Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1851-09-25

fornia mails 400 passengers, and 81 100000 in
rold dust at Norfolk on the same day both
having put in for want Of coal, and both having
encountered severe gale without damage
The weather in California had been favorable for
mining observation-disclosures was brisk, but
prices depressed on account ofthe large supplies
of produce-and the elections were going on
with spirit. The state of society was improved
by the influence of the Vigilance Committee.
and the zeal Of the legal authorities Boston
.4dreriiser, 20h.
State Of Cubu-Snce the late events in the
Western part of the Island Of Cuba we have re-
ceived no information from the Eastern depart
menis to authorize the opinion that the insurgent
movements there are not entirely suppressed
W G are authorized to publish the following ex-
tract which contains the latest information from
that quarter. 1t is from a letter lately received
in this city, from an intelligent merchan, at It.
largo de Cuba dated Aug. %. 81, before any
intelligence Of late events at Havana had been
received there -
am not afraid of the news referred TO IN your
letter Of the ls,, about this Island; IT would re-
quire great events 10 shake its iaithfulness your
newspapers will only have an echo IN blockheads.
few scoundros with n ither head nor vaor
were soon caught and shot they deserved
Let others come from abroad, the same fate will
await them
The Christiand Pa, 7'ragedl. Arrests con-
time to be made of parties engaged IN the late
riot and murder aud resistance to law at Chris
tiana, Penn Some fifty persons IN all had been
taken on Tuesday. Several IN addition to the
two already mentioned have been bound over
for treason, after examination. The testimony
against some of the parties is very strong
Young Gorsuch is much better, and 1t is thought
now be viii recover.
Homicide at .Miion:-At Milton Falls on
Monday night man by name Of David Sloan
stabbed a neighbor named Prentiss,soveral times
in the abdomen with clasp Understanding
him SO severely that he has since died Bwiing
ton Sentinel
The hilton Tragedy The examination Of
David Sloan and Clarissa Sanderson, charged
with the murder Of Samuel j. Prcniiss took
place at Milton on "Wednesday and Thursday
last, before Justice Burnell. and resulted in both
being committed for tllal at the next term of our
County Court which will commence on Tuesday
next. Mrs. Sanderson is charged as an Access
sorry. We expected to report the testimony IN
full to day but the States Attorney deems It's
publication at this time improper. and It is there
fore omitted.-hree Press.
Eastern Uoodl1nds on Fire Immense Desirqtc-
hon ot Timber. PASSPORT. Sept. llth EXtcn-
siye fires have been raging for the past fortnight
South and West of i.ubec, as far as Mount De
sert distance of ninety miles The Cutler
Mil dam Company. at Cutler whose timber IL
estimated worth $4,000, has been swept clean,
also four Thousand acres belonging 20 John
Balch ship builder, nj Prescott. TWAS with diff
fculty he saved his ships ON the stocks his loss
is about $4,000 In Perry, several farmers
have lost all the timber and crops. On Campo
Belle. owned by Admiral owen. the woods are
burning at both ends of the Island Tbs loss Is
estimated Mt El0OO and the fire Is stlll burning
Deer Island IS also swept Of all us timber
the streets of London were put together.
they would extend 1900 miles IN length the
main ihoroughtsras are trayersed by 1900 ON
nibuses aud $500 cabs, playing 10000 hor-
ses. In l~ig, the Metropolis alone consumed
100000 quarters of wheat 2io.0C0 bulocks.
100000 sheep 2s.00 calves and $4,000 pigs.
One market alone supplied 40}i,4O0 head Of
game London, the same year. ate 100000
salmon. which were washed down by 100000
gals of porter and ale 100000 gallons of spr-
It's, and 65O00 pipes of VINE. 1900 cows are
yearly required tor London milk and reckoning
TWO gallons a day from every COW. We have here,
ssv 1200O000 gallons Of London peculiar con
sumed, If not enjoyed by the London inhabit-
ants. 10000 gas-lghts fringe the streets Lon
dous arterol or water system supplies the enor-
nous quantity of 1888 : gallons per day, a
thousand sail are employed in bringing annually
Ia London 100000 tuns of coal, and 10 clothe
and wait upon l.ondons people we have no few
OF than 22jl7 tutors, p .59g boormkers. 40 GOO
mllIiners and drc,sm kers, and lUs,7Oi domestic
servants.
Tho London Times speaking Of the late
census of England says;
II Is now shown. that during the last half
century the population # Great Britain has,
"a tl.rllfN h...
being, at the beginning Of the century, lo,567,-
SOB and now, exclusive of the army, navy and
mcrchant-seamen ont of the country when the
census was taken, 20936 46S But for the de-
monstratIon which Is now furnished it would
scarcely have been credltable that this island
should, during 30 years. have added to rs nun
burs population as large as had been obtained
during the preceding 1000 years of MS hlsto-
ry"
n Remarkable Deaik-On Wednesday eve
ming, Mrs Doran, who had been, during the day.
complaining of a severe toohache, undertook To
cure II by a mode which had been recommended
to her highly efcacious, and which in several
Instances had been successfully put IN practice
The prescription was to make a compound Of
sulphur, beeswax, and onion seed, and burn it in
a dish while the face Of the afflicted person was
to be held over It until the pam IN the tooth was
gone Mrs Doran tried the remedy, but unrortu-
natey inhaled the gas from the burning COM
pound. fell over and expired in an instant -
.Niw Orleans Delta.
Foreign .Mssions.-On Tuesday, the 9Th inst,
the l2d annual meeting of the American Board
of Commissioners for Foreign Missions met
at Portland Me. the President, Theodore Fre-
ngbuysen, in the Char The annual report rep
resented that the whole number of corporate
members of the Board who have deceased since
its formation Is si whole number Of surviving
members, l75.-Six ordain d, and three assistant
missionaries, have died during the year.
During the year, q missionaries, and male
and female assistant missionaries, IN all l6 per
sons, have been sent to different missions under
the care Of the Board, VIZ 4 to South Africa.
to the Armenlans, . TO the HISTORIANS, | to Syria,
? to the Gaboon,2 the to Ahmednuggur,a and 3 to
the Choctaws
The meeting was well attended and unusually
interesting.
Phillips Fire .4nnihiiator-A company has
been formed IN this country which mas purchased
the American patent of the fire annihilator'-
Several gentlemen well known to the public are
interested in 1t, and Hon Elisha Whlttlesy, First
Comptroller of the u. s. Treasury, Is appointed
It's presidents Barnum now understood to be
everywhere Is one Of the stockholders, but does
not acknowledge controlling interest he in
yestments made by the company are stated at
In