Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1836-10-19

seem 70 nave ldlIcu uPOA AS0hiuA uAh0Si
such is the extent of crime among us, and
such its fearful character. Public morals
are in deplorable condition, and some Of
the remedies recommended by our contem-
poraries, are in our opinion worse than
the disease. For instance:-the ,""'Morn-
ing STAR after attributing the extent OF
crime 10 the number OF imported" 1elons
that dre said to arrive on our shores, con-
cludes its article thus
Our Legislators must pass more severe
and terrible laws, our jurymen must shake
off the foolish fear Of capital punishments,
the galIows must again be erected, and I'VE
must hang as high as Haman every for
eign folon who comes and commits crimes
among u.s. Then alone shall we sensibly
diminish the number OF criminals, and de-
ter them, by the fear Of death, from ap-
preaching our shores"
How much of Christianity appears in
that paragraph? We had thought the
principles ofunivcrsal love, embodied in
acts Of kindness, were more likely to make
men what they ought to be, than the ter.
rors Of a gallows. 1t is really stupid in
any body to suppose that human laws,
however terrific, will deter foreigners
from approaching our shores. Hence in
stead Of preparing TO hang men we had
much better try to reform those who need
it, and thus make them good and useful
| citizens The sentiments we animadvert
upon, are an outrage upon every princi-
pie Of morality and humanity Weekly
Messenger.
| SILK PRINT WoRKs-The Philips
mills at Lynn, Mass. have recently been
purchased by Henry A. Breed, Esq. and
thoroughly repaired. A new brick build
ing, SO by 40 feet and five stories high
has also been erected for the printing Of
silks and ginghams. The goods put up
at this establishment are said to surpass
in beauty anything Of the kind in this
country. Many families, chiefly Irish,
are already in the employment Of the pro-
prietor, and we learn he is about forming
company, with capital Of 100000, Tor
the energetic rosecution this branch OF
the silk business.
/ RA1L-RoAp ACROSS THE IsTnhus OF
PAxAmA.-Col. Charles Biddle, citizen
of the United States. in conjunction with
few capitalists in this country, has OBJ
tanned the contract for this road, which
promises, if completed, 10 be Of immense
!. importance to our commerce, and 10 tho
whole world. 1t must become, in few
years, the highway of nations TO the Pa.
cifc Ocean and will enable our whaling
ships to make their return every ST,
months, instead of three years, as well as
save dangerous voyage around Cape
Horn.
MEMPHIS, Aug. 25. The Harrest.-
Never was earth more bounteous in hel
gifts throughout West Tennessee than Al
the present season. The crops of grass
and small grain have been abundant, and
= our trees are. bowed down with the weight
Of their rich treasures of tIuit The corn
, fields are luxuriant and promising, and
our staple, the cotton crop never bcfory
presented so rich a prospect In lately
travelling through three counties, we dis
covered not one field that did not promise
well.
According to the Cincinnati Mirror, a
man who was hanged lately in neie h.
boring State, for burglary ard murder,
confessed under the gallowsthat his career
Of crime began by stopping newspaper
without paying for il!
. Etymology Of IMiIjim,t Milan hence
S our word Alilancr which has dropped into
P mlliner. Milan, the capital Of Austrian
. Lombardy, is still famous for It's dress
= makers and seams,re<scs, who aye sccono
!, only TO those of Paris. 1t is we'll know
c that Mantua has given its name to Mani
Iers, which were first ado ,'trd THEREBY
= Y Express.
J, NEw-OkLEA>s has a population Q
: $4,000, 10000 Of which are residents dur
J. ing the whole year. Rents have rise
IS 81 per cent In one y"aT.-Id.
S 1t is stated uron accurate info4matio
II that fourteen OF the largest gin shors
Is in London have been visited IN one wee
E. by two hundred and sixty nine thousan
" four hundred and sevsn,y;hree persons
~. CHOLERA AT HONDURAS. We hay
re- news from Havana up to the l4h.
-. report was prevalent Ut that time that III
u Cholera had broken out at Belize, not
y. duras.-N. Y Express
" The Journal Of Commerce says, out
the 4l0 stores destroyed by the great fl
in December last, all but 7S arc in pr
70 gress Of neutrality-suspicious. Press.
!, "ANoTHER RESPECTABLE YoUN
MAN. "A young man was taken 10 tt
ID police office, in Newly ork. few da,
- since, for having been found in the act
in cutting the pews in the Methodist Churc
le in John street, aud committing other mi
~ conduct while in the said Church. r