Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1860-12-29

The American People will not have cause, so
far as the head and heart of Abraham Lincoln
are concerned, to regret the confidence they
have reposed in him. lie is not only "honest
and true" but he is capablc-capablc in the
largest sense of the term. lie has read much
and thought much Of Government, "inwardly
digesting" its theory and principles. His mind
is ut once philosophical and practical. lie secs
all who goes there, hears all they have to say,
talks freely with everybody, reads whatever is
written to him but thinks and acts for himself.
Our only regret is, that Mr. Lincoln could not
have taken the helm of State, as successor to
Mr. Buchanan, on the first Monday in Deem
bcr.-AUany Ecening JourRai.
PoLGT1cAL WAIFs.-It is stated that Mr..
Marcy's diary contains a prophetic prediction Of
Mr.. Buchanan's failure to administer the gov
eminent successfully, from his want of direct
ness, fidelity and courage.
Among Mr.. Folks papers there is even Il
stronger testimony against him, derived from
association in his Cabinet. General Jackson's
last injunction to Mr.. Polk, when starting for
Washington, was not to take Mr.. Buchanan into
his Cabinet; but he was surrounded by politi-
clans, and overruled, after reaching Washing
ton, much to his regret afterward.
The people of Columbia, South Carolina, and
vicinity were highly indignant at the stampede
of the government, executive, legislature and
convention at Charleston. Not a few swore
they never would fight under the lead Of such a
set of towards. One of the sarcastic Jokes in
circulation was that the general government had
recalled the troops from Fort Moultrie, and in
stead had placed three cases Of smallpox there,
that being deemed altogether sufficient to pro-
tect it from any force that South Carolina could
send.
One OF the representatives of the chivalry in
Congress, who had become irritated at his ina
bilty to get the floor. of which the speaker
probably thought he could not make good use,
was heard to exclaim the other day in a iral
burst of passion, ~ have been in Washington
all winter and caught every ID thing in town,
except the speakers eye"
The French journals, like those Of England,
rejoice over the election OF Mr.. Lincoln. Slave
ny has no friends in Europe. From Cape North
to Cape Passaro, and from the mouth of the
Shannon to the mouths Of the Nolga, there is
but one opinion on the subject of American
slavery: that it is a disgrace to humanity. The
Pope and Victor Emanuel, Francis II. and
Garibaldi, Victoria and the Gar, Count Rech-
berg and Palmerston, are at one on this point.
Men of all parties-whigs. tories, and radicals,
whites, reds, and blues, supporters of Rome
and Vienna, and supporters OF Paris and Turin
are all agreed in condemning the wrong that
is done in America. We advise the secession
lists to put this fact in their pipes, and smoke it
down to the very dregs. They'll find it of a
flavor far stronger than that of their tobacco.
"7hree men rere HING in CoryeU county on
the 7h, for roting for Lincoln and Hqmlin.
-GaireStoH (TerdS) Ne1cs.
Is this a land of liberty? Do we live in the
midst of the Dark Ages or are we really past
the middle Of the nineteenth century?
An Irishman who had been sick a long time,
was one day met by the parish priest, when the
fnll.uimg conversation took place =
"Well, Patrick, l am glad you have recover
ed-but were you not afraid to meet your God 81
"Och, no. your reverence, it was the mectin'
of tother chap | was afeard Nv" replied Pat.
The Chickasaw Guards, of Houston, Mis-
sissippi, turned out for target practice for a prize
cup, the other day. The bulls eye of the tar
get had a hole in it, and after the whole COM
parry had cred, no mark was found on the tar
get, whence it was charitably inferred that all
the balls had gone through the hole aforesaid.
All the marksmen being thus equally excellent,
it was impossible to award the cup, which is TO
be shot for again. when it is hoped that some
body will do some bad shooting. Terrible fel-
lows with the rifle, these Mississippians !--Mo-
bile -idreytiser.
The Butter-tub mandatory of Jacob Earl,
in Mount Holley, was burned Saturday night.
Dec. Is, probably from incendiarism. Loss
$1,000; insurance $79j.-A chair factor,
in Ludlow, owned by A. Wakefield, has also
been DESTROYED by FIRE partly insured.-The
house of Solomon Orne OF Albany, was burned
on the night of the 10th, with all its ~conteuts.
Loss $500 insurance S290.-The house of
A.. o Poland in Burke was burned on the 10Th,
with furniture, clothing, etc. Insured for $500.
The steam mill at Jaynesville was burned
last week, while the workman were at dinner
supposed to have caught from the sparks Of a
tobacco pipe. No insurance.
Don Juan Pedro, the disguised darby barber
of Boston, the same one who visited Brattlebo-
no last summer has been carrying on the 'con-
fdence" game among the good people Of Ok
ford, rs n Creole. He palavered the clergymen,
addressed the Sunday Schools, advertised a
lecture upon Cuban annexation, boosted of I'M
derstanding % different languages which he
would speak and t%ranslote into English. He
pretended TO have a wife who had resided six
years in Africa, and would be present at the
lecture and show up the colonization society,"
He finally 'vamosed' leaving an unpaid hotel
bill and a Disguised community.
Seth Crawford, in Jail at bennington for as
sault, escaped last week Monday by cutting a
hole through the ceiling of the cell, in which he
was confined, into the room above, and break
ing through the outer wall. There was a pris-
oner confined with him, and two in the upper
room, who of course helped him, though they
deny all knowledge of his escape. 1t is proba-
Bile that he was furnished with tools from with
out. A reward is offered for his capture and
return.
Jastus Wright of IIubbardton has an apple
tree which bloSsomed in the latter part of July,
and bore five apples, small, but sound, and ripe
in November.
A son of Albert Gohar of Thomson swallowed
a copper cent last summer; and the poison has
nearly paralyzed his lower limbs and will prob
ably kill him.
Louisa Gray, formerly of Rutland, has been
committed to Jail in Troy, n. Y, for bigamy.
1t is alleged that she has a husband named
Nash in Vermont, and another named Fred
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