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The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1839-10-12
Fatal RencOntre.
our friend and Servant,
.JNO. PIERPOINT.

We see by the papers that in Richmond, Ken
lucky, Mr.. Stone was killed in street renconre
with Mr.. Muzzy, principa! of an academy in
that place.
By letter from young lady lately from this
place, now at Richmond, Ky, TO her parents, writ
ten few hours after the fatal meeting, we learn
that Mr.. Stone, widower, sent to the Academy
a son whom Mr.. Muzzy had occasion TO correct
rather severely. Soon after the chastisement had
been inflicted, Mr.. Stone called on Mr.. Muzzy, at
the Academy, and asked an explanation of the
transaction, which was given by Mr.. M, after
which Mr.. S. retired, satisfied with the explana-
ton, as Mr.. Muzzy supposed. In Il short time,
however, Mr.. Stone sent Mr. M. note, to call at
his store. Mr.. NJ Immediately complied with the
request, and was invited into the room, when Mr..
S. closed the door, drew a dirk, took from his
shelf cowhde, telling Mr.. M. if he moved fin
ger he would kill him instantly. Stone inflicted
some fifteen or twenty blows with a cowhde, and
then opened the door, kicked M. out of the store,
and babe him go about his business. Mrs NJ, on
hearing of the cowhiding, declared that nothing
but the blood of Stone could wash out the disgrace.
The patrons of the school took their children ont
of the Academy, declaring that if Mr.. M. had not
nerve enough to resent such treatment, he was not
the man to educate their children.
'DrOller OF MIS-. M, WHO reSlueu DIT Soile
distance from Richmond wrote home to another
brother, affirming that if Mr.. M. did not chastise
Stone he, the brother, would be at Richmond i'm
mediately and doit himself. Muzzy immediately
armed HIMSELF as did his friends, and gave out
that on meeting with Stone one or the other must
fall. Stone and his friends armed and Richmond
was all excitement. Several attempts were made
by Muzzy to meet Stone before the fatal rencon-
tire. We shall have the particulars of tdis meet
ing, which resulted in Mr.. SIS death, in some
Kentucky paper, and must give them to our read
ers hereafter, Mr. Muzzy was the Oldest son of
The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1839-10-12

Extract of letter from an intelligent American
gentleman in London, dated August 3d. and re-
ceived by the British Queen.
SIN recent interview with O'ConEell he ex-
pressed great interest in the movements of the
abotionists he looks upon Texas with many
forebodngs. He has thrown himself before the
public here in opposition to the recognition Of Tex
as, as State in correspondence with the Grown
of England, unless slavery be abolished, and pro-
vision be made in that region for peaceful and
quiet asylum for the free coIored man. You will
see his letter to Joseph Surge on this subject
He told US that he would soon address his Irish
brethren in America, on the subject of slavery ;
and also the Catholic Bishops We encouraged
him to hasten the fu6lment of these deviSingS in
this matter. You may expect that the testimony
against your great national sin, from this side of
the water, will wax louder and stronger. The
time has passed in which the Shareholder can buy
and sell his brother in quietude."
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LATEST FROM AFRICA.

Capt M'Ne of the schr. Euphrates, from
Monrovia, Uiberia,) arrived at Philade lphia on
Saturday. IN IA days passage, and has furnished
lIe OF papers from Liberia, to Aug. 16. The
Euphrates is sent here by the U. S. Consul
prize to the U. S. Government, having been cap
tured on the Coast of Africa by the British brig
Harlequin, as a SLAYER and surrendered to Gov.
Buchanan, U. S. Consul at Liberia. Capt.
MNeil, late mate of schr. Fabius and the crew
formerly belonging to the wrecked ship Emperor,
of New DIRK, were put on board by the U. S.
Consul, to bring her home, together with two Ma
tives (crewmen) whom the captain brought to as
sst IN working the vessel, his crew being all in
a weakly state. The schooner is sharp built
Chesapeake craft, Of about 70 tons, halls from
Baltimore, and no doubt is entertained of their
intentions. She was fitted out at Havana,
and had been on and cruising off the Coast of At
RIGA for nine months, and at length strong sus-
pisious circumstances led to her capture. The
case will be now tried by our government. She
is and was under American colors, with an Amer
lean captain, and the crew, nine in number, were
Spanards. The captain Of her took paesge in
the schooner Fabius, that said for Providence
a day before the Euptrates.
The war between the Coonists and the natives
at Little Bassa is ended, by the entire rout of the
latter without loss ola single man by the form
err A palaver was held with the hostile natives
on the beach, which ended in a settlement of all
difficulties; the natives accedng to the terms
prescribed by Gov. Buchanan.
Four of the slaves were given up and the rest
are to follow. The head men Prince and Bar
gay have pledged themselves to aid and abet the
slave trade more, directly or indirectly; and it
is believed that fear will keep them faithful to
their pledge.--The Governor took possession
of all the goods of value found in the slaves fac
tory, & ordered the buildings to be burned down.
On the Goth of August the British Schooner
Dolphin arrived at Monrovia, having in charge
two schooners which she had just captured-
One is the Murced the name of the other we
have not learned. This vessel recently overhaul
ed the Traveller, but she escaped. The Dolphin
did not communicate with the land
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From the Liberator.
Rev. John PierpOint.

1t is hardly necessary to invite the attention Of
our readers to the noble, manly, dignided and
christian letter of Mr.. Pierpoint, which will be
found on the first page of this paper. Its words
are indeed, fifty spoken, and like apples of gold
in pictures of silver BY the following article
from the Mercantile Journal of Tuesday, it will
be seen that he has been dismissed from his So
ciety for his Christian frmness and independ-
enCe.
The DEED CoNsUMmArED. The die is cast
The Rev. John Perpoint has been dismissed
from his society. At meeting of the Proprie-
tors of Pews last evening, the vote in favor of his
dsmission stood sixty-three to sixty. We under
stand that several pews were bought up by deal
ers in rum during the last fortnight, in order to
bring about this result, which while it will en-
tail lasting disgrace on the grand mowers in this
business reflects honor on this independent min
lister of the gospel-who would not abandon his
principles in favor of morality and Temperance,
for the sake of pleasing and conciliating men,
who seem willing that the Demon lntemperance
with a host of attendant evils, should reign over
the land, provided they may be permitted to pur-
sue unmoested and unrebuked, their unrighteouS
calling, We know that an auemmpt has been
made to mislead the public on this subject, and to
place the dismission Of Mr.. Pierpoint on other
grounds than that Of rum-but however desira-
bic it may be TO some individuals, it will be i'm
possible to conceal The trutA in relation to this
event. Mr.. PirpoiM is dismissed By mqjoyity
Of Tie Pev-h0lderS IN Hollis street Church for his
opposition TO lNTEMPERANcE!
Nor will this hostility to Ministers Of the Cos
pei, who dare to perform their duty in the pulpit
and rebuke vice in manner becoming preach
er of Gods holy word, stop here. 1t is already
given out that The acorh Of prescription n'nst go
on-and others must feel and Sm0er for their hos
tty to the horrible vice of lnemperon :e-for
the fires of the Distillcry must burn, on the
Sabbath-and the rum-seller must he allowed to
mete out the poisonous liquor 10 the wretched
inebriatc without rebuke!
Will the citizens of Boston sanction proceed
ings like these, which cast deep stain on the
character of her Inhabitants?
But Mr. Perpoint has many friends in his con-
gregation-warm and devoted friends who will
never forsake him-and others of the same reli-
gious persuasion will doubtless gladly gather
around him, who are not afraid 10 hear Temper
ance and other exciting topics discussed in the
pulpit-and thus encourage him in the bold, and
manly, and Christian stand which he has taken
in this matter Indeed, good men of all demon
nations, will bid him God speed If he is no
longer allowed to hold forth from the pulpit of
Hollis street Church, where for many years he
has taught lessons Of morality and religion,
thank Providence, there are other places in this
city, not under the control ofthe enemies of Tenn
perance, in which his voice may still be herd.
The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1839-10-12

SOUTHERN ABoLITIoNIsTs-Ith has been FREQUENT
" asserted, and we believe with good evidence of
It's truth, that there is not slave state in the Union
in which there are not more or less white persons
of talents and ability, who are from principle op-
posed TO slavery, and wish its immediate and en-
tire extinction. Those persons ought to speak out,
immediately and fearlessly. There is no danger
Of a southern mans being Lynched. 1t is the
poor Yankee for whose head large rewards are
offered. 1t is the northern man, who partakes of
the sacrament one day in Presbyterian church,
and the next day is publicly whipped on his bare
back by company Of Lynchers composed of the
very deaconS elders and ministers with whom the
day before he had partaken Of the Lords Supper!
No denomination has so great access to the
slaves, and has done so much for their moral and
spiritual good as the Methodists, and yet no de-
nomination, at least in the letter of their creed or
Discipline, speaks pointedly against slavery as
the Mehodsls; formerly it was much more So
Yet for many years, the Methodist preachers.
as general thing, have been welcomed by the
Shareholders to their plantations.
But it will not do for northern man hardly
to quote the first sentence of the Declaration of
Independence. If he happen to do this, he is
branded with the epithets, faratic, har.brained,
&c.
We believe a simultaneous and fearless debut of
southern anti-sIavery men, would be the COM
mence. nent OF a new era in the ant-saverv enter
prize, and that every effort which can be, should
be made, to induce them to do so, without DELAY.
--ZionS Herald.
The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1839-10-12

DANIEL WEBSTER IN LoNDoN.-In printing the
interesting letter of Messrs. Keep and Dawes,
from London, in the Emancipator of Aug. l, we
were guilty of typographical error, which made
our brethren say that Mr.. Webster was treated with
diS-respect in London. They wrote that ne was
treated with due respect; which every body knows
to be the fact, from other sources. Mr. webster
has been treated with great respect by the people
of England, although we are weII-inormed' laat
the question is constantly asked in conneXon with
his name, Why does he not take the right ground
on the question of slavery "a question much
The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1839-10-12

Touch UP THE PUBLISHING AGENr-Be it known
that on Tuesday, the 18th of September, at 3
o'clock, P. M. gentleman called at the Anti-Sla-
very Office to purchase SIS worth of american
Slavery as it is" for a worthy old gentleman in
Schoharie Co., who wanted them for distribution,
when, 10 there was not copy on hand, and the
bearer was told to call next morning, by which
time supply would come from the bindery The
Publishing Agent by way of apology for the emp
tiness of his Shelves told story about his having
sold, since the 9Th of May, at wholesale, 1899
copies, of which more than $500 had been or
dered within the last fortnight. Besides these,
the retail sales at the desk and the gratuitous dis
ribntions have boen 4,957; making the whole
number put in circulation, in four months and ten
days, upwards Of TWENTY-FIVE THOUS-
AND.
If any body thinks the work ought to be driven
faster, we advise him to send in his orders-with
the cash--and spur up the Publishing Agent
The amount Of paper consumed in the manu-
acture is $50 reams, medium size-for the good
of trcde.-En,anctpator
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II 1--WE BER Al.

either side of the Atlantic.
Ry the way, it is something of an illustration
Of the present facilities of communication between
me TWO countries, to notice that the letter of Messrs
Keep and Dawes was written in London, July 6,
and published in the Emancipator of Aug. l, and
the above mentioned typograp hical error noticed
by one of the writers at London, Aug. 20, whose
letter reached New York, Sept 20.-Eman.
The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1839-10-12
MONTPELIER, vERMaNT, OCTOBER ne, 1899.

DR.. Muzzy, late of Hanover, in this State, and
was but lately married to young lady in Ken
lucky, of high notions Of what is called HONOR
We presume as Mr.. nj. has shown that he can
" teach the young ideas how to shoot" he will
again be literally patronized by his former friends
at Richmond Concord, ~ II. Courier.
The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1839-10-12

KIDNAprIHG.-As we were returning from
church last Sabbath, we met in Chatham-Street,
Mr.. Lewis Tappan, leading brave looking color
ed lad, who had been stolen from his parents at
Worcester, Mass, and had been sold in Virginia
to slavery. He had just been recovered, although
his anxious parents had not then received the joy
full tidings. The Worcester papers speak out
upon this high-handed piece of outrageous vany
with Just Indignation. The wretched perpetrators
ofths act'are now in prior. The name of the prin.
cipal abductor is Shearer. 1t is supposed that
several other colored boys have been stolen by
Shearer, and sold into slavery, Shall scenes like
these be enacted in our midst, and our nation still
sIumber over the crime of oppression? Shall not
these peculiar calls ofDivine Providence be heard
with reverence? What means this casting Of the
Amidstad upon our coast? What mean all these
strange occurrences? "Can We not discern the
signs of the times?"-N. Y Evangelist.
The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1839-10-12

MANE.-The :" Pole Star" State is determined
to lead the host in the library system, and the
circulation of the anti-slavery publications. An
order was received at the Office on Friday, for l.
braries to, the amount of $500, and the publica-
tons to nearly as much more. Br. Codding says,
" we want you to send books as soon as possible,
our Library Agent has little to do for the want of
books" The boxes were despatched on Monday,
and we trust have reached their destination ere
Emaneipator,
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ers, without character or property, such men as
your Prices, your Swariwouls your Juba Harring-
ions and all that sort OF suh-treasurers. -
WIN the People suffer themselves TO be any longer
gulled and deceived by such fahess, such worth
less Adninstralion1 VIII The people enrust their
affairs any longer 10 hands as inefficient aad ncapa
BILE as they have proved be false and failhless
Can there BE- any hope for solid and substantial
cure for the evils under which We are now laborng,
until shall put at the head OF national affairs,
more honest and Trustworthy menl DO the people
wish, by the reelection OF Martin Van Buren,, TO
prolrac for five years longer those disresses which,
since the commencement of his administration, have
bowed the country to the ground II The late re-
sumption Of specie payments, aud the apparent re-
susctalon Of mercantile affairs had lulled the peo-
pie 10 sleep, IL Is time for them TO wake again.
The calm was deceilful; the storm now bursts upon
Us with new fury. Up, as one man, and hurl into
The sea these political Jonahs. Snatch from the
faithful, weak and treacherous hands, the helm
which they now hold only for our destruction This
Is the only chance Of safely.
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ed timidly and obviously al the door, ior ne
dreaded the reception ne was to.exPef'en'o
from his wife. He had reason 70 90 So
She met him at the threshhpid, IN precious
i'll humor
out Of their beds, and to bring home con'pa-
ny, to turn the house upside down
Company y said Vauderscamp meek'y !;
Il have brought no company WIN me- "he.
No, indeed they have got mere DeioIe
you, but by your invitation and blessed look
ing company they are truly
Vanderscamp's knees smote together. For
the love OF heaven, where are they wife I
Where why in The blue room, up stairs,
making themselves as much at home as If the
house was their own
Yanderscamp made desperate effort,
scrambled up to the room, and threw open the
door. Sure enough, there at a table, on which
burned a light as blue as birthstone, sat the
three guests from Gibbet-lsland with halters
round their necks, and bobting their cups to-
gether, as If they were hob-or-nobbing, and
trolling the old Dutch freebooter's glee, since
translated into English:
For three merry lads be We,
And three merry lads be wei
on the land, and tnou on the sand,
And Jack on the gallowstree.'
yanderscamp saw and heard no more
Starting back with horror, he missed his foot
ing on the landing place, and fell from the top
Of the stairs TO the bottom. He was taken up
speechless, and either from the fall or the
fright was buried in the yard Of the little
Dutch church at Bergen. on the following
Sunday
From that day forward, the fate Of the Wild
Goose was sealed. 1t was pronounced u
haunted house, and avoided accordingly. No
one Inhabited il but Vanderscamp's shrew OF
widow, and old Pluto, and they were consi-
dered but little better than its hob goblin WISH
tiers. Pluto grew more and more haggard
and morose, and looked more like an imp Of
darkness than human being. He spoke to
no one, but went about muttering to himself;
or. as some limited, talking with the devil, who,
though unseen, was ever at his elbow. Now
and then he was seen pulling about the bay
alone. in his skiff. in dark weather, or at the
approach Of night fall nobody could tell why,
raless on an errand to invite more guests from
ID. .,allows.'
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with Jack Brown, who in the same service, had
the same scar and more too and could spin yarns
tough this. Whether this is OF our Jack Browns
stores or not, say. but it looks like it,
NJ " Dispaich
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True American. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1835-18??, 1839-02-26
CELESTE.

This admirable artistic will be among in few days.
10 fulfil engagement the ST. Charles for thirty
nights in The month of March. She returns To New DR.
leans with fresh luursls upon her brow, upon Eu
ropean ground. During Jan eighteen months stay in
Europe. She hns succeeded in procuring ut heavy
expense some half dozen effective md interesting dra
mas, which there is only for the exercise Of
her peculiar powers, but for those Of the best
lists boards. As dnnseuse she still maintains
her position The public of New Orleans remember her
in that lofty position with IN enthusiasm that no time
no rival can diminish. Two rival Queen Stars have
passed armament during the present season.
hxt their appearance has only served exhibit in sr0n-
ger Celestes superior briancy tteadness Of
light and majesty Of movement We do not depreci-
ae Lecumpe Augusta, but WE are forced TO declare
that neither of these accomplished artstes has succeed
ed in leaving upon the mind lasting impression. We
have forgotten ull their excellencies, while those Of Ce.
leslie live as frest as when first them in
memory. We have often asked ourselves, why is it,
that Celeste succeeds in throwing around her dancing,
and acting such intense interest! Tho answer that
naturally suggests itself, is, that she ncts and dances
from the impulse of genius and not from the cold rules
of knien-.e is creature of enthusiastic maginntin,
and in all hernc's and movements upon tho scene She
draws ON this never falling fountain. And herein is
the difference between her and her rivals. She carries
| captive her audience. Augusta and Lecompte exct.
the admiration Of the spectator but leave untouched the
| feelings of the heart.
In few days the public will have opportunity of
testing this matter fully. 1t will be that they will
flock in vds to Celeste, and that the Oft
peated Bayadere will be clothed in charms in the
support extended towards her Every body will go
see her with pleasure because every hody's feelings
will be enlisted. This after all is the true test Of our
artstc's powers We have before the TESTIMONIALS
of the London Press in favor of Celeste They will be
published shortly, in order to prove to the New Orleans
Public. that their Judgment Of their avore has been
amply seconded, and sustained by those heartass udg
es, the London Critics.