The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1863-11-06

3 rhe Greaicst Treason of the Asas-
b. The vaiiawdis ham Plot Revealed.- y
George y. Pugli Appears as Counci
for the Traitors.
For some time past little intima
tions have been leaking out from do,
to dry Indicating the existence Of
deep and widely spread scheme o
/, lvillainy in o,rr midst, by which trea
, s0p in the South was to be followed
by treason in the North, and b,
which the party styling itself Tn,
peace party of the North, was to car
ry the civil war up to the very ex
tremc of the Northern border. Bu'
the intimations were few, and by
many, the apprehensions of civil com
motion we're considered as i'll found
led; and when, on Saturday night, the
first blow fell. and several of the par
ties implicated wore arrested in Gin
cinnati, it vaS matter of surprise to
Jail, and so sudden and so tremendous
were the Developments which were
then for the FIRST time made public,
that even yet it is di0leult to believe
in the revelations which every houri is
bringing forth.
On Saturday night L. s. Marshal
y. c. Sands, who has been for same
time past acting in conjunction with
Provost Marshal Major Reany, and
the other military authorities of the
District of Ohio, in sitting out the
affair, received information which led
him to believe that the right time for
action had arrived, and he according
ly dispatched Deputy Marshal james
Sands with assistants, on special
train to Columbus, at 10 o clock, to
lprocure the arrest of Charles w. II.
Cathcart, School Commissioner for
the State of Ohio, and j. ID. Cresap,
formerly Sutler in the 18th Regulars.
but then n resident of the Capital
City. AS soon as the deputation to
Columbus had started, Marshal Sands
proceeded to arrest Samuel ID. Thom-
as, Mary A. Thomas his wife, and
Catherine Parmentcr of this city ::
while the military authorities arrested
James =. Patton, of Covington, and
Ruth Mcdonald, of Newport, and
they also were handed over to the
custody of the Marshal
The plot has been brewing for,
many months past, and has only been
discovered by the continual and
watchI'tll vigilance of the detectives.
The plan which had been concerted
was nearly as follows: On certain
night, which had not been definitely
tlxcd, II sufficient number of the con
splrators were to assemble in the vi.
cinity of Camp Chase, and at a given.
signal were to overpower the guard.
which is far from being a strong
onc,) and Mt the same time the pris-
oners, who were to be apprised of
what was going on, and who number.
about four thousand, were to make Il.
rush from the inside and thus secure.
their freedom. Having armed them
selves with the weapons of the guard,
they were then to march on Colum-
bus, led 10y Cathcart, and seize the
arsenal, arming themselves complete
~ with the United States arms to.ed
thpre. From thence their attack was
tG ba Oh the Pententiary for the re
lease Of John Morgan and his men.
by whom tho rebel army in Ohio was
to be otflcercd Then the rebel cam
paign i'll Ohio was to be commenced,
ana tnc iirst proceeding on the part
OF the traitors was to bc the cutting
of the telegraph wires and the burn.
ing of the railroad bridges, in order
to prevent the arrival of national
troops 30 much for the plans of the
traitors in Ohio. The sketch was
perhaps rough in several points, and
IN carrying it out might have needed.
several alterations, but this was the
plan, and had it not been dis
covered in time it is hard to tell how
Tar 1t might have proved successful.
The parties involved in the matter
are very numerous, and are to be
found III almost every part of the
State, some Of diem occupying posi-
tons under the United States, and
State Government, which rendered it
u somewhat easier task for the detect
ives to gain access to the nest of
traitors. The leading man in the
conspiracy, Charles W. II. Cathcart,
was elected by the Nallandigham De
in the last Fall election, to
fill the office Of School Commissioner
Tor the State Of Ohio. He sent in his
resignation Il short time since which
was to take effect on the eleventh of
the month. He stated to one of the
detectives, Mr.. Slade, who had been
introduced to him as rebel spy, /
that he should proceed to Richmond
as soon us it was possible, and he
ghould then obtain an appointment as
Brigadlcr General in the Confederate
service. He also furnished him with
a splendid pistol, which he was to use
Ill the attack on Camp Chase, for the
purpose OF killing the guard, and
Catheart himself was to assist in the
undertaking. He (Cathcart) arrived
in the city last night under charge Of.
Deputy Marshal James Sands, and
was placed in the county Jail untilI
Wednesday morning when he will be
taken before Commissioners Halliday
for an examination.
When arrested yesterday morning.