Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1866-11-30
Summary of News.


Fred. Douglas has bought house in Al
exandria, Va, and proposes TO reside there
hereafter.
The rebel pirate Raphael Semmes has ac-
copied the chair of "Moral Philosophy" ir
the Louisiana State Seminary
OF the eight churches burned at Portland
at the great fire last July, the Roman Cath
ole is the only one already rebuilt.
An interesting astronomical event will oc-
cur on the 9Th of Dec, 1866, viz: the sun,
mercury, venus and the earth will be in con-
junction, fact that will not occur in several
centuries.
Gen. Logan sent dispatch to Cyrus Field
at the recent dinner given to that gentleman
wherein he says, he is the greatest rope
walker in existence, being the only man that
ever walked into renown on rope three
thousand miles long.
Rev. II. A. Sawtele has resigned the pas
torate of the Second Baptist Church in San
Francisco having adopted such views in re-
gard to the Lords Supper as led to his res
ignaton. He has published in San Fran
cisco little treatise entitled, "Open Com
munion, or the Lords Supper for the Lords
People"
A Washington dispatch states that Mr..
Slidell. the once famous minister TO France,
one of our most active enemies in Europe,
recently applied to the government for par
don through Mr.. Bigelow, minister to Paris.
The reply of the government was that no
inf nr IF
could be held with Mr.. Sldell.
All the gang of railroad robbers who re-
Gently attacked and burned train near
Franklin, Kentucky, have been arrested, 10
in all. One was found in a cave about four
miles from Franklin. He made full con-
fcssion and gave a plain, straightforward
statement of how the affair originated and
was carried out
Two veterans in the matrimonial service
are Joseph Webber and his wife of Bclcher-
town, Mass, the one "a and the other 90
years old and who were marrird seventy
two years ago last April, or four years be-
fore the century began They still enjoy a
good degree of health, and are getting to
feel quite well acquainted with each other.
The Memphis Post says trade is very dull
at present, and adds an explanation: ''The
alarming shortness of the cotton crop, the
receipts diminishing instead of increasing at
the height of the season, and the heavy in
debtedness with which the South will close
the year, is creating not little uneasiness
in commercial circles. a well informed
Mississippi planter says that in the country
counties of that State, not an average OF
half-a-doZen planters can pay their debts"
Judge Smalley of the United States Cir
cult Court at Burlington, has granted an in
junction on the revenue officers Of the I'd
District, to prevent them from collecting and
assessing taxes on the castings, used in The
manufacture of the Fairbanks scales, at 81
Johnsbury. The firm, by late decision o
Commissioner Rollins, have been assessed
both on their castings, and a second time OF
them when the scales were completed as
manufactured articles, and do not propose
to pay both taxes. Senator Poland appear
ed as counsel for the Messrs. Fairbanks ant
and Daniel Roberts for the government
The amount involved is $4,000.
There is now but one revolutionary sol
der inscribed on the rolls of the pension of
fice-Samuel Downing, who enlisted from
Carroll County, New Hampshire, but whC
now resides ut Edinburg, in Saratoga Coun
ty, New York. In 1861 there were 60 Off
GERS and soldiers of the Revolution on tn
pension rolls, of whom II resided in rebe
States and have not since been heard from
In 1862 there were but 30 survivors of tn
40 residing in the Northern States. In 1856
there were but Is, in 1864 there were but
and in 1865 but 3. Since then William Hut
chns of Maine, and Lemuel Cook of NeN
York, have died, leaving but one survive
of that patriotic host which Washingto
commanded.
The Pro. Mar. Generals report. Just is
sued. contains some items worthy of specii
mention. One of the most striking is tn
loroe number of desertions which are rec