, 1863-11-17

4Ae cAl1se CQHQt14s lucltuinG CanaQ8, mas
been highly excited during the pas: week over
the discovery Of q plot which is supposed to
have been incubatlng In Canada for soma
time, by the rebel eucaks and secesh sympa.
th}zers, for the purpose Of uberatlng the se-
eesh ptisone1s on Johnson's Island, some
tcnr Thousand IN numbeE--an officers burn
Buffalo. Cleveland, seize Detroit. By large
rebel invading fierce, occupy It during the
winter, AID the Organization thsn Of A hrge
rebel torce against Michigan. Ohio and ln-
diana, and, In fact, play the mischief with the
facts as they have already coma to light.
Information reached Governor Tod, Of
Ohio, early last week, that plot was on foot
among rebel sympathfzers In Canada to Nber-
ate the fonr thousand rebel prisoners--au Of
them ofacers-inclnding among them General
T1inble, General JEFF Thompson and General
Jones, On johneon's Island, and then such
depredatlors as were possible, such as burn
irg Sandusky, Toledo, Cleveland, BufYlo,
&c, AID then make their escape into Canada,
Geve1nor Tod Immediately autographed to
Washington the Information he had received.
eredenee to the e1tsno.dina1y story, buE on
Tbursdsy lhst Lord Lyons received a f1fa-
patch from the Governor General Of Canada
tsa99 ta9g gg, hi1 Ia qf t9e szists1es Of the plot
er on The lake, give It such offe ersIya mate1il i
as they could, proceed at once to Johcsop,s
Island, uberate the prizoaers, eail lmmedf-
ote15 for Butta1o, buTn 1t, &c. Lord Lyoue
at oEee communicated The dispatch to Sec.o-
9a,g Seward, who transferred i: to SecretarY
Stanton, and thst 1tf1cial Immediately tele.
graPEed the substance Of it 10 Mayor Fargo,
Of Buffalo, that the ueccEeary precautions
which tho CO. demanded might a. oEce be
made, the Secretary promising that the Gov
ernmebt Mill employ Ill the means In its
power to eupp1esa any hostile attack from
unT sonfce,
On tbs Tuesday previous to the events mar
rated above, MAJ. Pie1aen, in command Of
Johnson's Island, receiEed information that
fully armed ard equipped gunboAt had Left
sitting in RELEASING the prisoners He had
o,ier information, a1eo, that simur aueously
with tie apt tearance OF the Pirate, q general
uptisirg and attack WIS to be made by the
rebel prisoners, The guards ogerpo Tered, the
srsenal seized, Sandusky to be pi1laged and
cape to Canada. These fac1s we're 1mmediate-
II communicated to Goy. To1, who, upon re-
-c@teirg the information, stopped Train with
tour hundred prieoners on It's way from CO.
lpmbns to saEdusky, te1eeraphed to Col Seo-
Ter to dispatch troops to the acene of antlci-
pated tronhle, and q considerable force wns
sent. The United States gunboat Michigan.
which was in the ha1bor Ct Saudusky, at once
toek position In front Of The prison on the
1s1and ready to pay her compliments to any
P,r.tiesl craft that might appear. or send d.
st1uct5Ee fro among the prisoners, ahculd
there be any manifestations Of revols. Other
neasn. e8 have a1Eo been taken to render
Jchnson's island secure against any attack
from without, OF revc1t from within BnfElo,
Cleveland, sandosty and Detroit have not
tefn Idle since the alarm commenced, aud
every measure for the security of the frontier.
under the order Of Gen. Dix, has been taken.
The Canadian Parliament has also moved In
the matter This is "the eituation'' OF the
great Lake Erie Plot to day.
Exactly how formidable this great Canadian
Eaya1 raid 10 Its deslgn aud execution was to
be, is not known, aud perhaps never viii be
except to those engaged 10 IT, tits pretty GER
tain, however, that It ls affagmeEtary Eortion
OF the other rebel plot which has been re.
Gently Developed in Ohio. A correspondent
Of the New York Times telegraphs from
Vallandigham, James Clay, and Marshal Kane
had fully arranged for passing through the
We)1and Canal an armed steamer, whose mid
zion vas, first, to open the prison doors for
the captive rebels at Sandusky Bay; second,
to arm and equip these veterans, over 2. 206
In number; third, to seize a. many propcllers
On Lake E.ie as were needed, and arm and
man them; fourth, to II ale Buffalo q heap Of
athes, ard her Vessels In port char1ed skele-
tone fifth, to burn Cleveland; sixth, to 8ipe
cut the commerce Of Lake Erie: seventh, TO
consume Detroit, and In effect destroy
Inc conNefc3 anQ clGe8 OF the laE4d,
fom Ogdensburg to Chicago, at blon.
The correspondent OF ths New York 1Porid
in Washington, telegraphs TINT Attorney Gen
elal McDcnBld, Of Canada, is there aud brings
Information which eho rs the seriousness Of
tie plot for the release Of the prisoners, etc.
Lord LyorB received information Of the
scheme from o citizen Of Baltimore, two
months ego. Il appears that number of se-
cesaionitts were to take Fassage on tha Chica.
90 and ogdensbnrg propel1era and eeize them,
then Intercept the Detroit aud Buffalo steam.
ere, then threaten .Ogdensburg ind Buffalo.
They were TO- be aided By emisRarIes
In Brftalo, who would fire that city.
The Toronto Adserti&r, secession sheet, In
Its iseue Of the 14th, admits tho existence Of
the paSa1 plot, and Its failure. It says the
Confederate Government fitted ont the
steamer R. E. Lee, from Wilmington to Hall,
fox, with cargo to furnish funds. Thirty
air officers and three hundred men were 10
come overland In small parties to q general
rendezvous. Their intention nas to surprise
the Federal gsrrison at Johnson's, Island,
liberate the prisouers there and convey them
ct course the story cooked up In the d.
trot Free rrtSs, Of q daring, gigantic and
dangerous rebel scheme" compreaeudipr
the seizure of Detroit and Its occupaucy dur.
tpe the winter, and tha organization of
rebel army to take the field Id the spring Tor
invading Ohio, Michigan and Indiana, and
that tor this purpose loo. 600 rebess could be
found In Canada, Is purely sensational.
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