Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1841-01-11


This is us accurate as can be ascertnincd. But
in addition there were four hundred and filty
wounded in this country. And in Great Britain,
three steamers, the Erin, Forty, and Superb were
wrecked with all on boards which not included
IN the above. 1t is supposed that one hundred
and twenty lives were lost in til en- These, how
ever, do not swell up the loss there to the loss
here; aud the table shows the reckIessness with
which human life has been sucrced in this coun-
try. But from the English returns 1t appears that
Notwithstanding twenty years experience, the year
1888 was the most disastrous 10 steamers on the
other side of the Atlantic NJ y. H9dLd
Death of Senator Grundy Advces from Ten
nessee announce the death OF Felix Grundy, late
Attorney General of the United States, and at tho
time Of his decease Senator in The Congress Of
the United States. Mr. Grundy has long been in
public lille, and has served in both Houses of Con-
gress-in one or the other, almost from the organ.
izatioD of the state of Tennessee.
landscapes An Irish captain being or the
ocean, many leagues from the most remote part of
land, peheld a short distance four sails of ships
and in the JOY of his heart, exclaimed, sArrah
my lads, pipe all hands on deck TO behold this rich
landscape
The Human race The whole human race, if
collected together in one spot, would mot occupy
Il space equal 20 that in which our metropolis
stands. For suppose the population of the globe
be equal to 600 600 600 souls, and The yerage
space occupied by each individual TO be one square
foot the whole OF the human family collected to-
geher in one column would cover squire of
! 81 100000 feet, or Of about six miles. They would
all easily be contained within the circumference
of London warts .WScel.
| The Albany Daily Advertiser in noticing the
capture Of Acre, makes the following interesting
commentary.
1.-TWO great roads lead from Acre to the holy
city one 10y Cesarea and Joppa, the same by
which st. Paul went, on his return from Macedo-
MIA, The other by the way OF Nazareth, shorter,
but less irequenfed route. It's capture may he
one OF the designs OF Providence to open the way
to Palestine for the return of the Jews. II So it
will he another proofof that divine wisdom which
causes even The wrath Of man 10 be tributary to
its mighty power"
One great Tea pol. The British Barque, West
minister, fsom Singapore to London. was wrecked
on the Coast Of England last November. She
had on board 1900 Chests Of Tea, all of which,
with few exceptions, was lost. The Teas were
owned by Mr.. Bacon, Boston Merchant, whose
insurance in that City alone amounted to $780,
600. Rather an expensive lca-pariy.
Woman. The following tonst was recently Civ.
en- al Wing celebration in Ogdensburgh, N. Y:
| "Woman "A mother, she cherishes and cor
reefs us sister, she consElts aud counsels US
sweetheart, she coquets and conquers us: a wife,
she comforts and confdes in us: without her.
what would become Of us Z"
| frightening The CORDS. Rev. Joseph Huber, a
Presbyterian minister, said to be of irreproachabe
character has been deposed from the ministry and
accommodated, for marrying the niece Of his
deceased wife. b
Reverse Of Fortune. The U. 8. Marshall, WHO
has just completed the census of Cincinnati men-'
tons this incident:
...~s vi ruined himself by intern
! perance and was subsistng charity that knew
in Pittsburgh in the year 1915, owner of fine
property and store worth at that time $4,000
The property alone, l have no doubt, would have
since brought $l50,000
| Quick York. Mr.. Billings, blacksmith fof Lei
cester, OH Saturday, 18th ut forged $50 Horse
Shoes in nine hours in succession, and they are
pronounced, by good judges, TO be made in a
workmanlike manner. Worcester Egis.
National Debt. OF the (old) National Debt, of
the United States, there remains unclaimed and
undischarged, 1896, 792,49. Much the largest
portion of it is for interest. There has heen cal
led for and paid on Of the Debt during the
past year, about IL 600.
Very gratifying. Gen. Jackson has lived to
see he first he turned out of Office I" for opn-
ions sake" almost unanimously elected President
of the United States, and the follower in his foot
steps quite unanimously rejected.