The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1864-10-28
The Invasion of ST. Adams.

Il. AluanS has tecU ,urpr Sed-eXc;leG. At
Ia pas three O'clock Yesterday, our peace
al.e COMMONLY Vas taken somewhat aback
to .ird in oar streets a company Of som.
twenty ar thirty armed horsencn. The
m-aHirg Of il VAS Impossible II divine Men
rushed from III II stores and offices. not per
h.ps, paraIsz,d with lar but with wonder
.nent One euquIeG # another, what
does this mean They ale armed with
re,olvtrs' IL Is rebe! raid " they
tan to destroy cur village" We're the ex-
e ama'ions that greeted us q all sides as we
entered the street. Ne knew not ourse.t
what il meant. aid tie neI.uhrrs, of whom
w cnquired, were equal igroraLt. We saw
men proceeding from the Iivrv establish
mtut of VIM. X T.. ID. Fuller, with horses, un-
hurne>>c'i,lead by The h"Stisr uf the establish
ment. VINO said he would ride them" No. =
said the man VINO ordered them. We will
taxi care of our OVID hUrsc>." Jumping on
20 them with impetuous haste, large navy re-
S-Iyers shove. themselves IN the hands of
all the mounted men, Mr. T. ID. Failerwho
was then api reaching the =" scene cxciaimt d:
VIVA. does this mean -" take ba ! those
horses" God G-n You. if lou done
keep sill We will shoot you.'' producing their
reyolveiS The next part Il the programme
WAS the app, 4Iaucc f Fuller with "po,r
six shooter" H. stood near TIL shoe shop
of Nh H..dad Paul. and tfitd to shoot his
e Sal." hI. for thee corsrc tive TINES The
=" thing taiic,! 80 give o,Hsr utterance than
dick" Nr. j.. J. Morrison. the contrsc-
ter tor our large tel. WAS staining on the
steps Of Miss B~IItic'> shop, Just on" dor
north OF til ICyaeayei. oiiic,. with hand on
the latch Of the door. and received d slot
Trough his right hand, which MAS in HI,
pocket, passing through lis bowels. He
staggered - I'll. stairway Of the .NeSsepgey
office, excla;nln5. I'm snot,' pressing his
One II two of the .U,xSenge, hands immedi
ately assist 4 him 30 the Drug Store OF l.. l..
butcher y son. whsre medical help was i'm
m-i!l,tely summoned.
Will this was going on, the more Soa,h
ern part Of Main street was in great excite
me2i. As VT looked down the street. we
saw armed horsemen shooting their guns
with the greatest i'm, Unity. Oar citizens
ST. Il silent and almost sp ecii.>S 4 man
80 L,,,r..',.7 rt1.I,,,1n :, WIZ ~ All
WHIT can w.. d, ,,as tho ,In;,o-,'i y, -"
Ab,u. thar ,,,o,n.nt a,,saroJ C,n,a:. r" e.
X Conyer. of the LIST Vernon Ca,s 1,z WE" ato
urseJ n. ci,ilens IN ara, ,;,.m-.irn 49, VINO
any,;ing, even with hroom..;.l :. W., wv
nave -, 1T If reba1 raiders M 49,,
at;c,y exci,;,nrI srd T., -. -" 49,, "t en-
Daring the Grs, ten minute. .;rns 49,. ~.
crs were entering aor ,.,nks >,,,.i,., d. '.,.
and anirg orr CITIZENS in the ,cn~, ti,h,e,,i
manner. Their first descent Was u,,no ,ba
National Bank. They entered : v;.ho,,, a,,.
re.,s,auce-dnl it wa imn,,s;bf, - 80.
any. They took s29 $50 IN 73.io F.
bonds, in demon i,a,;ors 90 ,n., 1oa.' 900.
ard l.O00> $lOG00 in j ner crnt Io,,l ,sn-
der coupon notes; e5.GOO.eyal tender interest
bearing nats>; 5000 in currency Of \. +.
Banks. and greenbacks. On entering The
Franklin County Bank. the cashier. Mr..
Beuaaey, ana MAJ b, the name of Clark.
with whom tie cashier YES se;,l;no for some
work &c had been d0in. for him, were IN
.efeb1 anlou,I : showed into the bank safe. aud |
the Key turne! upon them The raiders. of
course, ten hPipsd themselves to all the
Visible innds there were. The smount taken
rom The bank WIS about 100000. Mr.. !.
Ann ~ F.