Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1838-02-14
From the New Orleans Merchant. Jan. %.

CUMBERLANDsSTEAMB FIRE was !
discovered at an early hour this morning
on board the steamer Marmora, from Nat. !
chItoches, loaded with cotton. 1903 bales, |
which communicated with the Cumber- |
land lying on the starboard side, and the
Chlchasaw on the larboard. z..
The Marmora and Cumberland were
wholly destroyed, and the upper cabin of
the Chickasaw was nearly DESTROYED be-
fore the engines succeeded in putting a
stop to the flames. The Cumberland was
light. At about half past ten the huIls
OF the Marmora and Cumberland slid
from their moorings and sunk in the river.
No accounting for the fire, which caught
near the boilers, has come to our knowI-
edge.
The loss is estimated by the Picayune
at $4,000.
TROUBLE AMONG THE MoRMoNs.-'
The Cleaveland Gazette of the 25th uIt
says-"We learn from a source to be re-
lied on, that the Mormon Society at Kirt-
land is breaking up. Smith and Rigdon,
after prophesying the destruction Of the
town, left with their families in the night,
and others OF the faithful are following.
The Reformers' are in possession of the
Temple, and have excluded the Smith
and Rigdon party. An exposure of the
proceedings of the Society is in course of
preparation by one Parish, the former
confidential Secretary of the prophet
Smith. He has the records, &c. in his
possession.
! HooF-A1L.-Since our last number, in
which it was stated that this disease had
made its appearance in Henrietta, we have
been informed that it prevails to analarm-
ing extent in Homer and its vicinity in
Cortland county. A gentleman from that
place informs US that thousands of dollars
worth of cattle are now suffering from it,
We are also informed that one gentleman
in LIE Roy, Genesee county, has lost elev,
en- head of cattle by it within a short time
past AS it is thus breaking out in differ
ent parts of the state, it becomes matter
of high importance to discover, if posi-.
Bile, remedy, and we repeat our reques
for information on the ubject-Gen. Far
3 A MISERABLE ScENE-The watch
! men in Oak near James street, were call
v ed, last evening, to arrest a man who hac
been beating his wife, On entering tn,
I cellar, the men were startled by stumbling
e over pine coffin. This led to an ex
n animation Of the premises, and the finding
Y a man dead on a bed, his wife beastl,
|, drunk, and one child laying by his side
r and two children nearly frozen TO dealt
: on the floor. The man had died durinl
the course of the day, from sickness an
misery. 3d.
| The living parties were taken to tn
D watch house and discharged this morn
e ing, that they might bury the dead
d American.
IL PUBLISH THE RAscAL.-A jeweller i
m Boston, hitherto accounted a respectabl
m man, and bearing the name of NATHAN
o, lei B. TAYLOR, was arrested on Sa
e urday, and committed to Jail for trial, 0
a. the charge Of Indecent brutality and OF
e. scene language in the presence of sever;
to young girls returning from school. TIL
- complaint was very properly made by til
es master of the school. The punishmeu
he for this offence is condemnation to Il
e. state prison.-N. Y. Spec.
~ GENUINE GooDNEss.-The N. Yol
as Commercial Advertiser of Saturday col
~ tains letter addressed to a philanthr
o.. pist of that city, accompanied by bund
rs of eighty seven pieces of clothing. inten
or. ed for the poor. These were made
IN an aged widow lady, in her sevent
fourth year,-a member of the Society
. Friends. How many hearts, additional
'o' warm through her benevolence, will bic
y her name.--BattimOre Republican.
he GERMANSILvER.-Ale letter or two M
he make wonderful difference in a sta
ess ment. We see a paragraph going t
it rounds copied from the Journal of Coz
emit merce, in which it is averred that the CO
mttee of ways and means, in Congre
'ch had reported fGrorabty on DR.. Feuchwa
ce, gers proposal to substitute German sill,
ish for copper, in the coinage. The rep,
was against the proposal. The word
yh- oOrGbLy wants the an before it.-N
ar Spec.
lo.i GALE IN THE PAcIF1c.-Verbal
-: counts have reached US of tremendc
IN gale on the coast of California, in viii
nv several vessels were lost or much dams
' oI ed. Among others we hear that the U
~ ~ ted States schooner Enterprise narrow
", escaped shipwreck.-NY Y. Spec.
hat AGRICULTURAL.-T Cleveland 4
for Herald informs its readers that the far
ers of one single township (Aurora,) {
Ige, miles square, in Portage county, h'
ity, this season made tno hundred and f
of tons Of cheese, in value equal to $35,O OF
any The whole amount packed and sent aU
ian from that township in the year. amou