Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1842-06-29

Of my measures. Aside from anv con-
sideration of measures used in calIoc
attention to the subject, The people of
Brandon owe il to themselves and to The
public to go at once about erecting guide.
boards in various parts Of the town.. All
Two different points in the village there
are four roads, and no guide.boards for
either. This is TOO bad.
For the TELEGRAPH.
Weight OF testimony, or the decision Of
the Dutch Justice.
Brother Murray Having recently seen
an anecdote respecting The decision of al
Dutch Justice have thought proper ID
give you the substance Of it, together with
some thoughts which have presented them
selves to my mind, since reading The anec
dote.
The story seems to be something like
this. A man was arraigned before bi]
august tribunal. on charge of stealing
pair of boots, aud to subsrantiate The charge
three witnesses were introduced, who lesi
fed that they sdao the accused take them
The defendant brought four men who al
6rmed that they did NOT see him lake lh
boots. The Judge decided that the weigh
Of testimony was in. favor of the accuseI
and that he should be released, aud thatt
constable should pay the cost. When
first read this, ] thought some simple lelo
wrote it, just to cast slu. upon the POI
Dutchman. But on revolving the subje !
a little more, concluded If il were true,
was no more than acting on the same pn
eiple as many who call themselves sbreW
Yankees, New-EnglandeEs, New-Yorker
Buckeyes, &c. &c. Your readers mav
anxious TO know qpho tina, calls himself
man of sense, would decide on the 2rind
pie Of the Dulchman? answer, and viii
doing it shall mention some cases whit
are familiar to those who are conversa
with the rise and progress Of the an
slavery enterprise, that about twelve
fourteen years ago, William Lloyd GarrIs
arrested slavery and brought him TO IrIaI
Baltimore. Well, he furnished good a
sufficient testimony respecting the dePfe1
lions committed by this destroyer oil huma
ity, but slavery introduced more witness
who affirmed they had not seen such INn
! done, and Garrison was fined one Ih0usa
dollars. For want Of the means Of pay
the fine, he was thrust into prison.
kept there until Arthur Tappan OF n
volunteered TO advance the money S"0
lease him. Subsequently Garrison P'o'u
valid testimony that the great Oo'on'I"
scheme was and ever had been the I'D
maid of slavery, in doing his deeds Of q
ness and cruelty; and he arrested III
both, and brought them 10 trial III DO''
Here again the negative testimony
furnished, and for Garrlson's auo'''9
imperlinence on this occasion, he was
through the street with halter arOVHO
neck, 10 the Jail. 1t was thought o'
that had he not been put beyond Inc fe'
of some of his jurymen, Cthe "0DI
their fury abated, he would Oa ~ . ro
life. He paid part Of The COS, u c." e.,
the marauder in this way. Anu III
resting the abe,.ors Of slavery he y
by being called fanatic '"IIr0' '",'
&c. Elijah P. LovejOy who af'es"'
same old depredator and bis alo', W."
by the forfeiture of his life. This wa
ING the constable with vengeance
Misses Grimkes who were natives e.,
Charleston, s. Carolina, and "n0Ie -.
was a Shareholder, saw so mOc0 u rs
eralion and cruelties Of the slave >.
in that city, among those VINO W." w. frl
the excellent of the EARTH 'ha' WV or,i
to be their duty 10 raise their voices -
it to arrest the criminal and O''DI ~
before the public tribunal. They 'D "nolI
tify in the case, and had go0O i'' oe
other witnesses on their side, ye' n
tive testimony must be eonslos' ;,,na
mount, and these women were #
exiled from their kindred and Pis'e 1,d
,ivi,y by the decree of this n0'aD Die nu
Here, the court went farther than . 'Ds
Justice. for he punished the "hDsI ,n,i
well as those who arrested the
Lewis Tappan found some oil en-
BODY guards in and about the CITY u DIE
York, in the shape of Presbyter'sn iu,
Elders, &C.. some of whom furDlsneO