Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1842-06-15


/ Our CRoPs.-The Germantown Tel.
egraph says" Perhaps for the last ten or
ni.een years, the prospect of an abundant
harvest, at.thls period of the wear, were
never more cheering.
livery crop-whtat. RE. oatz harley.
grass. &c. which is sufficien,lv stpancsd
70 iofm correct opinion of their product
gives the most unequivocaI promise of a
very heavy yield.
u corn, potatoes, carrots, parsnips. oats.
flSc., il is too early at present 10 speak: in
month hence they will develope them.
selves. - Philadelphia Inquirer. =
Destruction Of enc Fifth of The Ciiu of
Hansburgb By Esre.-'Fhe city Of Ham
ourgh, the great commercial emporium of
Germany, one of the most 1ouSishing on
the coutinent of Europe is heap of ruins.
The IRE, which broke out on Wedaes-
day night the 18th ult., and which there
Is every reason to believe, was the work
OF an incendiary, extended to sixty streets,
most of which were reduced 10 ashes..--
The estimate of the loss has varied greatly.
the latest and highest being 81. 600 600.
The number of lives lost is said to be, be-
tween $50 and 800 The canals through
the city were dry, so that no water could
be found. The fire ragged from Wednes-
day night till Saturday morning.
On the latter day at nine o'clock. the
Danish, Hanoverian, and Prussian troops
entered the town and being well supplied
with gunpowder, commenced blowing up
the houses to arrest the progress of the
flames This was completely effected by
Sunday morning. The Senate ordered
every person to leave town, and nothing
could exceed the heart-ren6ing spectacle
OF thousands of poor people frantic with
their losses, and without the means of
procuring food or shelter. - .-%-
The Hamburgher None Zeitung. ofthe
10th instant, thus sums up the results of
the sad catastrophe: s..-r-.sg ---.--...,.>
"Sixty streets, containing from 1900 to
1000 houses, lies smouldering on the
ground. and form fearful. but picturesque
ruin. Two splendid churches, with steep
les exceeding 400 feet in height, another
church with lis tower, the Rath Haus,
where the Senate hold their sittings the
old Exchange, the repository of the ar
chives, the buildings of the Patriotic Socie.
tty are all destroyed. The Rieehspast
Amt, nearly all the great booksellers, the
Offices of the two newspapers, (theBor-
senhalI aud the Correspondent nearly all
| the great hotels and inns, (the Old London.
the BeIvider, Hotel de Russo, ST. Peters
| bur2h, Streets Hotel. the Crown Prince,
1.-The Wild Man, the Bramer Amthaus, the
Black Elephant the principal ma gaines
des nondes and repositories of fashion, and
nearly all the chief apothecaries, are des-
troyed. The following are safe The
cellar where the bullion is deposited al the
Bank. the Catharipken-straise, der Wal
dralune, du Reichenstraise, &c.
/ CRoPs IN -VIRG1N1A.-The Richmond
Enquirer says:-We have heretofore al
uded to the precocitv of the season as re-
CARDS fruit, vegetables and flowers. We
have now similar illustration as to the
grain crops. We learn from a distin-
guished farmer in Chesterfield, (Ampthill,)
that he commenced his harvest on Thurs
day last, and he says one of his neighbors
has surpassed him. having not only cut
and shocked his wheat. but pioughed up
bis ground and planted corn, thus produc-
ing two of the staple crops on the same
land in one year. Perhaps the earliest
wheat cut on the James River is pear Pres.
que Isle. s,s.>.--7ss
/ HAyMAKING.-Y esterday June 1, } we
observed number of mowers, engaged
in cutting the FIRST crop of grass, in seve-
raj places between this civ. and Chestnut
Hill. This is about = earlier than
4 commonwealth. Non. srican.
Imm1eRATroN to this country is increas-
l ing daily. There arriveda at New York dur
: ing the last week 6,295 passengers, 1866
of which number arrived on Saturday,
!, making the sum total of 22,203 since 1st
January. The British papers received bV
the Acadia announce the departure of IA
vessels alone, with 5000 steerage passen-
gers; and others vessels are announced
with 400 more.-HeraLd Of Fissdom.
oosLOS
i We sent the Anti Abolitionist up to No.
|, IA, to some 400 southern subscribers, who
, have neglected to forward the amount of
: their subscriptions, as we notified them to
J, do in numbers previous. ard heying cut
them from our fist, it is to US loss of
$500. The South has promised to Us
greatly, but as get performed but little
i. ati-AboLitionist. -. - i = .-r
What better treatment could The Editor
fofthe Anti-Abolitionist expect from one
! who will rob the poor because be is poor 2
The South have no confidence in the
: measures of a journal which takes sides
|. with oppression.-Ih The 45oittionist.