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recurrence Of the outrage. r.ll.
10 Subsequent advces from His Excellency in
v formed me that the parties arrested IN Canad
,s had been, bv direction Of the Government {
y Canada, ordered before Justice Coursol, {
!. Montreal, for examination.
# also communicated TO the President Of tn
United States detailed account Of the affair
+ In reply to this communication, the Secretary
' Of State despatched special agent Il
confer with me TO obtain the dat,
/ necessary for demand upon the Britsl
! Government for surrender of the guilty
, parties under the Extradition Treaty existing
: between the two governments, and at the same
time requesting me to employ such counsel as
, deemed proper to represent the United States IN
the examination of the arrested parties. and to
do whatever was necessary to secure proper
and full hearing of the case In compliance
with this request, | employed counsel, and di-
rected the necessary witnesses to be summoned
to appear before the Justice having the case IN
charge. 30
Much feeling was excited in Canada and on
this SIDE, and the hearing Of the case. under
various pretexts, was postponed from time TO
time, until the 18th day of December, 1864,
when Justice Coursol, holding that he had no
jurisdiction Of the case, in a summary MAN.
ner ordered the discharge of the parties under
arrest, aud directed Lamothe, the officer having
the custody Of the money, to deliver the same
over to them.
Orders were Immediately issued by the Gov
| ernment of Canads for the re-arrest of the par
ties. and their trial before more irusty magis-
tratic and Judge Ccursol was suspended from
the exercise of the functions Of his office
A portion only of the parties were re- arrested
the others having made good their escape These
were brought before Justice Smith, Of Montreal,
1 .F1 ffar a Al
released. No further attempts were made by
CUR 20. ernment TO prosecute the case before the
Canadian authorities
The Canadian Parliament, at their next ses-
sion, passei act apprupriaIing hfy thousand
! dollars ia z /. TO reimburse the money surren-
! derel 10 tie fobb-rs by the action Of Judge
Coursol, and subsequently,, in April last the
Caualaa authorities returned TO the - Albtus
Bank t~eniy-one Thousand sixty seven dollars
aud SIX y five cents, in gold. from winch they
.eilized III currency Of the Un'tei States thirty
h0Isai,d nine hundred and fYrty-h'e ollare
& the First National Bank of 81 Alhans Ugh
teen thousand four hundnd forty-hur dollars
AID ten cents, in gold, from which they realized
twenry-seven thousand six hundred sixty SIX
iollars and tweuty-seyen cents IN United States
currency and to the Franklin County Biuk,
thirty thousand and ten dollars in lis own bills,
making a total Of thirty-nne thousand hve hun
dred aud twelve dollars and seyenty-hve cents.
IN gold, equal TO fiiJy-eight thousand SIX hum
Ired and eleven dollars twenty-seven cents in
currency amounting, with the bills OF the Frank
In County Bank returned, to an aggregate OF
eghty-eight thousand six hundred and twenty
one dollars twenty-seyen cens, leaving the loss
ofth banks, still unliquidated. about one hun
drel and twenty tn u-and dollars.
The expenses attending the trial for the extra
dition of these parties, and for which drew or
ders on the Treasurer Of the State, amounted TO !
nine thousand two hundred and sixty-eight dol /
lars twenty-six cents. These accounts, as have I
before stated. have been duly presented 10. and .
allowed by lhe United States Government, and |
the money will soon be refunded
The excitement consequent upon the raid. and 4
the strong expressions Of sympathy exhibited for /
the marauders in many portions Of Canada,
which latter, 1t was feared, would encourage and |
stimulate parties to a repetition of similar out I
RACES upon the border towns. causing serious I
apprehensions to be at one time entertained lest /
the relations between the two governments might, /
in consequence, be disturbed. produced. A. was
natural. n state of alarm and apprehension along .
the entire border of the frontier.
To afford such reasonable security and protect
ton as the nature Of the case requet, tnd TO pre-
vent repetition of the occurrence, which seem
ed to be threatened. directed that such pro
vsiona force be raised as the safety Of the public
demanded. The detailed statement Of this force,
and its disposition, will be found in the report OF
the Adiutant and Inspector General.
| also Immediately conferred with the War .
Department on the subject Of assuming the de 1
fence of the frontier, and of supplying the requi
site forces for that purpose. Orders were accord
ingly soon issued by the War Department, au-
thorizlng the raising Of regiment of cavalry, TO
be designated the First Regiment Frontier Cav .
airy, which. with other troops Of the United /
States, were placed under command Of Major /
General John A. Dix, commanding Department |
of the East, aud were by him duly stationed at
different points in New York and Vermont. !
The provisional forces, temporarily organized |
under my directions, were then disbanded.
A full statement OF the expenses attending this /
organization, and for the defence Of the frontier,
appears in the accounts of the Executive Depart
ment and Quartermaster Generals report. The
accounts and vouchers have all been carefully
prepared, aud the attention Of the Government
At Washington has been called to the subject, aud
il is believed that it will soon be in proper
tram of settlement, and the State REIN iursed
for the expenses.
STATE MILITIA.
The report Of the Adjutant and Inspector Gen.
erl will exhibit the full details of the organiz4-
ton OF the militia OF the State.
In compliance with the act providing for its
organization. the State was properly and conve-
niently divided into Military districts. compris-
ing three brigades, twelve regiments, and one
hundred and twenty companies
In addition 10 the twelve regiments Of infantry,
one regiment of cavalry, divided Into three bat
talions and three batteries OF artillery have been
organized. OF these, one battalion of cavalry
and sne battery Of artillery has been attached
to each brigade. All the organizations have been
uniformed, agreeably TO the provisions of the
/ law, and have been fully aud completely armed
and equipped. The detained report Of the Adju-
/ tant and Inspector General will more fully show
the condition and efficiency Of the several organ
/ iZatlons.
In December last | made application to the
Secretary of War for supply in full Of arms,
equipments. ordnance and ordnance stores. and
obtained from him fifteen thousand best Spring.
field rifed muskets, with equipments complete;
ordnance for three batteries of artillery, with
eouiuments complete, and cavalry equipments
complete for one regiment of cavalry, together
with a sufficient quantity Of ammunition for the
whole
The report of the Quartermaster General will
| exhibit the amount Of arms, equipments, ord
dance, and ordnance stores now owned by the
State, and the amount and value Of that received
from the War Department
In compliance with the provisions Of the act
Organizing the militia, and to properly secure
and protect the large amount Of military proper
ty belonging to the State, requiring to be stored,
l directed the Quartermaster General to prepare
and submit to me full plans and estimates of
what would be required for an arsenal for the
State, These having been duly submitted and
approved by me, directed that officer to pro-
ceed at once with the construction of the nee
essary buildings at Montpelier.
These buildings are now completed, and the
State property stored therein. Detailed state
ments of the cost Of construction will appear in
the Quartermsster Generals report.
ACCOUNTS OF THE STATE AGAINST THE UNITED
STATES.
1t was my desire and purpose to have closed
all the accounts of the State against the United
States, and TO have effected full settlement
with the government before retiring from Office
This have found il impossible TO accomplish