Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1839-06-05

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emigration to the United States, from the
Canadas, would appear to be much great
er this season than it was last. At least,
we may say so as regards Lower Cana.
ia, and If we may credit the accounts
from the west it is more emphatically true
OF Upper Canada. 1t is sorry fact for
the Loyal inhabitants, as it warrants the
belief that the Canadas cannot prosper un-
der the British government, or that the
present peaceable state of affairs is both
limited and slight. The N. Y. Sun
thinks that should the tide of emigration
continue for any considerable length of
time to as great an extent as it has pre-
vailed since the opening of navigation,
her Majesty's colony will be reduced to a
beggarly account of population, and be-
tore the end of the season the military
will nearly outnumber the civil portion of
the inhabitants. The Toronto Mirror lik-
ems the stream of families, with their pos
sessions of horses, cattle and money,
(which IS constantly pouring out of the
Canadas into the States, to a mighty
flood ! and the accounts furnished by the
papers published on both sides of the
lines indicate that the comparison is not
inapt. At one gap (Lewiston) the aver
age has been 1000 week since the OPEN
ing OF navigation. In one day, last week,
upwards OF 90 families arrived there,
forming noble and interesting group of
$50 Individuals Within ten DAYS pre-.
ceding Friday last, roo had entered Nj.
agara county, N. Y, at Lewiston alone
and on that day eleven families, with their
| goods, passed through Lewiston, on their
way to the west. They had sold out
their farms for $4,000, and with this
money and their stock. implements, and
furniture, were vending their way to the
fertile lands beyond the great lakes
Franklin Messenger.
i Law TRIUMPHANT.-Some of the RI
oters of SO are. at length. punished as
! they deserve In the two suits which
have been decided, the aggregate amount
of damages assessed is $4,000. The
costs are also considerable. In third
suit now pending, the DAMAGES are laid at
! $500, every cent of which will certain
ly be recoverable hitamthropist.
The shareholders must try it again.
The next time they must mob the Cincin-
natl Gazette as we'll as the Philanthro-
pist. Formerly MIR. Birney alone was
to be disposed of; now the work is in
creased to Dr.. Bailey, Mr.. Hammond,
J MIR. Blanchard. Senator Morris, and 9th
! ers, all OF whom are full of ogitation.-
: Mass. 4bolitiomist.
! HOUSE Or REFUGE DESTROYED
Between eight and nine o'clock this
morning fire broke out in the centre
building of the House Of. Refuge, and
was not extinguished till that aud the wins
nearest the Bloomingdale road were to.
tally destroyed, the walls only having
been left standing When we left the
). place at IL o'clock the fire was nearly
: subdued, but the engines were still play.
l. ing upon the ruins. +
J: There were about two hundred bow
d confined in the buildings, two or three o
d whom, it is supposed, escaped during the
g confusion.
y The greater part of the remainder, W,
'e are informed by the superintendent, work
u ed manfully to stay the progress of tn
y ire, and it was mainly owing to their ex
IS ertions that the property in the buildin.
was saved.-N Y. Spec.
= CALLS FOR L1GHT.-Dr. Nelson SAYS b
y is glad that anti-slavery societies are form
;, ed, because he believes, that even nov
i some portion of truth reaches the slave
~ holders conscience. He adds:
If "Already, many have learned that eve
a. nv thing is safe and prosperous in th
=. British West Indies, and that property
now rising in value there; more will lear
10 it soon. I hear of one acquaintance afte
II another, who begins to feel uneasy abol
IS holding human beings in bondage. Men
~ bers of my former church in Kentuck
~ beg me to print more letters about slavery
i. and when tell them the postmasters wi
L. destroy them, they answer, Then Sc;
ba them up in the form of letters, we al
ID willing to pay the postage"
~ The military movements In Maine, HAY
- been made at an expense of not less tina
- one million of dollars Who will have
ed pay it2
III Beet Sugar i'm Michigan.
on We may soon expect to be supple
re- with the asaceets of life," from the pra
81 ries of the west. The people of Mich
lot gan are more extensively engaged in Il
he Beet sugar business. than any other pa
ire of the Union. Several companies ha
nd been formed for the purpose, which ha'
ire planted large quantities of beets, and son
in wealthy individuals are planting large
he on their own account. The Hon. Luc
, a Lyon, of Ionia county, came to this city
les few weeks since, and purchased at t
Wn Rochester Seed Store over three R~nGr
pounds of sugar beet seed, together wi
W. machines for sowing and cutlvatlng the