, 1864-11-01
The Great Copperhead Fraud
ARREST OF GOV. sEfM0uR's
STATE AGENT.
Hr MAKES pUGL CONFESSION.
The Most Stupendous Fraud Ever
known in Politics.


Some DAYS eiuce 1t BECAME apparent that
4be Copperbead managers In the State OF
New York had conceived and were executing
ecme system of frauds, By which they ex.
flectiou, BIZ overriding the will Of the legal
voters, Measures were Immediately taken
to dIecoyer the nature and extent Of their
frauds, and in short time the authorities
had in their posss ssion evidence sufficient to
justify the arrest Of two Of the Copperhead
State Agents, who werd carrying on thetr
Operations in Baltimore and Washington.
Yesterday the Secretary Of War issued an
order directing the Military Commission, Of
which Gen. Doubleday la President, to inme-
Giately proceed with the trial Of Edward
Donohue, Jr., aad n. J. Ferry, who were
held as prisoners at Baltimore. The Court
st this morning. at BsTa1ms 3zT91 Ts A9tei vo
unteers, acting as Judge Advocate. Alexan.
der N. Harvey, Esq OF Buffalo, WAS present
to watch the Proceed1nEs and to assist III
eliciting ne character e. and @ 1amlacations Of
raigned, the following charges aud apeclfica-
ticns were read, to which they we're required
to plead:
CHARGES ANp SPECIFICATIONS fEEFERHED AoAINsr
EDWARD poRAHuE, m, AND n. J: FERRY.
s9sy 70 81
officers and soldiers In the United States service.
aud IN such assumed capaeity, falsely and frapdn-
ltlllS eien1nR anQ lo!Klus natuEb q u1ace1a anu
soldiess u enca sf1cs, ogee"eGaoM-Ia 1a MS
being ostenaibly authorized IS the aaent. Of the
yotes Of ,he soldiers OF tue United tatea, electors
OF the &c Of New York, At the general election
70 be he On The s1Enfh day o. NovsmoeG 1se4. did
1altely ana ifauoulen pet9on.'. M tne =. "efts & ana
n " 9 nIfe tSe s1v yT scrvce m ths nG
s,ates. and did falsely aud iraudnently sim and
imce, and a1fo csused 10 be algntd and forged TO
4hn n In fGFn nEfEUAnt
"a q the M lawr ol ne staie Of New Yofs. passed
Apri ~ ieGa. enuuea ~ aGt S 10 saao.e 1oali1ta
o. me ssts y esd ssteo p nc Sa IL .oe
snn nav ibetcoI to yotc's names purportiug 70
Be ihe names Of otlcers and soldiers IN the service
Of ike United S.atee. and qualified electors Of the
blanks being ISSUED @ under sad !aws ana ta.sndsd
Is afea ~ tof .ue =, :" ha a. - an aue
s. To- S m nnd II ss9 Sf.ta on e
nav of Soyember. 1854. ali th1s being done bT
IL said Donahuo ana Ferry with the Sntsnt and
for the rurpesc OF having tuch b'ants 70 signed,
used and for the act and decd OF the officers and
soldiers whose names pnrpoted to be signed there,
~ ata n faoa Of tat3i as saca elcctots: as
n,s a. tts a, ~ a,nher ,eef oe
o"1-as ~ 4eN" ...oA'a .s-.0o y. '' 80
aae oaqge oTnoa1,e, aGfo, a1sGI aiIa 1eaoins tne
chnfre and spec1ncauon, cs4leo upon Tue
prisoners TO Pl.ad. ~; Ferry stated ~
plead guilty to put o. the cnarge ano spesl.
tcaQon; nc had signed some papers. out not
oil with Which be was changed: Upon oeing
Informed that ne could plead The exact ta:ts,
and understanding the nature Of ills plea, Mr.
Ferry stated be desired some time to rectplt
lis health and to obtsin counsel. He named
gentleman in Baltimore, who was sent for.
Donohue then objected to be tried by mill
tary commissioner, and also to being tried
separate from Mr.. Ferry. He then plead not
guilty to the accueation, and asked delay In
order to obtain counsel. He desired Reveray
johnson to be sent for, but he not being In
s1 w G,.5 ue seaea ,h sacfen1 aesny 1o eaaole
al1m - " rt sen1 " auu3{ .3an3{ .,..
ata. ~. Soa4 tI sVn "!lu tue teIuest, u9n ~
ao!nuLneo aaa svMpttom tt t,a laolainE u A ~
eeaoel, U9hoauo G l15n sStes,5apas9 ~ 1n non.
San'olu G =. Cu!sn, MEn aois, ~ ~ 1eu1 ~ u
1ssfet ~ a'pan3 matn ~ ,n thas ~
one u inoss gsn1t1eaaen "'u oo Psesen1 u
t1a ~ hs.m y ~ sao I9Sse
mauos " nae5 S nv ~. hsrs a9a haos eAt
,th Az ~ s+ I,nat so5 5oI1.e. sie.
~ 1f,t,a M 5isr1oaneos aieo oa,.a,+ -.
anJ influential men If ne stata ~ Saw % VILE
s.,,h thesa afte1anta - +amnar T;ta * ~
n;ve fhair 1a1nea fanrinu tha+ Thar nai1ht -
| te-orHh snch tnfornot;ns asoans aS.ost g., :
.uuu t.orsaenens nnn'shmsnt eReaps "1i'ss anu
T he cnn,t rharuad with tbn 1oh,r of ,,ros-
+}cstino and nasa;no nno1 these % frand. ID -" - =
! tr;hnna7 ~ mare 1h5n ,s11a1 .ntet1iSencs VIZ.
| ae or3 cxror3epne n will 1n IN a0f{ra Aur ~
nd do It nromntjv feaTless}v and well @''
The hnnt electors Of tf;e st,te Of New
York taye escsped an extensive and fea1fol
| frauc-a fraud In keepInr with the nrocilyl.
ties of the marty in whose behalf II vas inIti.
stesl, but one tIat, if une1poaed, might hive
subverted the honest win Of tbs peopIe, and
| isft the state and the untion at the mrrcy of
those gho Wonid make nsace sid reheiions
tr11oyshIn with traitors
| ,-n,~,s 1ox,,vee,,,.
! ,.A. n11 so,e e1s'!uS ~
A1ler tne a9lontnment ol tee Court, Mr'
teHy maze tne 3oi.oMln con1essioa; o..
90 mol not. reco!lee1 1ne me time "nen IN, me nrst
papers were lo1gea out ~ Has IN lhe pres.
ence Of y; n. Nooa, O Cilnton county; II
was cone IN ms ONCE, NO. % Fayette street,
baltimore; an, ana nave oeea LOT ths past
two years, the agent tor the State OF New
after The Sick and wounded soldiers Of New
York; I first eaW Wood On Wednesday OF
| last week, at my office; he came and repre-.
sented himself as an agent Of the Central
1 Eu11 a.H1. VI n.e suoutt ~ tooA a.teE -
loca4 Ichse; ne !atheu apout Tue "ay II
Whlcn Voles couiq 0e iaken; ~ #A agreed
and send them 81 hom
have the local tickets hlled 10; l made out
snan papers; signed t1e names o. soldiers
on quite nnmeer OF them; l cannot ten
what names we signed; the papers are now
in the bundle on the table; dld not sign
Dames Of officers, but Donahue signed anS
81 s thee = papers @ LETT viii H. me, Which - ds:
etroyed; that package contained over two
hundred; Donahue signed them all /;
| the idea OF forging these papers was
| first suggested By i man named Stephen
Maxon; be is from the western part Of the
| State OF New York; I do not kno1 from
| what county: be ia not in the service: be is
| a State ageI1t; / cannot say at what time it
was f3rst nronoeed to force these papers: it
was aImnst f. two werks aeo: do MT think
| theTe 1yas onyhodv r,rescnt Int Domaine aud
myser when Naxon first proposed to forge
| fte neners there was A mnn named Rnudv
| In my ofsice: be is now In New YORK. aIsoa
nnon Jyemed p NaTcnnh. mavar 60 ~ ~,
,t;, -uaI ht aa..s -. +1,n-"s ~ - ne. 20" ~ u
NJ paft OF me forged psoefs were made IN
ny once, ana paf1 were Drought there they
| %ere usually Drought IN pnndle. lied 1p !;
letters from Peter Caggef, except what were
found II my aeslS: never knew of any cor
resPaheennee tp nc on Inle sa2'set With dea Far,
the package which you have; the Package
Of attorney, with lettor from Gen. Farrell,
! marked Tconfidentisl' which contained d
list Of the names Of the residents Of Colum-
bia county,; did not let any one know De.
etIo5ea tnc 1olgea PapGts ~ mtsh N my, taa nu1
mt narties % in The State to he mailed ::
young. man came from Washington
on h1iaay Or saturday lasI, Say
spGa seGGa them m to Washinctan1 HH am nnt cer. ~
tain that he did or did not e,y anything
about there being twenty men over there
who could attend to THESE matters DO not
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