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Chit Chat.
and carried all parties before court , to see svhat svarrant they had to arrest any man in Vermont svho hatl committed no crime . Three judges svere on the bench , two of them young and energetic , one aged and feeble , svho came to his seat by the habit of years , but seldom spoke , his eyes being dim and his strength abated . The counsel spoke—the defence svished to knosv svhy the man svas held in custody . The lasvyer for the slave-holder rose to repland said he should move the offender
y , svas guilty of a breach of the lasvs of Maryland state ; he svas a slave , and had stolen himself . The other lasvyer then said he should require proof that he ss-as a slave . The slave-osvner then stood up , anil held forth a document ; " This , " he said , " is a bill of sale , made in my favour for this man , signed by his original osvner . " Then the old judge rose to his feet , antl svith a voice of thunder , strangely loud for one so old , demanded"Who signed itsir ? " "John Williams" replied the asto
, , , nished owner . " Take it asvay ! take it asvay ! " said the oltl man , raising his hands to heaven ; " it is not valid , sir ; it is falsely signed , sir ; it is a blasphemous forgery ; none can sign that bill of sale but God Almighty . " The court svas electrified ; the slave-holder slunk out , and Vermont , awakened like a sleeper , gave tsventy thousand abolition votes at the next election . —Extract of a Letter from Troy , State of New York , October , 1846 .
JESVS AND GENERAL LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTION . —A soiree of the members of this institution svas held lately , at Sussex Hall , Leadenhall-street , to celebrate the first anniversary of its establishment . The institution appears to be in a highly flourishing condition . The company on this interesting occasion included a great number of ladies . A series of addresses svere in the first place delivered ; Hananiel de Castro , Esq ., president of the institution , leading the svay , follosved by
Air . Sampson Samuel , honorary solicitor , Mr . Parry , anil Air . David Wire . The addresses svere all to a similar purpose , exhibiting the advantages of societies like the present , and urging on public attention the fact , that although tlie majority of those belonging to the institution were of the Jesvish faith , that circumstance did not constitute a prohibition to the admission of persons of any religion or mode of thinking , the simple prosecution of literature and science being the desired end . There
are , it appears , more than six hundred members , antl the library contains five thousand books ready for constant reference . A concert svas the next feature in the evening ' s amusements ; the svhole concluded svith a ball , svhich svas kept up svith considerable spirit until a late hour . The hall svas svell lighted , and most tastefully decorated , the ensemble being extremely brilliant .
CHARITABLE D ISTRIBUTION AMONGST DISTRESSED JESVS . —A meeting of the rabbi and other officials connected svith tbe various metropolitan synagogues svas lately held at the Jesvish Free Schools , in Bell-lane , Spiialfields , for the purpose of distributing relief to the poor members of the different synagogues . To raise a requisite sum the chief rabbi hatl previously issued a circular , calling upon tbe inferior rabbis to make a collection in their various synagogues , for their immediate succour . The sum thus gathered amounted to above £ 700 . There svere above tsvelve hundred poor persons of the persuasion , of both sexes , present to partake oi the bounly .
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Chit Chat.
and carried all parties before court , to see svhat svarrant they had to arrest any man in Vermont svho hatl committed no crime . Three judges svere on the bench , two of them young and energetic , one aged and feeble , svho came to his seat by the habit of years , but seldom spoke , his eyes being dim and his strength abated . The counsel spoke—the defence svished to knosv svhy the man svas held in custody . The lasvyer for the slave-holder rose to repland said he should move the offender
y , svas guilty of a breach of the lasvs of Maryland state ; he svas a slave , and had stolen himself . The other lasvyer then said he should require proof that he ss-as a slave . The slave-osvner then stood up , anil held forth a document ; " This , " he said , " is a bill of sale , made in my favour for this man , signed by his original osvner . " Then the old judge rose to his feet , antl svith a voice of thunder , strangely loud for one so old , demanded"Who signed itsir ? " "John Williams" replied the asto
, , , nished owner . " Take it asvay ! take it asvay ! " said the oltl man , raising his hands to heaven ; " it is not valid , sir ; it is falsely signed , sir ; it is a blasphemous forgery ; none can sign that bill of sale but God Almighty . " The court svas electrified ; the slave-holder slunk out , and Vermont , awakened like a sleeper , gave tsventy thousand abolition votes at the next election . —Extract of a Letter from Troy , State of New York , October , 1846 .
JESVS AND GENERAL LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTION . —A soiree of the members of this institution svas held lately , at Sussex Hall , Leadenhall-street , to celebrate the first anniversary of its establishment . The institution appears to be in a highly flourishing condition . The company on this interesting occasion included a great number of ladies . A series of addresses svere in the first place delivered ; Hananiel de Castro , Esq ., president of the institution , leading the svay , follosved by
Air . Sampson Samuel , honorary solicitor , Mr . Parry , anil Air . David Wire . The addresses svere all to a similar purpose , exhibiting the advantages of societies like the present , and urging on public attention the fact , that although tlie majority of those belonging to the institution were of the Jesvish faith , that circumstance did not constitute a prohibition to the admission of persons of any religion or mode of thinking , the simple prosecution of literature and science being the desired end . There
are , it appears , more than six hundred members , antl the library contains five thousand books ready for constant reference . A concert svas the next feature in the evening ' s amusements ; the svhole concluded svith a ball , svhich svas kept up svith considerable spirit until a late hour . The hall svas svell lighted , and most tastefully decorated , the ensemble being extremely brilliant .
CHARITABLE D ISTRIBUTION AMONGST DISTRESSED JESVS . —A meeting of the rabbi and other officials connected svith tbe various metropolitan synagogues svas lately held at the Jesvish Free Schools , in Bell-lane , Spiialfields , for the purpose of distributing relief to the poor members of the different synagogues . To raise a requisite sum the chief rabbi hatl previously issued a circular , calling upon tbe inferior rabbis to make a collection in their various synagogues , for their immediate succour . The sum thus gathered amounted to above £ 700 . There svere above tsvelve hundred poor persons of the persuasion , of both sexes , present to partake oi the bounly .