The New York herald., 1864-10-21
TIE STATE UNDER ARMS.
Capture Of the Leader and a
Number Of the Gang.
Recovery Of @1gC,cC0 Of the
EtcIen Gank Funds.
The CANADIAN Authorities Will Surrender
ths Captured Raiders,
&c., &C., &C.
[Frcm the Troy Tlmes, Oct. 2c.l

[From the troy Tires, Oct. col
EIya Or IrIE rAtD.
Troy and many Other Northern cities were excited,
last eYoeDs, by the news OF reid ths y,ae or
O'CLOCK containing the bare arnounco,nesscf .ran.er
of the war 70 Aortnero sr awaited parcu-
lils Of au oyo ~uess g. mrrderous and rullaaIy
irlnsa5to, rr g. T. a. VII, conductor OF Tao sleeping
81. Absns rad vl ieag 81 remembered as one CT the
noEi dartal aad hsu.a. s-cats IN the present war.
IT." ST. LEHx AtgIyL.
Mr.. Baldwin haS nean taking vacation for few
tnys-stontng at the Aaieriean HOTEL. ST. Albans.
bea week sone strangers csr,s TO board at this
hGuse and the irsmort 0ae Of them, calling himself
c9cae', appeared to be prcinncut ono amcng them.
He was rosu Of med ian size hout thr,yGve years Of
age and spieared 10 have other than that OK
Cclolel Others Of The party who Subsequently, proved
So 10 thievos and nasterers. were habnsd in the
uniform United States officers, snd all wore
a sort oil wrapper or cspe, and each carried
satchsi says BY q shoulder strap at The let.
side, aser sSs manner OF English sportsmen. There
seemed he Of acliol between any OF these
Iaen; they said ro.nrg 10 each ciEcr in pubic;
appearalces they substitute brokers, Contractors
or spccus,oz srcn as are often seen frontier towns
On Tuesday night tbe strergers In tho village rei
iorcoa BY OILERS who arrived in the train from Rousss
Point eld fsces aIpeared d, Ls tleakal tables OF
iLs hotels. On "Wednesday nornog further batch Of
eonsrata.s arrived. III about thirty raiders had col
iected. And then the plot was ripe for execution.
now rHs ATTACK cOMMgwceo.
AT three o'clock 7. NJ On Wednesday, October 10 81.
England towns. marifes.lIg more excitement thaa
occasional scam driving through tho streets whso
te.ns blue of Lake CLaplain. solne dis
tance from tbs town, were unr.pped tho eafy slopes
succeeded by storm. Our Informant, Conductor Bad.
Tn, standing lhe steps OF the American Eotei,
when be saw man couog on. OF the door OF the First
National Bank, and as ne did so q citizen oa Ito
STEPS hn,cso, n aoan s,soaa W wac asrsa
citizen retsected. The conductor though. the affair
the freak o. some dran.en mon, bat soon he symp
OF disturbance at other points Several ap
ccarsd to be rushrg nonnt with pistols IN partios Of
from dse &c ten. One Of iaces gangs met Mr. Aorrsoa
der Hc aoswered ''You sro joking, Doye" Tney Gred
and he foil, wserIng IN s bioad c,c informant
t Up his hsncs aud sh sink trc ground and
be realized for the fret lime thai village
attacked by an organized boay OF ren, her. on plage
aud regardless OF arinan lie.
BANKS RoEBEppEorLE sHor.
Meanwhile the attack had been simultaneous % the
three banksthc First Eaiicual Franklin Ceun,y ard
csaher susrecig evil asked wha. they desired, the
leader presented pistol, with tue exclamation, iou
my prisoner u yoa move N inch veil bow you
through Others Of tre gang then vers to the vanls
and dra~crs, and laid yceu. nnds or all the specie
bills other cles which they coGld 'ad, and ElIad
the side satchels, which each wore, as we bsore de-
ecrbea. of resistance was uss'ess, for the sur
pviso complete. ~ The Franklin County Bank the
raiders pushed the cashier Mr. Besrisey, and Que OF the
ccrls into the yau and ce,ed them up aud 'e prison
ers w6r, 70. released ruti' late IN tho night
2g.Ss IganeE.
Thca commenced a rnigu Of terror in the. yi'lsac.
The raid b-of but mo nst havo beeI terri.
bio ws.e It lasted The tt.riy or more marauders
every direction. Wherever they saw citizen group
they woaid atm IN that direction ihcs lad fag
ri1ccrs urrasaeyec soco.crs-and !rst waauu
was unoldcd they drew another, AID kept " hc tusi
lsaa Mr. BalLwia say be only Ikea tho soc1ds to
There sss continuous bang bang bang o. corrsS
this reckless CT 6resrms could not continue long With
nob,sy lie shsrG Of the csu-ty soon fell; Mr..
Iup.ns;nn rho. .hie reastiDg the robbery CT his
store; woman who're name wo could not learn, 1911,
sud more dassrd'y ,nan AZ Las the eueras wore tsay.
Ing the toSn, 'asy saw l,tle girl IN az street. ehd
wsuoniy killed hsr. AID tho balle;s were hyis around
amoag the buildings ~ he Inain ssreet-ne1ry Ell Of
which bear marks q lead. NindovB broken. blinds
cbiaped ana reopls wounded tNas sc:ns that beg
eurs al description.
OF course ,he ent!ro popo'aco rcched into the streets
They rad isa c tie eaCse Of the dstuT hanceiot they
Ssre engaged IN their usual daily ayoea.ions, and tao
,l.d was ke thunder rom clear skyn The gusfllias,
they rushed the town. stopped AL the eitens
they Iet aua g1tbood them IA sqoads under guard OF
e ~ sred ei,s lsicisx retaining ,hem prisoners
on the common. pc-nwhiIS,he rcrnei1der or the bau-
d!i.l started 10 secure hofses they sopk tso t'om
american ana fremont stables, ana t"etvo bnhured
doar span NJ. Clark, 0 misunderstanding about
thirty ia ALL Their sdrosucss 10 cutting OF harness was
marvellous tie contents Of the Saddle makers ahopa
scon enabled lie Villains TO become cavalry instead OF
scoipats.
Meanwhile III sir hrests.wers terrible 1--WE viii bcfn
people cf Atlanta ,reaied They $50 said "Tc
are coming back again and will burn town IN YER
ru1GtN Their tnnrCcitcrs were CT q DWspnCneu3
character. They claincd to be Ccrfeceraics Our In
fer does tsS eny of tho men wee tapaoi.as
They all looked ks .osrcai ana son,hsrsers ., mat
ing named Worse alter they began TO take pss
| onors."
AZ this was the wc-l, &. twenty N nues. Conductor
Badya says searcsy realize sat u all happened
aud that so much done 20 60 short time Tue guerh.
las having a secured horses and saddles con nienced
their retreat. They abandoned the Prisoners and rode
of norhward firing thsir pistols as ,h.y yoceeden J.
/ cd Ia to
Bank at Sheldon.
When the villagers became thoroughly aroused 10 what
had happened they acted IL snpor worthy ct their
Green acuntsin srea in ,to days OF tec Reyou.icn.
Captain CcDacr with rign: men, started u 6wis pur
suit twenty moro followed. 10 hair hour. People
seized guns, PISTOLS cuasses AID clubs ani ou:
pended. Everybody was Wild with excitement. no orc
showed any feer-al roady FOR action But there
Of losses and speculascns as 70 Ss future
| Tccxrams were sent 70 H?aipsllor, end tho otso1s
made prcraraticss for hcrnc eeserce.
Al six O'Clock the cui6uiinss Of the American Hotel
wero discovered TO bs Are. Whether tho narsuders
ames smonlisred or wiesusr sympashisers or accom-
Ises In The town had started tbs ccn1ssratcn thres
| vstcr would not sxtingueh the h0rnea rts walls bad
been covered with phosphorus, ADD ,he ensles were
ns vinegar and msssssi on TOO irs ana ossrns I,
| with blankets, IL was ncally poi cns.
| A DANE .ssrRrR,srr.r
ON their way cut Of the village Incident occnrred
that but FOR tragic surroundings would have Inspired
| smile. a country dane was driving into town, al
alone IN large wagon wish spirited horse she wn,
leaning pack 10 the seat wilb sesnod air. re much
a. TO saw "i;ohing ctD trouble no." Jcst RI this mo
ment.,le thirty raiders mot her. 'Isisrre gaicruf
snid the cclone .whs, do you mean ,lrf Eofcr, Is.
words bad eft her III the harness Ci Der s'eed
TO pieces ani h1 was wandering away with "Ccniede
raie on his BACK. The party aso thinking ,hai "a fsl
exchange Ia no robbery, let Of their old hoFcs and
took ia its place dashna s;ecd from forner's team.
i 1aE lUTnogIfiSs AHoJe-r.
| The legislature which Was In session af NoItrclicr
and the Governor received Dispatches from Sc As1B'
! st nye O'Clock, announcing tbs raid. Ths former ap
pointed committee; tfe latter ordered two thoussDc
saud Of arms from The n.ssral at yergcnncs, gent
QUE hundred veteran reserves from Burngioa; Co'pns
renton ard one hundred volunteers from Burlington auc
| one hundred rusiy nremca nom Dratteborc. Genera
| Dix a. Now YORK communicated With, aud gave
orders for prompt parsat Ia thought thai the Uoed
states avengers will hardly stop Ter the Canads
iluc they get s.sht of the banditi