Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1839-12-25
Correspondence of Commercial Advertiser.
MONTREAL, December Z, 1889.

l understand that Government have de-
termlned to keep this country as long as
'ney can. They have expended large
sums within the last year-g30, 900 fol
barracks at Chambly, and also at Lap.
ralrle-and this winter Lord John Rus
sen VIII introduce bill in the House oil
commons to encourage the emigration oil
military settlers, who are 10 have farms
given them along the whole line of from
TIER. They will be formed into battalions,
and will have officers, and be called out
10 dflif once or twice a week, and receive
some pay and rations, | believe. By this
arrangement small body Of troops only
VIII be required in the country.
LOWER CANADA.-The Quebeck Off
clal Gazette advertses for sale, by order
OF the government, the lands of nineteen
individuals, who have been convicted of
treason, and some of them executed. L.
Among these individuals we perceive the
names oil Andre Papineau, Joseph n
Cardinal aud Joseph and Louis Dumou-
chelle. The lands are sold as forfeit
". Y. Spec.
! A letter from New Haven states that a
process has been commenced on the part
OF the U. S. Bank of Pennsylvania,
against the New York, Providence and
Boston Rail Road Co. by way of fore
Obscure of the mortgage held by the
bank. The defendants are required to
HE their answer on or before the first dav
OF January next.-JournaL of Commerce.
MOST DESTRUCTIVE FIRE About
nine o'clock on Saturday evening a fire
broke oct in No. As Cedar street occupi-
ed by Wm. B. Bend, importer of drv
goods, and DAWSON & Van Pet. jobbers
The building, five story store of the
first class, was entirely destl Dyed, with
most of liz contents. The loss of Mr..
Bend is computed at 100000. He did
not save even his books. He was insur-
ed for $4,000 in England. DAWSON &
Van Pelt lost $4,000 in goods, for
which they have an insurance. The
building was owned by Dawson & Van
Pelt.
No. AZ, a fine store. was also DESTROYED
1t was owned by l. & V. Kirby & Co.
Jobbng merchants, and occupied by them
and Patton G. Stewart, Importers. The
loss by Kirby s. Co.is estimated al S25. 900:
and that OF Palon & Stewart at $780,
000-all covered by insurance
No. 43, next to where the fire COM
menced, occupied by Russell. Matteson &
lay lor, was partially destroyed. and the
stock and goods much damaged by fire
and water and the effects of removal.
No. 40, occupied by Jas. r. Hayt, Fl
Dixon. and S. Bradbury, was also mate
rally injured
On the opposite side of Cedar street
No 40, occupied by Warmer, Carter &
Punam, and John Watson & Co.; No
AZ, occupied by John Falconer, and Herl-
berth & Schultz; No. Al. occupied by
Post & Maine. druggists, aud No. 46, oc-
cupied by Baylis & Finn, were partially
damaged
Ga William street, No 60, occupied by
Bradley, Brooks & Merrill, No. II by
5. n. Helie, J. w. Brown. and Schroed
ef & Switzer, and No rs by N. +. Car
penter, were damaged ia the rear of the
buildings
The whole amount of loss cannot be
much if any less than 100000, a large
proportion of which is covered by insur-
ance.
About noon yesterday fire broke out
at No. l64 Broadway, occupied by c..
J Luton, watch case maker. Loss about
3l000-N Z. Spec.
LARGE PoNDs.-The American Likes
are computed to contain l,400 cubic miles
of watef-,mofe than one half the fresh
water on the globe.
DIVISIONS AMONG ABoLITIoNIsTs.-
| We are pleased. and our readers general
| ~, we feel assured, will be pleased, to
read the following from the pen of friend
Garrison, in the Llberator of last week.
Il proves that on the district subject of ab-
clifton there is no division among the alb
oIitoniSts of Massachusetts. However
they may disagree with each other in
some respects, they do not seem disposed
to give any quarter to slavery.-Pa. Free
man.
: OLD ANT1-SLAvERY TRAcTs.--A
gentleman of this city has imported from
London twenty-eight octave volumes oil
:, Tracts, which appear to have been col
lFCtea anu oouHu w Soilc o'u "ooiiIioiiot
They are a great treasure, and we pro-
pose to treat our readers. occasionally
: with extracts. Some of them appear &c
be American tracts, reprinted in England
but most of them are original EnglIsE
tracts, by some of their ablest .anti-sfav
0 ~ writer's. We extract the concluding
: paragraph from tract printed IN 1888
z enfi;lpA "a SariouS dress tn the RAJ
= ers of America, on the inconsistency o
) their conduct respecting Slavery form
ing contrast between the'Eneroachment