The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1864-09-29

portunity was s,nn afforded NV Cule him |
sclr Iie invited All the otficcrs of the
Nehlcan 10 GRAND sumner 10 be given
ON shore on Monday evening. A, which
were 10 be prcscnt uCaptS Abraham
= rain, John ii, Williams. Doctor STANLEY,
and otIo rromincnt Copperheads of a..
dusky. Most al Tho officers ngrncd 10
come. but word was sent To him i'm the
,itcrnoon of M,rilnv that one of the mum.
ber cuuld no, oct away without pcrmis.
sion of Comman ndcr Carter, who would
only grant leave ON the direct application
of c ,Ic HIMSELF II was represented that
the fliter was very anxious to come, aud
Cole was asked to come on board and In.
t,rrcde for him. Cule did so, abont seven
O'Clock in the cv ming, and was immcdi.
atcly arrested. Finding himself in bad
pesi,ion, with his true character known,
he at Irnrth confessed a part or the plot
in wiicl, lie was eucupcd. Ilc said the
officers were to be feastcd high and their
wine druqgcd with drugs furnished for
the purpose by DR.. stanley. They were
then tn b. put out Of The way OF doing
anything by the Coaporhoad consprotors,
when tue conioderutcs OF the chief COM
spira,or were to make an attack ON the
Michigan and capture her.
On these disclosures and other cvi'
dencc. six Sandusky Copperheads was ar
rcst, d and sent to Johuson's lsland.--'
Subsequently Cole discussed more OF the
plot. .u .
lie said that number Of his conIcdci.
rtCs were to come down that morning
from ID lroit on tho steamer philo Par
sons capture her, take the Island Queen,
aud then, ON proper signals being made
from the Michigan. steer in and attack
the troops ON the Island. Tie said he
had 40 lurlhor need OF cohccalmcnt OF
that part ol the plot, ms il twas undoubtct-
" already fl, ctrt. Cole was then put
ashore under guard on Johnson's l'land,
aud the Michigan got ready To give chusc
to the Parsons.
Ancrlicou port has got in'o exist
cncc that the Michigan was delayed by
Injuries to her mocliucry. This dcclar-
ed not to be d, feet. She could not g,t
over the h1r for several hours. and did
not get away Till near morning oil Tues
day. . 4#"fF FHf %
On the way out. small boat was hail
cd and tsken on board containing MIR.
Addison Kelly anil two other ncrsons.
io, MmV ",,J w. ,h 'na" oa",",c hY ,he r"LoIs nf
the steamers phiio Parsons, and Island
Queen the sinkingof the latter and the
Il ght 0f the former towards Capada.-
The Michigan gave chase, bot returned
yesterday afternoon unsuccessful.
Yesterday afternoon a man named
Robson was arrested in Sandusky, and
taken over to the Island under guard. -
! He was an associate of Cole. and assist.
cd Inn in the distributing OF his money.
The following nre the six men arrested
ON Monday nipht.
Abraham Srain, commonly known MS
/ CAPTAIN st ain, isa hardware merchant
OF Sandusky. IIc Is known as one OF
tho principal leaders Of the Copperhcad
Drmocr ICY of Sandusky. and has been
violent in his d,nuncintions of the elm
coin dcspotism." Iii, connection with
the Mot 10 sciz, the Michiran is said to
/ be VERY clear.
JJhn II. Williams is also n hardware
merchant of Saadusky, and a very prom
inent Copperhcad. We have already
olluded to the fact of his having rebel
women in his house.
DIR. Ell. Stanley is an A Allapathic physi.
clan OF Sindusky, and a strong Copper.
head. lie was connected some time
since with scheme for procuring quinnc
for the use of the rebel army. lis ASSOC
cia,e in the affair was sent to Fort LAZY
yclte on its being discovered.
J.B. Merrick, is Il builder, and a strong
Mcclellan Democrat.
]. NJ. B-own, another strong McC Clellan
Democrat, was postmaster under Bu-
chnnnn.
+ Rosenthal is Jew, who settled as
clo,hing dealer 10 Sandusky, about two
years since, claiming to have been driv.
en- out of Richmond for Union senti.
meuts. IA, is an outspoken Copper