Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1837-07-19
EDITORIAL SUMMARY.

Annual Commencement Of the UnivnsI-
ty OF Vermont, on the first Wednesda; q
August.
In future, the carrying Of deadly vc.rorz.
IN Mississippi, is to he punished with fi;,t
and imprisonment
The sentence of death lately pronounced
against the boy Of IS, in Massachusetts, has
been conmu,ed to imDrisonmen, for life.
According to the accounts in the papers
there was a great waste of limbs ard He.
from the use Of gunpowder in celebrar.
the 4th. AT Northampton, Mass, "t,r, e
were more or less burnt and nulilated-two
or three Of them horribly dis6gured." TIE
following accounts, taken from the New
York Spectator, are but moiety:
| "AcC1DENTs ON THE FoURrH-ht
Rahway, n j., sundry persons were H.
! jured by the explosion of some rockies.
A little daughter of Luther Martin, vas
among the number of those seriously hurc.
| At Newburyport, Mass, a son of Ma
thaniel Sargent, about IL or ID years Of
age was so badly wounded, bv the expo.
sion of pistol, that he will lose both his
hands and one eye
F. Stokey, ofthe Howell Works, Mon
mouth, Co., N. J., was seriously injured
while engaged in loading cannon.--
The charge Unexpectedly went of, teoc-
ing his right hand completely off, sn?tte"
ing his arm to jelly half way to III:
elbow; two fingers on his eft hand were
also partly shot off,
At Easton, Pa, cartridge exp)od"c
and shattered, in a shocking manner, the
right arm of VIM. Schooley, aud 50 il
jured Nathan Osterstock, that it is feared
his eye sight will be lost.
At Plymouth, N. c., by the prematur.
discharge of a cannon, Young ra!
named Gallop, had his thumb and hngp,
torn off from his right hand, and his arr
broken in two places His face All
breast were also horribly wounded. The
physician who was called in Immediately.
pronounced it impossible for him to live.
At PottsviIIe, Pa, German named
LechIer, was killed by being struck By
the wad from cannon.
In this city, lad of fourteen, nan."3
Smith, residing at No. 7 Albany SIT IT,
was so severely injured by the hur>:;r'
of pistol that it became necessary to an
putate his left arm above the elbow
AT Brook YIN, one person was killed T.
the bursting of a small field piece, a.
another by falling through the chimu:->.
way of an unfinished house Ano:r1
on board Of ship had the calf Of h;>
leg carried away by the bursting ola ca:.-
non.
Joseph B'ackall, jr., at ALBANY, ~
engaged in firing a ffy-six, received II,
charge in his knee, which was SO Dire. 6
fully mang led as to require amrutat;cu
In this city, a boy named To~'> s.
had his hand so much injured by tie
bursting of a pistol as 10 require amru.2
ton.
At Burlington, N. J., a bow had his t.cc
50 dreadfully burnt that the features wee
hardly distinguishabIe, in consequence o.
the accidental ignition of about half
pound of gunpowder, which he hel1 II.
his hand
At Maiden, Mass, Mr.. Lockwood was
killed by the bursting of cannon.
AT hampstead, L. l., another was ki}I6
by the same means.'
| The Wing State Convention, held I,
Montpelier on the 18th, nominated Silas \
: Jenison for Governor, David NJ Camp f
Lieut.. Governor, and Augustine CLARK .st
Treasurer.
There is a growing uneasiness in tie
, Canadas, under the British goyernment.-
The revolutonists are headed by Mckenz:t.
: in the Upper province, and by Papineau II
the Lower.
The report concerning the loss Of -
, steamboat Monroe, as copied into rreco
ing column, we are happy to say, tur4s o..
to be Incorrect
From the issuing of proclama,icr l..
the Governor Of Maine, calling on the NJ.
tia and citizens Of that State to be read
for defence against British encroachment<
it appears that the North Eastern Boundary
question remains unsettled.
1t is said that in several Counties, in the
State Of New-York, the loan Of one half
of the surplus revenue has not been calIed
for.