Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1839-05-01

troops which remain in New Brunswick. h
The llth regiment, under Col Goldia.
which had been ordered from S0rel IN
Canada to Maddwaska, together with u
detac hment of royal artillery, was, imme-
diately after the arrangement with Gen.
Scott, ordered back to Quebec.
Those strawberries we had yesterday at
dinner Were capilal-deiicious. What !
does the Boston Post man think Of III
By the way, this is the 10Th of April
How deep is the snow now in Boston and
the neighborhood?-N Orleans Pie0yunc.
We will tell you as soon as we have
swallowed another mouthful OF green peas.
Joha, is that mellon in the water2 Yes,
sir" Very wel,-Boston Post.
IMPoRTANT-By the arrival of the
French steam shi p of war Meteor, at
New Orleans, from Vera Cruz, we learn
| that-the convention entered into between
Admiral Baudin and the Mexican Com
missoners, had been ratified by the gov
ernment Internationally, and arrived at
Vara Cruz 2jh ut the mission of the
French fleet having been accomplished,
it was expected that it would sail for Eu-
rope in a few DAYS. Admiral Baudin had
announced his intention TO deliver up the
fortress oi,San Juan de Utloa to the Mex
leans twenty four hours previous to his
departure, on his return to France.
Mexico pays an indemnity of 100000
of francs to those subjects If France who
had put in their. claims before the war
The Amount of indemnity 10 those who
have suffered through the law of expul-
sion, is to be fixed by arbitration. The
I brig Conscrt was to sail for New York
after The arrival of the Conducta, which
was expected from Mexico with 100000
, dollars. .- |--.-- --s-- -a-.'.
MURDERoUs AFFAIR-The Louis
Vile Journal oc the 18th inst, says:
I'VE learn by private letter that
} Marcus Desha, son of Gov. Desha, was
killed at the Post Of Arkansas on, the 81
inst. by Eugene Notribe.. Desha rushed
on Notribe with a Bowie knife, when
: Nntribe shot at him with a pistol, but
4 missed him. Notribe's brother then hand
ed him second pistol, with which he
e shot Desha down on the spot N. ha:
!. been held 10 bail in the sum Of $40, 1000"
i DISTRESSING EvEsT.-On the eve
: ming of the 18th uIt little boy between
r four and FIVE years of age, the son and on
q ly child Of Truman Carpenter, living il
the west part of Austnburgh, Ohio, wan
4 dered from his fathers house. and at eve
q ming could not be found bv the family
q During the night some fifty or sixty o
4 the neighbors collected and searched the
d woods, so far as they were able, but thei
r efforts proved unsuccessful. During tn
n night it rained, and as the weather chang
: ed it showed and froze hard. In tn
" morning from one to- two hundred NE
7 collected from Austinburg, Morgan an
n Jefferson, and continued the search unit
g. about two o'clock, p. M when the bod
was found little more than mile distar
l from the house, in the woods. The littI
l. sufferer had evidently wandered until h
y became exhausted through fatigue, whe
d. he was compelled to seel; rest upon tn
rs snow, amid the forest gloom. The affli,
'0 ton Of the parents is increased by tn
consideration that little more than fou
% weeks since they buried an only daughte
Of about three years of age, who was al
cidentalIy scalded, so that she died in abo
three days after the accident:
WHAT OTHER CITY CAN SAY THIs2-
1t appears by the official reports that a
the bows ia the city of Boston are mer
bers of the public and private schools
save 80 alone. The whole nubmer Il
$50. There is no parallel to this in al
NJ n arfo Of IA
&c State Prison CrueItIes.
In papers received from the wester
part Of this State, we notice many indi
dt- nant expressions on the subject of "S,a
nV Prison Cruelies at Auburn and Sin
~ Sing" These complaints may, perhaT
~ in some cases, proceed from party pref
1"l dice, but they are too loud and frequent
~ be solely attributable to that cause Co
u.s. corning the prison discipline at Sing Sill
oi we profess to know nothing, nor do
VI know positively of that of Auburn. DIT
re- ing a few, months residence in The fatt
aiu place, however, in the Spring and SUI
! j" mer of the past year, we saw and hea
n much on this subject of cruelty to t
leu prisoners-enough to satisfy lis that the
q" were at least some grounds for complain
nj Many things at that time were said a
,"I written, and doubtless the crueIties COT
l ~, planned Of were exaggerated; but so
T. 6m y things were said by persons who we
~ :, qualified TO judge, which called forth I
al righteous Indignation OF the whole tow
in which indignation we could not ave
ND participating What those complain
ton were we do not here feel ourselves at Ii
the ery to name-at the time Of which
ok. snelk thev were extensiYelE published