Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1842-12-30
VOL. IX.-NO. Is.


contains the result of council called by the
venerable DR. Packard of Shelburne. in con-
sequence of some prejudiciaI reports arising
from his Investigations and practice in this
new science. We extractthe following from
the "rcsuli :"
" But they have evidence also of deci-
dcd character, set before them, to show that
still more powerful motive, by which he has
been actuated in his attention 10 his subject
is benevolent desire TO relieve the sick aud
suffering. This has led him TO examine
more than two hundred cases of diseases by
means of mesmeric cldirr0yancc and of
the nature Of the diseases, the remedies pre-
scrlbcd and the ascertaued results, care
ful record has been kept This was present.
ed to the council, and certainly forms a most
curious aud remarkable collection of evil
dence on the subject, which they cannot but
hope, will some day be made public. The
council by no means assume the place of
medical men, nor decide whether the RENE
dies prescribed were the very best but if
they can place any confidence in the testi-
mony Of the sick fkcmsclrcs, or Of their
fritnds, or of several respectable physicians.
they cannot doubt but that important relief
And in the fact that DIR. Packard has persist
ed i'll these offices TO the sick in spite of the
oboquy he has incurred; and that he has
never lectured on the subject, or performed
experiments before invited audiences, or for
mere qualification of curiosity, and that in
stead of profit, he has incurred pecuniary
loss, they have strong evidence that his mo-
tiyes were benevolent. He may perhaps have
devoted more time and effort to these labors
than other duties would Justify: nor do the
council feel called upon TO decide, whether,
in ~Oridiy point of view he has taken the
most Judcious course possible But they
bear the most decided testimony 10 the be-
nevolence and purity of his motives, and ex-
press their undminished confidence in his
Christian and ministerial character"
SINGULAR AFrAIR.-We are informed of
a very remarkable affair that occurred few
days ago in Wayne county, in this State.
which, as has been related to us, is as fol-
lows about four months ago there came
into that county young man by the name
of Grimsley, who formerly lived there, but
who had been absent for many years. Short
y after his return, he engaged himself 10
Miss Martin, of that county, and their mar
rage was TO have taken place on the 24th
of This mouth. Four or five days previous
to that time, Miss Martin was making IN
her wedding bonnet, and requiring some
paper Tor the lining, whilst in search of il.
she found a newspaper published two wears
ago IN Mississippi. In cutting up the pa
per, her eye lit upon an advertisement by The
Governor of Mississippi, offering large re-
ward for two men charged with murder in
that State, one of them named Grin,sIey. and
agreeing precisely in description with the
man to whom she was about TO be married.
She Immediately called her brothers atten-
ton to it, who at once called upon Grimsley
for an explanation. Grimsey denied know
ing any thing about it, and said he could
prove that he was not in Mississippi at the
time of the murder, by persons at Snow Hill,
Greene county. The brother accompanied
him to Snow HILL but on their arriving there
not soul knew him. He then said that he
could establish his innocence by persons liv-
ing at another little village in the same coun-
iy. There they also repaired, and with the
like success, no one knowing any thing of
him. They then returned to Waynes-
borough, where warrant was issued against
Grmsley, and he is now in Jail at that place.
awaiting the demand of the Governor of
Mississippi Since his confinement, he has
acknowledged that he was present when the
murder was committed with which he is
charged in the advertisement as participant,
but denies that he was engaged in it.-UTk-
miagtOa N. c. Chronicle
No WHERE TO DIE. An honest son of
Erin hunted by i'll luck from his native isle.
fell sick among strangers lie had been
given up by his medical attendant, and COM
pleted the preiminaries of his introduction
TO the old harvester Death. His exit, how
ever, from this troublesome scene, was not
TO be so easy. His host, with whom he fell
sick, not relishing the prospect of funeral
at his own expense, packed the poor invalid
off TO neighboring mrttchry, from which
he was again removed, still in the descending
scale, till he found himself in that home of
the homeless, the hospital. Upon one occa-
sion the usual visit of the physician, TO
the everlasting query-"Well, how do you
feel, he replied, Oh, very bad | thank YOU"
You seem in very low spirits" observed
Bolus. eyes, answered the poor fellow with
a sigh right from the diaphragm, "but think
sir, I'd get better bit for the thought of hav-
ing no where to die,"-Norning Chronicle.
Co Some wag in Bangor, Me. adyertises,
at great length, that he is preparing an inn.
mense balloon, to carry the people of that,
city out of harms way when Mller's conlla-i
grafton happens in April. He says he has
sent TO Europe for an immense amount Of