Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1839-06-05

crop here will be at least one fourth more
this year, than 1t has been for the last
twenty years.
BeAevoseAce OF Emancipated Slaves.
The free colored people of Jamaica
have all been free ever since the LIST of Au-
gust, 1888. Mr. Ingraham, an excellent
young missionary. is now preaching a.
mong them. Two young men from this
country have been there with him A
few weeks ago, they came home. The
Night before they started, one of them at
tended meeting of the colored people to
whom Mr.. Ingraham breaches. He told
them of the slaves in the United States,
and what the Anti. Slavery Society were
doing TO get them free. He then asked
them if they would like to do something
for the slaves. Yes, yes, yes" they re-
piled. in all parts ofthe house.
"And what will you do?"
II will give three dollars" said a man
who receives but ninety dollars year,
out of which he Supports himself and fam
| lily.
II will give two dollars and half''
said another, who is not receiving so
much.
A woman who works in the field for
twenty-five cents a day gave a dollar.
Others contributed different sums till the
whole amounted to forty-thTee dollars
They know how to pity the slaves be
cause they had felt what slavery was. Ii
they had felt as many do, how easy could
they have found an excuse for not giving
They might have said they had beenslaves
all their lives, and now they wanted to en-
ljoy themselves. Or, they might have said
| they had not money enough for their own
comfort. They made none of these ex.
cuses, but when they heard that human
beings were in slavery. they freely die
what they could to release them.
| Reader, do you no; think you ought e
| do more than these poor colored people
dido Have you done as much2-Y Youth
Cabinet.
| We understand that the grand jury
have found bills against those individual
who were arrested on charge of selling
lottery tickets. 1t is stated that Their
were thirteen Offices 10 this city at which
tickets were sold.-N Y Spec.
AT a meeting of the Trustees of tn
N. Fl. Asylum for the Insane. held i
this town on Thursday last, we under
stand that Drs. Bell, Woodward, an
I Rockwell, the same gentleman named 70
that purpose by the members of the Co
, poration, were appointed committee |
) select proper location for the Institution
A committee was appointed also, for tn
purpose OF receiving proposals from III
7 several towns relative to the location
! The transfer of the State stock, we are il
S formed, has been made, and the objects
] the Corporation are TO be carried forwar
D Immediately The friends of this bene-
: client enterprise cannot but be grati6s
s with this NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
: The Legislature of Pennsylvania il
vites the consideration of that of Ney
York to an effort to connect the canals
! the two States, at point that will enab
= the one State to exchange her coal for Il
I" salt and plaster of the other. Old Co
nectIcut will next wish to cut a canal f
: the better exchange of her nutmegs al
l. other notions for the tar, tumeric al
IS turpentine' of North Carolina. -Bostt
+. Times.
u CRoPs In MIssoURI-The prospect Of 4
Is grain crops in this State never was finer.