Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-11-10


aid thes came from fayetie county aud expect
ri to be- met mere by somebody. For three hours
his body Of "couspirators" remained IN the VI
cinity oi the sherman House. aud during that
time had frequent conferences With the Govern
ment detectives This lat circumstance di'-
ciosel the true chsracfez Ut he whole affair
II will be remembered that many hundreds Of
the rebel prisoners enlisted in our navy. These
recruits. upon assuming our uniform. threw Oh
the "batteTnut' costume. aud these butiefnui
coats. pants. shawls. &c. fell into the hands OF
the detectives These sixty conspiratOrs who
reached here on Saturday night were persons ~
the employ Of the Republican party. disguised
az Egyptians: they came here 10 be seen. de-
nounced, arrested. and then some OF them we're
TO confess" 70 some diabolcal plot TO vote lie
gally and then burn Chicago and Mil
waukee, and ell The other villages 10 the NoHh-
west
The cards were badly played; the game was
entirely too palpaIle; child could see through |
IL These sixty men and perhaps few Others
who came after the same fashion by other roads
we're allowed 20 STAY Saturday night aud all dsy |
Sunday roaming about the city, though ther
presence WAS advertised IN the papers, aud 10y
their uncouth appearance on the public streets
No one arrested them Their arrest vas part OF
a scheme not vet ripe On Saturday night. too
late for any comment by the newspapers, before
the day OF election. The rest Of the game was
played
A rebel officer. called on the bills Col Vincent
Marmaduke OF Gen Prices army. and brother
of the recently captured General of that name
vas suddenly discovered to be in Chicago. stop
ping at the house 81 DR.. Edwards, No. ~
Adams street, tcs doors east of State street
Captain John Nelson, of the city police, with
military guard dropped down At that house dur
ing the ight and arrested Colonel Vincent Mar
maduke He also visited the Richmond HoUse,
and arrested military man with Yery high
sounding title which il put down ouithe bill A.
Col g. st Leger Gfenfell late John Morgans
Adiutsnt General
With Col Grenfel was arrested one J i.
Shanks. sold 10 be an escapedre0e prisoner The
military also arrested Charles Walsh, who lives
just south OF Camp Douglas. and ~ho Is said TO
be Brigader General in The Sons OF Liberty.
| In his house was found cart loads" of revolt
vers. ammunition and guns In his house was
alec found aud arrested two men named CaRtreil
| and Traverse The authorities all visited the
house Of Judge b. 5. Morris. and the parties
| maxim the arrest, 10 be on the right side. ar
rested Messrs Is O. Caulfield and Mason, who
are boarfers at the house The latter gentle
men were promptly released upon arriving at
| the camp
D Provost Matshal Jasss. ia tue meantime, ar
rested sixty or eighty men m the ser zee OF the
| Republicans disguised in buiternut clothing. We
suppose these men will vote for the Republican
| ticket TO day Ii NAV be that they residents
here and entitled to vote but if they are kept in
| prison all day there will be that many votes lost
to the Republican party.
The following is Col Sweets Official report
| of the proceedings
| CANP DOUGLAs. CHICAGO, lLL,(
| NoY !, o'clock a NJ
Brig. Gen. John Cook, Sprinfeld. H.!
Have made during the night the following ar
rests of rebel officers, escaped prisoners Of war.
| citizens escaped With them:
| Col. g. St. Logger Greenfel. Morgan's Adju
,ant General, in company with j. I. Shanks, an
| escaped prisoner Of war, at Richmond House.
| J + Shanks, Col Niucen; Marmaduke. brother
| nj Gen. Marmadukc, Brig. Gen. Charles Walsh,
OF the Sons Of Liberty; Capt Cantril, OF Nor
| gan's command: Charles Traverse, (bntiernut)
| cantti.l and Traverse arrested in Wash's house
in which was found two cart loads large sized re
| volrefs loaded and capped: two hundred stand of
| muskets and ammunition. also seized two boxes
| guns concealed in room in the city: also ar
rested Judge Buck Morris, Treasurer Of the
Sons of Liberty. having complete proof Of his
assisting Sharks To escape and plotting TO re
| lease prisoners az the camp.
Most of these rebel officers were in the city on
the same GRAND in August last; their plan being
to raise AN instruction aud release the prisoners
| AT this camp
There are many strangers and suspicious per.
sous in the city believed be guerrillas and reb-
ell soldsrs. Their plan was TO attack the camp
on election night,
All prisoners arrested are in camp Captain
Nelson and A G. Coventry OF the police, rem
deied very efficient service.
b. j. SWEET,
Colonel Commanding Post.
Col. Sweet is IN honest man He believed the
politicians. and he adopted the theory they start
; ell. that these men, disguised rs butternuts. were
really brought here for some illegal purpose
But he could not understand why men should
come here from Egypt to vote for Mcclellan,
when their votes could be poed down there Just
~ effectively. He placed another construction
on the affair. He san in il scheme TO attack
/, Camp Douglas aud release the prisoners; then
the same rebel plot that prepared al Indian.
apcls last August. of relieving all the rebel pris-
oners ia the North. aud establishing the Con.
. federacy" in this part of the world His detec.
tiyes who had been inmates of Walsh's house
for many weeks, and who possessed the conf
dence OF that political lunatic. reported that the
evidence was ripe. The Colonel. who honest :
, believed that such conspiracy was OF foot, or
dered the arrests which we have named. Hi,
theory that these men were here 70 attack Camf
Douglas, is wholly inconsistent with the poliii
1
for Mcclellan. The presence here of these oft
GERS Who are said to lie rebel commanders. was
: an item tending to confirm his theory but ",
suppose there has not been week during IN,
last year that one w more rebel officers have mo-
been in Chicago. IL these persons are reall,
rebel officers, then they spies, and will b,
treated "a such: but there are very strong
doubts expressed whether the men arres,ed ar,
really the rebel officers whose names are pu
? down.
The fac, that DR.. Edwards after having beer
kept under arrest in his own house. was release,
ia the afternoon i evidence that there j. SOM,
doubt As TO his having been harboring rebe
spy of the grade of Colonel The two men or
! rested at Wssh's house. Cantrell and Traverse
are understood 10 be Government detectives, wht
for some months or more have beeu working ug
q case At Wslsh's own house, where they helped
10 load his guns. cap his reyOlvers, and tall
"secesh" up to handle The 1000 stand o
arms found in Wash's house. are understood Il
be the muskets belonging TO the Shields Guard,
and Emmett Guards. two of the Chicago militia
organizations, who9 men went 10 the war. ant
whose arms were deposited with Walsh Th,
1.-TWO cart loads os revolvers" already loaded anC
capped, j. not explained; ~here he got them is
mystery.
Judge Morris IL accused OF having aided pris
oners 10 escape, without knowing anything about
the matter We venture to say that the authorize.
had as much ground for his arrest At any time
: during the last two wears a they have now
, Why his arrest should be delayed until the eve