, 1864-10-25
T1aE EAID INTO wee n,1J, VT
count from an Eye-sEitness-1Tn-
der and Theft by lxebe14-Ebrenra 70
Ayebgo atlanta-The Green moun.
tain stnte under Arm8.
lFron the Troy Times, Oct a0,1
EFTs NF TrTH MN

/ ilo7 aud many other Northern. citie3 were
excited, last evening, By the news OF a raid
issued q third edition at i've O'Clock con.
tanning the bare announcement uf a trau 7fer
OF tue war to Northern soil, and awaited
Inrthef particulars, which we are enabled tn
present to dag, from the lips Of au eye-Wit-
ness o. the Mnrds Ions and ruf1lanly transac-
| non, Mn .. 5. Bald win, conductor OF tbs
| sieepleE cdr train from Rou5e's Point To
! Troy, ~ho reached here at h7e O'Clock this
morning. As ra1rated by him, the st. AL
bAns raid will long be remembl rcd as one of
me Eost daring and brutal events in the
TIE sTEALTur ARRIVAL.
Mr. Bald IN tas been taking vacation for
peE oaJs-stopplog At the American Hotel,
81 Alcabe. About week ago soma straup.
efs came to board st this house and the Tra.
mont One OF then, calling himself Colo
nel, appeared to be prominent one among
them He was man OF mediam size, about
1hlrty' i've Years OF age, and appeared to
have no other name than tast Of Colonel.
Others or the party, vho subsequently proved
70 oe t9,efes and murderers; w-ra hablted iu
me unaiofm o1 United States officers, ind all
wore = scrt Of wrapper OF caps and each car.
fied satchel tlukg By shoulder strap at
tue LETT side, after the manuer Of English
Epufteneu. There &c ened to be no. concert |
OF action between any of these msn--they
Sid nothing to each othnr. In public
~ W. teAeutAoHn eaeaeu tnAs #OnId attract |
attenf1on-to all appearances, they we're sub |
stituta brokers, contractors or speculato-s. |
such ss are often eeen In frontier townsSs
Adams beng only sixteen miles from tha
Canada line On Tuesday night tho strangers
In the FillaIe were reinforced by others, who
arrived In the train from RouBe's Point. ana
new faces appeared at the breakfast tables OF
the hotels. On "Wednesday morning, q far
thcr batch Of copspirators arrived, till abont
thirty Riders had collected. And then the
plan YVES ripe for execution.
How TIE ATTACK COMMENCED,
ATS o'clock p. m. On Wednesday, Oct
Is, ST. Albans was in 3 state Of APPARENT
quiet common to New England tognsN
msni:estiDg no more excitement than An
occas!t nal team diving through the strests
or vhietle from some approaching train
smorg the Green Mountains. Tie hine
waters OF Lake Champlatn, at some distancs
slopes back Of the place were stiil. But TX
calm was coon succeeded By storm. 0nr
Conductor Bald win, WIS stsnn.
IL z on the steps Of the American Hotei
lust as the town bell rang out the hour Of
nut OF the deor Of the First National BanE'
and as be did 50 citizen on the sten3
knocked him down. : :,
a second was s]so foore6, but the third !
[aid,r had pistol in hIs hann, and the cIti. i
Zen retreated. The conductor thought the
analr Rss me iteaA o1 some drnnken men, +
It other points. Several men apoeared to
,e,uehing about with pistols, IN parties Of
i've to ten. One Of these gangs met a Mr :
sfcrrison and presented . weapon to him. !;
demanding bis surrender. He answered. q q
Teu a5t 9zDE E bGysn by S,ooG Ihey andhs
aw him throw mp his hands aui then sinS !!
IN the ground, and then he realized f5r The +
lnt time that the village was attacked hT :
organized body Of men, bent On pillage aud t
egard1ess Of human life. :
=. BANKS RonnEp-PEop1E SHOT. !,
Meanwhile The attack had heaa aimult,oa. =