Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1869-09-10
Summary ofNes0S.

The Democrats carried California at tho
lato election in that State.
A shock of an earthquake was telt NJ
st. Thomas on the Goth ult
Secretary Rawlins died II minutes past
o'clock p. NJ, Monday, Sept. 6.
Prof. Silliman of Yale College has been
appointed State chemist for Connecticut.
The celebration of the 4OOth anniversary
Of the birth OF John Huss commenced at
Prague on Saturday, Sept. 4th.
1T is announced that new issue of post
age stamps will be made, the style to be in
some respects similar to the former one.
Senator Fessenden of Maine, who has
for some time past been in precarious
state of health, died at Portland on the Sth
inst.
Henry Ward Beccher is TO assume the
editorial charge of the Church Union, a
non-sectarian religious paper, on the LIST Of
January next
Tho President has appointed General
Sherman to act as Secretary of War until
the vacancy caused by the death of Gen.
Ravlins can be filed
The Democrats of Massachusetts, at their
Convention at Worcester on Tuesday, the
24th ult, nominated John Quincy Adams
for Governor, and Saml o. Lamb for Lieut..
Governor.
In consequence Of the general dissatis-
faction with the new postage stamps, orders
have been given to prepare designs for new
ones. The heads Of Washington, Franklin,
Jackson and Lincoln are to be restored in
place of the present designs.
The colored man, VIM Crafts, and his
wife Ellen for whose arrest the first fugi-
tive slave law writ was issued, and who os-
capped by the Underground railroad" from
Boston, and reached England in safety, will
return to this country in few weeks.
Senator Trumbull recently made n
speech at Helena, Montana Territory, in
which he said that all evidence goes to show
that, for feasibility of roadway, shortness OF
route, and immunity from barren wastes,
the North Pacific Road would take prece-
dence over any other crossing the continent.
The German Arctic expedition encoun-
tered its first ice July 18th, in latitude "a
degrees, longitude 10 degrees west. The
coast of Greenland was sighted II days af-
terward. The expedition had experienced
adverse winds and much mist The wealth
or had been colder than in 1868. All on
board were we'll
The following new section has been adj
ded 10 the general instructions to post-oflico
inspectors: "The regulations of the depart
ment require that waste paper and unde-
livered printed matter shall besold by post
masters for the highest price attainablo
therefor, and that the amount of the proceeds
thereof shall be entered in the quarterly ac-
count Post-oflcc inspectors will make il
a special subject of inquiry whether any
postmaster fails to comply with these i'm
portant regulations" -. 81
An opinion from Attorney e en@tal-IIo
on Virginia affairs is published. lie thinks
tho new Legislature is bound, first of all
to submit the Constitution to Congress, to
svtncr with such action as they may TAX
upon it and in the performance of thi
duty no test oath is TO be required. Blu
until the Constitution has received the sane
ton of Congress, the Legislature remain
no moro than provisional body, and woul
not be competent to pass laws save unde
the requirements of the reconstruction act
among which is the test oath. The ne'
Legislature then will have nothing to d
but perfect the formalities of preparing tn
Constitution for presentation to Congress.
On Monday, Sept. 6, fire broke out i
coal shaft at Plymouth, Pa. In sho
time the whole breaker and outbuildinl
were in flames, and the hosting apparatu
the only avenue of escape for the minel
was destroyed. All efforts to stay the flame
were unavailing, and the whole structui
fell, partly filling up the shaft. Over q
men were in the shaft, and must have a
persisted. The affair has cast gloom upo
the whole community, and business is a
most entirely suspended. The mines onl
resumed work on Monday, after suspei
sion of about three months. Among Il
men in the mines is Mr.. Hughes, the 81
perintendent.