Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1856-01-12
REMINIsCENCEs OF STEPHEN
BURROUGHS.

I'VE have read, with very great interest, the
following "reminiscences q Stephen Brronghs,'
which we derive from distinguished friend
10 Vermont. One OF the hrst criminal narra-
'lves we remember ever to have seen, was
sketch OF The lie oil stephen burroughs, writ
ten by himself, IN style Of ffanklin-like sim
plicily and truihiuluess. wen do we recollec',
even now, his account oi his exiemPore pulpit
services his being Imprisoned IN the North
ampton (Mass') jail his escape thence his
secretion IN hay-mow, IN barn; his hnal
discovery, and re-capiuTe, etc II was book
"eii calculated TO make a strong impression
upon ooylsh mlnd'-EDiIoR hNlokhRhock-
En-.
'lhe country has produced few men of equal
or similar capacity, to the late stephen bur
roughs' VINO after long hie oi turmoil ahd
eommonon' ana not seldom ol wee ana wicked
ness ana ie" years comparatively oi qnle'
ana penlience, was lad to rest IN tue eomnnn-
ION oi the homan church, upon Inc banks oi
lhe majestic monarch oi waters Tue mlgh'y d.
Lawrence IN small Canaalan town. wheIe he
had made qulet ana hopeful close oi most
eVen'iul HE we chanced to meet him there,
IN lhe summer OF 1850 ana IN inc WINTER ol
1888 lie seemed altogether absorbed 10 ms
sludies' ana IN the contemplation oi ms speedy
departure to a better lie 'H' never sooer' GER
ialnly MOI sao' anu hoi oileh grave OF soiemhi
but more commonly PLAYFUL and always eheer-
iul' Dni he never save once 10 'he re'noies'
allusion' referred 10 MS iorinet course oi ne
In one OF our hrs' interviews "hen converse
uon TOOK ra'her sou'o'e u'rec'lon' WIN fe'e'-
s.id 10 ,I,e,,,,, .,od o,,, no I;.conr,,oJ ITe
did No, exncc, N live ou, half his DAYS a, NV
a.. hn, - ro,, r.,r,v sovs,,vi I ;ocr;,ed
Il H. he,I,h ,,,s ,oehle a, ,na, ,e,;od Of pGs
.No said ia .bu, everv ono then said should
he h,nged hse,rs ,ras fo,,vr -
"A, o,y lac, v;si, IN Tb,ce Rivers xyhs,e he
anon, all h;s rs6o,med life I uss of,e, =, his
,aor,s .,A asv;ved much s,,is6,c,ion and nm
,;uIo ,dy,o,,oo rom HE .onve,.,,i,, lie
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lance, left him, with sincere regret and most
unaffected admiration Of his sironely-diversihed
talents, and most extraordinary conversion from
sin and crime 10 life Of peniience and dcyo-
iiun.
There has been a great deal said and pub
lished Of his history and that Of his family.
most Of which is purely fictitious or so much
,rayested as scarcely to be recognized by The
side OF the simple truth His early life is suf-
hceniy described n the two volumes publsh-
ed nearly hali-a-ceniGry since But LILLE au-
theniic is really known of his later history
There were really many strange pToTidenoes IN
his decline and deaih' which, as ihey uia no'
result in any hair-breadlh scaPes, or thick
coming accidents by food or field, are scarcely
deemed Of sufficient consequence to be rehears
ed. One OF the most striking oi these is II
regard TO his eldest son, the particulars
which l gathered from eye-wlinesses many
years since, and some portion from 'he lalhe
himself, but nothing which concerned himself
while Stephen Burroughs resided IN one o
: the eastern townships in Canada las he main
} tanned the chief deposit OF counteriell-eills
the State banks, and finally sent his eldest sol
into the United States upon some mission con
nected with this illegal traffic. lhe son wa
arrested, and committed to p'lson, and halie'
by some friends oi his grandfather, the rev
: Eden Burroughs, OF Hanover, N H',) a mos
: exemplary minister OF the Gospel. Ines
friends persuaded this son, then a mere lad I
7 abandon his father, and SHIN for himself IN
( life OF virtue. lie went immediately 10 lhre
, Rivers, passing his father home almost wi'h
) out calling, and entered The employ oi W
. Chief-Justice OF the Province, Sewali' as
chore-boy. lie soon manifested such gen,u
and aptitude for professional pursuits, that HI