Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1842-01-05

hat four of them were killed. Notwith.
standing the evaporation which the sight
of their dead comrades was calculated to
produce, as soon as resistance ceased on
the part ofthe whites they certainly made
a-lenient use of their victory, sparing the
lives of all and only asking to be carried
into British port 10 return for their
ciemency. 1t is plain that the love of
liberty rather than Of revenge and blood
shed stimulated them. But one white
man was killed-the agent of the trafick-
ers in men. He fell by the slaEeh older's
! weapon-that same horrible butcheT-blade
upon which We have seen engraved ex-
Pressly for the southern market--s. DEATH
TO ABoLITIoN"-tha. Indispensable orna-
ment of slave.ho.ding chivalry-the bow
lie knife A fitting instrument II is an
evil day for slavery when black hands,
hard and sinewy with toll unreluited, are
graspiag that weapon.
| One man was killed by the blacks, and
We cannot but commiserate his fate, dying
as heidi in an attempt to rivet anew the
broken chains of his captives. He was
guilty, but he was our brother man.. and
we must needs pity him and forgive him.
But in lamentng the miserable doom of
one oppressor, we cannot forget the OPP
pressed millions. Instead of single VIC
tim we see multitude which the earth
cannot coyer-womep expiring under the
lash-mothers yielding up life itselfin the
mighty struggle of maternal anguish as
their children are torn from them-the
runaway wretch hunted and torn by blood
hounds-bleeding with gunshot slacera-
tons roasting over a slow fire. Drown.
ing the death-cry of that single victim We
hear wall of agony aud despair swelling
up from all the slave cursed territory of
the Soulh---the groan Of. million break
) in hearts. Let. slavery shrek over its
martyr Let the human flesh dealers Of
Baltimore, Richmond and WASHlNG-
TON, mourn over the disastrous termina-
ton Of their speculation. and hang their
dungeon walls with black for their miser-
able agent. We sorrow for the living,
t for the poor wretches incarcerated at Mas.
| sau, and who, we fear. will ultimately fall
into the hands of our government. Once
in its custody their fate would be sealed,
t and over the door of their cell might be
written, as in the gallery of Daute's hell,
e Hope enters not here. They have sinned
5 beyond republican forgiveness. What but
death does the black man deserve at the
e hands of democracy, who has the temerity
+ to apply to his own case, and fearessly
i act in accordance with, this language o.
i the Declaration of I776 =" when long
S train of abuses and usurpations pursuing
a invariably the same object, evinces de
s sign to reduce mankind under absolute
e despotism, it Is THEIR RIGHT, 1T is
: THEIR DUTY, to throw off such gov
IT ernment ?'' .....:
k The papers say that the plo. was con
i, trived at Richmond, and that white man
d named Bourne was concerned in it. L
S NAV be so. But the slave needs no incen
tive to instruction, beyond his own deer
5 sense of wrong, his unpaid toll, his sun
h dered family ties, his scored back, his scan.
e ty aud coarse fare, contrasting with the
Q ease, luxury, and unbounded license of bis
t, master. And whatever credi. may bt
1t given to our assertion. it is nevertheless:
@ true, that the South at Ibis moment owes
NJ in great degree, its comparative security
{, to the influence of the abolitionists, exert
s. ed directly upon the free colored man, ant
n indirectly upon the slave. We have uni
ltl formly endeavored TO instii into the mind
of our .co|ored friends the principle of for
n givness, and forbearance, under their Ions
y continued and cruel oppression, while w
n have encouraged them with the hope tina
Re the day OF their peaceful deliverance is a
g hand. -Emaacipator and Free american
From the St Louis Republican of Dec. 9.
SERIOUS STEAM Boar ACCIDENT
% We are indebted TO friend at st. Charlie
. for the following account Of the BLOWN
- up Of the ferry boat.
- #-~@ ST. Charles Dec. 7. lS41.
a. A scene has Just occurred at the lane
e., ing-appaling 10 the extreme--the e.
We plosion Of our steam ferry boat. y -.
IS AT about IL NJ. while the boat was b,
M ing showed off the two boilers exploded
10 one few seconds after the other, literalf
nd rending everything forward Of the engin
u into atoms. 49,. -..~.-e.-
r. Fortunately but few persons were o
to board at the time, and more fortunate, thi
his the loss among those who were On boar
y was not greater. ... sa@a ~-~- H.
We Mr.. Bell, a respectable CITIZEN of Ga
he conade county, was standing near tn
as boilers at the time and was desperatei
he mangled. He died about P. M. hayin
e. survived about four hours. III. +.
ast Mr.. Culver, one Of the owners and ii
"a manager of the boat, was thrown son
no thirty feet-slightly injured. .za !.
al Mr. Haller, from Gasconade count
IN and in company with Mr.. Bell, was Sigh
of ~ injured.