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

FOREIGN ITEMs-Among the failures
IN Paris, an American house is mentioned
for large sum.
WHAT NExT.-The halt-hour steamer
plying between London and Westminster
bridges emlts no smoke, being worked by
quicksilver. So says the London Herald.
BEAUTIEs OF LAVA Mr.. Wood
latel y expended nearly $4,000 in defend
ing some two and sixpenny suit. growing
out of the church rates.
A FERTILE CouNTRv.-The Isle of
Wight produces in one year sufficient
grain to maintain the inhabitants and Wis.,
itors for seven.-N. Y Spectator.
THE RANDOLPH WILL CAsE.-The
special court of appeal has affirmed the
Judgment of the general court. Judges
Brockenbrough and Mason concurring,
and Judge CabelI dissenting. The de-
cison establishes the will ofl82l, with
the various codicils up 10 August, 1881,
by which the slaves Of Mr. Randolph are
emancipated.-N. Y. Spec.
BAD News FOR ARTlsTs.-A late
English paper-,he Cumberland Packet
says that the bIack-Iead mine in Bor
rowdaIe. (the onI Y one known in the
world,) has not yielded single soy" of
the valuable mineral for the last fifteen
months, although twelve men have been
constantly employed in searching for it,
The mine is now cIosed.-N. Y. Spec.
STEAM BOAT WREcKED..-A slip from
the office of the Albany Evening Journal
states that the passengers which arrived
in the rail road cars yesterday afternoon,
report that the steam boat Monroe, which
sailed from Buffalo on the 10Th of June,
had been wrecked near the Upper Lakes
She had on board, at the time, between
four and five hundred persons, the great
er part Of whom are said TO have been lost.
N. Y Spec.
The Cod fisheries during the present
season, appear to have been remarkably
successful. The Banks have honored all
drafts upon them, without any unnecessa-
ry delay-and cvince no signs of failure,
to the great satisfaction and advantage of
considerable portion of the most valua-
bic and hard V Of New-England sons
The Mackerel fishery is not so success
full. These excellent fish are not so nu-
merous as formerIy-Bost0n Courier
",My voice is still for war; excIaims
the ambitious and bood-thirsty warrior
Peace on earth and good will to me H."
is the motto and spirit of the gospel
The following is taken from the New
Orleans Observer, a religious paper,
edited by a minister of Jesus Christ
Buf Spec.
"Much as we deprecate the incalcula-
bic evils Of war, we do believe that it is
the clear duty of our government 10 prove
to those Mexican robbers that the United
States arc both able and willing TO protect
our citizens against all their rapacity
J. were the perpetrators in the heart Of the
y city of Mexico"
A THEATRE IN 1LLINo1s-The com
mon council Of Chicago have licensed a
theatre, which, it is said, will soon go in.
to operation. This is the first theatre
= licensed in Illinois, and we trust it may
: be the last. 1t will be long time, we
are apt TO think, before such an establish
ment will get foothold in Alton. We
build churches here instead ottheatres.-
Alton Ojsercer.
There is much complaining amongs
f the proprietors of steamboats,, stages, anc
hotels, about the great diminution of trav
t cling, as compared with former years
1t is said that the day line of boats on the
5 Hudson river, are running at considerable
loss, and that the way-bills of some of the
Western Lines of Stages where forty
teams of horses have been employed, have
! not exceeded the small sum of So So
> Such is the information receive from per
sons who have an opportunity of knowing
: ". Y. Jour. Of Com.
KEEP CooL.-A company of Icebcrgs
5 unmoored from the North Eastern coas
l Of Greenland, were floating down towards
: the tropics and exhorting each other tc
keep as cool as possible, when dispute
arose between them about the sun and the
= clouds. The sun contended that the soon.
S er they were melted the better. The clouds
I proftssed to have the same object in view,
5 but begged of the sun not to be so ardem1
} in the work, lest his extreme heat should
I cause a reaction upon the obdurate ice
: bergs, and prevent them from melting al
, aM-Emamcapator.
! Two boys, who were swimming togeth
er, were late y drowned near Williams