, 1864-03-05

Suspicious Movements OF Heces a3on
lkefuEccs-Imrortatio Of Arms
Into Oan2dA-Another
Rebel Plot

From the Detroit Advertiser, March31
| The number of secession rpfueeea from
| The North and the South, new in Canada IL
several thousand, who. when conenlidal 81
and organized, would constitute q very effcc-
tive fighting force, were it not that the Gcar.
city Of arms In Canada forms eerious obsta-
ton Of arms ifo tie Unitsd siatcs s1or1o- 2 nra
hibited by tue existing military regulations,
and accordingly q wholesale system Of smur.
Cling Is ca1fed on, by which small arms nTc
carried into Canada. The common method
OF avoiding ths Vigilence Of tho officers on
oeto sloes oa the river, is by co1cealing a
several layers Of ,herrlngs- As There iIno
duty on this flsh, and perccptiblc perfume
generally Indicates tta presence, IN apDarent
lahoring man, witha herring boz fre1chtcd
With hsh and Weapons, easily crosses without
mIhooleetaten. Iho Many revolvcrs are bought for
ualiy find their nay into the hands Of those.
who were and are the dcadlitst enemies OF
their original owners. An occasional mus
ket, Or gun is conveyed across BY some one,
claiming merely to be on brief hunting trIp
ior pleasure. The repairing and re1ttins Of
the Hirons House. These weapons are then
distributed among truaty men, and they 20 on
IN squsds to the -East-taw, ut time, so "a
not to attract attention. By various rsutes
and means they cross over Into tho States.
generally choosing some spot on the Eastern
frontier, where 1ess5vigilant watch is kept
than in this section. Once in our boundary
Lines, they quietly rendezvous at different
stations In Southern Illinois and Indiana.
where associations are now and have been
forming to cooperate with them.
The design Of these movements is in the
ensuing spring to open a " fire In the 7ear''
BY raising the standard Of armed dlsaffectton
In those sections, and thus 1istracting the at
tentien and dividing the stretgt Of our IT.
mics In the front. In fact, advices from that
section already report the commencement oi
guerilla hostilities by outlaws and dcspera-
does On Monday last squad Of Federal
soldiers were fred upon while quietly pass
ing along the streets Of Paris, Edgar county,
Illinois, By party Of rufflans concealed In IN
old stable. The soldiers charged upon the
building, and lost one Of their number. His
murderer, however, was shot in thirteen dif.
ferent places, and the whole gang arrested.
They were found to number about fifty, and
evidently expected serious disturbance
THIS is undoubtedly but tho commencement
Of series Of similar affairs in that section,
which the Government will bc called upon to
crush with aa iron heel. The authorities
the iacts narrated below, aad measures have
been taken to nip the evil In the bud For
example: A eqrad OF five men, under an in-
diyidual named Ostride, one Of the leaders in
this echeme, left Windsor on Monday last for
the East, for the purposes stated above This
fact becoming known to the United States
detectives In Canada, information was dis
patched which resulted in the summary arrest
Of the gang on Tuesday, Immediately On their
arrival on the American side at Niagara
Falls. One man subsequently made lis es-
cape. but the rest are still confined there,
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 dangers.