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low To CURE INTENPERANCE.r G.
passion OF drank mus; bc supplanitl
higher passions. Li9hcr indulgence. Z g
who drink and re,o;m have al cm
ness which mus. he filled. This vat-
mast not I've left. BY supplying thea
with higher cnjoymenls more can be 3 =,
than by legislation. If by Legislation L
temperance could suddenly be turled avs
unhappy lives and homes conyer,odii
better and swecier ones, there is leil Il
passion which drink has supplied. NJ
must be done. Strength OF viii mus.
supplied by arou,ing the better and hi-s
passions. Life would thus he made hett
happier and iichcr il every means OF :
clal and intellectual culture and ple4.u
were used 10 Ill the vacancy lcft by I
want of that stimulus which filled it. |
knew any young man who thought wa
ell to rcscue himself from the power
drink, would urge him to clnfe,, bel,
God, and before hi, own soul, and bef
his felluw-mea, that lac will never dri
again. But after that is done | should
dcavor to till his life fall of other and b
ter Interests. l would try aud irtrodl
him to culture or in other ways to h
him to better and more earnest life, d
finally would bring reliei m 10 bear |
on him, not the religion which is rcstrai
but which Is satisfaction. In dealing W
the drunkards | would wise those No
ing with them TO not stop with gett
them 10 sign the pledge, but to follow tn
until they are sure their lives are Il
More sympathy should he expressed A
shown, in order that the feeling OF dec
dalton may be less keen in the unlor
mates. They should have infiue noes,
cial, sympathetic and religious, thro
around them. The power OF the will m
be restored, and it can be brou! ht about
the traIsp' ring of man to higher /
- Rec. PbillipS brooks.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-01-01

taxation, and also Of cemeteries and bur
ial grounds similarly supported. The sec
ond section contains the penalties, which
provide that the offender shall pay $500
damages TO the aggriovcd person, and like
wise he subject, upon conviction, TO q fine
of $1,000 or Imprisonment FOR not more than
one year. The third section cndows the
United States Circuit and District Courts
with jurisdiction in all cases growing out
of this act, and makes ii the duty Of all the
officers of the United States courts 10 pros
Ccute the suits. The fourth section pro.
vldes that no person shall be disqualified
from serving on the jury on account Of
race OF color, and any officer falling to sum
mon any juryman on this account shall be
fined $1,000. The fifth section makes all
cases under this law renewable by the
United States Supreme Court without re-
gard to the sums in controversy rs row
provided with reference to other causes.
The point of the bill is in the first
and fourth sections. The other sections
only specify the manner Of its enforce.
ment. 1t will nc seen that the bill only Sc
cures to the colorcd people the rights which
they enjoy everywhere in New England,
and in nearly every other Northern State.
4 decision in Indiana the other day against
the right of colorcd child to attend the
public school, except where a school of
colored children was maintained, has caus-
ed general indignation. The bill does not
touch what can be called social rights, as
some writer's assume. II simply provides
that coorcd person can get the worth Of
his money as well as a white man. \
chief source Of objection TO TIE bill is in
the manner Of the enforcement, and ii is
practically the same as that referred TO 10y
President Grant in his recent message,
where he speaks OF tEe nature Of federal
interference in rcpugnant State affairs. 1t
will be seen that, with a general DISPOSE
ton on the part of the Southern people TO
treat the negro simply and fairly, as a citl-
zen, there would be no need whatever Of q
measure of this kind. with the ballot and
a fair chance the negro will learn in due
time to take care of his own rights.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-01-01
Constitutional Changes.

Judge Jameson has written for The Chi
cago Tribune a review of the reported
opinion of the Hon. Luke p. Poland on
the Arkansas Constitution. Judge Jane
son is the author Of the standard Ameri-
can treatise on Constitutional Conventions,
and his views are entitled TO the greatest
possible weight. lie confirms in the
strongest manner the judgment we have
already expressed upon this subject, and
exposes the fallacy of Mr.. Poland and the
other administrations patriots who pre-
tend that because the old Constitution of
Arkansas provided method by which
amendments might be adopted, namely,
by the votes of two successive Legislatures
subsequently, ratified by the people, there
fore it was unlawful for the Legislature to
authorize the calling of a convention, and
the new Constitution framed by that body
aud adopted by the popular vote is Of no
force and entitled TO no respect from the
Federal Government. Judge Jameson
shows, both upon principles of law aud by
numerous precedcnts, that the specitica-
ton in the organic law Of one mode Of re-
vision does not imply the prohibition of
any other mode. He goes further, and
maintains that the power of making con-
situtiOna changes through the agency Of
the Legislature was intended to be eX-
ercised only when few and slight amend
ments were desired, and never where "a
general revision of constitutions was in
tended" Indeed If the people were TO
put ii out OF their own power to change
their constitutions except by the slow and
uncertain process Of legislative resolutions,
which must occupy at least two years, and
in many cases more, they would often find
themselves in critical emergencies driven
| 10 the expedient of revolution.
Judge Jameson cites twenty-six instance
es of constitutions adopted in this country
by the process which Mr., Poland denounc-
es as unauthorized and wholly irregular.
| We may add a twenty-seventh which is
| especially striking, not only because Il is
very recent, but because it illustrates the
great danger Of the absurd restriction upon
which judge Poland and the Arkansas
Republicans insist. We refer to the new
| Constitution OF Pennsylvania, adopted last
year. The old Constitution of that State
contained precisely the same Provision for
| for its amendment that the old Conslitu-
ton of Arkansas did, and no o;ber-name-
ly, the action Of two successive Legls!a-
lures, allerward approved by vote of the
people. Nevertheless a Convention was
cal ed which revised the whole Cunslllu-
lion tho instrument thus framed IL now
the fundamental law OF the Statei and no
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-01-01

That dreaded disease, the diphtheria,
has created sal havoc in the little village
of Readsboro. There are not perhaps
twenty families in the whole hamlet. vet
hardly one in the number has escaDed The
terrible scOur9e. Before the list nit.
writes n correspondent, there had been
fourteen deaths from diptheria in the vii.
lage, and as many m IRE within circuit of
few miles, aud II was still raging with
undated fury. There were three bodies
awaiting burial Monday morning. NJ. NJ.
Houghlon, who kept the village store and
post office, lost a little boy of five, then his
wife, and was stricken down himself ON
Sunday, The 18th, France'a, daughter of
Daniel Hicks, died. She was young la.
dy OF %. Allie Lord, aged twenty, and
daughter OF Jason L. Lord, died on the
10Th and her sister Ellie died the week
before.
Many OF the cases were terminated fatal
ly within few hours. Two little BOYS in
one family were taken at o o'clock and
died before II. II seemed as though half
tho village had been taken away-little
children and those just entering active life
Medical skill has been completely bafied
and the people are fairly panic-stricken,
Since the above was written. we have re-
ceived the following:
The youngest daughter of j. +. Lord
died Wednesday, OF dlptheria, max ing the
third, aged about 10 years. NJ. II. HouQh.
ton. postmaster, Is getting better, also Dan
lei Hicks, and, as far as / know, there are
no new cases of the disease 10 the past fe ~
days, and we hope II has reached lis hight
Tbere sre several cases 10 the west paTt of
Rowe, Mass.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-01-01
The Civil Rights Bill.

While all of our readers have seen and
heard great deal about Charles Summers
Civil Rights Bill, very few Of them, prob
ably, have more than vague idea as 10
what it really is. \ brief statement of its
exact character and provisions will there
fore be of general interest. The bill pass
ed by the Senate last winter, and left I'M
touched upon the Speakers table in the
House, was not Mr.. Summers bill exactly,
but it was based npon his ideas, and intro
duced, after his death, by Senator Freling-
buy sen of New Jersey, as Chairman Of the
Judiciary Committee. This bill consists
OF five sections. The first provides that all
persons, whether citizens or not, and with
out distinction of race or color, shall be en-
titled TO the equal enjoyment of the accom-
modatlons and advantages OF all inns, ho-
tells, public conveyances on land and Wa
ter, theatres, operas, concerts aud other
places OF amusement, of common schools,
of the agricultural colleges, and Of all otb-
or Institutions Of learning or benevolenee
supported In whole or In part by public
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-01-01

The Attorney General has received a let
ter from the United States commissioner at
Shreveport, La, Endorsed by Gen. Mer-
rill, commanding the division, describing
the condition of affairs in north Louisiana
at length. He says the colored people are
systematically inundated, browbeaten,
personally matreated, cheated of their
earnings, prevented from eXerci.ny their
rights of suffrage, driven from their homes,
compelled 10 endure winter inclemency,
and not given chance 10 vindicato them
selves before the courts. At tho present
time the number of persons subject TO ar
rest and punishment for aggravated viola
ton of The enforcement and kukluX acts
within fifty miles Of Shreveport is not less
than $50. There is an imperative necessity
for the establishment of a United States
district court in North Loui siana, if the
government expects TO bring to punish
ment those who persstently violate its
laws. At present the nearest United States
court is at New Orleans, many hundred
miles away, aud the impracticability OF
sending witnesses so far to attend tIal,
serves TO defeat all attempts TO bring vlo-
lators of the laws to justice, and thus they
SO unpublished.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-01-01

christmas customs were obsCt Il thi
year with Unprecedented interest u lboI
was very generally suspended, A,hOo
children were granted boldly, all
seemed to take advantage Of the ~ I N 9.
make 1t one of great gladne.>. Vuu,
people were made happy VITA Cl Nina,
trees in the Baptist, C)ngreg1lipnl1 aul
Cniversaist SUNDAY schools. and Civ
ing and receiving of nice presents, lmet
to be universal. The Baptist pasturmnd
his door barrlcaled with barrel 10ul
on Christmas eve, aud the C)ngrcgahal
ist pastor received a like eli the folding
morning. Many pleaSan! surprise',elt
happily clrriel out, and the day vi vei
be remembered q. one Of hearty ~.
meni.
A ten per cent ftdurtrvu ri ssRn \
our manufactures takes place Jiu lN
Rev. Mr.. Whittier, evdugeli, n h- |
boring in West Brattlcborn. viii e,ask |
a series Of meetings with the unite 4 /
gelica! churches Of this place. MprAyt !
ming. Jan. 4;h. i
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-01-01

greens, tho effect Of which was pleasing ;
and in the more secluded corners we fan
cled there might be some mystical druid !
or more TO our time discipline, that nymph-
like fairies we're there, pecping forth from
the deep shade aud behind tiny twigs, TO
join their cheer in the "mcrry Christmas"
Two well filled trees seemed the feature Of
greatest attraction ana were like all Christ
mas trees we ever saw, y marvel at which
all were guessing. Two notable gifts were
Ave five-dollar bills each for Misses Hat
tie Whitney and Almie Stebbins. There
were also many other valuable presents of
which we are not prepared to state partlcu-
larry. Santa Claus was personihed by Mr..
willard Lawrence, who proved himself
"the right man in the right place." A
crowd Of people from neighboring towns
were made welcome and added interest
and variety 10 tue occasion. H.c.H.
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question has been raised ne TO its validity.
ono great object Of the revision was TO
check the power Of politicians to commit
frauds in the elections; another was TO put
certain sanitary restraints upon the Lcgis-
laturc. If IT had been necessary to obtain
the assent of two Successive Legislatures
10 these reforms, ii Is plain that they could
never have been effected at all. Aud 80 in
any State where the Legislature, through
some constitutional defect, ceased 10 repre-
sent the people and became merely the
agent Of a corrupt combination, IL would
be impossible, under Mr.. Poland's theory,
for the people ever to remove the cause Of
such a misfortune unless the Constitution
expressly authorized them te assemble in
convention which most of our State Cou-
siu. ions have failed 10 do.--Ncu YORK.
Tribune
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-01-01

What does the tavern keeper sell to ha-
bItual drinkers for? Why, bless your soul.
it is 10 get their money he knows ii will
do them no good, but will do them harm.
What does one man steal from or rob an
other but 10 get his money? The truth of
the above has Keen well illustrated in
man deceased few years since. lie was
a blacksmith, and when free from rum was
Il kind husband, a good father, an accom-
modatng neighbor, tirst-rlte workman,
and would earn four or five dollars day
Tor many weeks. But when he got a Ia te
OF rum, the good qualities named above
would all be reversed; he would earn
nothing for weeks and all were afraid of
him. Now, how much better it would
have been for that man had the Iumscller
in some way stolen from him the cost of
the rum instead Of selling TO him, and so
let him remain sober, happy man in his
bIsiness and family, and earn one or two
or three hundred dollars year more than
he would il he had rum. Now, when pa
rents sec thoir sons going 10 destruction
through the agency Of the rumseller, il it
strange that they earnestly demonstrate
against such sales? Would it not be vast
ly more strange if they should look calm
ly on and see the rumseller growing rich
by running their children And, too, how
immensely better II would be for the young
men if tho rumselcr, Instead of letting
them have the rum, should steal from them
the amount Of lis cost, and so let them DO.
come temperate, useful and respectable cit
liens, instead OF reaching The degraded
state they are Fable 10 reach If they had
the rum. RERRAP.
PutnOy, Dee, 7, Is7l.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-01-01

AN INDUSTRIAL EXPERIMENT.-T The
village Of Springfield. in the southern Part
of Windsor county, is one oil the suIaI;c,l
manu- featuring places in Vermont. Hnt
sometimes factory stops and sometimes
for other causes the operatives get out Of
work. All this is had for such an ingoni.
Gus, industrious and YankcCficd town as
that and 50 they have formed a cO-opera-
tive stock company, to he called the Indus,
lri il Works of Springfield, the object OF
which is to furnish the shareholders with
constant and profitable employment, and
and supply such as desire it with com.
Portable and pleasant home at he smallest
possible cost. The capital stock is 10 be
$4,000, and everybody Of good habits and
manners eau become 4 member after hay
ing bought at least twenty shares Of the
stock (the shares being 81 EACH in the case
of man, and five shares in the case wo-
man-not, however, until the person has
been on probation for three months as an
employe Of the ompany.-Ecchdn9c
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-01-01

THE v1oKsBURe SARA correspon.
dent of the New Yo,k Times, writing from
Mississippi, gives an account of the diff
Guilty which led 10 the slaughter Of negroes
at Nicllsburg. lie says that many uf the
officials of Warren county, white and
black, were utterly corrupt and iucompe-
tent, and that the whites bad ample cause
for being cxaspcra,cd. The bond OF Cros-
by, the sheriff, was irregular and insull.
cient but he might have been uustcd by
lawful methods, and his fnrcihle removal
was uniusiiiiablc. on the other hand,
Crosby was mainly responsible for the
bloodehed for he called the armed negroes
to his rescue, well knowing how they
would be received, and the citizens could
do no less for the protection Of their ramil-
les and theirpropertv than 10 prevent their
entering the city. Pursuing aud shooting
them down after they began To retreat was
another matter, and was cruel aud wicked.
The Governor seems 10 be powerlcss TO re-
store the officials and to vindicatc the dig
nifty of his Office. The whole affair shows
in what dcplorable condition political af-
fairs are in Mississippi The whites ale
cXasperated by disagreement .and oni-
cial plumber, and we are not restrained by
law from taking matters into their own
hands, and then, of course, they go too far.
Tho negroes are ignorant and fearful OF he
ing deprived Of liberty, and their white
leaders are mostly seeking their own ends
and careless Of the welfare Of the people.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-01-01

GoDEI's IADY's BooE.-Ths standard
old magazine is in many respects the best
fashion periodical in this country. It's H.
class, its stories and other miscellany are
from the pens Of writers of acknowledged
superiority, and its various departments of
cooking receipts, designs in knitting, net
ting and embroidery, model cottages, &c,
&C., are always carefully elited. Various
new features e furnished for the coming
tanned. \ handsome chrome is given 10
every advance paying subscriber for 1873.
Now is the time to subscribe. l.. \. Go
dey, Pnblis hers, Philadelphia.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-01-01

The event for which $. rewd purchaser,
here aud hereabouls have learned to wait
tie annual clearing ont sale Of Mcknight,
Norton and Hawley--began at 10 O'Clock,
this morning, with the usual rush. There
are some concerns which are so perennlally
CLOSING OUT that the public lose faith in
their advertisements, and in the "slaugl-
ter Of prices which they are constantly
announcing. Not so, however. with Me
Knight, Norton & Hawley. The neople
have had good oPportunity'in past yea 4
ma out the fact that when they announce
their annual "clearing out sale " tbey
most emphatically mean business. Hence
the crowds which throng their store durln!
these sales, including many persons who
come from distant towns in order 10 :, cure
The rare advantages which lhry omar, i
has come to be well understood Thai zen.
ulne reduction Is made, anl Thai il Is nd
MADE solely upon one or two lines o
goods, merely a a plum to attract tradt
put applies equally TO the entire stock, III
eIaily IRON a paper of needles 10 ID
most expen slve fabrics" No wander tbe
thelr store Is crowded, and will he ID
weeks to co ne. Springfield Uaion' Des.s
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w est BraIGlebOrO.

The Sunday school connected with the
Congregational church in this village, had
good time in Academy hall, Christ
mas eve. \ beautiful tree, erected upon
the stage, was filled with gins in great va
riety; aud after several appropriate songs,
declarations, rectatons, etc., the presents
were distributed by the veritab!e Santa
Claus in pr0pria persona, il long snow
white hair aud beard, and fantastic, gro
tesque costume, may be taken as evidence
in the case. The children were delighted,
and all were amused.
Rev. f. A. Whittier OF Lawrence, Ms,
is holding a series of meetings at the Bap-
list church.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-01-01

The Fayetteville lyceum held their
third regular meeting according 10 previ-
Gus notice, Wednesday evening, Dec. sd.
The President, J. J. Green, called The
meeting TO order, and the exercises of the
evening were taken up rs follows: First,
lecture, How aud what to Read, by R,v.
Chas. Burnham: second, a defamation by
seven little boys, "Whrn | am mani"
third, the Fayetteville Light Iniantry on
dress parade Eight little girls, all gaiiy
dressed In white flowing rooes. each flg
in hand, Married up aud down the stage,
thea coming to the front, sang UP with
the Stars and down with the Traitor" as
none but little giils can do II. Fourth,
music, "HnrrAh for Cid New Engand; :"
tinb, discussion .! The question, "ResOlv-
ed that the West presents greater induce
menls 10 the young men ur New England
than The East" Calvin Ware and James
Lyman o.. -. 50. a ~ ...~..yc. CtF-Walke
and Alex Fairbanks un he negative. Rev.
Chas. Burnham, q. r. Ware, and NJ. DIv.
idson, volunteered on the negative. Tue
decision By the committee o. the argument
was in favor Of the negative; o. the mer-
its OF the question, by the house. in the af.
tirmative. Sixth, \ so.ilOquy by vi Tow
Bedou; seventh, defamation by Scott
Montgomery OF Townshend eighth, read.
ing Of the paper by tie Misses Minnie
Brown and Ida Parsons; ninth. declama-
ton by S. g. Brown. Tho next meeting
will be called TO order promptly al six
o'clock, Wednesday evening, Jan. dtn.
Question for discussion, Resolved, that
the elective franchise ought TO depend up
on educational qualifications"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-01-01

REVoLTGNHC CRIME AT NNpoNVtLLE -
The ~. Johu,burv Cdcdonln Of List week
says:
The most painful reports re- Ich IL, from
Lyndonvilc of the outrageous conduct on
the part Ut a hitherto res pecled citizen. The
stories are 50 thoroughly affirmed, that
however much We could wish they were
otherwise, there seems to be no reason to
doubt them. The particulars are too re-
volliuG TO speak Of, but in general the case
as we hear it from Lyndon mcn j. this ::
For the past three years Ccphas Apple bec,
a iewelcr at Iyndnnvi!lc, has cutIccl diff
ferent girls into n back room in his store
building, where he has had criminal init
macy with the Older ones, and acted IN ost
shamefully and outrdgcons.y with the
younger ones. \ large number Of girls
have been his victims, and Their age, range
from twelve 10 twcnty-three, and they are
members of the respectable families of
that village. The matter came TO the light
last Saturday, being divuged by one of
the girls, and new eases have been coming
out daily since, until many girls and a
number. OF families are, implicated. For
the sake of their children, the outraged pa
rents took no legal measures, and Apple
bee put his property out of his hands and
went through this place south on the md
night train last night. Appebee is man
over 40 years old. with family, has lived
in Lyndon nearly all his life, and for any
thing the public had known, has stOud well
in the community and in the church. The
shock TO the moral sense Of the communi
ty is great, as may he inferred.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-01-01

The Louisiana returning board have at
last made their return of last years cleo
ton, after seven weeks examination. The
official returns as certified to the returning
board gave the conservatives or anti-Kel-
logg party, 20 members in the popular
branch of the legislature against Al repub-
licans. The board by their return show
that 81 republican members have been
elected against 81 conservatives, with five
conservative parishes referred TO the legis.
lature for further investigation. The ac
ion of the board is denounced in unmcas-
ured terms by the conservatives and by
the "indcpendent' newspapers.