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

cradle. and those who first arrived at the
scene of ruin and distress, saw It's little |
hand above the rubbish. and on removing
the fallen timber, they found that the era
die had preserved the child from beng
crushed to death. Mrs. Rush, Daniels
father and mother, John Craig, Murphy
Pool, Mr.. Kingsly and son, are.all more
or less injured Everybody seems to De
in state of gloomy amazement; wonder,
curiosity, and astonishment, prevail mum
berless conjectures as to the cause OF the
explosion are afoat, but nothing definite IN
relation thereto can be obtained, for those
who were in the store when the untortu-
nate event took place are too much injured
to say anything aboutit-Pdtraot.
The Territories, of Iowa, Wisconsin
and Florida Will probably become States
| in 1910. Then we shall have twenty
nine stars in in our country's banner
POalson.
Florida at least will be bloody star of
baleful omen. Slavery, in the territory,
lis under the legislative control of Con-
gress and may be constitutionally abolish
ed by the action of that body. But once
lconverted into a state, and the exclusive
I jurisdiction of Congress will have gone.
! Who then will be responsible, if Florida
is admitted to the sisterhood of States with
the institution of slavery in her midst p
Let not the guilt, if it must be incurred
, stain the hands of any aboitionist. Our
petitions must be ready-and our political
Influence must not so to sustain slavery.
Chr. Witness
4 KEEPING SILENcE.--The Philadel-
phia Religious Telegraph, of May l6, in
enumerating and describing the anniver-
saries at New ork, cautiously omits all
mention of the American Anti-Slavery
Society. This paper claims TO be the es-
. pecial organ of the New School Presby-
terians. We recommend to our friend,
!, Alvan Stewart, who is a member of the
: New School General Assembly, to look
into the matter The Christian Advocate
and Journal, in this city, takes the same
course.-Liberator.
LIBERTy's FREE When
pro-slavery shall taunt us again with no
{ liberating a single slave we will reply
: we have opened broad highway from
: the South to Canada, where they may
: run toll-free and scot-free. We have Gu
them ala 'AppiGn a0ay' all through tn
non-slave, pro-slavery states, where tbey
:; may now find friends thicker nan mil,
= : stones on a turnpike. Southern editors
: who would be glad to be rid of the en-
tailed -nuisances.' will please insert thi
I" notice every week the year round. For
!, merly, Canada was the refuge of Unite,
States roguery. Now it has got so re
~ spectacle It need not run any wherein,
:. if it emigrates, it goes to Texas, Will
/ the lovers of liberty run to Canada
Herald Of Freedom.
r The matter in which we are engaged
IS, is very simple and practical one. Tn
l. chains, whips, and statute laws of slave
Id ry are all as real and palpabIe as wrougE
5, iron, green hide, and parchment can max
a. them, and we are to exercise for their r.
of moval nothing more than our plain con
OF mon sense. We deal not with shadow
Of or immaterialities and mere abstrac
lie metaphysical abolitionism, however we
c. it may be adapted to slavery in the al
of stract,' is not calculated to produce muc
n impression upon slavery in practice
$, Whittier.
y DEPUTATIoN TO PALEsTINE.--Th
n General Assembly of Scotland, at re
= cent meeting, determined to send immedi
o ately to Palestine a deputation to lear
99 the state of the Jewish people in tina
$. country; and, if the opening be favora
IS bic, measures will be taken to send a mis-
= sion to them. The deputation consists {
i the Rev. DIR. Black, professor of theolo
e gy, Aberdeen; Rev. Mr.. McCheyne q
If Dundee; Rev. Mr.. Bonar, of COLLAGE
and Robert Woodrow, Esq, of Glasgow.