Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1864-11-02

train for Montreal. His behavior was
deemed supicious and he was arrested.
Three thousand dollars was found upon
his person in bills on the St. Adams bank,
as well as photograph of Capt Young,
taken at Richardson's gallery in St. AL
bans.
Thursday night another man. Samuel
Gregg, was secured by the stage driver.
He had $50 in money and was quite lame
having sprained his ankle during the
raid. Upon him were found eight photo
graphs, supposed to be of members of the
gang. These pictures were marked on the
back as if taken somewhere in Kentucky.
Gregg said he had been two years in the
Confederate service. and processes that
the band entered on this expedition under
orders of the Confederate Government,
The prisoners captured at Frelighsburg
We're found in farm houses, barns, &c,
and made no resistance. Among this
number was T. B. Clyde, who, it asserted
was addressed in St. Alans by the title
of Colonel Some of the robbers stated
that they came from Canada, and were
furnished pistols by one of their own
number in the saloon of the passenger
car, after leaving Rouses Point. From
these prisoners $4,000 was recovered
and two of them we've recognized as con-
nected with the robbery of the First Ma
tional Bank and one, the cashier, Albert
Sowles, swears is the man who drew a
pistol on him. A small smonnt of Con-
federate money was found upon each of
them. They declared that their inten-
tion was to burn the village of St. Adams,
hut portion of their band did not "come
to time" According to the statements
of those thus far captured, those who did
the work at St. Albans, numbered exact
Ily %,
On Judge Coursal's arrival at Stan
bridge, this morning Justice Wickham
promptly delivered over the prisoners he
had, and soon after more we're brought
in, having In their possession $4,000.
These prisoners represented that they
found the country between st. Albans
and the line much more difficult to trav-
crse than they had expected the roads
in the worst condition, the swamps deep,
and the creeks swollen. One Of thtir
number came near drowning while eros.
sing creek, having stepped from log
and afterwards came near freezing tc
death. They left all the horses at the
line and threw away almost all their arms
doing this, as they say under instruc.
tions from superior officers. Upon these
men, however, several pistols were found
one of them very bloody. They stated
that one of the party was wounded in the
leg at st. Adams. These men arc recog.
nized as those who entered the st. Albans
Bank"
The st. Adams Messenger of Saturday
evening has the following:
, THE RAIDERS.
"The Confederate gentlemen" as the
raiders claim themselves to be, are foi
the most part intelligent and good looking
men. Some of them, on being arrested
s id that their work was not half accom-
plised, owing to the orders not being obey
ed. They determined to burn St. AL
bans then to proceed 10 6wanton and
Sheldon and fire those places, robbing thu
banks at the same time. The man who
gave his name as Wallace, G. NJ, anG
who is evidently one of the ringleaders
has the appearances of being a southerncr
His talk and manner indicated that ht
has seen service in the Southern army
AS to the perfect indentifcation of many
: of the raiders there can be no doubt
: Several of our citizens who have seen tn,
Confederate gentry since their arrest Car
positively swear as to their identity. II
fact. on the arrest, of one of the party anc
his recognition he confessed and was imme
diately forwarded to the Governor Genera
of Canada, and the particulars are no
known. g.
OUR BANKS.
An unnecessary excitement has pee,
notton m rolativa IN onr h.nLs Th