Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1838-07-04

and our rivers become wreck, and their |
| freight of human souls been called to their
last account! Many of these catastro t
Plies have been owing 10 criminal care
J lessness on the part of the conductors off
the boats.
We said word or two Yesterday upon
the importance Of having better regula-
tiors adopted for the security of passen-
gers, and we should consider ourself
criminalIy guilty were we not to "cry
aloud and spare no,"-unlii some meas
ures are adopted to secure this important
object The melancholy disaster which
we record to-day may not have been
caused by carelessness or neglect, but in
majority of cases such has been the fact
-carelessness and inprudence by racing
neglect by rot keeping Watch-h1s
sent hundreds, yes, We may add thousands,
| of human beings to their LONG home"
! What deeD and heartfelt sorrow has it
not brought upon the livlng2 Ii the lives
Of PERSONS cannot be more safe than here
tofore when travelling by STEAMBOATS,, we
would saw to the whole travelling COM
munity, if you value your life, if you
have any regard for the living, trust not
! yourself on board d boat without pledge
ana a guarantee tom the proper source,
thai everything which can be done has
been done for YOUR security.
The following eloquent extract on the
same subject is from The New I Ork Eve
njny POST IS to the point, aud We are
glad to see that the press is sensbty alive
to the subi"ct--BostOn Press.
We boast of the tdclliti S Of travelling
in this country, AMI the speed with which
We are trans ported from Que distant point
to another but at what price is this adj
vantage purchased ? 1t is paid for with
human llfe-hecatombs of human beings
) are annually sacrificed to the mad desire
of arriving little sooner at the . lace of
, destination. We launch on the ocean our
light, swift and graceful STEAMBOATS,, Fl ted
! only for river navigation, without proper
provisions for the safety of the passengers,
t as if the voyage were to b. made only in
: a calm Sea, if the winds were to hold
I their breath TIL it was over. The ocean
breaks them to pieces, filings the fragments
on his shores, and nguIphsthe TOO daring
navigator, with all the htpless multitude
! who had trusted themselves 10 the trail
y bark which he guided.
T We must give up the absurd idea OF
L sacrificing every other consideration to
= speed We must build our steamers for
l the sea after the model OF the English
ones, which hold their wav safely thro
all the hurricanes that sweep the Atlantic
e There must be competition, not as t.
: which boat SHALL be the sWittest, but which
: safest. Full provision should be made
l for the rescue Of every individual, in cast
1t the boat should go to pieces, either BY
e means of boats or life preservers. Is /
IS possible that this last frightful adnonitior
l. will not produce an immediate reforma
a ton in the respect 10 which we have al
uded
. ga FACT BE NorED.-Seven years
~ ago there were 1929 distilleries in New.
- York; now there are only 2OO.'
= And vet it is said there are one hundred
- THOUSAND bushels of grain converted into
- whiskey, monthly in this State, enough
> to make twenty THOUSAND barrels of -four,
or two hundred and forty thousand barrels
:, a year. Add TO this the great amount OF
J distlIaton from grain in Connecticut, and
y The still greater quantity in the whiSkey-
:, famed West, and what a process of de-
- struction is going on in our country We
e rejoice il the diminished number of dis
tiIIeries which effect this d>struction.-
i They are the suction-pu Of Wo, dis
- gorging into the world the YER uice Of
~ perdition and those who work them, in
- the face and eyes Of the light which now
:, exists, are not much better than Goethe's
=, devils, or Deacon Giles Imps. The Uni
- ted States lost last year, 800 vessels and
:, more than 100 citIzen4 in consequence OF
y, carrying spirits on board. In The Ia!e alb
> stract made by the Secretary of State in
~ Massachusetts, from the returns of the O.
versee,s Of the poor in the several towns, 1t
', is stated there are 4,O99 State paupers. 1t
> is further stated that I $50 were made pau,
" pers by incompetence; that is more than
- half.
49, The annual cost to the State for their
-, support, is S3o, 1856. Thus here is pau
- ~ per tax of Sl8, 6l8, imposed blythe drunk
=, ards upon the sober part Of the communi
~. ty annually. Thus the drunkaards cal
~ upon the St1te Treasurer every year 70
e eighteen thousand sir hundred and right
~ cen dollars, and he pays 1t. Is not ever.
b. sober man in the State interested in tn
n suppression Of intemperance? All gu
Suites in the Union are in like condiuon
~ and hence, all men should unite against in
- temperance. Temperance men, now
IT days, are too slack. Revive the cause ia
I'd the prize is not yet won.-Zs. Adc0eate.
lic HUDSON AND BERKSHIRE RAIL RoAl
ng The Hudson Gazette ANNOUNCES the pro!
n ress of this important Improvement Th
be road connects with the Western rail roa