Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1839-07-17


Revenue first quarter, '3o, 562,9I5 81 I
Do. second do. do. ooo 40 oo
estimated at 'oo' * "
Sl,465,657 81
Increase of revenue over the two first I
quarters of the last year, S517, $50 84.-
Boston Press f. Post.
The Saratoga Semtinel of the I'd of Ju-
ly, mentions the discovery in that place of
a new spring of mineral water, which it
pronounces superior in the copiousness of
its supplies, as we'll as in the quality of
its ingredients to any of the fountains with
which that region abounds. Boston Press
d Post
FIRES & FACTS.
One year ago last May, the Roman
Catholic Chapel, near this village, was
destroyed by fire. Neither the person
nor the motives of the incendiary have ev.
er been discovered. 10 the absence of all
known causes, it was natural for the sui
ferers under the education they had re-
ceived, 10 suspect that some opponent of
their religion was concerned in the trans
action. But In the facts Of the case,
there was no ground for any such suspi
cions. There were no sectarin excite
ments or JealousleS; no local or Temporal
Try reasons then existing on which to
ground any such suspicion that the pro-
testant community, or that protestant in
divduals, as such, had any thing to do
with the destruction of that building. But
=, = odp L., L
Catholics themselves, that there were, at
that time, strong feelings of luminosity ex-
isting between two diher rent sorts of peo-
pie among themselves, and that their ex-
cited feelings had some reference TO the
chapel that was destroyed.
But whoever was the agent Of thai de-
struction,-the fact Of its being destroyed
by villainous incendiary, was an alarm
: ing omen and was lamented alike by the
r whole community. For here the broad
i. principle is held by all, that all demo ain
ssions shall be entitled TO equal privileges
and protection from the law. According
Iy general meeting tf our citizens wa
Immediately called at the Court House
:, measures were adopted and a committee
: was appointed to ferret out, if possible
: the incendiary. The funds were sub
! scribed by protestants, and a reward 0
I $500 was offered for his apprehension
One or two more suspected were taken VI
and examined All this was done b.
> protss;ants 1t is fact which was motto
: ed and talked of at the time, that, the Ro
man Catholics gave themselves but it'll
!. trouble about the matter.
= Time passed on. la the month Of DC
- tober, the Green Mountain House wa
:. burnt That this was set on fire Their
l. has never been much doubt; but b
= whom, has not been ascertaned. TIL
=" establishment was burnt on Saturda
: night a little past the middle Of the nigh
Il Again. In October the outbuildlne
r. = of the American Hotel were DESTROYED
~ fire. This occurred between eleven an
" twelve o'clock on Sabbath night. Ho,
this fire was kindled is not yet known.
= = The burning of the Champiain Hot
= and the Glass Factory buildings are a
counted for by accident. These we
- - burnt in the day time. when four fifhs
Ie the accidental fires in the country occur
= la December, the Block Factory az
-. Satinett Factory at the Falls were destro
80 ed, in a manner wholly unaccountable {
the ground of accident. No one of Il
- hands or proprietors, nor other perso
y who knew the circumstances, ever ha
!. believed that the Block Factory took
- by accident. 1t has been said that Fl
80 had sometimes been produced about t
gudgeons of the power wheel. But q
- hitting all this, one fact is certain. V
I'm, that the fire ia the Block Factory kind
ac- and was burning when first discover,
an in entirely another part OF the buildir
om- where it could not have taken from /
gudgeon nor directly from the stoves
Try, furnace. The superintendent of the
IONS adjustment and others acquainted W
IDLY the circumstances and position of thir
Vat averred at the time and do still aver, t
arm it was hardly within the range of POI
bilities, that the fire could have taken
had cidentally, qohen and sOheTe 1t did.
'ket, After short space, we were ag
able aroused from our slumbers, on Satur,
might BY the cry of fire. The brew
n at was in flames and was completely
lred, stroyed. That this fire was kindled
ition an incendiary has never, we believe, b
gravely questioned. There IS only
had possibility of lis being otherwise.
sting Again, recently. our village and /,
have been aroused by another awful