Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1840-09-02

c0iiooity was discovered about two
years SINCE by party oftrappers, belong.
Jug 10 captain Rents company living on
me m SIDE OF one Of the beaver dams of the
MO Grande ofthe north, ia stream empty
ing ltsely into the gulf of California
whose waters 1t is said possess the petrify.
ahs quailtles. IN an eminent degree, its
Shofes Astounding in specimens of animal
ana vegetable productions in a petrj6ed
STATE The petriied Buffalo is described
oy nose who have seen it, to be as perfect
~ It's petrllactlon as when living. with
the exception of hole in one Of its sides
ABOUT Jour inches in diameter. around
which the hair has been worn off. proba-
bly by the friction of the water in which
II must have lain for ages pas, tn have
produced such a phenomenon. The hair
on the hump of the shoulders, neck, fore
mead and tail, though converted into almost
smooth surface, may be easily discerned.
ne horns, eyes, nostrils, mouth and legs.
are as perfect in the stone as in their nris-
{tine state
The country in which this rare speci-
men was found, is inhabited by the Es-
teaux, rowing tribe of savages who sub
$751; great portion of their lives, on in
sects, snakes, toads, roots, &c. This tribe
beng particular Y hostile to the whites
renders the acquisition of this curiosity,
not a li;tIe hazardous; Notwithstanding
this and many other difficulties to be sur
mounted, such as distance, expense, &c.
our enteaprising citizen, Captain Charles
Rent, contemptates Procuring and brinino
1t to the United States with him during
the ensuing autumn.
Detroit, Aug 10.
FIRE AT GREEN BAY. We learn from
the passengers of the Illinois, which ar
rived here yesterday, that fire had de.
stroyed the business part Of Green Bav.
LONGEVITY The officer employed in
taking the census of King county, n. Y,
found, at the residence of Mrs. Maria Sill
we'll, at Gravesend, a colored woman at
The advanced age Of one hundred and
thirteen /! She appeared to be in perfect
health; eats, drinks, and sleeps WE'LL
She performs all her duties as a domestic
with astonishing energy and activity, and
says she can milk the cows as readily as
she could hundred gears ogo.-Bosioza
Press q, Post.
FATAL ACCIDENT. On the goth inst
as Cap. Charles Putnam of this town,
was blasting rocks in a well, charge
prematurely exploded, while drawing the
printing wire, by which one eye was de-
stroyed, and he was otherwise shockinolv
mutilated. He succeeded 10 getting out
of the we'll by his own efforts, and linger-
ed till the morning of the 23d, when he
died, aged 40 Worcester Spy.
A Convention of Methodists is to be
held IN New York City, Oct 6, of those
who are opposed to a resolution passed by
the General Conference, bv which the tes-
tlmony of all the colored members of the
church, in those States where the laws re-
Jet it, is to be rejected by the church,
N. H. Bop. Reg
A BANK WORTH HAvING.-Tt is a
cry often heard in these times that the
banks won t discount We know bank
whose vault is we'll stored with the rich
est treasures, which is open to all who are
disposed to apply, and which through all
the pressure, has been as ready to discount
as IN toe most prosperous times. Gentle
reader! if you are content to quit specu-
lation, and willing simply 10 make your
mark, you can be accommodated. This
bank has a perpetual charter, and is
known as the GRIND Bank Of Terra Fir
ma: an entrance may be found On the
sunny side of most of our hills
It's keys, which sou must grasp with
out gloves, are the plough. The spade, and
the hoe. The only security it requires is
industry, endorsed by temperance, and il
, seldom offers anything but substantial
currency. Those who have made them.
selves lean BY complaining of hard times
and the scarcity Of money, need only try
} one experiment, and the sooner they take
the res ponsibIity the better Application
should be made early in the season.
= WatchtOlUeT.
NOBLE CoNDUcT.-A correspondent
Of the Standard, writing from Poughkeer
sic, relates the following storv.-L1beruto,
= A most interesting circumstance ha
= lust been related to ne. Several month
ago, about 80 girls, averaging near i
!, years Of age, were at play in the l.
:, :, adjoining their school house. A biac
: bow ran in among them from the stree
told them he was a runaway slave al
:. begged to Be concealed from his pursuer
l. They Immediately placed him behir
* some boards, and resumed their sports
nd Bot few moments elapsed before nj
n, ran up and asked them if they had Sc
as black boy in the neighborhood. Q
ne of them answered, without hesitate
I'D Yes, we saw one running IN that stree
IN at the same time pointing in the directl
at which he had come before entering t
rs. ward The man followed in pursuit,
= he nirls continued their play as thou