The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1865-07-21

IihS piioOHerS. InaC lOr months rob
el emissaries have been TRAVELLING
through the North West; that their
arrangements are fully maturcd, and
that they expect to receive large ac.
cesslons offorce from Ohio, Indiana
and Illinois. They expect to DESTROY
the works at Ironton. isit
"MGor ---- says further that bo
Is IN hourly expectation of receiving
instructions to proceed TO Chicago
with The balance of the party; that he
shall put up at the City Hotel, cor
ner Of Loke and State Streets, and
register his name as George -;
and that he will then place himself
in communication with Col. Sweet,
conman ling ~ Chicago" I' A.
The Major did not put up at the
corner OF Lake and State Streets"
and that fact trelevcd the Government
from che trouble OF estimating the
value of his services, and, what is
moro TO be deplored, rendered it i'm.
possible for the Commandant to re-
cognize and arrest the rebel leaders
during the sitting of the Chicago Con-
VentiOn. What became Of the Major
is not known. He may have repent
Ell of hls good deeds, or bis treachery
may have been detected and he put
out OF the way by his accompiccs.
1t will be noticed how closely the
rebel officers disclosures accorded
with tue information gathered from
Indirect channels by the astute Com
mandant. When the report was con.
vcycd to him, he NAV have smiled at
t'Is proof OF his own sagacity; but he
made no change in his arrangements.
Quietly and steadily he went on
strengthening the camp, augmenting
the garrison, and shadowing the foot.
steps of all suspicious newcomers.
At last the loyal Democrats came
together to the great Convention, and
with them came Satan also. Bands
OF ill-Iavored men, in hushy hair. bad
whisky, and very scedy home.
spun. staggered from the railway sta
tlons and hung about the street cor
ncrs. A reader OF Dante or Swc.
dcnborg would have taken them for
delegates from the lower regions,
had not their clothing been plainly
pcrishable, while the devils wear
everlasting garments. They had
come, thcy announced, to make a
Peace President, but they brandished
Bowie knives, AMI beloved for war
even in tue sacred precincts of the
Peace Convention. But war or peace,
the Commandant was ready for it.
For days endorsements had
poured into the camp, untilit actually
brstlcd with bayOnets. On every
! side it was guarded with cannon, and
day and night mounted men patrolled
The avenues TO give notice Of the first
hostile gathering. But there was no
gathering. The conspirators were
there 1000 strong, with 5000 Illiui
to back them. From every point Of
the compa5s,--lrom Canada, Mis-
souri,, Southern Illinois, Indiana,
Ohio, New York, aud even loyal Yer
mont, biooly-minded men had come
10 give the Peace candidate red
baptism. But "discretion is the bet.
ter part of valor," The conspirators
saw the preparations and disbanded.
Not long afterwards one OF the lead
ers said TO me, ave had spies. in
every public place, i'm the telegraph
Office, the camp itself, and even close
! by the COMMANDMENTS headquarters,
and knew hourly all that was passing.
From the observatory, opposite TIC
camp, myself saw thcarrangelients
Tor our reception. We outnumbcred
| you two to one, but our forces was
ba5ly disciplined. Success IN such
circumstances was impossible, and
on the third day of tic Convention
we announced from headquarters
that an attack mt that time was i'm
practicable. IL would have cost the
lives Of hupdrcds OF the prisoners,
and perhaps the capture or destruc.
ton of the whole Of us" So the
storm blew over, without the lcaden
rain, and its usual accompaniment
Of thunder and lightning. 'l'- tah
A dead calm followed, during
which the Illini SUNK back to their
holes; the prisoners took to honest
ink; the bogus "Butternnts" walked
the streets clad like Christians, and
the Commandant went TO sleep with
one eye open. So the world rolled
around into November. = ..' Hiol
The Presidential election was near
at hand-thc great contest on which
hung the fate of the Republic. The
Commanlant was convinced OF this,
and wanted to marshal his old con
sttucnts for the final struggle bc.
tween Freedom aud Despotism. He
obtained furlough to go home and
mount the stump for the Union. lIo
was about to set ont, his private See.
retary was really, and the carrfgss
waiting at the gateway, when an In
deGnable feeling took possession, Of
him, holding him back, and warning
bin Of coming danger. IL wopldnot
be shaken off, and reluctantly he post
poncd the journey till the morrow
Before the morrow facts were deyel
oped which made his presence in
Chicago essential to the safety Of the
city aud the lives OF the citizens.-.,-
The snake was scotchcd, not killed.
1t was preparing tor another and
deadlier spring. t %
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