Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1841-07-14

AN iNCIDENT.-In the Court of Spec
lal Sessions yesterday, man named John.
Fisher was brought up for some trining.
offence, for trial. His wife, a beautiful
young woman not more than seventeen
years OF age, appeared at the bar with an
INFANT 10 her aims, as the advocate of her
husband. She was dressed plainly, and
by no means il the height Of fashion,
her presence, her child and her tears had
a sollening effect on the Court. The hus-
band was discharged and left the ROOM
The young wife fingered behind to sob
out few sentences of gratitude. Judge
Noah spoke to her a few kind words,
and enqulred of her "are you really so
destitute as you appear. and is that your
chlldE "As there's a God, replied the
poor creature" it is all true. Since my
husband has been in prison for trifingly
offending against the dignity of our land
lord, the latter has turned me and my
child out ofdoors, and retained for his rent,
as he claims our all-little all. For four
days have with my child subsisted in
the open air, depending wholly upon the
cold charity OF such as CHANGED to pass by.
Inns was more than Judge Noah could
stand with his face concealed from the
gaze of the spectators, to conceal an evil
dent emotion, he beckoned to the poor
woman, and as she approached him, slip
ped into her hand foe dollar note, wish
ing her better success and happiness here
after. She left the Court with an altered
countenance. The Judge adjusted his
spectaccles, called the Court to order, and
. the business proceeded.-Courier.
Short Discourse between Pro.SIavery and
| Anti-slavery.
ro-SLaverg-I object to the harsh lam
| guage of abolitionists A gentleman is
not likely to be convinced that slavery is
a bad system by being called a man
stealer. r.
| Anti Slaoery-But he IS likely to be
convinced, suppose, by telling him that
it is no fault of his, that his ancestors en-.
( tailed it upon him, that he can not help
himself that his slaves are undoubtedly
very happy, and extremely fortunate to
have fallen into such humane hands as
American Shareholders That mode O.
rousing the conscience has been tried fol
more than half a century; with what sue
cess, our ferocious laws, and our crowded
slave prisons, with their bloody walls, car
best testify. From the banks of the Ohio
to distant ST. Croix, from England, France
and the whole civilized world, let then
hear but one sound, and may it speak il
!. thunder tones, "Quit stealing"
i Pro-Stavery.-I can not agree witt
you. I approve ofthe old maxim, tina
"Honey catches more flies than vinegar.
/ Amti-SLaoery-The maxim is YER,
. true; and we leave it to those whose busi
= ness it is to catch fies-the Colonization
: lists, for instance. Our mission is to con
vince men of sin, and preach immediate
D repentance. lfa man should seize you
a wife and sell her, or keep her to himsel1
: as best suited his convenience; if he CON
), PEELED you, year after year, to unrequite
d toll if you saw your children bleedin!
; under his lash, and knew that the law a
/. lowed him to kill them, provided it wa
j, done by moderate CORRECTION" he,
), much honey should you think Iecessar
: to catch that fly "A. S. Standard.
n CoNGREss-THe Tarif:-A debat
:. occurred in the House on Wednesday O
. the subject. ~ 1t was in relation to takin
up memorial in behalf of the manufae
J lture of iron. Mr.. Adams came out decit
: Iedly for protection. The subject wa
! lone, he said, involving the great questio
! of free aud slave labor. This called OF
:. the southerners, whose grand business
= to protect (?) slave labor. Mr.. King
Georgia undertook to show the norther
manufacturers we'll as the western graz
Il growers, that the repeal of the BIRTHS
lie corn laws would be the worst thing tn
ID could happen to them. His argument
ID a curiosity. Mr.. Rhett IA slaveholdir
e democrat J rose merely to discuss the ia
ar 1T questlon-he thought thai abolitio
k would go for protective tariff law as
f. had done in England.
T. Observe how the abolitionists can
i'd nothing in any quarter of the world, b
IL certain shareholders know it. He m;
be sure of this, that abolitionists in tn
of- country will go for that course of .mea
lat ures which is most in accordance wi
ed honesty and humanity, and which tn,
to are sure will most tend to the repeal
ce the British corn laws, both on account
III, their inherent inhumanity, and their te
We dency to make the growers of wheat
be this country subsefvient to the growers
IL cotton.-Free american.
* RUNAWAY sLAvE-A slip from o
ty Newport, r, I, correspondent, has t
following M T. Spectator. ~s~ ~:
,ra Brig Relief tof Cherryfel9.) Stro
lar from Norfolk for St. John, N. B., put
n. to land slave (who had secreted hims
me on board at Norfolk) in order to send h
~ back to his owner. The name of