Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1840-12-30

er that was launched on this river was in
1911. Now there are more than 600 on
this river and its tributaries.
EAST INDIA CoMPANY.-Ther revenue
OF this Company is g23,000,000 more
than Sl00000,000 This is more than
double the whole revenue OF the United
States, about three times the revenue OF
Prussia; and equaled by no country in
Europe except England and France.
NEw-JERsEr.-The finances of this
State for the last year, are. expenditures,
S67,334 43; receipts. S8I.33O "a; leav-
Ing the Treasury good for Sl4,00 "a.
The revenue for the school fund. S64,-
I6l8 A; exceeding disbursements by 3d.
068.
LAKEs.-Th first steamer passed from
| Buffalo in 1918, now there are 81 steam
ships on those inland seas.
A New PATENT OFEIcE has been
| opened at Washington, he design ofwhich
! is, to arrange in conspicuous manner
all the models for which patents are TAX
en-, and to preserve all the specimens Of
arr and ingenuity, which may be trans
mltted for a National Museum. 4
! The annual revenue of the established
church in England is 24,OOO,00o. and
the value Of church ediices and parson-
age houses, S96,000,OOo.
The CoLoRED PEOPLE in this State
are about to petition the Legislature to
remove the restrictions on the elective
franchise. And, surely, why should
native American with dark skin be de-
MED those privileges which are granted
to Foreigners. thong they are not worth
nine-tenths OF groat.
GEoRGIA-A bill before the Leeisla-
ture of this State to abolish capital pun
ishment, SO far as relates to white persons,
except for the crime of treason. Black
fmen, and red men are, of course, out of
the question. They, on the account Of
The color of their skin, most have no mer-
cy. What an enlightened; christian land
OCHRE.--A valuable mine Of Ochre, it
is said, has been discovered in a part oil
the Green Mountains of Vermont. 1t is
supposed to be superior to that which is
obtained from France. The mine is now
worked at the rate of IL barrels day.
! CoNNEcTIcUT,-The population OF
this Stale is 3l0,13I, being an increase Of
l2,420 in 10 years.
Il PRISONERS FOR POLITICAL L1BEL.-
Says the Baptist Advocate, From the
first Of January, 1889, to the lst of Janua.
ry, 1910, 665 persons were confined in
the different jaIs of E gland and Wales
for printing and publishing seditious OIL
bIasphemous libeIs, or for uttering sedi
tlous words, or for attending seditious
meetings, or for some offence of polite
al character"
KING OF HoLLAND.--It is said tha
the King Of Holland retires into private
life with les. 100000 OF franks, the mon
ey which he has received for his kimgt,
! services. ~. =.
IRELASD.-The qnie,ude ofthe metropoI
iIan county in Ireland can be best gather
ed from the following extract Of Chic
! Baron b rady's address to the grand jury
. for the county and city Of Dublin " 1t il
!, very gratifying for me to state that ate
the interval of two months, there is no
= presented here for trial IA single case o
homicrde, nor single case of assault, af
= ltcting the public peace, nor a single cas-,
. of assault endangering life or of commit
ting malicious injury on person or prop
efty."
& COMMON CARRIERs.-The liabilitie
IT.
laid down by Judge Ware, of the Main
d District Court, in the case Of Bonney VI
d the Steamboat Hontress:
n The owners OF a Steamboat emplove
it in Carrying passengers and merchandiz
Al between port and port are responsible t
, shippers of goods as common carriers.
Common carriers must at their per
is deliver goods which they carry, to tn
} i right persons, and if they make wron
id delivery, lhsy will be responsible for an
loss which may be thereby occasioned.
lie Il is the duty Of the owners of goods
e. have their properly marked, and to pr,
sent them to the carrier or his servants
a have them entered in their books; and
j. he negleets to do it, and there is misd
=, klirery and loss in consequence wtho
!. any fault of the carrier, he must bear th
loss.
But the carrier is not discharged fro
- all responsibility as 10 the delivery /
ie such neglect, but if there is d wrong d
y livery or loss through any want ofrea
I enable caution on the part OF the carrie
or his servants, he will be responsible.
&c HOW TO CoLoNIzE AFRICA.
= The last Africap Repository contains
~ letter from Gov. Bac hanan. Of Liberia,
the conclusion of which he says
IF