Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1838-01-12
VERMONT PmGNIx
Friday Morning, January IL, 1898.

Mr. WIsE's SPEECH on our first page is
well worthy the attentive perusal of every
one. He is very severe--and Justly soup
on that part Of the Presidents Message
which charges the people Of New York with
having been bribed and corrupted at the late
election. II is truly digni6ed topic to be
introduced into the annual message OF the
Chief Magistrate of the nation to Congress,
-informingthe representatives Of the people
that they whom they represent are so cor
rupt as TO be bought and sold by the Banks
But the most amusing part Of the whole is,
that the eorruptors, the chief agents in this
nefarious transaction are the pets, the chill
dren, the legitimate offspring Of the very man
who charges them with the crimei Yes
they are Mr. Van Burens own Safety Fund
Banks that have been thus guilty, and which
have unnaturally sinned against their own
father Another amusing thing is, that if
any body was bribed they were democ rats
yes, no longer ago than last year. democrats,
good men and true. Mr. " BIS majority in
NY. wastben %, 600, and now thisis reversed
10 an opposition majority of 10000, showing
that $4,000 democrats have been bongM.-
Prentice, of the Louisville Journal, says, no
wonder the leaders are alarmed when they
that so many democrats are 10 the market:
The Maine Legislature commenced its
session on Monday, the LIST inst. We notice
that our former townsman Elisha II. Allen,
Esq. the Wig candidate, was elected
Speaker Of the House by 100 votes agains,
S3 in favor of the tory candidate. Last
year we think the whig vote was less than
40 The wing governor is also elected.
The N. Y Express last week stated that
the packets Of Monday for England, carried
out three bearers Of dispatches to the British
Government The first was one from the
British Minister at Washington: the second,
one that arrived in great speed from Canada:
and the third not least was one of the patriots
OF Lower Canada, for whose head $4,000
are offered. 1t is said he has an important
mission to the Wings in Parliament.
HosTiLITIEs ON THE NIAGARA From
TIER.-We have received full accounts Of
the destruction of the steamboat Caroline,
at Schlosser, on the Niagara River on Sat.
urday, Dec. 80, by party of men from
Upper Canada, Of which we gave a short
account in our last paper. The following
authentic narrative of the affair, derived
from official statements, furnished TO the
Governor of New York, and brought by a
special messenger TO Albany, we copy from
the Albany Argus. Governor Marcy made
a communication OF the affair TO the Legis-
lature, bya special message. which will be
found in our paper.
The Caroline was commanded by Capt.
Gilman Appleby, Of Buffalo, and owned by
VIM. Wells, OF the same place. She ar
rived at Schlosser AT o'clock in the after
noon, from Blaak Rock.-having. it is IN
derstood, touched at Navy Island. Between
that time and dark. the boat made two trips
to Navy Island; and at sk in the evening
was made fast with chains at the wharf at
Schlosser The crew and officers of the
boat numbered ten; and in the course OF
the evening. 30 individuals, all OF them cti-
zens Of the United States, came on board
the Caroline, and requested permission to
remain on board during the night, as they
were unable TO get lodging at the tavern.-
These requests were acceded to, and the pas.
sengers and crew retired 10 rest, except such
as were stationed 10 watch during the night
About midnight, the captain was called
and informed by one OF the watch, that sew.
eral boats filled with men were approaching
the Caroline from the river and he immedi-
ately gave the alarm, but before he was able
to reach the deck, the boat was boarded BY
some 70 or 80 armed men. who commenced
furious attack upon the delenceless crew
and passengers under the fierce cry of
ed d-m them give them no quarters
Kill every mani" The boat was abandoned
without resistance, the only effort made by
the crew and passengers being to escape
slaughter. Immediately after the massacre,
the boat was set on fire, cut loose from the
dock, towed into the current of the river and
there abandoned, and soon after descended
Niagara Falls Capt A. having made dill
gent search, was able to find only 81 of the
persons who were on board the boat at the
time oil the capture one Of whom, Amos
Durfee, OF Buffalo, was found dead on the
wharf, from a gun shot in the head. Jas.
II. King and Capt c. F. Harding were
seriously but not MORALLY wounded, and
Capt. Appleby slightly
Capt. A. testifes that he has no doubt the
twelve individuals missing, were either
murdered on board the steamboat, or found
awatery grave in the cataract Of the Falls.
Extract Of letter dated Buffalo, Dec 81.
-in addition TO what wrote YOU Yesterday.
not much has occurred here. Durfey was
buried today. from the Court House, and
such a collection OF people, in population
not larger than ours you never saw There
were at least 1000 men. and should think