The New York herald., 1864-11-11

bloody attack csspasy q unsrnsd soldiers BY she
Oiar gang about the 2oth March last He also stated
that he here 10 visit some relatives the name OF
Hamilton but could not nnd nsm. Tho villain was sx'
trsncly csnt and would toll nothing more
Secssh sympsthizers here teegrsphed their friends IN
the Southern portion or the State that ths trap had
sprung On the Sc LOUIS train due here yesterday morn
city, but, sensitive regard personal interests,
they stopped on At Springfield and did not arrive Un-
about 6ry, did receive the cauon arrived hsre
last night and getting OF the felt into tho arms
o. o. .ne aa.hores VINO received them win arms losoea
hoped they will not leave until they receive their deser0
CONFESSION OF CHARLES WALSH.
We give an account OF the arrest Of Charles
has made q clean breast OF IT, The following are the
leading features in tho conspiracy. to which hc admits
himself TO have been not an unimportant party
Walsh admits that the mine should have been sprung
two week ag but various the execution OF
the plot was post poned till election day. The plan was
the very first subsequently. except
ererng with the election The internal scheme as last
force OF about four hundred msu--K. G. C's-bush.
whackers and guerlas be assembled here. and
with them an attack should have been made on Camp
Douglas last evening" the purpose OF beratng the
robes confined there Walsh With one hundred and ATTY
men was 70 assault the east side OF tue camp, and
two hundred was to take the west side he operation
to be supcrntended by Marmaduke who should have
the remaining fifty reserve corps ready 70 act
whero wanted. Tue programme was 70 break down tho
fenoe and stampede the twelve thousand prisoners who
all ready work, having been In ormed Of t
in some way best known themselves The prisoners
werc to be armed rapidly as possible, the garrison
overpowered, their arms and artillery secured, the
garrison made prisoners This, It was believed. could
easily be done II the attack made (as concerted and
indeed there is little room to hope that would have
than successful had IL been nipped In
the bud by premature exposure OF the whole schemo
With Marmaduke at their head the rebels were 10
march Into city, take possession OF the Court
House and square the base OF offensive operations.
They then to take possession OF the pos voting IN
each precinct and preventing the deposition n the bal
lot boxes any other the Mcclellan ticket This
being accomplished, and mNority In the State thus
secured they proceed al once TO the work OF de-
struction. All the bark be robbed.
gGteI, and then fire TO tho principal buildings For
the purpose Of controlling this latter phase OF the busi
ness tie water plugs bad al! been Marked and force
stalled tho water running 80 as To empty the
mains and exhaust the water supply. The telegraph
10 DC cat the first onset, and then fire set
to the railroad depos, the elevators the shipping, &c.
The lesons OF the leading Uni men in the cry were
to be sezec, aad they with the plunder marched OIL
southwark.
II was believed that with this nearly $4,000
men the CITY could be s, quickly overwhelmed as that
lcctive opposition would be poss bic, and that they
could tneu auder their leader armaduke. march in any
direction with perfect lmpunity
The scheme v AS wol concocted. n lacked only one
essenta-a successful issue Thank Providence that II
was aeuicd them hey had assembled here, per pro-
gramme, ana had the arrests boen delayed single day
II wosd been too tho OF repeated ttre,t
would have been executed, and rivers OF ood have
run in sLroets of Chicago No doubt that,
had they commenced active operations they would
hase been joined by sufficiently large number OF Chi-
Cago dislor TO have made clean sweep OF tho city
and reduce IL 10 q heap OF asEes.
Walsh ia completely uumanucd-broken down by his
sudden the complete exposure OF the reasonable
conspiracy which he has been led made the cue OF
persons designing than himself, who have manu-.
fac;ured out OF him genuine cats.paw. He evidently
his ouy chance OF safety is to
breast OF the whoie matter and expose the villains who
have overpcrsuaded him into this He the
guilt the whole transaction and the depth VI the
gulf GU whose brfak he has been toying
Marmaduke has made partial confession, or rather
series of aamssions which far they CO. fully sNb
stantiates Mr Walsh statements and iove doubt
that consracy was fuy di bolsca IN its charac
ter as represented above. He has ade stale
men,s to man who formerly served under nitn aud
when still supposes DO u tho reboI interest. Is
was specially oesirous brandy which being
presented, he cooled down and became quite easy 70 his
manner.
MOVEMENTS GENERAL Ho1KER.
from the Toledo Blade. Nov. 81
Major General Ho passed through this city this
morning Tor Chicago. lie cano from Sandmky by spe-
ca tram. lett here BY tho ssme conveyanc expect
ing to arrive at Chicago about six r. III
General HOOKER visits 70 Sandusky and Chicago were
in with the reported intention OF rebels
aided by resident copicrbcads to attempt the liberation
Of risoHers confined at those places. Complete
rapgemens have bcen made at Sandusky TO take Of
the rebels p sou, aud such Of their friends who
may come TO look after them.
General Hooker he was advised OF contemplated
uprising Chic night aud to be present
the occasion that gong 10 that city regiment
of soldiers LETT indianapolis this morning. and would he
IL bis ioeDtiop, IL there be
ipsurrectiop, to make short work VI the matter for
which he VIII be fully prepared.
General Hooker says the alarm about the Canadian pro-
pclier eurg,an entirely uniounded He has bad hor
boarded and nothing found TO the suspi-
| cions excited 10 regard tS ner.
The Cleveland Herald ssys Captain Kelley, OF the
steamer Pacific reports General Hooker that
day night about twenty miles above Buffalo. he ie IN
the suspected pirate that no onded her. found
eight board al toldsix Of them drunk that she
bound for Port ainia there TO sad wh wood Tor
Chicago and return with her again There nothing
suspicious about tie craft about body board
and nothing piratical 10 DO seen.