Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1864-11-09
,Pron.the Chicago Jcur nal of Nov. u M
GREAT CONSPIRACY IN CHICAGO.
Discovery ola Plot TO -Release Rebel Prisoners
at Camp Douglas and Burn the City--tap-
ture Of the Ringieaders.

at Camp Douglas and Burn the City--Cap-
| ture Of the Ringieaders.
Chicago is Intensely excited to-day, and
not without cause. While rebel raids,
encouraged and assisted by homo traitors,
have swept or threatened To sweep
along the borders. 1t was not to be expect
| ed that Chicago, the great eranary OF the
Northwest and the most tempting prlze
| that ever afured robbers and lncendIaFles,
should eseape even a demonstration. The
wealth of our mammoth warehouses, as
well as the wealth of loyal hearts offered
/ SUPERIOR Inducements. and this was aug
mented. in no lit degree by the well
/ known existence Of large numbers of Sc
! eesh sympathizers, rebels aud sons OF
| Liberty in the city.
BusHwHACKERs COMING.
Yesterday kilograms were received by
| Hon. John Wentworth. and others, am
nouncing the coming Of large numbers of
bush whackers Go onel Sweet, comman-
dan at Camp Douglas was communicated
with, and orde~s were ut once issued for
the arrest of the despera4oes upon their
arri9a The fact caked out and the
faithful found means to apprize their
| friends of whatlav in store for them, and
at the city limits The hGshwhaekers
| scattered : in various directions and the
military and police constantly securing
the city, have picked 40 hundreds Of them.
| ! pr0pe Ter with nearly a hundred IN
| diyiduaIs of hang doc ook, arrived here
| this morning from Canada. The military
| and police are after t. EN- and all viii be
captured Trinity Church is full of these
! Eel ows who La been picked up and are
kept there under guard
THE MILITARY on TIE GU WYE. +.
Singular enough, Colonel Sweet. who
for some time has been aware Of the exis-
tence OF rebel Ilot to release the prison
ers at Camp Douglas and burn the CITY,
discovered that the time had arri ed for
| action His detectives had been Mt work
| diligently and with success, and thoneh
! the evidence obtained was not sufficiently
cone usi e 10 Warrant tho arrest Of some
hundreds OF the ronspirator who never
theless ought to be arrested and hanged,
it was deemed necessary to strike at once
such ones as were PROFESSIONALLY trea-
sonahle. arrest the rebel spies known to
be lurking about here, and seiza.the arms
depot Of one of the branches Of the Chica.
go Sons Of Liberty
| = THE REBEL. NkRMADrKE
Calling Captain John Nelson, of the po-
| lice, TO his assistance, Colonel Sweet So
! cured the ready co-operation OF the .itv
| police, Captain Nelson was dispatched
! to the. house. of DIR, Edwards, a aPeace"
| Democrat, residin@ ut No. 20 Adams street,
| Do arrest Colonel Vincent Marmadukn, of
the rebel service. and brother Of the rebel
| General Marmaduke, who WAS known to
/ he harb6red there The rebel % one
! was very indignant over the affair. as
! doubtless was DR. Edwards The former
! showed British protection. pa pers-thato
! Democratic d0ige-and actually exhih-
I tied passport issued by The American
| Consul ut Toronto to one Barring Cap
| tain Nelson quietly inform q the indignant
rebel spy that ne cared nothing about Bur
ling--it YVES Colonel Marmaduke that he
! wanted, and he would have him, and so
the Colonel went TO Camp Douglas.
"A REBEL ADJUTAHT GENERAL
While the above arrest was being made,
q detachment Of military and police pro
| ceeded to the Richmond House. and cap
tured the rebel Colonel G. st Ledger
+ Grenfeli, Morcan's Adiutant General and
| }. I. Shauks, an escaped rebel prisoner
| These were marched to Camp Douglas.
| ARREST OF "BUcK' s1onRIs.
BucEner s Morris the Kenruckian, n
man noted for his hatred Of the North and
umistakahle sympathy with the South.
was also arrested, and IS nnr couGnei at
| Camp Doug as Colonel Sweet possesses
e ilence imp icatin- Judge Morris as
! Treasurer 0f the Chicago Sons of Liher-
1 ty In his dispatch to Genera Cook,
this morning, Colonel Sweet said: Il
have complete proof Of his having assisted
Shanks. the rebel prisoner, TO escana,
Of Plating Il release prisoners at this
/ camp.