The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1864-03-19
Exciting News-AnOthar Plot.

ne NUMBER OF secession refugees, from
the North and the South, now ia Canada,
Is several thousand, who, when con solda-
ted and organized, would constitute very
effective fighting force, were il not that the
scarcity of arms in Canada forms a serious
obstacle 20 the proper equlpping. The ex-
portation of arms from the United States
Is prohibited by the existing military reg
ulations, and accordingly wholesale sys-
tenn of smuggling is carried on, by which
small arms are carried into Canada The
common method of avoiding the vigilance
OF the officers on both sides Of the river, is
by concealing large number of arms in a
herring box with several layers Of behring's
As there is no duty on this fish, and per
cepLibIe perfume generally indicates its pres
ence, an parent laboring man, with her
ring box, freighted with fish aud weapons,
easily crosses without molestation. Many
revolvers are bought for this purpose Of re-
turned soldiers, and eventually find their
way into the hands Of those who were and
are the deadliest enemies Of their original
owners. An occasional musket or gun is
conveyed across by some one, claiming to
be on brief hunting trip for pleasure. The
repairing and ref.ling Of these fire arms is
done at little smithy near the Hirons
House. These weapons are then Gisgribu
ted among trusty men, and they go of in
squads TO the East-few at a time, SO as not
to attract attention. By various routes and
means they cross over into the States, gen
orally choosing some spot on the Eastern
frontier, where less vigilant watch is kept
than in this section. Once in our bounda
ry lines, they quietly rendezvous at offer
ent stations in Southern Illinois and Indi-
ana, where associations are now and have
been forming to cooperate with them.
The design of these movements is in the
ensuing spring to open ''fre in the rear"
by raising the standard of armed disaffec
ton in those sections, and thus dIstraoting
the attention and dividing the strength of
our armies in the front. In fact, advices
from that section already report the com
mencement of guerrilla hostIiIies by out
laws and desperadoes. On Monday last q
squad of Federal soldiers were fired upon
while quietly passing along the stleeis of
Paris, Edgar county, Illinois, by party
of rufians concealed in old stable The
soldiers charged upon the building, and lost
one of their number. His murderer, how
ever, was shot in thirteen different places,
and the whole gang arrested. They were
found to number about fifty, and evidently
expected serious disturbance. This is un-
doubtedly but the commencement of a sa-
ries Of similar affairs in that section, which
the Government will be called upon to crush
with an iron heel. The authorities have
recently been placed in possession of all the
facts narrated below, and measures have
been taken to nip the evil in the bud. For
example: a squad of five men, under an
individual named Ostride, one Of the lead
ers in this scheme. left Windsor on Monday
last for the East, for the purposes stated
above. This fact becoming known to the
United States detectives in Canada, infor-
nation was dispatched which resulted in the
summary arrest of the gang on Tuesday.
immediately on their arrival on the Ameri-
can side at Niagara Falls. One man sub
sequently made his escape, but the rest are
still confined there, awaiting an investiga-
ton into their business and destination.
We do not state these facts to alarm, but
solely to inform the public of threatening
peril, and place them on their guard against
impending angers.-DesrOit Adrertiser,
March 3d.