Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1838-04-25
PRIvATE Claws upoS rHE UNlTED

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PRIvATE CLAIMS uPoN THE UNITED
SrATEs:--l'he difficulty Of ge,,lag prl-.
vale Claim through Congress, has become
almost proyerbial. This results, mol t. ON
aug unwitlingness on the part of that body
10 do justice to such claimants, but from
the want Of time and the continual press
IRE OF more important business. The
iaet, however. exists, and is likelyto ex-
ISL Such bring the case, plan has been
devised and is now unier consideration
at WashIn gton, to establish Board of
Commissioners, three IN number, with a
salary of $500 each, TO adjust and set.
lie such claims. This decision is TO be
hnal, only in cases where, the amount
pending shall not exceed fifty dollars.
Awards of larger sums they are to report
TO Congress, with all the facts, &c.
DEATH FEoM ToBAcco SMoK1Ne.-In
SomervIIIe, N. j., Mrs. Van ArsdaIe was
burnt to death in the following singular
manuer:-" Mr.. and M s. Van ArsdaIe,
1.-THE former rising 70, and the latter 50
years of age had been trading, and upon
getting into the wagon on their return, he
deposited his pipe in the basket under the
wagon-seat, IN which WIS some cotton
pure has.'d al The store. Before proceed
ing three hundred ynds, the cotton in the
basket was in fame. which communica.
ted with III, clothing Of the woman, and
before any efforts Of herself or her nus
band could ex,inguish the fire, she was
burned most shocking ly from her neck to
her feet. She Was TAX to a house in
MI lstonp. and received every att ntion,
but after ten hours of most cxcrucating
agony, she exp red MIR. Van A IAIe,
~ his efforts To help his wife, had his
hands most severely injured. and also Que
of his legs.
Suitable fo1 Religious Paper.-On
the first page of the Southern Christian
Herald. 1t is said that " advertisements
suitable for q reliyious paper viii be in
serted" &c. on Terms wilic h are therein
spec Aud as a spt cimen of The kind
deemed <uitGbte, a notice is inserted in the
same paper, advertising for sale at pub
lie au"tton, from tce"ty to thirty likely
"egroes belongi g to the estate Of the late
DAVID u. Colt.
Our WESTERN CiTlEs.-Cincinnati
has over 20J yrog -$ho: IS. Louisville has
l78 grog shops. Cleveland has 1919
grog shops. Pusburg, i1cIuljng Allie
ghany County, has 356 licensed and as
many unlicensed grog shops. 81. Louis
and Alton have their full share. and lhro'-
out our broad valley they every where
abound. A gentleman from small town
Of some 800 inhtbitants, in the Miami
vail v, informed US few days since, that
he had not counted. bat thought there
were rs many as forty nf these nuisances
in bis tovn. - Western Temp. Journal.
A fire occurred at Nachi,oches, on the
l7th, which laid a large portion ofthe town
IN nuns. Before the citizens could cheek
ITS progress, 1t hal laid desoIate one-haIf
the square upon which the Episcopal
Church soot. the loss IS estimated at
S9O,oOo-N. Y. Observer.
III" State of Massachusetts has purchas
II OF Weeks. 10 dan & Co for the State
''Afnry, the J1urna's Of he Houses OF
L9ris AMI C0unonS, IN oar huud ed and
htE-fNe f'jIn volumes N Y Observer
~ he Massachusetts Senate, the invest.
IGaRng coNtniu,e GA The. Futlom and Com
mrNiaI B'"ks have submitted reports and
bllsNtor he repeal of The charlcrs of both
these III I'll utions
There are ore hun lred and ffv-six
mills ~ Lancaster COu"ty. Pennsylvania,
AMI thps'' consume annually something
like 10000 bushels of wheat, which is
all raised in the Same county.