, 1870-06-22

ihesa. 1zenneacatct a p,rt IN Of saathesn Illinois,
@ pa onE nex 1oss ss'anf Z Ies.8, s ssd o:es5 'saa;
been brought up, and gone ''. Dver e ,ne opposlts
PATE e III enemy sna as ne o;heE impoltsa scts
which discovered IN this increment, was one,
not % generally GzeeH .5 ~ II 5ns @ ~ Ih y
ani familiar with ali the KnoFene6s ot the enemy
o1i Tie bor1er, and infua syApathy Wsh them,
ang pisI aasI M. a ssd n 'hsr iSat
sccFiax caatrol nY Tnas cosetIr. rnJ fufrher
ifuusa lin ehza rf1s1;ees T i, The the
COUNCILS Of the meeting which followed. which
wes confined II r deliberations to the hest meth.
candidate for the Presidency, the defea. Vi Mt.
Iaean end t1e ea6Fst!on q themselves p power-'
After this service, lie went to Richmond
a second lime. While there, in june, he
bad heard something OF scheme to burn
Northern cities, and, when III Canada, met
with mnn of genteel appearance calling
himself DR.. -; not his real name. This
Doctor had heard that GenGal Joe Johnston
had hung his brother as spy in Northern
Georgia. Jnqposs informed him that ho
had seen newly-made grave in Georgia,
which contained the body of a man who,
it was said, Ind been hanged BY Johnston
as Spy. This information only troubled
tire Doctor moro n to the, fate of his:
brother. When Jaquess returned to Cam
tla second tine, he found him in proper
condition of mind He soon learned that
this man was one OF those detailed to burn
tho Northern cities, shipping, etc, Tho
headquarters Of this plot we're at Peters
burg; but, at this time, it WIS under dis
cussion to remove the headquarters into the
Northern States. The Doctor had nrraugc-
ments by which he was to- enter the rebel
lines and provide for this change of opera
lions, end was provided with papers,
documents, and secret trinkets, which
he offered to transfer TO Jaquess,
the latlsr- to give him, IN exchange,
the means of reaching Georgia to look af-
ter his brother. Among these papers was
one bearing the signature of John C. Breck-
enridge. Armed with this letter, and d.
rections how to find the chief Of the in
cendiazy bureau, he reported to: Mr. Liu-
coin. Tho Inter regarded it as ceztainn-
death to Cross the rebel lines on such a
but Jaauess insisting, he got tho
necessary passes, He passed the rebel
lines, and his Breckenridge letter secured
him horse, on Which be went to, Peters
burg, where he >iearned that the man he
was looking fqt had removed to Richmond,
whittier 5aquess followed. He found this
man ne1t day. The whole plot YVES talked
ovcr. When Jnquess, personating Or, -,
proposed to change the place Of 'msnutac-
turing the iacendiary matches to the North,
he was told that he must see tho chemist
who had been appointed by the Confed-
erate Government to make them, This
chemist WIS found he told Jaguess that
he had no discretion in the matter that he
WAS working under orders, and that he WIS
opposed to the shole thing anyhow; it vas
no! sanctioned by the laws: Of war, and
was unworthy n people claiming divine
sanction. This chemist expressed himself
very freely as to the hopelessness Of
the rebellion, and the folly Of not accepting
Lncoln's general amnesty and pence. The
fsankness Of this conversation by: the rebol
agent, finally Induced Jaquess to state his
real character and business. This man
conducted Jaquess to boarding house for
the night, giving him a. sloo note to pay
his bill. The charge for the lodging md
day S board was S75, Confederate money.
Jaauess passed q horrible night He was
in the Confederate capital, and whom could
he trust The chemist called for him next
day, and together they devised, a plan to
defeat the whole scheme The ineendia1y
matches were to be made us ordered by the
Confederate Government, but were to. be
harmless They prepared. a composition
that Was very inflammable, that had only
to be touched with match when It ignited
and burned furioua1y. They then prepared
another substance in ball, about: the size
Of hens egg, which they inclosed in tho
highly inaammable matter, but the compo-
sition Of this ball WIS such that whom
the fire was applied to the whole it burned
wildly until it struck the inner compost
tinn, when the whole would lie Immediately
extiussuished- They ezperimented for Ipurs
until they had produced satisfactory
result, and it WIS then arrunged thst this
WIS TO be the one supplied to the
government for use by it Northern agents.,
Afterwards, when the attempts weso made,
it Was noticed that the fires were im1ne-,
diately oxtinguishod. Not a fire was sue
cessful, and the reason- IVES, This. concerted
between ,-Jaqussz and tho
Richmond chemist.
The next servica upon. which Jaquess
was employed was to visit Horato Seymour,
then Governor Of New York. He visited
aiz. Seymour, and explained to; him ali
about mis- interview with Davis, 1t Rich
nond. Hs thus describes his mission t.
"Ar. Lincoln wished me especially to atnte TO
him The fact that ! haa elected from Mr.. Davis
tns1 tnes Tere not tght,nE tor slaveE. that ,ney
repeated II to me under the head OF three dNrrcnt
rrolos!tions. .ou1 ilstrfcudenee VIC viii have, Or
which did, + spent three days With HIN In pri-
vale and be seEill Rather 10th then TO let Inc 20
t ~ ~ ~ ~, s y p -, ~ .. NJ
found nc Governor ia a ttderenr i state Of MIND nj
f, Eea} n; nqm 2 shnt aaa sapee.ei to nd hin and
finally adop,eI The plan of eet,las ;Goyc,nos
Seymour and Governor Andrew, Of Ada..ns
G1uss5ts I 1oGs1asr Feet to noston sa
1anrh, ~ 6,n y ": ~ o. aa sgans and
Of ho,n Of saem on The *aY, and pail thss ex-
pose IT aet,tnN nremnr sanr "a 10 NV ,aoi1sa
Erst th,f he shnnId tcssa hJs on1,ns,t.nr ~ ~