Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1864-11-12
CHICAGO, Nov.

a mounted patrol of 500 men has been
organized by the citizens for the protection
of this city "They will be on duty all night.
A sufficient military force in here to prevent
any outbreak.
Richmond ard Hancock, agents of the
New York line of propellcrs, received dis
patch to-day stating that the Canadian
steamer GeorgiGna has been fitted out as q
pirate, and is in Lake Huron.
The Chicago Jou7naL says the kilograms
were received yesterday by John Went
worth announcing the coming of large num-
ber5 of bushwhackcrs Col Sweet, the COM
mandant at Camp Douglas, was communlca-
tedWith and orders at once for the arrest
OF the desperadocs on their arrival were is.
sued. The leaked out, and the faithful
found means to apprise their friends, and
the bushwackcrs left the train at the city
limits and scattered in various directions.
The military and police are constantly
securing the city, and have picked up hur-
dreds of them.
A propeller, with nearly a hundred suspi-
cious characters, arrived this morning from
Canada, and will be captured. Col. Sweet
has for sometime been aware of a rebel plot
to release the prisoners at Camp Douglas
and burn the city. His detectives have
been at work, and with success ana, though
the evidence obtained is not sufficiently con
elusive to warrant the arrest to these hun
dred conspiratiors, it deemed necessary to
strike az once such ones as were unqucstion-
able reasonable. Captain Nelson, of the
city police, was dispatched to the house of
! DIR. Edwards to arrest Col. Vincent Marma-
/ duke, brother of the rebel General. At the
, same time a detachment of military pro-
ceeded toNhe Richmond House, and captur-
! ed the rebel Col. G. st. Lcger, Greenfield
! Morgan, Adjutant General, and j. Shanks,
an escaped rebel prisoner. b. S. Morris, a
man noted for his hatred to the North, was
also arrested. They are all now in Camp
Douglas. In a dispatch to General Cook,
this morning. Col. Sweet says: Il have COM
! plete proof of his having assisted Shanks,
the rebel prisoners at this camp
Meantime another detachment of military
invested the residence of Charles Walsh
near Camp Douglas. His house was enter
cd and Il portion of the contents taken to
the camp. Captain Cantrell and private
named Charles Traverse, both belonging to
the rebel service, were there, and were ar
rested as spies. In Walsh's house were
found two hundred stand of arms, with all
the necessary ammunition, and two cart
loads of large revolvers, loaded and cap
ped ready for use
If regard to the arrest of Walsh, Colonel
Sweet says he has evidence enough against
him to insure his swinging for treason. Col
Sweet has proof in his possession that it
was the plan of the conspirators and home
traitors to release the rebel prisoners at
! Camp Douglas and burn the city. The
Camp was To have been attacked on two
sides tomorrow night the prisoners rcleas.
ed, and the city piIlaged and burned.
simultaneously with the above arrest by
the military, the police entered a room in a
| building adjoining the Matteson House, and
captured two large boxes Of Loaded guns
concealed there.
The police made raid, early to-day, on
the Doneson House, in Canal street, and
captured forty bushwhackers, who had been
tracked there. All of them were armed to
! the teeth