, 1864-11-07
4 GUERILLA RAID on
CHICAGO.
Arriva! Of Sixly eutternuts
via the Chicago. Alton
and st. Louis f. r.
WHAT ARE THEY HERE FOR I



From Our Sunday Edlton.)
Our military authorities were notified By
telegraph. yesterday of the presence Of sixty
mysterious passengers In butternut uniform
on the Chicago. Alton & st. Louis Railroad,
holding tickets for Chicago. These indivtd-
uals were said to be armed, but the utmost
Efforts OF their fellow passengers failed to
get any information regalt'ag their more.
menta or purposea, :, ,e1espt: that they
were " nnder tho leadership Of, one
DR.. .Be1reit, or Bossett Of Y1naalia,
illinois, ,They~ had no baggage, and
thes kept their mouths shut with vigilance
quite uncommon among persons Of their per-
.suasiop:; The presumption created By their.
a1eence at Bloomington, wnare they trans
fetrred themselves from the Illinois Ceutral
to the Alton road, was that theyExere rebsl
epits or Riders ea rpstie:for Chicago to ruskee
IN attack on Camp: Doug1as, or to fire the
citg On election day, in accordance with the
plan concocted in< Canaas the other dag.
:: Inst night theks' .i1ty guer1llas arrived
In Chicago, and proceeded from the Alton
dtpot to; the Sherman House, where they
-uauored pretty freely, and after taking part
IN the eoneluaing exercises Of MIR. McCo,-
rnick's cireus, dispersed. Their presence
created no little excitement, Thelr nansaa,l
attire, their sinister expression, and their
general. restmblance to the prisoners in
Camp .Dcuglas, sent feeling Of mingled
horror ard s11mosity through the { crowd, Il +
Chicago has neFer seen birds Of their feather
7ceptnnder the escort Of federal troops. =.
Tie question arises, what are these men
here for! :. To what are. I'VE indeb.
ted for. the .pleasure Of their aceusin-
tancee:;::: Have ;, they come to g:ve ua q
St. Albsrs mid, CT, are they here t9,r the pur.
pose Of making hole n the; wall Of Gimp
Douglas, or have they come merely to take
possetsion of the polls, and etntr tic ballot
boxes 1t Tnesdayf Whichever purpose
they may happen to ;irdu1ge they may Al
yell understand that they cannot be grad.
fed, and that If they grts ont of town With.
ont t1ial By military. commission they may
,estetm themselves lucky: They pretend to be
from Fafette county, and tEey say thst their
mission ts merely the peaceful one Of voting
Tor Mccormick. One ofthem accidentally
inquired Of aeuppoaed Copperhead s..wbeth.
er the Christian county delegation had. ar
ri1edt" Ii their purposes were merely to
ca1ry out gigantic scheme Of hauan,ent
roting,it is rot at ali probable that theF #ould
be so free to ayow It. If such be their purpose,
the people Of Chicago will Know whom to
hold responsible for the consequences.
Still. LATER. I. :. T..
4 dispatch Has- received from Blooming
ton yesterday, stating that another batch. Of
eiqnty. "butte1nnts had arrived there, en-
,uate for Chicago They took thu train north
List night, and are expected to be here at
o'clock this porning. They have no bag.
euge except revol1ers. :W1at Is thelr b1si~
ress? Who pays their expenses? Ask Nc
Co11nick and the Iuyincibie Club: =
Evezy man Of this and the former. ganga
a1e members Or the .Ame1ican. Order OF
hltEn1s,'+, nNv!u =, - >-+..s'<
every possible way. I'VE AK again, what
doee this irruption Of armed men from the
eorth;+ On the eve Of an election, into our
city, mean1,, Can sny citzen. doubt thedl
purposef- Steps should Instantly be taken
to protect the city and guard the polls
| aga1r st the. pollution OF these intruders
Ne are sounding no false alarm. It is TIL
! p@ked, ,-stAFtling truth, that large gangs o
hnae1nut ,ruffians from abroad ere pourin!
Into our city: for some unla 1fnl purpose
4 They have go business here, but hare com
| ~ Yxerpft tfate FiUafuy. !.