The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1865-08-17

is the notorious Captain Hines, the righ
N hand man of Morgan, and the soul an
If brains of the conspiracy. The rest ar
J. the meaner sort of villains. 1 do no
1t know how they looked, and if I did, the,
n would not be worth describing.
If Hines and Granfell sprang to their feet
- and grasped the hand of the Texan. H
It is godsend-sent to do what no man O.
them is brave enough to do-lead the at
) tack on the front gateway of the prison
f So they affirm with great oaths as they
0 sit down, spread out the map, and explain
to him the plan of operations.
E Two hundred Rebel refugees from Can.
e ada, they say, and a hundred 'butternuts'
S from Fayette and Christian counties, have
j already arrived; many more from Ken.
tucky and Missouri are coming; and by
Tuesday they expect that 1000 or 1,20O
desperate men, armed to the teeth, will
be in Chicago. Taking advantage of the
excitement of election night, they pro-
! pose, with this force to attack the camp
and prison. 1t will be divided into five
parties. One squad, under Grenfell, will
be held in reserve few hundred yards
from the main body, and will guard the
large number of guns already provided to
to arm the prisoners. Another, command
of which is offered to the Texan, will as
sault the front gateway, and engage their
attention Of 500 troops quartered in Gar
rison Square. The work of this squad
will be dangerous, for it will encounter
force four times its strength, well armed
and supplied with artillery but it will be
speedily relieved by other divisions
Those under Marmaduke, Colonel Robert
Anderson, of Chicago, Commander of the
American knights, will simultaneously
assail three sides of Prison square, break
down the fences, liberate the prisoners,
and, taking the garrison in the rear, CON-
pei a general surrender. This accom-
plished, small parties will be dispatched
to cut the telegraph wires and seize the
railway stations; while the main body.
reinforced by the 5000 and more prison
ers, will march into the city and rendez-
vous in Court House square, which will
be the base of further operations.
The first blow struck, the insurgents
will be joined by the 5000 Illini (Amer-
lean Knights, and, seizing the arms of
the city, six brass field pieces and 800
Springfield muskets, and the arms and
ammunition stored in private warehouses,
will begin the work of destruction Che
banks will be robbed, the stores gutted,
the houses of loyal men plundered, and
the railway stations, grain elevators, and
other public buildings burned to the
ground. To facilitate this latter design,
the water-plugs have been marked, and
force detailed to set the water running.
In brief, the war will be brought home
to the North; Chicago will be dealt with
like city taken by assault, given over to
the torch, the sword, and the brutal lust
Of drunken soldiery. On it will be
wreaked all the havoc, the agony, and the
desolation which three years of war have
heaped upon the South and its upgoiug
flames will be the torch that shall light
score of other cities to the same destruc-
ton.
1t was a diabolical plan, conceived far
down in hell amid thick, blackness, and
brought up by the arch-f -fend himself, who
sat there, toying with his cloyen foot beat
ing a merry tune on the deaths head and
cross. bones under the table.
AS he concludes, Hines turns to the new
conner
We'll, my boy, what do you say p
Will you take the post Of honor and of.
danger p
The Texan drew long breath, and
then, through his barred teeth, blurs out:
"I will"
On those two words hang thousands Of
lives, millions Of money!
"You are trumpr' shouts Grenfell,
springing to his feet. "Give US your
hand upon it J"
| A general hand-shaking follows, and
during it, Hines and another man an
nounce that their time is up:
at is nearly twelve. Fielding and [
never stay in this id town after mid
night. You are fools, or you wouldn't.
Suddenly, as these words are uttered
a slouched hat, listening at the key hole,
pops up, moves softly through the hall,
hour later the Texan opens the private
door of the Richmond House, looks eau
tiously around for moment, and then
stalks on towards the heart of the city
The moon is down, the lamps burn dimly,
but after him glide the shadows.
In room at the fremont House, not
far from this time, the Commandant is
walking and waiting, when the door opens
and man enters. His face is flushed,
his teeth are clenched, his eyes flashing.
He is stirred to the depths of his being.
. Can he be the Texan?
"What is the matter ?" asked the Gem
: mandant.
The other sits down, and, as if only
talking to himself, tells him. One hour
has swept away the fallacies of his life
time. He sees the Rebellion as it is
the outbreak and outworking Of that spir-
, it which makes hell horrible. Hitherto,
= that night he had acted from love, not
duty. Now he bows only to the All
l.