Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1842-05-04
MI S c. E L L A N Y
Religious Persecution.
Eztract from the records of the General
Court of Massachusetts.

Conrto of Massachusetts.
October, 1657.-Ordered. that whoever
shall bring, or cause to be brought, any
Quaker or other blasphemous hereto, shall
forfeit one hundred pounds. And if any
person or persons shall entertain said Qua.
ker, they shall forfeit forty shiIlings for
each time Of such observation-disclosures any
Quaker or hereto coming into this juris.
diction, if male, shall, for the first offence,
have one has ears cat of, and be kept at
work in the house Of correction-for the
second offence, haze both ears cut off. and
for the third, have the tongue bored
through Nth a hot iron! 1t woman, she
shall be severly whipped -@s' !
In the year 1857, Lawrence Southwick,
and. Cassandra his wife, very aged men,
bers Of the church in Salem, for Offering
entertainment to two Quakers. were fned
and imprisoned; they absentedthemselves
from the church, and in consequence were
aohipped publicly, and were fined land
son and daughter Of this aged couple
were also fined for non attendance at the
church and not paying this fine. the Gen
eral Court, by special order, empowered
the treasurer 10 sell them as slaves to any
of the English nation at Virginia or Bar
BADGES # H maaaE7 @4@ IA
In 1868, the following order was issued
by the General Court: as8#2~ !.
To the Marshal, or his Deputy: You
are to take with you the executioner, and
repair to the house of correction, and there
see him cut off the right ear of John
Copeland. Christopher Holden, and ].
Rores, Quakers; in execution of the SEN
tence ofthe Court of Assistance, for breach
]of law entitled Quakers. ri -
Il 1t4eF EDWARD RAwsoN, Secrets nv.
This horrid sentence was executed in
the Boston prison, by the common hang
man, September 18th, 1868. asa 81
fThe jail stood near where the State
house now stands, ia Beacon-street.l
Such was the piety of our Puritan FORE
fathers. The voice and will of the BROTH
erhood,' in those days. was law to church
and state. whatever they refused to al
| low and protect, even in the matter of the
/. souls intercourse with its God, they de-
nounced as !" blasphemous heresy - and
for worshipping God according to the
dictates Of their conscience, the pure in
) heart-the spotless in life, were subjected
to lortures that would have disgraced a
savage No longer able to maintain its
supremacy over the conscience, the same
. fell spirit now cries in6del,' anarchist,
! whenever its murderous and hypocritical
{ characteris exposed to public view, to pro
lect itself from that storm of righteous
= Indignation which il sees gathering
: Non Resistant aae@s.>5
HORRIBLE CRuELTY--We learn from
a late English paper, that private in The
5 Royal Horse Artillery, youth only
g seventeen years old, was lately tried by I
courtmartial, and found guilty Of stealing
i a piece of sponge from a comTade. Fl,
e had been previously guilty of simia
L offences. He was sentenced to receiv
re one hundred and fifty tgshes, to forefeit al
4 claim to pay while serving, and to pension
a. his discharge, and to be discharge,
&c with ignominy. The prisoners shrek
& during his punishment were dreadful, an,
h both officers and men were so painful,
If kovercome by the scene, that MANY ofthen
hadlo retire into the open air.-Mer. Jour
N DANGEROUS EFFECTS OF KEEP1N
A GROUND CoFFEE.-The practice of keep
ing coffee roasted and ground, ready 70
. occasional use, seems to be injurious Il
il its aroma; but it is not that which is /
Id be feared, but its spontaneous combustion
There is remarkable experiment of M
Georgi, which shows clearly that groun
coffee is liable to internal decom position
a. He roasted quantity Of coffee till brow,
RS and without grinding it. lied it up in Iii
TO en--nothing followed. He then groun
1.-TWO pounds of roasted coffee 10 powde
as and tied it up similarly: in three quarte
", of an hour it took fireand continued bur
he ing until it was reduced to ashes, whic
en- weighed half an ounce. Here was n
,st only internal decomposition, but high
as dangerous one He made similar tria
rk with roasted barely and rice, and whit
NE same results. These experiments we
ch executed in order to elucidite the cause
a the mysterious burning of frigaie in Il
,se port Of Cronsladt, when no FIRE had bee
sht in her for several days Cabiaet Cgcl
or. pedia.
90 AFFECTING DEATH.- A very affec
la ing and heart-rending occurrence hapoe
wo 60 10 Lowell in Orleans Co, on the Mo
q tne 9th inst. Mr.. Jonathan Stewa
aged hfy-ihree. had occasion to ro
,sn lfasoIsgn' the distance of about 10 mil
i rom Loweli. His way led over a ride
"a OF inc Green Mountains where the sno
eks was nearly two feet deep, and where -sa i,
little travel had been the past winter :,
ca that only by foot passengers. M. Ste,