Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1839-08-07

pany is 32,669,90o of coal, which car
now be excavated and delivered at the
mouth OF the pits at one cent. per bushe
"a practiced miner being able to die
from l20 to 100 bushels per day. In.
Guiding all expenses, the coal can be
delivered at Georgetown, D. c., at So SO
per ton-an amount which will, as sup
posed, be reduced one-third by the adop.
ton OF Mr.. Ericson's invention for pro,
peiilng boats on canals. Mr.. E., who.
as is well known, is distinguished en-.
gineer, calculates that a ton of coal can
De delivered at Georgetown for 81 &C.;
at Baltimore, through the contemplated
cross cut canal, at 90 %; and at New
ork, including wastage and wharfage,
q. % oO. La speaking of his invention,
Mr. + says: /" can confidently state, on
the groudd of experiments have already
made, that "a propeller of six feet dame
ter projecting one foot above water, will
De more than sufficient TO propei a boat
20 Ieet long, IA feet beam, and five and
nall feet draught, at the rate of six miles
per hour on the Chesapeake and Ohio ca
nal. The propeller may be construct.
ed in this country for $4,000. The re-
port states that gentleman of high char.
acter, well acquainted with coal fields of
England, has expressed his belief that it
Will be possible for the various companies
east OF Frostburg, with proper and Judi
clous management, to bring to bank one
million OF tons yearly, should the sales of
coal warrant large operations Taking
the consumption of England as basis, It
is computed that the United States would
consume 100000 tons annually, when
ever the use of coal for manufacturing
and other purposes is equally understood.
The superiority of the Cumberland
over the Liverpool coal, in point of
strength as tested by experiment, is thir
ty two per cent. In speaking ofiron ore,
Mr.. T. says the aggregate thickness of
the beds is four inches, Welding from
thirty-three SO sixty per cent. of iron =
and, assuming $45 per ton as the cost of
making iron, he calculates that, with four
furnaces of the first class, the company
can make 5000 tons annually, at an ag-
gregate profit of $27O,OOO.
HoKRIBLE.-The Boston Times SAYS.
a girl named Matilda Drake formerly of
Litchfield. Ct, had been seduced, carried
TO New Y ork, and deserted, as usual. bv
her betrayer. She was destitute. and
was turned into the street by her landlady.
A woman named Catherine Hoffman.
perceiving her beauty, coaxed her into
her house, and offered her as a sacrifice
% stranger. Matilda refused to consent;
and that so enraged the brutal woman and
! man who lived With her in their den of
lnfamy. that they fell upon the girl and
beat her in most ferocious manner. Be-
ng alarmed at the consequences. they
sent her to the alms-house, where she ex-
plfed soon after. Both the inbuman
have been arrested, CHARGED
With murder, and some of the girls of
heir establishment are detained in iail as
witnesses.
The CRoPs. The harvest for small grain
IS over IN Virginia and in the Southern and
Western States, and has been in general
more abundant than the harvests of sever
Il years past.
In the Middle, Northern and Western
States, the crops are either Just ready for
ne sickle, or just turning. From these
sections OF the country the accounts are
;neerlng. In the western part of New
I DIRK, the wheat is said to be more nrom.
sing than 1t has been at the same period
or several years past. In New England
he season has been propitious
In Pennsylvania, the harvest has COM
nenced, and crops of Wheat, Oats and
Rye are abundant, though in some Sec
ions Of the country the hessian fy has
'een troublesome.
In Maryland, the Wheat crop has near
y all been harvested, and it appears that
is larger than has been realized for
ome years past Accounts from all pats
If the State concur in the report that the
rops are abundant in quantity and excel.
ent in quality.
In Virginia, attention is now directed |
the Tobacco and Corn crops. The to-
'acco crop promises as large a Weld as
vas ever known in the State. The only
anger is. that it may be injured in quail
by being too forward. The corn crop,
speaking, is in most thriving
ondltion; and if it escapes drought will
e most abundant. In some districts the I
HINGE bugs, having nothing to detain
hem in the wheat fields, have found their
way into the corn, where they are doing
'reat inlury.-Pittsburgh Intel.
GIGANTIC PROJECT. The British
government propose to have, for direct
communication with their East India Pos.
essicns, through the Red Sea, five steam
rs, OF 1900 tons each two smaller ones
India, and omnibuses and vans to cross
ne isthmus of Suez. This is independent