The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1867-02-15

Posi- OFrIs CoNfIDmr X RoADs, !
! witch is in the Stait nv Kentucky, :
January 90 1867 J
Wun NV the most important cases
important in q nashul sense-evci
tired afore a court NV justis, cum of
afore Squire Gavitt at the Court House
at the Corn rs yesterday. 1t wuz i'm
portant, becoz it involved the very
eggistence of the institooshn upon
wich Kentucky il buit-becoz upon
its deceshn hung the question whelh-
er or not the Bible chould be re-
spected and its holy injunctions obey
ed--whether Kentucky shood, clingin
to the Skripters, 80 on ez Christian
State, or, denyin it, go back into inf
deity and barbarism | skasely need
say that the porshuns nv the Bible to
wich ! refer is the ever blessed chap
tiers relatin to Ham, Hager and One
simus-the only parts NV the Skripter
we pay much attenshun to- But if
them is successfully attacked wat fol-
lows? The entire struckter comes
tumblin down to the ground, there
fore, holdin to Aferkin slavery, we are
orthordox believers.
The circumstances NV the case wuz
suthin ez follows: A niger Nv the
name NV Gabral. wunst the happy
and contented servant NV the eminent
Christian, Deekin Pogram, becum
possessed NY the spirit nv the devil,
and sullen, becoz the deekin sold hiz
wife to raise the means to send his
/ second son, Issaker, wich WIZ n study
in for the ministry, to Thcoloikle
Institoot, sumwheres il Georgia; and
also enraged hecoz hiz female Off
spring, Elizer, happened to attrack
the attenshun NY hiz eldest son, Elier
he run away IN the first year NV the
war, and follered the Federal army,
finally enlstin as solier. Durin the
progress NV the struggle, no learned
to read, and bein powerful in prayer
and SIGH, he headed revival, and
hevn gifts that way attracted the no
lis NV General Howard, or sum NV
them fanatics, who had him instructed
and finally made him an agent ny n
branch Nv that ACCUSED Freedmen s
Burow. And shoor enu1, after the
war; he appeared in this vsinity, sala-
red by this society, comnonest unfit
tin the niggers for their nor
NAL condishen by teacher on EN- to
read, and establishin Sundy skools
among EN-, and given NY EN- advise
generally wich wuz aginst the peace
and dig ity nv the Commonwealth -
The citizens stood it with the pa
shense SO very carakteristik nv
the people NV Kentucky, ontil last
Monday. The Deekin he'd dispoot
with niger, relative to trifin mat
ter nv wages The niger he'd been
workin at the stipulated price NV 81
per month = the Deekin brought in, ez
Il offset, his board at 50 per week, and
ruther than hev any fuss about it pro
posed to let him work the Lalrnce du-
rim the winter months. To this exuit-
able arrangement the niger demured,
holdin that board WIZ inclooded, aud
this Gabriel advised the niger to sue,
and he did So
Enraged at this interference, the
Deekin went before Squair Gayitt, and
complained NV Gabriel ez yagrant,
and employed me, to attend to the
case. Pollock, the Illinoy store keep
er, volunteered to defend the niger,
and there wuz tremenjis eggslte-
ment over it,
/ opened the case by Stain that the
niggers biznis wuz to prove that he
he'd vizable means of support
lock insisted that it WIZ our biznis to
prove that he hadn't, but the court
decided agin him.
The Niger then swore that he re-
ceiyed from his congregashen $50 per
month for his services. ] submitted
that, ez be wuz interested party,
other proof wood be required Pol
lock interdoost the elders NV the con-
gregashen, but | check mated him
there, by submittin that the testimony
NV niggers wuzn't admissible, witch
the court decided it wuznt.
1mmejitly Pollock submitted that
whether or no his cliant coodnt be
considered q yagrant, ez he Good testi-
fly himself to the fact that he (GabreD
he'd in his house $500 in greenbax-
suiiishent for time, at least.
Their wuz immense eggsitement in
the court.
"Wher duz he keep it, asked the
Squire, visbly agitated.
In his chist at the house wher he
hoapIg cod DnllnnE
This court stands adjourned for
thirty minits, sed the SOUR boundin
over the railin in front Nv him. Hold
on, SEE he; "hold on, Deekin, fair
start is all want. Don't take adyan-
tage OF my age to get Their first, and
pell-mell over one another the entire
audience, ceptin Pollock, the Niger
and me, started on keen run for the
house la few mInits they returned,
pantin and out Nv breath, when the
Spur called the court TO order agin,
wich bein restored he remarked /
Eff it Good be established that the
niger he'd 5000 in greenbax wood
necessarily discharae him. ez no man
with tibet sum Good be considered va.
grant; but he rpther thot ef the priz.
ner at the bar shood lock in the de-
reckshen Nv his house, he'd find it