The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-01-03

ham, covering the remainder of Clarendon
and part, if not the whole, of Dandy, was
patented at about the same time 1t was
on this tract Of land, mainly in the present
limits of Clarendon and Dandy, that most
of tho disturbances, in this section of the
state, occurred. benjamin IIough, to
whom the beach seal was applied, lived in
Scarborough, and one of the judges ap-
pointed by New York resided therein, but
their residences were within the present
bounds of Clarendon. We think, also,
that all of the acts complained of by the
Workers" who were driven away from
scarborough, were committed within the
same bounds, except in the case of the
surveyor Cockbarn, who, although not a
resident, was stopped near Suthcrlands
falls, while running out the New York
lines, 10y party headed by Asa johnson.
Whether we are right, or not, III the state
ment that the ''outrages of the "Benning-
ton mob" as they were called, committed
in this vicinity, of which we have any
record, occurred in Clarendon, certain it is
that the destruction of Perry's property
has been for years, unknown. 1t has al
ways been Il matter of surprise to us that
quick work was not made of the few
workers." who were residents here, as
three of the pcrsons-Silvanus Brown,
John Smith and Peleg Sunderland--for
whose heads the government of New York
offered reward were described as of
scarborough" and two of them, at
least, actually resided in the village of
Rutland.
The New Hampshire grantees took the
only course left them for the vindication of
their rights, and although their admins
tration of justice was without the form of
law-because we had no laws-and some
times, perhaps, unnecessarily severe, we
think that the verdict of history will be
that they committed fewer excuses than
might have been expected, and that the
persons upon whom punishment was in
tlictcd richly deserved it, and that it
served them right" Most Of the facts TO
which we have referred are, or ought TO be.
well understood. For a full discussion
thereof, and perfect understanding of the
subject, our readers are referred to the
valuable history of Governor Hall and to
the original documents connected there
with published by the states of Vermont
and New York and by the Historical Soci-
ptipg nf hoth atn Tho e
Pcry's statement is not so well understood,
and the facts and statements connected
Herewith are hardly to be made accessible,
even by the expenditure of money. We
refer to the coniiscation of the property of
tories, Perry's included, especially in Yer
mont. July, 1717 was a time of general
gloom, not only throughout Vermont, but
the united colonies. Ticonderoga had been
evacuated, Burgoyne was approaching, and
it appeared that Vermont was at his mercy
We were not recognized as independent by
the united colonies, but were considered
somewhat rcbellious objects of NcwYork
Our people, however, were patriotic and
were determined to do their part toward
the general cause, even if they were left
unprotected by those who ought to have
aided, and were compelled, as it were, to
fight on their own hook" Protection
must be had. Men must be found to enter
the army, and provision must be made for
their subsistence and the support of their
families, Without public credit, with no
means of raising money, and an empty
treasury, what could be done ? Ira Allen,
then but twcnty-scven years Old solved
the difficulty. After Il nights considcra-
ton, he proposcd-wc quote his own
words--that the Council of Safety ''shoud
appoint commissioners of sequcstration, with
authority to seize the goods and chattes of
all persons who had, or should JON the
common enemy that all movable pro-
pcrty SO seized should be sold at public
yenduc, and the proceeds paid to treas
urer, etc. Provision was also, at this, or,
more probably, at a future time, made for
the contiscatiOn of real estate, funds were
at hand, regiment OF troops was raised.
the battle of Bennington was fought, Yer
mont was saved, and the tide of disaster
and defeat was turned backward in the
national cause. Other states, as we may
call them, followed the example of Yer
mont, and the property of tories, wherever
found, was c0niiscated, sold and the money
expended for the common cause. Who can
t.n sol. 4 ln
for The timely, decisive action Of Vermont !?
To bring the matter home. At the first
session Of the governor and council, a
court OF confscation was appointed The
order to this effect and the appointments
were made on the 2Gth day of March, l71S,
nearly year after the procedure had been
is more than probable that the action pro-
posed by Mr.. Allen was confined simply to
personal property, because its object was
to procure money promptly and without
delay and, moreover, Allen, in his His
tory Of Vermont, speaks only of personal
property Under the order of the governor
and council, the court met in Arlington
April 23d, 1878, with Governor Chittenden
as president and Matthew Lyon as clerk
The record, after stating the names of the
members present, goes on rs follows {;
" Proceeded to Examine the Evidences
Relative to the following persons Viz"
David Shorey, Robert Perry, Ebenczer
Washburn, Joshua Bostwck of Rutland
there were, also a large number of other
persons in different parts of the state-and
AFTER several APPOINTMENTS from day to
day" Judged that the persons named
have by their Notorious Reasonable acts
committed against this and the United
States Of America forfeited of their Real
and personal Estate to this State" and it
was ordered sold. These are the names re-