Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1855-12-15

the Immaculate conception, by a le DENIM
three days thanksgiving, any time this moo,b
to be fixed by each priest for his church An
who assist deyoutly at the religious exercise,
on any Of these three days, receive partial N.
dulgeuce for seven years and seven times 6,,v
days; and those who attend the whole ,h,se
days, confess their sins and receive the bolv
communion, have plonary indulgence for the
same time these indulgences may be also An.
piled, by way Of transfer, to the souls in oo,.
paiory, considerably abbreviaiing their slay IN
that uncomfortable place. The bishop of New
Jersey is very liberal and considerale; sin va,
never more easily compounded for.
II Rev A. T.. p. Perkins was installed
over the Congregational church a, Ware vii
lage, the 9th inst; invocation by Rev. S. S.
Smith Of Warren, sermon by Rev. DR.. Cooke
Of Lynn, and fellowship of the churches By
Rev. G. J.. Woodworlh Of Amherst. Dr.
Cooke was the first pastor Of this church, thirty
years ago, and his participation in the services
gave 10 the occasion peculiar interest. His
sermon was keen and pointed, hitting hard tho
degeneracy, cowardice and man-pleasing spin.
of many who occupy pulpits.
u party Of seven, who bad deserted
from the tenth regiment Uuiied States army a.
Fort Crawford, Prairie Du Chen, were over
taken north of Lancaster by a lieutenant. On
recognizing him, they leh their wagons and ex-
claimed, 1--WE are yonr prisoners" He Or
dered them to halt, and the report is that the
command and the firing of his revolver were
Simultaneous. He shot one of the deserters
40, 10 10 ~ ta.I
The other deseriers then surrendered, and The
party proceeded to Lancaster. The ieuienan!
was there examined and committed to jail At
last accounts the deseriers were al large.
~ The three great coal fields 10 America
are-the Ohio, 70i miles long and $50 WIDE
covering al area of 10000 square miles,
greater surface than than Of England and
Wales. The Illinois coal field covers GOO, 900
square miles, and the Michigan occupies 10 900
square miles. Besides these, there are numer.
Gus anthracite basins in Pennsylvania and Viz
gina, the funniest being 100 miles from The
margin of the Ohio coal fields. The coal in
the bituminous coal field of the Ohio is $500
feet deep 100000 tons of biiuminous coal
arc raised annually.
III There was great FIRE at Sing Sing
state prison on Thursday night. It broke out
10 the clothing shop, which, with the hat. ma
chine and carpenters shops, was wholly de-
siroyed. The entire loss is $50, 900, Of which
$40, 900 falls upon Charles Watson, who owned
the property in the hat shop. 1t is conjeciured
that the fire was set by some Of the prisoners,
with the expectation that it would afford them
an opportunity to escape. They yelled and
shrieked like demons while the FIRE was raging
y Professor Alexander of Princeton, has
published theory Of the asteroids, which 10
intended to support the nebular hypothesis
His theory is that between Mars and Jupiter
there once revolved plane, with an equatorial
diameter Of seventy thousand miles, and pO-
lar diameter Of only eight miles, thus being
shaped like a wafer. Having great velocity
on its axis, il burst, as some grindstones DO,
and its fragments formed the asteroids.
n A man was placed short time siace 10
a lunaiic asylum at Berlin, to be treated for
mental alienation, brought on by the use ofhair
dye. On examining The dye which he had en-
ployed, it was aaceIiained to be composed Of
lead, mercury and lunar caustic 1t produced
violent pains in the head, and at length led to
madness.
Fl The whole vote Of New York city anG
county for Judge of the long term of the court
OF appeals, is returned by the can,assefs Tor
Samuel S. Selden. This will compel the state
canyassers to give the certificate Of election to
Mr.. Campbell, as Mr.. Selden has no middle
name. He also loses the vote of Duchess
coon,y ,ph;oh ,s ra,ur,ad for Samuel I. Shall
don. Selden was on the hard and soft tickets
and Campbell on the know nothing ticket,
n Col. Weller, of California, has brought
with him magnificent gold headed cane, as
presen, from the citizens of California TO Gen
cral Rusk, of Texas. The top of the cane
contains most beautiful stone of gold quartz,
which opens and displays four splendid speci-
mems of gold dust, covered by glass case
The cane is said to be worth $500.
II Twenty-Five years ago Iowa was will
derness ,enanted only by the savage. Now
she has civilized population estimated at six
hundred thousand, and constantly incIeaslng.-
The emigration this year has been very heavy
~ We learn from good authority that the
deficit in the post Office the present year will
be about two million and half of dollars, or
three quarters of million more than last year.
There has been added during the year 300
miles of road service 10 the operations of the
department
II Judge Waldo of Connecticut has deci-
ded that in that State, the secrets Of the Ro-
man Catholic confessional are not held sacred by
the laws, when the superior demands of justice
require their disclosure. This is contrary TO
late Virginia decision.
III Cav. Minor of Connecticut has issued
his proclamation, announcing that the amend
ment to the constitution lately adopted, that
voters must DO able to read and write, Is now
part of the organic law of the State,
DDP The shortest day in the year is nine
hours and four minutes in length This will
occur on the 18th of December, and the length
of the day will only vary fraction of min
ute for nine days from that time, increasing
single minute on the eth, when the day is nine
hours and five minutes in length.