollars. BY giving lawyer a
thousand dollars, sending one witness to st.
Louis another to Pittsburgh, and hiring a
man to drown third, he deprived himself
of the privilege of enjoying sunshine thro'
iron CRATES.
There was but one feeling in relation TO
the black laws. They were Indignantly
trodden under foot. They are a nugatery
blot, dead letter on the statute book. A
resolution of an auxiliary society declared,
We will never ask the legislature. to whom
we may give loaf Of bread, or cup of
cold water But one sentiment was ex-
lpressed in relation TO this refinement of
despotism.' We will yield obedience to
the commands of high Heaven, and hold
that man despicably vile who will obey the
hell-originated laws of last winter
Atthe last senatorial election, Morris was
rejected, because he held imam was born
E FREE Tappan was not cursed with. such
an unpopular opinion, hence he was chosen.
! DIR. Campbell, of Brown Co., said, 80 years
: ago, the times were different. was tnen
a candidate for the assembly, and having re-
Gently removed from Kentucky, was charg-
ed with being friendly to slavery, and did
not get hundred votes Next year de-
clared my opposition to the system, and
was elected by~a majority of several hune
reds
Titus Basfeld, colored man, was at the
/ meeting. In 1885 he paid money to hi:
e master in Tennessee for the soul and the
: body that God had given him twenty -fou
e years before without price He has hat
| tho birh honor of ha;po. oono5 T., D..:J.-
!, Jackson. His mother and sisters are We
g writing in the fires of the internal region:
: of American Slavery He delivered ;
speech, not the most eloquent it is true, bu
e the thoughts would not have disgraced {
t, head covered with straighter hair than his
: A friend of one of the members of the con
n vention was recently in ew-Orleans. II
It cofhe of slaves exposed for sale, he saw
S six beautiful young ladies. My blood run,
cold A fugitive from Georgia has told m,
to day, that Two thirds of the slaves ar,
mulattoes. Slaves bow the knee and 90 a
the bidding of their own brothers and sis
ters. Horrible! may we be delivered from
The delegates from the borders of Ken
lucky, are well acquainted with the work
:. lngs Of the patriarchal system; but theil
. account is not very fascinating. They con
slider those men clothed with little briei
authority and their imps who recapture flu
gitives, a feculum of beings the most alb
ject, degraded and unprineipled' Not Ions
since four slaves escaped from Kentucky
three belonging to pious widow and one
to Col. Johnson, Ca relative of the Vice
President. Johnson is kind fellow, aHc
sale, | don't care, if all mine run away.
front 60 after them. He gave a bill Of sale
: to some individuals, and they offered $500
: reward, the good widow $500. The were
re-taken, but Ter pous soul shuddered at the
thought of selling them for the far south
: She disposed of them in the vicinity, bu
: they were soon re-sold, and sent down
down to that hell on earth, the low coun.
tries.
!. A brotherly and conciliatory spirit lives
in the bosoms of Ohio abolitionists. The
majority even yield to the feelings of the
: minority. J. G. Birney, one of the bust
: ness committee, presented a resolution, de-
! claring that aboliuonists ought to vote
f Some Covenanters, warm friends of the
! slave, cannot take the oath of allegiance.
therefore do not vote. The resolution was
: modified SO as to except those who have
conscientious scruples in the matter. Hi
ram Wilson, the apostle of the self-exiled