The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1864-03-17
REBEL rLOTIN CANADA.
Refugees and Copperhads Combini IN
The De,rci, Tribup, sovs

The Detroit Tribune says
We have just been placed in posses
sion Of the details Of new nnti.Un.
ion plot, now in process Of development
by secession refugees, the statements
coming from source, and being sus.
tanned by evidence which We cannot dis
credit or dsrcgard. The chief focus o,
this now plot in the insignificant town
Of Windsor, on the opposite side of the
river, and lis agents are materially as
ssist,d 10y associates Ia this city. It,
| general outlines are us follows. The
number of secession refugees from the
North and South, now in Canada, Is scv.
cral thousand, who, when consolidated
and organized, would constitute u very
effective fighting force, were it not that
! the scarcity Of arms la Canada forms .
serious obstacle 10 their proper cquipp.
ing.
The expectation Of arms from the I'm
tied States is prohibited by the existing
military regulations, aud accordingly n
Wholesale system Of smuggling is carried
on, by which small arms are carried into
Canada. The common method OF avoid.
ing the vigilance OF the officers ON both
sides of the river, lis 10y concculing a
large number of arms in u herring bcS
with several layers of hCrrings. A.
there is no duty on this fish, and per.
ceptiblc perfume generally ind!cttts it.
presence, un apparent lab oring men
with u herring box, lrcisht,d with fsl
aud weapons, easily crosses without mo
lcStatiun.
These weapons ure then distribute,
among trusty men, aud they 20 oirir
squads to the Eust--icw Nt time, 80 a,
not TO attract attention. by various
routes and means they cross over int,
the Uuitcd States, generally choosing
some spot on the Eastern frontier, whcr,
a less vigldnt watch is kept than in this
section. Once in our boundry lines
they quietly rendezvous at different sta.
tons in Southern Illinois aud Indiana
where associates are now aud have been
forming to cooperate with them.
Tho dcsign Of these movements is It
the ensuing spring " fire in the rear,
by raising the standard ofarmcd disailcc
ton in those sections, aud thus distract
Jog the attention aud dividing th,
strength of our armies in the front. Il
fact udyices from that section already re
port the commencement Of guerrilla hos
tiitics by outlaws and dcsperudocs. o.
Monday last u squad Of Federal soldiers
were fired upon while quietly passing
along the streets OF Paris, Edgar county
in Southern Illinois, by party OF ruff
ans concealed in nn old stable. TIL,
soldiers charged upon the building, an,
lost one of their number. His murder
or, however, was shot in thirteen differ
cnt places, and the whole gang arrested
They found the number about 90 an,
evidently intended serious disturbance
This is undoubtedly but the commence
ment Of u series of similar affairs in tha
section, which the Government will b,
called upon to crush with an iron heel
The authorities have recently beef
placed in posses sion Of all the facts mar
rated above, aud measures have been ia
ken to nip the evil in the bud. For OK
ample, q squad Of five men, under an in
di!idual nomcd Ostr0ndcr, one Of th,
leaders in this scheme, left Windsor oil
Monday last for the East. Tor the purpos
cs stated above. Ths fact becoming
known TO the United States detectives i
Canada, information was dispatchc
which resulted in the summary arrest u
the gang on Tuesday, immc diutely ou
their arrival on the American side at Nj
ngara Falls. One man subsequently
made his escape, but the rest are still
confined there, awaiting az investigation
into their business nnd destination.