Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1855-05-12


into Kansas was made through schemes eoncoctcd
in "K. n lodges We should like The Wateh.
mans authority for this last assertion.
The business Of prosecuting violations Of tho
liquor law is carried on with great energy IN Mont.
pclicr.-0n Monday Of last week young man in
East Montpelier accidentally shot hinself-On
the same day as Mr.. Lockwood Of waitsheld was
saving wood at Waterbury, with horse power the
arbor became detached, and, continuing its circular
notion the saw struck him. cutting his leg entire
Iy off near the top Of his boot; proceeding up bis
holy il tore or his clothes and the flesh from the
inside Of his arm, cut through his hip and one side
Of his nose, and made horrid cash in the flesh Of
his forehead. Recovery doubtful.
The Patriot, in an article signed &c. @. T." ap-
pcas so the Democracy Of Vermont" to let BY.
cones be by-gones, 10 forget all likcs and diskes,
prejudices aud jcalousies' that have stood in the
way Of reconciliation to ignore the devious course
pursued by that journal "since 1873" and calls
upon them TO step forward 'and make grind,
''and united effort to place the democracy Of Verl
"mont in position to be respected at home and
"honored abroad, and let the man Who alludes to
''any and every subject That can be warped to
"mean anything but this or who hangs back, or
"scatters the ashes Of the past in the face Of the
present abide the consequences" A very laula-
bic object this, Major, but ono still more difficult %
accomplish. To make modern Piercc-Democraey
respected at home and hOnorci abroad How
desirable the purpose yet how PrepOsterOus the at
tempt
The Patriot scouts all ideas Of coalition with
other parties "for the purpose Of defeating tho
IIndoos." II Is evidently afraid Of becoming
soiled. "a burnt child'' &C.
The Windsor Journal in calling attention to the
purpose Of the Missouri shareholders to demand
the removal Of Gov. Recder Of Kansas, says;-
Never, IN our whole history, has there been
more Desperate and outrageous attempt at nulihea-
ton, than that now progressing in Kansas. Lit
tie can be expected Of an administration like the
present, with a rank nullifer and disunionist at
the head Of the War department Pierce is too
weak and inefficient TO exhibit the promptness
and frmness which on such occasion would Be
displayed By Jackson or Taylor +; still we do
hope that even he will refuse to stoop to this most
degrading submission demanded by the prop
agndists Of human bondage We shall not believe
/ till compelled to, that Pierce, will ct the re-
quest Of jeff. Davis sustain the action Of nullhers
and bullies against the laws the Constitution, and
the authority Of the Governor appointed by him
self We await with anxiety the result
OF the MiddIebury Regiaer and Montpelier
Z U'aiohman the Journal thus speaks -
I "These two papers were the most strenuous in
trying to persuade people that the Wing party
should be dissolved, last summer in order TO make
way for fusion. Both caught sore heads last fall
but one seeks a remedy in X n ism, and the
other in violent opposition to the mystic fraternity
The RegiEicT goes to the extreme Of defending the
Hiss committee and the follies Of the present Mas
saehusctis legislature The Hatehmdn, in its real
70 fight the X ms, becomes altogether obyious Of
facts, and fails to cypher correctly with the figures
before it,
Mr.. Hugh Foster Of Bethel, aged 90, while as
sstng in shooting his CATTLE on Saturday, 2lst ult
fell and died instantly. Cause, disease Of the
heart. He leaves wife and children.
The Rutland Herald, in answer to the inquiries
of correspondent who wishes to know whether or
not the Herald is to be an organ Of the Know
NOthings, says -
"Wc have acted, and shall continue to act, en-
tirely Independent in reference to what we know Of
the proceedings Of this order. 1t would be- COM
paraiively, easy matter 10 act the part Of an adj
yo;ste Of the Know Nothing movement, or to be-
come wholly given to opposing il. We intend to
be neither its advocate, nor its sworn enemy. What
ever is right in its principles or action, we shall
uphold. Whatever is wrong about it, we shall op-
pose. By this course there is one kind of men
among the X. Ms and their opponents, whom We
shall offend; viz, those who governed by their
prejudiccs. There are men, who would have their
friends join in all their personal likes and diskes.
They would pay clergyman for preaching their
biguted notions, aud they value him according as
he entities their whims. They would have a news
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