Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1839-01-02

stances falls with peculiar severity upon
enterprising individuals-these latter loss
es are indeed public calamity, as large
number of laborers are thereby thrown
out of employment The establishments
at the Falls gave employment, directly
and indirectly, to one hundred and fifty
persons, and brought among US, and pat
an circulation, an amount OF money that
has contributed very materially to the
prosperity of the place. The satinet fac
tory was one of the best establishments of
the kind in the country. 1t was first put
in ope ration by Mr. Catlin, in 1885. The
building and machinery were both new,
and said 10 have cost aboat 100000; on
which it appears there is now an insur- |
ance of only some SIX or seven thousand
dollars. The Blockmill was sabstan-
tial new building, and cost, three years
ago, 81 900. The machinery with which
it was occupied cos, originally $4,000,
but probably was hardly worth that sum
at the present time. 1t was however, the
only machinery of the kind in America.
and, as the patent has yet seven years to
run, it was considered very valuable BY
the present proprietors They were do
ing good business, and would in a short
time have driven all other blocks out of
market-such in fact was the case already
wherever they had been introduced. The
loss in manufactured blocks and stock, Is
very considerable The insurance on
this establishment! covers about S7,400 OF
the loss. The Paper Mill destroyed, was
that formerly occupied by Alfred Day,
and valued at from two to three thousand
| dollars. No insurance. The saw mill
was an old one, and of little value. The
loss at the Falls can hardly be less than
Y one hundred thousand dollars.
From the best information we can OBJ
tain on the subject, we think there is little
E doubt that the fire originated from the
: gudgeons in the Rlockmill Quere-
: Does not the use of wood for bearings
! greatly increase the hazard in this re
spect Bur. Free Press.
CoRREcTIoN.-In reference to an ar
ticle in the Vergennes Vermonter, alleg
} ing that the Canadian Insurgents in Low
) er Canada were supplied with arms from
10 the Champlain Arsenal, the Albany Al
} gus gives the following explanation. il
justice to the officer having charge of tha
&c arsenal.-N YSpec
y The officer of the army in command {
5, the arsenal last June was under orders fc
l a much more important post at LittI
Rock, when he informed the Ordnanc
Department that suits had been commence
lie against him by the owners. for the reco,
is cry of the arms seized BY General Woo
st. and deposited at Vergennes He wa
"a Immediately directed TO remain till III
We question was settled, whether or not th
err arms could be legally retained. 1t WI
r. decided by the legal authorities of We
es mont that they could not be retained, an
III upon his reporting this decision TO ii
10 Department, an order was issued 10 gi,
ed them up on proof of ownership, and |
in, was directed TO obey his previous order
all which he did, after giving up the fir
he musket himself. The officer at prese
gs there is merely obeying the instruction
he given to his predecessor, and if there
,e- anything wrong in the whole transa
lty tions, the fault must be laid uron the Law
en- of the country, as construed by the leg
authorities in Vermont.
Ike GRADUATION OF THE PRICE OF Pu
ne Lie LANDs.-The Globe Of Tuesday mig
o. publishes the report of the committee
ex- finance, made by Mr.. Benton, in RELATE
en 10 the graduation and reduction in d
in price of public lands. which is referred
'ck in the letter Of our Washington correspo
ort dent, published in Yesterdays Comm,
all cial Advertiser. The whole quantity
de- land which would fall under the operati
his of the bill, according 10 a report made
- Congress al its last session, bv the comm
lu- sioner of the general land office would
DIS, 7l,004.l 03 acres distributed over MI
Its states and one territory, in the followil
i've proportions Ohio, l,7S5,O35; Indian
an 4418,O88.; Illinois, l2,7l4,963; Misso
we ri, I3, 1872, 545; Alabama, l4,523. 269; NJ
1ci- sissippi, 6,84I ,553; louisiana, 5,0ls,29
rs /; Michigan, 2,2I7.lS5; Arkansas, go
we 6l2 Florida, 1898, 52l. The length
The time for which different portions OF t
90. said lands had been offered for sale at p
ual vate entry, without finding purchaa
arm was for 20 years and upward, 1926, |
,art acres; for IL years and under 20, 81 81
432 acres; for 10 years and under Is,
Ter 280,669; for years and under 10, Is,
in 799 acres The effect of the passage oft
nu- bill in relation 10 the Treasury was adv
TO led to in the letter of our corresponds
i'd The report states that il will be no |,
ing beneficial to the state governments than
'om the nation at large. That IFS effect "
800 be 10 bring into use and cultivation ma
arse millions OF acres of land, now idle and |
re- productive, contributing nothing to az
A culture, but which, in private hands. wor
the speedily be made productive, and, inisw'
L. ing the aggregate of national veal