, 1863-07-03

4 Scamp Caught In q Trap.

It has been disclosed through this paper that the
Union Lcague" OF this city Las applied to the
GogsnoT o. @ 1te slate,t through gsns:lnan who
for arms to be put in the hands oftte members OF
the >teagne, and to be usci bT them, not against
fhs ie1e!1, e. m f. bnt f asai1st the M '.eopperheads
80 far insane 10 needle to the application, but II
he should aeeede to It, the de1nocracY fthe city
organizations. They will resort to no secret So
ssetlcs' but VII publicly prepare to protect and
hands, and II they eha1 not be nut into anybody's
hands, there will BE- no disturbance OF the pence.
Ths.e en- ss ht nnf oest IN putting arms ato
disturb the peace, md the Judge Of court who is
concerned in the movement deserves to be exc
1t it not be supposed that the democracy will
sit eti and witness tho armtng ct rhia secret po-
ltlcal society. They will not. Wc repeat. II The
the democracy will take arms into their own hands.
1t ia Is well for Ill concerned to understand this
Chicago 1aMes, }Gly9.
The organ Of JEFF. Davis deals so much in
lies, that it is not surprising that it should
often be the dupe Of it's own falsehoods. It
Is lie that the "Union League las applied
"to the Governor, through q gentleman who
"occupies seat on the bench ofthe Superior
"Court, for arms to be put into the hands Of
"the members Of the League" The League
has made no such application through ha Judge
Of the Superior Court, or through any other
person. The whole s'disc1osurc'' is a t1coclz-
aud-bull-story,' without the smallest particle
Of truth for basis. The history Of the mat
ter may as well be re1ated.
The CopperAead concern has been publish
ing what 1t calls " Exposures of the proceed
ings Of tle Union League'' held at Warner
Hall One or two Of the reports contained
just enough truth to satisfy the members that
there WAS Copperhead among them. Sus-
picion fell on u certain fellow, and aftc1 the
next meeting, one Of the members told him
long and absurd yarn, including the story
about Judge Of the Superior Court, being
sent to the Governor for arms. The whole
ness Of stuff, sure enough, found It's way In
to the columns Of tue eecesh concern, dressed
up and exaggerated BY the reporter, and pre-
| faced with caption Of a dozen sensation die
play heads. Not thing as related, happened.
Not pcrsoo named was present. But 10
make assurances doub1y sure, the trap Vas
again get, and the sneak rat again took bait.
Hc Was well stuffed rs before, and made a
porter ofthc sccesh concern. Next mornirg,
10! and behold, all that had been told to the
Copperhead spy, appeared in the JEFF Davis
paper, with the customary flourish and addi-
tiops. The story about the arms from the
Governor was repeated with variations, but
substantially, as the person Who stuffed the
Corpc1hcad Spy, told 1t to the dirty scamp.
The editor of the secesh print seems to have
been "sold," as we'll as biz reporter and caves
dropper, and swallowed the bait, hook and
Ill. The eLeague'' boys are laughing heart
iy ut the " "eell'' on tho knavc and his tools.
The actual proceedings Of the League, on
the evening in question, pertained merely to
routine business, admitting new members,
hearing Union speeches, and singing patriotic
songs. If there is anything wrong in that,
the secesh concern is welcome to make tic
most Of It. The musket mission to Spring
field is all bosh, and Coz Yates was seen and
consulted on the subject, Just as much as the
mau In the moon, and no more. All that
Cor, Tates knows about al application tol
arms, By the League members, he Learned
through the seccsh print, ii he cTer opens it
which is Doubtful.
TIC wonder how much the renegade spygo
for his wonderful revelations? When b
thought be was betray1ng Others. be was don
Broscn himself Good goak. However mucl
be got for his attempted treachefy, he vii
find that in the long run 1t did not pay.