The Camden daily journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1864-1864, 1864-11-02
From the North.

From the North.
AN INVASION OF vERMlNr FROM THE CANADA
sIDE-RoBBERY OF BANKs-PAN1c OF THE
CITIZENS.
The Yankees arc having sensation nearer
tome than the seat OF war. On "Wednesday
last, band of twenty-five men from Canada
invaded" the town of St. Adams, in Vermont
and robbed the National Bank of S5O, 900. the
st. Albans Bank of $4,000, and the franklin
County Bank Of a considerable sum. Some
twenty horses were also seized by the despera-
!oes and carried off. Several citizens who re-
s'sted were deliberately shot; two were serious
~ wounded, and. it is feared fatally-E. J.
Morrison, n contractor, and c. II. Huntington,
ajcwellcr Several others arc reported slightly
Wounded. The attack commenced about 3 a.
IT,, and the opening is thus described by an
I've witness:
. Several men appeared to be rushing about
with pistols, in parties of from five to ten. One
Of these gangs met Mr.. Morrison and prescn-
ted a weapon to him, demanding his surrender.
lie answered, "You are joking, boys" They
tired and he fcE welterng in his blood. Our
Iformant saw him throw up his hands and then
ink Oh the ground, and then lie realized for
Tie first time that the village was attacked Ivy
;,n organized body cf men, bent on piiare and
I:gardlcss OF human life.
Meanwhile the attack had been sirnultanc-
nus on the three Lanks-thc First National,
franklin County, and St. ..Altans. Parties en-
tered each: When the teller, or cashier, s,,s-
ecting no evil, asked what they desired, the
eader presented n pistol, with the exclamation,
''You are my prisoner; if you move an inch
veil blow you through" Others Of the gang
hen went TO the Vault and drawers and laid
- liz lc'o ill .
,rticlcs which they could find, and filled the
ide satchcls Which they wore, rs we before
described. Of course resistance was useless.
or the surprise was complete. At the Frank
in county Bank the ruiders pushed the cashier,
Mr.. Beardsley, and one of the clerks, into the
rant and locked them up, and the prisoners
were not released unit! late in the night
Then commenced q reign of terror in the
village. Plumber mad been accomplished, and
Violence followed. The raid was brief: but the
scene must have been terrible while it lasted.
The thirty or more malaulcrs rushed ND and
down the streets. firing their pistols in every
direction. Whenever they saw a citizen or a
group of'men they would aim in tia, direction.
They had magnificent Observation-Disclosures
ana as fast as one weapon was unloadcd they
drew another, and kept up the fusiadc. Mr..
Baldwin says ne can only liken the sounds to
the noise OF Fourth Of July morning in large
city. There Was eohtinuous bang bang
bang! Of course this reckless use Of firearms
could not continue long with nobody hurt
The sheriff Of the county soon fell; Mr.. Hunt
ington was shot while resisting the robbery Of
his store woman, whose name we could NOT
learn, fell, and-more dastardly than alias
the gucrillas were leaving the town, they saw
: little girl in the street and wantonIy killed her,
And the bullets were flying around among the
buildings IN the main street-nearly all of which
bear marks of lead. Windows were broken
blinds Clipped and people wounded. 1t was a
scene that beggars all description.
Ut course the entire populace rushed into
the streets They had no idea of the cause Of
the disturbance, for they were engaged in their
usual daily avocations, and the raid was "like
thunder from Il clear sky" The guerillas, as
tney rusned through the town, stopped all the
citizens they met and gathered them in squads