Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-04-04

/ SasHIclouh movements OF Secession hPtus
gees-.smPsrtatiOE of Arrns inGs CaaRda--
hcbeI PiCG
From the Dstriot Advertiser March 81
The number of secession refugees from the
North and the South, now in Canada. is several
thouIand, who, when consolidated and orgsui-
zed, would constitute a very effective fighting
| force, were it not that the scarcity of arms in
Canada forms serious obstacle TO their proper
eq0ipping. The expectation of arms from the
United States is prohibited by the existing militia
| ~ regulations, ard accordingly wholesale svs-
ten of smuggling is carried on, By which small
arms are carried into Canada The eornmon
method OF avoiding the vigilance Of the officers
on both sides OF the river, is by coneesliug q
| large number of arms in herring box witb ssv-
eral layers OF herrings. As thsrs Is no duty On
these hsh, and peTceptable psEfume generally
indicates its presence, an apparent laboring man.
with herring box, freighted with fish and vyes
pons, easily crosses without moestation MANY
revoivers are bought for this purposo of yoturn.
ed soldiers and eventually find their vay into Ire
hands OF those, who we're and are the desdliest
enemies Of their original owners. An OCCASION
al musket, or gun is conveyed across by Hons
one, claiming merely 20 be on 6 brief hunting trim
ieT pleasure. The repairing and refistiug oftbsss
nie-aIms IS done at little Snithy near the Hi
IONS mouse. These weapons are then distributed
among rusty men, and they 90 on in so lsds to
t1e East--few ct time, 80 as no, 10 si,ract a..
t'ntion By various routes and means they cross
oyer INTO Inc States, generally choosing some
spos on ihe Eastern frontier, where less visi.
lsnE watch is kept than ia this section Onea =,
oar boundary lines, hey quietly rendezvous A.
dihsfent Stations in Southern Illinois aud Ind
ana, wkere4ssociations are now and have hsen |
forming to cooperate With them.
4de design Of these movements /, in fta On
SUNG spring to open 'frs in the resr " bv |
raising uie sfandsrd OF armed dissfsctiou ia |
those sections, and thus disuacsing ,he alien |
uen ana divldlng the strength of our armies in 1
the 'front.' La fact adVices from tb,t $500 -
already report the commencement of -1eTriIls /
hosultlss py outlaws and despersdoeg o.
AondIy last squad of Federal soldiars vszs
niea upon Wnile quietly passing along Ina |
streets OF Paris, Edgar county, Illinois bv
party OF rufhans concealed in su old staHle
the soldiers charged upon the building and
lost one OF thelr number His mardereT, how |
ever was shosln thirtsen different places, and
the whole gang arrested. They were foprd =,
number fifty, and evidently expected 4 se-;o,,s
disturbance. This is undoubte,flv bnt N, ,.o,,
aeneenlsnt OF series of similar affair, in tbs,
section, which the Government win he esii~5
upon to crush with an iron heel The sDtl,oyi-
ties hsye recently been placed in posssssion Of
All toe iacLs Narrated below, and rnes4urrs have
oesn tsKen 70 MP tao evil In the bad For * .
ample; squad of FIVE men, under sn ina. /
gidual named Ostride, one of the Iesdsrs in tEj.
leheme, left Windsor On Monday last for tbs
Esst for the purposes stated above. T,bis fsct
becoming known to the United States detectives {
u Canada, information was dispatched which Z
esultsd n the summary arrest Of the gang on
tuesday Immediately on their arrival on sbo d
amercsn side a. Nlsgara Falls. Oae man sab.
equently made his escape, but the rsst ave sfiII
.ondned there, awaiting an investigation ;nto il
heir business and destination We DO notst.t g.
hese facts to alarm, but solely 10 Inform he is
ublic OF threatening peTils snd plsce them on Ii
heir guard against impending dangers.