Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1841-12-01


who was sold for $500. was bought by
her husband, a free colored man. He was
undoubtedly compelled to bid so high by
some villains, who sought thus either to
rob him Of his wife, or to make him pay
well fo' the priyilegesof freedom. Can
any thing be more vile and detestable than
the principles involved in this transaction2
Is It not a burning shame to any State
where such a system is suffered to exis:, |
and IS defended by legislation! The cruel
ty OF such a transaction is transcendently
atrocious. -EUang. 1~.a -
Drunk AND SoBER.-We saw hog
lying In gutter the other day, and in the
opposite one was well-dressed MAN(D-I
The first had ring in his nose-the lat
ter ring OF his finger. The man was
drunk-the hog was sober. e A hog is
known oy the company he keeps" thought
We--and SO is the man-and so off we
wenL-Scotch Paper.
INSANE HosPIrAL AT AuGUsTA-|
| They have recently opened for the recep-
| ton OF the insane splendid Hospital at
Augusta, Ga. The building is after The
plan OF that at Worcester, Mass, and is
built Of granite The situation Is near the
river, and about 70 feet above it, command
ing sPfeneid view Of the adjoining coun-
try. The ground connected with the
building contains 70 acres The Hospit.
al is sustained by public and private con-
.ltributions.
| AFFECTING PIcrURE.-The little town
of Truro, on Cape Cod, Mass, contains
less thantwo thousand inhabitants. Judge,
then, how general mus; be the despond-
ence and gloom under the following cir.
: cumstances
: The dreadful effects oflhe gale on the
shores Of Cape CD, are in general well
known. The loss of property in this town
is without parallel in lis former history
and the less of human life is truly appalI-
ing. Forty-seven Of our townsmen have
been swallowed up in the mighty deep or
cast lifeless upon our shores leaving, al
most in a single neighborhood, FL wild
. ows, and SO fatherless children-manv oil
! which are left in want oflhe most comm on
:, necessaries of life food, clothing, and
;, fuel. hi.
= The relatives and neighbors of the be-
! reaved TO whom in ordinary cases they
could apply for aid, are with few except
:. ions) by the general destruction of thei
. properly in the same gale, unable TO d.
i more than relieve their immediate AM
# most pressing wants. The sorrowing wild
: ow, still cherishing perhaps. faint hop
. that by some miraculous inter position he
) husband may have been taken from tn
i sinking wreck and carried to some dstar
: port, feels her heart sinking into utter dc
a spondency when she thinks of the ar
!. preaching winter and sees herAliule chile
j. rem shivering around the freless heart
n and asking for bread which she cannt
!. give them Salem Register.
re EuRoPE-By the arriva! of the Cal,
D. donia at Boston on Thursday last. En-!
NJ Iish papers to the 4th inst. were received
m A conspiracy having for its object the RI
IL union of Belgium and Holland had bee
rs detected in Brussels and quashed. Al
: other heir to the English throne is 500
expected. Daniel OConnelI has bee
1t. elected Lord Mayor Of the city of DubIi
II. France is reducing her army in all qua
ed tiers. The difficulties in Spain appear
n be drawing more and more towards clos
ia An earthquake occurred in Constantinop
~ on the 5th. OCT. which terrified all the il
re-. habitants. A number of persons perishe
its four dead bodies Lad already been tax,
= from under ruined buildings in the cit
-Moruing Star.
ire | MryIro The NOW rsvotution IN IN
fn- i'll fated country has terminated. San
III Anna has gained the ascenIency ov
NJ Bustamente, the late PRESIDENT Sar
IS Anna appointed iunta Of two depu,i
IRE, from each Department 10 designate
whom the Executive power should be We
ed provisionaliv-and this jnnta appoi
10 ed Sausa Anna provisional President.
~ Congress Extraordinary is 10 be call
49,, within six months, 10 form uew Cons
cad tuition, according to the best Of its juc
- ment. Time will determine whether t
en- revolution will result in any more adv,
Ter, tagc to the country, than those VIII
re- have preceded il. Like all damagogu
ely Santa Anna promises great things. t
if be has any sympathy for the suferln
EEK, Of the people, there has been Fl di
'ep- change in him since be filled the Pre-
gre Dental chair before. NORTH Star
pull.
om MouSr VERSoS,-Tbe Mount Y
'eii, non estate consisted, soon after The "
n9' with France, Of 5000 acres, and WI
'aI Washington returned 10 cultivate it
, be had 1900 persons pom il 10 his emp
Lhed Noao but FIVE slaves live on the place, =
e of 400 acres only are cultivated chiefly u:
cher for raising wheat and Indian CONN.,
ears ark Daily 4Ire,tiser
snly This is probably fair specimen OF