Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1838-01-24


dredge, arrived at Liverpool on the 18th
Of November, in sixteen days from New
York. The ship SUsoUEHANNA, Capt.
Chopper, about whose capture by pirates
so much has been said, arrived the same
day, from PhiIadel phia-BostOn Press.
Col. Arthur has been appointed Lieut..
Governor of Upper Canada, vice Sir
Francis B. Head. He was formerly
Governor at Van Demands Land
B0S. Press.
METROPOLITAN MIssIoN.-At a pub
lie meeting of the London City Mission,
it was stated that the population of Lon
don amounts to nearly 100000.
Among other items of news in the files
of English papers by the last arrival, we
find the notice ofthe passage, in the House
of Commons, of bill to emancipate Qua
kers and Moravians from test oaths.-
Jews were refused participation in the
benefits of the act, l76 to 1856. Sir Fran
els Head was recalled at his own request;
Lord Gosford for exceeding his instruc-
tions.-BOs. Press.
We learn from the Albany Argus that
all the banks Of that city have resumed
specie paYments.-Ib.
The Commonwealth Bank closed its
doors yesterday. A Committee of inves-
tigation has been ordered into its affairs
by the Legislature.-B.
The Connecticut River is clear Of ice
below u.s. and above as far up as Spring,
field. Two or three boats are expected
to arrive from that place to-day-HGrt'
ford CourGnt.
Monster LOCOMOTIVE ENGINE
Thursday, at the works of Messrs. Ste
phenson of Newcastle, the trial of a splen-
did and powerful locomotive engine, CON
structed for the Great Western Railway
Company, took place. 1t is called the
| North Star, and is calculated to run 50
miles an hour with SO tons burthen at
tached, and, with tender only, at the i'm,
mense speed of 80. Several eminent en-
| gineers were present, who expressed
themselves highly satisfied with it-Iyn'
Mwrcwry.
The most fortunate voyage was that O
the VIM. Hamilton, Capt. Swain, of New
Bedford, which obtained 4t81 barrel
Sperm Oil in 80 months, the largest carg'
ever imported
| PROFITABLE BUsINEss.-The follow
ing gives a good idea Of the result of in
dulgng in litigious spirit, which give:
the oyster to the law and the shells to tht
contending parties. Poor Peter Peeble
has many counterparts:
A case was disputed last week in thu
Court of Common Pleas in Salem, tn
parties agreeing that the action should b
Withdrawn, each paying his own cost
amounting to about 1850 dollars Tn
t original matter in dispute was claim Il
recover damages for 81 cents worth G
slabs Dos Press.
The amount of Foreign Grain import
ed into this City during the year 1887, wa
not far from 100000 bushels of Whea
and 100000 bushels of Rye.-BGLtimOr
Republican.
The R1vER.-The Troy Mail {
Tuesday says that the schooner Belv
dere, of Lansingburgh, passed by that cit
I on Monday, under fine press of canvas
: heavily laden with beef and pork for tn
e market. We hope that she may arrive
e safety, as provisions are always welcom
and it will be something of a novelty
- receive a consignment at this season of tt
year from Lanslngburgh.-N. Y. Spec
r THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY, AUBURN
-. There are now fofty-seven students
this institution-four resident licentiate
. sixteen in the senior class; nine midd
= class and eighteen in the junior Pr
II fessors, Rev. James Richards, D. D. Ricl
y ards, professor of Christian theology; Re
IS Henry Mills. D. D., professor of BibIic
to criticism: Rev. Luther Halsey, D. [
n professor of ecclesiastical history, churc
- polity, &c.-N. Y. Spec.
le HAMILTON LITERARY AND THEoLo
e, ICAL lNsTITUTIoN.-Weh have before
9 the annual catalogue of this institutio
=, from which we learn that there are at Il
" present time one hundred and ffy-s
q in the various departments, viz: theolo
he icaI, sixteen; collegiate, sixty-fve; &C
y, demic, forty-6ve; shorter course, thirt
one. The following gentlemen compo
CHI the faculty:-Rev. Nathaniel Kendric
90 ID. D., professor OF systematic and ps
- toral theology.-proIessor of biblical II
ny ology. Rev. Thomas J. Conant. profe
ds or of Hebrew, and of biblical CRITICS
he and Interpretation. Rev. Geo. w. Eat
ne professor of ecclesiastical history. Al
he hel G. Kendrick, professor of the Gre
IT. and Latin languages. Stephen w. Te
b. lor, principal of the academic departing
"e John F. Richardson's, tutor in the Gre
Ter and Latin languages. Philetus Spe
on tutor in mathematics and natural mil