Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1843-06-07

for the sale of ice procured at .wha, is call
ed " Fresh Pond.e near Charles,own.-
. We stated last week that one cargo ha,
been shipped to London.
BUILDING UNDERMINED BY FREsHET
On the 20th inst. at Gardiner. Me-,
building occupied as a last manufactory
and Jolner's shop fell down, burying the
inmates under the ruins, who were ex.
treated, having sustained comparatively
little personal injury. though those in
the upper story fell about Is feet.
one Door OPEN.-The Herald Of
Freedom says. that the deserted Quaker
Meeting House in Concord N. H., IS
open Tor anti-slavery meetings. We are
glad to learn the fact. as the meeting houses
OF Friends throughout New England
have been sealed up against anli-slavery,
by the yearly meeting, for the last five
years; and thus the good old testimony of
the Society against SIarery, has been
changed into testimony against Aboti-
taon The meeting house in Concord, it
seems, has fallen into the hands oftwo ell
DERBY ladies, who, not having the fear OF
the year, y meeting before their ewes. have
set an example of qualification, which we
fhope will be speedily Initiated by their
brethren IN other actions S. Emaacipatoy
and Free 4meric0n
! The great cotton manufactures Of Low
LELAND other parts OF New England, have
| sold onttheir heavy stocks, slick and clean,
and are now working on contracts. A
gentleman who was ia Boston on Thurs.
day, was unable to buy bale of sheetno
ofthe make of either of several factories
whose goods have heretofore been living
piled up. The goods have recently paid
| well; wherever they have been shipped, ex-
citing demandtnat has sweptthe market,
A comparison of the cash price ofthe low
er grades o. cotton cloths at Boston and at
Manchester, prove that prices are now
from ten TO twenty per cent cheaper on
this side than on the other; so that the
Bostonians have actually made shipments
TO Liverpool, with orders to paw the duty.
which is sbutten per cent and forward the
goods to Manchester fDr sale. What be.
comes now Of all the faIsehoods which
have been rung through the country for
twenty years past, about the impossibilily
of contending successfully with 1.-THE pau
per labor of Europe 2'' We can out.work
the world'in any thing for which our cir.
cumstances are fued.-Jour. Com.
MISSIONARIES. - The following re-
marks from the Belfast (Me.l Journal, on
the subject of missionaries, appear to US
very sensible Dos. Investigator.
I'm London recently, an individual
made donation 10 the Church Missionary
Society, of $685. to enable it to com
mencea mission 10 China; and another per.
sons at the same time. made donation OF
equal amount for the erection of a free
clutch in London. This is queer kind
OF charity, to say the least of il. In the
| present condition Of the English poor, we
doubt if such waste of money deserves
the appellation of charity. Souls will new
er prosper while the body starves, were
there multitude of churches. If such
donations We're applied to the education of
the people at home, and for their improve
ment IN other respects, it is likely that
nation would never poison people with
opium in the first instance, and then have
the audachy and lmpiety to send miSsion-
oraes to preach the religion of the poison
efs. for the victims to despase and scott att
DEATH BY LTGHTSINc.-ln Canaan,
N. H., on the 18th inst. during the lhun-
der shower. about O'Clock in the alter
noon, Mr.. Caleb Kimball was struck by
lightning and killed instantly. He was
at work in his field in company with Mr..
Richardson OF Canaan, one of his neigh.
bors. They were driving each of them
team, with harrows. Mr.. KimbaI had
two yoke OF oxen attached 10 a heavy
harrow, and Mr.. Richardson had single
horse attached to light one. When it
beg an 10 rain they stopped their teams,
Mr. Richardson driving his horse close
behind the other team. Mr.. KimbaIl was
standing BY the head OF the forward woke
OF oxen, and Mr.. Richardson stood by the
side OF his horse, at some little distance.
with his right hand hold Of the reins =
The lightning seemed to strike Mr.. Kim
ball first, killing him Instantly, and pass
ing to the forward yoke of oxen. killing
them both; il then passed into the chain
and was conducted between tie hind woke
of oxen without injury to either Of them.
1t then entered the large harrow and shiV.
cred II IN pieces; then struck the horse
and killed him, and stunned Mr.. Richard !
son so that he was sensefess for some
moments. He soon recovered from the |
shock, without any other injury than that
his right hand and arm (the one in which |
he held the reins) continued lame for some
time He conveyed the FIRST intelligence
of Mr. KS death To his family. Ar K |