The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1850-09-28
TnE orrnAGE Ar CmELsEA.

iAf ing Town committee 'lH't the pun
lic examination into the outrage upon the
halIotLus at the September election in Chef
.ca, have published q report, from which ave
cNtraut he following
con the fr.t ballot there were counted for
NJ ll,dr 22G votes, 22i votes tor Mr. villas,
aud aAlaliGriua tLcsc amounted a. 81 moro
than unuc- uu tltr pull lit,
On the second ballot there were counted
for Mr. ! dc 221 votes, 2Gl votes for Mr. Vi
las uud i,,u -rntt-tirg -briug 80 more vote
than there were uauIU, ON tho poll lit,
Ca Thursday morn
inc following the ,Jt, don, Mr. Mia. wac mo-
uG,M thlt hi. election aud sclt ia the Lcgi.
Aaturr would hr contested On Saturday fol-,
luv, 6,t' tee ~a- -,ik.d VII, q nptio. oi. the
time and place Tor taking the testimony. '"
On the day appointed (fnday, l3tl in.t)
Z The totimnuy WIS commenced being takrti,
there being no appearance on the part Of Mr.
/ Villas.
lherc were proved 10 be- on the first Tues.
day 81 September a, -. 1880, i5G voters ~
/ the town of Chelsea, aud ~ of that number
fWCfV HfsCnt rom thr-Iuiiv-ur riir- uut-vrrt,',
leaving ais voters that might have cast their
, votes. This il ia number nine more than l.
designated on thc check list, ~ having voted
whole as Voter. east their ballots for repre-
.rrtaAvc-.wc prove that uf that numhcr 22G
/ voted Tor Mr. Hyde aud that there wcrchyc
| scattering votes counted ou the first ballot
making 1872 cote. against Mr. Hyde.
llydr's majority over Villas, 80
over all, %
Burt will bc asked how was this fraud
committed We answer, IN counting the
vote. for Representative los the civil auhori-
~, there appeared large number of very
small votes, varying trpm -evrn-eightEio one
aud uno-rghti Of an Incl, IN length, aud from
3-lG Ia Ole OF an inch in breadth, all for l..
II. Villas, doubled aud closely pressed togcth-
or and lying in close proximity--apparcn
many of them put in at one aud the same
time. They passed through rtTg hEHsE ~ tiEu
Constable under cover of larger votes, as the
Constable has sworn that he has no knowledge
or belief that votes of that or similar size were
handed him openly that day.
! IL Is further apparent that ti,cy must have
passed through the hands OF the constable,
from the fact that the box was examined be-
fore voting, and no votes found in it-sccond-
~, that aner the, box was turned, votes OF th,.
description above wcrr found in the different
piles distributed TO the authority to count
Thus much as TO the manner. As to the
person or persons who committed the fraud,
we have no means OF asccrtaining, but would
state that g. W. Clarke, the clerk OF Mr. VIZ
las, and chairman of the town committee of
the free democracy, admits the writing of the
votes Of the largest size above named, but
\ says that they weru carried into the store of
WymRnTa< Davis, for the purpose of being
cut and distributed Ia the lrccmcn. Whcth.
or these constituted u part of the fraudulent
votes, we have no means of knowing, only
] from their sire and appearance, Very many
| of the votes Of the smaller size above nnmcd
l nj "a the hautltyFifinU ,f Ia, f,,Is
Fasa,yaa, at Waterbury I.aI-..,,..l-fsiGs.a
and boon companion of Mr. Villas, who came
To Chelsea ON the morning of the election, yut-
cd, nurt assisted in sortinF anti counting the
! votes.
We have thus given You plain history Of
the facts ia relation 10 this mattcr.as we have
! thus far been enabled TO elicit them. We are
equally anxious with You hil, that the irioie
matter should be developed, and the pcrpc-
traitors of this stupcndous fraud held up To the
public gaze, that they may bc sure to bc yisi-
ted with that scorn and contempt which AN
outraged and nsultcd people are sure to heap
upon them.
And we think with the assistance of Judge
/ Blodgcul who wrote 40 many of these very
| little votes that we shall be- able to make still
/ further discoveries, and strongly hope that
/ We ru'y have ms hearty co operation, ~ ir,.
will probably bc able Ia tell as who employ
J VI hlli 10 NIllf thOs,' Notes;fn whom they were
delivered, aud many more interesting and i'm
l-eftaat is'.ts the. ease tt,d if AIr Nilaa
| intimatcs, II was done 10y wing or wings to
! injurc him in his reputation, we take the re-
! sponsihility OF saying. that the whg party Dc
| sire tn know II, thatit may rid itself of the
base and contemplate wretch or wretrhcs at
once. But we say, rs the ease stands, that
the whg party are entirely clear and above
suspicion. And Dir Villas may well exolaim.
Sure ne fran mig friends r
! HARVEY LINCOLN,
For Wing Town Committee.
7 The Committee state that there were also
found (Which were countrd) in the Congress,
-rr''T7 M, r5rrz f6r { OF KiJftcF. rn5,
ire" democracy candidate for Cougrcss,which
tles Eil IN ia -,rs.r, manner t..
the small votes for Villas went in. The Com
m''tee omit to state in the address, that oftho
226 frcemen, who voted for Mr. HYDE. g2l
have already given written dispositions under
o1tir'' in the legal form boiaic magistrate,
that they voted for him an ia, fire, l,II,,.,T