The Portland daily press., 1865-06-22

j lights In danger and courts heroic enterprise
from The love Of peril. He had formed
strong attachment for young lady In Chics
go who had often visited the prison to bring
little comforts to its inmates, and it was be-
lieved that her. influence had done much te
draw him to the side .ofloyalty. He was
taken into the confidence of the commandan'
and agreed to win pardon for all past offences
|. by giving his aid in this emergency. 1t wai
4 contrived that he should make his escape
which he did in the wagon Of a scsvenger
when he hurried to the headquarters Of the
conspirators and was received BY them with
open arms. tassg ss9f
He is a godsend, sent to do what no man
of them is brave enough to ado,--lead the at
tack on the front gateway of the prison. SO
they affirm with great oaths as they sit down,
spread out the map, apd explain to him the
plan Of operations, -
4 TRohundred Rebel refugees from Canada,
they say, and q hundred "Butternutsn from
Fayette and Christian Counties, have already
arrived; many more from Kentucky and Mis-
souri, are coming; and by Tuesday they ex-
! pect that 1000 or I 200 desperate men, armed
to the teeth, will be in Chicago. Taxing ad-
they propose, with this force to attack the
camp and prison. fni8iss raw m gam.
This accomplished the telegraph lines were
| to be cut, the arms Of the city--six brass field
pieces and 800 Springfield muskets-with all
arms and ammunition stored In private ware
houses, seized, the banks robbed, the stores
| Quilted, the railway stations, grain.elevatoIs
&C., burned, to facilitate which latter rdesign
the water-plugs had been marked, and force
detailed to set the water running In short,
Chicago was to be dealt with like . city taken.
| by assault, given over to the torch, the sword,
and the lust of brutal soldiery. aosd }
ALL this the Texan speedily communicates
to'the commandant. tbs now Sunday night.
On Tuesday night the deed is to be DONE
The game Is desperate, the stake awful. On.
ly 800 men all told are at the service OF the
young officer who is called to face this danger.
! There is no time for delay. iAe1s
The Oommandaft goes back to camp. sends
for the police, and gets his blue-coats ready.
Attwo O'clock they sweopi to- the prey, and
before daybreak hundred birds are ia the
( talons of the eagle. Such another haul OF
buzzards and night. hawks never was made
since Gabriel Gagged The devil and the dark
angels. AsA7As A'~tA1
g At the Richmond House Grenfell was taken
in bed with the Texan. They were claimed
into irons, and driven Off to the prison to-
gether.a A fortnight later, the Texan, relating
these details to stranger. while The Com
mandant was sitting by at his desk writing
said: :7s sass f.,.sS E. A g ,s1f7t
words cannot describe my relief when
handouts were put upon us. At times before
the sense OF. responsibility almost oYerpowerl
edme. hThen Efelt like ahah who has Just
come into a fortune, The wonder to me now
is, how the Colonel could have trusted 90
mucn to Rebel" nsisaoIta sas ci sfrsa ,Ane
rrHTrustedr n exclaimed the Commandant,
looking up from his writing. "I had faith in
you; thought you wouldn't bstray me; but
trusted your own life In your own hands.
that was all. Too much was at stake to- DO
more. Your every step was shadowed, from
the moment you left this camp till you came
back 10 itin- irons, Two detectives were con
stantly at your back, sworn to take your lie If
you wavered for half a second. .sssgs'l a.,4
SIS that true?" asked the Texan In mus
ing way, but without moving a muscle. sI
didn't know 1t, but felt it in the air" -.AsA q
In the room at the Richmond House, on the
table around which were discussed their hell i
ish plans, was found slip of paper, and on it,
In pencil, was scrawled the following:
sas sCoLoNEL: p lou must leave thfs house to- A
night. Go to the Briggs House to, night. y a
ssihs sh sse ~ sxsasias adi Is j. FIELDING" T.
y Fielding was the assumed name of the Reb-
'ei who burrowed with Hines out of town, 4
where not even his fellow-ienfls conld dnd
him.. Did the old fox scent the danger Be,
yond doubtlhe, did, Another day, and the
Texans lite might have been forfeited. An
other day, and the camp might have been
sprung upon . little too suddenly! So the
Commandant wac none too, soon; and who
that reads this can doubt that through iii al
he ls was LED and guided BY the good Providence 1
that guards his country ssel ~
But what said Chicago when it awoke III
the morning? ~ Let one otits own organs an
swer: .t....e
"A shiyer of genuine horror passed over
Chicago yesterday, Thousands of citizens.
who awoke to the peril hanging over their
property and their heads in the form of q stu
pendous foray upon the city from Camp Dou-
glas, led BY rebel officers In disguise and rebel
guerrilas withoati disguise, and concocted by,
home Copperheads, whose honses had been
as though an earthquake had opened al their
feet ~, Who can picture the horrors to
follow the letting loose Of 9 900 rebel prison-
ers upon sleeping city, all unconscious of
the coming avalanche With arms and am
munition stored at convenient locations, with
Confederates distribu' ed here and there, ready
for the signalef confagfation, the horrors of
the scene could scarcely be paralelled in saw
age history. One hour of such catastrophe !;
would destroy the creations OF aaquarter of q
century, and expose5ithea homes of nearly
200 900 souls to- eyerys conceivable form Of
ades icration.p Chicago Tribune, Nov 2, 1854.
ss But. the men Of Chicago not only talked,
they acted. Thay went to the polls and vot-
ed for the Union; and so told the world what
honest Illinois thought of treason.
More arrests were made. more arms taken. \
but the great blow was struck, and the work !
over. LIS head gone, the Conspiracy was /,
dead, and IT only remained to lay out its life
less trunk for the burial Yet even ssit lsy
in death, men shuddsred to look on the hide.
ous thing OUT Of which had grown SO MANY
devils. ias' miss ssenl dc 3as 30 10 -.