Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-10-25

on the North Missouri Railroad aud frightened the de
rectors Of that road into an order stopping al ran1
until quiet Ia restored The HAnnibsl and St. Joseph
passepRe hAns we're sil run reguasly bat the road
will soon be stopped probably by Shelby.
There has been a grand concentration Of the troops
lately, forming small gsrrsons at various points IN the
Interior and II all our troops could DO gathered INTO
one mas they would outrumbsr the rsbes two to one
The real difficulty Of the situation s that the reoei
movements have never till been tutcienty deve-
eped to allow General Rosecrans to lay his plans for
their discemhlure.
IRrM nINPHIs.
The scare at Memphis hiss subsidized, and the Yankees
are again allo we'd 0 spell of free breathing:
CAIRo, Oct. 20. 1884.
The steamer Mamie Bsrch from h'nphis passed
hs pont to-day with three hundred and forty bales Of
cotton for Cincinnati.
RnqipeSa which had been entirely suspended ct Mem.
uhis was resumed again. and the militia had been o-
charged as the danger was believed 70 nave passed. ~
vas the oppon At headquarters that the rebels had no
intention Of attacking Memphis that their presence be-.
yond vas merely designed 10 cover the march Oh troops
into Kentucky. There was no rebel toroe within nVe
miles of he city. I,u,
When lsst heard OF Chalmers was south Of fernando,
retrta ing towards the sWamps OF lhanotcnie' ana
Forrest was en- route for Meridian with his prisoners
TRIAL OF iHI BALrINoRE MECHANIC.
We 6nd the following In the Washington despAc hes
of the Herald concerning the trial OF the arrested mer
chants Of Baltimore, on the charge Of carrying on con-
trAbGnd trade;
The trial of one hundred and City persons recently
arrested In Washington and Baltimore on the charge Of
furnishing goods TO the rebels commenced esday be-
f,,e n mission of which Gsnertl Doubleday 10 Pre-
idspt, The hrst case TAKEN up was that OF johnson
Sutton. business h,m Of this city The principal wis
mass vas Pardon Worssy, resident OF Massachusetts,
Wien The var broke cut Who tsaEhsd that hs wa Of
AeSy employed 70 dssse; blockade runners ana also
20 chain inloimsiion IN the Valley RON nesoy sne
eth,r rebels A. aesns 10 thh end be psdded goods
sTeeE ,hsr, Dems OF which be purchased ffoD The
an. Who we're informed Of bic sonussAnd trsdns. bat
aOt Of the objects OF II, nes that he Ns dstsedVs.
ADDITIONAL faox rms RAID II yISHoET.
We rive bslow Q more complete account OF the
strange descent Of raiders upon b. AbaL In Vermont
than that published In our morning edition.
The following Il taken from the Troy Tim" OF the
sob.
M. ldWin bad been taking 9 vacation for q few
days-stopping at the American Hotel, 81 ALBANIA
About week Sgo some strangers came to board Of this
house and the fremont 0Ie Of them, calling himself
Colonel appeared to be prominent one among tnem
He wac man Of medium sz' abou. thiri yhve years "
aEs an appeared 70 have no her name than that OF
O. lionel Others Of the party who snbst qusnty pr we'd
to be thieves and murderers hAbtSd in the uni
form of Uoited States officers and all wore sort Of
wrapper or CAPE and eAoh carried sAtchel sung BY
shoulder strap Of the left side after the manner OF Egg
,h Rportsmen. There seemed 70 be no concert OF ac-
ton between any Of these men they said nothing 70
each other in public; 10 conversations ensued that
would attract attention. to all appearances they were
substtute brokep con Iactors or specuAtor such As
are often seen in frontier towns, s. Adams being ony
sixteen miles from the Canada lne On Tuesday night
the straneers in the Vlsge reinforced by othe
who arrived in the train iFcm Houses Point and new
faces appeared ct the breakfast tables OF the hoeh-
On "wednesday NOR ing further batch Of consprators
arrived till about thirty raiders hAd collected And tnen
the plot was ripe for execution.
htanWhils the attack hA been simultaneous on the
three bGnks-the First National Rankin County, and
g. Albars Parties entered each Wnsn the teller, or
cashier suspectng evil asked what they desired tie
leaders presented pistol with the exc Ason, fou
are INV prisouer; if you move an inch we'd blow you
through" Others of the gang then won't to the vault
and draWers ard laid violent hands ali the specie,
bills and other articles which they could ind aud hied
the side catch Is which each wore, as We before dee
scr bed OF course resistance was useless Tor the SUI
prise was compete. At the Franklin County Bank the
raiders pushed the casa e. Mr. BsArdsey and one OF the
clerks into the vault and locked them up and the prison
ers were not Tel ased until lac in the night
Then commenced q reign OF terror IN the village
Puuder had been accomplished and Vo!ence followed
The raid was biie bu the scene must nave been tSrr
bic while it lasted. The thirty or more marauders
rushed up and down the streets firing their pistols in
every direction. Whenever they saw citizen or group
of men they would aim in that objection. They had
magp h:ent Grms-seven s1ooers-and ~ last as one
vespoa was unloaded they drew another, and kept up
me juslade Ar. Baldwin says he eau only iken the
sounds 10 the noise Of Fourth Of ] ly morning in
large city. There WAS continuous bingl bang Dang
OF course this reckless Of firearms could not COL
tioue long with zobody hurt The sher OF tie county
soon fell Mr.. Huntington was shot while resisting the
robbery Of his store; . woman whose name We could
IN. l. han all Aho
rusrilGs we're leaving the town they saw little girl In
tae street. and wantonly killed her, And the outlets
were aJiuR around among the buildings In the main
strset-nSGrly all of wloh bear marks Of lead. Win.
dows we're broken, blinds Clipped and people wounded
/! was q scene that beggsrs all description.
Meanwhile ID r threats were terrible. We will burn
your damned town, they said we will treat you a. the
ne 1ple of Atlanta were treated Tley aso said, w
are coming back Sgain, and will burn every town in Vlr
mont Their Impressions we're OF blasphemous
character. They clImsd to be Oonfederates Or IT.
formant does not think any OF the Canadians
Tbev ali looked like Auercans and uthsrners that
Toese demons continued their internal pistol firing, XII
Inc man named Morse after they began to "saAe pris
o1erS'
After describing the retreat which announced this
morning, the Times goes on to say:
When the villagers became thoroughly aroused to
what bad happened they acted In manner worthy Of
their Green Mountain sres in the days OF the Rsvou
ton, Captain 20 ger WIN elRht meu starIeu III hWut
pursuit; twenty more followed in half an hour. People
seized guns pistols cuAssss aud clubs and came GU;
into the streets Stores closed, business was tut
pended. Everybody was Wild with excitement. No
one showed any fear latter they were gone) all were
ready for action. But there Babel ofsuggesons,
questions Incidents escapes comparisons OF losses and
spec ulAtions as the uu kilograms were sent to
Montpelier aud the eitz made preparations for home
defence.
The Legislature which was in session at Montpelier,
and the Governor received dispatches from 81. Adams
at hvs O'Clock, announcing the raid. The former ap-
pointed q committee the latter ordered two thousand
sand of arms from the arsenal at Vegsnnes and sent
one hundred veteran fcom Darlington Colonel
,nton and enc hundred volunteers from B arlington
and one HUNDRED tu'ty fremcn from Bsatlleboro -
General DIX at New York WAS communicated With, and
gave orders for prompt pursuit. l. thought tbas tie
United States avengers will ha dy stop for the imaginary
Canada line if they get eight of the banditt.
Otnluctor BALDWIN llf. ST. Adams ct eight otlock
last evening" running sOwy to keep ont Of the way Of
Upec Al trains filed with volunteers and arme At Bur