Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1836-11-02

PETITIONS FOR THE ABOLITION OF
SLAVERY IN THE BRITISH Dependent
c1Es,-The following is statement of
the number of petitioners to the House OF
Commons, for the abolition of colonial
slavery, which were presented previous to
the Abolition Act, which took effect Au-
gust /, 1884:
Baptists, $3.50
Calvinistic Methodists, l,431
Calvanistic Non-contormlsts, 100
Catholics, 1913
Countess of Huntington's chapelS, 597
lndep'nt's or Congregatlonalists, $1,000
New Connection Methodists, 1865
New Connection Gen'l Baptists, 80
Old Independents, 78O
Pedo Baptists, 2O8
Presbyterians, 1887
Primitive Methodists, ITO
Protestant Dissenters, 26,776
Protestant Evangelical Dssenters, "a
Relief Church, I,Ol6
Friends, 933
Unitarlans, AIS
United Associate Seceders, 2l,9o3
United Christians, ll9
Wesleyan Methodists, 229,426
la ALL 1885 petitions, and 352,4O3
signers. There were also 2,494 other
petitions, with 957,527 signers.
From the above, it will be seen that we,
as yet, have done comparatively nothing
in petitioning Congress- Let every male
and female in the free states, of proper age
and qualification be solicited to sigh Pc
tition for abolishing slavery in the Dis
trict of Columbia. The Effect on the
District is not the principal object in view;
1t is to create a proper public sentiment
against slavery. u Let the work be
done thoroughly and promptly.-N. E.
! Spectator.
MEXICO AND TExAs.-A correspondent
ofthe National Intelligencer writes as fol-
lows, from Nachodoches under date of Sep
TENDER 3D.
Let what will be the result of this in
reference by the United States, the peace
! of Texas is effectuaIlv broken up for a long
period of years. The old cuItivators who
went there to make cotton and sugar, and
IN whose name the instruction began are
| disguised; their influence has sunk under
the overbearing spirit of the adventures
that have focked into the country. These,
too are dissatisfied and many have gone
back again. There is no discipline; all
is confusion and INSTRUMENTATION In the
mean time the spectators, who expect to
derive great advantages in the end circu-
! late fine stories about their army, and about
the cowardice Of the Mexicans. I spoke
lately with well-informed person just
from Mexico and New Orleans, and he
says the Mexicans are making prepara-
tons of great ma gnnude, and that what
| they are doing is doing well that they
will have atrong naval force in the Gulf
at the beginning of November, when the
Texans will have employment enough.
1t is his opinion that Mexico, Unnecessary,
would continue the struggle for twenty
years, and | verify believe that the peace
of Texas is utterly broken up for long
period, and that no bod will derive any
advantage from its possession"
PAINFUL oCCURRENcE.-On the / 18th
inst. two sons of Elder James Phillips, of
Warwick, in this State, one Of them seven
and the other nine years old, were enticed
from home by young man, to a quarry
of stone near the railroad bridge, building
across Pautuxet river There they filed
their pockets and cap with powder, went
into an adjoining wood, and set fire to small
quantities Of it on the ground By some
means the fire was communicated to the
whole Of the POWDER and the two elder
boys were literally burnt to acrisp. The
youngest ofthe party, FIVE years of age,
escaped uninjured. He immediately went
home and gave information of the
shocking affair to the father, who found
his children alive, but in state not to be
described. One Of them survived eleven
and the other twelve hours, retaining their
reason 20 the last struggle. The young
man WHO enticed these children, was about
twenty years Of age and he too was so much
injured that his life is deSpaired Of A Sc
rlous warning this, both to parents and
chIldren let both remember it.-Prori-
! dence Journal
THE HARVEST. Much curiosity has
been exhibited to know the avera &c annu-
al amount of grain produced in the United
States. There is no data which enable US
TO arrive at an accurate result, but the fol-