The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1873-09-05

" hiui Woulu always 'nOlu wafer. Nnllc
resident of Dandy, an incident occurred
which Is related by Daniel Chapman
was a eye witness 10 the scenc--in his life
of Seth Warner. During the New York
controversy, an adherent of New York, re-
sidcnt Of Dandy, by the name Of Hart,
went TO Albany and obtained warrant for
the arrest Of Roger Williams, one of his
neighbors. Returning with deputy sher-
If and assistants, they succeeded in taking
Williams from his bed in tho dead of night,
and started on their return to Albany. A
rescuing party Of Green Mountain Boys
was soon gathered from the settlers Of
Dandy and Tinmouth, and the workers,
as they were then termed, were Intercepted
and, with Hart and Williams. brought back
to Dandy. The Committee of Safety
had assembled, and, says Chapman. las
soon as the shouts which burst forth on the
arrival of the prisoners had subsidized and
the echoes from the mountains had died
away, the judges took their seats on the
bench in the bar room, the prisoner was
arraigncd and without loss of time convict
Cd Rowlcy, who was chairman of the
committee, and, therefore, presiding
judge" Immediately passed sentence which
was that Hart ''recciyc thirty-ninc stripes,
with the bcoch seal on the naked back" The
sentence was executed, as Chapman relates,
"with the most cruel severity Yet our
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protection, and well was il for them, rs for
us, that VIC had men firm enough 10 impose,
as well as to execute the sentence.
From Dandy. he came to Rutland, and
was the first judge Of the special court for
the county Of Rutland. II was ON account
of his connection with this place and his
song and ballad. "Thc Rutland Song" pub
ishcd in another column, this morning,
that We came to speak of him. He de-
scribcs it as ian Invitation to the poor
tenants that live under the Patcroons in the
province of New York, to come and settle
on our good lands, under the New IIamp-
shire Grants. Composed at the time when
the Land Jobbcrs of New York served
their writs of cjectmcnt on number of our
settlers, the execution of which We OPP
posed by force, until VIC could have the
matter fairly laid before the King and
Board of Trade and Plantations, for their
direction" Goodhue, speaking of this and
other patriotic illusions of Rowlcy, says
that if Ethan Allan reused up every Green
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him forth armed to the teeth in defense of
his hearth and home, by the vehemencc of
his appeals in his homely prose, Rowley
set the mountains on fire by the inspiration
of his muse" 1t is said and, probably,
with truth, that Rowleys poetry, which
was read and sung in every nook and corner
of the state had more effect in bringing
about the triumph of Vermont than the
If we place any faith in the old saying
about the making of laws and songs, We
can easily see that this might have been so.
He is described as being more than wit
and poet; that he was man of sound
judgment, excellent common sense, quick
apprehension and, withal, religious and
thoughtful, kind and benevolent. He suf
fered the fate of too many of the country's
benefactors. He died in comparative pen
ury and poverty, although without being
actually subjected to want, in Benson
about the year 1903, and although the
place of his sepulchre is known, no mar
can tell the exact day or year Of his death