Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1838-03-14

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,EzehGnge.-FheFe has not been IN Lon
don for several years so destructive q hre
as that which occurred on the 10Th OF
January. The Exchange is entirely de-
stroyed. In less than FIVE hours from the
commencement Of the FIRE the whole edl
fee was in ruins. The principal papers
have been saved. The edi6ce now de-
stroyed was bull: in the reign of Charles
IL. A new exchange is already talked Of
FRAScE.-Burning of the Italian
opera 4ousc-On the evening Of the 18th
OF January, the Italian opera house at
Paris was consumed by fire. The alarm
was given little after midnight; but,
notwithstanding every exertion, the build
inc was entirely destroyed. One of the
directors was killed by fall, in endeav-
oring to escape from the flames:
A treaty has been concluded between
the French government and tIreece' pro
viding for the transmission of the mail by
line of steamboats, between the two
countries.
The cold has been intense during the
past season; in Paris on the l4th of Jan.
the thermometer was 9 degrees below
zero. The Seine was almost closed
Several persons have persisted from the
| frost.
Observation-Disclosures By fire Of the
imperial palace at st. Peters6urg.-The
| imperial palace, or the winter palace of
the emperor, was burnt TO the ground on
the 29th of December last The flames
which broke out at II in the evening,
seemed to burst from all parts of the build
ing at once. AT the time of the alarm
the emperor, with his family, was at the
theatre; and when the news was brought
to him, he rush he'd from the house, and,
thinking it to be the signal for revolt he
ordered all the troops under arms, Twen-
ty thousand soldiers were quickly arrayed
in the streets. All efforts to check the
flames proved useless; and the building
was entirely consumed bv on the fol-
lowing evening. 1t is affirmed that FIVE
or six hundred persons were more or less
injured on this occasion but this account
is probably exaggerated.
Some idea of the extent of this ede6ce
may be gathered from the fact. that r.
900 persons have been accommodated in
it. Several individuals have been arrest
ed on suspicion of setting it on fire.
The New-York city banks intend 10
increase their stock ofspecie to s., 100000
by the first of May next and to this end
have made large contracts for its importa'
ton from England.
By the last advices, the stock of bullion
in the Bank of England was Rl,00O00O,
AID hourly increasing, so that it can af-
ford 10 be bled little to replenish the al
most exhausted veins Of our banks.
On the 18th ult the New ork City
/ banks had stock of specie amounting tc
S2,893, O62, and their circulation was only
S2,842. 1873, and each bank is to increas,
its stock so as to have ON hand by the da,
t fixed for resumption one fifth Of its capita
L. in specie; those who took the canal loar
to have thirty per cent.
Of the large amount of specie thus tc
be obtained, $l,6OO,OOO is procured by a
sale in England Of that amount of New
York State Stock, and 100000 by buy.
ing bills Of exchange.-Bos. Press.
According TO official returns the popu
lation of Russia and its dependencies
amounted in 1886, to upwards Of 60,OO0,.
600 of souls, without including the sub
al:erns Of The army and navy absent or
leave, the soldiers discharged, the inhab
itants of the Caucasus between the Cas-
plan and Dead Seas, or the tribes of 81.
IBERIA and Orerbnrg, which are estimated
at l,445,0)0 In the course of the wear
1886, 352 Serfs were enfranchised by
their Lords. The number Of these free
men at the last census amounted to 67,736
English paper.
, ANOTHER WARN1No.-A young wo
, man died in Salem on Sunday evening
, last, las we learn from the Gazette,l b\
lnhaing carbonic acid gas. She had a
bad cold and went to bed for the purpose
Of taking a sweat. In order to make hel
room warm, portable stove with half {
peck of ignited charcoal was left in it foI
; half an hour. The mistress Of the house
on repairing to the room an hour alter
ward to attend upon the young woman
: found her dead.
Usage lNDIANs.-We have conversee
Z with gentleman just come in by lanc
from Fort Gibson, on the Arkansas river
D He informs us that the condition of thi
' miserable tribe is pitable in the extreme
They have no annuities from the Govern
: ment; the sums stipulated to be paid then
for their land have all been set,led, ant
r their crops having failed this season, the,
It are literally in state of starvation and