Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1852-05-06
CHIPS AND CLIPPINGS.

Coax TRADE. There is brisk trade going I
on in the article Of corn. There are large and /
feauent shipments of il made from this country
to supply the Connecticut and Massachusetts I
bread markets. The demand seems greater than |
the means of supply Alb Mattox, Warehouse |
man here, has now on hand some q 900 bushels
ready to be forwarded. This eastern market is
growing into importance and Ohio Agricultur-
slsis will do well to consider the Increasing
benefits dcrvable from iL-SPnngfeid Ohio
Republican.
VIII the farmers Of Vermont please take
hint from the above, and govern themselves |
accordingly in blowing, uanuring, planting, /
hoeing and harvesting corn 1t is pity for n. |
E to be dependent on the West forever
THr LECTURE The Young .Hea's .qssocia-
hoa.-Proi. PEAsE, Of the Vermont University,
delivered an excellent lecture at Judson Hall on /
Saturday Evening. The principal theme was
Literary Culture, and us relation6 TO civil life,
though at the opening he discussed the subject
Of the Library, the Reading room, the Lecture .
r.1m. anl the Debating Club, as necessary in
s.rimentalue- 90 Intellectual develooemant I'll
was able eloquent, chastelv written. and full of
brilliant hits at popular folics, and popular van-
IT, ltis one 20 dwell upon. to suggest thought, I
rather than TO satisfy thought--and was well re- /
ceyed BY the audience Ogdensbivgh Sentinel. /
Death Of Bishop Heating. Elijah Held /
ng, Senior Bishop Of the Methodist Episcopal 1
Church, died at ms residence IN Poughkeepsie, /
on Friday, 9TH inst. in the I'D year Of his age. -
Bishop H. was native of Vermont. At an early ,
period Of his life he resided at Sheburne, in the
family Of the Hon. Mr. Meach, and at that time
exhibited thirst for knowledge which impelled
am 10 a persevering course of study and reading
IN BIS leisure hours-the benefits Of which were
displayed during hismalurer years in his addresses,
sermons, and other writings; and in his dailg con-
yersations and intercourse with his iellow-nen.
tie entered the ltnerant ministry of the Metho-
DIST Episcopal Church IN 1901 and was elected
Bishop in 1924. His administration of the duties
o. hs sacred office, Is spoken Of as eminently
wise, ludoious, simple, and chrstian-hke. II is
only three years since he ceased to perform his
share Of the active duties deyolylng upon the eps-
copacy Although, for some time pas, bed ridden
rom dropsy-the immediate cause of his death
the venerable Divine maintained the fun pos
sesson Of his strong mental faculties, IN his last
hours-.N y. Times.
Yankee Enterprise. 4 correspondent Of the
Scientific .inericai, in writing from East Dorset
gives the following interesting description of
novel mode Of transporting timber from the Green
Mountains.
Your paper being the repertory Of all that
g new and useful, propose to give you an ac-
count Of a new form of overcoming resistance
used by Mr. Cochran, enterprising Yankee of
last Dorset, Vt Allow me 10 premise that dur
Ing the construction of the W cstern Vt Railroad
became necessary that very large amount of
Slroad ties should be procured in a short time
vhereupon Mr. c. who IL one Of the Directorsl
Contracted to furnish 10000 yellow birch ties and
large amount Of bridge and other timber. As
ne only place from which Mr. & could procure
an n,fla
the rairoad on the tops Of the Green Mountains,
10 place inaccessible by any feasible road, Mr.
Us friends and foes joined IN predicting that Il
vas impossible for him TO fulfil the contract Mr.
T. ascended through rocky ravne to the noun
lalns top and there gathered, IN vast pile b.
II O10 tics, and other tuibers. Then the question
arose with every one, by what means Is all this TO
d be conveyed to the railroad Only few weeks
Of hot summer weather is allowed to accomplish
I IN, and nothing but rocks and CULTS intervene.
Surely necessity is the mother of invention
MrC goes to work and builds small substantial
spout or iume Of long narrow plank, stretching
iiom rock 20 vock down the mountain gorge
Here res,s on rock, there high on the branches
Of tree, and there gain high the air, il threads
across the valley, Supported like a teegraphic
"Ie' In four or five weeks the whole three miles
are eompleted-ali built in the most simple, cheap,
and substantial manner. small stream of
nerrliy 10 work dashng IN the heavy ties and TIM
eers; away they fly on the wings of the water
over rocks and CULTS swItter than the wings of
dove. In four summer days that pile of $500 tons
q lumber is conveyed without cost from the
ureen Mountains in Peru to the railroad in Dor
set,
The iiume remains still uniniured ready for
further use, Mr. C's. thousands of acers Of land
heretofore worhless) Is now waiting TO De cleared
oiits nch burden of lumber and fuel and be ira MS
ported by the same magic process. The mpd
stream IS willing still to do its parti and more
ieain
The American Colonization Socieiy.-This
elety has been in operation about 30 years Its
.scelps during the past year have been Sg7 ,i43,
Il " IN the same time 676 emlgrants been sent
70 Liberia OF this number 405 were free born,
S'H were emancpated, and 80 purchased their
ueeaom or were purchased by their friends -
WIN them two steam saw mills were sent. The
eAvrhl OF the Republic of Liberia along the sea
coast Is about 500 miles. The present emigrsnt
population is from six to seven thousand, and the
number OF native inhabitants residing within the
eIn,ory OF the Republic, is probably from one
Iuurea and nifty to two hundred thousand
o"e OF the abest men in church and State,
nv TNe gwen this society their strong support
mere Is no doubt but that it has done much, and
n now doing much, to suppress the African Slave
t'aue, and II II had done nothing else, it would
aasS strong claims upon the sympathies of all
goo men There is another point of view in
nph tne efforts of this society will result favor
g. II VIII gradually introduce the arts Of
v v"m into the surrounding country-grad-
S t%biy very slowly, and, perhaps, almost impercep
lay lazy IN our day. But let us not forget that in
@ Dutch man-of-war assembled the James
onr land. ana landed twenty slaves, and gave rise to
H.. present slave system, comprising between
man. "
AIR Weed of the Albany Evening Journal,
M Ms from Naples that our Charge, MIR Il. Joy
,lo o' n, has asked aud obtained permission of
"' nhg' to procure and forward TO the United