Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1842-07-27
Beach g Foster Imprisoned by the church.

/ ,eetoleF, rose 10 speak In protested ChTlS.
tan meeting, at Danvers Mills, Mass.
sunday before last, and the professors flew
INTO rage. and fell upon him, and drag.
| gea him out Of the meeting, and went to
plunge hin into large water trough,
they had filled for that purpose. Butthey
found the trough dry. A little boy hear
| ing oil their seetarsan purpose..-had pull
cd out the plug, and hid it 1t is unneces-
sary to add that they were Baptists
r. ne same day Stephen S. Foster was
at South Daavers, as understand, at an
etner professed Christian meeting,-and
being kicked out by one of the worship
pers and the man kicking him, prose-
ened for it by another of the. worshirpers,
because, as suppose, he bad kicked
beyond aoorship measure and Foster, be-
Ing ordered TO testify against him, and
declining doing so, on the ground (among
others) that that was not bis way of for
gsc1ng an injHry,-the Church magistrate
nned him, aud he declined paying, and
they thrust bim=into Salem Jail. -
The Baptist worshippers at Danvers
Mills prosecuted Beach, and shut him up
also In the Salem Jail. They put several
of The citizens of Danvers under bonds
for declining 10 hel p carry the prisoners
to Jail. ri, - ..-. 49,. ~
Foster and Beach are both now a, large
have not room to give farther partcu-
lars.-H Herald Of Freedom. .=<
AsT1-SLAvERv PR1xc1PLEs.-The
progress is onward. Read the following
testimony from the South. The PreshV-
terrain church in Bennington, Ky, have
published, IN a religious paper of that
State, the following resolutions. When
will all Northein churches follow the ex-
ample advance as far as Southeruers
on the subject of slavery! Mark the last
two resolutions. = Christian Reflector.
1. Resolred, That this Session hig hlv
approve of the decision of the General
Assembly Of the Presbyterian Church in
the United States of A nerica, On the Sub
ject OF Slavery, in which they decide that
the buying, selling, and holding Of slaves
for the sake Of gain, is heinous sin and
scandal, And this Session hold that it
ought to be abandoned Immediately.
g. Resolred, That this Session highly
appreciate the decision of said Assembly
on the same subject in the year 1918, 10
which they enjoiu upon all the churches
| under their care to use all lawful endeav-
ors to abolish Slavery. -
/. s. Resolced, That this Session highly
esteem the decision OF the Synod of Clnc;n-
natl, in Oct Ia4I. tat Springfield, Ohio,)
IN which they enjoin all the churches un-
der their care, firmly and faithfully to ex-
ercise discipline. on all those who attempt
10 justify Slavery from The Scriptures.
4. Resoleed, That.ths Session will not
admit any known STAKEHOLDER to member
ship in this church. ...~
5. Resokeed, That this Session will not
permit any known shareholder TO preach
in the pulpit of this church. -. 49,.
ROBERT B. DoBBINs, Stated Clerk. -
CENTURY PLAST.-A correspondent
of the Commercial Advertiser states that
this rare plant " may be seen in the green
house Of the PAtroon, at Albany, in full
bloom, in few days. Already they have
unroofed part oftbe greenhouse to make
room for the flower sem, which some
times shoots to the height of twenty or
thirty feet. By letter from Albany,
/ am informed 1t has been in the family
] seveu,y-fve wears and that it was large
plant when first sci down on that venerat.
ed spot. The flower stem is now Between
1 five and six feet high"
/ ANOTHER STEAM Boat EXPLOSION.
| Fhe steamboat E Iua, exploded on the Sd
/ inst, at the mouth OF the Missouri. The
boat was crowded with German emigrants,
about sixty Of whom were killed or dread
fully injured by scaldipg. The St. Louis
Republican says t.. ...
+ The Edna was bound mp the Missouri
with full freight She has been lowed ia
by the Annawan. So far, we are unable
10 get the names Of the wounded, but
learn from the offirers of the Edna that
they were Germans, with the exception oil
the second engineer, who was on the
watch, and one fireman. They are por.
ton Of parry of emigrants who landed
here few days since from the Caledonia.
: We were on board the Edna, and never
: have we beheid such sight. A number
:, OF men and women appeared to be litera.
lily skinned. The whole force of the
! steam was thrown aft over the deck pas
J sengers as they slept. They will be re,
| moved to the hospital. .- ->-~-
= The explosion on board the Edna, ha.
! proved vastly more Destructive of human
). life than the first accounts furnished Tea
J son to expect. At the latest accounts
|. thirty three had died, and many oihcri
!, were not expected 10 survive their injur
! les. Lists of the passengers, numbering
i iay-fve, who were injured, are given il
!, the ST Louis papers, but il is impossible
I TO gather from them the names of the de
! ceased. or what conntrYmen they were