Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-02-09
Tho Raider RurIeigh.

The following is an extract from a
letter to the Albany Evening Journal,
from Toronto, respecting the raider Bur.
leigh
"The prisoner became fully convinced
before the Chief Justice concluded his
Judgment, that it would be against him.
and, instead of feeling ashamed Of the
foul epithet attached to his name-that
of a common felon-by the highest tri-
bunal in Canada-he sneeTed at the
Chief Justices conclusions, and swore
by Cd that he would yet have his re-
venge that Canada was doing all she
could towards crippling the South and
succoring the North Burleigh's tenn
per, at times, it is said, Is wholly un-
Comfortable. During these fits of pas
sion his dearest frieRds avoid him. He
raves like a maniac and looks the per-
sonification of IRferHo. Apparently, he
is eongenial, and has, during his incar-
ceration and trial, appeared and borne
the part Of gentleman. Unquestiona-
bly, he is young man of marked ability
possessing courage and daring, even
to rashneSs.
He does not appear to be past % years
of age; If anything, younger. Is stout,
shert and compactly built, esnd weighs
about one hundred and sixty. During
his confinement in Jail he has been
studying Greek and French, and writing
the adventures of his early life, At the
age Of fourteen he ran away from his
parents in Glasgow, Scotland, and found
his way to Italy. There he entered the
ranks of Garabaldi's army. Getting
| tired of the Great Liberator, he deserted
| to the Austrians and fought against
! italy until an opportunity offered itself
for him to desert to the standard of
Francis Joseph, and be embarked for
Spaiu. Landing there, he found moth
ing particularly for his uneasy spirit to
do; so, after brief sojourn In the land
of the "old Castillion," he set sail, on
an American merchantmen, for South
America.
The vessel was wrecked, but the most
of the passengers were picked up by 8
Spanish trader, and landed in the port
Of Norfolk, Va Burleigh was among
the saved. He soon found his way tc
Richmond, and there he remained unit
the breaking out of the American Rebel
lion. He was engaged as clerk in a booi
publishing house up to the time o
ptS p"~ ast,,, the Confederate navy. Ii
1862. he VI was prs <oner Of war in th' tn,
military prison, "Fort Della aIe. M
soon mace his escape from the aii'
reached the Confederate lines in safety
He has been wounded several times, bu'
never dangerously. In 1858 he was
again prisoner to the North and con
fined at some pasfH in Maryland, either
Baltimore or Annapolis. From there
he escaped and found his way into Cana
da; having relatives there was the prob
able reason OF his directing his steps
towards British soil. He did not re-
main long in easy Incidence. The Lake
Erie expedition was gotten up by him
and Captain Bell--whom you have now
in Fort Lafayette. The result of thai
almost every one knows. From thai
Burleigh again escaped to Canada, was
arrested in Guelph and tried in Toronto
under the Ashburton Treaty for mum
cipal piracy, and found guilty aud held
for eXtraditiOn. We hope that his bold
reckless career is ended, and that the
world may never hear of him again, un
less in a capacity worthy of the pluck
and ability he naturally possesses. The
Judgment of the Queens Bench" anC
Common Pleas" has to be reviewed by
the Governor General before the prisoner
can be rendited. No one here seems tC
think that the Governor General will in
terterc at all with the decision"