, 1864-09-29
EXClTEMENc AT CAMP
DOUGLAS,
Effect of Outside Rebel Ploftfngs
Daring Sttempt at Escape
by lsebcl Prisorcrs,
Prompt Action Of the Guard.
The Long Roll--Two Prls-
oners Shot,

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borne On loyal winrs among loyal men Of tie con
spfraeIes ma p!ottings OF our home rehe|, tn a.,
the rebellion In the South, it bea,s Int y am ii
piopo4t'on 10 the unwritten history Of the darl
designs ot the enemies Of the Union In ths North
"ee.: inst fuch plots exist, that they are tt,
nanoi"orR ol widespread, sccrct, dis,oyal onran{
<atsonsi tnat the conepiratora arc men WIN wall
anu dwell among Northern Communities. .xh,,t
tocy plot ruin to Northern homes In the min n
ae on'op' Is belEg established by facts 80 iucou
.esuole tnat loyal men, too long 1nc1edulous eta,t
| uaeA WIN hotror at the revelation. OF crime and
o'noed treason only Inverted BY the vigilance o.
men, Who not fearing to be snce.ed at as credu,
loue, did believe and accept the tokens OF a.noar
an0 nave brought 10 light these mines erfen,iina'
ssody to bs Strung for tho destruction OF ioya,t1
an9 TO light the torches Of c1vu Taf thront th"gt
| WisS ste:ssoIe Ut our Eorthwess.
| Obviously tbs prominent machinery for tha o~o.
enllon o. sne Ultimate phases Of the plot was fhe
ae'ease M ana armiIg Of the rebel prisoners IN ihe
Grtait dtpots Of llnois Indiana, aud Ohio Tie
ousIoe d1tlo} atists Were to eeze the uf6epas and
Incsetfom Afn the prisoners. and thus lauucn from
Tue Vfsy e ~ hesr1 o. thc oysl North lormtasoie
revelations ut1er oath to the Government ofHci.1s
at St. Louis, Cincinnati, Indianapolis. aud ofhar
points the more formal established allee ations in
the Dodd Investigation. now inrrogress ia The lat.
ter city are only portion oi the teemjuc eyi-
deIces that this has been for months tbe steanfiv
e11e2wtpg hope OF the rebels and their Northera
Among those who haYe been the nosf ,s,d,,.
Convinced Of these facts and The necessity Of nen.
v1utLg against them, the officers an trnon. y,
GDmp Morton o. one 5e6s Esiaone5s At Camp
otne1 points, Thete have been ao,e to WatCn liz
amonG the prisoners in their keeptue. and ~ ,anJ
trem nnmlstakaole tokens a growing upea.i1ies
events. Tne language 81 the rebel prisoners ior
Wctks pat 70 Their outside allies haa been L Il
tisanss as a3a ~ EsdSa
OF. Camp Douglas now contains from Beven to
nine thnusabd prisoners. Our city contatns very
w1h the rebellion and he and she rebels hrngry 70
A't their Imprisoned brethren Mora thnn onu OF |
two instances bave occurred OF the discovery Of /
the rebe4s. It Is stased on good authority that
only a few nights sincc an arrcRt bad BEEN nsde.
in hond. T1 Of a.
nsh them wits arms Fhe plot asea1ea si .hsoush
tSs s tre.:hety q one ot the prisoners, however.
the party Ia ont On parole.
All these at endaht fscts give fresh significance
took place at Camp Douglas on Tatedsy 1tcbt Ia
the desperate ard d,rlng attempted sort1e Of d
squAd Of rebe. pIisoners, some thirty OF more In
esy sy H.
place little after ten o'clock, toward the north
western angie Of the enclosure, when sudden
mallets, axes and elnbs. They rushed across the
:. " dead line, the leader throwing blanket over
light that illuminated that part Of tbe
With him It WAS emohaticsilv
'P1t out the 1iehf and then pat ont lhe lipht.h
for qEfck as thought the bu let OF the aeatrY spe
Ftriking the rebel III the throat iultctine mnrtai
wound undeterrea BY hs fall, bis comrades made
t0r the fcLce, and hegan furious batterius nro- |
GEES upon The boards with their axes and weapons.
The long roll cent lis echoes throughout the camo.
The excitement vas intense. The Guard rallied |
ard pourtd their fire indisc1innatcls In upon lie
rebel squad uriouety at work In the darkness upon
the fe1ce, their position under shelter Of the psra
pets, however. giving them undeserved immunity. I
be whole affair wae ehortl,vcd ard from the req
tons named, though numerous shots were fred. |
only " rebt1s were struck by the bullets. These
were Lewis L. Muorc, Of Co. u. Tth Alabama, aud
anothcr "hote name we hare not learned The
frtt named y as shot in the &ct Of ext1ngutehiog
the LAMP He will probably die. The Other Is
Only seyerey wounded. Toe reoel prisoners, 1t |
became quite eridsnt. would haze been founa iu
In iaet they had begun early to make night II It,
Colonel j. Sweet. coIumandant Of ihe post: |
has lssued central order in which ne says thai
contprscy Ia apparent amoug the prisoners to ef-
feet their escape. He cautions them against such |
at empts, reminding them Of their position a. be-
tnR necessity Of the war, and Informing chem
bat IN the esent Of any future attempt be viii per
form his duty strictly. although In doing 90 be
might destroy the innocent with the guilty. The
at Camp Dou.as are 70 co,nnlrte
Tor the prey ent.on ofsuch attempsa that eyen had
The prisoners got beyond the enclosure they
would at once have been exposed to a fskfnc
shower OF grape. two pieces of artillery brin5
placed at ench angle in q position to Command