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

LATE FROM LoNDoN.-The ship Will
mot Capt, Johns, from Londonderry, ar
rived at St. John, N. B., on the I'd inst.
she brough: the Londonderry Sentinel of
the I'm June, containing London dates to
the 3d. one day later than the papers bro't
oy the Oxford. The following is the
only Paragraph relative to American af-
fairs.
The disastrous accounts from America
nave induced the Bank Of England to
discontinue their negotiations with the
American houses, and, accordingly, the
position Of these unwieldy commercial
levlathans," is critical in the extreme
Several Of them have already broken up,
ana we may expect daily accounts of ex-
tenSlVe failures both in England and A
merica.-N. Y Spec.
WHAT is ToBE DoNEl-Done! WHY,
goto work, lay off your gloves, plant and
noe potatoes, weed the garden and spend
less money. The daughters of Eve, TOO,
must lay aside their painting and tight
Iaclng, quit shopping, and take the old
spinning wheel their mothers used, and
max e their own clothing, and the "press-
ure' will soon be over, and we shall be
much wiser than we were before, having
learned by experince what we could not
learn from the Theory of Franklin.
EFFECT OF PERsECUTIoN.-The late
perSec utions against the Catholics in Rhe-
nish Prussia have produced the reaction
that was expected "a vast increase of
Catholics has followed while in SiIesia,
where the authorizes have been more
tolerant, there has been no increase for
twenty years.-Loudon Magazeue.
AN ABoRT1oN-The Banner Of the
Union" established at Erie few weeks
since, by Randall & Whalon, to oppose
the spread Of abolitionism has been dis
continued as might be expected. There
has been too much light shed upon the
subject Of slavery for such paper to
prosper.-Fred. Cen.
Mr.. Stacks SEM1NARY.-Ourr readers
will not tail to remember our frequent
notices Of John H. Slack, Esquire, port.
ly gentleman, who went about the coun-
try getting donations 10 found college
or Observation-Disclosures he had
got ready. We had missed him for some
little time past, until we spied in the Ma
tional Intelligencer the following adver.
tisemCnt:
MIR. Slack no1o announces that he HAS
Of the ''United States Bank,'' known a:
the Bank of Columbia" in Georgetown
city, District Of Columbia, for a select
classical MALE Seminary. The es.ab
lishment will be THROUGHOUT thorough
ly repaired, and ready for the reception o.
pupils, the first Monday of Septembc
next. The course of stud Y and instruc
ton HERE will embrace all ofthoSe laugh
at any similar seminary. '-Ports. Jour.
PnRENoLoGY AND MORAL PH1Loso
PHY.-On Thursd lay evening the goth uIt
we had the pleasure of hearing lecture q
Clinton Hall, by Dr.. Barlow, on the har
mony of Phrenology and moral PhiIoso
ply. Some Of the arguments which tn,
speaker drew from Phrenology to prove
mans moral agency, weren new. aud, as We
think, perfectly conclusive. Indeed j
was proved we doubt not, to the satisfac
ton of many who were present that NJ
arguments drawn from any other science
demonstrate so clearly mans free agency
and accountability as those which are fur
nisheo by the fundamental principles o
Phrenology.-Zioms Watch.
New SILK WoRM-Mr. Durant a
Jersey City, is making extensive expert
ments in winding silk from worms of hi.
own rearing. He has six different plan!
for the worm TO wind the cocoon. Mr.
D. has likewise discovered native sill
worm of our forest, whose cocoon is 81
to 80 per cent heavier than that of the
Asiatic. It's silent labors are often en-
countered in the solitary depths Of our for
ests, on bushes and trees, chiefly the ell
der, but like many other Of NATURES work
prepared to our hand, they have passed
bv UNDECIDED. Mr. D. hopes to domesti
cate this worm, and direct their habits t
the purposes of useful industry.
DEATH OF A Mlss1oNARY.-Dr. Ben
edict Saterlee, one of the Missionarie
sent under the direction Of the American
Board of missions, to the Pawnce Indian:
in the Missouri Territory, is supposed tc
have been murdered, about IS miles from
, Cantonment Leavenworth, by two Indi
ans, who had accompanied him thence tt
another tribe, for the purpose of negotlat
ing treaty Of peace. He accomplished
his object, and the two Indians returning
without him, stated that he rem1ined be
hind because he did not wish to travel a
fast as they did. Papers and other arti
cIes were afterwards found, which left n,
doubt that he had been murdered. TIL
tribe continue to be friendly, and this wa
, the act of these individuals from persona
motives. Mrs. S. lied before she reached