Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1839-02-06
GENERAL INTELLIGENCE

OF Inc agricultural products which 60
ally descend the river Mississippi. is s.,;
mated at S7O0OO,OOO.
The highest inhabited places in The
known world are in Peru. The cottage,
at the source of the Ancomarca are at
an elevation of Is, 100 feet above the Level
OF the sea. The village Of Tacora is L..
275 feet high. Potosi, once containing,
population of 10000 is $4,000 feet above
the level OF the sea.
DRUNKENNESS IN A FAMILY. The
Jersey City Advertiser gives the fellow
ing instructive lesson, though in a few
words.
In this city there lived a family, in
the course OF whose history it occurred
that the arm of the husband was at one
time broken by his wife, and not very
long after, the arm of the mother BY her
son-all IN drunken brawls"
Prussia, in 1881, had 1926, 1898 in.
habitants; 226l2 primary public schools.
giving elementary and superior inStruc.
lion (2l,769 elementary 27,749 teach.
ers, (about 1900 mistresses,) and SO pub
lie Teachers Semnaries, which supplied
840teachers per annum. Il appears from
the last census, that the entire population
amounted to l4.099,I25 persons cut Of
tthis number there were 2,27S COL chill
dren freqdenting the public schools. Il
results from this calculation, that almos.
all the children in Prussia receive the
benefit of a regular education.
The United States Gazette states TIA,
William Norton, Jr. of Philadelphia, has
recently received an order from Liver.
pool for the manufacture Of eleven loco
motives for The Gloucester and Birrning.
ham railroad. at a cost Of $4,000. Sev.
en- locomotives have been ordered IF tee
same gentleman for Austria.
An attempt was made in Congress on
Friday, on motion of Mr. Potts. OF Penn.
sylyauia, to amend The appropriate BILL
by striking out the spirit ralion entirely.
The seamen now receive gill of spiGi
daily. The motion was r,jecied.
Counterfeit 50 bills of The Wolf oro'
o Bank, at Marlborough. ~. H are IN sir
collation.. They are dated Aug. 20. 1883,
: letter A, No. 81. T. E. Sawyer, Cash.
Ter, and Daniel Pickering. Presideu -
They are ciunsily executed
! RATHER ImPuDENT.-A wri:.. =
Tails Edinburgh Magazine has address.
ed a letter to Queen Victoria, wh.ch +,
= nearly rs bitter as that which Jmius :.
: dressed 10 her grandfather. He tells -
! that she is bot a child, and that wer. ST..
L any thing but a sovereign, her cpnt.a5
would never Be consulted even in hero .
family, beyond the choosing for hers.
$ cap or gown, and not always upon .-s,
IL He severely condemns The excess OF Ei...
J. which her majesty still manifests tuwa;5.
is the present ministry, and is particu.al.,
lmpudcnt when speaking Of Lord Me.
;. bourne, whom be seems 20 consider j. +.
tie better Than popinjay. The aulror
> ship OF the letter is attributes 10 L.
L Brougham. whose hatredio the 80 !a.a
istry is as great as that fit by any ecu
re servative. 1t may bemore than sup.
/ ed, that the So Queen has al-tsd.
4 discovered that her diadem is not macs
i better than crown of thorns. Bsslss
4 Press & Post.
of Property lost on The Mississippi las
le season is estimated at S450,000- Bas.ss
% Press d Post.
a, Mr.. Eells, of Cornwall, whose pai.i.
n accident we mentioned two weeks ago, eT-
lg plred on Saturday last. Uroa Pgs.
81 mortem examination, (as We learn froE, \
a gentleman who was presentl the lrepch,
nj pin ofthe gun, nearly entire, and J irc7
~ long, was found partly III the brain. ala
!, partly IN the base Of the skull. with is !4r-
:. therest extremity near four inches hon
~ where 1t entered the frontal bone Ilwas
81 the opinion Those present that he co..
re not have survived. had this piece beer ez-
as tacted, even Immediately af;er the ac-l'
We dent
lie. We learn that the barrel of the gun d
an not burst. bit that the accident occuncl
from the breech-Tin having blown OIL 10
- consequence OF being too small Tow I'D
" been wound arunG 10, in order 10 make ID.
"9 threads of the screw hold Il was ,1s'
re- that by taking off the tow, the pin ~ .
IN have been passed In and out without :gfa
IN ing. WhO was aware of this. 2revious %
i'll the accident. is not known-but VII.
nd ever il was. must be at least grossly CUP
" able. Those who have guns should h
warned by this accident 10 examine thea
thoroughly and use them cautiousir-
r. Peoples Press.
ne The QUAKERs of North CaroirS
e haze petitiened the legislature ofthat Sls' ,
at for the abolition of slavery. Their PEI
ton was presented in the Senate, where
upon n great blus,er was made, ard IL.
y presenter. who boasted when he in'rcdu,
at ed the subject, ofbeing The greatest s'eve