Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1864-10-28

At Montpelier the news was received abou
the same time ne here, Mr.. Barlow of 81
Adams Tecelying the first dispatch which "a
read TO the House by the Speaker
1t. Col. R. c. Benton. late Of the llth Vt
was authorized by the Governor TO rarse
company oi Volunteers, and Lieut.. Murphl
Of the Invalid Corps. with IS Of has men
was ordered to St. Albans. Col. Bentgni
company was soon raised and put IN com
maud OF Maj j. j. Boynton, and Col Ben
ton was directed 20 take command Of all th'
forces a; St. Adams. \ guard sas put roanC
the State House, and the streets were patrol
led.
Beside All preparations in this State, ",
learn tha; Mai Cen. Dix, at New York. N
command Of the Department, OF the East
telezrag ghej Last night that troops would be
sen, here and ordering immediate pursuit Of
the rob5,r-
A despatch was also received from toi.
Canon at New Yors stating that he " a.
about TO lerye AZ once with arms and an
muniti1n
Col. Proctor received at l23 \. NJ. the
following dispatch from Col. BenJon at St.
Adams.
CT Proctor: Capt. Congrr with a purity
IT dity or more have been heard irum within
halt mile 1i "a. ruiters AZ sheldon. Col
Jewct- started from Swan;cn wi.f fJrcl
and viii probably head them or Iuts got
ully q horse 1lanse. At Swanton
r. G. BENTON.
Col. Cong
Next morning the temporary companies
we're dishanded aud q more permanent organi-
zation Of 100 minute men hss been made
under command Of Capt. L. " Page
Some OF the stolen money vas drorped On
the streets by the iresbooter, One package
OF $1,000, as We near, and another u $500
were thus found aud recovered.
Thursday morning MaJ. Ausune, Provo4,
Marshal General Of tho S,a,e,w up to st
Alb.1. with two companies from Bratue-
boro.
S.nos writing the above &C learn reliably.
rh, -ams taken from the 81 Al1sns Banks,
were from ,re s.. A!bans Bank So 900 in
bile, rom the Franklin County Bank
S,o,Ugo @, &, 600, Fust National SO,
ugJ .- $4,000 ln Ji.i- and bonds
r., amount recovered from the rooter-
was r.iiibly reported st s.. Alb,u4 To- be
SGooao
T.re na l,ab; ;lst the robbery 5t che
slli.a Bias VIE pnrpisri bl, 3; was
eio-ei ..- t.e nigh, when the raiders reached
the-s They s5ok the horse OF IIr. uub5ci
Gle cashier, re-, IRE to bi. barn. aud tn,n
h..itl .sly-7 the line.
Sc i-aru sua5 man -uspeetei of share
10 tuc alfur was arrested IN 81. Al5an, next
morning aui $4,000 of the pluuierei fu nj-
found on his person. The csp,urcd ml-au-
d-r- were 'aben to y. Johns. wbre, Jadsc
CoDs-a. IS holding court for their cxami-
nation, and whittier the witnesses and papers
necessary ;,r tleir conviction have been sent.
rh. Ciradan tathori,i.-. upon the aprl-
cation - Judge Adds who went into, Mon
trral ipr rhst rurp7seWcIne-day night ,co-op-
Grated aeaytly withous5wu iua,tempt- toar-
rest tic raiders. OF the two men shot 40
the fgh, with them IN Stan1ril-e. one y,s
a Canadian Constable Tie milit'ry aud
police force OF Missi-qui aud R,u,iiie .
Counties are out, and patrolIing the ro,is
and a= the r5b5ers arc believed TO Dee an be- .
tween s., Johns and the Line, it is thought
al OF most OF them will set be captured
Two OF them are reported 10 have been
residents of st. AlbaDs tor while past the I
rest declared themselves and are believed TO
have been c,uiederate soldiers They -sid .
they were thus svenging Sheridsn's treat
mcnt Of their friends in the Shenandoah val
ley
Sir Morrison died Of his wound Friday
morning ~ nine O'Clock HE wife came
to aim from Manchester, y II THURSDAY
Sir. Huntington il DOING well, though
weak from loss OF blood. The robbers
appear to have been in part, At least,
jesrrters from our army.-Ore, named .
Burt. ieserter from the llth Vermont,
was positively identified by former
romra6e, and two 0thers are said TO
have been recognized as deserters from the
5-h and 9th regiments. Two mcu were ar
rcsted in ST. Albans Thursday. on suspicion
b. connection with the raid, and sre retained
ia custody, one as witness against the other.
Judge Aldis telegiophcd from ST. Johns
Friday afternoon: I'VE have eleven men
under arrest in oil and have recovered about
S73 600. Private dispatches say fourteen are
captured 1 cannot vouch for 1t, but it Is
probably true
We learn that another raider was taken
Yesterday at Cooks Corners, near Frelighs-
burg, with a quantity of the stolen money
in his possession, and that the whole number
,aptured thu, far is fourteen, fee in Fre-
ighsburg, jour at Stanbridge, one at St.
Joaus. one at Waterloo. and thrcz at West
Farnham.
The prisoners arrivedat St. Johns Sstur-
iay end the examination commencs4
Monday. Hon. c. F. Edmuuds OF Bu..
-ington, hon Andrew Tracy OF Woodstock.
and Hon, L. B. Peck Of Montpelier, will ap-
pear Tor the United States The prisoners
have engaged able counsel in Montreal.
The 81. Altans Messenger -ays /!
The prisoners claim that they acted under or
iers from Richmond, that they we're soldiers Of
the - Confederate army" that their acts were
aets OF wa-. that they had a right 10 bs released,