, 1864-07-29
THE ATTEMPT TO ROB THE Ca
-: T,AV& RANK.

The recent excitement relative to rebel
demonstration on the eaate7n boundary OF
Maine. seems to have been produced by three
men, who gurseptitious1y marched into the
town of Calais and succeeded in penetrating
into the bank before the character and design
Of the expedition were discovered, and the
alarm communicated to the yigl1ant Homo
Guard, Who Immediately surrounded the
enemy and " "bagged',:; their whole force-a
feat that has often been talked Of but rarely
accomplished, during the var. We are In
ceAtcd TO IN Extra from the Office Of the
st. C7oir Hera:d. published ht. Calais, for the
following detailed account Of, the exciting
cvent:
aMoudar Was day Of excitement in this
city. It was known for several day6 previous
that araid Of some kind was In contemplation
by rebel roughs who had recently left St.
John md By I,eane eftAe vigilaat effort ofour
Consul in that city, the people here we're en-
abled to prepare. q suitable reception for the
Invaders. It was known that the bank would
be asssiled first. a portion Of Capt F1int's
Company q State Guards was detailed fos
points to give the alarm. At about 10 O'Clock
the robbers vent to the bank, and while their
Lender pl etended that he Wauted to exchange
some gold for gzecnhacks, it was noticed that
his hand glided suspscio1aly to osards reyol-
yer IL hia side pocket The cashier immed-
lately gave the nlarmr the Guards rushed in
seized The three men and escorted them in
triumph to the Municipal Court Room. The
excittmept WIS intense. There was good
grounds for believing that the robbers hed
accomplics in the vicinity, and the State
Guards and citizens were soon On hand In
body to rcpel any INVASION or depreciation.
The prisoners were somewhat chop-faliea at
first, but soon put on very defiant airs, clafnl-
ing that If their twenty-five assoctatea had
been on hand as expected, they would not
only robbed the Bank hut csmnitted other
depredations md burned the city; The ring
leader had Confederate ing ir' hIa pocket,
which be said he Intended to hoist on the
heights near the city. This lags, vas captured
BY Capt. W. 3. Taylor, It WAS new and X
manufactured it Dixie has been veil perscrV-
ed. 4 large crowd ofpeople collected IN the
vicinity, and there was strong deposition to
well known that they were ready for plumber
fire OF murder In order to accomplish their
infamous designs.
In tho afternoon the prisoners were ex-
aminei1 before Judge Cortuell. 4 letter was
founl en- one of them, wherein the raiders,
escape1 prieonera, that they were beet upon
having money, and they had prepared O. re-
ccIptto be lett at the bank for the money
they intended to takebut didn't. In ehat
letter they add:
sTHank Uour stars that other n,en did not
come up. o. your toten .,,mld have 6es" burned
VIM. Collins thu ringleader, is tall, keen
eyed MAJ, With countenance Indicative OF
31eachery and baseness. He claims to be .
captain in the 18th Miss. but WAS recognized
Gere Yesterday By St. john man, who states
taat Collins has been In st. John for some
months, that lie was born near Loch Lomond.'
and that he hos often worn rebel Uniform Of
late,
The other two prisoners gave their names
az Jones and Philips. The former said he be-
longed to the 1st Missouri regiment, and th't
his wife and child had been murdered b7 the
Sul look and his statement is probably rs uu-
reliable as that of his associate IN villalny,
neither ofWEom have, it Is believed, ever
been In the Confederate serricc. The testi-
mony Of the three prtsoue1s established the
tact that they were determined upon pludder
IIlluge and robbery, to be clrried out on
large sca1e, II their astociates had joined
them. and, 81 Collius remarked in his eTf-
dence, they were determined to accomplish
their purpose tpeaceably Il they could, bat
forcily II they must
The prisoner, who gave his name as Philips
said he Ind been promised chance to 60 on
q pfratical craft Collins, when asked, said
that be could net produce his commission rs
Confederate Officer. The prisoners were order
ed 10 recognize in the sum OF SEC, ,000. They
were sent to Machias Jail under q strong
guard where they arrived at half past three
O'Clock this morning. When they were TAX
en- from the court room, much indignation
wss manifested outside, and many evinced a
disposition to deal eummarily With thcm-
There is no doubt that the prisoners Intend
cd to mvr3er the cashier, and this supposi-
ton is strengthened BY their own evidence.
Ruuoss were rife last evening that large
number Of raiders from st. John and vtcfaisy
(of r hum the three prisoners were the I'D
Yauced uar1)intendeu making descent up
on the city By water. Orders were received
from the Adjutant General at Augusta to de-
tail fifty men belonging to the State Guards
here tor service night and day. This order
Is now In force. Our city agn'n weora c
martial aspect. Tie remaining invadeFs VIII
meet with q warm reception,