Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1837-03-08

| lRELAED -Dreadful distress from
Starvation, Pesttlenee and COld-A let
Ter from a lady on visit with the rector Of
Sklbbereen, county of Cork, in the neigh
oorhood of Cape Clear, dated 22d Deer
1886, says: Il must now acquaint you
with some dreadful scenes of wr-tehed-
ness in this neighborhood, both on the isl
and and mainland, from utter want OF fu-
ell and food. In Cape Clear island,
they have no fuel so that they depend en-
tirely on the charity of others sending
them Goals, which is very expensive
thing. A complaint has carried off
great number already, proceeding from
nothing but cold and damp; the people
call it twisting of the CUTS; cer,ain
death is the consequence. They have for
some time past in that island been draw.
ing lots on their houses, and the house on
which the lot falls is devoted to destruc-
ton. The rafters Of the house are used
as fuel, and the wretched inmates crowd
ed into another cabin. AS that can only
last for short time, the progress is con-
tlnually going on, "and if no help arrive,
the unfortunate islanders will almost be
left without a cabin. A great extent of
the mainland is in the same condition.
The extreme dampness of the season hav-
ing almost rendered the boys useless, the
most painful circumstance of all is this
that without fuel they have no means Of
dressing their food, SO that they are suffer
ing from the aggravated wretchedness Of
cold and famine
SHIP CANAL AROUND THE FALLs:oF
NlAeARA.-We make the following ex-
tracts from the Report of the Committee
OF Roads and Canals in Congress, who
had this subject under consideration
The object 1t appears to US is one Of i'm
mense importance, and up TO the present
moment we have had no reason to ques-
ton its utility. The Report is from the
Hon Gideon Hard of this State. Mr.
Endorsements appropriations oiS5oo,-
OOO.-N Y Eaprsss =.
PLAN OF CANAL.-The project under
consideration contemples ship or steam
boat canal and we assume, for dimen-
sions of locks and breadth of canal, pro-
portions 10 render the work a means of
transportation for the larger class ofsteam-
boats or sail vessels navigating, or that
may navigate, Lakes Erie and Ontario
We assume for the length of locks two
, hundred feet, breadth fifty feet, the width
Of canal one hundred and ten feet at the
surface of the water, and depth ten feet
The locks will have lift varying with
circumstances, and generally not exceed
ing ten feet. 1t is obvious that the waters
to supply the exigencies Of ]ockage, &c.,
T will be drawn from the Niagara river
the plane ofthe bottom of canal at its sum-
; NIT level intersecting it at ten feet below
its minimum elevation.
1HE HALF WAS NOT TOLD Us.-Thc
Rev. DIR. FoIlen at the Tabernacle TEN
perance Meeting, said that one million two
hundred thousand bushels of grain were
annually consumed in this city by the
dlstlIers, exclusive Of the many thousands
more destroyed by the brewers. rbe
Journal of Commerce states that in this
city, Brooklyn, Williamsburgh and Jer-
sey City, the business is 50 extended that
there are now in constant operation in
those places fifteen grain distilleries, at
which are consumed at least ten thousand
bushels of corn and rye daily, or three
millions of bushels yearly. The business
is made profitable, not BY selling the whis-
key as such, but by preparing and selling
1t under the name Of every other kind OF
liquor that may be found in the market.
. Could this immense amount of bread
stuf7s be applied to its appropriate use,
how vast the benefit to the suffering poor
how great the relief to the honest and
industrious in the diminulion Of their tax
ers and other burdens arising out of the
prevalence Of pauperism.
: CINCINNATI MARKET, Feb. 2l-FLoUR.
The demand is still brisk for this staple,
/ at 81, so from the Canal aud $7,75 from
the stores.
FLOUR AND GRAIN.-Since the open
ing Of the navigation of the southern
r rivers, and the prospect of speedy supply
from the north, the price Of -four and
: grain has declined shade. Three hun
, dred barrels of French -four have been
sold this week at about 81, and two
thousand bushels ofFrench wheat at 81 OF
I The flour had been inspected at this port
: N. Y. Spec.
THE LoNGsNow sToRM.-The longest
= snow storm that ever was known in Eng
land, took place in the year 1914. 1t il
- recorded in the register of the parish O
: Wotton Gilbert, that il began on the 5tf
" of January, and continued to snow every
day until the 18th of March The loss oil