Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1868-09-03

the events which have been detailed
Tn annual State election being
near at hand, tha nemgat paper
charged upon the federal party IN and
about Burlington, an indifference 10 the
great crimes which had been committed,
II they did not even sympathiIo with the
mqFderers 4 flaming hapl,bill, headed
by three collins, was scattered over the
State, and copied into the Democratic
papers, in which respectable fcderalists'
were charged with attempting To screen
the assassins, and throw The whole weight
OF guilt upon the government That
some had said, that Pcuuiman had sent
amiltary force 10 capture al empty boat,
and that they were glad at wha, had been
done = others,that "the officers If the gov
eminent alone were 10 blame" and that
"old Penniman ought 10 be- hanged"
That ",omc oi the principal merchants
Of darlington, furnished the insurgents
with powder and hall, for the eNprr,, pur-
pose Of performing thi, bloody work"
This was Indignantly denied 10y the Fed,
erlllsts, nor is it at all probable that i,
was 10 any extent trnc The rash cN.
prcssions OF heated and violent mon, mc
never to be regarded as the sober conyic.
tion Of tho great mass, with which for the
time, thpy may be associated. The an.
thoritig, II the STATE, acted with prompt,
ness and celebrity On Tuesday, August
2ld, loS, than three weeks from the time
ot,the aiFray, tie Supreme Court was con-
ycnea in special session at Burlington.
There were present Hon Royal Tyler,
Chiaf Judge, Hon Thcophilus Hauiug-
ton and Hon. iona, Galusha, Assistant
judges; William Chase Harrington,
ESQ, States Attorney David Fay and
Curuehu, T. Van Ness, Esqs., associate
counsel for the prosecution; Bates Turner
and Amos Marsh, E,ls., were counsel for
the prisoners, luhi> char-ato the Grand
Jury. Chief Justice Tyler alluded to the
general dismay " the agitation Of the pub
liz mind which prevailed "that some were
ready To condemn the accused unhcard,
while others perhale were disposed to OK.
euse, and ii not 10 excuse, TO pallatc."
Tie said To ,heJury that If in some mo-
msnt Of leyity any OF You have thought
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s''4o'"1I attempt 10 i'' up 1At pam
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peb' jurors aud adjourned until 9''W-
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81 s"I'y '' murder. wednesday ana
l"uiN'tE' ih' court were occupied
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fl''t 'hey haa formed an 'lihioh7 th"'
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