Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1840-06-24
twenty-five miles above Augusta.

Chronicle says
The story ofthe adventure of this little
girl we have obtained from herself She
is the daughter Eliza of a poor widow la
dy. Mrs. Sarah Stone, who lived on the
river near Ferguson's Ferry, on the South
Carolina side. She says the first intima-
ton they had of their danger, they were
surrounded by the river, when her moth
er, a daughter older than Eliza, Eliza,
two brothers younger than herself, and a
faithful dog, fled to the top of their little
cottage, soon after which the house was
taken off by the current. One after an
other they met a watery grave, Eliza and
the dog only clinging to the wreck. When
she came in sight of the boat of Capt. Jo-
seph Staunton, of, Petersburg who had
lashed his boat to a tree, she succeeded
in making her cries heard. Captain
Staunton Immediately reused his hands,
who were all asleep, and gave chase, and
after pursuing her about three miles, over
took and rescued her and the dog from
their p~erilous situation. Capt. S. says she
was on a few shingles, which were sup
ported by a feather bed, being all that was
left of the house on which she started, on
which frail bark she had descended the
river twelve miles, when she was picked
up.
SHOCKING ACCIDENT. On Saturday,
the 3Oth uIt. a young man Of Enfield,
named Solomon Tyler, lost his life in the
following manner He was engaged in
splitting logs with powder. and having
charged one, he applied the fire to the
match and ran off. He waited awhile,
but it did not explode. Finally he went ur
and primed, and fired it anew, and he had
, Just turned to GO away when it exploded
, and a piece struck him in the head JUS
!, above the temple, lifting him about three
: feet from the ground, and inficting {
E dreadful wound. A physician was pro
, cured as soon as possible, who discovers
that the skull was fractured. He linger
ed till next morning and then expired
n Hartford Times.
e THE NETTLE. The nettle Is genel
y ally considered, by farmers and gardener
as a very useless and troublesome weed
n bat it needs little argument to provide thu
t, the most common gifts of providence, al
RI the most useful to mankind. The con
mon singing nettle is one Of the best me-
Of icines which is produced in the vegetab
V, kingdom; and its medical qualities Dug
We to be more generally known and apprec
ne ated. In the form of a simple, weak /
on fusion, taken in the quantity OF a pint
he day, it acts as an Alternative aud deobstr
A. l1o01 ctpnl
do decoction taken in the same quaint
six proves an admirable strengthener in ge
so eral and partial relaxation. Applied q:
= a fermentation or p~oultice, it resolves swe
inos. and abates infammations and
expressed juice taken in spoonfuls, as
w. exigencv may require, in internal bleedir
of is the most powerful styptic known.
" NAV add, that its leaves when. boiled,
converted into a tender, healthy, and no
s ishing aliaent, grateful to the palate. 4
N. vet, there are few plants whose appe
10y ance is viewed by the farmer with n,
."i,, disgust than the singing nettle.-
papers.
From the Herald of Freedom
we'd THE METHODIST CHURCH.
selv We learn from the Zion's Watchn
and that the General Conference 0, the M
itua- odist Episcopal Church, at its late ses
dis in Baltimore, passed the following res
5 un- ton, by a vote OF rs TO 45.
was Resolved, That it is inexpedlent
iniu- uniustifable in any of our minister
.n9er admit the testimony of colored pc
against ecbite persons, in church trla'
. and those states and territories where thu
curse timony of such persons Is reJecte
would courts Of law !,
aives, Connected with the Metnoaist CT
IS, al are about 10000 persons of color.
their may receive the Holy Ghost ma
~ the long to the kingdom of Christ, may,
al oft if what thoy profess to be, mustl lei
of lioht so shine before men as that
mon SEEING their good works shall
in ac- their Father who is in heaven. a
!. little according to the decision OF then
! from church. are unfit to testify against a
~ The hrother or sister in church trials. ur
,orr,nt ba in those states and territories
= and heir evidence is admitted in courts
HITTER. Justice. Fit to shine,-to reign {
: break heavens court, but unfit 20 be WI
ions re- in a court on earth. GOD is no
er of persons but what IS the M
church2 What are all our chuF
,s this respect? :,
RTANcE It is a fact worthy of notice, tt
TON anoe Scott and nineteen other m
Biological auso hars of the hodv which pas
" years ~ Isolation. addressed a lettt
ce says, 1omant the Conference was in Sc
hat took lno't Nmarioon An,;-slavery Societ
which |, .ne aaoass;on and new organic
! TO see case woman was allowed to exc
X ana a constitutional right in the mee'!f
~ allna :. society. Now mark the consls
OF an these men. They could sit day
the State III ~ MON wbo voted for t