The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1864-10-28
THE VERMONT RAID.
More Of the Raiders Captured...
Action of the Letter
of the Rebel Comm ander.

MONTREAL, Oct. 22.-Twelve of the St. AL.
bans raiders were captured in Canada. One
Johns, who is in Jail, discloses the entire plot
and says the raid was conducted by captain
III the Confederate service commissioned or
that purpose.
There were twenty three concerned ond the
amount stolen was S1Z5 600.
The Government Commissioners have had a
council to take the case up. The necessary
eXtraditiOn papers for those cap, a ed are for
warded to St. Johns.
LATER.-The following is FROM the last edi.
ton of the Ecening Telegraph:
In consequence of fears from sympathy
shown at st. Johns for the st Adams raiders,
and that attempts would be made to rescue
them, Capt. OBSERVERS troop of volunteer
cavalry were called out on duty, guarding the
jail.
A. j. Abbott has been retained with NJ. Laf-
lamme, for the accused, and we understand the
retainer has sent Hon. j. H. Cameron as coun,
sci. Mr.. Devlin is retained by the Federal
authorities.
We have just received the following from
Lieut.. Bennett Young, commanding the party
oil raiders on St. Adams:
FREDERICKSBURG, Oct. 21.
To the Editors of the Erening 7elewayh.-
Through the columns of your Journal wish
to make some statements to the people of Can
ada regarding the recent operations in Yer.
mont. went there for the purpose of burn
ing towns and villages in retaliation for the re-
cent outrages in the Shenandoah Valley and
elsewhere in the Confederate States. 1 am a
commissioned officer in the provisional army
of the Confederate States, and violating no laws
of Canada. l do not wish my name coupled
with epithets now applied without any knowl-
edge on the part of the people as to who we
were and why our action.
/ wish also to make few statements as to
how myself and party were taken. was set
aside, on Canadian soil, by American citizens.
They laid violent hands on me and searched nv
pocket book, which was taken, and forcibly
placed in buggy, between two men, and
started towards the United States.
reached out my hands and caught the rein,
when three pistols were levelled at my head
with threats to ''shoot the scoundrel dead if
he moved" Some Canadian citizels then
spoke of seeing bailiff. They started with
me towards him, two of them holding my arms
in their hands.
These statements can be owed by Canadian
citizens, who came into this plAce and even be-
yond it brandishing guns and attempting to
kill some of us after we were in the hands of
the English authorities.
Surely the people of Vermont must have
forgotten that yor ~" the midst of war
and ruled byaI in his actions and
supreme in his
am not afraiL. lore the Court of
Canada, and when tn> is investigated, I
am satisfied they, not IL gat.y, will be found
the violatOrs Of Canada and English laws.
Some one hope will be sent to investigate
this breach of neutrality and award to those
American citizens doing armed duty in Canada
just merit of their transgressi0n.
Hoping you will give this publication,
remain, yours respectfully,
BENNETT H. YOUNG,
First Lieutenant P. A. G. s.
BUFFALO, Oct. 22.-It is again rumored that
parties in Canada intend raiding Buffalo. 1t lis
understood this news was received officially.
New YORK, Oct. 24.-The Heralds Wash
ington dispatch says Gen. Dix's course in or.
dering pursuit of the st. Adams bandits
across the Canadian Tier will be sustained.