Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1838-10-24

| The death Of Mrs, Brney is noticed by
the Emancipator in the following Ian
| guage
Mas. BIRNEY.-The large portion of
our countrymel who love and honor Mr. |
Birney, will deeply sympathize with him
under the affective bereavement which he |
has been called to endure, In the removal (
of the wife of his youth, the mother of his
children, and the faithful companion of
! his life. We hope for a more extended |
notice Of her life and character than our
own partial acquaintance enables us to
give; and will therefore only say at pres
ent, that the evident and perfect finish of
her character. the generous stesdastness
with which she has sustained her husband |
IN his selfdenying advocacy of the slave, |
and the uncommon equanimity with which !!
she sustained the severe trial of protract-
ed ill-health, the burial of six children, and
the enlargement of friends and other tri-
ais connected with the abolition move
ment have deeply impressed on our hearts
the conviction that she was an uncommon
woman, and that her removal at this time
must be to her husband and six surviving
children an uncommon loss. May their
experience of divine support and consola-
ton correspond with the greatness of their
bereavement
! PRUDENTIAL EscAPE..-The Pres
| byterian church of Riley, Delaware coun-
ty, Pa, which is under the pastoral care
OF the Rev. Alvin Fl. Parker. was recent
y the scene of an extraordinary and a.
farming occurrence. Ithad been thorough
ly repaired q furnished with new ceiling,
pews and pulpit, and had only been occu-
pied short time before the disaster occur
red, which might have proved fatal to ma
ny of the worshippers. A large congre-
CATION had assembled on the Sabbath, and
had not retired more than thirty minutes,
when, in consequence of some defect in
the workmanship, the cross-beams gave
way. and the whole ceiling, with the ex-
: cePlon OF portion Immediately over the
pulpit was preci plated on the pews below.
In examining the ruins, we were led to
conclude that had the catastrophe occurred
while the congregation were in the house
nearly every individual would have been
killed or serious y injured The provi-
dence was remarkable, & should be CRATE
, fully recognized by those for whose deliy-
erance 1t was so signally interposed.
OPIUM Trade TO CHINA-An extra
ordinary struggle is going on between the
Chinese government and the British gov
eminent of India, in regard to the trade in
opium. The former govern nent has is
sued successive edicts, more and more per-
emptory against the poisonous drug; and
; the latter has strained every nerve, to in
crease to an unlimited degree the produc-
ton of the article, and the sale of it in Chi
ma. The ground assumed by the Chinese
government Is, that the drug is sapping
the foundation Of morals and virtue in that
large empire and the ground assumed
by the British government is. that bycom-
. merce IN the article, their revenues are in
creased, and the producers of the article
are enriched
w men government comes nearest ful.
filling the great law of love the trade has
increased In 15 years from 1000 to 10000
chests; and in 10 years more. doubtless
would increase to $4,000, and so on. till
the empire would be so enervated as to fall
an easy prey to the rapacity of British am.
bltlon and power. Success, we saw, to the
government of China, in the contest: il is
the cause of morals ve1sus avarice; lust
like the cause Of temperance and virtue in
Massachusetts, against the dstllers and
vendors of alcohol-BoSton Recorder.
Nor is the British government alone
gulltyin this business. Some of our rich
est merchants in Boston have made much
OF their money in this Ubiquitous trade
we cannot say whether any are now en-
gagged IN 1t, but it is the opinion of some
that there are more American vessels At
the present time employed in SMUGGLING
opium into China, than there are Emo
llsh.-Z1On's Herald.
Miss keziah North, young ladv. 10
years OF age, was burned to death in Mil I
lefsloWn' Pa, on the night of the 5.b of
september. She was to have been MARI.
"a IN lew days, and was sitting up, sew
Ing at her bridal dress, when BECOMING "a
tigued, she laid down on the bed witbout
Putling out her candle. After she became
asleep, the blaze OF the candle set fire to
the bed-clothes, and she was SO badIv bnrn,
that she died in few hours after the dc
coVery of the accident.
According to calculation recently
made the number of pupils who FREQUENT
the elementary schools of France amounts
to- 2,532,58O. There are 473 of tbese
schools established in different parts of pa
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Previous to the opening of the Liver
pool ana Manchester railway, there were
no more than 100000 passengers in the
year travelling between the two places bv
coaches-whereas the nresent nnraI e ~