, 1864-11-03
THE DETROIT KER&I,
RAID.
Grent Excitement in the Clty-Tha
Malt11 Called 10 Arms-CDnwFexa.
xaoEA IN the Churches DlAna1Asea.

"aens HKelse ment In the C1sT-Th.
f1osa IN the Churches DlAna1&aea.
(From tho Detroit Advertiser Oct. a11
On Sunday, erer1ng the city was thrown
into The greatest excitement By the rlnelne
OF the bells, calling the militia to arms, ia
anticipation Of rebel raid IRON Cansda. At
III early hour IN the evening a dlapatcn was
1tceiSed sighed r. j. Ktmball, q. s, Cousu-
lar Agent at Toronto, G. IT., Stating that on
ioatufosy evening band Of one hundred men
1e1t thas city With arms ammunition and CON.
oustiolse, and 1t was supposed that they
wire 10 make raid e1thrr on Buffalo cr
Detroit. The dispatch was at once commun-
icateo to the military authorities. Col. Hill
immediately ordered the men at the bar
iaeks' la some ~ or SN under arms, and they
were marched to the centre Of The city. He
teleErtphed TO Dearborn for 60 soldiers
statio1ec there. The steam fire engines went
out Pre- mptly to guard against TRES. The
oeIis begun rirgicg Just after diyiae services
had commenced In the different churches.
ihe Character OF TIE eWs Was sent to all of
them, and several congregations were dis.
m1ssed. For time the widest ru nora pre-
Valid, and the excitement was iutenee,
While We write there Rre thousands Of pen.
pie IN the streer, and knots and eroups OF
citizens are collected On the etreet corners.
dtscussirg the probabilities OF IN attack, aud
the u nuncr In which 1t would be met. Il wes
were coming down the river from saraia-
fhat TUG telegraph wires on the Great Vest
ern Railway had been cut. Officers On horse
back are gallopI 6 tarough tho streets with
orde1s to the different squads Of men. and
me city Is to BE- part1oled until Morning,
Detroit has not seen such an excitement
since the time Ut the capture of the Ppilo
FarsoLs, IN September. A strong guard has
been detailed to watch all the pubic huIld-
l1gs, depots, etc. The military authorities
easo stttct orders to arrest ali persona found
IN the city alter certain hour, who could
not give good account OF themselves.
a Suspicious circumstance connected with
this affair Ii the fact that the sec.sh at Wind
eor y ere very jubtlant oil day Suada7, Itis
q 10 Stated that large numbers OF susptc[ous
cha1acters Were coming over on the ftrrles
au ds5, but teW OF them were seen to return.
It is supposed that there are about 2D OF
thest persons now scattcrei d through tha cItv.
ForeWarn.d is fosearned, and Il thsre "a,
any design to attack the city tonight, va
doubt that it will be carried into effact fnr
the present at least.
Oul citizeus, TO their credit, turued ont
Wlth VT alaetlt, for defense, determined to give
are to stay in the different engine houses dur
Ing the pfehr. In case OF any further danger
during the night. the bells were to be ranr
p MIN, There arc good many rumors in
circulation, 1uost of which are without fouu-
dation.
It was very evident early in the evening.
bad the rebels attempted ratd, they. would
have net with scorching reception. In less
than an hour from the time the alarm was
given, ovsr {, GOO citizens made application
to the authorities to be armed for duty. As
there ere 10 serious fears Of immediate dan
ger tntet tatned, so men only were accepted
and equipped. Bestdss the above, tWo-com-
p4nies ere sent down from the barracks. a
section Of battery from tie same place, one
csmpany cane from Dearborn, and the
Light Gnard, Scott Guard and LYON C3nar11.
fer duty, and went out armed and
equipped Tor any emergency.
Nh4e tae opinion generally entertained |
IVES that the services OF the military would |
not be needed, it sho ws the enthusiasm that |
exists among our citizens, aEd demonstrates |
Ehe. .faet that they are at all times ready tor |
my emergency.
In connection with this intended raid, It
na} be nell to state that the suspicious Of |
cspt. Atwood, Of the Patlo Parsons, running
between this city and Sandusky, have been |
lloused for the psst week. He informs us
hat on the last three or four trips quite g
srge number Of rough-looking passengers
Tere taken on board at this point each tip,
md landed at sandusky. On one Of thess
rips passenger Was heard to remark that
mother raid was anticipated, and that it
would take place In few days. On this in
ormation, Gait. 4. gave information to the
'rdT0et hlafthau at eantu3ky, Who 1mmed. |
atsly put under arrest a number Of the |
Amorg them Was n young man
amed Bolio, from this city, butit Is believed
e Is Innocent OF any Intention to participate
q the premfdita attack on this or any
ther ike city. Capt Atwood states there are
farlY Or quite 200 Of this class Of persons
sbo have arrived at Sandnsky during the
Feek past. The authorities Of that city are
n the alert, and If an attempt is made bY
hem to cooperate with there friends in |
'arado, as is supposed, they will at once ba
rrested.
?. S.-Since writing the above, we learn
hat the rumor tn reference to the cutting Of
be telegraph wires On the Great Western
.ailWay is untrue.