Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-11-12

bushwhaekers, and guerrilIas-were to
+ be assembled here, and with them al
attack should hare been made on Camp
Douglas last evening, for the purpose Of
I Iiberating the rebels confined there.
/ Walsh, with $50 men, was to assault the
east side OF the camp, and another man,
whose name we may not now furnish,
with 200 men, was 70 take the vest
side; the operation to be superiBteEded
by Marmadrke, who should have the re-
/ manning Fifty men as 8 reserve corps,
ready to act where wanted The pro
/ gramme was TO break down the fence,
and stampede the Il, 900 prisoners, Who
were all ready for the work, having been
informed Of it in some way best known
to themselves The prisoners were 70
be armed as rapidly as possible, the gar
rison overpowe<ad, their arms and artil
lery secured, and the garrison made
prisoners This, il was believed, could
be easily done, if the attack was made
as concerted, and indeed there is little
room to hope that it would have been
otherwise than successful had il not
been nipped in the bud by . premature
exposure Of the whole scheme
With Marmaduke at their head, the
| rebels we're to march into the city, and
take possession Of the Court House and
tons. They we're then to take posses
sion Of the polls, voting in each pre-
einct, and preventing the deposition in
the baIlot-bores Of any other than the Nc
| Clellan ticket This being accomplished
and q majority in the State thus secured
they we're to pyoeeed at once to the
work Of destruction. All the banks
we're to be robbed, the stores gutted, and
then set fire to the principal buildingss
for the purpose Of controlling this latter
phase Of the business, the water plugs
bad all been marked, and a force de-
tailed 10 set the water running SO as to
empty the mains and exhaust tAa water
supply. The telegraph wires we're 10 be
cut on the first onset, aud then set FIRE
to the railroad depots, the elevators, the
shipping, &c. The persons % the lead
ing Union men in the city we're 70 be
seized, and they, with the plander,
marched of southward.
ii was believed that with this force Of
nearly 1900 men the city could be so
quickly overwhelmed as that effective
opposition would be impossible, and that
they could then, under their leader,
MarmRduke, march in any direction with
impunity.
4 The scheme was we'll eoncocsed II
lacked only one essential--a successful
issue. Thank Providence that il was de-
MED them. They bad assembled here
as per programme, and had the arrests
been delayed single day ii would have
been too late-the oft-Fepeated threat
would have been executed, aud rivers Of
blood would have run in The streets oi
/ Chicago. No one can doubt that, had
they once commenced active operations,
they would have been joined By a suff-
cisntly large number Of Chicago dis
Ioyalsss 10 have made clean sweep Ol
the city and reduced il 70 8 heap d
aahes
Walsh Is completely unnamed
broken down by bis sudden arrest, the
complete exposure Of the Reasonable
conspiracy into which be has been led
made the dupe Of persons more design
ing than himself. who have manufactured
out Of him q genuine cats paw IL
evidently feels that his only chance oi
safety Is to make clean breast of The
whole matter, aRd expose the villaini
who have persuaded him into this net
He now sees the deep guilt of the whole
transaction, and the depth of the gull
on whose brink be has been toying
r Marmadnke has made 3 partial con
! fessiou, or, rather, series Of admis
g sioEs, which, 80 far rs they 20, fully sub
! ssantiate Mf Walsh's statements, ant
e leave no doubt that the conspiracy wa
d fully as diabolisal in its character a. i
i represented above. he has made thes
g statements to man who formerly serv
ed under him, and whom be still suT
posed to be in the rebel interest Il
r. worthy Of remark that Aarmaduk'
v when FIRST captured, was specially d
n sirous TO have some brandy, which bein
i presented, he cooled down and becam
IL quite easy in his manner.
rs fFrom the chiesgo Tribune q Tussd&y.I
Ie THE ARRESTS
10 Calling to his aid the police force I
y the ctr, Col. B. J. Sweet, commandai
OF the post, proceeded, 3 little after mil
e. night, to the important work Of maxim
" the arrests. Capt Nelson and force pr
rs ceeded to the residence Of DR.. Edward
ht Peace Democrat" No 10 Adam
&c street, where was found the rebel Go
2 Vincent Marmaduke, brother of q
Ill rebel General Of that name he was 8
50 cured. A detachment of military an
to police visited the Richmond House, ca
be turing there the .rabal Col g. st Leg
Cd Grenfsll, Morgan's Adiutant Genera
De and J. 7. Shanks, an exchanged reb
prisoner, who for some tims was emplo
70 ed at the Surgeons Department, in Can
or Douglas. Another detachment proceed'
AZ 10 the residence Of the notorious n
ny Buckner s. Morris, formerly Jnd
ne of the Circuit Court, and later Brecki
~ ridge candidate for Governor Of II
noia He hlled the Office of Treasur
lst to the Sons Of Liberty. Still anoih
DO detachment called on Charles Walsh,
ms siding near Camp Douglas, and reee
on candidate for Sheriff Of the county, a
found there Captain Cantrell, and a ?
xi- yate named Charles Traverse, both
ZEN longing to the rebel service Tbs
on we're arrested as spies. Further scar
'xi- showed that Walsh vas Brigadiar Ge
zen eral of the Order Of Sons Of Liber
1e and IN bis house we're aecreted 3
no- double-harreled guns loaded and eappr
hat each barrel containing from eighteen
en- TWENTY-FIVE huck-shos; 500 navy .revo
ers, also loaded and capped; and Il
dis large boxes of single-barreled "a
sis These, of course were confscAted, s
ties Walsh was numbered on the list OF p
nd, oners Another party also proceeded
aw. Walkers building on Dearborn strE
and adjoining the Matteson House, VII
they captured two large boxes Of ga
there concealed Two prominent Der
crats, one of them candidate for b
Office, who have suites of rooms close
the hand, though living, one Of them IN
e Of West, and the other in the North Divisi
has we're not arrested
rrs- This was all done before the es
hat grey Of the morning had herzIded