Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1863-11-07
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the outside the dispatch announcing the dis
covery OF conspiracy in Columbus and Gin.
cinnati, TO rolcasc the baud Of gucrllas now in
- confinement at the Penitentiary, and to arm
them from the arsenal and set them again on
90 their work Of death and devastation. Some
doubts were at first entertained Of its gcnuioe
r ness A statement more 10 detail in the STATE
Journal, treats the matter as too true. View
ing Il in the light presented by the Journal we
are left 10 the conciasion that there are spread
over The State q class Of men whose sympathies
with the rebellion are such that they only wait
an opportunity to make that sympathy effect
i've, by joining the enemies Of the Union, and if
needs be, to secure success, TO cut the throats
or blow out the brains of such as by their 10y.
ally would oppose their devilish designs. With
these things before us, docs it not become us
as prudent men, for every one to procure, aud
, hold in readiness for an emergency, trusiy
rife, wherewiih TO d,fend bis life and property
o The following is the Journals account Of the
affair:
d. Considerable excitement pervadcd our
city Yesterday over an affair that cannot
fail 10 make deep impression upon the
minds Of all loyal people. 1t appears that
for some time past the United States civil
and military authorities have been engaged
in fcrreting out the existence of q secret
association of the most REASONABLE nature
For some days there have been in circu
Iation here various rumors relative to the
Joe;o,pS of h.
it seems, were members of this organization,
bat nothing de6nite was known upon the
subject bat to the initiated and few off,
Gals The latter have been diligeut in
their pursuit Of evidence to fustcn the guilt
upon the parties beyond The shadow Of q
doubt and this having been secured, and
other things being in readiness, the blow
was struck yesterday morning. State
School Commissioner G. w. ii. Cathcsrt,
Nathan Cressup, who was, some time since,
cutter in. Mr. Chld's clothing establish.
ment, man who gave his name as Slade,
and DR.. IGzclle, rebel Surgeon on pa.
role, were all arrested yesterday morning
and are now in charge of the proper au.
rHorities for safe keeping.
a, The first three were arrested by United
States Marshal Sands, upon warrant is.
s1ed by the U. S. District Court at Gin
cinnati, which charges them with aiding and
abetting the rebellion by furnishing means
and information to the enemy. They have
been taken on a special train to Cincinnati.
Slade is supposed to be spy in the rebel
service, and has been here only during the
past five or six days. He has been arrested
before on a similar charge, and when be
was taken yesterday he boasted that be
a. would get away as be had done on previous
occasions. He was ironed aud closely
watched. Lozelle's arrest was made by the
"a Provost G lizard, on the ground that be bad
broken his parole, in addition to bis CON-
plicity with the other parties. Three more
i men have doubtless been arrested ere this,
p as the officers were in search of them last
evening In addition to this seventeen
men were also taken yesterday in Cincn,
natl, on the same cha ge, and other arrests
were to be made in several places.
The authorities refuse to make known at
present in what manner The men were aiding
2, the rebels, and they have good reasons for
so refusing But from all that we can
learn it seems that they bad laid well ar.
ranged plan for releasing the rebel prisoners
at Camp Chase, who now number nearly
three thousand, TO arm and equip them
from the arsenal, as well as supplying them
with horses in this vicinity, and after secur.
ing the release of John Morgan and his
gang, now in the PenitentiarY, they were
to march for Dixie, doing on their ronte
what damage they could There is but
little doubt but that this pau could have
been carried into successful execution had
it not been fortunately discovered in time
to secure its defeat. The authorities are
entitled to great credit for the manner in
which they have conducted the nvestiga
tiou of the matter and at the proper time
we shall take pleasure in making mention
of those entitled to this credit. The evi
dence they now have is sufficient to convict
those now arrested of the most reasonable
conduct, and we are assured that there is
no escape for them
The plan for effectng the release of the
prisoners at Camp Chase was as follows
When the prisoners saw beacon light
at certain point, they were to be ready to
take their leave. The prison guard was to
be shot by outside parties, and axes were
to be thrown over the walls TO the prisoners
The prisoners once ont with their axes were
be provided with arms, and then they
were to storm the peniten,isry, release JOhu
Morgan and other Confederate officers, and
she whole party were then to start for The
Ohio river and cross near Mdysyile. -
Caihcart was to go along and receive 9
commission in the rebel army as n rewarC
for his services Catheart was arrested al
the house eff Rev. Sabin Hough. Hongl
is the seeessieaist to whom Vallandighan
,yrota In tha vaor I SRI that the " II Inio
vas bopelessly divided"