Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1859-05-21

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sne o'>l o',ecIs nau :i 'nciI commissions
ro,ii Ne" iorA' anu sun lcnnH'heu as they ever
@ lu1 pcen, lo!ai 10 tne Nl,S Tos n tnese reasons,
anu anu oeoause 'ie HSsoioy vi Ne"- iork hau
rciusc. W au"P' ''ic PoI'u'iol'' hoh.eoh-
suuiP.lon anu .a'o.i usreehtlll 'neFe
W.; .''.,'l ~ Il,as G.. pn;, "no WIN %
;nrisdic,;on of New-York. nnd to tbc ot,iccrs of
Ior nnno;ntmont
In t6e same county. the molodm;p;s,rot;or os
tbe courts of ;nsticr' had brcomc almost insuf.
Gp,oblc So n1nbonnv was tbo fnal;rg bnt,ycn,
the neonle ON the one hand and The iudgcs
sheriff and other officers of tho count on the
otber ,b,, tho former vero oerorolI,, s,;cr,,-
tized as the Mob. while the latter assumed for
themselves the title of the Court Marty But
the time had now come when the Wings, as the
mob preferred to be called, must assert their
rights as frecmen, or submit to the oppressive
sway of the Tories as they chose to call their
opprcssors. The next session of the Court was
soon to be held and the Wings determined to
seize the opportunity afforded by that occasion.
in order to effect a change which they had long
and eagerly desired. The Tories were not
wholly blinded to THEN own misconduct and
one of them, previous to the sitting of the
court, candidy acknowledged that the "attor-
neys vexcd the people with n multiplicity of
/ suits, "tnut the Snerlff OF the county was
deserving of holding his office and had bad men
for his deputies" He further declared his be-
lief that the people would prevent the court
from sitting, unless the court should agree, not
to engage in any causes of civil nature, but
at the same time he took no precautions to
ward off the dangers which were threatening.
The Court had been annointed to meet at
Westminster on Tuesday The 18th of March
Tho rcnort ,hot tho Wb;,;s of Cumberland co,,n.
~ would NOT allow II to sit had become already
generally known. But they were unwilling 10
be CHARGED with nrecinitoncv in their conduct
and on his account sent dcmtation of about
forty men TO the residence Of the chief Judge
Thomas Chandler for the nurnose of dissuod' i
inp him from attending at the coming session.
r. /. I'll A.. al. .
,i 10 their eNp9s'ulaEiors ne rePheC' that ne
oeheVeo II "oulu oe ior lhe eoou oi the couh-
try ho' 10 nave any court as thihss were, out
that there was one case Oh muruer that they
must see TO- anu u II was nGt agreeable 10 the
people they wouiu Try no other cases; lie also
toiu .netn that Tue sherin anu MS suoorulhates
siouiu not pe peIhit'cu 10 oiinS 'nelr arms 10
court, anu aite. 'h"hAuS 'ne'n 'oI V.'olr cl'ilty
IN Gazing on hlih' par'eu win .heii IN lflehd-
Hai'ter' ms asSociate' 'uusc Napii, urn III
'he performance ol what he ueeuieu ms uuty'
was yer! uesirous tHat the court Snoulu Sit as
usual For tnese reasons tne wings agreed
among themselves 10 let the court come togeth-
er, '''at the! ni'Sh' III a Peace"o.e manner lay
oeiVre II 'neI reasons lot ho' Wishing II 10 pro-
ceeu' nu' on inc frlda! previous, having
he"ru 'hat tnc tories were resolved 10 TAKE pos,
sessI1" U, Tue house on .he lo'h wlih arnieu
Suarus' 'het ciiahBeo 'heir p'an' anu uetetu'ih-
eu ~ Pieoeue ,neuh III occuPa',oi Ill oruer 10
n'"Ne H,o"n 'i,eii grievances oeiore lhe court
shouiu ne regular! opened
oh sunday Mareh the l2th the sheriff. VIII
nam reuersoh' IN oruer 10 carry.ou the inten-
uohs Vi 'uuee 0aoiil anu o'rers' Went 10 nral-
tieooroue,i. anu uesireu the Wnaoitants 10 ac-
coniPah! MN on 'ne ioilo"ihg day 10 "eStmlh-
ster, 'ha' ne hgn' nave 'helr assistance IN Keep
lng tne peace ana suPpressing any tnmuit that
nniSn' 'ieie aiise' 10 ms proposais 'hcy as
sel'eu' ' anu prepared Tor ,he nnr'h: IN 'Ie al
'I'noo, W.. VI 'nonuui lnc VA. iS' party
I y. 'ne nss' nSinpe'iie :" al about one nun nun
plI pa.u' anu aili,u olis WIN s'"'es "nloh 'he!
80 80. - "' u 'Ii too!I's c'i''i
~ , .tie 70 ss"! 'e'. uii-
- w III ~ " iI''"t '''0'
'r'0'S " '''V J"uSes ~ al carry muir anu
~ i;..i nors tne
'I1 ~ '.''s "''u :''''o ooioio sun
SET, SET, 9herln rattersoh maue MS appearance De,
@ we opui. norse az ."e ne"u Vi oou. VI
L i lloni ny! 70 ndiiuie1' p'it VI
pnol rIu anu pur' eiu"s anu s.a'Is,
o 'y'u',t & Et au''.'."'i0o W '"e "u'.uinS' ne
Wh; .l'e is.ot Nc. ~ oe feau' "u uiue.eu 'ne
~ uisPetSe wi.iii', liisGen v, minutes 'nreai
s ehlis N case ol ieiuS". 70 prov l'he through
mem "iue enough 70 aI'oru al eaS! eXIt LOT eil
Mh1h lng oulets n'!Hnt spare me W niss III
lePi. hiaue SHOWN 'heir nr'n eetern,'nauo,' 10
is',nn g @ wnere 'he! were ou' i'iorheu Tue sheI-
~ 'iia' he anu MS par! "i's"' en'el uiiar'neu'
ou9 on no o.her cohui'iohs.
po.I Pr'les pelhs py this r'Ie niuch eAas-
'era.eu, abusive Language passed between 'heni,
ti IN wnsCn T u woruy rencouhter' esquire Gaie ana
Iherin Ia''erSp, m among the lorles ana Snaiies
davenport OF Dummerston among the wings,
were conspicuous. me wings theh attempted
.D 10 no'd pariey @l'h 'he lorles' anu thfee OF
aien' uepItiled ior .nat purpose, returned soon
a''ei 10 'neir companions III 'ne cour'.housc US
ma.riS reSeIseu % Ia.her ardent "ishes as 10 the
warmth oi 'he'r iulure aoodes, tosether WIN
the Naiuuole anu satisfactory iuiormauoh 'ha'
they were pack oil ID raseais'
IN thiS manner passed the early part OF inc
evening. ABOUT seven CLOCK Judge Nnandiei
came INTO the court-house' and AIarian wright
VINO ior several years had been the captain ol
the Miltla OF Westminster, ana was now the