Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1839-06-05
VOL. XI. No. !,


amused and instructed By disc. Ter.
board the steamboat, as We cams ses'9h y
New York to Providence III. dae
sion was this. A gentleman" o'''
three berths in the ladies' cabin ,ssCsiei
colored ladies who were return;O Vie
the Women's Convention in pSa IN
phia. All went on pleasantly ~
were passing up the Nsrragan:e,,A !" /"
all the ladies being dressed, and ~ wa
land, some of them discovered NOT ,S.!s
ladies were coLOred, for that thew Is
first, and submitted quietly to then
ence, but, that they aOerc not ssrro,i,
The er post factO complaints of OFF,
dignity were carried to the captain y
listened graciousiy and undertook ). Fl
dress their grievances, as far as ~
lay, by reprimanding the gentlem,n =
without stating that the ladies were ~
ed, had taken the beTths. Abbo.
there was. nothing requiring il i
printed regulations of the boat Il.
tain commended, that the gentleman ~.
in difference to the nell kaoaoa ev,,or !:
prejudice of the community, 10 have -
known the color of the ladies =
question was thus made quite narror
The ladies were not personally disarr
able-no rule of the boat was yioI,.ss
nothing save sheer prejudice was off,,
ed. The question which aross !.
which was busily discussed the rem,is-
of the voyage, was simply this; wbgs.
prejudice which no one dared 10 iDrs
bad not right 10 be gralifed bv /
whole truth in the case! Wbelbs, I
gentleman who took the berths opoh !,
honestly TO have told the whole .torr :,
thus let his protogees be vetoed out II 4
cabin2 So far as the counting Of N.
could decide, the question went in -
OF the rights of prejudice by consiJ.T
BILE majority. The amount of this jsy.
ion is. that Madam Prejudice, who H.
no right to passage on board for hers
shall have the pedigree OF the passen,s,
submitted to her inspection beforehii
and if she finds any with ungentle br
IN their genealogy, out they shall pack
Deceived she must not be, BY any 81,
preston of facts. The naughty and Il
mortal trick that was played upon her n
The Massachusetts that nigh,, remina
US OF one which was played upon M.
who had.a mortal aversion to the ,errar.
.-(sometimes called 'mud-turcle' IA. a
article of food- Dining on what he liked
best at the table d'hote of a country III
alter helping himself powerfully from d
certain platter, he cried, Landlord, y0r
veal is excellent and cooked first rss-
tender as chicken how in mater do Tz
make j; so good 2 That. replied !
host, that which you have been ealir
stewed turtle. Heavens rejoined il
thnnderstruck guest why did nj \
tell me that before, l would MT have ear.
1t If I'd known for all the world Wh-
the cretur never dies-I feel il cr,wl9
down here now 7
Not having time at present TO settle n,
morality of the steamboat case, we wopg
advise all the anglo-saxons who can't bw
free colored folks going on their on
hook, just to inquire before hand wbai-I
thoselhey see in the cabins are pas,e,.
ers on their Olcn Gecount-Mass. A5sI
ZIONIST.
The newspapers detail the following
SHOCKING MURDER.-Rev. DsllI
Hasson, of Williamsburgh, Whitley a..
Va. was lately murdered by one Of Is
own negroes, his head cut off and /.
GREETED SO chat it has not yet been found
1t was with difficulty that The negro Ts
protected from the towns people, viz
were for executing summary justice ups
him.
Thou shalt not KILL saith the Diia
Jaw. What right. therefore, mad this ne
gro to kill the Rev. David Hassonl-
sod will not hold him puiIlless-,H
nat stealeth a man and selleth him, Cr
he be found in his hand, he shall sursr
,e put to death, saith the Word Of CT
W hal right, then, had the Rev. DlE
Hasson' to be found with a man ia b
land Jehovah will by no means Ca
ne gullty.-Mass. Abolitioniss.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES piEto so
'owie-knife fights have occurred in tbs
aloosa, within sight of the capnol siDa
ne commencement of the present ses:5t
, ne Alabama Legislature.--WRHl
eecieu.
HERE 1T ISL Abolition editors u
ave states will not dare TO avow lbst
pinlons 1t would be INSTANT DEGIS
ehem.'-Missonri Argus.
30 gentlemen, it appears that yOHr
ieas IN behalf of the peculiar insiilatio'
lay be sheer lies. TO which YOU are div
by the fear of instant death. Hos
'uch reliance can we place on your test
'ony on the peculiar subject Mas
PACKETS FOR EuRoPE.-.NOtUfa
anoing the crowded state of the Liver
Dol, the packet ships Gladiator for Lon.
'n' and Oxford for Liverpool, had alaEE'