Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1864-10-25

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nss InsolenAy fJrmot ~ on5 Vi ta9 rsldors
'hashe "i0oS deposits, and iho money seized
from him. The raiders then proceeded % ran
SAGA :" tho money department " Of She Bank,
Asd succeeded 10 carrying of large amount
Oar citizens abou' ,hls anne commenced roal-
iHlng their position lheI tea thai ths town
sso invaded 10 earn4S. ALI Won. in search OF
arms-Nnd, indeed, lew 1hsrs were IN town
ho"os were in great requsIlon, as were shot
guns and reyolvers. The raiders, marnudeE,
or confederate thieves, quietly proceeded north
ward. In twenty mlnuts5 or less, a company OF
hobenen 60 the number OF EbOut forty, We
should Judge, Was ofBsalzed by CApts Newton
and sTAnahan aus others-the brave Capt
Congsr and Tow os6em having preceded thcnI
-WhI,h Immediately sAftod IN pursuit The
puFaueis KEEP. cIosc b Iho mArauders who or
their arrlvLl IN Sheldon sol fro 10 tho bridge
Aho tho barn OF Mr.. Alfred keith, but Che hte
Was promptly etungulshed. bang closely Pur'
sued bJ The parry nom serd UeJ ma no tm'
b. rob Tho bank al Sneldon, and the raiders
themes vent directly EDWARDS Ca1sds 10 Sat
SIy, where the Advances guard Of the pursuer:
rsaehol them. Some jumped from GhUf hJfse'
| IN the greatest haste, and took" for the wJUds
Of the robbers were arrts,ed and put in IRON,
Tho Canadian authorities then VITA cJmmenda-
bic snofgy went 10 search Of the rObbers A
this Wrltlng We learn thero have been arrested
at SLAB city or near that place, tar e. and slI al
Sanbrdgs, where Atty Thousand dollars were
Alec recovered.
Our town IL mot thoroughly organized. -
Nsrsr befors has the excitement been 50 great
Ia this section OF tho country and the pres
.Aes Of military from Burlington, Montpelier
and Brat,sbJro 1913 safeguard Of security An
At,om % wAS made by tho msraudert to ire rev
.ral OF our bu idlngs Au au.mpt wa' made O.
fir. tho Amer osu Hotel last nlght--0r rather il
was discovered after the ylllaUs bad lclt,-bu'
Tho fro WAS eItIngulshad Tbs (IhufsiAy)
mOrnlng, Mr. AlwOod On attempting 90 opou hi'
store l0und that portion 81 It was isuue1 with
phosphorus, Along our stree1s w9 cam i hll
TO see the bullet holes In frJntand 90 all sides
re observe the attempts oi INC rebels u Kill and
murder.
In tho window Of 4 ii MunJan, are threo o.
four bullet hole. u be- zee II was near this
point that q. ii Huntingdon received his wound
The shot beng occasOncd By ms determined per
ss.ebce u stop tho operation u tne raiders
We are glad 10 be able say tllt Mr. Hunting
ton is ilkely 10 recover
Toe appearance VI the military bers last eVe.
nlng. Commanded BY Il, Col. BentIn, somewhat
aided our citizens "a preserving oiuef and VI.
orderly manner " tH4 FOLDERS 4urns tht nlsLl
sud to-day, ,.tiches much credit 10 CJl. Ben
ton, MAJ. Barsov and Lou'.Blrnsu.
W. arc RELIABLY informed tats ffoh sky q
/ elgutJ thous I'D dJlia6 u DO. n jueJ, AE-u DJ
TIC raiders from here yesterday is 10 Iue nAuii
Of the Canadian autho ltIe', Awaiting clio scuot
Of our State Government
/ From the Burtaifon Tines oct -.
II seems that lot some days these r.idsrs hac
/ been hanging about the dlf reat hotels. ; 10,
/ Of them had rooms at 90, q" fremont Others a
/ the American" while oign, Of theu had ar
tors At the 49,. Adams HJus, AM nefe tn.u
oins llar behavior attracted luo attention. VI "a,
/ landlord, Mr.. Porce ~ he viewed them a.
suspicious characters, yet DID not dream Of tbet
being ENJOYS extraordinary OF jeff Davis
Tue leader Of the party u ds'lrb q ata l.ll
well-buIlt man, ,ooJIooNng, tn4 registered
/ himself at the fremont lluns, IS 3 Glide 81
j lllinos. IL. first ippeArei 90 IT Mhlus, abJa
1 the lUth Oh O J5sr, when pI' up ~ tht Ire
mont li1us, and remained W. ~ O. re days
AT tha' tlalc he most j. kept bus looms YIl seysra
strangers la the meanwhile ysteI uIln a. hI'
room. He mex, waited 81 Adams on the morn
| ing OF Ocs. lS.h He was evidently man o
tAlent, GOODNESS and Of good education, and i
undoubeedly = Confederate officer OF nigh rank
The estimate Of their numbers is v.riuut, bu
we place them at from 80 to 40 They wet
well armed with horsc.plstois OF 8 new and mos
serylceable pattern. They each had from olc O
four of these formidable weapons
Alter dinner tnrs- persons we're seen occasion
ally IN groups, but mostly walking careless. .
along Main sIeot, in tho neishbOrnoOd Ji Ia
nks.
THE ST. ALBANs sANk
/ About h,tpa.t three, two or three youn,
mes very well dressed and evidently men 81 Ia
telhssnes, cans in;o tho bank. Al were ial
IN appearance save one who is described by 0u
former ,own,msn, N. A. Seymour, tho was !.
the Directors room of the bank ST the tlue, a
OF mos, malicious yuage. 1nese fsilaN, 40
proaehsd Mr.. &. n Bsaop, Teller of the Bank
and presenung : PAIR OF plstst, proceeded s.
roS the lnsutuuon. Mr. Bnhup ran into ih
rorn whero Mr.. Seymour was AMI attempted g.
boll the door, but they usf' tou quick Tor them
and htcIng ,nc door, Bishop ass dragged out b,
the throat, and Mr., Seymour ptesente Nith :
f,bsl Argument IN ,hs shape OF pistol az hu
hs.d they were then ooused to swear ia oAtt
VI ailes asos TO the Southern Confedet'cv. an,
soI 10 dNusc ANY OF these proceedings Tor ~,
hsurs. The leader Of The patty slld " We ar
mere under toe otdsi u Gtn Eary You nav,
bsen down into ,no Shenandoah Valley, 5urne
our houses and wasted our property; AMI nov
We propose 10 pay you bAcS In Ihs san, coin
Mr.. seymour, being an extremely good Unior
man htsiiated about taxing tho oaln prescribed
but threatened application VI &c cold lead .
soon brought HIM to the rebel terms.
FRANKLIN COUNTY BANK.
According To the ct Elements oil tho cashier, NJ
w Beirdsley AID JAossln Clark, a wood Jaw
yer, at the time in the bank, 1t was entered .
dressed and apparently middle aged. Ole o
them came up to Clark aud SAID " You are IN,
prisoner, and II you move an iaoh II blow your
brains out, =. the same lm slowing pistol
They then told hlm to step back towards tbt
y,ult. The leader Of the parry Nho ha but
little while before been endsay0rng to purchas,
some gold of MIR. Beafdse,, stepped up To hlu
and very COOL, remarked SIR, We are couied
erats soldiers. We have come % rob tAe bank
in this place, aud there is enc hundred Of oul
gans here now. You must keep quiet, make n,
nois., aud hAni over 10 the htst place, all III,
grecnbacks you have on hand, and hen all tn,
other monles 10 your bank. rneso " terso
remarks were followed by ,hesIeaker ? e,entln.
pistol to Dir. Beardsloys head and insisting OF
his compliance with their demands The bani
was soon cleaned when tho ras;als made Mr.
Bsardsley and Clark ,lop into the vault, whel
they locked them in. These gentlemen remalhe
10 the vault about halt all hour, when they wet
released by some citizens who had heard thcl
cries for assistance. The vault was terrlbl,
olose and /. is wonderful that they we're not sti
| Rad IN daa m hefnro ham, rala,.as