, 1863-11-14
CANADIAN REBEL INVASION
Iho Lake Cities Threatened,
EXCITEMENT At TOLEDO. ClEVE.
LAND And DETROIT,
At CLEVELAND.


lftom the cleveland Piaiadealer, Nov. tata1
betWeen Twelve and one o'clock thIa r,orn-
fog Telegram from Johnson1s IsIand wss r..
eelved ~ the officers In Command ot Esmn
f.9 E1esSlana. ssklng them to send to Johnson's
Iesponse 70 the call the voluuteered me, IT ~
ihe l9th Ohio cavalry were called mt and
nve,hundred and eighty Of them nrera rrf m
1ne a9ortest notice to march. They Wnre
armed and equipped as infantry, being farn.
maeq MIn spnugdeld rifles. A special train
Was hastily made up, md the battalion START
90 at three this morning, under command of
Major j. F. He1Fick. =
Taecanse OF this urgency Is unknown hern.
6nt tits preaumed to be the fear Of an imm me.
diate and bloody revolt among the rebel on :
hundred Of them, all Intelligent and cosrane: ts
ous men. They are doubtless aware Of fha
Cathcart plot, and have Preparations Il, act IN
concert with 1t. The pfecaution al sen5i,~
troops there, If itbo merely -precaution, q
lFron the Detroit Free Press, Nov, 1ath,7
We have received information which ap-
pears authentic, hut which seems scarcely
credible, of daring. gigantic and dangerous
rebel scheme which has just been discovered
by TIE government, and which, for its anna.
rent feasibility aud the state Of forwarduess
to which 1t is said to have attained, may well
cause the utmost apprehension and alarm in
Detroit. aud throughout Michigan. - Tie
scheme IL worthy the ingenuity aad audacity
OF the rebel leaders, aud If 1t is not fully sue
cesstu1 1t will ba In consequence Of the yipi-
lance OF the officers Of the government. aa-
sisted by the detectives whom they have en-
ployed n ferreting out and bringing it to
light. The scheme comprehends no less than
the seizure Of Detroit and its occupation dur
lng the winter, and the organization ofa rebel
army to take tho field In the spring "a an &C.
tire Invading force against Michigan, Ohio
and Indiana, The public may feel 8 yery nat-e
nrsl curiosity to know how tits is to be done.
1t rs estimated that there ars in the neigh
boring provinces Of Canada not less than one
hundred thousand able-bo men, refugees
from the Southern States and deserters from
the Union armies, who arc au well drilled
+: and may ina short time be organized into an
army OF thoroughly. disciplined soldiers. It
is known that they are already pinched with
want, and 1t is calculated that as the season
advances they will be driven by destitutiou to
any desperate adventure that promises relief
from starvation and exposure. These men
are relied upon to furnish the material for the
enterprise. Detroit Is selected as the field Of.
operations from Its nearness TO the Canadian
frontier, and hence its facility Of communica-
tlon not only ior procuring men ana supplies,
safe means Of escape to the leaders In the
movement in case Of disaster.
A necessary part Of this scheme Ia naval
force. How is this to be procuEedp Will be-
saked. II our Information Ia correct It is
already at hand. Every one w1l call to mtud
the frequent mention In the tefegtaphic dis.
patches Of the eeeape Of blockade runners
from the port OF Wilmington, and their ur-
rival at halifax: These vessels, most of them.
are compac11y bnllt, swift, light drangbt
steamers. Besides the supplies of cotton
and ether h1ticles of commerce, taken from
fhor
sloHs as part :ot the Confederate navy, and
such armament as is suited to their tonnage
and capacity. The tact Of their coming from
Confederate port bearing those cotnmts..
esons. Mill. relieve them from the objections
urged against British built vessels, like the
touched port under rebel jurisdiction.
Iheses yesAele, after having procured what /
supplies they can at Halifax without Violating
Tie neutia1ity laws, are to start ostensibly On
.. Gnlee, but will make their way directly up
ne St. taNIenees through Lake Ontario, the
sition in the river opposite Detroit, demand
It's unconditional surrender. The United
States, BY treaty stipulation with Great Bdt-
ain, being preciuded from maintaining any
naval force on the hkea except for revenue
purpose, viii Ct course be poueEless to meet
tlon will be cloEed before foTce can be i'm
EIoyfsed to net agairst the audacIous rovers.
Thus having possession Of and commanding
the city, they will declare 1t, open to com:
meIce, and draw supp1ies-for paying for
which ample means hnve been provided from
The ports of Wilmington aud Halifax-aad
cleo receive willing accessions to their force
from the ready: material mentioned above,
from the other aide. . -, -.
The plot is entirely consistent with the
iately discovered conspiracy in Cincinnati to
Ar A{Nf1 n@4d A1o
prisoners confined ON johnson's Island In
sandnsky Bay, and that conspiracy MAS doubt
LEES part, though by no means q necessary
part ofit. The plot Is novel one, but It
must be confessed not mora rash than many
Matlike enterprises that meet with success.
and town not only suggests but invites sons
tuch enterprise, and Detroit; from its loca-
ton, eeems beet adapted for It's execution.
Telegraphic dispatches to the Associated
Press, received at . late hour: last night after
ts,;oo re hnogs Tas Mlltten convey starting in
ready made their appearance in sandusky
!: At TOLEDO.
lFrom the Toledo Blade, Nov. 1al
Rnmors were current LAST evening Of prep.
arations making By theGove-nmenG to resist |
an apprehended revolt OF The rebel prisoners |
and artillery were being sent there from Cin:
c!nLati, Cleveland and perhaps other places !
Nothing definite was knonn here in regard I
to the matter until this morning, when dis. /
patch MAS received from Secretary Stanton
By Mayor Do1r. I
On the receipt ofthe dispatch at the request |
Of the Mayor, d meeting Of thsBoa,d Of Trade /
Naa called, Harry Chass, Esq., Preaident In |
the chair. The Secretary's dispatch. being |
read, after brief consultation, III. A. Hop:
kins offered the following resolution, which
was unanimously adopted: :, ::
Reso!s<d, That com1nittee Of seven citizens,
hipg. H. h: Waite. Matthew Brown, II. b. Car:
rl1eton and D. B. Smith, be appointed to report
What police regulations ere necessary for the safs
lions Of an invasion as contained In couamanica-
lion received this morning ftom the Secretary OF
war BY Hon. G. II. Dosr, Mayor. -
Whereppon recess was taken. Tteaboye
named committee held session and agreed |
following resolutions which eze to be submit
ted to The City Council, q special meeting Of |
z ishich Il called BY the Mayor for O'Clock
his afternoon: Il
Rtso!ted. That the Mayor be directed to COM
:ause to be sent here immediata1y battery or sec
ion q Eaed guns, for service In the protection Of
Resolved, That this Committee deem IL ;;onorI
ant that special police Of ten o. twelve be Or
5anlzed to act as patrol, and for aer7ice at the
acpots and docke, during the present exigency,:
q necn5e IT, t1s re- esvee Of ase
o proy1de t1ch force.
Asso@z<d, That the dispatch from the Secretary:
hat he be requested to take steps to baYe nia res
ment, or such portions thereof rs msy be necssss-
7, IN readiness to act at moments warning, as
;Rxso.rsd. That i copy Of the dispatch be commu-:
heated to the executive officers ad apenta ~ rhe
anroaa c9npanles and propelIers in this City, re-