Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1839-04-10

MALcoM's TRAVELS. Travels in
South Eastern Asia, embracing Hindos-
tan Malaga, Siam, and China; with no.
tees OF numerous Missionary Stations, and
a full account OF the Burman Empire -
with Dissertations, Tables, &C. By How
ard Malcom. In two volumes. Boston:
Gould, Kendall & Lincoln. 1899.
Great expectations have been raised in
the public mind BY the annunciaton Of
TINS neutrality-suspicious. which we rejoice
to believe are 10 be more than realized
The t'cilites enjoyed by Mr.. Malcolm,
Tor Work>o South Eastern Asia, were
such as were never afforded any proceed
'h9 traveller. These facilities were iu-
dlcIous'y and industrousIy- improved bv
nm aud the consequence is, we have Il
work descriptive of that part OF the, world,
Of unrivalled interest and value. We hone
II will be widely circulated aud extensive
y read, because lis tendency will be 10 in
crease among all who read it, desire TO
bless that ben GIFTED part ofthe earth with
the Bible and the means Of grace.
The book is embeHishsd with beanti.
fully executed map OF South Eastern Asia,
with tTre steel plate rngravings, and near
ly 100 wood cuts. Oae page is given.
exhibiting specimens of Is different ORR.
entail languages. The work has CON.
pleIe index, aud likewise GLOSSARY Of
oriental terms, in which the accen,aion
and pronunciation Of $50 words, are given
Serenity taco pages Of The second volume
treat upon the mode of conducting modern
missions, and upon The measure Of success
which has attended the enterprise. This
renders The work very valuable.
The mechanical part of the work is re
ally beautiful, and at the same time, sub
stanllal. 1t is enough to do ones eye.
good TO read such print, to say MT hing o
The good the heart may get.-Zion's Her
aLd.
Melancholy shipvvreck.
MILFORD, Feb. 9.-The Edinburgh
| Bristow. burIhen 950 tons, from New
Orleans for Liverpool, Laden with l6lt
bales of cotton, s. b,Ies slrs iparllia, anl
% hhds tobacco, struck On the Crow r elk
last night, ana went 10 pieces. BY lh
melancholy event, the captain, sccon}
mate, one seaman, two boys, tn cool,
and two passengers (Lieulenam Dixon
r. n, native Of Ireland, and Mr.. w
Brown, an American were drowned,
The remainder cfthe persons on board
consisting Of the chief mate, eleven Of til
crew, and one. passenger, were saved
Some of them were drawn NJ the cliffs
upward of70 f,thoms in height, by mean
of rope: the others scrambled up rs wei
as they could. No past of their clo,he
are saved. The cargo is strewn over III
rocks: the mate supposed good pa
might BE- saved, but ii will be difficult ,
bring it to the surface. Feb. 10. 10
bates of cotton have been saved ftom tn
wreck of The Edinburgh. A number
bales have been washed into "a cavity, I'll
der L1nney II lad, and, it is feared, Yer
few of them will be saved, and many mol
must have Grlfted Up the Channel. III
anchors and cables will be saved in fir
weather. The vessel was in q thousan
pieces.
, A DREADFUL AcCIDENT-SIxT,
j, THREE LIVES LOST. On Sunday mig
Y last, an explosion took place i'll Heth
: pit, a coal mine situted about :weI'
e miles from Richmond, in the county
e Chesterfield, by which it is said that
r negroes have been killed or buried aiiy
e The saatt is 500 feet deep-deeper pro
ably, than any othar in-the United Stat
and aS the FALLING III of the earth h
been considerable, there is no probabi.
{ that any ofthe persons below, if now ali,
, can beeXtrlcated
D. Further particulars. The Richmol
- Compiler OF the 18th says News w
II !, from town yesterday that an awful a!
- fatal explosion had taken place early
1e the morning, in the Black Coal Pits
:. Chesterfield, by which there WAS ct
- siderable destruction OF human life. L
= explosion was what is known as Il f
:" damp explosion from want of proper p
e caution. Between SO and 60 pit lab
:" ers and overseers had previously &c
:. down. Three men at the mouth of
~ pit were insanity killed The fate
e. those who went down is not known;
u it is supposed few, if any. escaped dea
of They had not been reached according
~ the last accounts.
- r. S. Since the above was in type,
-, have Just conversed with a gentIeu
!, from The PIT. He thinks that betw
ira thirty and forty had gone below before
exposion-four ofthem had been got
bv who it was supposed, would. recove
81 two others were seen dead, and cries
in groans We're distinctly heard from s.