Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1840-01-29


piexy-caused by drinking spirits.
J. A. ALLEN,
| r. COWBOY,
,,., w. p. RUSSELL.
h'ddIebury, Jan. 20. 1910.
From the Northampton Courier.
The snow storms of this winter have
exceeded, In depth and intensity, anything
"lthin the recollection of our oldest in.
liaolIan's In the valley, the snow lies
Two leet upon level, good measure. bot
~ Inc towns west of us, located upon the
elevations which incline toward the sum-
MT level Of the lofty Berkshire noun
'a!'lS' 1t Will average, 50 say intelligent
witnesses, four feet upon the ground. In
iact' even to this hour, many roads remain
unoroken; the depth of snow being such
as 10 prevent all intercourse of the iso-
ia'eo inhabitants with each other, except
on snow-shoes.
The breaking open of the roads so
that animals alone could pass, occupied
some days, and travelling with sleighs is
now tedious and disagreeable. In many
places, the depth of the snow is so great,
amounting to fifteen feet in some spots
tnat track has been beaten down upon
Inc summit, and the travel goes over the
| tops OF the lofty snow-banlts. In Ches-
terrified, We have been informed, a man
died, and so shut up was his family by
the depth of the snow, that four DAYS
expired before they could reach their
| neIgh6ors with the intelligence.
We could fill column of narration,
describing the tedious process of mails
being disln.erred by farmers and oxen,
and stages detained by the snow, with
passengers, through live-Iong nights, in
passing from village to village. Of hors-
es getting into deep drifts and struggling
until the vehicles were broken and the
drivers exhausted. and finally being left,
until help could be procured, miles dis
tant, to come to their rescue Of individ-
uals. both on foot and on horseback,
near y perishing in attempting to pass
from only one neighborhood to another.
by unexpectedly getting beyond their
depth and exhaustlng themselves with
vain efforts to obtain succor or extricate
themselves.
People in towns and cities, with well
broken roads and even shoveled foot-paths,
can have no conception of the deptb of
snow. and fatigue of travelling in the
country, where banks, like "AIps on
Alps arise" blocking up the roads and
rendering the farm-houses invisible to
near neighbors.
Loss OF SHIP BY FIRE.-The ship
Harold, of Boston, was DESTROYED bv fire,
at sea, Oct. Goth, in lat. 80 S., and long.
26 25 W., and five persons were drown
ed. She was bound from Calcutta TO
Boston, and had large and valuable
cargo. The fire was discovered at eight
In the evening. Ten persons got into
the long-boat and got clear Eight got
into the joily-boat, but before they could
clear themselves of the ship the heat
| became SO intense, that they threw them
selves overheard. Three of the eight
were picked up by the long boat, but the
o;her i've could not be found. After
being seven days in the boat. they reached
the coast Of Brazil. about thirty miles
| north of PeTnambuco.-Zion's Herald.
REDUCTION OF PosrAGE.-The Post
Master General, in his annual report
recent y made, states that the radical
change In the rates of postage on Letters
recent y adopted in Great Britain, has
attracted much attention in the u. States,
and that to enable him to furnish Con
gress with information on that subject,
and on all others connected with the post
office establishments ia several of the
most considerable European countries, be
mas despatched one of the special agents
OF the Post Office Department in Europe,
with instructions to visit them in person,
and furnish minute details of their organ
lzatlon and operations. He states that
many documents, and some interesting
particulars have been received from him
but no detailed report. AS soon as such
a report is received, it is to be laid before
Congress.--Z1ou's Herald.
EXTRAORDINARY PAssAGE-One dan
Iater from LirerpOoL.-The ship Robert
Bruce, from Liverpool, has arrived at St
Johns, n. B., after passage of serenteen
d0ys-she sailed on the 18th, the next
day after the departure of the Hibernia.
The St. Johns Gazette contains nothing
of importance,-N YSPec.
From the Charleston Mercury of Saturday Jan. 4.
The WEATHER AT THE SoUTH. We
heVe had no New Orleans mail for about
a fortnig CHIT has doubtless been discon-
tlnued at the circumstances of Boreas and
his brother bus,erers. The Northern
mail is gathering on some inclined plane
OF rail road, like. snow on mountain
brow. till warm day shall start the pile,
and drive down an avalanche of news
papers upon our astonished heads.