, 1864-10-25

pus on the thTea B1nk0-the First NAdoQs]
Frsnklin Ceuaty. aod st. Aloanl Parst :
euace ctipg no o7il. asked :what they desired,
The JeadsI presented pistol, with the excls.
u atIpr, ,stYou aro my prisoners. II you
move nn inch we'll blow. sou taron IL"
Others Ct the gsuE then went: to the vault
aDn drawer. md laid violent hau1s on al
eou;d Ard, and al1ed the side eatchels which
| ea.h wore, as We before described OF cours Q
| resistance WIS u:e1tss, for the surprise w&s
| cnn;ple1r At the Franklin Count1 Bauk,
| fhe raiders pushed the cashier, Mr.. Beard ).
| lev. az d one of the clerks into the vautt, and
| locked them up; sud the prisoners were not
released until late in the n'.ht.
| REIGN OF TERROR.
F! T1eu commencsda a reign of terror in ths
| village, Plundtr had been Accomplished,
/ and vit lence followed. The raid vas brief,
but The scene must haya be=u terrible while
| rush. up and down the streets firing their
| p,sto,s ia every dhectson. Whenever they
taW citizen OF group of men, they would
| aim in that 11rectf4n. They had N tgniflc.nt
| a1ms-seven, shooters-and as fast a. ona
! weapon wns unloadec, they dtew auosher
| he can. .oply liken the sounds to the noise of
| the Fourth Of July morning iu large city.
There was Il continuous bAnes! bangf baosl
OF cours this reckless usa Of fire arms could
not continue long with nobody. burt: The
sheriff OF the county fell; Mr Huntingdon
was Phot while resisting the robbery of hfs
store; woman, whose name We could not
learn, fell, aud, more daatard1y than all, as
the guesillas weIe leaving tha to Tn, they
saw lfttlu girl in the street, ald wantpn1y
killed her. And the bullets were lyiog
around amorg the buildipgs In the n aln
street, nearly all Of which bear marks Of
Lead Windows we're broken, blinds chip
nod aud 1anT1a yrnun1ed II .wA3rR ert.nh
that begears all description.
THE ttCu1vA1RY'' As HORSE THIEVES
OF ccurze, the entire popllsca rushed into
the streets. They had no ldeR Of the cause
Of the disturbance, for they were engaged
in their usual duly avocations, and the raid
was tl1ke thunaer from clear B6y." The
gue1illaR,as they rushed through the town,
stepped all the citizens they met, and gath
cred them In squads under guard Of q feH
men armed with pistols, retaining them as
prisoners on the common. 1tean while the
celnaiIdtr of the banditti started to secure
horees. They took two. from Fields Livery
stable, i've ffom Fuller's, several from the
span from Mr. Clark, of Rutland, securing
aoont thlrts in all Thsir adroitnes5 In cut
t'rg Oft harness WIS marvellous, and the CON-
tsIIs Of the aa0dle.makers' shops soon en-
ah1sa the villains to become cAvllt2, iasteai
Of foot-pads. :
Mean lille their threats ware terrible. ssVe
viii bum ,our id town." they said. awe
sill treat yon as the people Of Atlanta were
trtattd.9 Tbe1 also said: "We are coming
back ugaip, aud will burn eyer7 town In Ver.
mont" Their imprecations were Of bias |
pbemous chaactsr. They claimed to be
Confederatee. our informant does not think |
any Of the men were Canadians Tney all |
LOOKED like Americans, and Southernefs ut |
that These demons continued their internal |
pistol t1rlDg-k1ling man mined Morse at. |
ter they begun to take Prisoners"
THE RETREAT.
All this YVES the work Of twenty m1uutes.
Conductor BALDWIN saJ 8 he can scarcely re4l-
ize that 1t all happened. and that 80 much
having all secured horses and eatnfes com
mencsd their retreat They abandoned the |
prisoners ind rode Oft northward, t1rinz their
pistols as they proceeded 1tapptared to be
their intention to make sn attack o. the Mia
sequel Ba.k, a. Sheldon.
PURSUIT.
When the villagers became thoroughly
to what had happened, thsy~acted ii
msDner worthy Of thtlr Green Mountain
sirts In the daye ofthe Revolution. Caotain
Conger, with eight men, started Ia pursuit:
Nv. nty more followed In half an hour.
People seized guns, pistols, cutlasse5 and
clnbs, and came out into the streets. Stor5s
were closed-tue1ness was suspended. Ey.
~ body WAS Wild with excitement. No one
showed any fear--al were ready for a2tioa.
Bnt there was babel Of suggestions, qucs.
!ienP, ipciaeLts, escapes, comparisons Of
oesee, and specn1 .tlons as to the future.
leles1am5 were cent to Montpelier aad ths
citizens made preparations for home defense.
THE AUTHORITIES AROUSED,
The Legislature, which was in session at
ontpelier, ard the Governor, lectly:d dts
'htchts from st. Albaus at 5 o'clnck an.
Eouncing the raid. TIE former appointed
ommtttec; the latter ordered 00j stand Of
rns from the araenal at Vergennes, and sent
90 veteran reserves from Burlington; Cot. ,
Fenton and 100 volunteers from BurIiazton.
I'd 100 trusty fremen from BratNeooro..
|en. DIX at Ne~ York, was communicated
Fitb, ard gave orders tor prompt pursuit. II
J thought that the United States ayengers
Ill harp}y stop for the Imaginary Caaada
lie if they get Aignt Of the baadltti,