, 1864-12-03

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oftcr tbc claim Is r,.,oc,cd
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THE LAKE PIRATE SCHEME.
The rebel scheme Of having live pirate OF
their own on the Upper Lakes for bucaueer.
ing purposes was very pretty from their stand
point and might have come to some result
commensurate with their wishes, but for the
prompt action Of the provincial authorities.
The Canadian propeller Georgian had been &C.
urcd for the coveted craft, and Lake Huron
was fixed upon us The place OF herdebut. Hap
ply, however, the vigilance Of the authori-
ties On both sides OF the line was proof against
the caution Of the conspirators. The Geor-
gian was closely watched, and 50 strictly that
she was forced to clear without her armament,
and with such evidences Of snowy purity Of
purpose in the possession Of her officer that
on being oyerhaa1lcd in the Detroit river his
outraged and INDIGNANT virtue knew no bounds
to It's expression, The search by the Cam.
dian authorities at Maiden deyeloped nothing
but eto1ning ship master. altogether r;rht.
cous but the most abnsed of morfal.
in charge Of the Georgian, Our
city readers will Will remember that lust at
this juncture great excitement Was prevailing
in our city over the arrival of butteruut euet-
illas gathering here for some desperate pur-
nose. In that DAYS teeininc rumors the pi-
rate Georgian figured largely, her place in the
sensation being not g little lecit4matized by
the well remembered dispatch from Buffalo
TRANSFORMATION Company to their Cbicaro
Aqents that masters Of their prone1lors mnst
he on the lookout to avoid the pirate Geor-
f,,an 4hrn believed TO be On a cruise In Iake
Huron. The next div came the news Of the
1nnocuous character Of the Georrian. which.
however. had no .release from surveillance
The other huff of this mysterious rebel oyster
bo4 inst co.ne to lfpht in the Georria1, Bav
and It ffs exact1v-
There was a fenort- nevcr VERY fu11x cr-
plaiued. or exploded, concerning mysterious
tug said to hare received the armament In
tended for the Georgian. The discovery at
Collinewood, elsewhere reported in our dis
patches, gives clue to the whole matter and
confirms the evidence that the Georgiao's mis-
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RIM nraingt hcr The c1osc or nsv,e.t,on | i'm ,r;,1 M
be tic lest Of saferuards for some
months against apv active resumn-
tion of this rebel enterprise On
our lakes, but as it will be period not likely
to be neglected by them in evil preparations,
it may not be unwise to take such precau-
tiops as the developments of another season
may render necessary. twill be well enough
to believe that the rebellion will be crushed
before spring, but it will ~be even better to
look forward to an increase in the number
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ces~s,.s ~ - - ~' tae u'4o1.u.eu
!e.vty y, "ouuuea t'sas. u tnerc no'nins
tlat c4n W WISELY apa appsopraa1e45 cone IN
ao'ance ol lug presence o. IN lmpro''sed but
pe'ef'ne'ess oangefously ehec11'e rebel pirate
on these great inland seas, another summer:
oc1amation Of the President.
The President has Issued proclamation
that tue treaty between the United States and
the King of The Bclg:nns for tho cxtinsulsh.