Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1840-04-01

| sntCC cilIdtf SISTERS ana two brOtI
ers. Sneh was the rapidly of the fame,
mat all effort on The part of the parent /,
save his children, was rendered unayaila
ole and hopeless. The son that escane
rom the upper story. was severely but nc
dangerously burned Y. Commercial,
The Lord Bishop of Montreal is nov
Promulgating a regulation amono n
clergy OF Lower Canada, that y,
monuments shall be erected 10 churcbe
or In burylng grounds which are unds
the control of the Church of Enoland
the inscription upon which shall not frs
nave been approved by the Minister i,
10 Charge upon the spot, with an addition
al regulation that no monument shall h
erected IN churches at all to the memor,
OF persons who have lost their lives !,
compliance with the custom of duellino
TIE Church.
SHOCKING CATAsTRoPHE.-We lear,
from the Allegheny Gazette that on tht
n,ght OF the 24th inst. the dwelling house
OF Lew Stevens, near Almond, N, Y
caught lire. Mr.. and Mrs. Stephen,
WIN three children were from home Siy
OF the children were left at home wi,b
MIR. Wygant, the village schooImaster
who WI, was boarding with MIR. Stevens
when Mr. w. awoke, the whole interior
OF the house was mostly on fire. and i,
was with much difficulty, that he sue
ceeded IN rescuing William, a son of
about sixteen, Lydia Ann, aged about
fourteen, Andrew, aged about twelve. and
George. aged seven, who both lodged in
the second story. Those boys were Sc
vereIy burned, and it is thought that
George will not recover. M Wvoant
was prostrated several times by the force
and violence of the flames; his face was
badly burned, and his right hand severe.
ly. In the bed from which George es-
capped, lodged two other sprightly and in.
terestlng little sons, Martin Van Rnren
aged nine, and Asher G. aged S years.
On the alarm being given to the child
rem, Martin Van Buren, awoke and an
peared in the flames, at the head of the
stairs with Andrew and George. and
hight nave taken his chance of escane
, them but. unwilling TO leave his III.
ie brother behind. returned after him and
While IN the act of helping him from the
'ed' they were both enveloped in a dense
ina furious flame, and were consumed hv
ne devouring elemen:, locked in each
timers arms, as is evident from their re.
MAINS found among the ruins.
BY THE BRITISH QUEEN.
Preparations are actively making, on the
,art OF the British Government, for war
Ike Invasion of China, to compel the Chi
.,ese TO eat opium whether they will or not. !
greater outrage was never attempted 10
e practlsed by one independent nation up-
q another, than that which has marked |
ne conduct oil both individuals, and the |
of Great Britain, both in the |
and the continuation. of |
ne difficulties which at present exist with
nina. The Government of China ner-
ewing the disastrous effects which resulted I
'om the Opium Trade, took measures. as
ley had an undoubled right to do. to inter
let the commerce in that article, in their
ominions. Whereupon the English resi-
enls undertook to resist the legal authorities
i emma, until active coercive measures.
N their part, became absolutely necessary
the maintenance of law and Justice: and
ne English trade was entirely stopped
ma, now, with the perfdy, and tyrannical
ioience, which has uniformly marked the
rogress of British domination in the Easr
ndles, her Majesty's Government are pre-
arlng an armament 10 invade the Chinese
.errttory, and compel the Emperor. if ne
essary, to sanction the trade in Onium
'hlch is so fatally destructive 10 his peonle'
nd to the national welfare!-Rutiand q
Iddison County Wing.
MORE Aims HOUSE BREAD. We
ave been favored with another present in
hape of I" loaf of Aims House bread "
nd must say that the purchaser of flour
'r that establishment cannot be a good
ldge, or else the baker does not know
Is business. The loaf in question is one
{ the batch distributed on Saturday, and
re do not think it will assist in restoring
health the little ones atthe Long Island
arms, or those pauper females with in
INT children at Bellevue. IF the Com.
lissioners would but examine the article
lat is purchased for them, we think thew
'oud be satisfied that they have been i'm.
osed upon. Change your four broker,
the one now ia your service
as not done you justice. How many
DOR women have died of child bed fever.
the Aims House Department, since
anuary lst, 1902 Will somebody in
'rm us2-N. Y Spectator.
The Great Western, Capt. Hosken,
Ill be on her way 10 Bristol before the
nbliction of the present number. The
reliability is hat she will be at her anch-
rage at Kings Road, near Bristol. on the
lernoon Of the q of April, and in that
Use she will carry to England answers to
tiers received bY the British Queen.