, 1864-11-08
A PIRATE ON THE WAY TO CHICAGO
In Inportsnt Feature Of the Rebel Plot to
Hestloy 0ur uty-Ihe "6eerslaun
Coming, Full Of Armed Rebels.

Our readers will remember paragraph which
appeared fcw days ago, IN our telegr.phic COL
unnr, that the Canadian veesel '' ''Georxian'' had
been purchAted By rebel erissaries IN CanAda, and
wns at that time lying in the haFbor Of Toronto,
taktIg IN supplies. arms and ammunition. Tha:
this was portion OF the deep laid scheme Of reb-
els In Canada, and rebels in the North, to 1T out
pirate to cruise on our Lakes and destroy our pstn.
cips1 poHe there can be 10 doubt. Such threats
have bttn frequently made, anu the Canadian gov
eminent finding that tbe rebels were quite bold In
their proceedings, btcame quite aExious to bare
clean r core Sna accorolDGly advised the authotl.
tits 1t Washington Of the schsmes and plans OF
the enemy.
In confirmation Of the TACT. reported about tho
pirate Georgian" Messrs. Richmond 4 Hancock,
6eents Of The New TOr4 Central line Of prope1ers,
received dispatch from tie managing onlce IN
Buffalo, stating that it Is seriously 1um0fed in that
HuIon. heavily armed and equipped, :or The e.
prtes purpoee Of destroying cur lake commerce
Atd 1onld probably mske an attempt to burn The
upper lake ports.
4 he follow ln9 WIS received:
To Ne.trs. Richmond & Hnncock, agents n. Z. G.
R II. Line ot PtopellerB:
There are tesrs that the Canadian propeller
Getrgisr, ttteo ont AZ rebel pirate, 10 on Late
H1run. Tell onr masters {,l the New York Cen
t12 Railroad Line oi Pfopellosr) to take no oae on
beso r. whom they do Ro1 and
Mr. Richmond Immediately telegraphed to his
Milwaukee agent here one Of the Company's
boa.s was unloading, advising him Of the fact,
and requesting him 10 tItorm the cap:aioa Of the
var'ous seeses to keep good lookout for the
m.k,erlons ritalaer.
sses.. ~ .k,aI q + eis!ssas & ehisaso' a
an hw hcar. Chicago il entirely Without asfensess s
The gresteLt impunltY anchor half OF three-quar-
ttrs Of a mile from the light house and shcl1 our
dg, with ,ar more nor tdeGt tnsa s we can noneatd
would ensue-men. women ard children running
hitler anu lhlther for protection. We have read
much Of she Siege q Atlanta, but to use common
Atlanta was 10 eitun1ed ~ to offer many
available meals Of defense, but Chicago spread out
sols for The erection Of dns sea
Cent elevators, The pride Of the West and even the
world, onr large depote machine thups, and ware
houses. Wonfd form admirable tatgeIs for hostile
bul e1s. Only Imagine, ye dwcllefs on Michigan
avenue, rebel s,eamer anchored near the nuoy,
porting In bot shot and shell into your costly and
palatisl marble fronts. But even this Is NOT all.
portion Ct the programme would be for the yes
gel to anchor rear Doueias' grave, and pour in
hroadaIde aiter b1oads'de into csmp DouRtae,
tkelve thouPAnd rebel prisoners confined therein,
hat would then betall the cig! Words c4nnvt
dascr1be it. The 6endlsh atrocities and brutal out
rates committed in Missouri o5 Pr1ce and Bill An
Bu. these ould only be drop IN the bucket. It
wonld.be repetition of The massacre Of seio, more
OF thousanos Of thieves, burglars and cut throat-
al !" "dtmIn5c1a voters would haii such ca-
nqe 1s% Wat Is tsodssnd: T9ey Tou'd anSo1s CON
AID the dsy following, notbing wouId be left oil
Chaeafo, bat pile of emouldering ashes and
ehaIted TIMBER. Her inhabitants tuch ss might
| thousands would be thsowu ont Of employment,
and yeala wTnld tlspse before the ent glory Of
1t IL the imperative duty OF our government to
notify the Bntteh anthor1tIes Of determination to
put splendid aeet Of gunpoats ON out likes
Let us hare halS oozen monitors cruising on
eaeh ot the ala two or three others station.
sry in the barbort Of our principal lake ports In
aodtton, We Want tone land oeitnsee, constructed
nsn9eG the neGetsa5 si spIs apPsoaehe easgaaz
edectutl1y deter any force large or ema ftom ever
| moki1 IN attempt to assail The cttY, The moneY
expended VIII MT oe xssted.an ounce Of preven-
TMnTT DAYS WARD RESIDENCE haa bpe,
A1a.]y decided at a meeting Of the judges of the
county that at the election to day the act apnrnvs
February ed, 1861, in reference to the oua,,ac..
tions Of voters, will govern the election, that be
ing 70 Be t5e %oe act
''The provisions Of this act shall apply to all
general and special elections hereafter he'd In thls
! 1Hcers; md no person ehai be considered, unaef
| my circumetances. a. having residence Ia anv
E.Fd Or election district nn,e:s he shs
thirty dsys Immediately preceding such e!ecdon''
| BkwAsr or FRAuD.-Union voters OF South Chi.
eaeo will beware Of Il tickets labeled Republi.
can Union ticket" Michael Evans and John r.
| Reis-two peace sneak Coppesheads s-havs "sso-
'eprhe livery OF heaven to aerrs tic deyil iu put
| u. C Ballard ve!lkuown loJAl men. Etaus and