Herald of the times, and Rhode Islander. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1846-1849, 1848-11-23
( A letter in the Boston Chronotype, dated
Providence, r. l., Nov :, relates the follow
lnn slnnnlar circnmsinncea

Ifo'lnence, IL. L., NOV - relates the iolloW-
ing singular circumstances.
Miss Harriet Burlington, aged about nine
teen, nervous, sangune temperament, blue
eyes and auburn hair, dreamed about SIX
months ago that she was buried alive, and was
so much distressed about it that she spoke of
it TO her friends. Last Wednesday, Nov. lst,
she attended the ball at Howard Hail. and
from the excitement of that accession she did
not rest so well the following night, and was,
Of course, somewhat exhausted during the
succeeding day and night. On Friday eve
nlng, Nov. 3, at about seven O'Clock, while in
the yard Of her fathers house, with two
young ladies, she suddenly fell to the ground,
exclaimlng at the moment, "Oh how dizzy
am ~ She appeared TO be in a fit, and for
some moments was sensible, ayd said to her
young friends, Cant you do something for
Inc ! Send for the doctor" When the doc
tor arrived, he opened vein in her arm, but
there was little or no flow of blood, and in
about two hours he pronounced her dead
This was Friday night. She was carried to
the tomb the next Sabbath at aDout 2 p. M
But during all this time and up to the present
writing, some of her friends have felt far from
being perfectly satisfied that she was really
dead, when committed to the tomb, and for the
following reasons
|. On Sabbath afternoon, some thirty
hours after the swoon, her father noticed the
discharge of fresh blood from her arm, where
she had been lanced by the doctor OH Friday
night.
ii. The ladies' who laid her out said they
perceived what appeared to be- an unusual
warmth IN the body at the time
Ill. Her friends thought the attending phv-
sician hesltatcd, aud manifested some uncer-
iainty in his mind, when he pronounced her
dead
". At the funeral, the Rev. Mr.. Cook
htr pastor, requested the sexton not to close
the lid of her coffin, and it was not closed
when she was put into the tomb nor while she
remained in it.
Y. Mr.. Swartz, the sexton, did not feel
satisfied, aud advised her father to have the
body removed back to the house.
Thus the case stood last evening, when
some friends consulted the celebrate Claryoy-
ant, Miss Ann J.. Hall, about the case, who
said Miss Is. was then alive, but would not
4 remain so long, if they did not attend to her,
and, to-day, at about IL at noon, her father
, had her body removed back TO his house,
wnere it was examined by a largo number o!
friends. Miss Hall being present, in a state
Of trance, said the young lady had died about
O'Clock last night and have some curious
collateral facts which go to show, that the
clarvoyant told the truth about the case, which
! may send you, If you wish them. Mr.. Buff
hngton declared his child shall not be carried
TO the tomb again Til change has taken place,
sufficient to put The matter beyond all doubt.
I Yours truly, y. \. ID.
The young lady has since been inferred, a
change having taken place.
Gs>EsAL TAyLoR's HAT.-The New Or
leans Delta gives the following description Of
" boreal crown" now worn by tie Prcsident
elect, and presented to him hy certain citizens
Of Mr.. Polk's State
>, The distinguished candidate for the Wings
takes matters quite casly, at hi. pleasant resid
ence in the barracks Of Baton Rouge. W G
saw him walking about town, chatting very
! iamIlIarly with the citizens, and wearing that
same old immense boatshaped hat sent him by
some friends IN Tennessee. BY the way We
are puzzled to divine what motive could have
prompted the Tennessceans to be.tow such a
gift upon the old general, who, certainly, how
ever people may differ upon his political quail
fcations, has deserved better treatment than to
be condemned to wear this msshapcn, heavy.
uncomfortable and Hngraceful chapeau. Had
this hat been sent to Gen. Taylor after the
battles of the 9Th and 9th Of May, he would
never had reason to complain Of the absence Of
. his pontoon traiu--fOr he might have converted
this wonderful production Of Tennessee skill
into boat of sufficient dimensions to transport
whole,regment at once across the Rio Grand.
We are amused at the dry response Of 4
citizen of Baton Rouge whom we made enquiry
of where the general was to be found. "lou
see that big white thing looming out down
there on the leveei" "Yes." "Well, that S
old Zachariah's hat, and you'll find the old
chap somewhar in the neighborhood.'