Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-11-25

unchanged. The new Captain General, Vargas,
had arrived and been ftvcTsby received, sRd
lis sTrival win probably alter the aspoes 81
tkings on that island.
Con. Rivero arrived here very quietly. Little
attention. has been Said hiE, and iew know Of
bis presence.
The 81 DoniT 20 rebels are at the very door5
Of IRE esp-ai, and General GGsdara, on hls way
70 San Cristobsl had tbroe cnsoUntsrs with
thsm, always dispeTsiHg them"
The zre~t Johnssa'z HSIasd FIOt.
4 CanasiaH Organization afaiHsi hss United
Siaiss-L0Td Lyons .Jsmys Ota Of Bed g,
Night
The Johuson's island plot has loomsd up into
con5piraey Of gigantic dimensions. Iaj-Gon.
DIX. who wss ordered 70 Buffalo, New York, ar
ivod there on the uight of the 10Th inst. A large
force OF infantry and tWo batteries of sIlillsTy
asrs Bant 90 Johns On s island ON ThuTsdsy, and
eight hundred uaen Of the l2ih Ohio cavalry left
Clsvelsnd on Friday for ths same plses A re-
00lt obtains in Buffalo lhai tunnel had bssn
discovered from the pEisoDers' qasEters on .ho
island TO some woods several hundred fest dis-
.ant, and ab0v. six hundred musksts found coz
osalsd in It. Tho plot is said TO have been to
ssisa the United States steamer Michigan snd
two Of the New York Central pTopslIsrs and
make raid upon the shipping. Additional IN
sormstioR shows their design to burn and ley
waite the citiss of Buffalo, Clsvoland, Detroit
and every other town from 0rdensburg to Chi
cago, and TO obliteraie entirely the commerce of
Lake Ere. Yslandigham, James Clay, and
Marshal Ksns, arc said 10 have bseR the "arch
oonspirators" Reports from sandusky say that
everything is quiet in that vicinity, and that all
the preparations are made to guard against dan
ger. There we're no indications on the part Of
.herobel prisoners at Jchnson's island Of an in
tsntion to escape. The Washington Star says
that Hon. Preston King was dispatched to Mon
trsal on the lAts, 20 confer with tbe Canadian
authorities relative 70 tie alleged plot The De-
sroit Free Press gives tbs following frightened
exposure Of the plot:
The scheme is worthy The ingenuity and su
dacity Of the rebel leaders, and if il is not fully
successful il will be in consequences Of the vigi
lance Of the officers of the Government, assisted
bv tie detectives whom they have employed in
eLIaANE OUT allu utEA AS - " lA H. Aa4e sNAeLA0
sompreheuds no less than the seizure Of etroH
and is occupation during the winters and the
organization of & rebel army 30 take ths Geld liz
lie spring ss al active invading foTCs against
Michigan Ohio and Indiana The publie rsy
tesl very natural curiosity 10 know how this Is
70 be doue.
Ii is estimated that there arc in tho neighbor-
irp provinces Of Canada act less than one hun
ired thoasand sbe-bodied men; refugees frsm
tho Southern States and deysTtegs iTom the
Union armies, wha arc well drilled and may iR
d short time Be organized into an army OF
thoroughly disciplined soldiers. Il is known
that .hey ne already pinchsd with wsnt, and Il
IA calculated that as the season advances they
will be driven By ds5tilutioB to sny desperate
zlvsnture that promises rsliei ffem starvation
sad exposure. These men are relied upon to
furnish the material tor the enterprise. Detroit
is selected IS the feld Of operations from IT'D
ncarnsss 20 the Canadian frontier, and hence It's
facility Of communication not only for procuring
ussn snd supplies, bat also doubtless IS sf5Ed-
ing toisTz6ly sate means of escape to the lsat-
srs Of the movement IL case Of disaster.
A dispsteh fr0m Washington Gays;
I.isunderss5ed here from Canada lbss Val
aadighsm, Henry Clay's beautiful son James,
and los psldunsI villain, Marshal Kane, bad
fullv arranged for psssing through the WeilAnd
canal an armed sloanisr whose mission wasi
To open tRe prison doors for captive rebels
AZ gspdusk7 bay. 3 To arm and equip these
veterans, ovsE two thousand IN number. 10
ssise a. many pTOpollers on Lake Enc as were
needed, and aTn and man them. 4. To make
Bnffalo hear of ashes, and her vessels in port
s1srred skeletons. 5. 70 barn Cleveland. G.
To wire oat tho commerce Of Lake Erie. T.
To consume Da.roit aud in sfeetEi0 destroy the
s8ssmeTes agsd sites of The lakes, from Ogdens-
burg to Chicago, almost 1t q blow. LoTd Lyons
rot ont sf Ded after miduighi 70 communicate
ias news 70 lEF Seward, and afierWaEd the See
rstsTy OF War vas got Sp and go5 70 tho WiEes
Of The military telegraph
We hear from The West tonight thas, by tsle-
Graph received a. Buffalo on Thursday morning.
.he 81 op-oi-Har Michigan was ordered CT lie
mouth Of tho WsiisBd canal, with tho approval
Of Lsrd Lyons, 10 smash thas sesesn steamer il
she came thTough.
A NECESSARY part Of the sohome Is a naval
6srae. Sow is this 10 be pr6cnTea viii be
asked Ii Ouf information s correct 1t 10 already
T a. heod Every one Will esH 70 nina he tTe-
/ a1ent rnsnnon in the tsegTsphic dispatches q
/ .ns escape of blockade-TuBuers from The port Of
/ Wilmington, and thfiT ATTivsl a. Haiif=X These
vsssela lrGst Of them, sIe cOmpGCtly built,
/ s,gih. light draft steamers. Bssides tle sup
I plies of cotton sn1 ether articles Of e07maTea
| iaken from tho rebel parts, they carry regular
commissions, as part Of the C0niedeTate navy,
and sueh armament as is suited TO their tun'
/ psee AID capacity. The TACT of theiI coming
from sTonfedorate port, bsariBg those cOmmis-
sions, viHl relieve them from the objections
urged against BIilish built vessels, IKE the Ala
Fbsmk aHd stheFs, which have never touched 81
/ asort under rebel jurisdiction.
These vessels, aitof l6Ying procured Wbai
supBIjas they could st Halifax without violating
The neutrality laws, are 20 start ostensibly on 1
I erBiss, but will make their way directly up th'
Sc. Lawrence, through Lake Oatario, the Wei
land canal and Lake Erie, and isking position
la the river opposite Detroit, demand IFS Hneon
diusna surrender.
This plot is entirely consistent with the lasoll
discovered. conspiracy in Cincinnati, 70 Beia
the steamer Michigan and relesso the prisensr
confined on Johnson island, in SsndRsky Ssy
and that conspiracy uas doubtless a psIi
though by no means a necessary paIts OF Il
The plot IS a novel one, bat il mast be coniesss
not more rash than maEy wArliEe entsrpIiae
thai meet With success. The deienseless con
ditior of cur lake coast and towns not only sue
gosts bat invites some such enterprise, snd Da
troit from its ocAti0E, seems best adapted tor Il
execution.
4 sslsgrlm freu ToroAtO, Canada, dated sh
14tb, ssys;
The AaSsygiseF, q secession newspaper, se-aa
sdmits she iailurs OF ths rebel plot, and say
that The Confederate Government, IN hssing OF
tho steamer X. E. Lse, from Wilmington
Halifax, with a cargo, was 10 furnish the leee
sary funds. Thirty-six officers and three hni
drea men yyero to come ovoI in sma4 parties 81
meet Al general rendezgods. Il vas their u
tention to surprise the Federal garrison on joA
: seals island, libsrats the prisoners there, az
csnycy them into Canada. They y'did NOS ihter
10 violate British neutrality, bat only to Iese'
two thousand men from such Wretehed quartei
: designed 10 xiii them By slew degiees
% The NorthsrH Rr0EEaWmes
@ Mr Boutwell,, an ofiss-holder under the pr:
1, ont Administration, from Massachusetts, th
, sets forth the policies whish Ale 70 govern
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