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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1860-12-22

WHAT ABOUT SEcEssIoS.-Is the question
asked us every day, and nothing very impor-
tant" is the answer. The secession convention
of South Carolina met at Columbia on Monday,
and adjourned to Charleston to avoid the small
pox. An organization has been effected and
committees have been appointed to draw up a
proper.instrument to effect the object sought, to
confer with the other slave states, 70 attend to
foreign relations, &c. Commissioner from
some of the other cotton states were present.
1t is probable that in a week or so South Car
olina will declare herself out of the Union
We believe that the conventions of the other
states do not meet until January. The gener-
al aspect of affairs so far as they relate to Sc
c%ession do not appear to have materially chang
during the past week.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1860-12-22
THE PHGNIx

On and after Thursday the Sd day Of January, lsG1.
THE PnRSIx will be published and mailed to all
subscribers on Thursday Of each week, instead Of
Saturday ms heretofore. We are led to make this ar
rangcmcnt on account Of the difficulty experienced
by a large portion Of our subscribers in getting their
papers the week Of publication. Our arrangements
nrc such that we shall publish Inc report Of the Cam.
bridge Cattle Market as heretofore,
TINS Pn6SIx win be conducted upon the same
plan generally which has always characterized it and
given 1t the gratifying measure of success it has en-
icyed, We have no new schemes to offer nor have
we any rev principles to promulgate. Loyal to the
Union, the Constitution, and the Principles of the Re-
publican party as enunciated by the Chicago National
Convention, all of which we 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 a 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 hil-sides, dales ard glcns all the
little rivulcts, streams and brooks and brings them to
gether in form and volume sufficient to subserse large
public interests, so the country newspaper collects
from a thousand original sources news, facts, and
dates, arranges them in proper form, and puts them
on record where they become instructive and availa-
bic for beneficial purposes. A local newspaper prop
erly conducted thus becomes not a mere luxury that
one may or may not enjoy as lie pleases, but n neces-
sity that is indispensable to his prosperity as well as
to his comfort and convenience. Our best endeavors
will be to make THE PHOENIX just such n newspaper,
one that no family in the county or vicinity can af-
ford to do without; and whatever Of ability or enter
prise we can command will be devoted to this object
Of our past success we shall not boast, but are con-
tent to let the paper speak for itself.
The new volume will commence or Thursday, Jan
uary Sd, 1861. The terms will be as heretofore:
Single copies $3.50 in advance.
In clubs Of twenty or more sl,25, if paid sricty IN
adrdnce.
For the inducement Of those who have n little leis-
ure they can devote to increasing our circulation, We
offer the following:
To the person sending us the largest list Of subscri
bers at the above rates from any one town, before the
LIST day of February, 1861, % we will give a copy
of either WEBsrER's or WoRoEsTER's QUARro bic
TIoSARY.
To any person sending Us ten new subscribers be-
fore the LIST of February, and sl2,5O in cash, we will
furnish a copy of TIE ATLANTIC MONTHLY one year
subscriptions to mmen with the first number OF
the volume, January 8, 1861.
CHAS. CUMMINGS, Publisher.
y. B. To Publishers OF metropolitan newspapers
who viii. insert the above three weeks We will send q
topy of The PHOENIX one year.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1860-12-22
THE TIDE TURNING.

Secession has received some hard blows dur
ing the past week and a portion Of them come
from unexpected quarters. On Monday Mr..
Wade of Ohio made a speech taking firm ground
against the right of secession. 1t was clear,
sharp and inclusive, and spoke the prevailing
sentiment of the Republican party: He was
followed, Tuesday and Wednesday, by Andrew
Johnson of Tennessee, in a bold and decided
anti-disunion and coercion speech which had
the ring of the Jackson metal Of 1882. In the
Georgia Legislature, on Wednesday, on a divi-
sion the co-operationists had two majority
against those in favor of separate State action.
John A. Campbell of Alabama, a Judge of the
United States Supreme Court, is out in n letter
saying that the election of Lincoln is no justif-
cation of d~isunion, that the territorial question
is in a satisfactory position, and had better be
let alone, and that the rendition OF f~ugitives i:
a matter that can be easily adjusted. South
Carolina will probably vote herself out Of the
Union this week, and, as Wade drily remarked
"she will not be missed except by the peaceable
times we shall have in Congress" In conse
quence Of this favorable prospect the money
market, Wednesday, showed a reaction; none,
was easier and stocks advancing.
The only result yet accomplished by the Com
mittee of Thirty-one, is the unanimous adop'
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1860-12-22

him that a mill were tied about his neck
than that he should be tied down to the ground
by such an incubus. The only act by which
buchanan can in any manner redeem the igno-
miny of his official career and command the
respect of his countrymen is to resign himself
the place he cannot fll-and seek some quiet
spot where he can pass the remainder of his
brief life in total ~seclusion from sublunary af-
fairs.
James Buchanan will ever be cited as the
President who neither comprehended the duties
of his office nor understood the logic of events.
When he assumed the Presidentship he had
an opportunity, such is seldom offered any man,
to confer lasting benefits upon his country
and to achieve for himself a reputation he had
been unable to win during a long public life
the reputation of being a statesman. But he
was unequal to the crisis. Possessing, as his
whole life has proved, neither generous impulses
nor honest aims, but in their stead a dogged
obstinacy combined with a fondness for intrigue,
he has during his entire administration been the
low and grovelling p%artizan. Instinctively al
lying himself to the slave power, while seeming
to rule he has but done their bidding. He has
used honest men through Misrepresentation and
betrayed them for his advantage. If by mis-
take he placed a man of incorruptible integrity
in an important position he was sure to recall
him the moment those qualities were displayed.
Is it any wonder that an administration con-
Quoted on such principles, or, rather, upon such
a total want of all principle, should, in four
years, reduce the country from prosperity and
a ~plethoric treasury, to bankruptcy, dissolution
and civil warp The wonder is that the natural
good sense and elasticity of our people should
have been able to keep the country prosperous
so long under such an administration. This
fact speaks better for our institutions than for
our rulers. The administration has neglected
no means nor opportunity for fastening the
present crisis nor for bringing on the crash with
which we are threatened. 1t has used every
instrument at its command to effect this object.
The slave pouer has been for the whole term
endeayoring to rGle or to ruin, aud James Blu
chanan has been most obsequious, humble SER
want.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1860-12-22
AMERICAN AGRIcrLruRIsr.-This monthly

AMERICAN AGRcuLTURIsT.-This monthly,
published by Orange Judd of New York, at the
low price of 800 ner year is onA of tho ve-y
best agricultural journals in the country. 1t is
always full of short and comprehensive articles
upon all subjects connected with rural affairs,
not one of which is duh. uninteresting, or I'M
profitable. During the current year commen,
cling with the December number the Hon. l.. l..
Chittenden of Burlington will furnish a series
of articles upon ornithology, which will be wide
ly read. Other eminent writers are engaged
for every number.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1860-12-22

A maj named Joseph Burnham, who remov-
ed some years since, from Middletown in Rut-
land county, to Wisconsin, has recently been
discovered TO be heir to an INN ense property
in England. The estate amounts to the round
sum of $50, 600, 700.
Louisiana's chief occupation is raising and
selling Sugar. Her industry and commerce
are mainly based On it. Sugar is now protec-
ted by a duty of "a per cent. against the COM
petition of the West Indies. But if she Sc
cedes and joins a Southern Confederacy, one
of whose maXims is "Free trade" half her plan
tations would go to waste and half her planters
to ruin.
There is a woman in Bernardston, over fifty
years old, who drinks one quart of laudanum
and two quarts of ether per week and has been
in the habit of using these stimulants to this
extent for twenty years. Sometimes she takes
them separately and sometimes mixed. She is
dependent on the town for assistance, and the
druggists bill for the above articles is generally
paid by the town. She complains of nervous
ness.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1860-12-22
Blood Food /.
Blood Food
Rt0O,i Food

To all suffering from consumption, incipient or confirmed,
or from debility Of any kind; or from mental OF nervous pros
tration, brought on by any cause; or from scrolula complaints
or from diseases of the kidneys or bladder; and TO ladies SUI
ierng any Of the many distressing complaints their sex are
liable to, and which engender consumption, the
BLOOD FOOD
is offered as q certain and reliable remedy. Dinerlng IN
every particular from the patent medicines Of the day, I is u
chemical combination Of IRON, And PHOS-
Of very great worth, and many hundreds bear
glad and grateful testimony to the benefits it has conferred
on them.
CHURCH 4 DUPONT, 100 Broadway, New York, are the
sole pruprietors Of the article, and have in consequence Of "A
fraud attempted upon the public, changed the color Of the
outside wrapper from He'd To yellow, and Increased the size Of
the bottle to $ ounces. BE very cautious in buying to see that
the fac smile Of their signature Is on the outside Of the wrap
per, as all others are counterfeit.
1. N. Thorn, Agent for Iratteboro and vicinity .-ly43
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1860-12-22
BUCHANAN'S ADMINISTRATION.

Our national administration is dixie the
breaking up of a hard winter :" everything con-
nected with it seems to be falling to pieces
The disintegration Of the cabinet, commencing
with the resignation of an used up f%nancier,
continues and seems not yet to have reached a
conclusion. Secretary Cass. tired to death OF
the shilly -shaiiying course of the President, and
provoked beyond endurance with his utter re-
fusal to protect the public property and the
lives of those having it in care, by declining to
send an adequate force to the relief of the for
tifcations in Charleston harbor, has resigned
his commission. He is succeeded by Attorney
General Black but the successorship to the
latter goes a begging. No man who has any
position or any future before him can afford to
identify his name with what remains of Buch-
anan's administration. 1t would be better for
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1860-12-22
Dec. IS, 1860.

The tears and compliments with which Mr..
Buchanan dismisses such men as Mr.. Cobb from
his service, while they 90 to their reasonable
work against the republic, is in contrast to
Jackson's style of treating the disunionists OF
his time. A South Carolina member of Con-
gress, taking leave of him in 1880, asked Jack
son if he had any commands for his friends in
that quarter "Yes, | have" replied the gem
eral: "Please give my compliments to my
: friends in your state, and say to them, that If
"a single drop of blood shall be she'd there in
: opposition TO the laws of the United States,
. / teM hang the first man l can lay my hands
on. engaged in such reasonable conduct, upon
the first tree | can reach.'
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1860-12-22

WENDELL PHILLIPS, according to previous
announcement, delivered his lecture on" Mobs
and Education" at the Music Hall. Boston,
Sunday morning. There was an immense au-
dience present, many of whom were doubtless
attracted by the expectation of a riot, as such
an occurrence had been threatened. The lee
ture, however, vas listened to with attention TO
the close, with only an occasional symptom of
disapprobation. The speaker touched upon
Mobs in general, and the Mob which broke up
the John Brown meeting in particular, and de-
nounced the City Government and Daily Press
of Boston, in unmeasured terms. A large
crowd was gathered outside at the close, and
fearing violence. Mr.. PHILLIPS was escorted
home by a number of his friends and a force of
police. 1t is intimated that, had the lecture
been delivered on any day but Sunday, a seri-
Gus riot would have been the consequence.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1860-12-22

For Coughs, or for any diseases of the
Breathing Organs, use j. h. staford's Olive Tar and
Iron 4 Sulphur Powder which are advertised in this paper.
The Olive Tar iniuses Magnetism or Vitality, aIaying at once
any pain or oppression, aud its great balsamic properties
heals soreness and inflammation. The Iron and sulphur
Powders being a soluble preparation unite with the digestive
food, and enter with II Into the formation Of new Blood, the
Iron retaining the vital or life giving forces in the Blood,
which in It's circulation is diGuseI through the entire system.
The combined Sulphur converts the waste or worn out pari-
Giles Of the blood into gases which are expelled from the body
through its pores by the increased energy given to the Cireu-
lation. 1t IS these wastes or worn out sarticlcs Of blood that
forms Phlegm and Tubtrcles, and II is their acrii humor
which irritates and destroys the membranes Of the Throat,
Bronchial Tubes, aud Air Cells Of the Lungs Send for 4
Pamphlet.-lmiS
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1860-12-22

THE TOrAI. NoTE.-At the November cleo
ton the popular vote was divided as follows:
Lincoln, l ,S66, 29j; Douglas, l,326,lsS Breck-
inridge, 929,79j; Bell, j7O,377. In 1886, the
vote was thus; Buchanan, ! ,S34 1857 Fremont,
l ,3fl $40; Fillmore, $1,000. Total vote 1886,
4, 049,204 1860, 4,72j,47l. Lincoln received
81 ,95S more votes in 1850 than Buchanan re-
ceived in 1886; yet the majority against Lin
coin is 962,sS while the majority against Blu
chanan was but 3S7 900.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1860-12-22
VERMONT STATE AGRICULTURAL SO
GETTY.

The annual meeting Of the Vermont State
Agricultural Society for the choice of officers,
and the transaction of other appropriate bust.
ness will be held at Rutland, on Thursday the
10th day of January, 1861, at 10 o'clock a. NJ
A meeting of the Directors of said Society
will be held at the Bardwell House on Thurs
day evening, Jan. 9th 1861, at which time re.
ports from the committee on Field Crops, and
other committees will be made.
CHAs. CUMMINGS, Rec. Sec'y.
nnc l2 1890
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1860-12-22

NATIONAL FAST. The President has issued
a recommendation for a national fast and desig-
mated Friday, the 4th day of January for that
purpose. The public career of the "old public
functionary" is fast drawing to a close. The
sands of his political life are running low
Concious of its utter depravity he has underta-
ken to bring around its deathbed the sanctions
of religion. lie is too late. The verdict is
made up. There is no power that can avert
the judgment of his country upon that life, OF
prevent its affirmation by posterity.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1860-12-22

AuRoRAL DIsrLAY.-A brilliant display of the cor
ruscations Of the aurora berealis took place Saturday
evening. When we took an observation flashes of
red light shot up from the horizon throughout the
whole extent of the northern hemisphere, while at the
same time Il bright arch OF steady straw colored light
arose in the north to an angle of fifty degrees sufficient
ly brilliant to cast Il shadow. The evening at that
time was brighter than is usual in a full moon and n
cloudless sky. The red light shot up so powerfully
from the east over Wantastquet mountain, that it
was believed to be caused by fire. The flashes from
the north and northwest were less brilliant, but they
were very distinctly marked.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1860-12-22

SUPPLEMENTARY accommodate our
advertising patrons and give our readers their
supplement, in which will be found besides adj
vertisements worthy of attention, an interesting
article from the London Times on the threaten
&c secession, and other articles of interest.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1860-12-22

Atwaier's Vermont Directory, 1s6I.-Thi.
is the most perfect Register ever published in Vermont. 1t
is neatly printed and calculated to contain EVERYTHING ever
printed in Vermont Registers in SUPERIOR STYLE, besides much
NEVER BEFORE inserted, aud which will not he found in any
other for 1851.
The population Of every town in Vermont, as shown in the
census for the PRESENT YEAR, prepared for the DIRECTORY, by
the state Marshal is inserted, insted Of the old census Of ten
years ago, which is in Waltons for 1861, without explana-
ton, SO that he reader would be likely to take it for the new
census. This will explain the dscrepany between the two
registers. The blanks for memoranda are wIDESED "a great
improyement.) The Vermont Militia and other matters of
general interest are inserted, embracing an unusual variety
and amount Of State, national, and miscellaneous Statistics
and general information
They are sold by dealers generally at the usual prices,
bound in paper covers. and morocco tucks.
W. FELTON,, is Agent for Windham County.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1860-12-22

DR.. U7stnr's Baisam IF Tah Cherry is truly a bal
sam. 1t contains the balsainic principle Of the Wild
Cherry, the balsamic properties Of tar and Of pine.
Its ingredients are all balsamic. Coughs, colds and
consumption disappear rapidly under its balsamic ill.,
nuence.
Dyspepsia can be, and is cured by the use of Perry
Davis Pain Killer. This is tie most wonderful and
valuable medicine ever known for this disease. its ac-
ton upon the system is entirety different from any
other preparation ever known. The patient while
taking this medicine may eat anything the appetite
Graves. Sold by MI medicine dealers.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1860-12-22

A NATIONAL FAST DAY APPoINTED.-Pres-
ident Buchanan made proclamation on Satur-
day for a day Of national humiliation, fasting
and prayer,on Friday Jan 4th. Hesays: "Hope
seems to have deserted the minds ofmen. All
classes are in a state Of confusion and dismay /;
and the wisest counsels Of our best and purest
men are wholly dis regarded. In this, the hour
of our calamity and peril, to whom shall we re-
sort for relief but to the God of our fathers p
His omnipotent arm only can save us from the
awful effects of our own crimes and follies-
our own ingratitudc md guilt towards our
Heavenly Father.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1860-12-22

TINS HOLIDAYS are fast approaching, and with them
comes tie season well honored in the Observance. for
changing tokens Of acknowledgement friendship. af-
lection and esteem. For these purposes We have seen
nothing finer in the way Of books. which are nj all
times favorably received, than an assortment Just re-
ceivcd by FELTON, Among these are Fink Songs. -
by Dr.J W. Palmer; Pages and Pictures from Coop
err" Forest Hymn, by Bryant; illustrated Poems
by Mrs. Sigcurney; "Favori,e Authors" from Tick
nor X Fields, Millions L'Allegro," and other similar
works. All these arc beautifully arranged, printed,
illustrated and bound; and 10 more acceptable pres
ents can lie foutGl anywhere.
For the juveniles are s,ory-books and picture-books
aud toys Of every sort and description at Felton's
and ut Carpenters, and it must be y singular taste
that cannot be suited in these collections.
CHAs. A. TnIrP has opened u new and splendid as
sortment Of goods, many Of which ARE iudiciously Sc
lected with especial reference to the Holidays, and
will be found Just the thing for valued friends.
In short all our dealers are fully stocked with choice
selections, and one cannot go amiss, and need not 60
away empty.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1860-12-22

WHAT GEN. JACKSON sAID.-Our democrat
ic friends persist in charging upon the republi-
can party the responsibility of the present dis
union movement. In 1888 when South Caro-
lima attempted to 90 out of the Union, General
Jackson said "7He tariG is only a pretert, ana
disumion and a Southern Contedeyacy' the red,
object. Tie merit pretert riH be the negro o,
sIarery question: He was a prophet as wei
as n patriot.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1860-12-22

1t will be seen by reference to the Prospectus Of
The Nec- York Ledger, which will be found in anoth-
er column, that the proprietor of that popular weekly
has secured an array of distinguished contributors for
his paper for the New Year such ms has never been
equaled by any publication in the world. The Ledg-
er is always characterized by Il high moral tone, and
has a circulation larger than that Of any other ten
literary journals in the country.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1860-12-22

MODEL Pork ER.- friend in Townshend challen-
ges the State to produce n pig equal TO one recently
slaughtered In that town. lie writes;
Mr.. Editor: You have been accustomed to notice
in your paper from year to year, our farmers success
in raising Porkers. Will you not give place to the
following challenge, which we give in behalf Of our
friend Edmund Shuttucs Of Town.hend? lie recent
~ killed a pig ten months old which weighed when
dressed. Az pounds. VIII ANYBODY mat,h it? We
do not know whether Mr. Slaftuck thinks Of secedinG
or not, but lie i certainly laying in II large supply Of
stomach ammunition.
We venture to remark, in the language of some Of
our contemporaries when recording their own ieats
or those oftheir n~eighbors in the pig line, that this
pig had no extra Keeping"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1860-12-22
PAIN KILLER.

We clip the following from the Providence General Ad-
rertiser, Sept II, 1857.
At this season Of the year, when cholera, cholera morbus
dysentery and other kindred complaints are sure to prevail,
everybody should be literally supplied with Perry Davis's
Vegetable Pain Killer. Persons leaving home, whether it be
for a days excursion or a trip to EureTe, should be in a con-
dition to place their hands on it at a moments Warming
Many diseases incident to the summer months, which will
prove fatal II not Immediately checked, cad be promptly
cured by one or two doses Of the Pain Killer. on more than
one occasion have we been relieved Of intense suffering by the
timely use Of the above-named preparation.
Sold by all druggists, grccers ard medicine dealers through
out the United States and Canadas.
Sold by all me licine dealers. l. y. THORN, Agent, Brat
tebOro Ia
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1860-12-22
DR.. WIsTAR'S BALSAM OF WILD
v.

Where this article is known it is a work Of supererogaiion
to say one word in its favor, So well is it established as an un-
failing remedy for Coughs, Colds, Bronchitis, Group, bh0oP-
ing Cough, asthma, Quinsy, Phthisic, diseases Of the
ThrOat, chest, ard Lungs, as well as that most dreaded Of
all diseases, Consumption, which high medical authority has
pronounced to be 4 euarbe disease. Those who have used