, 1864-10-27
- THE CANADA RAID.
Movements Of the Rebels in Can
ada. Contemplated Sacking
Of Rochester, Buffalo, and
.Detroit---Who Furn-
:. ibhed the Honey.


the ruling sptrtts In Richmond, and execu-
ted by their agents, sent to Canada for that
special purpose. They could NOT expect that
amount Of plunder they expected to obtain,
therefore they were paid for their services,
and provided with commissions BY the rebel
Government
The Copperhead- Knights .of. the-Golden-
Circle war against the Onion, was conceded
to be q failure BY the Richmond conclave,
ard the recent Convention at Chicago only
reiterates that opinion. Tho rebels, there
fore, being unabIst to accomplish any great
1cse1 Iesol1 by enertla tnEtsn ontrages, e9neoeted
sib1e with The tranquility peryading the
Lake borders. In order to accomplish their
destgIs, Major st. Lawrence was sent to
Canada, IS secret agent Of the rebel gov.
ernment, With 8 large amount of money,
which he was Instructed to pay to any 'Con-
tederate" there who Iaight be willing to un-
dertake several raids into the different
Northern States for the purpose Of destroy.
Ing property. They we're instructed to as.
Bese contributions Of money as condition of
tparing towns and cities, which had the eff.
feet to stimulate many Williams to undertake
the jobs marked out for them.
Steele and many other prominent rebe1a, at
Windsor, carly last spring, and made known
to them his errand. They agreed to enter
Into the conspiracy, but not KNOWN whom
to trust, two lodges Of Knights Of the South
ern Cross were organized there in order to
call the faithlul together. In the meantime,
q private signal was adopted, which, when 3
sufficient number ofrebels could be enlisted
In the enterprise, was to be used to call them
together at Windsor, preparatory to making
raid into Detroit. This signal was, 'sMen
your services are required" and these words
whispered into the ear of a "brother" were
considered asuf1clent notification that every.
r6c In FAaA 81 a1Fyr
fortunately as the case may be, their scheme
was revealed to the military authorities In
this city, and steps Were at once taken to
thwa1t their designs. This plot was intend
ed to result IN nothing less than a descent
upon this city, rob the banks, and In the
With, to burn the place. The arrangements
were completed on q grand scale, aud were
theee. A large number Of rebels were to
take passage at Port Huron and come here on
the Grand Trunk Railroad, while q SIMILAR
number were to cross the river at Wyandotte
to meet at . certain hour In the night In De-
. tIoit, and their first movement was intended
to be the capture Of all the arms, ammuni-
tion and soldiers at the Barracks, and then
commence their work Of destruction.
In order to be successful in their under
thkiDgB, 1t became necessary to obtain armb
before leaving Canada, aud as few could be
purchased there without creating suspicion,
The matter was referred to q! a!gunsmith' at
Windsor, named Bishop. This man, In a
few weeks, succeeded In purchasing qusn-
uty of reyolve1s At different places In De-
troit, and conveyed them across tho riyer.:
In order to avoid detection, his agents, col
lected the weapons and left them At well.
known paWnbroker's store on Woodward
avenue, from which p]ace they were taken
sipgly and in packages to Windsor A great
many broken weapons were thus obtained,
subsequently repaired BY Bishop, and finally
sold to. the rebels there, previous to their
wards several smaller raids We're concocted,
hut they all fell through, for reasons best
known to our military authorities.
Major st. Lawrence was cashiered. and
Jacob Thompson and George N. Saunders
sent out to superiuteud operations. The for
mer was entrusted With money to carry out,
If possible, the desperate designs Of the reb-
els, and the latter acted as aid to perfect the
Arrangements, biz previous reputation being
such that they dare not tlust him with much
money. As soon as these worthless arrived
In Canada, they announced themselves as
covering up their real designs. Thompson
visited Windsor, and had conference with
Colonel Steele a man named Jackson, and
another named Morgan, the latter two resld-
Ing near Amherstpurg. to whom their rial
mission was paae known. The Interview
and lasted nearly whole day: At this con-
ference It WIS decided to make an attack on
Johnson,e Island 1of Iae purpose o. releas-
ing the prisoners, but their plans leaked ont,
and me s1eamer An:olRan was oTaefed taere.
Ids Put sLop 70 tne Raiae. Notnlng aaon-
ted however, they conceived plan Of cap
turing the Michigan, but hog they succeeded
| the reader has been informed.
The real object Of these raids was to re-
lease the prisoners at the above place, with
le6 aiu u1 "nom 1aey lnte4ueu ~ operate ~
Glneleae I'll pieces A mong sne t19nusI IT, Amons
.ne tepei o4lGEts E nGn3Easeo ~ Inls scuems
t VET gapr; Icy M3goR u aennse9ee, ana
tMo L1e1tenanta nameo Muitay aea Damon,
Eho we're possessed o. 1eeelpts 1os making
9lesk n1E. e Anotaer inIasaoaal .p3a naa maoe
MaGlue tot lato Mg tuis conuus5ln!e MAJ
ram Is in'o sucn plaees 10 9ae3 ntenoeo u Ut
e11y. +o .no,n,,,.h A.. a.,,o, ~ :.
1esa;+ I tha n,,sos1a nn b1 ehs ues4 ia3a ~ r.
he re6els intended to DESTROY ] ereat % nor.
t,nn. If not ali. Of Detroit Rnifaio and r..
as,+a, W. ~ Iii ~ o,tnt+ nno and NJ
GasotSI' en' ana, nIat1 LuS eAslteuenL lucloent
.uslEo ~ q. ~ 1elgns, congleRHte !or an
a;nCh ~ asau1. .nu -a!anI tu9y 4nIeuueo ~ ue-
GIN their tncenolarlsm IN Detroit at the Cen
1ral Railroad depot, v1ait the various ware
houses along the docks, touch them OF, and
ard Southern depots. At Buffalo, the large
elevators adjacent to the creek were to be
EHa IA
ter. IN expedition Was to 70 up the Genes,a
liver to -Hanford's Landing. and fire the
cjtv In Varions n)aces. Resides tfrse fienres
dai,ona tha hants wa1a ~, hove baan
rnhha5 or Ana IN ~. ratnro - +bs AZ
nsd;t,on tha e1evatora at cnar1nf+a wera r.
kkare haa,, hre,a5 Wh,io ~ +h,s NO. .-o,+e1 "
N tnrca psaa - ha aant ~ aan4r-a ~ r.
e1tamer H,"h1ron erd ra1sosc ~ 80 W
sha waa onaEIi,,r crsat ,s-ens,,tia,, 4uas
1al<n hr the 1aaae.a IN th;s nefss;a-,s nio1 70
saen tSs "ttera aecre+ 'u1 a9 a;,a1 al
80 aaon,ad ~ III "a E.uh;ai 4enaqSa. "a
The ainnai VA ~ Wiao S,aca af a.ang no,n 1.u.,
arnnn5 thetr Tata Some tinr ~ iaRo N R0,v "1.n ~
ne1ieve. George n. Sanders teieoranned n a
ssDccror', PaTne. tben resiainp al Windsor :
win Wnz a,an a3n1nr the nansn,ratnra a. T.,
1opet lin at certain 7n1and fown n Cansda
confererca Ssas bs1d nnite a nnnohar a.
nrn1ninent ~ rebe1e ,ncini,ne LAKE Thomnai,n y. ~
h4inr nrasant ItrerrthfIso he,nr IN 1eadi''
ness ,ber oriered fhs a11nR, hn;sfei rvh,ch
tyaa +o I've seSernl dsva nntice of the attacE
10 those inteTested. tie foilowlnr day thera
was ouite commolion among tie military
Extersiye preparations, not necessary to
mention. were made. Of which the rebels be-
came aware and abandoned their project.
Thompeon, Sanders & Co were beaten at
their own game.
Then followed come tall s"earing al
around, IN which Ihompson, sanders g 20.
took an active part. Ihefe was e4lae9tly
traitor IN Inc c1mP.a eese1al suspecteo ones Es
were nnceremonl2usly ofaefea TO leaEe. lo
oe pau!keo seYetn t1ss ~; H. snscessl4h, NUS mas
!Qo Moen, t9eIeaoau w. Hteets, ana Wy Aen
Molga4 ana 9acAeon petoto 19sn1 sIeal "
ganlzed pA0o " GaptuIe N a4e A1lcu!gAu l4em- u