Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1871-09-13
Vermont INDICATED.

nington wa. set down as having sixteen slaves,
and on this theme the Southern orators have
Cor year. rung changes innumerable, and II
ba. been by them flung in the teeth OF our
Representatives in Congress, and our repre-
scntatives in every State Of the Union as a
rcproach upon the honesty Of the position Of
our State subsequently, on the anti-slavery
question Recent investigations in the cen-
sus bureau have entirely exploded this state
mcut, proved that there we're never any slaves
ia Vermont since her admission into the Union
aud that the muca.talked about sixteen Nr,e
as free as Mr. Jefferson himself, who limo
Gently certified to the correctness Of an ucor-
rect statement The testimony Of this uuim-
pcachablc witness is corroborated by Mr.
Ramsdcll who write. to the Trib0Het
was shown the original return for the
State of Vermont, in columns, by towns and
boy counties. The returns were contained ia
greasy, worn and faded roll worm.caten in
places, aud measuring, should think, about
thirty feet in length and about twenty inches
in width The sheets had been pasted to-
gether for convenience, making the length as
stated Soied and yellow as the paper upon
which the returns were made was the writing
itself was remarkably clear and distinct and
in that round and legibe hand which is SO
often met with in old papers and documents.
The ink had faded somewhat, but it was still
as distinct a. on any document prepared five
year. ago and ia all that return, filled as 1t
is with names and figures, there is not o word,
or letter, or a figure that is not as plain as
print. The ruling lettering etc. was all done
by hand Running carefully down the col.
umn in which the number of slaves is entered,
one does not find the record Of a single one
in the whole State Of Vermont nor are any
entered in the column of totals But in the
next column, headed clear and distinct in
heavy letters Free Black with directions
as to age, etc }, there is the following record
Arlington ! Bennington O. Manchester 3,
Pownal |, Salisbury l. Winhall these
being in the county Of Bennington. In max
ing up the population of the counties in the
State, the returns still show no slaves, bnt, on
the contrary, show sixteen free blacks of
a given age, with no mention of the word
" slave This return is signed by " David
Robinson, assistant to marshal, aud by He
man Allen, United States marshal Of YER
mont, aud is fair, workmanlike and care.
fully prepared table In transcribing this
table for the printer somebody got the fig.
ures in the wrong column and thus the blum
der passed into the book, and into history
The excitement regarding the New York
1ammany frauds eliminated on Monday,
when it was discovered that the office Of
Comptroller Connolly in the City Hall build.
ing, had been broken into the previous night,
and robbed Of vouchers for county expenses
for several years. Direct charges are made
by the Tribaae that this robbery was made
with the conniyance of Mr. Connolly to con-
ceal the evidence of the frauds which he,
with others, have been committing during the
last few years
Mayor Hall has written letter to COno.
ly, which is published, asking him, in view
of the circumstances of the case, to resign
and plainly intimating that had he the power
he would remove him from his office This
request is followed up by a double-eaded
leader in the World, demanding Of Connolly
his immediate resignation, and plainly init
mating that something dreadful will happen
in case of his refusal The statement that
Mrs. Connolly recently transferred $500 600,
in registered government bonds, to her son-in.
law, is confirmed by the records Of the depart
ment at Washington The New York Her.
aid calls upon Connolly and Tweed to resign
at once, declaring that public feeling in this
matter is intense and should be respected /;
and in case Of their refusal to resign, advise.
the Mayor to remove them Immediately
Of course this whole matter has created an
intense excitement in all classes, aud the indi-
cations were never more favorable for a full
Investigation into the entire management OF
the New York officials, than now. Mean.
while the injunction suit Of Foley is being
heard before Judge Barnard, in which it i,
expected that some startling development,
will be made before its conclusion
Comptroller Connolly subsequently an
swered the Mayors letter declining t.
resign his position. lie probably thinks the,
are all in the same boat, and want, them t.
hang together. So do We