The Portland daily press., 1864-10-21
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Portland Daily Press.
The outrage a. Sc. .Alba,.s, ".

IS 5gg1Hgs ST. ALBANs, VT, 70.
4 Later advices from the party under Capts
Newton. Conger and Lieut.. Strainhorn, pur
suing the raiders, confirm the capture OF mint
rot the freebooters and 5000 dollars OF Int
stolen hank bills. Considerable excitement
still prevails although all apprehensions of any
further danger at present from the marauders
\ are entirely removed. 2s s
+ Cant. Nickerson of the Veteran Reserve
4 Corns is garrisoning the border with $50 con.
valescent soldiers from the hospitals at Brat.
tlebore.
Judge Adds of the Supreme Court has ms,
returned from Montreal, where he had salts.
factory interview with the Canadian authorit.
les, and is now preparing the necessary paners
TO bring the captured raiders before our courts
under the extradition treaty. Major Austin
has despatcnsd Major Barstow to st. Johns,
CANADA East, IN order ifpossible to secure the
arrest of a party of raiders who are approach I'll.
ing that place from Stanstead.
The banks of this place suffered severly, but
the ST. Albans bank announces that it will re-
deem its bills. 81 ~
we learn that In skirmish last evening at
Fredlsburg, four of the raiders were arrested.
VIM Hunt, one OF the bailffs of that municip-
allty, fell MORALLY wounded while calamity
endeavoring to capture the raiders.
The provincial authorities of the frontier
towns did everything in their power to ac-
eomplish the arrest of the rascals.
Six Of the horses taken by the scoundrels
have been recaptured.
SECOND DISPATCH.
Six of the bank robbers were arrested in
Stanbridge about midnight last night, and
$4,000 of their booty recovered.
! Three others were arrested at FreeDight-
burgh.
Tney are lodged in the jail at st. Johns to
await a requsition from the United States au-
thorities. e 8cL
Major Austin Provost Marshall of the State,
arrived here this morning and assumed direc-
lion of all military matters.
LATEST. 1se
+. M.-Capt. Conger's party has returned.
They report that they caught the leader Of the
raiders at Stantridge and recovered 100000
In addition TO the $4,000 received this morn
ing. ~ psgslsa ab its KS
The Canadian authorities are still after the
Williams, and there is good prospect of cap
turing the whole gang.
The Governor General of Canada has tele-
graphed that he will respond to the requisitiOn
from the u. s. government for the surrender
of the robbers already arrested, and such as
may hereafter be arrested. 9ln
The st. Adams bank lost $4,000; the
franklin County bank $4,000, and the First
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~ MONTPELIER, VT, Oct 20.
Immediately after the depredations in ST.
Adams by the raiders, Governor Smith tele-
graphed to the Governor General of Canada
relative thereto, and messengers were sent to
various points to confer with the officers of the
Canadian government. 1t is worthy of men,
ton that all communications written and oval
upon the subject have been treated with great
interest and kindness by the British authorities
and so far every facility and assistance pos
sible, has been rendered our pursuing party to
hunt down and capture the raiders, The com-
munications of the Governor General to Gov
ernor Smith. are papers worthy of that high
official, signifying as they do an interest on
his part equal to that of our own people to
have the marauders brought to speedy retri-
button. M
0-a.sr BURLINGTON, VIZ, 90
Maj. Austin has ordered citizens of frontier
towns to organize themselves into home guards
arms being distributed to them, and they will
shorty be prepared for any emergency.