The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1865-03-21

LAaD sLuE -Qa,e an extensive land
eide occurred 60 ihs night Il the 10th inst,
on premises owned BY Hen. 5 Pelubone,
at tht f5oi ofthe Green Mountains. opposite
the residence q Joseph Burton, Esq The
location vas s,eep side bill, forming the
base 81 the mountain, and partially covered
Nth trcu u til, second growth AZ tAe
boti5m q THE bin there is a gentle slope. the
upper portion 81 ~aleh Is caserei wi:h an
apple-ercbard This slope is or rather eas,
bounded On the south By small rayiss,
vhieh opened upon piece u level meadow
land. About enc acre q the hill has moved
ron it, plaes 70 The depth q from ten to
twenty eve feet. and depositsd i.self on the
slope and aasaioW described Several o. the
aPpls trees we're svsp; sEGy. aad moe, Of
those len standing are buried up to the limbs
Tbs ra'ine is entirely oiled up. sid about
40 IsFe VI the meadow land q covered with
eve or SlE feet d earth. Projecting from
this earth we're counted some shiFty trees.
one " which was standing as erect as II
trAnsplanied by the haLd Of msa. The
meadow thus ovsrspread "a terminated by
the railroad, and there the deposit is 80 thiok
IS 10 cover the fence posts and bring tie sur
face on level with the embankment. The
ma eriAl with which the meadow is covered
is principally quieksand. while the ravine
seems to DO mainly filled With smsll sized
stones; aud in the orchard. nearer the hill,
are several rocks Of tons weight. II the for
nation Of the ground had been such as to
keep the avalanche in one body instead of
spreading it over several acres, the railroad
embsnkment would have been swept away
and the channel Of the river beyond 6llsd
up,
The extreme upper portion Of the eKcava.
tion formed by the slide is perhaps fifteen
feet deep and three rods wide From there
it gradually widens for distance Of some
rods, where Their, seems to have been anoth-
err distinct starting Of the earth forming
channel which, joining with the other. makes
the opening from thence down the hill eight
or ten rods in width. In som places points
Of earth still remain but little below the orig
inal surface, while in others it has been car
ried away TO the depth Of twenty Eve or
thirty feet. Through the centre Of the cxca-
walton there is a channel four or FIVE feet
deep in which there evidently ran large
body Of water Of the time Of the slide, though
there are now no indications as to where il
came from. Trees standing beside the Slide
are covered with mud and ind, nations upon
the bark, where dirt and stones we're thrown
by the violence Of the movement Upon one,
q limb twisted off and hanging by the trunk
shows the height which the body Of earth
took IN its passage down the hill Altogeth-
err, the SLIDE forms quite curiosity, and
will well reward any one for visit to the
spot.
Mr.. Levi Phillips. of Winhall, for some
time.a much esteemed resident Of this place,
died in Sunderland on Saturday last, while
on visit to his friends in that place.
Lieut.. James S. Dudley, Of the "a Unit
ed States Artillery, is home on leave Of ab
sence.
Mr.. William Walker sold large quanti-
~ Of stock, farming utensils. SC, At auction
on the 10th inst, Hay sold Tor SIG and $50 |
per ton, and COWS brought from $50 to $67 |
Charles Woodward, who re enlisted some
time since. has bought $1,000 farm with
his bounty money.
Rodolphus Lyman. Jr., sold out at auction
On the 10th, snd'is soon to remove to Potter,
New York, where he has recently bought
place.
In the list OF exchanged officers arrived st
Wilmington, we notice the name Of Major
JChu I. Pratt. Of the 4th Vermont, FROM
Bennington. Major Pratt mas taken on the
23d Of June last, in the fight upon the Wei
Ion Railroad.
The Exhibition Of the Arlington Sabbath
School occurred At the time appointed with
great success. It's to be repeated on Wet
nesday evening. the I'd inst.
Town 0FTIcERs DoRsET. g. W. Fare
yell, Moderator; s. r HoIley, Clerk; G. ".
farwell, Henry ~ Betee, Charles Baldwin,
!. + Holley, Treasurer, Ralph Smith, LIST
Constable; Harvey Brophy. "a Consable,
!. f. Sykes, ]. O. Wall, Isaac BarroHs, Lis
cr; l. N. Sykes, s. r HolIey, Trustees
surplus Fund; A. b. Armtroug, Benz. Ames,
Grand Jurors / \. sykes, Agent; J W
Kenyon, Charles Crandail. Ira Cochran,
Fence Viewers. +. W. Hoyt, for Conmis-
Homer, bal 90 votes, 10 other candidates in
he field.
BESNISGToS.-M Moderator, a. b. Gardner;
Clerk, d. = squires; Isaac Weeks, John X.
jates, Charles +. Hough,on, Selectmen; Is
nc Weeks, Treasurer Henry = Dewey,
)yerseer; Leander Powers, Isl Constahle;
Edward c H0ughton, "a Constable: Geo.
3entou, Edward Rice, Charles T. Hougbton,
Listers; A. D. Gardner. Henry Kellogg,
lanes y. Meaeham, Auditors; Phillip ii. /,
iabbeil. Joel Volinuue. Charles Hicks, Trus-
ees q Surplus tuad; l. A. knight, supt.
Z Common Schools; s p siera80d. Isaac
Eeeks, hsl.on Ihayer. Fence Viewers; A. 1.
u Huling, hiram Bingham. samuel c. Z.
.ooms, Grad jurors, Samuel Chandler,
'ealer % Weights and Measures, George
Potter sealer u Leather, Edwin S Chaad.
er, Pounl Keeper; isaac Weeks, Ageat;
Ioseph Loriue. Heary ; Malhridge, Ges.
2. harNosi. iieary A8yes, sections Foa-
er y Hayl So votes gr County Commis
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