, 1864-11-16
THE "soNs OF LIBERTY"
More IS sArbitrarJ'' Arrests~-The Grand seign.
lor Of the Chicago Temple In Custody
uis Corfessfon--The Meeting
Of Sunday Night---
III Ready.
A SKETCH OF THE pIsxsoNER.
GRGEEELL.

4,
GKENFELL.
The presence Of the mouldering sparks OF trea
son in onr midst within the last few weeks did mol
strike the loyal masses with the surprise Of nov
city, for 1t has long been suspected that treasoua
BILE bodies were among theI people Of the loyal
North, disseminating their poison through every
rank Of citizen life. The TACT Of the presence OF
rebel agents In our city, and the certain liberty
which rewarded the efforts Of every rebel prisoner
who could succeed in passing the barricades at
Camp Douglas, were sufficient proof OF the exist
ence Of some reasonable organization, for without
*, traitors could not be clothed, disguised and fed
IN our midst with such impun1ty. Still, the mag
nitude Of the plot not surmised and It was not
known how widely the leaven Of treason had been
spread.
Our vigilant Post Commander, COL B. J. Sweet
has begun the good work and he will not leave Il
unfinished. Rebels and their sympathixers may
and the invasion OF tie "sanctity Of A1aesican
homes - hut their complaints, viii not STAY he
hand q the ayepgeI. An Americans home is not
the shield. behind which to hatch treason and aid
traitors, or from which he can send the knife Of
the tusnrgent ASSASSIN, the torch Of the iucen-
diary to scatter desolation through the land; and
ofthe sanctuary that altar shall be torn down and
the crime punished. Loyal hearts need feel no
fear, for the hand atstikes, strikes With caution
RN1le Oh Inc OlnE1 Ell may rest assured fhAt
the plots will be fully exposed, and the p1otters
punished So long rs It Is expected that rebel Is
his hearth I've liable to violation"
another series OF Col Sweets plans cuiminated il
now sharing NE hospitality, q Camp Douglas and
able than they, because more open in their hostili
ty. From different parts Of the city Col. Sweets
detail. assisted by Tie indelaugable Captain John
residents OF Chicago: Chaa. W. Patton, Fr1ncis
Adams, Obadiah jackson, IT,, james Larmou. Dir.
F: W, Hoffman, -semmcs and james Geary.
Not one of the arrests was made without the e1.
ercise Of due delfbetaion and In no instance were
Obadiah jackson, Jr., is q city lawyer, and has
long been known ns promising young Democrat
He has ever BEEN celebrated IS the poeseasor 81
considerable Democratic" tervor, and vas del.
egatc on the coppcrhead dckct at the Convention
held recently at Springfield for the election Of
State officers. This prisoner yesterday had long
Interview with Col. sweet, in which he made full
and free statement , q his connection With II hthe
organization about four months ago, on the repre-
scntation OF Judge Buclner s. Morris that 1t was
| simply Democratic political Organization. He
Building, where the initatory oath Was admins
tered TO him. After attending few meetings Of
he order he Lost interest IN the proceedings, and
members. when, to revive his lukewarm feelings,
| pie. From this time Jackson attended the meet.
inss pa'a aad IL from his official position acted
bic Club Rooms. The last conclave be
attended ,sas On the Sunday evening before The
BuEE Of yesterday when the whole Of the prison.
ers arrested yesterday, among. others were pres
eHt The subject for discussion was the pIoba'
bility Of yescstsng al he PTtsone7y At Camp Doug
1as, and Of taking patse4sion Of Ate 20 Il. During
the meeting Charles Walsh, Gcary and Patten dc.
livercd addresses to the effect TINT there soers pes
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3eape, % I'D * otSers k:sides A. chaifman ] ef lie lie
meeting, II tdeyolTed upon him to appoint the COM
mittee p distribute ,he weapons, md Of this com
who could not obtain arms that night were told To
call the next day. when all could be supplied. Mr.
fat be dd not
Sunday evening. when learning that its delihera.
tons would lead to bloodshed and rapine, he de.
pated by the arrest Of the leader the same even.
ing. lie cyinccs disposition to do all in his
power. TO aid in roofing ont the whole organiza,
ZION. seeing that By thus acting, he will be doing
Francis 4dams Is another citizen whose notorie.
tyls greater than his celebrity. To the shame oi
Attorney though his legal acumen terminates In
the prosecution Of pimp or prostitute for va,
EEan,sy. e, Us va % n9r examined yesterday, proba,
uarity In his gait for the Inst few days. when not
supported b. bar tnot Of jgstiee): Adams y one
urrests as an election t1ick.'
Charles ". Patton is 9 peetiferions nuisance
whom to hang would be a blessing to himself and
yirrlcnt Copperhead and man devoid OF all
principle Of honor. he is member Of the, State
Council OF The Sons Of Liberty, and is az imP9r-
est grsdes OF the order. Patton is saloon keeper,
and rough By profession. BE Is best known as
o II MSaP 9s r. na
himself obnoxious by ever impeding the voting to
the best q bis ability. BY challenging the vote Of
! every Union NAN, whether he had lived in the
Ward two years or twenty.
James Lnrm0n ia citizen Of known rebel pro-
elisitest and possessed Of considerable wealth.
nnenviable notorir.y by his letters % JED. Davis
and other sebels, which were published In the
James Geary has been for some years = second
hand clothing dealer, on the corner Of Madison
and Wells streets. II can be proved that besides
euppfyinr escaped prisoners from S % Gsmn bSeSlas az
WIN necessary clothing for them to effect t6eft
Tic prisoner semmes is a nephew or cousin of
the notorious Raphael semmes, late Of the Ala
hama he 1as zealou. friend Of rebellion, and
m earnest member Of the treasonablc "Sons Of
position OF member OF the Committee on Arms
and Spies. From present appearances the Arms
and q: sp1es pH Z sre e,oM one ahead IT,,
ed to former connection with the Organization,
but declared that on discovering Its reasonable
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evidently tcuorant or the Mot he was liberated
from custody.
The whole Of the arrests have been planned by
Col, Sweet With cousupanlate SIN and cnerey. AMI
The people may rest aasu1ed that the unra7eilinE
Of tits dark plot is safe in his hands he has de-.
termtned to break mp every ramidcaton Of the
notions prove that he will be man OF his ord.
"A reference TO our indianapolis dispatches will
show that Walsh ie too fully identified with the
Order to escape, Dr.. J. B. Wilson testfying that
Walsh YVES present at the grand meeting Of the
Order held ut The Richmond Aoase In Chicago On
July 2oth- About two hundred persons were pre-
g., sent, n the names q many qf whom o. are known to
The authorities Sucryf Why did they select the
hichmond1 Was 1t because OF an Identity In name'
or for some worse reason3
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