Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1840-09-09

American authorities arrived. He was
placed ia wagon, from which he lrap,.d !
into the midst Of his breIhren-burst off /,
his handouts. which had previously been
fled bounded over a high fence. aud
made his escape. BY order of the depu-
~ Sheriff, several guns were fired am'nc |
The crowd, and two lives were sacrificed /
on the occasion. To remedy this STAT. OF
things, general convention Of the color !
I'd population of Upper Canada took place,
when memorial was determined upon
representing their peculiar situation, and
praying tn I that special protection which
Their circumstances required might be ex-
tended TO them by her Majesty's Govern
ment. After long correspondence both
with the colonial aud foreign secretaries
of state, | lament to add nothing definite or
salisflcIo.y has been accomplished 10 meet
This anomlous position in which the color
ed population Of Canada is placed.
From the Morning Star.
SOUND ALBANY AIR"
While passing through the street, the
other day. | observed that filthy liquor
generally known as "strong beer" adv.r-
tIseJ in the above language "Sonnd
Albany Ale" Now | suppose Ale +"
10 be us appropriate name, and, moreover
that it is "ALbany Ale" because made at
Albany. But why it is called "Souad
Albany Ale" am left to guess. The
adjective sound implies that some OF the
A bany ale is un-Sound But in what
respect is il uusounJ2 Why, l conclude
it 10 be in the character Of the material
from which 1t is manufactured, viz Rot
ten water-lhe fottid soakings of dead
cats, hogs dogs. &c. Now, is il not pos
slble that the retailer fearing that The late
discovery at Albany, might be sufli len,
to turn the fl'bby stomach of the ioa(er,
would shun the danger of losing his ale
customers from this cause. by advertising
So"md AL5aay Ale" Mt that squalid
| stuff saturated win the qnintesseuce oI
f animal putrIaction, but sound, pare, 2OOa
5 Albany Ale.
But, however much stress the cnmmu.
nifty are disposed to " upon the fIthines:
| Of this Ale" rs though it were a cir
cums.ance of sufficient importance to spo
| It's sale, still were there no other obiec.
:, uonabIe quality in it. lis use as a bevcrae,
: would be comparatively harmless. l
: might vomir,-it might purge-eilhe
p might do the sedentary loafer good. A
any rate it would not poison. There il
IA anOther property of this beer. which tho
it may not quaIm the stomach, induces
!, or at least invariably tends TO induce, bru
e ta!zalion, consumption, and then DEATH
n Ii is aic0hoL! Then let its sale turn no
: opon It's ilhiness. so much as upon it,
e drstrucliveness-le let not the q raffrr drraC
d the thought of its dirty origin, so mucI
g as he breads the poisonous alcoholic SCI
y pent thai has coied in every glass
n MI. S.
=; There were t,Uenty-seren entries of yes
:, sells from foreign ports at the Custor
= House yesterday, heing the largest nun
: b,'r Of vessels ever entered in one day.
{ Boston Press d. Post
:, STRUCK BY LIGHTNING The steam
n boat Missouri is in ag in from Ch;cag
y having performed the trip in very GOO
m time, notwithstanding sheexperienced SON
IA boiSltrous weather.
I'd Capt. wilkins reports singular phenor
ia enon, that of a steamboat, struck by ligh
h, ming. Fl. saws that while ploug hin
'e- through l. Ike Michigan. he encounlcr'
= Il terrific Sto-m, which continued for So
10 eral hours. The Missouri was struck {
T. The slarboard side of the foremost, Just b
nd low the cross Trees, aud piece of limb
ol torn out six feet long. AMI several inch
ST. in circumference The fluid pissed nit 1
u on the promenade deck, tearing of d
ar heads OF the spikes; AMI thence down d
Of hatchwav to the freight deck, knocks
lot down the spcoud engineer and three
la four ether persons. Although stunue
lth they all recovered ia few hours.
To This we believe is the first instance
1T the kind on recorl.-BufalO Commerce
tic AdrertiSer
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