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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-09-24
some More Meat for the Defamer Boy.

Tho bald, unmanly lie with which we have
elsewhere brandedthe DJdmer editor, past all
hope that he can ever rid himself of the charge,
is only a sample of numberless similar lies,
made absolutely out of whole cloth, which
that uncanny youth has been telling ever
since the present political campaign began
His favorte lie, or, strictly speaking, his ia
vorite method of revenge for the castigations
given him through our columns, has been TO
assert that The PHOENIX was being run" by
some person or party other than its owners
and acknowledged editors When we pub
lished his fathers copperhead speech he tried
to ease the effect of the whitening blow by
charging that our report of that speech,
which came to us direct from Wilmington,
without the knowledge of any person outside
that town, was concocted by two men in
Brattleboro. When we published short
paragraph on the boiling movement against
Mr.. Tyler-the first mention which was made
of that subject in our columns-he charged
that this paragraph was manufactured by
two local politicians" who were engaged on
the evening of publication day in mailing
marked copies of the paper all over the Sec
ond District lie could not be more abso-
lutely without foundation from beginning to
end. No person other than the responsible
and acknowledged editor of this paper ever
saw or thought of that paragraph until it APP
peared in print and not marked copy of it
was ever sent 10 any person whomsoever,
within our knowledge. Another means
which the Detdmer editor has taken for petty
go 10. 4 / ~
acter and influence of The PHOENIX, has been
the repeated publication of a charge that the
proprietors of this paper were party to some
trade by which the establishment of a new
paper in Brattleboro was stopped. This
statement was and is of piece with dozens
of others unblushingly made by this charac-
teristic scion of the unwashed democracy.
| His paragraphs referring to this matter have
been false from beginning to end-fase in
what they openly charged, and false in what
they covertly insinuated, so far as the propri-
etors of this paper are concerned-lies trump
ed up for the occasion, without a semblance
of truth for basis. If the boy has a
particle of proof to show why, upon
all or any of these points, he should not
stand convicted as shameless liar, let
him bring it out and save himself from the
damaging imputation. The cases here refer.
red to are only samples which have come
readily to our mind. There is practically nc
limit to the additions which might be made
to the list. We refer to them for no Other
reason than to show the public what are the
real methods and animus of this model "In
dependent" editor and his nondesoript Demo
cratic organ
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-09-24

Third Assistant Postmaster General Abra-
ham d. Hazen, the financial head of the Post
Office Department in letter to the Hon.
Marshall Jewell, chairman of the Republican
National Committee and formerly Postmaster
General, contrasts forcibly the extravaganza
and inefficiency of Democratic control of the
Post Office with the economy and steady i'm
provement under Republican direction since
1861. He shows that during the past nine
teen years of Republican administration
Sill 1897, OG2 have been saved in the expenses
of the postal service. In addition, a reduc-
tion of postage has been secured, the system
has been vastly developed, much new matter
has been admitted into the mails and the de-
velopmont has been made to confer many
substantial benefits upon the public.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-09-24
PAYMENT or REBEL CLAIMS.
Letter from Senator Edmuud..

HE REPEATS THE STATEMENT MADE IN HIS
nm ,rrrv popo spRrcu ru,r r,,v p,v,,,,r
:, -
vi s''" oAAiA' 10 "oi foANiDDhS ~ 4hL
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.
Iron the Mason (Mich.) News, Sept. o.
In the Grand Ranids Weeklv democrat NJ
August 18th appeared A review of recent
speecb of senator Edmnnds of Vermont in
which the Senator smoke strongly of tho dan
ger of the allowance of rebel Claims. amount.
ING to millions of dollars in case of Han.
cocks election. The Democrat article cited
the fourth section of the XIVth Amendment
to the Constitution as interposing an insu.
perable barrier to the payment of rebel claims
and claimed that Senator Edmunds delivered
the speech in question. we'll knowing that
fact. We cut out the article and inolosed II
with short letter 10 Mr.. Edmunds and
promptly received the following in reply
.,,.. y no 20.
TN, ~ DuhLi X y T., aug ~ loou,
11'I' ." : Iours Vi me iotu came Just as
NV, was gong out u IO"n. Iear lne eultor OF
lue oia I1 ilaPius DeinTora' is NOT very nun
Bty W nhu guy eAao'iy WHAT tno 4tn seetioh
Vi nv vi h'lenuluen' covers ID point OF law.
ne reIel o tn iele.teu 70 are not
u .eo'ts ioi aiuins .uo IeoeIion' put
Ior PropGr'y, amounting altoge'her 70 nun
ureus ana Prooa1iy thousands OF millions
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-09-24

and surmse, and much of this has been tele-
graphed to the city press. All of this is gos-
sip and conjecture, however, and would better
have been left unsaid. It is announced that
W. T.. Waite, son of the criminal, denies that
he has seen his father since his flight, or
known anything Of his operations. 1t is also
said that he aflirms that his young Waites)
recent alleged purchase Of a cattle ranch was
bona .fdc, and was accomplished by the aid Of
his uncle, Truman Buck. The belief among
our people, however, that young Waite has
been in communication with his father, and
has seen him on both Of his trips to the west,
is fixed and mistaken. With regard to the
large sums of money said to have been sent
west to Waite we have now no reliable infor-
mation, beyond the fact that the sum Of $4,000
has recently been raised on the homestead in
this Sillage by mortgage.
Mr.. Waite returns as a criminal under the
United States laws, and will undoubtedly be
tried in the United States courts. II is under
stood, however, that the grand jury at the
present term of our Windham county court
found indictments against him under our
State laws.
The question is repeatedly asked "Of what
crime has Waite been guilty under the United
States laws and what is the provision for his
punishment p The answer to this inquiry is
found in the i209th section of tho U. s. re-
vised statutes
Every officer or director of a national bank
who embezzles, abstracts OF wilfully misapplies
any money Of the bank, or without authority
issues or puts into circulation notes, bills Of
exchange or certificates of deposit, or makes
false entries in the books reports. or state
ments with intent to defraud or deceive the
officers Of the association, and every one who
aids in so doing shall be guilty of msdc-
meanor and shall be imprisoned for not less
than five nor more than ten years.
Under this provision, it will be seen, seyc.
raj different indictments, or counts, against
| Waite may be found.
Tho following despatch was sent to Mr..
| Price at this place last Tuesday;
OMAHA, Sept. 2l.-Grain shipment, twenty
one, twelve Blk, thirteen twenty three started.
VIM II. SHIELD.
TO the ordinary reader this dispatch has nc
| special significance. TO Mr.. Price it meant
ave have found Waite" Mr. Price was in
New York at the time this dispatch came, aud
| it was forwarded to him there.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-09-24
Maine.

The indications up to the present writing
are that Plaisted, the Greenback fusion can
didate for governor, has q small plurality
The latest figures give Davis Republican
1860; Plaisted, 1854; scattering, 475 /;
Plaisted's plurality, ia. The official returns
alone can settle the matter, and these cannot
be opened until the meeting of the legisla-
ture in January The constitutional amend
ment adopting the plurality rule is undoubt-
eddy carried. If, therefore, Plaisted has a
plurality, as tho above figures indicate, he
will be the next governor of Maine.
The political interest of the State now CEN
tres entirely in the Presidential election. A
Greenback State convention to arrange an
electoral ticket was held at Portland on Tues
day, and resulted in split. A majority of
the convention ratified former arrangement
between the Greenback and Democrat state
committees, and adopted an electoral ticket
electors. A minority, however, comprising
over one-third of the 43O delegates stoutly
opposed this bargain, and bolt led by Scion
Chase took place. The straight Greenbaok-
ers held a convention by themselves, put up
straight Weaver ticket, headed by Mr.
Chase, and declared by resolution that "the
late Fusion and confusion in the state was
due wholly to the exigencies of state issues ;
in national matters We vote with our breth.
rem elsewhere in the Union, for Weaver and
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-09-24
why the Greenback IIercsy Survives
an Maine.

The Boston journal finds n reason for the
survival of the greenback- imitation heresy in
Maine in the fact that there are sections of
New England where the real benefits of these
prosperous times, brought about by the sue
cess of the Republican scheme of specie re-
sumption have not been fully realized. Those
living in such localities admit decided i'm
provement, but there has not come such a
wonderful change US affects the price of
farms or makes it easier to pay off mortgages.
Away from the channels in which money cir
culates, and in sections where there are no
national banks to compete with those who
loan money at from 10 to Is per cent, men
wanting money or having interest to pay cam
not realize that prosperity has returned. Con-
sequently many of those who embraced the
fiat money heresy in 1873. because they were
financially involved, do not yet see that the
opposite theory has been proved to be the
true and wise one. In Maine, during the
last campaign, the Fusion leaders realized
this fact, and Greenback rather than Demo-
cratic speakers were sent into the rural Sec
tions whore the Greenback heresy in 1878
swept entire communities of voters into that
following. These orators constantly harped
on the distresses of the laborng classes.
They assaulted capitalists and national banks
as monopolists The bondholder was held
up as monster who is fattenng from the
taxes paid by the laboring classes. In brief,
the entire financial system of the country
was made responsible for the ills which many
suffer and the wrongs which others are led to
believe they bear The remedies offered were
vague, but sufficiently definite to lead many
men to believe that when the bonds are paid
in greenbacks and the banking business is
left to States, they will be relieved of every
burden
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-09-24

As every thoughtful and observant Repub-
lican expected, the State election being over,
the Detdmer last week made an attempt, ex-
tending through nearly column of space, to
set itself right with and secure the continued
patronage of its Republican subscribers,
whose cause and principles it has so malig-
nantly and persistently assailed and misrepre-
scented ever since the present campaign open
ed. With the Defdmer'S charges of "viru-
lence," misrepresentation, and "dishonora-
BILE treatment, on the part of the Republi-
cans in the management of the State cam
paign at large, we have here nothing to say.
If it was an exhibition of "virulence," "mis-
representation" or "dishonorable treat
ment" for the Republican press and Republi-
can speakers to expose the lying sophistry of
ex-rebel brigadiers, to show up the disloyal
copperhead record of the Democratic party 5
chosen leaders, or to riddle that party's false
and desperate claim of Republican waste and
proAigacy, then so it must be. We are glad
70 say that we did our share of that kind of
work, and we shall stand or fall under the
record with our neighbors and comrades.
What we propose to now especially deal
with is the Detdmer's whining charge or in
situation that our local campaign has been
fought, 80 far as the part of TIE PHOENIX in
it is conoerned, on otherthan political grounds,
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-09-24
WEDNESDAY ryENrNe's FESTIVAL.

NLbNfoDAl 1NENlNt fEhIlNAI.
The festival and entertainment given by
the ladies of the Episcopal society in Crosby
hall on Wednesday evening, proved a very
delightful affair The hall was handsomely
arranged, the supper was excellent and ad.
nIirably served, there was a fne display Of
fancy articles, and the attendance was all
that could have been expected The diver
tisement of tableaux and musical selections,
which began just before O'Clock, was very
fine and gave great pleasure to the large COM
pany present. The programme was as fol-
lows:
Duett-Ovcrture Comique.
Misses walker and Simpson.
TAbleAu-TriAl of the Culprit FAY
Song--Clang Of the Wooden Shoe.
Miss Cooke.
Tabeau-Gipsey Eneampment
song-one morning, o 50 c cary.
Tableau-Rebecca at the we'll
Duett-DiVersion by Bennett
Misses walker aud Simpson
misunderstanding Of HenryV.
Tro-A Summer Song.
Misses Cooke, stevens and scbuster.
'Tableau-Seene from shakspeAre's Tempest-Ferdi-
maud aud Miranda.
song-The Blue AlsatiAn Mountains.
Miss Stevens
Tableau- Scene from Moore's Lalla Rookh.
The costuming and posing in the tableaux
were exceedingly artistic and reflected great
credit on Miss Kitty Brooks, who had this
part of the entertainment in charge. The
music, both vocal and instrumental, was re-
ceiyed with evident appreciation by the audi
ence. The net proceeds of the evening were
upward of 1925. In this connection it is
proper for us to say that this occasion proved
Crosby hall admirably adapted for gather
ing of this kind The audience room furn-
ishes handsome setting for such decorations
as the ladies may choose to use, aud Mr.,
Crosby has done wise thing in putting in
convenient kitchen arrangements in an ante
room on the floor below, with dumb waiter
connecting the kitchen with the hall
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-09-24
WiTTES ARRIVAL.
Iue IL Brought 20 DraIIIebOrO by the
Detectives this. Friday. Morning, and
h Carried Direct "a NeMfane.

DETECTIVE SHIELDS STORY OF wAIrE's WAN
DEEING5 WHAT liz DISCOVERED AT OMAHA
A MYSTERIOUS 5000, 900.
S. NJ. Waite was brought TO Brattleboro this,
Friday, morning, by the 1890 train, in charge
Of detectives L. A. Newcome and w. II.
Shields In order to avoid the oxpo ctcd
crowd at the station, the train WAS stopped,
by order Of the Central Vermont officials, at
the Brooks farm crossing. a mile below the
village aud Waite and the officers there left
the train aud took carriages in waiting for
them under direction OF Receiver Price The
carriages drove by u roundabout way up
through the village, avoiding Main street,
and, by Waite request, went to his residence.
where he was allowed short interview with
his family. The party then left Immediately
for Fayetteville, where it is expected that the
prisoner will be turned over by the United
States officers to our Windham county officers
to be dealt with by our State courts
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-09-24

At the last annual meeting of the Grand
Army of the Republic, department of Yer
mont, it was voted to take some measures
looking toward the possible establishment of
a soldiers home in this State. During the
past few weeks II. E. Taylor of this place
has been making some inquiries OF town Off
GERS in all parts of the State in order to ascer-
tain how many old soldiers there are in the
State who are dependent on public charity
for support. His inquiry of the officials in
the town of Wsltham, in Addison county, clio
tied the following reply by postal card, which
seems to be too good to keep;
WALTHAM, W., Sept. 10, 1880.
II, f. Tdyl0r-Dedr Sir Your postal of
the 18th inst. is handed me for reply. We
have no soldiers or their families supported
10y the town. We have several old soldiers
residing here, but they are self-supporting
This town has no towns poor, no doctor, no
lawyer, no minister, no post-office, no mer-
chant, mo bridges, no town debt, no
churches and every resident in town aims to
deal and receive his supplies as direct as pos
sible from God Almighty.
Very respectfully,
SoLoN BURRoUGHs, Constable.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-09-24

VIM. Mundell has sold his four.hors
team, wagons, harness, sleds, chains, etc, to
Dana Prouty of East Dover.
Alvin Brown caught two Williamsville
dogs chasing sheep in Zina Bailey's pasture
one day last week. Result, one dead sheep
and another badly ohewed up. Later result,
one dead dog and the other chained up.
i have just learned what makes Demo
Gratis of old soldiers. To illustrate so all can
understand / will give case. A certain man
in an adjoining town went to fight his coun-
try's battles. He fought nobly and was
wounded in the arm. When he came home
he applied for pension, and got all The ask
ed for at tho time, and has drawn it every
year since. There are but few, If any, men
in town who can do larger days work than
this same man, but last year he felt as though
he ought to have an increase of pension, so
he sent in petition for the same, but receiv-
ed such reply that il has changed him from
a radical Republican to q more radical Demo
crat. Comments are unnecessary.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-09-24

The Greenbackers openly and Indignantly
resent the disposition of the Democrats to
take the glory" of the result in Maine to
themselves. On the 18th inst. the National
Greenback committee issued an address say
ing: eve (the Greenback party were hand
icApped with the support of Hancock men,
as they had no ticket Even as some would
steal the livery of heaven to serve the devil
in, so would some of the Democracy of
Maine" Gen. Weaver, too, the Greenback
Presidential nominee, has sense enough to
telegraph Plaisted, the Maine Greenback and
Fusion gubernatorial candidate, on Saturday I:
"It is most amusing to see the Democratic
leaders masquerading behind the Greenback
party and calling our victory Democratic
boom They fail to tell the public that you
were nominated as a straight Greenbackor,
and that Democrat could not have carried
the State by 10000. The Democrats in
Maine showed their good sense by voting the
Greenbaok ticket. Let US rejoice" Ian
guage like this must be very comforting to
the Democratic soul.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-09-24
THE LATEST.
Waite Surrendered to the JnrIadIctiOn
OF the state Courts.
FAYETTEVILLE, Sept. ~
5 O'Clock. Y. NJ.

FAYETTEVILLE, Sept. -,
O'Clock, 4. NJ
Gen. j. s. Peck. Assistant U. S. District
Attorney, on behalf of the L. S. government
has formally turned Waite over to the State
Deputy Sheriff Phelps taking him in charge
Waite asks for delay in triaI; saying he does
not see how be can get ready for trial at this
term of court, rs his attorney, L. j. Phelps,
is out Of the State.
From the above it will be seen that Waite
is now in tho hands Of our county authorities
for trial in the State courts. A rumor from
Fayetteville says that Waite will not be com
mitted to Jail but will Oc guarded by two
men. Should lac ask for bail it will rest with
Judge Veazcy and the Assistant Judges to fix
the amount Of bonds TO be required. E. j.
Phelps has been telegraphed at Waites re-
quest 10 come at once.
Waite will undoubtedly be Immediately tax
en- to the Windsor State prison for safe keep
ing.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-09-24
The West View Hampshire Railroad
MeeIing.

A meeting of the West New Hampshire
railroad company was held at Walpole, N. H.,
last Saturday, under call issued by jus
tice of the Peace, according to the provisions
of the New Hampshire statutes. The call
was issued on the application of ex-Gov.
Smith, whose purpose was to renew the organ
ization of the company, which had become
dormant through lack of a regular election of
officers during the past six years. The war
rant named ex-Gov. Smith as the person to
preside at the meeting and make return of
the proceedings. lie had relied on his at
torney to have the necessary steps taken to
make the proceedings conform to the pro
visions of the New Hampshire statute, but
this the attorney failed to do. The statutes
of New Hampshire provide that in the month
of May in each year list of stockholders of
railroad corporations hayingno paid-up capital
shall be filed with the town clerk of the prin-
cipal town on the line of the road, showing
the amount of stock held by each. This pro
vision had not been complied with, but on
the 18th of September the day preceding the
meeting, A. b. Harris of Springfield Mass. rep
resenting the Connecticut river interest, caused
such list to be filed, showing that he and others
held 1920 shares for the d. L. Harris estate, S.
NJ. Waite 1000 shares, and eX-Goy. Smith and
others 1920 shares. When the Smith party
arrived at the meeting, last Saturday, an or
ganization had already been effected with f.
+. Lane of Keene rs chairman. Under the
New Hampshire laws no one person can cast
a vote representing more than One-eghth of
the capital stock of a railroad corporation.
Under this provision the Smith party could
| vote on only portion of their stock, and
Lane the Chairman, ruled that no transfers
could be made after the arrival of the hour OF
the meeting. Mr.. Colt of New London,
who held $50 shares assigned to him by Waite,
protested, but the protest was not needed.
Gov. Smith thereupon read his warrant and
also proceeded to act as chairman. Both
parties elected a board of officers, one OF
which (the Harris party represented 1920
shares of stock, and the other POLO shares
Litigation will undoubtedly follow to decide
| who are the hmm fHe officers
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-09-24
800 Rev Observation-Disclosures Means
1uaineaa.

Several of the finest ladies in town have
stopped The PdGHir this week, telling its
editor that they are disguised with its low
tone and scurrility Dctdmer Of last ,reeh,
Tell us the name of just one of them,
Charles Grandmother will cheerfully give
you reward of 500 for the information,
supported by any reliable, tangible evil
dence." She will pay the cash down, and
wont tempt to offset it with the 500 which
you have owed her for the past two months
We mean herein precisely what we say. We
ask the editor of the D,GdmT, in definite
terms, to furnish us the name accompanied
by proof, of any lady, oy If any OtACr person,
who, during the week to which he refers, or
at any other time within his knowledge, or
within the knowledge and experience Of the
present proprietOrs of this paper, has ever
stopped her or his paper, alleging to us IA
reason such rs is insinuated in the item cop
led above. If he does not so furnish the
name, we here and now deliberately brand
him as an INSCRIPTIONS, braggart boor, and
an unprinci pied, contemplate liar, who will
stoop to any meanness to crafty personal
spite or bre ak the force of sound drubbing
at his Grandmother's hands. The young III an
may take his choice He can furnish the ev-
idence we ask him for, or he can wear the
| epithet here given him.