Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1838-11-14
GENERAL INTELLIGENCE.

FIRE IN SWITZERLAND, Late Eng
fsh papers mention that the beautiful VII
iage of Heiden, near Appenzefl, in Swift
zefland, running the length ~ofnearly half
a league, and containing upwards of one
hundred houses, together with the church,
was totally destroyed on the 9TH of Sep
TENDER, by fire, originating in an iron
foundry established there. ), -a
VALUABLE ARRIVALS. -Four arrivals
at this port yesterday. from the Pacific
Ocean have brought upwards of $500
barrels Of sperm OIL valued at about two
hundred and ninety thousand dollars.
New Bedtord Mercury.
A son of Mr.. Thomas F. Sturtevant, of
Hartford, VT, about four years old, was
Instantly killed on the 18th alt. in the
woollen factory of Mr.. S,urtevant by COM
ing in contact with the teazie wheel, car
rylr,g the child round at the rate of three
hundred times a minute. The bones of
the child were shockingIy mapgled.-
Boston Press.
PARIS, Sept. 26.
GAUDALouPE. We have just received
distressing intelligence from Gaudaloupe
of the do:e of goth July. The yellow te-
yer which had appeared in the hospitals
of that colony, has extended itself beyond
their walls, and caused great havoc.
QUICKSILVER MINE. We are inform
ed by Mr.. Cooper, that in boring near
this place, through the soft stone upon
which this region Of country is based, his
augur. at the distance Of several hundred
feet from the surface, dropped into a lake
of quicksilver, fourteen feet and some in
ches deep-Marengo Ala. Gaz.
BY H New CoNsT1rur1oN OF
PENNSYLVANIA, all Gue!liSts are disqual-
field TO hold any office O honor or profit.
Judges ofthe Supreme Court are to be ap-
pointed for a term Of fifteen years, judges
Of the Common Pleas for ten, and assoei.
ate judges for FIVE years. The amended
constitution makes it the duty of the Lee
gislature to establish schools throughout
the State, in such a manner, that the poor
may be taught gratis.-Zjon's Herald.
FLOUR SPECULATION. There can be
little doubt that the recent advance in the
price Of Flour has been brought on by the
: Vaccinations of certain -four dealers in
New York, who m%onopolize the trade in
bread stufs. When the price of -four is
low, they buy up large quantiti' S, and
store 1t in their. warehouses, refusing It
r sell, and keeping it out of the market, in
: order to create a fictitious scarcity. Mex
come ruInors of short crops, famine in
e Europe, &c. And when, by These mean;
! they have enhanced the value ofthe article
they sell out, and nett an enormous prof
c by the operation. At this present mo
ment, there are warehouses in New Yorl
filled with thousands Of barrels of -four
and thirty thousand barrels are stored il
Albany, Schenectady, &c. Though tn.
d crops throughout the Union have not av
eraged the standard O. years of extraordin
: airy plenty, the produce will be such as t.
1t yield a fair profit to the farmer, and affor,
h Hour to the consumer at a moderate price
d provided the bread stufS do not fall int,
the hands Of foresiallers and Spectators
gt-Balimore Sun. ~ $685.
e CHEAP LIGHT. A Paris journal con
tains a notice of some important discover
~ les winch have, been 4made in Englan
= and also IN France, in the use O ftar an
OF the coarsest oils for. reproducing light. ]
n is said that the new method is put in prac
p tlce insParis, by which the light of a sir
ie gle burner is furnished at an expense nc
'e exceeding 2 francs 10 Confines. or 40 cen
ne per annum. This process of obtainin
:. light for domestic and economical purp'
IS ses. from oils of the cheapest kind, is c
lie fected by the aid of an artificial current
air, which eXcites the combustion. Il!
at lamp used is Of an extreme simplicit
We and the heat of the fame is employed
II effect decomposition ofthe oil, in such
m manner that the gas is continually form
.er ed IN the tubes Of the lamp. The Frent
g journalist remarks. that he shall wait, /
ms fore pronouncing definitely upon The me
its ofthis discovery, until he has wines
ed more conclusive ex experiments. In t
ne mean time he is satisfied that the proce
om contains a precious germ which is desei
~ ing of serious observation-disclosures Dai
NJ Advertiser. ~4...
- FIRE-The Ascutney wooden facto
m in Perkinsville, was destroyed by fire
the Sd inst. 1t was insured for S6l,O
nd in Boston and for $4,000 in Providen
~ VI. WatchmGn.
5 of THE North EASTERN BOUNDARY.
ted A few days ago, we published the corr
the pondence which recently passed betwe
ION Sir John Harvey, the Lieut. Governor
rist, New Brunswick, and the Governor Of
ice State ofMaine, with respect to propo:
- survey Of the boundary line. under the
lers tb0rifv 0ffhn latter. We haya since lea