The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1865-12-30
THAT PEORIA POWDER PLOT.

n lev HCthS uSo thc loEAi ApolitiOn
organ here gave vent in widest terms
to the astounding sensational informa-
ton that a very considerable rebel bat
terry had been unearthcd on n farm near
Peoria in this county, and that large quaint
ties Of powder, lead, and ammunition gener-
ally, had been dug out of the ground there.
The farm had been occupied by a " Sc
cesh" Democrat, and beyond all question
the discovered munitions of war were con-
eealed there by him and a huge number
of his traitorous conlederates of the
$ Parson Jones Everybody knows Jones
I-Parson jones fraternity. Fortunately
for Peoria, more fortunately for Linn
county, most fortunately for Oregon, most
est fortunately for " the Government"
mostestEsr fortunately fer the lamb-like
A.bolitionists of this county, their meek
brethren of the State. and their '%turcu-
lar" dove-like officials, county and State,
some I" loyal" chap diskiceresi chat pow
erful Secesh- Copperhead I'arson-Jo ones ar
moyy and battery and mine, and, like
& loyal man ought to do. did he-told
the story to his party's loyal" local or
gan, which speedily spread the startling
news to its gaping, astonished, guIible.
eagerly expectaut score or two of readers.
They were all satisfied that thus, By the
sleepless vigilance of their keeu-scented
sentinel. had been frustrated a design on
the part of the SeceSh Coprerhcads Of
Peoria particularly and Linn county gen
orally, to mine the whole country, and so
manage it that all the farms owned by
Abolitionists should, by the terrible ex-
plosion, be turned t'other side up, while
all the farms owned BY the Secesh would
be left uninjured that every Abolition
lists house, stock, property aud money,
would be thrown over on the lands and
into the possession of Coppcrhcads. but
that nothing belonging to any Of the dis
loyal" would be stirred or lost and final
" that, ~prehaps, had the whole plot sue
ceeded, there would not have been left in
all Linn county, certainly not in or about
Peoria, a single Abolitionist. Of either sex,
of any age or condition, to tell what it
was that had thus suddenly wiped out
themselves. their heirs aud assigns; with
all the hereditaments thereunto pertain
ing. &C., &C.. from the face of the soil.
forever and ever-so help you Color
words to that effect.
So much for the Abolition story of the
affair. On Thursday of this week a very
clever citizen from near Peoria called up
on US, and incidentally furnished US with
the actual facts in the case They are
simply as follows: An emigrant lately
moved on a farm which had been occu-
pied BY a farmer named Fox, who was a
Democrat. In working about the place
the new tenant found FIVE powder cans
empty and harmless, which had evidently
been thrown away as worthless. In an
other place'he found a block of lead which
looked as if it had been left to cool in the
melting ladle, and forgotten. This was
the full extent Of any " large quantities Of
powder and ammunition f." found on the
premises. Our informant, who happens
to belong to the Abolition party, quietly
remarked to US that if anybody were t.
search his premises at any time they
would be apt to find a pretty good supply
of arms aud ammunition-which he KEEP
for deer hunting and bird shooting-and
he added, he supposed his ncighbors gen.
orally were likewise provided. And thi.
is all there is in reality concerning the ter
rible Seeesh Copperhead Powder Plot ii
Peoria, the sensational account of which
has been copied, with rabid comments APP.
pended, into some of the Abolition organ,
of California. "Lord, Lord, how som,
people are given to lyingw