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VERMONT TELEGRAPH.
No. 34 Vol. VIH-.
keep tilence,-without becoming "panaic- ry aay, cneenng- J uiai aympainy
ertm other men'f fins." f. PuW which a sister only knows, relieving his
nru :tv.I -1 J f-'- ' ' wounded spirits, and binding op his al-
.(..;.. ;r.f!Art,U;nWtobemistak-murder of Ellen Jewett, has arrived in and of these, 149 made a profession of re-
en, the feelings of God in tnis matter, and that city, from Durham, Connecticut, and ligion during the year, being an increase
the Church and his ministers cannoi ivugcr vwib ner uuuawj " awc loai year ui
inenumoer ot pupus is Jd,iy2. Of
these, upwards of 1 ,000 are colored pu
pils. Une nundred and nrty-hve of the
scholars have made a profession of reli
gion during the year, being an increase
over last year of 13.
Twenty-eight teachers and 5 pupils
have commenced'' preparations for the gos-
pei ministry, ana tnree nave entered dur
ing the year upon the duties of that sacred
office.
The i49 teachers and 155 scholars
who have made a profession of religion,
added to th$ aggregate of last report,
(3,729,) makes 4,033, besides some hun
dreds who have connected themselves
with the visible church, but who died in
Pnm. the Protestant Vindicator.
. The Tism Roman Catholic.
I perused "the article in the Protestant
Viii"c-r of April 20, by D Brownlee?
respecting tie constant use of the. words
Roman Catholic Church", in. his wri
tings concerning Popery, and I candidly
tczCzzs that I am not satisfied v either with
most' broken heart. She is said to be a
most beautiful and accomplished girl, a
bout sixteen years of age.
ANNIVERSARIES.
hU r- :t::eor his defence' of iU : The The
iorr-cr I uheve to be improper, and the 1 Society
laitar ta not convincing. It I ' admitted 1 enen.
From this tfevo-York Observer.
American Tract Society.
eleventh annual meeting of this
was attended by a crowded audi
on Wednesday, at 10. A. M. in the
that the terms Romau Catholic, "in 'the (Broadway Tabernacle, S. V. S. Wilder,
wav m which Dr. lirownlee has exnlain- Escr. President, in the chair. From the
ed them; are contradictory but the fact Is report itappeared that the receipts for the the triumphs of faith.
thu, thsv are never used or understood in vear endincr ADril 5th. were S105.O00. Rev. Mr Van Klenlr. of th Mnmvn
thatsenssby any, protestants or rapists. 1 being $12,000 more than the previous church, moved that the report be adopted,
Recently k prctestahts have used the title year. Of the receipts. 647.573 were for nrinted. and circulated, which was Keoond-
,hy a mischievous r courtesy, to express all publications sold, and $56,633 donations, ed bv J. B rower. Esa.
penoti vtha acknowledge the supremacy I The 835,000 for foreign and Pagan lands Rev. Mr Welch offered the following
01 tne rope; ana papists mean by that ap- had all been received and paid over. The resolution, which was seconded by Rev
peiiauve, tnat Koraan Catholics are ex- number of volumes printed was 247,972, G G. Somers, of this city, and accompan-
.ciusiveiyine louowers oi tae ura jesus j oemg mi.uuu more tnan in tne previous led with an address :
innsr, ana inanney comprise ail tne year, ' and the number of smaller tracts, Resolved, la view of the evident mam
Christiana in 'the1 world. 'In my view, 4,309,000. The whole number of tracts festations of God's blessing unon the Sun
ooiainose ucnnuiori are nirniy excep-1 ana volumes printed and circulated since dav Senoo a of this'eiiv dnnncr the naat
tionahJe; and Dr. Brownlee's explication the formation of the 8ocietv is 43,647,590. year, both as it regards the increase of pu-
uoca noi oi u.ii tciiorc ray ooicciious, oui a ne roeeunp continued ior iour nours. nils, and tne nonetu conversion 01 manv
raincr Bircnginens mem, cecause ne coes I and was addressed by Kev. Mr Ualusha, of the scholars and teachers, the friends
net adopt them-in any sense in which they Jbf Rochester; Rev. Dr. Spring, of this and supporters of Sunday Schools are
jo comaunij apprenenaccu vje us con- city ; itev. tawin rial, oi IMorwalk, bound to acknowledge the goodness of
iuwtui , aca. f in. a. i lunier, oi v irgin-1 irroviaence, ana 10 reaouoie meir enons
1: Chxrch. There. is no more gospelJia Rev. Lr lyng, of Philadelphia; in this glorious cause for the coming
in my view, and no more sense, in apply- Jonn V. urown, oi Bt, jf etersonrgn, year.
. .1 : i .i. . vr f I ,o.:. . ..J li r wt rU I t u m t ..ji j .u ru
log mo worn cnurcn to me panisis. or in i ,uoai i v-. - uwuuiicj ut icy. . vr. uuuiuw uucicu mc iuuuw
the use of the phrases the Roman Catho-1 Philadelphia. ing resolution, accompanied with an in-
liC Church, and the Church of Rome, than I 1 the. course of the meeting, an inter- j teresting statement of facts :
there is. In talking of Tthe "Mohammedan cstmg relic, the chair occupied by the Resolved, That it is the duty of minis-
Church, or the Hindoo : Church, or ;the 1 lAurymaiTt - Daughter," (Elizabeth teTs of the gospel to encourage the forma
Church of Confucias, or lhe: Church of VValbndge, of the isle of Wight,) was ex-
japan. That the Uremic word Ecclesia. nioitea to me audience, it nas been re-
5-l ' " ' t " . 'l .1 1 L.
means anv assemniv is true: nut th trm i ccnii v jorouyui io idu couqitv. accornna-
is not so used, nor is it so understood ly 1 nied with certificates of its identity from
any persons in reterence to popery. When surviving reiauvea oi tne aeceasea.
American Hone Missionary Society
we speak of a church in modern balance.
and eipecially in didactic or polemical
theolov, wo intend by the word body.of
the . faithful ' disciples of .the Lord Jesus
' Christ, and that is the only sense in which
the word is applied ia the New Testament
in its strict ecclesiastical meaning, and to
which, in , all religious controversies, it
jiiusi eyxuemiy oe restricted.. , ine Hues,
. the Roman CatholicChureh &the Church
of Rome, therefore imnlv. that nowru
tillr4nVoteffra) part, of jthe, Churcn of
. Christ, which position Dr. Brownlee most
, strenuonsly denies. 1 therefore contend
that the term church. ' as annlied to the
Romanists, is no( only lallacious. but that
u,is iraugm wita cvii,ana airecny sane-
tions their fundamental, heresy, the usurp
ed" supremacy and infallibility of the Pope,
upon which Babylon the Great is erected.
2. Roman Catholic. cannot perceive
in this phrase either the contradiction or ;
. the absurdity to which Dr. Brownlee al
;;' udes." Ii it meant "nothing more than that
n min is one "of theYuuiversal; multitude
who acknowledge that the Roman Pon
. v tifT is . 'Vicar of Christ and God upon
earth;' I should not disapprove of it.
'-Tha obiection is in tha armronriAtion f
the term Catholic; which from long usage
implies 'a . member of . Chrjst'a universal
church, of which church a Papist cannot
po acknowledged a consistent member,
neither ia doctrine, Titual, profession, nor
morals., . If Dr. . Brownlee were under
stood only according to his own explana
tion.it would be of no consequence. ,But
he neither is, nor la it possible he ever can
be apprehended according . to his . own
construction of the termsi because the- ve
ry words themselves, in their legitimate
tense will not admit of that definition.-
rni . T ' -L .1
. inruiui nuiuau vauiuiic uicaos turn a
man is a Chnstian believer after the faith
and usages of the Court of Rome wheth
er there is more or , less or how. much of
. varisuanny in me contradictory, nonsense
is uoi armonuoa; out tnat toe man is a dis
ciple of Jesus in some sense is. admitted in
the very adoption of the term.- - It is there
fore evident to me, that to use thejerms Ro
rnaa Catholics, Roman CathoUc ; Church,
and Crjurch of Rome, counteracts all e
fbrts against Popf rv. I am also cenvinc
d,that if we would efficiently combat the
Jesuits, we must ro back both to the snirit
-and the language of the Reformers of the
Sixteenth Century. The term" Romanist
it good, because it expresses that the' per
toa is a devotee of the Pontiffof Rome;
as a Mohammedan declares that he" is" a
fella wet of the Arabian impostor; bat the
term Catholic, has always vbeen used 'to
designate a memoer.of the" mystical body
of CiirisL- A genuine Papist is" an; Idbla-
ior, an incessant transgressor of the 'first
' irteat 'Commandment: and therefore it: ia
, equally objedior.abTe to use the name Ro-1
Paran Catholics, or Juirjremathan Cath
olics; and there is' no more propriety in
' the phrases Roman Catholic Church or
cnurcn oi iiomer moauere ia m the' ti
tles Brahman ' Catholic ' Church,, or the
Church of Mecca, v;; , , ---
V1 "V1 1 ' Stick to Tiii Text.v
The tenth annual meeting of this socie
ty was held in the Tabernacle on Wed
hesday evening, the Hon. S. Van Rensse-
tion and promote the prosperity of Sunday
bchools, both because they are powerful
agencies in theconversion of the children,
and because they render the children effi
cient coadjutors in the salvation of their
parents.
American Anti-Slavitrv Society.
Reported for the N. Y. Observt-i.
The third annual meeting of the Ameri
laer, President of the Society, in thechair. can Anti-Slavery Society was held in the
writ . .t , 1 . . . - - ,
i ne receipts iot tne year, including a oai- church at the corner of Houston and
ance of 85,446 in the treasury at the com- Thompson streets, at 10 o'clock on Tues
mencement, and a legacy of 8 1 2,000 from day moraincr. The exercises were open
the late Joseph Burr, of Vermont, amount ed with prayer by the Rev. Chas. Stewart.
to 8107.039. The expenditures nave The Kev, Mr Mann, ot Greenwich, Uonn
been 892,106, leaving a balance in the
treasury of 814,930. The progress of
the society, as tested by its receipts, has
been as follows : First year, 918,130 76 ;
second, 820,035 78; third, 826,997 31;
then read the 5th chapter o! the epistle
of James.
An abstract of the 3d annual report of
the society was next read by Ehzur
Wright, Esq., Corresponding Secretary
fourth, 833,929 44 ; fifth, 848,124 73 The report noticed the formation of 328
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sixth, 849. 422 12; seventh, 868,627 17;
eighth, 878,911 44; ninth, 888,863 22 ;
tenth, 8101,565 15.
The number of missionaries under the
care of the society during the year has
been 753 in this country, and 17 in France;
total, 770. Of the 753 in this country.
575 are settled pastors, or stated supplies
in single congregations ; 132 extend their
abors to two or three congregations ;
and 46, including agents, are employed
in larger fields. The amount of ministe
rial labor performed under the commis
sions of this society the past year, is equal
to 543 years of an individual.
The meeting was addressed by tho
Rev. Dr Humphrey, President of Am
herst College ; Rev. Dr Skinner, of this
city; Rev. Dr Cod man ; Rev. Professor
Schmuckert of Gettysburg Lutheran The
ological Seminary; and Rev. Flavel S.
Mines.
American Bible Society.
The American Bible Society celebraU
3 . . ? . Vnt .
eo its iwenueta anniversary on i nursaay
morning, at 10 1-2 A. M. at the Taberna
cle, which was occupied in' every part by
1 m m m ,
an audience oi about 4,uuu people. The
President of the Society, the Hon. John
Cotton Smith being detained at home by
domestic affliction, the chair was taken by
John Bolton, Esq the first Vice Presi
dent The Rev. Dr Sharpe of Boston,
returme ocnu cnaptcr oi isaiaa. a writ
ten address from the President of the Soci
ety, was read by the Rev. Dr Milnor, one
of the Secretaries. T The Treasurer's Re
port was then read by John Nitchie 'Esq
Treasurer frbin. which it appeared that
the total receipts or the Society during the
year amountea, in addition to a balance or
812,277, to 8104,899, and its expenditures
to $107,910: leaving a balance in the
Treasury or sy.265.
-The managers report an abstract of
which will be lound in another part of our
paper, was read by the Rev. MrBrieham,
one of the secretaries after which the
folio win? gentlemen, addressed f the meet
ing. H is t, excellency, ,R. PDunlap, of
Maine; ;Ber., Mr. ,M'i4roy, of. Ohio;
Rev. Mr Atkinson, of Virginia; Rev. Mr
Hodgson, , of New-York ; Rev. Mr Reid,
of Bombay : ReT. Mr Brown, of St. Pe
tersburg!!, .Russia; Rev. DrSkinneT. of
Newxorfc
. ' Snetdh Conmandmentl Sotfify.We
shall present a full .account of the" very
caxouragin? anniversary of this impor
. taht ?m iety Jo our next. Suffice it to say,
tho cu i T.ce is abundant, thai ' tho; Chris
tian public are awaking with unwonted
rap J.ty, t3 the claims of Christian purity,
and the duty of Inculcating andsustalning
.mis, lon injured, cornraandmeni. We
only me ntion that,' on rnotion of the Rev."
Eln Galusha, the octcty resolved, that
with t;;j Messing oi Uoa tney would en:
denvof to raio 620,000 the current year
for the sunport'of agents and the diffusion
crpuDiicauons in Denau oi me, objects o
;It fi said ' that a young sutervof R6bIn
tcn9 ccsXci b IkUcrue prisca for the
New-York Sunday School Ukion.
''Oi TaesaVveninirt the;New-Tork
S unday ' School Union held its twentieth
anniversary in the Broadway 'Taberna
cle. ; The house was full, to overflowing,
and the exercisesi were unusually interest-g-.t
Mr.Purser, one' of the Vice ;?.resH
den&, took the chair and -the meeting
was opened by singin'gi and a prayer of-feredpy'.Rev.-Dr
BVoadhead. ,4 -t; v:
t?nnaI t?0 which was read by
H. .Holden, Esq. the Secretary', presented
an interesting statement of facts, sho wing
the prosperity of the Sabbath School cause
during the past year." ' The following is a
brief sketch of the-;.nmr''of Sabbath
Schools; Uhe number of teachers; pupils,
hopeful conversions; r
From reports received from 7$ schools,
it appears' that there are 980 "male and 1,:
103 female teachers total, 5 2,083. ' 'Of
whom 1,68$ re professor of religion
new anti-slavery societies during the past
year, making the entire number in the
United States 528. Of these, onlv 254
had returned the number of their mem
bers, but these showed an aggregate of
27,182 members.
Auxiliary state societies had been form
ed during the year in New-York r.nd in
Rhode Island. The auxiliary in Massa
chusetts, in age and in fact the parent of
all the anti-slavery societies, had spent
6,000 in advancing the cause during the
past year. That in Maine had resolved
to raise $2,000 for the coming year ; 887
of which were subscribed at its annual
meeting; and the Vermont society had
passed a similar resolution, and raised
$675 towards the amount; having ex
pended the last year $464. The New-
Hampshire auxiliary had expended liber
ally and would not fall behind any of her
sisters. The New-York Society, at its
first meetinj? in Peterboro', had subscrib
ed $1,200;. that in Rhode Island has
pledged itself to raise $2,000. The Ohio
auxiliary, which, being excluded from
the churches, had been compelled to hold
its annual meeting in a barn in Granville,
had resolved to raise $10,000 for theyear,
$4,500 of which had been subscribed up
on the spot. For the Kentucky auxilia ry
Mr Birney, had obtained a press, but not
J'et being permitted to set it up within the
imits of the state had planted it in Cin
cinnati, on the opposite side of the dividing
line, wheTe it subserved the interests of
the cause as eflectually as if U were m
Kentucky.
The total receipts of the society during
the year amounted to $25,866 30, being
an increase over the receipts ot last year
of more than $15,000.
The Society had kept a number of
agents in the field, and had published the
following periodicals: Human Rights,
240,000; Anti-Slavery Record, 385,000;
Emancipator, 210,000; Slave's Friend,
205,000 ; Quarterly Magazine 5,500 ;
besides 2,000 copies of the life of Gran
ville Sharpe, 1,000 of Mrs Child's Ap
peal, and 2,000 of anti-slavery periodicals
in volumes, making a total of 5,000 bound
volumes ; to which must be added 36,800
prints, pictures and minor publications,
making a grand total of 1,095,800 impres
sions. This was exclusive of all publica
tiona of other societies, and those at theex
pense of private individuals The amount
of their publications, during the past year
had been multiplied nine-fold at an ex-
pense only nve tjmes greater tnan oeiore.
Upwards of 14,000 of their periodicals
had been ' furnished monthly to paying
subscribers b&fides those distributed gra
tuitously. The Emancipator, heretofore
a monthly publication', was hereafter to be
issued weekly; of the-same si2e as before.
TheTeport 'passed very-high encomi
ums on th; character, zeal and iabors of
Messrs Charles Stewart and Geo. Thomp
son i noticed the enthusiastic ttception of
the latter on his 1 return to England V and
expressed much satisfaction in the'thbught
that his voice wohld now be more terrible
than 'ever to the enemies of the abolition
cause. "The resolution of the last year to
raise the amount of $30,000 had been Very
vigorously seconded by the New-England
Societies generally
Among other matters the report con
tained quotations from a speech of the Rev.
Robert N. Anderson in a letter to an ec
clesiastical body in the South, and sf letter
from the Rev. Wm. J. Armstrong dis
claiming all participation in the doctrines
and measures of abolitionists ; and accus
ed the head of the Post Office Depart
ment 5 of having betrayed the high trust
committed to its hands, under the plea
that we owe a higher obligation to the
community than to the laws ! It adverted
with censure and sarcasm to the response
made bv northern merchants to the ap
peals and demands of the South on the do
ings and designs of the abolitionists, and
the conduct of the New-York Legislature
in seeking to propitiate the South and ob
tain southern votes by a stab at one of our
literary institutions.
In noticing the proceedings of Con
gress on the anti-slavery petitions pre
sented, the report spoke with severity of
the treachery of northern members on
that subject, and advised that a list of such
men be preserved by every friend of the
abolition cause. After noticing the torma
tion of new slave states, and the design of
rendering the Texas excitement subservi
ent to the perpetuation and extension of
slavery, the f eport concluded by a rally
ing appeal to all the friends of abolition,
exhorting them to unite their efforts and
exert their energy to meet the great crisis
which had now arisen
Thomas Shipley, Esq. of Philadelphia,
moved the following resolution :
Resolved, That the annual report be
accepted and approved, and that it be en
joined on the executive committee to pub
lish the same, as far as possible, through
out the length and DTeadth of the land.
From the N. Y. Evangelist,
Thrilling Anecdote.
Just as the great anti-slavery meeting
on Tuesday was about to close, Mr Alvan
Stewart arose, and begged the attention o
the audience te an authentic anecdote o
the escape of a slave, which he was sure
was well worth their staying just three
minutes to hear.
In Georgia, said Mr S., about three
years ago, mere lived a man, black but
noble, a giant m strength, and in form an
Apollo Belvidere, about 35 years of age, a
slave, with a wife and four children, also
slaves. The love of liberty burned irre
pressible in his bosom, and he determined
to escape, and free his wife and children,
at every hazard. He had heard of Cana
da, as a place where the laws made every
man free, and protected him in his free
dom. But of its situation, or the road
thither, or the geography of the intermedi
ate country, he knew nothing. A benev
olent Quaker, however, helped him on his
way by night as far as he dared, and then
told him he could do no more for him, but
commend him to God and the north star.
Pointing him to the beautiful pole-star,
riding high in the heavens, he told him
to steer his course by that star, until he
found himself in Canada. The slave pro
ceeded, lay in the woods by day, and trav
eled by night, subsisting himself and fami
ly as well as he could, on the fruits and
roots he could find, crossing the Savannah
and other rivers', and carrying his wife
and children by almost superhuman ef
forts, passed through the states of South
and North Carolina and Virginia, crossed
Pennsylvania without even knowing that
it was the land of the Quakers; and final
ly, after six weeks of toil and hardship, he
reached Buffalo.
Here he placed his wife and children in
the custody of a tribe of Indians in the
neighborhood, for the poor man will al
ways be the poor man's friend, and the op
pressed will stand by the oppressed. The
man proceeded to town, and as he was
passing through the streets, he attracted
the notice of a colored barber, also a man
of great bodily power. The barber step
ped up to hiru, put his hand on his shoul
der, and says, 'I know you are a runa
way slave, but never fear, I am your
friend." The man confessed he was from
Georgia, when the barber said, "Your
master inquired about you to-day, in my
shop, but do not fear, I have a friend who
keeps a livery stable and will give us, a
carriage as soon as night comes, to carry
your family beyond the reach of a mas
ter." As the ferry boat does not run across
the Niagara river in the night, by day
break they were at the ferry house, and
rallied the ferryman to carry them to the
Canada shore. They hastened to the
boat, and just as they "were about to let go,
the master was seen, on his foaming horse,
with pistol in hand, calling out to the fer
ryman to stop and set those people ashore
or ne would blow nis brains out.
The stout barber, quick as thought,
said to tne
the peaceable and speedy overthrow of
slavery throughout the world.
Resolved, That . impressed with the
vastness of the moral, political, social and
personal evils of slavery, and encouraged
by the success that has attended its labors,
this society is desirous of giving increased
energy to its exertions during the ensuing
vear, and therefore, we, who are here
present, do pledge ourselves to pay into
the Treasury of the American Anti-Slavery
Society, the present year, our propor
tion of the sum of fifty thousand dollars.
The Pledge.
This was nobly met at the subsequent
business meetings of the delegates, at
which these present pledged, in behalf of
.1 1 .1 A
tnemselves and tne societies uiey represent-
ed, 'thesumof TWENTY-ONE THOU
SAND DOLLARS.
THE TELEGRAPH.
MAY 19.
withal foggy, which obscured the scenery
and frequently drove us from the decV
For the first time I now had a view of the
far-famed West Point, the American Gib
raltar of olden days, the place vhith?r
many of the finest young men of the ris
ing generation of this Christian people
resort to learn the art of human slaugh
ter. May the Lord hasten the time when
the purity and holiness of this nation can
be, and shall be trusted in, as its bulwarks,
instead of arms and munitions of war.
Much as is said of the scenery of th
ferryman, "If you don't nut
off this instant, I'll be the death, of you:'5
and the ferryman, thus threatened on bo&
sides, cried to God to have mercy on his
soul, and said, "If I must die, I will die
doing right," and CUT THE ROPE.
The powerful current of the Niagara
swept the boat rapidly into deep water, be
yond th. reach of tyranny. The work
men at work on tne steamboat Henry
Clay were taken by surprise and gave al
most involuntarily three cheers for liber
ty. As the boat darted into the deep and
rapid stream, the people on the Canada
side, who had seen the occurrence, cheer
ed her course, and in a few moments the
broad current was passed, and the roan
with his wife and children, were all safe
on British soil, protected by British laws.
The following resolutions were then
submitted by the Committee of arrange
ments, and unanimously adopted.
Resolved,' That the success of Anti
Slavery principles calla for unfeigned
gratitude to Almighty God, and should
strengthen the faith, arid increase the ef
forts of the friends of human rights, for
Letter from the Editor.
I seize a few moments, to communicate
to the readers of the TelegrarA such de
sultory thoughts as may come along.
I need not sav for mv readers will
mf m
soon find it out that, from want of expe
rience. or from some other cause, I have
but poor faculty to write about nothing
Nor have I patience to labor at endeav
oring to magnify nothing into something.
Much that is written and read about weath
er and a thousand trivial occurrences, is a
waste of time and labor. Doubtless it re
quires great candor, and more wisdom
than I claim to possess, to treat all things
according to their comparative import
ance. Having kept no journal, in wri
ting, on my way from Brandon hither, I
will now throw my mind back, and re
quire it to hasten over the ground, allow
ing it to dwell briefly on such points such
things observed, as it may readily fix up
on. Roads.
Uncommonly good for the season.
Stage-drivers.
Rode w ith them all, save one, on the
outside of the coach. No smell of rum
from the breath of any, although one in
timated that he drank the day before. Too
responsible a station to be occupied by
rum-drinkers. Too much human life
thus jeoparded. Remember riding with
one, a few months since, in the dark, on a
bad road, coach filled with passengers,
and he was so drunk that when a wheel
dropped into a rut or rose over a stone, it
seemed he would tumble headlong.
When will public opinion set this matter
right? It is hoped and believed that the
reformation is in progress.
Steamboat on Hudson River.
Managers sober, well drtssed, and ap
parently intelligent.
American Journal, puUished in Al
bany. As an agent for this publication, some
weeks or months since, collected several
subscriptions in Brandon and vicinity,
and probably to considerable extent where
the Telegraph circulates, I feel in duty
bound to give a statement of facts which
came into my possession at Albany. If
the people have been defrauded they have
a right to know it; and it is the duty of
all who have the means of exposing fraud,
to use such means. That no injustice be
done to the publisher or agent of the A
mcrican Journal, perhaps I ought to say
that the information about to be commu
nicated was received from a Boston gen
tleman interested in publishing the Amer
ican Magazine. He accompanied me
from Salem to New-York, and so far as I
could judge, appeared to be a man of can
dor, honor and veracity. He stated that
the publisher of the American Journal is
owing him- that he now called on him as
we came through Albany, and could get
nothing that the publisher of the Journal
told him that tfie work would proceed no
further, two numbers only (January and
February) being out. My informant stat
ed also that the engraver of the plates for
the Journal had not been paid by the pub
lisher. Thus far I have thought it duty to state,
to prevent, according to my means, fur
ther swindling, if there be swindling. If
there be not, the Telegraph is open to
make correction. The agent who trav
elled in Vermont and collected money,
owes it to himself to avail himself of this
opportunity to show the matter to be right.
if it be right. Subscribers have already
waited some months for the promised e
quivalent for their money. Delay height
ens the suspicion that all is not right,
Passage from Albany to New-York.
Although I had traversed the Hudson
some half a dozen times, this was the first
time I have enjoyed a day passage. Tbe
Hudson, it will not compare with that of
the Connecticut, as far as I have seen the
latter. The Hudson is, to a great exter.t
as a fellow passenger termed it iron
bound, bordered with rugged mountains
But all the lack of sufficient entertainment
from landscape scenery, a clear atmos
phere and a brilliant pky, was more than
made up, a hundred fold, in the enjoy
ment of the company of those who were
on their way to join the great congreg-u-tion
who have hearts and souls as well
as intellects who act with more refer
ence to God's law, than to the feelings,
caprices, and blind prejudices of blind nu n.
I found myself in a moral and religions
atmosphere that was most healthful an!
vivifying to ray moral and religious lungs
to my moral and religious nature.
The Anniversaries
Are very fully attended. Important
facts communicated, showing the results
of the different moral and religious efforts
going on in our country, I shall copy
principally from the papers published in
this city, as they employ reporters more
skilled than I am in following speakers.
I shall, however, from time to time, make
comments, and hero commence with a
few:
The New-York City Colonization
Society
Held its annual meeting on Tuetday eve
ning, 10th inst., at Chatham-st. Chape'
Having heard and read so much on that
subject, 'and the same things so many
times over and over, for the last four or
five years, I did not tax myself with at
tendance. I will, however, notice som?
things said by the speakers, which I have
from the united testimony of several cler
gymen and others who were present.
Mr Atkinson of Virgiuia sta ed that there
are as many Christians among the slaves
of the South as among the white people d
the North. Yet they are altogether un
fit to enjoy liberty 1 They would cut their
masters' throats in return for emancipa
tion! Mr Hodgson said that American
slavery is far preferable to African liber
ty! Ergo, American slavery 13 ritrh: .
we suppose to be his conclusion, of course.
We deny both premises and conclusion.
Mr P'umer of Virginia dwelt on tho v
larming effects of circulating anti-slaverv
publications in the South. A few aboli
tion printed handkerchiefs had produced
most frightful results in Richmond
Soon after, he stated that the slaves "turn
ed loost-" would be just about as harmful
as so many frogs. The "niggers" would
not fight. A regiment of a thousand
white men would put to flight all the
"blacks" in the world. He declared that
he could sleep with unfastened doors a ny
where inVirginia, with greater &afe?y than
in the city of New-York with ail its bolts
and bars. For this declaration he was
clapped and applauded most luslily by a
New-York auditory. What a compli
ment to themselves! And how consistent
with each other were Mr Plumer's statements!
Bible Question.
Unexpectedly to many, the American
Bible Society, at its annual meeting, yes
terday, (Thursday,) confirmed the late de
cision of its. Board of Managers. Last
evening a numerous convention of Bap
tist ministers and laymen from various
parts of the country, resolved, (with only
one dissenting voice,) to proceed immedi
ately to the formation of a Baptist Bible
Society. A committee was then appoint
ed to draft a constitution, and report to
day at 10 o'clock. A circular is to bead
dressed to the denomination throughout
the United States.
Deo volente, further communications
hereafter.
ORSON S MURRAY.
New-York City, )
Friday, May 13, 183G. $
rCJ"The next session of the Shaftsbu
ry Baptist Association will beholden with
the Baptist church in Manchester, on tbe
1st and 2d days of June next.
CfA part of our present impression is
on an inferior sheet. At too late an hour
for obtaining a supply elsewhere, our paper-maker
gave us notice.that he could
not furnish us in season for the present
day was cloudy, some part of it rainy, and 1 week. Hepromises a fair sheet hereafter.