, 1865-08-08
The Reb%1s in Cans dn-HoxE Thty
Live ana What They Say


Il puzzles many parsons to know how the
Southern ctival1y exc ont their living in Can'
ada, for nope Of them work, and as no one
will trust them, they must certainly get
money from some source to PaF current e1-
penses. Jake Thompson, 1t Is now admitted,
Was furnished with several hundred thou
sands Of dollars By the 1ebel Government,
vice abroad" jake 5as for while the tool
of these men, aud kept them In idleues5 and
good living; but In the end he cut loose from
them, gave them the slip, and carried of With
him the balance Of the funds which In their
innocence or their hopefulness they had ex-
pected bin to divide pro ratd among them.
Some Of them accuse Others Of having seA
cured more than they csre to aEow, and all
appear to dread the time when the exchequer
stall be entirely empty, "tor," they sag,
"tbese Canadians don't care q straw for Us
now, would rather lfke to bs rid Of us, and
will not chow us single favor beyond what
we can pay for" It is ramored that they
certain Of their sympathIzing friends In New
York; but this they know Is only tempo
1ary relief, and hence their pressing anxiety
to obtain pa1donsand cut loose from Canada.
should have sald that Governors F6otc aud
Westcott, instead Of living at the hotel, have
taken . modest apartment, and I've. as they
cau, together. Dr.. Pallen, OF Missouri, Is
not Incinded in the list Of dependents, tor he
has means Of his own
told ycu, in ny last, that Bas1ow's man,
Marble, Was here IN conference with Sanders
and Tucker. Their Last consultation was
hcld Jtsterdny at St. Lawrence Hall. But
In the meantime, the ever actiyo and p:,s=-
vering Mr. Peer Cagger, who had been here
some Ten or twelve days before, and had In.
ttnded to return home by way Of Portland,
suddenly app ared again upon the seine, &C.
omIanled by hody-guard Of regency po1iti-
ctans, to head ctf the Bohemiaus Of the World.
The main object Of the conference Waa to put
their friends In the reorgan1zing States Of the
South, aud to obtain their influence In per-
saadIDg those States that their policy and in
tercst are With the Northern thent. persistent
democracy. They desire some movement to
b I'd off the attempt Of Foote, Westcott sud
others to take the South orer. nfggers and
alI. to The support of the Republican party.
who 5ave 20 exalted opinion Of the New York
pont:cia2s. When asked If be had been
called in to the conference, his reply was !:
"No, and don't ,gent to be. They're not Of
any account, those New York fellows" Gen.
Carroll Will be remembered BY many Of our
Democrats as the ltader Of the Tennessee
delegation in the Charleston and Baltimore
Conventions, who reiused to join the bieck-
tntldgc bolters AID remained IN the conyeu-
tlon. Hc went home, organized z Douglas
electoral ticket, kept 1t In the field aud fought
1t at the polls. He Was an earnest opponcut
Of secession at the start, but in the end went
with his State.
A few weeks aiuc., when Consul General
Potter returned from Detroit, IN excited
mob collected in tbs ueighbo1hood Of bis Of
flee and counselltd On the props1ety Of tear
Ing down bis Tag and mobbfog his office.
News Of the excitement reached. at. Law
renee Hall, where Governor Foote was sitting
Ia c,mPapy with other eouthern:Es. On hear
Ing the acconnt and Intention OF the mob,
F0ote sprung up and declared his intention
Of going to the Cousul's oflce:to defend the
Nag. "We'ye had our own fight over IT,"
ead he, ''bus BY no --- foreigner shall
tear It down unless over my dead body" I
haSe the story trom Consul Potter himself.
By the way, 1t ia but justice to say
that Mr. Potter whose detestatton Of rebel
lion sgnpathizers is we'll known, expresses bis
conviction, 1rtm circumstances within his
retfonal knowledge, Of the Innocence of Dr..
Pa1en Of any completely IN the plots of tho
assassIns and ircendia1ies, and believes him
gully only Of the one great crime Of open
rebellion against the government.