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Wakefield in she Legislature.

l wish to publish through your valusbl.
Daily a notice of some Of she prominent
men in both branches Of our Honorable
Legislature at its present. session, FIR
think in looking over The legislative jour
nal and seeing the positions which tn
men occupy which shall name, that the
little town of Waitsfield should be called
the banner town OF the State.
First, our Llcut-Goveruor, Hon Georg,
n. Dale, is "A Waitsfirld boy, and lived l.
Waitsfeld from his youth up 10 manhood
He there formed his character for afrr'
life, and Wakefield feels proud TO dN
that one of her sens has been called to Ill
so honorable a POSITION. He has not hao
the influence of wealth, but Is . self-mad'
man.
Then I would name Col Charles h
Joyce, Speaker Of the House Of Represen
ratives. He, too, is a Waitsfield boy, VIII
lived in Waitsfeld from youth up 70 man
| hood, and was an associate with Gov
Dale and studied his profession ia ou'
town. The position that he has obtained
through merit, and now occupies, cause,
many hearts to rejoice. We claim him a
one of our sons.
Hon. j. II. Hastings, Senator from
Washington county, is a native Of Waits
| field and has always resided there. H.
was elected Senator in the last Legisa
ture and now has the election for the mex
two years. He has served two years j.
the lower branch of cur Legislature, anc
as High Sheriff Of our county two year.
and held many and important Offices j.
town. l notice, too, that be is on yer,
important committees-the committee O,
| Claims and committee on Banks, whicl
positions he will fill with honor to him
self and justice to the parties that ma,
appear before him TO obtain their right
| Next L would name Hiram Carleton
Esq, the representative elect from Wairr
field. This is his second term. He j
an Attorney-at-Law and has an Office il
Wa1tsheld. He was our delegate TO tn
Constitutional Convention and is nov
elected States Attorney for the next tw,
| years, and | notice he is Chairman of th'
Committee on Education. the right MAJ
In the right place, and in his election 10
town Representative in September he hac
every vote cast in our town, not a singh
vote against him. l think in this par
ticular we are entitled TO the banner, a
it proves that the voters Were united il
his election, and if any other town in til
State has done as well we would like t
hear from it.
/ The Senator from Windsor County, tn
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Photographic Flashes.

Business is suspended in New Orleans
and the houses throug hout the city draped
in mourning in honor of General Lee.
e G. Chew has arrived in ST. Louis
from Washington to establish storm sig
nal station, under the direction OF the
Meteorological Bureau at Washington.
The death of General Lee caused
profound sorrow in Charleston. The
bells were tolled and flags were half-mast-
ed on the shipping and throughout the
city on the 18Th. The Chamber of Conn
meroe Friday took appropriate action.
A public meeting of the citizens will be
held on Saturday aud business be sus-
pended during the day.
A large fire broke out in the business
portion OF Charleston, West Virginia,
Friday. Within an hour the entire row
of stores on Front street and the river
were completely destroyed. Loss about
$65, 900.
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woke in state of terror and cold per-
spiration,, She Instantly struck light
aud tried to dispel the recollection of her
horrible vision by reading. After lapse
of two hours, during which she determin-
eddy fixed her attention on the book, she
put out the light and soon fell asleep. The
same dream again occurred after which
she did not dare, although woman of
singular moral and physical courage, to
attempt to sleep any more that night.
Early on the following morning she called
upon the writer, and told him her fear
full experiences of the past night. Moth
ing more at the time was thought of these
dreams; but shortly afterwards the news
reached England that DE-. Parkman was
missing that the last time he was seen
alive he was entering the college gates /;
and that the janitor was suspected ot
having murdered him.
On the writer mentioning this to X. Y ct,
she at once exclaimed, lob, my dreams -
DR. Webster must be the murderer !" The
next mail but one brought the news that
the true murderer had been detected and
that, at the very time when x. US dream
occurred, he must have been actually
struggling to get the bones-the flesh
having been previously burnt-into a
wooden box such as she had seen and
that, after attempting in vain to break the
thigh-bones, he had hidden them else
where.
In this remarkable case, the visitors
call, and his conversation regarding their
mutual friend, may have suggested to the
mind of x. Y the idea of DIR. Webster J;
but why it should have called him up to
her mind as engaged in that singular
manner we admit that we cannot explain,
as he had not seen her for some years.
1t is in the highest degree improba BILE
that when engaged in this horrible at
tempt to conceal the evidence of his guilt,
he should have been specially thinking of
X. Y, otherwise we might have ex-
planned the dream according to the
I" Brainwave theory" propounded in the
Spectator for January Both, 1869. 1t is
possible, but highly improbable, that the
idea of the bones might have been called
up by the circumstance that \. Y. had
recently been occupied in compiling po-
pular course of lectures on anatomy and
physiology fer country physician and
we cannot regard her case as upsettIng
the theory we have propounded-th
dreams must be due either to Impressions
made upon the mind at some previous
period, or that they are produced during
sleep by bodily sensations.-OIc6 a F6eh.
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Annual Report Of The Librarian of
the Vermont Historical Society.
tie Vermont Historical Society

To the Vermont Historical Society,". i. ..
A list of the additions to our Library
the past year is appended. And [ have
made note of the following matters as OF
especial interest: -a.... a.a .r .4
HISTORY OF THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN
. ..... e.. VERMONT.
la the past year has been published
"The Documentary History in the Prot
estant Episcopal Church in Vermont"
Those outside this denomination will
read with most interest the sketch of Rev.
Samuel Peters, Ii d., and the story OF
his ambition to be the Bishop of the Do
cese of Vermont. The "Alen Papers,
in the collection of Henry Stevens, con.
tain unpublished letters belonging to this
queer passage in eur church history. Ar
ticles in the Church journal of July and
December, 1864, refer to these additional
documents
In one of these letters, under date Of
February 9Th, 1896, DR.. Peters writes:
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THE AURORAL DISPLAY ON FRIDAY
NIGHT-The display OF the Aurora Bore
alis attracted large number of spectators
and seems to have been quite general all
over New England. Boston, Worcester,
Spring field, Norwich and other cities re,
port the admiration it excited among their
citizens, while at New Haven the red
light was mistaken for conf4gration,
and the fire department was called out.
The Springfield Republican in speaking OF
the display at that city, says :-Star-gaz-
ers, last evening, were gratified by one OF
the most brilliant displays of aurora bore
ais which has been witnessed in this
latitude for many years. The exhibition
commenced shortly after twilight and
reached its height about o'clock. At this
hour the appearance of the heavens wae
most grand and beautiful. The northern
sky was completely overspread with
streamers Of light, whose Kaleidoscope
changes furnished, every moment, new oc-
casion for admiration, while shimmering
streamers of light We're constantly appear
ing and disappearing all over the horizon.
A noticeable feature of the display was
the peculiar red tinge, which the super
stitious in former times were won't to re
gard as the forerunner of war and pesti,
Ience Altogether the exhibition was one
which those who were fortunate enough
to see will long remember, while the luck
less individuals who spent the evening In
doors, all unconscious of it, will bitterly
be wall their misfortune as they listen tc
the reports of their more fortunate neigh.
| hCrS
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hon. VIM. Ill. Pingry, WIS cid.
WaItsiield for many wear. I'D - o.
important town Offices. He - -i -'any
'ucge OF the Washington County Con-t
which position he held for two YEAR 81
honor to himself and credit TO bis tow ~
notice be Is chairman of the Judicisr-
committee, one of the most imnort,.,
positions that the Senate can confer az
no doubt be will do honor to the Do-itinr,
lie Is widely known in the State and
where known his sterling worth apprsci.
ated.
Hiram f. Thomas, E-q., the Represen.
tatlVe from the town Of Reading, Windsor
County, Is also Waitrfield boy. and bss
always lived in town till the last fen
years. He was in the mercantile busipes.
and was quite successful [ see that he
IL on the committee on claims, an honor.
able position, and no doubt il will be hi.
highest ambition to ojustice to the Sts-a
and claimants He has many friends i,
Mansfield.
Rev. Perkin B. Fisk, chaplain of the
Senate, Is also native of Wait-fel3
where bis parents now reside. He l. !
young man very much respected and all
feel glad to have him have 50 honorable q
position.
Aud row, Mr., Editor. have given ysu
brief sketch Of seven men that occupy
different positions assigned them by th-ir
several constituencies In our State gov.
ernment. And If any other town in the
State can show any better record than
Waitsheld we would like TO hear iron
them through your valuable paper, aud d
we get no TerPon-e We shall bear # the
palm as the banner town in the State
Waterman d; J0U17tGl.
State Convention of Ihe Eoung
Mems Christian Association.
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A Singular Dream.
CURIOUS REVELATION tCoNCERNINe THE
PARKMAN MURDER. -., ..

The following case, in which a dream
in other respects highly remarkable
occurred twice on the same night, came
under the notice of the writer of this ar
ticle when be was practising in London
in 1S4S. Our older readers may recollect
that, in the year just recorded, there was
a terrible case of murder in America, DR..
Webster, Professor of Chemistry in Har-
ward College, being convicted for the muir
der of bis acquaintance-we can hardly
say his friend-Dr Parkman. ta -4-
A lady-we will call her X. we'll
known in the literary world, and then re-
siding in London, had, some years previ-
ously, paid a long visit to the United
States. during which she became intimate
ly acquainted with DR.. Webster and biz
family, who showed her much kindness
and attention. After her return to Eng
land, she continued to correspond with
the family. and one day, in the early
autumn of 184S, gentleman related to
DIR. Parkman called upon her with an IN
PRODUCTION from Professor Webster. On
that night she went to bed atIthe usual
hour, but soon experienced a horrible
dream. She fancied that she was being
urged by DR.. Webster to assist him il
concealing set of human bones in 8
wooden box and she distinctly -recollect
ed that there was thigh-bone which
after failing to break it in pieces, they
vainly attempted to insert, but it was too
long. aa
While they were trying to hide tn
box, as she fancied, under her bed, sht
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sec. 40, chap. %. g s., relating to the pro.
viding district schools in certain cases, ap-
proved Nov. II, 1866; to committee on
education.
Resolution-By Mr.. Ballard of Fairfax,
that the general committee be instructed
to inquire into the expediency of allow
ing owners and occupiers of gardens and
other Enclosed lands to kill or destroy
hens and other fowls found trespassing
thereon, and to report by bill or other.
| wise; adopted
1t being evident that there was no quo.
rum present. tonly 55 members) on mo-
ton of Mr.. Ballard of Fairfax, ,adjourned
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COOP TEMPLARs--The third annual
session of the Champlain District Union
l. Q. of G. T. was held with Highgate
Lodge at Highgate Center, Wednesday,
the 18th inst, G., D. Stevens, w. c. Tt,
presiding. There are seventeen Lodges
under the jurisdiction of the Union, one
in nearly every town in Franklin ana
Grando Isle counties The meeting was
of great interest. The next meeting is to
be held in Swanton, the second Wedncs-
day in February, 1870.
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State Convention of Ihe Eoung
Mems Christian Association.
FIRST DAY.
ST. JOHNsBURY,

FIRST DAY.
ST JoH>sBURY.
Wednesday, Oct II, 1870
The fourth annual State Convention O.
the Young Mems Cnristian Association
OF Vermont no" IN session IN this pl.ca.
has brought together larger number Of
delegates than any previous one eAe-P,
that perhaps at Burlington Inc good
people Of St Johnshury have freely GA
cd their doors but tind their ho-Plta.!
severely taxed TO provide Tor all
The exercises Of the oee iNion began VIII
pubic service Monday evening IN Az
enue-h"use Hail. conducted by u. i
Moody OF ChIHago; prayer meeting the
next morning at 3 o'ciock' was also led 10y
MIN lie Convention was formally or
gained AT III lie m Moad y ii the South
Congregational Church and the morning
( was occupied IA listening TO the weieom-
ios ed8rrsa by R~v- l. o. Braztow OF til.
place. and 10 reports from the various A.,
H0ciatIons. In the AFTERNOON two Of The
/ formal qae--ivDs laid before the Conv-u.
tinu w-r- taken ug and di-cp--ei. viz -
.'Wha- firm of rfforr, by orr Association,
has b.en mos successful Ia winning sou. F
70 Chrl-r ? and ''Whatare our greet j fl
cal'ie~' Mr. Moody h'm--f occupied
most OF the time upon the last o4-,tion.
Ia the evening an on. n-.ir meeting Wa
held which was attended ny a large
oroFd in -Pl'e of the rain.
To-day S meeting wa- heif IN the Nortl +
. Congregational church, add was es-u
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PIANO TUNING The musicI fIieu3s in Ru.
land and vicinity will be pleased 20 learn tAa'
Mr.. E. c. Mcclure, first class piano tuGer. vi.
hereafter make his headq IN his vilIzpe
MIR. AIcCIu1 Is an experienced and skilfull no +.
man, aud his reputation stands second 20 none il
the country. All orders left at my music sto1C
will receive prompt attentIOn.s
Mr.. Kendall viii do no more tuning in thii
vicinity, his patrons can make satisfactory az
fragments with Mr. Mcclure If they desire.
\. V. BROOKS.
Rutland, Oct Is, 1870. d2d.
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MIssIsQUoI RAILRoAD.--At a meeting
of the directors aud stockholders If the
above corporation, Wednesday the 18th
inst, it was voted to mortgage the road to
trustees, fer such amount as might be
necessary. The President reported that
iron sufficient to lay the whole distance is
purchased, and enough on the way and
arriving to complete the track to the river
by the first of November.
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PETER VAN WoERT. Capt"
ELISHA BENEDICT, Capt.
Commanding at ohamoiy
Garrison Orders,
Chambly, Jan. g, 1776."
LETTER TO GEN. BENEDICT ARNOLD.
from a private soldier under arrest.
CHAMBLY, April gath, 1776.

LETTER TO GEN. BENEDICT ARNOLD.
from a private soldier under arrest.
CHAMBLY, April gath, 1776.
To General Arnald, commanding at
H0ntreui SIR Il thought it my Duty t.
informe your honour of my situation at
present / was taken prisoner at this
fort last fall by the army of the United
Colonies | heard so much of liberty and
freedom that longed to embrace these
Blessings which [ thought they enjoyed
[ willingly Unlisted myself into the ser
vice OF the United Colonies under Capt
Hamtramck, in Col Dugon's Regiment,
the coin was brock, the Capt was also
brock / returned to Chambly again and
Unlisted myself to Capt Benedict's com
pany which was stationed at this fort Col
Hnzen came hear and ordered me to be
confined Tor inlisting into Capt Benedict
company there was one Canadian confined
with me The crime Is in these words viz
"A Canadian confined by Col Hazen for
mutiny and disobeying of orders Also
VIM Blundin confined by Col Hazeu fer
inlisting into Capt Benedict's Company
At time when he was a soldier in Col
=
1776." The Canadian was released long
ago but l am still in the Guard House
closely confined | begg it as favour OF
your Honour that you would order me tc
he tried or releas me from this confne.
ment.
III am guilty Of death I Refuse not tc
Die but why should be murthered as it
war in this manner it is almost month
since was first confined the rest of the
Regiment is gone of and / have no one tc
plttey me hear.
Sir, from Your Obedient Humbl Servant
.....ta... ... WILLIAM BLoNDIN."
OUR FIRST VOLUME AND THE NEXT.
The publication of Vermont Historical
Collections, Vol. l, this day laid before
you marks an epoch in the life oul
Society.
The volume does credid to its printers
Messrs. J. & J. III. Poland, and advertise
their Office as one to which the publica
ton of valuable books may be safely en-
trusted.
The Publishing Committee desire m'
here to express their obligation to Hon. Il
P.Walton, for his labors and watchful car
in correcting the proofs and giving shep
to the volume and for his valuable assist
ance in editing matters gathered from 81
many sources and presenting SO man,
questions for the judgment, taste and skill
of the antiquarian, the scholar and tn
printer.
Crowded out of our present volume and
ready for our next, are articles on the Ve7.
mont Coat Of arms and State Seal by tn,
State Librarian Runaaway Pond, b,
Pliny I'll. White; Gen. Whstelaao, Surreg
or General Of Vermont, by Mr. Goodwillie
and the Btbliography Of Vermont, b,
Chauncy K. Williams. Another yea,
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FIRE. - About two o'clock Sunday
morning our citizens were startled by the
alarm of fire, which was caused by fire
in the tank house of the Rutland Rail
road, situated Immediately north of, and
almost adjoining, the Round House Of
that company. This was Il twO-story
wooden building, in which was a large
water tank from which the engines of the
Rutland Railroad weressupplied with wa
ter. On the south end of the building
had been erected clean to-" which was
used for the storage of old waste" pre-
paratory to sending it away to be cleaned
and in which was at the time perhaps q
ton of this material, which was thorough
ly saturated with oil, dirt and grit. The
fire when discovered, was confined to thi.
apartment, but soon spread to other parts
OF the building. TbeIemployes of the
Rutland Company, by the use of pals OF
water, soon extinguished the flames in the
''lean to, and shortly after the force pump
in the machine shop commenced to throw
wafer. and in few minutes. with the
help of stream from Washington Engine
Company No. 2, the fire was wholly ex
tinani.hoa with ln.s an the hpiidino
and contents Of ah,n+ ono hundred or onf
hundred and fiftv dollars.
It isdpe TO the Fire Dspartmentof Rnt.
land to saw that all of the companies
N,ok4yackat+ WASHINGTON KilIirgton and
the Hook and Ladder were promptly on
hand and ready for duty, but scarcity Of
water and lnsutfi2Iency OF hose together
with the speedy exhnsul7hment OF the
h'hes' rendered 'he'r EFFORTS 10 certain
extent lu'lle'
l ne nle was 'lNo"'''0'y oAuS9N ~
spontaneous coinouS'l'n' gen7ra'7u IN 'n ii.
waste ne IoFs, d. we nave "''". { S.'''7''
10 'iViI VL7 Hu"Hi'" /" oio "'" ~ CO. anu
cred by insurance
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ADDISON RAIIROAD.-The engineers
are now completing their surveys prepare
tory 10 the final location of the road.
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THE CONCORD MURDER TRIAL-AC
oU1TTAI. OF STEvENs.-The trial of Eli
lab G.. Stevens for the murder of Henry
J. Gardner was concluded Ia the Superior
Court at Concord on Friday afternoon.
The ARRAY in which the killing of Gard
ner took place occurred at the house OF
Thomas Mcconnell. about l o'clock on
the morning of Sunday, September 3, and
was the result of a quarrel over game OF
cards Both parties had been drinking,
aud after playing several hours, the latter
part of the time for small stakes, some dis
pute about the game arose. From words
the parties soon got TO blows, and in the
course of the fracas Stevens drew knife
and stabbed Gardner five times, killing
him almost instantly. The only other
person in the house at the time WAS Nc
Cornell. Stevens made no attempt to es
cape. but owned the deed to the sheriff
when he cameSto arrest him. Stevens il
a native of Berlin, Vt, 81 years old, and
a currier by trade. The murdered man
was born in Manchester, was 80 year.
old and q baggage on the Northern
| Railroad. The trial commenced on Tues
day, before the Supreme Court at Concord
the indictment charging Stevens with
murder in the second degree. On Thurs
day after Stevens had given his testimony
which was sustained by Mcconnell, show
ing strong provocatiop, the prosecution
waived this charge and asked for a yer
dict of manslaughter. The counsel sum
med up, on Friday, and after beint
charged by Chief Justice Bellows, tn,
jury retired at 4 10 o'clock. At o'elocl
they returned to the court room ant
brought in verdict of not guilty, which
was received with the greatest enthusiasm
by the spectators.
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lie Faivre, Chancellor Of me D
Embassy at Vienna, ESCAPED if'1 fsI
1n the 18th inst, in balloon az u, Z
lived at Tours. he goes TO Aus
special mission from jules faFT'
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AFTERNOON.

Mr.. Speaker in the chair.
No quorum being present on motion of
Mr.. Aldrich of Woodford, the House adj
iourned -
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Notes From the Capital.
A SIDE SCENE.

The early adjournment OF the Legisia'
ture on Thursday afternoon, was supple
mented by Legislative Horse Trot, on
the grounds of the Washington County
Agricultural Society, which was presided
over by an Ex-Governor of the State, and
the ohairman of the committee on agri-
culture of the House. 1t was said to be
successful, the winning horse having
accom- lished the feat in three straight
heats