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CANCELLATION COMMITTEES.

The work OF conciliating the disaffected States
does not seem to progress very rapidly at Wash
ington. Since our last report the Senate has
appointed, on motion of Mr.. Powell of Ken
lucky, a Select Committee of thirteen for the
same object for which the House committee of
thirty-one was appointed, and clothed it with
similar powers, which committee is composed
as follows:
Powell of Kentucky, DEM; Hunter of Virginia,
dem; Crittenden of Kentucky, Am; Seward of New
York, repub.; Toombs Of Georgia, dem; Douglas of
Illinois, dem; Collamer Of Vermont, repub.; Davis Of
Mississippi, dem.; Wade of Ohio, repub. Bigler OF
Pennsylvania, DEM; Rice of Minnesota, DEM; Doc
little of Wisconsin,, repub.; Grimes Of Iowa, repub.
At the first meeting of this Committee Mr..
Crittenden's propositions for a compromise
came up for consideration, the substantial fea-
lures of which are amendments to the ~constitu-
ton for the restoration of the Missouri Com
promise and its extension to the Pacific, an
amendment of the fugitive slave law and en-
forcement of the law by the Northern States,
repeal of the so called personal liberty bills,
the protection of slave property in the
territories South of the compromise line.
all which amendments shall not be subject to
future modification or repeal. Messrs. Critten-
den, Douglas and Bigler urged the adoption of
the proposed amendments, but by a rule adop-
ted by the Committee requiring the assent of a
majority of both Republicans and Democrats for
agreeing to any proposition, they were disagreed
to. The Republicans opposed any compromise
that involved an abandonment of one iota Of
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L A T E S N e w S I
FORT MoULTRIE EVACUATED!

A telegraph dispatch was received in this vii
lage, Thursday evening, saying that Fort Moul-
trie had been evacuated and the guns spiked.
The troops had removed to Fort Sumptcr."-
Upon the face of this dispatch it looks as if
Uncle Sans troops were about to take a posi-
ton where they could defend themselves and
the harbor of Charleston, the fort to which they
have removed being about two miles from the
city, a strong position, and commanding the
harbor completely.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1860-12-29
A OF VERMONT.
By HIS E~xcEILENcY, ERASTUS FAlRBANK.
ODNEurvrs


In accordance with the proclamation Of the
President of the United States. and the exam
PIE OF the Governors of several of the indiyid-
ual States, ! do hereby recommend the observ-
ance Of FRIDAY, TIE FOURTH DAY OF JANUA-
ny NEXT, by the people of this Commonwealth.
as q day of FASTING and PRAYER, in view of
the present critical condition Of our common
country.
Let US on that day unite in devout supplica-
tons to the Father Of mcrcies, that, in this
time Of national peril, lie will graciously inter.
pose, and control the passions of men =
That He will guide the deliberations of the
National Congress, and impart to the general
and State governments that wisdom which is
from above, which us profitable to direct" and
which shall enable our rulers to preserve inyio-
late the National Constitution and Laws.
Let US humble ourselves before God, and con-
tcss with contrition our individual and our ma
tional sins;-
Remembering all His benefits, and the in
Vulnerable mcrcies bestowed upon our nation,
let us deplore before Him our national ingrati-
tudc, and plead His pardoning mercy -
Let us invoke the Divine interposition for
delivering our country from judicial blindness ;
for removing the elements Of discord mutually
existing between different sections of the United
States; and for perpetua,ing the union and
prosperity of our hitherto happy republic.
Given under my hand and the seal of the State.
at st. Johnsbury, this Twenty-Fith day of
December, in the year of our Lord One Thou
sand Eight Hundred and Sixty, and of the
Independence of the United States the Eigh-
ty-Fifth. ERASTUS FAIRBANKS.
BY His Excellcncy, the Governor,
GEORGE \. MERRILL,
Secretary of Civil and Military Affairs.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1860-12-29
NEW

TnT OLD BUREAU AND OTHER TALES, BY d. C..
Colcsworihy. Boston; Antique Bookstore, Corn
hill, 1851.
This is a very attractive volume Of 400 pages, heat
Is printed and handsomely bound, containing some
thirty or more stories, told in the authors happies,
vein. Like the Old Bookstore from which it ema-
mates. it has a great variety Of "things both new and
old" with which the reader can while away a Leisure
hour, and be made bettcr-if he " within the pcrusal.
The book will be found very agreeable, genial and
pleasant for frcsilc reading. For sale by FELTON,.
THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY, January, 1861. Boston
Tickuor * Fields. For sale at Carpenters.
This number is one Of the best yet issued. The
Question Of the Hour, by James Russell Lowell; The
Eurol can Crisis, by G. c. linzcwell; and Barbarism
and Civilization, by T. W. Higginson. are all papers
Of sterling merit. and we have read them with plea
sure and profit. The Professors story i increasing in
interest as it approaches the denoucmeni. Miss Pres
COTS Midsummer and May is concluded with the
usual catastrophe and wedding. a Visit TO the
Asylum Of Decaycl punsicrs, by Holmes, is full Of
puns bu, like other similar collections u little stupid.
The other article are meritorious.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1860-12-29

A s~plendidly mounted, polished palmetto cane,
which the Charles,onians have been getting up. bears
this inscription: Col. N. Corcoran, of the Goth Regi-
mcnt, New York Militia, from the native and adopted
citizens OF Charleston, 5. c." The testimonial is II
tribute to the Colonel for refusing to order out his
Regiment on the occasion of the reception Of the
Prince Of Wales.
The inhabitants of South Carolina seem to
have no other way OF manifesting their feelings
than through the use of canes. 1t is canes for
friends and canes for enemies. Brooks cared
Simmer and the South Carolinians caned
Brooks. Since then they have talked loudly of
Gaming Gushing, and have actually caned Col.
Corcoran. 1t strikes us that a cane would be a
much more appropriate national emblem for
them than n Palmetto tree. The Gaming of
Sumner. for instance, would be in excellent taste
and historically correct,-far better than the
rattlesnake, for the serpent warns before he
strikes.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1860-12-29

THEY WANT no CoMPRoMIsE.-It has been
ment that the disunionists of the South will &C.
cept no compromise. Their object has been
disunion and nothing else, from first to last
All the talk about "libcrty laws and everything
else but naked disunion is all nonsense. They
never lost a slave by any of these liberty laws
and they know it, and confess it now. The
truth is, the time has come when they feel that
the power is passing irretrievably from their
hands, and their minds have been made up for
a long time, that when that time did come, then
the Union was of no further use to them, and
they would dissolve it if they could.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1860-12-29
THE PHOENIX

On and after Thursday the Sd day Of January, 1861,
THE PHOENIX will be published and mailed to all
subscribers on Thursday of each week, instead Of
Saturday as heretofore. We are led to make this ar
rangement on account Of the difficulty experienced
BY n large portion of our subscribers in getting their
papers the week of publication. Our arrangements
arc such that we shall publish the report of the Cam
bridge Cattle Market ms heretofore.
THE PHOENIX viii be conducted upon the same
plan generally which has always characterized it and
given it the gratifying measure of success it has en-
ioyed. We have no new schemes to offer nor have
we any new principles to promulga,e. Loyal to the
Union, the Constitution and the Principles of the Re-
publican party AS enunciated by the Chicago National
Convention, all OF which VIC believe to be in perfect
harmony with each other, we shall support the in
coming administration Of ABRAHAM LINCOLN just so
far as it recognises fealty to these ancient landmarks
of our national existence.
The peculiar province Of u country journal is the
presentation and consideration Of all State, county,
and local matters Of public interest, or in any way
affecting the public prosperity. As the river collects
from the adjacent hill-sidcs, dalcs and glcns all the
little rivulets, streams and brooks and brings them to
gether in form and volume %suficient. to subserve large
public interests, so the country newspaper collects
from a thousand original sources news, facts, and
dates, arrangcs them in proper form, and puts them
on record where they become instructive and availa-
BILE for beneficial purposes. A local newspaper prop
erly conducted thus becomes not n mere luxury that
one may or may not enjoy as he pleases, but n ncces-
sity that is indispensable to his prosperity as well as
to his comfort and convenience. Our best endcavors
will be to make THE PHTNIX lust such a newspaper,
one that no family in the county or vicinity can a.
ford to do without; and whatever of abilitv or enter
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1860-12-29

BARBARIsM VERSUS CIyILHATIoN.-It is sta
ted that the Gar of "all the Russias'' has
signed a decree emancipating the Russian serfs,
and that it will be published on the LIST of jan
uary, 1861. 1t will be a fine New Years pres
ent to millions of people. At the same time in
this Christian Era, the nation Boosting of the
greatest liberty, and setting itself up as the
type of the highest civilization, is receiving Sc
riously made propositions from fifteen of its
thirty-three component parts to nationalize and
legalize Slavery throughout its entire jurisdic-
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1860-12-29

ton. This is the simple question which ogitotes
the republic and threatens to dismember our
American Union. The Gar is an "autocrat,"
yet he is laboring for the personal liberty of all
extended empire. The advocates of Slavery
in this country call themselves democrats, but
they are devoted body and soul not only to the
maintenance but TO the extension of Human
Bondage! Which course savors of Barbarism
and which of Civilizations
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1860-12-29
BUSINESS

The late panic, which was mainly cxtempor-
lied by the administration and its adherents to
affect the Presidential election and falling in
that to bring the Republican victory into odium,
is rapidly subsidins and giving place to activity
in business and confidence in commercial cir.
cles. Since Saturday, December 10Th over
nine million dollars in gold and silver have ar
rived in this country from Europe and Califor-
MIA, and a million and a half more is on its way
from Aspinwall. AS a consequence of this in
lux of specie there was an advance. last Sat
urday, of 10 per cent. on the prices current on
the New York Corn Exchange, making at lcas,
20 per cent. rise in the fortnight from the ex-
tremc depression, which added about tro mil.
lion dollars TO the value of the stocks Of Flour
and Grain then in store and on slipboard wait
ing to be cleared. When we look at the entire
amount of bread stuffs all ready to be marketed
throughout the West, this advance becomes al.
most incalculable.
Or so little importance is South Carolina to
tho business of the country that her secession
has had no perceptible effect upon the business
interests of our people, aside from being i'm
mediately followed by an Improvement in all
the money, stock, and produce markets through
out the North. There is 10 reason that we can
discern why business will not Immediately re-
yive and become as well established as ever be.
fore.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1860-12-29

Mr.. LINcoLN's PosIrIoN.-We presume all
conflicting rumors respecting the views enter
tanned by Mr.. Lincoln. as to the duty of the
Republicans in the present crisis, will be set at
rest by the publication of the following para
graph which appeared a few days since at the
head of the editorial columns of the New York
Tribune:
ave are enabled to state in the most positive
terms, that Mr. Lincoln is utterly opposed to
any concession or compromise that shall yield
one iota of the position occupied by the Re-
publican party OH the subject Of Slavery in the
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1860-12-29

CnRIsrMAs PREsESr.-1he home and altogether
most useful member Of our establishments, desires to
acknowledge the receipt Of II beautiful Christmas
present, in the form of n cross of Vermont marble,
Vermont gold, and Vermont workmanship, from our
former townsman and always kind friend, BEN X.
CHASE Of Rutland. 1t is chaste in ID design and beau
tiiully executed, as are all the productions which come
from his mandatory, and it is but n fair sample Of
the taste for which he is provcrbial. In behalf Of
"thc family" we wish him n "lIappy New Year and
a thriving business.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1860-12-29

Mr. WEEDS VISIT TO Mr. LINcoLN.-Sinco
the newspapers have made our recent visit to
Springfield the occasion of remark. it may not
be improper to say that an interview with Mr.
Lincoln has confirmed and strengthened our
confidence in his fitness for the high position he
is to occupy; of his eminent qualifications for
the great trust reposed in him of his enlight-
ened appreciation of the difficulties and dangers
that surround us; of his desire that the free
States, if in anything delinquent, should fulfil
their constitutional duties Of his determination
to require from all the States, an enforcement
of the laws and obedience to the Constitution
and finally, of his earnest and inhexible devo-
ton to the principles and sympathies of Repub.
licanlsm.
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 ca~pablc-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 at 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.-AUdny EreniHg Jo1UHoi.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1860-12-29

CORRUPTION, FRAUD N THEFT.-The en-
cropping out at every point and almost every
day. The Willett's Point, Fort Smelling and
Lime Point swiudlcs, and the rotten live oak
and other navy contracts, have but just been
fairly aired when we are called upon to record
the largest and most gross robbery ever per-
petrated at our national capital-at least, that
has yet been discovered. $4,000 in bonds
deposited in trust have been stolen, and John
b. Floyd, Secretary of WAR is implicated in the
transaction 1t is no wonder that the admins
tration winks at the destruction of the govern
ment. See an article in another column.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1860-12-29
MR.. LINCOLN'S CABINET.

We have not deemed it worth our while 10
tire the patience Of our readers with the thous-
and and one rumors relating to Mr.. Iincoln's
Cabinet-rumors which were put forth by SEN
sation letter writer's one day, only to be contra
dfhiffhlsSd r tAs tnlssSEti to he Hbay mnitta ho %Sica ne fSq Dsl.s sqp 20
be authentic We give it publicity. The Hon.
Edward Bates of Missouri, has lately visited
Mr.. Lincoln at the %latter's request, and the re-
suit of that visit is authoratiyely announced by
the st. Louis Democrat, in an article the more
material portions of which are as follows:
1--WE have the permission both of Mr.. Lin
coin and Mr.. Bates to say that the latter will
occupy n scat in the new cabinet, assuming. as
we think we may safely do. that the Senate will
ratify his nomination. 1t is not. however. def
nitely settled which department will be assigned
to our worthy and patriotic fcllowcitizon Of st.
Louis. A full, free and candid
interchange of sentiments and opinions took
place between both gentlemen, aud the result
we are happy to state, is mutually satisfactory.
Their unanimitv is the basis of the important
relation which Mr.. Bates is TO bear to Mr.. Lin
coins administration The Union
will not be dissolved during the four years COM
mencing on the fourth OF March, unless all the
legitimate powers which the government shall
be able to exercise shall prove inadequate to
avert the calamity. Mr.. Lincoln and his coadju-
tors in the cabinet will enter office with the reso-
luton of preserving the Union at all hazards.
This will doubtless enrage the traitors all the
more, but it will at the same time give a sense
of confidence to the great body of the people
South as well as North. There is little danger
that the boundaries of the republic will be mar
rowed during Mr.. Lincoln's term"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1860-12-29

HAMMOND LGvERMoRE Of Jamaica, slaughtered q
COW on the 10th inst, which weighed, when dressed
$50 pounds, and yielded "a pounds Of rough tallow.
"Steaks' and "roasters" Gon such an animal would
be a luxury on an editors tab!e-not the ideal table
upon which 50 many things of a literary character
find a Judgment, but the domestic table from which
the wants Of the inner man are daily supplied, when
there is "food in the house,
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1860-12-29

Michigan gave Lincoln 10000 majority. Michigan
has 4,0U0,0 900 bushels of wheat to sell, which before
Lincoln's election brought readily sI,Os. 1t is now
n drug ut so cents. The loss on 1000 900 Mt 2S cents
per buslcl, amounts to the snug little sum of one mil
lion, one hundred and twelve thousand dollars.-Bos-
ton Post.
South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama and Mis-
sissippi all voted for breckenridge, and the
price of cotton has fell alarmingly. The editor
of the Post also voted for breckenridge, and
he will lose an office worth So. 900. "Vot of itP''
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1860-12-29

READshuRo ITEMS. Rcadshoro men were
found drunk and nearly frozen to death, in the high
way, Sunday Dec. 16th, with their team hitchcd to the
fence. \ good Samaritan bundled them into II sleigh
and conveyed them to AN INN. An hours more expo
sure would have killed them, it is thought.
Martin Ester was e~ntanclcd and thrown upon n large
circular saw, in the lumber mill Of ID. Carrier, at Hart
Nenville, Oh the 1ith inst. His leg was severed Just
above the knee, ard his thigh horribly manglcd, caus-
ing his death from loss Of blood. Mr. Ester was ~
Ycnr. Oh. nnl leayns N wife nul ono cLill.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1860-12-29

held on Tuesday evening last, at which the following
officers were reelected and duly installed, to wits
William L. Nichols, WorshipGul Masters G. Henry
Newman, Senior Wardeni George F. Gale, Junior
Warden; Horace Hastings, Treasurer; W. FELTON,,
Secretary. The Master subsequently appointed Silos
NJ. Waite, Senior Deacon; NJ G. Sawyer, Junior Dea-
conf W.. c.. Perry and W. Z. Eason, Stewards james
II. Capen, Tyler.
1t is in contemplation to have n dedication of the
new Hall in the course Of the next ensuing two months,
and a festival-thc dedication to take place in the af-
ternoon, and the festival, promenade concert and dance
in the evening. The NJ. W. Grand Master of the
Grand Lodge of Vermont will probably be invited to
deliver an address on The occasion.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1860-12-29

VERMONT AND MASSACHUSETTS, RAnRoAp.-We
learn that the earnings Of this road during the year
ending Nov. 30, 1850, were sgd, 1868 expenses,
S13G,0s9,9G; interest on debt, sj5,497 O3; surplus, to
be applied to reduction of debt, 500, 2iO,3s. This ex-
hibit shows increasing business, economical manage
ment, and n healthy condition of the finances of the
road. When the debt is paid the road will be II good
dividend paying stock.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1860-12-29

Territories, and that he stands now, as he stood
in May last, when he accepted the nomination
for the Presidency, square upon the Chicago
Platform"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1860-12-29

The Stark cotton mills of Manchester will
pay . per cent semi-annual dividend, January
!. The Manchester print works have cleared
S2l0,000 during the last six months.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1860-12-29

IMPORTANT If TEUE.-ln this day of depression in
matters relating to trade, nl methods of increasing
ones business are sought, and every Legitimate mean,
should be tried.
1t is related Of Squire H., a former landlord in oui
west village, that Tie usual numhcr Of %luuneers being
congrcgated IN his bar-rooln one evening, II ncighbol
proposed, if lie would furnish the Flip for the crowd
to tell him n way in which he could materially increase
his sales of spirits. Our landlord, with IN eye to i'm
proving business, circulated the mug through the en-.
tire circle; which ceremony, satisfactory of itself per
haps to the s%itters, being ended, he was awake TO Learn
the secret of his future advancement. Appeal beinl
made to the first speaker, he responded, "Well now
Squire, when you draw your liquor for customers, frs
keep your thumb out of the measure, being careful tC
fill the thing full, and you'll sell a great deal more run
every year.
Perhaps it is Il matter of Indifference TO dealers, but
in these "close times" customers attentiyely consider
these things; and it hns occurred to us, that many o.
our farmers who draw wood into this market, by leav.
ing out tco inch stats for 'cross-ties, - cutting the stick.
four feet long, and filling the stakes up to the top, sell
a great deal more wood every year.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1860-12-29

SILVER WEDpiSG.-Mr. Alfred Simonds nal wife
celebrated their silver wedding last week, or, rather
their friends to the number OF about fifty did the eel
chatting for them by improving the twenty flhh an.
nivcrsary of their marriage as nm occasion for Il visit
and making suitable presents, &c. -Four generation.
of the family were present, including the father of Mr
Simonds, (who is or has been the father of eighteen
chiidren) and n general good time was the result.
May the happy couple 1--we to celebrate Il return of thi.
anniversary their golden wedding!
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1860-12-29

\ SEvrRE SNow SroRM.-On Saturday Of las,
week Il snow storm occurred whichNe ut defiance all
ordinary examples and generally accepted theories OF
such very common aiGnirs. In less than seven hour.
full fourteen inches Of well compacted snow, of the
best quality for NIL useful purposes, fell in this vicinity.
1t came down Ms if by contraction good measure,
fast, and presistently. a preceding rain had softened
the previous snow and ice, giving n capital foundation
for the new snow, and this was improved by a subsc-
quent freeze. The shedding is capital, as the numer-
Gus loads Of wood daily arriving will attest. TO tho
eastward of f%itchburg the storm was principally rain,
This snow blocked mp the river railroads so that the
afternoon train from the North, due Il, half past fouv
o'clock, did not arrive until nine in the evening; and
the scu'heyn train, due ut hall past four, did not make
its appearance until half past eleven O'Clock T.. NJ
The Boston train was in nearly on time.