, 1862-12-22
a SERENADE 70 FORT LAFA-
YETIE PRISONERS,
They Attempt to Talk rrea-
son and are Kissed Down.
a sIlNGIAG REBUKE FROM LOYAL MEN.

t sIlSGING REBUKE FROM LOYAL ME,
on Saturday evening about o'clock a l;tt1
knot Of representatives from the Inyinc;h1
: Club, gathered in front Of the Sherman HoHsa
, accompanied BY Vaas & Deans Light Guar
: oana, 10 sercnade N. T. johnson and Davit
, sheean, Of Galena, arrested for trcasonah7
" a"erances, IN August last, and confined I,
fort Lafayette. They were released bv th,
Late general order Of the Presiden
ano arrived in this city on satur
Gay, taking rooms at the Sherman
house. The band, ignorant Of the nature o,
, the1r errand, played the tSstar spangled Ban.
neff and paused 4 blank silence ensued.
1ney played another tune, the crowd gradu.
ally increasing, and then paused. Anothc.
blank silence. They played another time and
paused. a feeble voice called out ssJohnson. ),
The word circulated through the crowd that
1t was johnson, arrested for treason. He
made his appearance upon the balcony amid
the most perfect silence. Not cheer greeted
hln- 81 The time he commenced his speech,
tnc Whole crowd were informed of his CHAR.
| actcr.
lie said that he was sratiaed to witness
such demonstration Of the people of Chi
cago, lder1slve laughter, not in honor Of him
sel1, out because it showed the people were in
1avor Of Constitutional Liberty. He Was ar
rested on telegraphic dispatch from the Sec
retary OF War, and transferred to what is
called the Inner Temple, thence to Fort La
tayette, [cnes, ~serycd you r1ght.'] The
speaker attempted to give history Of Fort
Lafayette, and an account Of his treatment
there. He was diycstcd Of all his money. val
uables and chattels, and then incarcers.ted in
a.. prison-shut out from the world, like
= felon or murderer Cries Of "You're
traitor, that's what's the n,atter,''
cheers and uproarious hisses.] You NAV
| boast Of this IS free country, but, gentle
| men, there is no country on earth srAere such
tyranny is crercised!!. Here the cries of ssTrai
1or,' and hisscs, compelled the speaker to
wait several seconds. I believe you, fellow
citizens, are in favor Of Constitutional Liberty
and personal security. I am, and the man
that won't speak out in favor Of these meas
ures, ased in condemnation Of the present MANAGE
7'ze'tt Of this Government, is a traitor. PRO.
longed hisses.] The speaker undertook to
give an account Of his efforts to secure a trial
ont lie crowd determined not to hear him,
and hlsscd him down. He finally concluded
by saying that the man, or set Of men. who
undertook to justify snch usurpation of DOW
| er as this, God has made them slaves in ad-
| vance. Misses and cries Of ssGo to Richmond
| you Traitor-n}
David sheean, without being called for, came
forward and stated he was arrested
ana imprisoned in open violation of
Constitutional law, [hisses,l and any
man that approved Of such outrages
as lie had suffered, whether it be at the hands
OF the officers Of the Government, or Of in
dividuals, was Traitor [Dcrisivc hisses.l He
believed the people were in the ri.ht-and
hoped that the revolution inaueu,ated
IN November would be continued, fcneers
from the secesh,1 until every Abolition
scoundre1 from abraham Lincoln dopu TO
tie loszst ~dboltion reptile be compelled to lick
TIE dssst- (Here the hisses apa cries Of *sTrai
tor became so uproarious that he could not
be longer heard, and subsided.)
Thus ended this outrageous ATTEMPT to
1o's1 upon the Union men Of Chicago, while
yet the recollection Of Fredericksburg and
our bleeding and dying brothers is fresh in
our minds, the reasonable utterances Of two
who when arrested should have been promptly
sent beyond the lines to their Southern bretl-
rem The Government instead OF iucarcerating
them should have transported them at once
to jcf Davis dominions where all their svu-
pathies lie. But the attempt wretchedIy
failed.
ihe indignation Of the crowd was In
tense Continual cries Of 'sTraitors,', tsYou
ought to have rope round your nccks:,'
go to Richmond:'' - 'They want you down
South, ctc-, hisses, groans and exccratious
greeted them. One of them-sheean-sai
That lie came from Jo Dasicss county. A
voice replied 4*You ought to 60 to JEFF. Davis,
country, where You belong" johnson said
that he did not know why lie was arrested.
The crowd informed him that it was for
'treason." Pen can hardly do justice % the
storm Of Indignation which greeted them.
Inc lnangurators Of this scheme to in
Alct upon The people the bold unbIush-
ing uttcrance Of treason as indicated
By the few remarks we hare given above
failed miEerably, and they will probably never |
again attempt SO unbluslingly to dcnouuce |
the government The people have a word to |
say in this nattcr. They have spoken once
1t will not be necessary to speak again.
These men pretend Ignorance Of the cause
OF their arrest The people know why. One
WAS arrested for holding reasonable cores
pondencc with the rebels, which has been |
published. The other was arrested for dis. |
couraging enlistnlents. And these men are held |
held up as 4'blessed'' Democratic martyrs. Itis
attempted here in this f1cedon-loying city, to
1orce the people to listen to them. Thank
God! Chicago rebuked them with stern in
dlgnat1on. We can only wish that an an /
nouncement Of their arrival had been made,
that the rebuke might hare been universal.
It is but Justice to the band to state that
they were Ignorant Of the character Of tho
1nen they were called upon to screnadc. They
were informed that some distinguished gentle
s'atal had arrived at the Sherman Housei They /
are a loyal band. The present occupants Of |
the Sherman House should not be held re-
sponsib1e for the utterancc Of such trcasouablc
sentiments from their balconies. We hare
to much confidence in their loyalty to think
that they approve Of it.
It is said that both these ts Democratic mar
tyrs'' were intensely disgusted with their re-
ecption, and will leave as carly as possible for
some more congenial spot. The universal
love Of country which peryades this city, and
the determination Of this people to know no
half way patriotism, and to sternlr frown
down every suspicion Of disloyalty do not
agree with their tropical affiliations. They
can find no sympathy here, only disgust and
indignant scorn
The ss1Iass Foot {Housel SexJnp Mn.
chine Conventions,
There were some things said by Mr.. Chit
1cnden at the late "Con,enfion,'' so-cal1ed.
(which in fact was nothing more nor less than
an advertising dodge, entirely in the interest
OF the Wheeler & Wilson Co.. 50 manifestly
unjust to his competitors, the public, and to
myself that I will state the reasons for his
spite manifested toward ssBarnum,s Self Sew.
er, and a11ude to some Of his Hiuqs at the
other machines, under cover of so much au-
parent fairness and impartiality As far as
am concerned, it is mainly personal, result
ing from my taking the premium at fairs, over
his machine, two years in succession, while
was selling sewing machines. I I'm informed
Mr. Chittenden remarked to portion, if not +
Ill, at the Convention that, .Barnunl's Self
sewer and the new features embodied in the
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