Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1864-11-10

disturbance at other points. Several
men appeared to be rushing about with
pistols, in parties of from five to ten
One of these gangs met a Mr., Morris
and presented weapon to him, demand
+ ing hls surrender. He answnred, "Roo
are Joking, boys" They fired. and he
fell, weltering in his blood. Our in
formant saw him throw up hlS~hands
and then sink on The ground, and then he
realized for the first time that The village
was attacked Iy and organized body OF
men, ben, on. .plllage and regardless Of
human life
Meanwhile the attack had been 81
mul,aneous on the three Banks-lhe
First National, Franklin County, aud
ST Albans. Parties entered each
When The teller or cashier, suspecting
no evil, asked what they desired, the lea
presented a pistol. with the exclamation
You are my prisoners. If you move
an inch we'll blow you through" OH
ers Of the gang then went to The vault,
and drawers, and Land violent hands on
all The specie bills and other articles
which they could find, and filled the side
satchels which each wore, as we before
described OF course, resistance was
useless, for the surprise was complete
AT the Franklin County Bark. the raj
ders pushed the cashier. Mr. Beardsley,
aud one CT the clerks. into The vault and
locked them up, and the prisoners were
not released until late in the night.
Then commenced a reign of terror in
the village, Plunder had been accom-
plished, and violence followed. The
raid was brief, bul the scene must have
been terrible while il lasted The thirty
or more marauders rushed up and down
the streets firing their pistols in every
direction. Whenever they saw citizen
or group of men, they would ,im in that
direction. They bad magnificent arms
-seven-s shooters-and as fats as one
weapon was unloaded they drew anolhe:
and kept up the fusilade. Mr. Baldwin
says he can only liken the sounds TO the
noise Of Fourth of July morning in
large city. There was a continuous
bang bang bang. OF course this reck-
less use of fire arms could not continue
with nobody hurt. The Sheriff of the
County fell; Mr. Huntington was shot
while resisting the robbery of his store;
a woman, whose name we did not laarn,
fell and, more dastardly than all, as the
guerrilas were leaving the town, they
saw ittle girl in the street, and wan
tonly' killed her. Aud the bullets were
flying around among the buildings in the
main street, nearly all of which bear
marks of lead. Windows. were broken,
blinds chrPed: and people Wounded
i was a scene that beggsrs all descriP
non.
OF course, the entire populace rushed
INTO the streets. They have no idea Of
The cause of the disturbance. for they
were engaged IN their usual daily avoca
lions, and the RAID was ''hke thunder
from a clear sky The guerr'llas. as
they rushed through The town, stopped ali
the cir'zens they met, and gathered them
in squads under guard Of few men
armed wi h pistols, treating them as
prisoners on The common. Meanwhile
the remainder of the bandltti started TO
secure horses. They took two from
Fuller's, several from the American and
fremont stables. and 81 300 span from
Mr.. Clark of Rutland, securing about
thirty in all. Their adroItness IN cut
ung of harness was marvellous, and the
contents of the saddle makers, shops soon
enabled the Williams TO become cavalry,
instead of fool-pads
Meanwhile their threats were terrible
I'VE will burn your id town." they
said. We will treat you as the people
of Atlanta were treated" They also
said We are coming back again, and
will burn every town in Vermont.
AT six o'clock, the out buildings of the
American Hotel were discovered TO be
on fire. Whether the Marauders had
fired the town during their three o'clock
visit and the flames smouldered, or
whether symPalhlzers or accOmplices in
the town had started the conhagratson
three hours afterwards, is not known
Terrible to discover. water would not
extinguish The flames. The walls bad
been covered with phosphorous, and the
engins were useless. Ia this emergency
by tearing down the fences, throwing
vinegar and molasses on the FIRE, and
smotheripg it with blankets, it was
finally pIt out.
BUFFA1o October 3l.-The city was