Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1842-07-20

II IS stated in the St. Catherines-Jou
nal, that while the contractors were there,
poor laboring man, who had jus, come
70 The place, TO seek employment, was ac-
elcentally drowned, in one of the IockS,
leaVing wife and four small children. in
! strange land, almost enlirely destitute of
the means OF substance. A proposi,ion
was Immediately made, 10 get no a sub.
serIptioL. among the Americans nresen,.
for The benefit of the widow and fatheriess
whlch-no sooner said then done-was
forthwith carried into effect, and resulted
In the collection of forty,oae dollars in
IN cash, 10 the course of few hours:
which was handed over. by those benevc-
lent t. Yankees" to gladden. the hearts,
SO far as the ordinary comforts of life
can 60, Of the bereaved family Bg6afo
Com. AIDE.
FOURTH OF July CELEBRATIoNse-
The papers from every part of this Siale,
and the neighboring States, bring scs
cheering accounts of cold aoGtsr celebra-
tons on the Fourth. The doiags ia Alba
ny were never so interesting. There was
doubtless some drinking, aud some drunk
eness. bat number of friends who spent
the day here, say they did not see more
than Two or three drunkards, amoag the
thousands OF people ihronging the streets
10csaa Of Liberty. .. -
RELIGIOUS INoUrs1TToN.-A discuss
ION took place in the House of Lords
during the week, on the extraordinary
conduct of Scottish Judge in permitting
witness to be questioned as to his reii-
glous tenets - although he had declared
his belief in God. in future state of
rewards and punishments, and 10 the truth
OF Divine Revelation, and expressed his
Willingness to be a commandment of the
Scottish Established Church, which he
regularly attended, IF they would admu
him to membership La the course of his
examination he admitted that he did not
believe. because he did not understand,
the whole of what Christians receive as
the Sacred Scriptures. The presiding
Judge, after tolerating this inquisition in
to the mans orthodoxy, admitted that his
testimony might be received but took it
On him to ask the witness hew he could
dare to go to the communion table, aud
demanded of the prosecuting attorney
whether he would press the evidence Of
such person. = a-.
The subjectsswas Withdrawn for the e
present by Lord Campbell. who introduced
it. in consequence of Lord Lyndhursl and
other friends of the Scottish Judges hav-
ing complained of want of notice.
No where more than ia Scotland has
the conduct of the presiding Judge been
! condemned. He maintains, 10 defence,
that his conduct was required by law If
so, it requires the reform which Lord
Campbell proposes to administer. Such
practice would amount to the exclusion
of all from the witness-box, who might
happen to hold peculiar opinions in lheol-
ogy.-N. YiSpectator.
O2troge al Haroaod Uairsrsstn-We
learn BY a gentleman from Cambridge.
that about 2 o'clock this morning, large
bomb she'll was, placed in Prof Pierce,S
recitation room in University Hall, which
exploded with such violence as 10 shatter
the room in every part. The partitions
OF three other rooms contiguous We're all
thrown down and other injury done 10
the rooms. The windows were all brok-
en- and the floor broken through down 10
the Common Hall. The cause of the
outrage is not known, nor have the per-
petrators been discoVered.-Bos. Trans.