Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1868-09-10
An Unpublished Autograph oh
Ethan Allen.

autograph OF Micah Townshcnd. Secretary
the Journal Of the Second Council, which .
met in ZOE, in the handwriting of Ros-
well Hopkins, and numerous official pa
pers connected with Ia. New Hampshire
Perhaps no one Of the papers iS OF
greater general interest than the original
Of Ethan Allen 10 the Court Of
charging his brother Levi
with treachcry to the State Of Vermont
and praying that measures might be taken
To punish him. SHADES State Papers
processes to give this document. but 1t Is
with omissions and alterations, which,
though they improve the grammar and
uossibly the rhetoric Of the paper, rob 1t
Of not little of the "old Ethan" For
example, instead Of the brief and express
sive word hurting" We have in SRdc the
circumlccutisn. "endeayorins 10 fa->on the
credit OF Allen ais, iai notions of his
own in regard to spelling. the u>c OF eap-
tails, and the, nou-u>e of punctuation
points but these do not appear IN the
document as published. The following is
an exact transcript of the original paper
ser51tiaa Il hhratja, 4 PHrt"a,.m'
Bennington County =. Arling-
ton 9TH of Jany IiD.
To the Honorable the Court OF Couiis-
cation comes Col Ethan Alien in the
Names Of the freemen Of this State and
Complaint makes that Levi Allen late OF
Salisbury iu Connecticut is Of Ioroy prln-
ciples and holds in lee sundry Iacts and
parceus of Land in this State the said
Levi has been detected in Endeavoring to
supplv the enemy on Long Island, and IN
Attempting TO Circulate Counterfeit Con-
tinential Currency, and Is Guilty OF hold
ing Treasouable Correspondence with the
enemy under cover of doing favors 10 mt
when prisoner at New York and Long
Island and in talking and using Influence
in favor OF the Enemy, Assoclatlng with
Inimical persons to this Country. aud
with them Monopolizing the Nccessar'cs
of life hurting the Continental Currency
and in Particular hath cXerted himself IN
the Most Falaciuus manner to lnJUrc the
Property and Character Of some OF tLt
most Jealous friends to the lI'lepcudcncy
Of the United States and If thI, State
Likewise all which Iuimical Conduct Is
against the peace and Dignity of the free
men OF this State and Therefore pray the
Honorable Court to take the matter ,under
their Serious Consideration and Make
Confscatiun Of the Estate OF said Levi be
fore mentioned according to the Laws and
Customs of this State in such Case made
and provided. ETHAN ALLEN.
In consequence Of this complaint Levi
Aliens lands were seized and advertised
for sale, and he was arrested and confined
in Jail more than six months, After his
release he -ent his brother Ethan Il foriHa.
challenge to fight duel withpi>tol>, but
it was not accepted. Levi was the mos'
eccentric of the Allen brothers, and ;
memoir of him would be more entertain
ing than an average romance,
+. II. W.
Coventry, 81 Aug, 1865.
-Bprljaq,nt frce Press.
FURTHER DETAILS ABOUT TIE RoSE
GRAMS MATTER-Gen. RosecrauS, on hi
return to Washington, Friday evening
conyersed freely on the subject of hi
visit to White Sulphur Springs, Yves
Virginia. He denied that he was sen
there on a political mission or that h
acted in conformity with the adyic
Of friends in going. The visit was of hi
own conception and was undertaken 70
his own personal satisfaction, to ascertain
from the representative men Of the SoutI
whether there were any obstacles. i'll tn
way of peace between that section an
, the North. He was satisfied that tn
power which organized and sustained tn
: Confederacy for four years against tn
gigantic efforts of the government to SUI
press the rebellion, could exercise grca
! influence in restoring peace, order an
stability everywhere and at the sam
, time promote all the material interests &
e the country. He was received by Gei
| Lee and other prominent Southern so
t diers with marked cordiality In thei
, personal conversations they were fran
and unrescrved, and their conversation
r were mainly with reference to advancin
! common interests, irrespective Of tn
i, causes which for a time divided the Mort
!: and the South, and resulted in the recor
n struetion acts of Congress. Gen. Ros,
. Grams says that his visit was satisflctor,
and that the temper and tone of IL
Southerners was worthy of patriotic NJ
. probation. He also says there is no q,
thority for the statement that he intcnt
- to issue an address signed by those wit
whom he has been in conference. 4
his visit was for the purpose of ascertain
ing for himself their feelings and view
- he does not know that any publicatif
20 from him may become necessary. Ii
IS propriety of any such course rests excl
,e sively with himself. Gen. Rosecrans, a
er ter receiving further instructions fro
N the State Department will leave I