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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1865-02-10

INTERVIEW BETWEEN GEN. SHERMAN AND
THE BRITISH Consul AT SAVANNAH RESPECT
ING THE CAPTURED CoTToN. A Port Royal
letter of the 2Sth ult., says:
The British Consul at Savannah, who is
known to revel continually in the hackneyed
remark, that the "sun never sets on Her Maj
esty's dominions"-a circumstance which au.
gurs that they will "bear watching"-took it
into his official head to claim in behalf of GER
tain British subjects, large portion ofthe cot
ton which had been captured in the city. Un-
fortunately for him. Lis application had beeh
anticipated from the course adopted by certain
citizens of Savannah, who placed tickets on
hundreds of bales, declaring they belonged to
a Liverpool house, and who openly boasted
that the Consul in question ought to have
something TO say about any contemplated con-
fiscation Of the article.
Well, her Britannia Majesty's consul at Sa-
vannah comes before General Sherman and
finds him quietly putting cigar at his head
quarters. The General heard the officials story
blandly and uninterruptedly until its close. The
consul stated that he had been commissioned by
British subjects to claim the cotton in their be-
half. They had bought it he averred, and bald
for it too, and by the law of nations it should
be recognized as their property. The consul
then hinted that it would be better to restore
the cotton to its owners, and in order to give
force to his remark he conveyed the idea that
his action might be regarded as a mere prelim-
mary of more effective course.
The conqueror of Georgia not having the
fear of the lion and the unicorn before his eyes,
looked up at the consul and at once became his
questioner:
"You say those British subjects paid for that
cotton ?" asked General Sherman.
The British Consul: "Yes, have been so in
structed. The bills can be furnished l believe
they have"
General Sherman, without wasting thought
on the ease with which gross of bills might be
furnished. replied, deliberately -
"Yes if British subjects paid for that cotton
know what they purchased it for. They gave
to the rebels powder, lead, shot, and cannon
for it. have captured that cotton lit was mine:
and made a present of it to the United States
Government, who intend to sell it. The names
Ct any claimants for it will be taken, but recor-
ded, and be probably the subject OF future ac-
ton but there the matter must rest for the
present." Mr. Stanton has sustained the de-
cision of Gen. Sherman.
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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1865-02-10
WHISKY AND NEwspApERs.-A glass of

WHISKY AND NEwsPApERs.-A glass of
whisky is manufactured from perhaps dozen
grains of washed corn, the value of which is
too small to be estimated.-A pint of this mix
ture sells at retail for 25 cents and if good
brand, is considered by its consumers well
worth the money. 1t is drunk off in minute
or two it fires the brain, rouses the passion,
sharpens the appetite, and deranges and weak
ems the physical system. Ii is gone, and swol-
len eyes, parched lips, and aching heads are its
followers. On the same sideboard upon which
this is served lies a newspaper, the new white
paper OF which cost about two cents. This is
covered with a hundred thousand tvnes it
brings intelligence from the four quarters of
the globe; ii has in its clearly printed columns
all that is strange or new at home it tells you
the state OF the markets; gives accounts of the
war: the execution Of the last murderer, the
last steamboat explosion or disaster, articles on
philosophy, government, religion, etc.-and
yet for all this, the newspaper costs less than
the glass of grog the juice of few grains of
corn. 1t is no less strange than true that there
is n large portion of the community who think
the corn-juice cheap and the newspaper dear,
and the printer has hard work to collect his
dimes, when the liquor-dealers are paid cheer
fully. How is thisP Is the body better pay
master than the head? Are things of the mo-
ment more priced than the future? Is the
transient tickling of the stomach of more con-
sequence than the improvement of the mind
and the information that is essential to ra-
tional being? If this had its real value, would
not newspaper be worth many pints of whis-
ky.-BrHiSh Standard.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1865-02-10

GREAT CANALs.-The canal across the 18th
mus Of Suez is in progress, and when that is
completed, one across the Isthmus of Darien
it is thought will be undertaken, also one across
the lsthmus of Malacca, the Isthmus Holland,
and one between the North Sea and the Baltic,
to avoid making the passage of the Danish
Islands. This project often thought of is now
very seriously considered. 1t is also proposed
to establish canal, piercing the Spanish 18th
mus in such way that Gibraltar will be an
islandi to start at Trafalgar and end at Anda-
lusia. This would prevent more than 1000
vessels every year from lying to before the
strait of Gibraltar, without power to get out.
With these great works accomplished, the nav
igaton of the globe would be greatly tacili'at-
ed.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1865-02-10
NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS IN 1862 AND C

NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS IN 1862 AND '63,
-lo65.--For the purpose of showing the
reader the difference in doing business under
the present prices and what they were in 1862
and 63, we have prepared the following table,
showing what years subscription price of our
paper would purchase then,. and what it will at
the present time Every one must see at a
glance, that the present system must be ruiuous
to large class Of publishers. Did we not be-
leve there will be a change before many
months, we should at once reduce our sheet to
one halt its present size. But we hope there
may be change for the better before another
year shall have passed.
In 1862, we could purchase for 5000 20 lbs.
of printing paper; now only ~ lbs for SO 90.
Then II lbs. Of ink for $500; now only 8 lbs.
for $500. When it is remembered that our
years stock OF paper costs several thousands of
dollars, the difference against us amounts to
nearly or quite $4,000 per annum.
E,, GO.nn =. 1000 / L.. M
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1865-02-10

"Pray sir" said the late Archbishop Whate-
ly to oquacious prebendary, who had been
very active in talking at the archbishop's ex-
pense when his back was turned "Why are
you like the bell Of your OWE church seepleP"
"Because,' replied the prebendary, ~ am al
ways ready to sound the alarm when the church
is in danger!"
"By no means" replied the archbishop, ait
is because you have an empty head and a long
tongue"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1865-02-10

OBTAINING HUSBANDS UNDER FALSE PRE-
TENsEs.-A law against obtaining husbands
under false pretenses, passed by the English
Parliament in l770, enacts
"That all women Of whatever age, rank, pro-
fession or degree whether virgins, maids or
widows, whoShall, after this act impose upon,
seduce and betray into matrimony any of his
Majesty's male subjects, by virtue of scents,
paints, cosmetic washes, artificial teeth, false
hair, Spanish WOOL bolster hips or high-heeled
shoes, shall incur the penalty of the law now
in force against witchcraft and like msdemean-
ors and the marriage, under such cireumstan-
ces, upon conviction Of the offender, shall be
null and void"
If that law was in force in these domains
how many legal widowers' there would be, TO
be sure!
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1865-02-10

SPIcEs-S3,00 in 1865, will purchase only
about one-half the amount that 5000 would in
1868. So with most kinds of groceries.
We make these statements for the purpose
of showing why we cannot sell our paper at for
mer prces and showing that we are selling it
lower fn fact than we ought to. But no one
understonds why it is so. until they examine
into the matter-IV Windsor Journal.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1865-02-10
No. 6.

were fair complexioned and that after making
them, he led them to the margin of a small
lake, and bade them leap in and wash. One
obeyed, and came out Of the water purer and
fairer than before the second hesitated a mo-
ment, during which time, the water, agitated
by the first. had become muddled, and when he
ba,hed he came up copper-coored; the third
did not leap in until the water became black
with mud, and he came out with his own color.
Then the Great Spirit laid before them three
packages, and out of pity for his misfortune in
color, he gave the black man the first choice
He took hold of each of the packages, and hav-
ing felt the weight, chose the heaviest the cop.
per-colored man then chose the next heaviest,
leaving the white man the lightest. When the
packages were opened the first was found to
contain spades, hoes and all the implements of
labor the second unwrapped hunting, fishing
and warlike apparatus the third gave the
white man pens and paper, the engines Of the
mind-the means of mutual, mental improve
ment, the social link of humanity, the founda-
ton of the white mans superiority.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1865-02-10

FAMILY CoURTEsIEs.--1n the family the law
of pleasing ought to extend from the highest to
the lowest. You are bound to please your chill
dren; and your children are bound to please
each other; and you are bound to please yosr
servants, if you expect them to please you.
Some men are pleasant in the household and
nowhere else. l have known such men. They
are good fathers and kind husbands. If you
had seen them in their own house you would
have thought that they were angels, almost ;
but if you had seen them on the street, or in
the store, you would have thought them almost
demoniac. But the opposite is apt to be the
case. When we are among our neighbors, or
among strangers, we hold ourselves with self
spect, and endeavor 10 act with proprety; but
when we get home we say to ourselves, 81 have
played part long enough. and am now going
to be natural" SO we sit down, and we are
ugly and snappish, and blunt AMI disagrseable.
We lay aside those thousand little courtesies
that make the toughest floor smooth, that
make the hardest thing like velvet, and that
make life pleasant. We expend all our po-
liteness in places where it will be profitable
where it will bring silver and gold.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1865-02-10

A SINGULAR TRADITION. Among the Sem
mole Indians there is singular tradition re.
garding the white mans origin and superiority.
They say that when the Great Spirit made the
earth, he also made three men, all of whom
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1865-02-10

BY the census of 1860 the number of carpet
manufacturers in the United States was estima-
ted at 1851. OF these Pennsylvania has the
largest number, 474, and Vermont the smallest,
2; New York has 450 and Massachusetts 2O3i
tieut has but II.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1865-02-10

PENNSYLVANIA PRoDUCTs.-rhe value OF
the coal mined in the State of Pennsylvania
last year was $50, 100000; of iron, S37, ,500,-
600; of crude petroleum, $54 ,200000-total,
SlIs.900,000.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1865-02-10

. =
FIRE AT SAVANNAH We briefly noticed
last week the dreadful fire at Savannah, Ca
on the nipbrof Jan. 9th. which came near de.
stro,ir, ,ho oi,,. W. 49,. H.. e.,,o...,. e
,' nus '"' ','!' We 'oP! ''e iu'o"inS ioui
'he correspondence OF the New YORK Herald,
which gives vivid picture of the dreadful cat
astrophe.
nun ecy>p AN x,c,,r ,,,,, ,,,,c,. ,po,.e,,,,
49,,
Nneh Tue IRE ours. ihto us luli magnitude
'he Scelc was one OF iietce an" 'hriiI'hS grand
eur 40 pen can iuIiy uesciipc' nor any artist
proper! aenhea'e' 'he awful majesty OF lhe
plctule' Inc "'Sht WIS cuih anu ciear' for-
.una.el! 'nuIe was no suohs W'hu o,o"lnS al
the .'nie' ID! stunning On u" eieNa'eu posi'loh
("hivh was somewhat uahSerous) you had an
eNceiient we" OF the "hoie scene some oil
the sheis burst hiSh IN the AR, carrying de-
strucuon and III some cases, death, with them
Ihe lund liames III up the horizon Tor miles
around lhe sparks OF hre hew through the
AR over me eh'lre c'y' ana III several instances
hred buildings al It's extreme ehd out no great
INJURY Is reported as na'i'g resulted ifom 'hese
mlssiles: ohe sheii STRUCK .he wafer ,anN SIT,
uateu withlh lew yaruS oi OrahiSe 1a'li ana
pdI't" ph;aL ,L t'e"n ,"r0S "o' h out " "
some twenty feet and having descent of about
to the grandeur of the whole scene. The flames
nloyed fercely around the water as il came
nouring out. while. strange TO saw. the tank it.
self remained without further injury Through
out the city all was confusion and alarm. The
citizens rushed hi,her and thither in every d
rec,ion the military were ordered under arms
md natrolled the streets; guards were placed
on each corner. half dressed men and women
stood in the thorougbfares and at house en-
frances. while terror was denoted on the conn.
tenonce of each citizen. The belief that the
arsenal contained large quantity of punpow
strenc,bened Ills terror and every monent the
terrible explosion was expec,ed to shake the
ci,v n atoms, Some simple individuals who
we're far renewed from the scene of the fire
yen,ured The assertion that Gen. Uordee had
come hack to the CITY and was thundering nj
;ts yates for admission. There we're few to be
found boweyer, TO whom ,his assertion Iooked
ANYTHING like reasonable. Then some sunnosed
,hot The citizens and military had got into an
olercotion. but this also seemed an imnoss;hiI.
i,y, as the most cordial froternol relations had
existed between the nnr,ies. Rnt a lille time
exnlained all and somewho, res,ored ,be coni.
depce and nniet of tbe ci,iyons
,.,,,,,.,,,.,,,,
suffEhhhs bf THE FIRE
1t was indeed piliiul sight to see the hund'
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THE VERMONT PHCENIX.
Published every Friday Evening, by
BROWN &c PROUTY.
ONCE in Thompson Rangers Block, No Granite Row
BRATTLEBORO, VT.
TERMS.

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Post 01ce will be charged cents yearly uul-
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Of the year. at the rate of One shilling PER quarter
Where arrearages are due paper VIII be discontinued
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New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-02-24
Manufacturer, and Sole Proprietor. of,he
HENDRICK LUBRICATOR,
ALSO DHALERsN
SPERM LARD WHALE. AND OTHER OILS.


SPERM LARD, WHALE. AND OTHER OILS
Reference by p.ru'.,ion, can be made to the following
CHhS. z. WUkTS, etl. Engineer Delaware and hudson
Canal Company, Scranton. Penn. ,a
Western I,siIosd, scranton, Penn;
q. A. FoNDA. e.g. sup- Lsckawsnns and bioom'ouISh
Hi Ms.%s SMafTHE@s BROTHERS. Scranton, Penn.
JOHN B. SMITH, esq, sup Psnnay vsnia Cosl Company
j. BFNjSIiN CO. Foundry ard Machine WORKS,
u t2Shs All ' . SS.'siS Co., Company
'I HaAs%ELL BROTHERS No. 100 we.,s,.. E-ZY0ri;
w. X. MUIR, esq, General sup Dotroi. and Milwaukee
HUNT HTsrI SniiSiii HSD BRoADToP RR.
LfHlGH VALLEY hR: nrn,
P5PT TotSss sA Mp h nNm poRrsMourH
READING AND cOLUMnlA mr.;
GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. Of C,nsi,
PHlLADELrhIA AND READING mr.
cLit t COLUMBUS AND CINCINNATI RR
EAST PENNSYLVANIA RR.
CISCINNATI AND CHicA0oRn
81 Louis ALTON AND TERRE HAUTE RI
FPAAhhibGhrh IA WILMINGTON AND BALTIMORE
WESTERN MARYLAND
NORTHERN CENTRAL RR.
CERTIFICATES
OTTIcG o. rng DEiAwARE AND HUDSON CiSA Co., I
CARDoSpaLs, Peun, June Ia. 1850
We have had Mr.. Z. l.. lisnddck'' LUBRlCATiAG OIL
In for somewhat more an year upon our Coal as.en'
re1 snd Ireshi abou, Journalist upon Station
sry than 20 IA nub-r-snd Ia our Machine
shop and 6nd It entirely satisctory Our engineers aud
s a, concur in recommending a. superior TO any
ieuor have heretofore used IL 10 fully equal to the
ket sp,rm.
vii also state h. IN my opinion hss equni for
upon wi: machine have witnessed ' effects In my
CHks. P. WURTs, supt. u. 4 II. C. co.
We have been nsna Houdriets iuBRiCATOR for nearly
two years past and other machinery and eco
mend 1, q very superior u
DuSnoRE. June H. 1861
We fully concur IN III. foregoing statements OF c. Warts
ESQ., and John H. Smith esq b. regard to tho superior quality
| Of HENDRiCK'S LURRiCAToR, having used Il In our
worts for shout two yerra . .,.
j. BENJAMIN h CO.,
Houpdsry and Mscllins Works, Csrbondsle PenA-
T.. JONES 4 CO.,
Coal Operators Olyphsnt, Penn
EUGENE r. KENNY,
Sept L. |. and Coal Co. Scranton. Pens.
COE y. YOUNG.
Aonssdsls. Penn
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-02-24
Petroleum.
DETROLEUM.
BOOKS CLOSING


new $50 barrel wen on Cherry Run. .
, new s. barrel well Of Fiae Lubricatins on on suse
fcobarrsl well hs. been struck m Cherry Run obOv
we Reed well close 10 the properly Of Ills company or VIZ
hieFaf- farm on wh ct the coEipsnys wells Is sno'
Another vel" on The Hog aIu eoss Ia tis Ia also nearly
o0sn D. Wiz ,tn rqnally sreai Pios e'l'
Sugar Creek. (h- tie, W.. hored adjoining tie sIunder
ar The property Of IA: company wuca vel ia nearly
completed "lth splendid show OF Oil
ch. acre oi the seven acrs OF Homestead ncserve) on h
anders if bic isrn belongs to ths Company was sold
TIT company has different properr, Sugar Creei and
they alone worth % day million do a ard The
enr- properties Of tbs company worth today hSs
The sub cipon book, viii co,s on March Is after which
no STOCK WAL be sold at the present subscription price
NETWORK, PHILADELPHIA, AND BALTIMORE
CONSOLIDATED
PETROLEUM AND MINING COMPANY.
Organized under the Law. Of Nsw.York.
SHAREHOLDERS EXEMPT FROM ALL PERSONAL
LIABILITY.
CAPITAL, 1850, o0o, DIVIDED INTO 500. 900
SHARES.
PAR VALUE, IS.
SUBSCRIPTION PRICE, 81 FER SHARE.
no FURTHER ASSESSMENT OR CALL ON THE SUB.
sCRIBERS, AS $1,000 SHARES ARE RESERVED
FOR WORKING CAPITAL.
PpFHpPRr-J. 3. CLARK. Of New-fort.
VroE PRrsDRsr-R. n WISHART. Few-Yert
TREAsURga-h. y. DEVOEl New York
6EoRErARY-J. CONKfIN. New.Yoik
TRUSTEES:
R. r.. KETCHUM, Baltimore, M
q. KING, Baltimore BID
}. H. GOULD. Philadelphia Pa
w. WOODRUFF, Balm Md
X. II. Wl5nART. Eew.iork
DIR. T. g. RlN0, New York
A. CLARK. Tar Farm Ia.
X. Is. CLARK Oil City. IA
GENERAL sUPERI.TENDEHTs.
Je CLARK, NY A. CLARK, Tar Farm, 70
IL. d. CLARK, Oh City, Pa
OFFICES:
No II BROADWAY. & T..
Nos. GIG end 61S CHEsTNUTST, PHILA,
No. Carroll HALL BALTIMORE ST,
BALTIMORE, sd
Tho property embracing upward Of eS Acre. In rs differ
has been selected b aufih5 the aal
wear, by o the directors who have been constantly
operating Oh CeG throughout the eGre oil region 81
ssrctsd bu, the purpose OF development and pro-
ducing OIL having ten wells under contract and
being bored ygor besides those aesdy Completed aud
producing uesing in ali IS wells ALREADY on the property
Eysry Of the Compsnys property Ia bottom and the
best II boring land, much OF It Oil Greek CheHy Kun
Cherry IRE Rem Allegheny River opposite Horse CIeet
Sugar Greek Elk Crrck sni other streams where the land
being rapdy developed With the most encouraging proc
pete
con,nGe dividend, shortly aer tho books close
Prospeciu- Maps inoIuston be obtained ct
WioHAKTk CO.'S PETROLEUM EACHANGE.
No. "a Broadway, New-fort.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-02-24
Petroleum.
THE CALIFORNIA
PETROLEUM COMPANY,
LOCATED ON THE RANCH or OJAi, NEAR BUEHA
VENTURA, IN SANTA BARBARA
COUNTY, CALIFORNIA.

In N. summer Of 1884 Professor sFlLIMAN examined
this locality letter dated at BueaVenius, santa Ear
hars County July 1864 he thus communicate The results
OF hi, obseivious sron tie property now owncdby the Can
orna Petroleum Company the pnrha.e Of which he strongly
recommended 10 bis friends in New.ioTs
THE property o,v,rs an area 1900 eighteen thon''nd
IN body which 1t present at least twenty
nrura oil wrl, d them Of hr largest sre htrsan
wells wi bs fruitful slorg dosbe line Of thirteen n'r'' ey
for lsas. twy 1--WE nes in linear ,atrnt The Ranch Is
old Spanish rr.nt f four leagues Of land lately co"I"rd
md Of perfect title. has aid about eighteen thousand
IN Il Of the huest ltnd wa;ered by four 'rr ara
measuring IN arsht line In ALL near thirteen miles Ne
rnrch. It /. splendid esie,ei But ITS VALUE Is IT'S
ALMOST FABULOUS WEALTH TX THE BEST W
OLD"
10 letter written the Company since bis return Feb 10
1861 he says
~ happy be able confirm, at this date what hsvs
ssid IN my published TrpoI Trslecs tlr extraordinary
csaeirr snd value o. The esIar On Which you company
4 JusLeJ."'