Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1864-09-24


instantly seized and as there was for ! ,uvment
some show Of resistance made, some shess were
Cred. and, the engineer of the Llspd Queen
was wounded In the check .',ol =. isss. sif.. !.
The passengers of both boats. together with
the Clerk, Ashley, were then put ashore, the,
soldiers being put on parole. .tssi.t ges.r vi
A portion OF the baggage was also sent
ashore. Noprivate property was taken. but
the books, papers. and money Of both 'boste
were seized. The boats we're then started ont
into the lake northward the Parsons towing the
Queen. which was empty. The crews Of both
boats were on the Parsons. The Queen was
scuttled and sent sdrift of Point On Pelle, and
she strucka reef and lodged about three miles
from land. The opinion 10 that she can be re,
covered without serious damage s.i 5. Il /
. The Parsons then returned to the mouth or
Sandusky bay with the intention OF entering il
and seizing the U. s. Steamer Michigan, but
not receiving the expected signal from their
feIlow.conspirators, they returned again, apd
passing the Island under a full head Of steam,
headed for Maiden, Canada West. 'a,' e,'- der'
Z At this time Capt. Orr. Of the Queen, who
was on board the Parsons, and. from whom we
get this information, was placed 10 the hold Of
the vessel, but was put ashore and made his
way to Detroit .g1a A
The Parsons had subsequently, been run
ashore at Sandwich, on the Canada side, and
robbed Of her furniture. acuttled and her steam
pipes cat. .(t&s t
In conversations with the Captain and the
conspirators, they expressed themselves in favor
Of the election Of Mcclellan. = 3
The plot so far carried out was only prevent
ed from its completion by the timely discovery
and arrest Of the leading YcpDspiratorsi in 5spr
ousAy.sP hsaase - ,sfsasasreranaT ~,
About six weeks ago stranger. who passed
BY the name Of Cole, made, bis appearance at
Sspdusky, and stopped at the West House.
He bad Q large amount ,of.goId with him. aad
claimed 10 be the son Of a wealthy Philadel-
phian, end to have come to Sandusky for the
purpose Of buying vessel. He became very
intimate with the officers Of the Michigan, aud
made arrangements with them for grand sup
per Tuesday evening, intending to drug their
wine and then with the help OF leading Cop.
perheads in that city, TO capture the vessel, but
he was recognized by Southern refugee, a few
days since, as Captain 10 the rebel army and
was arrested on Monday night and placed on
board the Steamer. Michigan, In bis trunk
was found full details or the conspirators which
was to eliminated on Tuesday, and iuclxded the
seizure Of the Michigan by the rebels and Cop.
perheads, union with the rebels on the Par.
son, a liberation of the prisoners on ohnson's
Island. and a marauding cruise among the lakes
He was frightened into turning States evidence
and on his revelations six leading Copperheads
were arrested in Sandusky city and taken to
Johnson's Island.
Their names are Capt. Abraham Strain, j Ohm
Fl. Williams, D. E. Stanley. I. B. Merrick, F.
Rosenthal and John M. Brown. A companion
Of Cole 8 named Robinson was also arrested.
OUR ATLANTA CoRREsPONDENT.
.,. ATLANTA, Sept IL.
DEAR, ,TELEaRAru. My last was dated Aug.
lst. On the Sd lost, we moved about a mile
and half to the right, taking our position west
Of the Chattanooga aud Atlanta r. r. Here
we were less than one thousand yards from o
line Of heavy rebel forts (seven or eight in ally
which mounted guns as heavy as 32-pounders,
aud beside heavy fire from the forts, we were
harrassed by their sbarpshoo:ers and skirmish-
ers. The 10y Of the ground was such that we
had no protection as soon we left the
trenches to go to the rear or move about at all
have seen as many as half dozen men buried
10 one day from single reg 'ment. killed inside
the works. On the 18th inst, we were called
upon to sustai an loss which we felt very much
our esteemed comrade, Jerry Storm, being
killed early in the morning by rebel sharp
shooter. e. sHtr 20 .,sf -rrrlf ,la-F b
On the night Of August 25th. the goth Corps
withdrew to Chattahoochee River, eight miles
north Of Atlanta, aud op the 26th the rest Ol
the army moved South, by which means Atlantis
was given into our hands. Hood evacuated
Atlanta to meet Sherman, and the 2Oih Corp,
moved up from the River and took possession
OF the city. Hoods rear gaurd having left OF
the I'd. They left several large guns aud burn
cd several trains Of cars loaded with ammupi
ton and small arms, We heard the explosion 0
the shells from the river. Battery q arrived il
town at IL M. and parked in the street
The boys went iu for supply OF tobacco ant
cigars Of which there was an abundant suppl,
10 the city. We are now stationed about I
mile southeast Of the city. As We passet
through their works we judged by the numbe
of graves that the rebels had lost fully as man,
from our sharpshoot ters as we lost from theirs
| Atlanta is the protest Southern city hay
ever seen, with its churches, groves and fin
residep noes, but the northern portion IL sadl,
riddled by shot and shell from our batteries
This portion of the city was. mostly deserted
bat in the southern part Of the town we foun'
many Of the citizens still at home One gres
difference between this and places in TENNESSEE
is, that we were always met there with scow
by the eitisens, while here we are meet at ever
turn with o smile.
The army has fallen back TO this place I
rest awhile before the fall campaign. They n
port giving the rebels good aogsing at Jone
bore, bat have heard no particulars 4.
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