The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1864-09-29

FROM SANDUSK Y !!
THE GREAT CopPERHEAD PLOT.
FTLL particulars.
THE sEIZURE OF THE BOATS.
A LEADING REBEL ARRESTED.
CoPPERHEADs IMPLICATED AND AR.
.. RESTED. .H
Plan to Drug the Officers Of the
Michigan.
FROM SANDUSKY
THE GREAT coPpERHEAD PLOT.
FEZL particulars.
THE sIIzuRE OF THE BoATs,
A LEADING REBEL ARRESTED.

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cIrrL ~ IN, ,hn hon, a. S,n7,str
When be,Sren, Lsuc,,a Isi,nJ mi
iSnrdnsky. pbout as rebeis sc;z,d The
Glory md crcv. and nrincd ,brms v,s
from the frank with rcyolycrs. knives and
ha,chcts. The steamer ran down the
lake for nbout nm hour. and returned TO
Middle Bass IslotJ. The Onccn came
ALAMEDA and Nns 4. n, .,I,d. sho,s
were 6red. and the e,gineer wounded
The nnsscnoers. including scvernI lndics
and n number of hundred days sn,di, rs.
wcrc seiz d. the women nut ashore, and
tho men put in The hold. Afterwards the
mon ,y,rr mn, nm tho Island.
Tho soiLicrs wcrc norolcJ until cx
chnnprd. and ,hc pns,cnccrs sworn Ia
silence for twcn,y.iour hours. Private
rr,neriy not taken. Thc p,r.ous tuy,d
the Island Quccn, out and sunk her ON
the reef sou il of poin, au P.lcc Island.
Sh, lies in scvrn t,et of water.
Cant. Orr and thu officers ofthc Island
Queen were taken ON board the Parsons
which s,cerrd towards Sandusky--wnited
2 or hours for 81. mails from the steamer
Micbicnn. butnot seeing. any made for
| Coundo undcrn full head of ,tcam-.landcd
| Cant. Orr ON F.oIninq Island and ran the
Parsou to Sandwich. scu,,linr her, took
off her furniture and piled combuslibles
to hurn her, but were prevented. The
Parsons was lowed 10 Detroi, and Put on
/ the dry.dock. The capturs were rebels
and Comprehend skulkcrs from Canada,
several were recogn zrd as having been
/ for some time around Snndusky aud the
Islands. Thcy talked politics freely and
,x,rcs,cd tho homes of McClcIlnn's 5
election. L, is said their plan was to at &.
tack the steamer Nichiran, but some
thing had gone wrong. An arrest has
/ baen made here of a man named Coles
who was at the head of the Conspiracy
and has been here some s'x weeks carry.
inr il ON with quantity of gold. lie had
arranged for a grand supper onMonday
niqht in Sandusky, ut which leading
ICoppcrhcads OF Snndusky were 20 be pres.
/ pnt WIFI the OinttrS 0i inc hlfntnun, the
liauor was TO be drurucd and the officers
disabled by the Cuppcrheuds. Coles was
identified as n rebel captain aud was ar.
rested on Monday afternoon, when he
leo,fcssed the whole plot. Arrests werc
made of Abraham Strain and Jno. III.
Williams. hardware dealers and leaders
Of The Mcclellan Coppcrhcads: DR.. f..
| STANLEY. n Coppcrhead who wns to drur
Ithc liouor: ]. b. Nerrick, builder and
! IConrnrhcnd. / NJ. Brown. n NcClrlinc.
ito nnd, nos, master nndcr Buchanan: +,
R,sen,l,,I. Copnerhend Jew formerly
from Richmond. aud man named r ,b-
inso, When The pInt wns discovered
Tho nIichi nn tried 70 start ont. but her
machinery had been tnnpcred with and
She bad to be DELAYED until Tuesday
morninn.
hhou, six weeks since n man made his
,pnenronce in S,rdusky. cnllino himself
CHARLES IT. Cole. lie stopned nj the
flVest II,use. and gnve in charge Ia tho
nronr;.Ior several Lundred dollars in Gold.
which bc wished krpt for him. UotnlkrJ
I,raoIy nbon, his wa,I,b nnJ mad, ynr;.
ons s,o,omcrts obout his nnrnnscs in
yisi,ing S,nAnsky.- In mos, coscs bc
s,atcd 6e wnsfnrmcr,v from pLiladsInbin
nnJ thnt his father was owner of sevrrrl
con, mines IN Pennsylyanio. He cn,cr.
cd into pcooiintion with Two parties hero
for the purcba so OF two schooncrs, TO he
paid for In gold, alleging il 10 be his in.
tention to load them on the lakes aud
take them around by the 81. Lawrence
river and the ocean TO Philadelphia,
where they were TO be employed in car
rying coal in the coasting trade. The
terms could not be agreed upoa, and 81
the vessels were no, purchased.
Cole soon made the nequqinlence Of q
number Of the citizens ot Sandusky. ell
though it wns noticed that his principal
acqnainianccs among the civilians wore
we'll known as lending Coppcrheads. BY
some means he obtained an introduction
to the officers Of the U. y. steamer Michi
gan, with whom he was soon on term,
Of great intimacy. He spent his money
freely on them, treating them to wine al,
piyinn pleasant suprers. Money appear.
ed to be OF little object to him, and he
frequently took handful fgold from hi,
pockets ahd exhibited il ostentatiouSly
Helbought free ly ofvarioushrticles ut tn
stores OF Comprehend ,radesmen, an,
managed TO eet.some Of the officers o
the Michigan we'll acquainted with lhos'
ltradesmcn.
nf.,,ors wont nm swiminclv with hin
c,- some ;imc some persons considcrin,
liz, a boasting fool. and others a ilvia
, "d I I;bernl comnnnjon. lie was an mir;
n"noera. I"u 49, and tnok n docn Interest i,
,he Chicngo Convention. At a part,
hnIL hi Jnr;nc its session he tonstcd 9Th,
%Li.,no ,Iy'a o' ca,yen,;on lie hone of th,
on'ess' :, when Mcclell,n was nomi
oon ove,;oveJ ,nJ manices,e,
na'eu n;u,iScao,;on hJ by Isis,erous re;oicincs
nls ,,'' sas'I'o. ns .o,.;,,. ,orv dr,nl oycr N,
! en,s enuns W ne Is said hs would bet that lie,