The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1864-11-13
NO. 1s7.
The Chicago Conspiracy.
From tbs Chi-ago Tnbune /

LasSEueEo We kiNe an dCCOu0b OF the
arrest of Charles Walsh on charge oi
treason. The x-Sergeant.at-arms has
made a clean breast of It He is terri
tied at the extent Of his crimes, now
that sober second thought supervenes
on the excitement Of conspiracy. The
confession is perfectly damning impli-
eating large numbers of Copperheads
IN this city, leading members of the In
VIncible Club, some Of them candidates
on the Copperhesd ticket He con-
fesses 70 all; yea, to much more than
was supposed We hope to be able to
publish his confession in full tomorrow.
The following are the leading features
in the conspiracy, to which he admits
himself to have been not an unim~
portant party
/ Walsh admits that the mine should
have been sprung two weeks ago, but
for various reasons the execution of
the plot was postponed till election day.
/ The plan was the very same at first as
subsequently,, except as to interfering
4 with the election The internal ma
chine, as last shaped, was as follows:
A force of about $50 men-K's S G.
C.-bushwhackers and gueFrillas, were
to be assembled here, and with them
an attack should have been made on
Camp Douglas last evening for the pur-
pose of liberating the rebels confined
there. Walsh, with $50 men, was 10 as
sault the east side of the camp, and
another man, with a force 200 strong
was 10 take the west side The opera
ton to be superintendent by Marina
duke, who should have the remaining
fifty men as reserve corps ready to
act where wonted. The programme
was to break down the fence, and
stampede the IL, 900 prisoners who were
all ready for the work, having been IN
formed of it in some way best known
TO themselves The prisoners were to
be armed as rapidly as possible, the
garrison overpowered, their arms and
artillery secured, and the garrison made
prisoners This, it was believed, could
easily be done if the attack were made
as concerted, and indeed there is little
room to hope that it would have been
otherwise than successful had It not
been nipped in the bud by premature
exposure Of the whole scheme.
With Marmaduke at their head, the
rebels were to march into the city, and
take possession Of the Court house and
square as the base OF offensive opera
tiOns They were then to take posses
sion Of the polls, voting IN each pre-
cinct, and preventing the deposition 10
the ballot boxes Of any ether than the
Mcclellan ticket. This being accom-
plished and a majority in the State
thus secured, they were to proceed at
once to the work of destruction. All
the banks were to be robbed, the stores
Quilted, and then set fire to the princi-
pal buildings; for the purpose of con
trolling this latter phase Of the busi>
ness the water plugs had all been
marked; and force detailed 10 set the
water running so as 70 empty the
n1ains and exhaust the water supply
The telegraph wires we're to be cut ON
the first onset, and then fire set to the
railroad depots, the elevators, the ship
ping, etc. The persons Of the leading
Union men in the city were TO be
seized, and they, the plunder, marched
off southwark.
1t was believed that with this force of
nearly 1900, the city could be so
quickly overwhelmed as that effective
would be impossible, and
that they could then, under their leader
march in any direction
with perfect impunity.
The scheme was well concOcted. It
lacked only one essential successful
issue Thank Providence that il was
denied them They had assembled
eL
arrests been delayed q single day it
would have been too late-the oft-re-
peated threat would have been execu-
ted, and rivers of blood would have run
in Chicago No one can doubt that,
mad they once commenced active Ope.
ratiOns, they would have been Joined by
. sufficiently large number OF Chicago
to have made a clean sweep
Of the city and reduce il to a heap of
ashea
Walsh is completely unnamed
broken down by his sudden arrest, the
complete exposure Of the reasonable
into which he has been led,
made the dupe of persons more design
ng than himself, who have manufae-
.ured out Of him a genuine catspAW
be evidently feels that his only chance
1f safety is 70 make a clean breast Of
he whole matter, and expose the VII
aims who have eOyeFpersuaded him into
he net He now sees the deep guilt Of
he whole transaction and the depth OF
he gulf on whose brink he has been
oying
Marmaduke has made partial con
ession, or rather a series Of admissions,
Which so far as they 90, fully substan-
iates Mr. Walsh h'sstatements, and leave
10 doubt that the conspiracy vas fuily
y diabolieal in its character as repre-
ented above. He has made these
Itatements 70 a man who formerly
Iervsd under him, and whom he still
TO be in the rebel interest. tits
worthy of remark that Marmaduke,
Fhen first captured, vas specially dssi-
'ous 70 have some brandy, which being
he cooled down and became
luite easy in his manner.