The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1872-08-03
COUNTY,, IND, AUG.

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essary would be furnished by me.
e Vas held, and WAS . decided sue
cess. The vast multitudes who
seemed to be swayed by
one leading idea-peace. The
friends were encouraged and
atrenp pthened, and seemed anxious
for the day when they would do
somathing to hasten TO the great
goal OF peace. assaa .v ~ ss
ncRAcH aRz8L.Y AND PEAcH. $,
j. About shis time that correspond,
enee between our friends and Hor-
ase Greeley made its appearance.
;Lincoln'e manifesto shocked the
country. The belief prevailed over
the north that the south would
agree to . reconstruction, aad. the
politicians, especially the leading
ones, conceived the idea that on
such an issue Lincoln could be
beaten at the ballot box. At all
events. they argued, the t1lal Of the
ballot box should be made beforeA'
Ieaoyl - arms was made, always q
defnfer, resort The Springfield
meeting came Of, but it was ap-
parent the fire exhibited at Peorai
had already diminished. The whole
tone Of the speakers was that the
people must rely on the ballot-box
for redress Of grievances. IA The
nerves of the leaders of the order
began to relax. About this time
. large lot Of arms were purchased
and sent to Indianapolis, which
was discovered and some of the
leading men were charged with the
design to arm the members Of the
order for reasonable purposes.
Treschery showed itself At Louis
vile, Judge Bullet and DR.. Kalfus
were arrested and sent to Memphis.
The day on which the great move
ment was to be made became
known to Mr.. Mcdonald, candidate
for governor Of Indiana, and be-
lieveing it would mar his prospects
for election unless prevented. he
threatened to expose all the parties
engaged unless the project was
abandoned. Thus the day pass
ed by, and nothing was done. The
Chicago convention came. The
crowd was immense. The feeling
Was unanimous for peace. A gen.
eral impression prevailed that re-
construction could be had, and il
was necessary to so far pander to
to the military feeling as to take
Gen. NcClellan to insure q certain
success.
TIE TROUBLES OF TRAITORS.
The nomination, followed as il
WAS, by divers disclosures and
arrssts of persons who were prom
insnt members, totally demoralized
the ssSons of Liberty" The feeling
with the masses is as strong q
ever. They are true and braye
and I believe are willing and ready
bat they have no leaders. Tht
vigilance of the administration, iii
large detective force, the large
bounty paid for treachery, and thu
respectable men who have yielded
TO the temptation, added to th'
large military force stationed il
these states, make organization and
preparation almost An impossible
iity. A large sum of money hal
been expended in fostering ant
furthering these operations, ant
now seems to have been to LITTLE
profit, but, in reviewing the past
1 I do not see how it could hav'
been avoided, nor has it been spen
altogether in vain. The apprehen'
sions of the enemy have caused
him to bring back and keep iron
the field in front at least 0,00'
men to watch and browbeat th'
fpeople at home. In this view 0
the subject the same amount o
money has effected SO much in n,
other quarter since the commence.
ment OF the war.
In July last, Capt Charles Il
Cole of Gen. Forests command
made his escape from prison. H.
represented to me that he hat
been appointed lieutenant in ou
navy. / sent him around the lake
with instructions to go % lowe
deck passenger. to famfliarize him
self with ali the channels and dif
ferent approaches to the severa
haTbors, the strength of each plac
and the repositories of coal, AM
especially to learn all that b.
could about the war steamer Mich
fgan, and devise some plan for he
Ecapture or destruction. This du
Fly he perform ed very SATISFACTORY
IL.
THH PLOT TO CAPTURE THE MICH
T IGAN.
He was then instructed to RI
kturn and put himself in communi
cation with the officers Of the Mict
ligan, ond, feeling his way, to en-
Fdeavor to purchase the boat frol
Fits officers For a time he thougl
he would succeed in this if b
could give the guarantees of pay
ment of the sums stipulated, b,
by degrees the question was drop
ped. He asked permission to OF
ganizea a force to board and tax
her. This was given, and Actin
Master John Y. Beall was sent
him to aid in the organization an
in carrying out the enterprise
Their plan Was we'll conceive,
and held out the promise OF sue
cess. 1t had been previously al
certained from escaped prisoner
from JOlnsOn1a salood that an n,