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WAR SI The attempt to Form fede Col. T. A. Burr, a well knowe Con federate officer prints in tho Philadel phia Times an acoount of the attempt to liberate the 20,000 Confederate prisoners confined in Chicago, Colum bus and Sandusky in 1864, and to in augurate a Northwestern Confederacy. Maj. C. H. Cole, of the Fifth Ten nessee Regiment, was a leading spirit in the plot. He rcceivod his instruc tions in Richmond, and reported to tho Hon. Jaoob Thompson, then in Canada. Jaoob assigned him to tho command of the Department of the Ohio, with his headquarters at San dusky. At Camp Douglas, near Chicago, thare were about 8,000 Confederate prisoners; at Camp Chase, near Co lumbus, Ohio, about 8,000 more, and at Camp Morton, near Indianapolis, about 4,000. On Johnson's Island, in Sandusky Bay, there were about 3,200 Confederate officers confined. The object was to simultaneously releaso all these prisoners and officer the men in tho other three camps with the offi cers on Johnson's Island. With this force and the active aid of Northern sympathizers it was thought that a Northwestern Confederacy was not impossible. Major Tom Hinds, now judge at Bowling Green, Ky., had the filntr. rxt T11.r.rt?o T.'lV. Vi?. V. r?.f\i? Il S.T ub.bv vj. .i.iuviuj mvu Uiu uvaui|uai tcrs at Chicago. Major Castleman had Indiana, with his headquarters at Centralia. At all of these plaoes Northern allies were working in con j inction. The time selected for making the assault upon these camps was to be gauged by Gen. Early's attack upon Washington, so as to make it impossi ble for any of tho troops to be sent North to reinforce tho limited number of Federal soldiers then in the North west. The Northwest was selected as the basis of operations because there was great rebellion there against con scriptions, and the people were gener ally tired of the war. It was at first intended to Btrike tho blow while the National Convention was in session in Chicago. Four thousand Confederate soldiers and sympathisers were in Chicago at that time ready for the work. Early's de lay in striking Washington caused a postponement. Among the Northern allies Col. Burr plaoes Brick Pomeroy. He asserts, on the authority of Major Cole, that Jaoob Thompson gave Pom eroy money to establish the La Crosse Democrat. On Major Cole's assignment to com mand at Sandusky he was instructed to capture the United States man-of war Michigan. She was the only arm ed vessel on tho lakes, ?? io nth her in their power, tho Confederates felt as sured of success. Cole went to Erie where the Michigan was lying before ehe waB sent up as guardship to the prisoners on Johnson's Island. Through friends he made the acquain tance of tho officers, entertained them handsomely, and was invited to the ship, so that when it eame to Sandus ky he was always a weloome guest. He * established himself in Sandusky as an oil speculator, organized the Mount Hope Oil Company, and located a well near Titusville, Pa. Judge Fillmore, .of Buffalo, was elected president and Colo was eleoted seoretary. This gave him a business standing; and his posi tion as secretary and practical mana ger of the company readily accounted for the travel it was necessary for him to do in furtherance of his military du ty. lt also explained theabundanoc of money he had and bis willingness to spend it. He reoeived from Mr. Thompson 150,000 in gold, a portion of whioh was deposited in the bank at Sandusky to his credit. There was also an ac count kept in Philadelphia with Drex el & Co., in tho name of John Bell. He also bad an account with Belmont, in New York. The Confederacy had plenty of means in its secrot Bervico fund. Cole says that there was sonie taing like $86,000,000 altogether to the credit of the Confederate Commis sioner and his colleague. Most of it ..was, he believes, deposited in the bank at Toronto. He turned his attention to cultivating the acquaintance of offi cers of the Michigan and all military officers stationed at Sandusky, or who carno there, as a prerequisite to suo cess in releasing tho Confederate prisoners. He wined and dined the officers continually, and was on excel lent footing with them. Ho soon found it necessary to have mon in his < employ on board the Michigan and also . on Johnson's Island. As the United . States government wanted both Boa tmen and soldiers two Confederates were ?t.istod as seamen and sent aboard the Ml-11 gan. Ten moro men were enlist ed as soldiers and went on duty as members of the regiment doing duty on Johnson's Island. BesideB Cole's fi??ial relations with the officers, he 1 /was in a position to be fully posted as ORIES. a Northwestern Con racy. to what was going on, both on tho ves sel and on the island. The men en listed as Federal soldiers were of infi , nite value in communicating with tho Confederate officers and in getting i arms to them. Cole tells the following incident: "Not long before our plans were completed Mr. Thompson, at one of cur conferences in Canada, said he would like to visit and look over the i ; steamer Michigan before we attacked ? her, and also personally inspect I the details of my plans upon the ? grout. I. I 11 'If you think it safe, Mr. Thomp I son, I should bc glad to have you do j so,' I said. "?le did not reply, and wo parted without my knowing what his inten tions were. A few days after, while sitting in my room at the West House, Sandusky, the servant came and said: 'Your aunt is in tho parlor and would like to see you.' "I told Miss Annie Davis to go down and invite her up. Of course I know it was not my aunt, but I was never taken by surprise at anything, and was always on my guard. I sup posed, possibly, that it was a female courier with orders or informa tion. "Miss Davis went dowa to the par lor, and in a moment returned with an elderly lady, nicely dressed in a style that well became her agc. "When the veil waB removed there Btood Jake Thompson. I was wholly aback, as ihe disguiso was perfeot, and tho assumption of tho character easy and graceful. "I sent word to the Michigan that I had a lady relative who had stopped over to visit what she had never seen, a man-of-war, and that I should like to bring herabcard. They returned a cordial invitation, and that afternoon Mr. Thompson and I went out to the ship. Mr. Thompson went all over the ship, and in a squeaky voioe put such questions about her construction and arrangement as a rural female of well advanced yoars and small oppor tunities for gleaning information would be likely to propound. No one suspected him and the officers were exceedingly polite to the one that they afterward spoke of as my 'country aunt.' " After Thompson's visit to the Michigan Cole spent three weeks in Philadelphia recruiting. He estab lished his headquarters at Twelfth and Chestnut streets, in the Girard Build ing or old Cad wallader HOUBO. He also had another rendezvous on Fifth Street, between Chestnut and Walnut where a man WBB ostensibly recruiting an artillery' company for the United States sorvioo. It was here that most of the men for the oapture of thc Michigan were hired. They were paid $40 a month and expenses. The mon ey was drawn from Drexel's bank to meet the current expenses of these agencies and to pay the men. The plan fully matured, it was de cided to make tho attack on Septem ! ber 19, 1864. The intention was the moment the Michigan was oaptured and the Confederate officers were re leased, to cut all tho telegraph wires leading out of Sandusky, seize a rail road train, run down to Columbus, as sist in releasing the prisoners there, then run baok to Sandusky and estab lish the temporary headquarters of the the Confederate Department of the Northwest. Gen. Trimble, of Mary land, who was the ranking Confeder ate officer oonfined on Johnson's Island, was to be made commander in-chief, and Cole had in his pooket a commission from the Confederate gov ernment appointing him to that posi tion tho moment he was released. Cole was supplied with other oom missions in blank, all properly signed and attested, to give to all other men who enlisted in tho Con federate army for this service. This was done to make them regular Con federate soldiers, so that their ser vices would be legitimate aots of warfaro as long as they obeyed or ders. Major Hinds, in command at Chica go, and Major Castleman, in command at Centralia, were to attack Camp Douglas and Camp Morton simulta ncously with Cole's attack upon John son's Island. Major Hinds was also charged with tho duty of capturing one of tho iron steamers plying between Grand Haven, Mich., and Milwaukee Wis. Through some misunderstand ing none of the others made the attaok although Cole telegraphed before leav ing Detroit, on the morning of the 10th, to Charley Walsh, a oitizen of Chicago, who was Major Hinds' as ? ?staut, and is now street commission er of that oifcy, as follows: Detroit, Sept. 19,1864. Close out all the stock of the Mount Hope Oil Company before 3 o'clock to-day. Be prompt. 0. H. Cole. This meant that the attack would be made on the Michigan at 5 o'clock that evening. Cole left Sandusky for Detroit on Saturday, with all arrange ments perfected. He had previously determined to capture the Philo Par sons, a vessel plying in the lake trade for service in transporting our troops. The plan was to go abqard of her at Detroit and the men who were to assist in her capture were to get on at the various points atwhioh she touch ed on the Canadian shore. Cole went on board the Parsons at 4 p. m., of tho 18th, and spent moot of his time wi'.h Capt. Atwood, her com mander. He had made his acquain tance some time before, and frequent ly oame over on his vessel. She left ber wharf on tho morning of the 19th, and touched at her various stopping places on the Canada side of the De troit River. At Windsor and at Mal den Cole's men got onboard. He was in the pilot house with Capt. Atwood when the boat touched at both plaoes, so that he could note the men as they came on board, and be where they could see him. At Malden, Atwood, observing the unusual number of secdy-iooking men getting aboard, said: "Row many skedaddlers are coming on this morning? Those fel lows are all well off. They ran out o? the United States to escape the draft, and are now returning. They look hard, but all of them have means, and are men of position." "Yes, poor fellows,'* Cole replied, "they have had a hard time." J. Yates Beale,Colo's seoond officer j was in readiness for the work. Whet j they left Malden Cole gave a signal tc ? assign the men tolheir-positions. H< did so. A fine engineer, well armed, I was placed near the engine, and om ! of the men well equipped for the worl I appointed to every important place oi I the boat. Cole himself preferred t< deal with tho captain. When Beal had everything in readiness Cole gav* the signal and clapped his re volver to Captain Atwood's head and said: "Captain, you aro my pris oner." "What's the matter, Cole?" he ask ed in great astonishment. "You are my prisoner. I take poe session of this ship in the name of th I Confederate States government. G ? below." The arrest of the Captain was fol lowed by the capture of the men b other soldiers. They were sent belo' and the hatches put down. The pat songera were assured that they shout not be molested. The stars and bal were run up with the announcement "This flag is a guarantee of proteotio to women and children." This assui anoe was sacredly kept, although it ooi some effort. The regular Confederal soldiers were perfect gentlemen, bi some of those hired from Philadelphii New York and other oitiee, were no It was neoeBsary to put some of thei overboard to make good the pr om if given when the Confederate flag wi hoisted. About 12:30 the Parsons caught tl Island Queen unloading freight at Pa in-Bay Island. She oarried a larg number of passengers, among them 3( unarmed soldiers going to Cleveland get mustered ont. The Parsons rt alongside of Y ', made fast and ca tured her. The two steamers th< went to Fighting Island, where tl passengers were put ashore. The was no possible means of escape, ai therefore no danger that they wou give warning. The steamers th< ran toward the Miohigan, which lay sight. Cole left the Parsons in a erne boat, and rowed directly to the Miol gan. His plan was to capture tl ship by strategy. Before going to D troit he had arranged to give the oi eera an entertainment on board th evening at 5 o'olook, and had sent tl wine and other requisites to the vest before he left Sandusky. Thereto his coming on board that day excit no suspicion. The men seleoted make the oapture were to come o from the shore in small boats, oste sibly fishing, and surround tho Miel gan. When Cole went aboard th were to draw nearer the ship. At given signal from him they were board her, put down the hatches, a the vessel would bo won without firi a gun. Everything worked like charm. On the verge of suooess C delayed giving the signal a inonu too long. He was himself oaptur instead of capturing the Miohigan. was in tno wardroom drinking wi with tho officers, and was just maki an excuse lo go on deok to give ( signal, when an officer from Johnso Island approached him, saying: "Captain Cole, you are my prisi er." "Captain of what?" he asked, w a laugh. "Certainly no man will ouse me of being a soldior." "No," replied the officer, "but h is a telegram saying you are a Coni erate spy, and are in a eonspiraoj oapture Johnson's Island. It ord your arrest. We must at least take ; into custody." "Oh, that'r all right," Cole answc although he felt that it was all up v him. "Sergeant, search him," ordered offioer. The sergeant began his work, almost the first thing ho found wi ! commision from the Confed?rate Government. That was enough. Cole was put uader arrest and closely guarded. A Col. Johnson, of Kentucky, had betrayed him. He dropped a paper containing the information of his pur poses upon the wharf just as they were leaving Malden on the morning of the 19th of September, lt was pioked up and the faots communicated to the provost marshal at Detroit. He telegraphed to the officers of the steamer Michigan, but the dispatch was by acoident delivered to the com manding officer on Johnson's Island. It was merely by ehacoe that the message reached the boat in time to save her from capture and upset Cole'c plans. On his arrest Cole was asked whc were his accomplices. They were al around the vessel and were still un known. Quiok as a flash he devised t plan to save them. He named twelv< of the moot pi omi neut oi ti zona of San dusky as his co-conspirators, knowinj that they would be at onoe arrested He felt assured that his female aooom plice in the city, who *as watching th bay for the signal of success,, would b warned of his capture, and alarm th men in boats. He was not mistaken The first man arrested was Mr. West who kept the hotel where he stopped Annie Davis knew he had failed th moment it occurred. Quickly slippin from the hotel, she took a small boat rowed out and gave the alarm to th men in the fishing boats, and they t i the Parsons and Queen. Beale scuttle the Queen and sunk her in sight of th Michigan, and running the Parson over to the Canada shore, sunk he: Every man but Cole escaped. Anni Davis also got away, but she was ea] tured a day or two after, when she carr baok to bring notice from the Confe< erate Government that they would hoi two officers as a ransom for Cole, ar would or.ecute them if he was dea with in erny other way than as a Coi federate soldier engaged in l?gitimai warfare. Johnson out his throat at the ba racks iu Cincinnati while being held ? a witness for the Federal Governmei against Cole. After Cole's arrest he was confine on the Michigan until after Gens. Di: Heintzelman and Hitchcock visited tl vessel to make an investigation. Th< oame on board on a bright Septemb day. It was thought that the Knigb of the Golden Circle were in the plc and they were in search of evidenc They asked for Cole. Cole says that he was quietly smo ing a cigar when the officer came boh to escort him on deck. In going ft ward he knew that he had to pass < reotly over the magasine. He poll vigorously at his oigar to get it w< lighted, then taking it from his mon he held it by his side, and in passi dropped it into the little air-hole whi opened into the magazine. He, the: fore, reaohed the deok, ezpeoting tl every moment the powder would < plode and that the ship and all board would be scattered to the fe winds. Tho fire in the oigar, how? er, died away without reaohing t powder. The three Generals het his story, and Gen. Heintzelmi on learning of the trick played on I twelve citizens of Sandusky, thund ed out: "Captain Carter, why in the thurn didn't you hang that man to the ya arm?" The records of the War Departmi show that he was tried in Cinoinn by a military court, of which G Heintzelman was president, and c vic ted of the oh arge of piracy and being a spy. He was sente need to hung on the 16th of February, 18 on Johnson's Island, the point agai whioh he had directed his best effc as a Confederate officer. He m two desperate attempts to escape wi oonfined on Johnson's Island, anc was finally deoided to remove him Fort Lafayette. Legal prooeedi had delayed his execution, and a tition gotten up by the ladies of noi ern Ohio, among whom were the ni of ex-Secretary Columbus Delano, the daughter of Gen. M. D. Legg since Commissioner of Patents, s ened the public'feeling. The twe dies named were passengers on Island Queen when Cole oaptured 1 and were not only proteoted but sh perfect oourtesy by him and his aers. These influences, oombi with the appeal of powerful friend the officers held in Richmond as ho gos for him, scoured a oommutatio his sentence to imprisonmant for at the Dry Tortugas. Before this, however, Cole wai moved to Fort Lafayette. Join Beale endeavored to reson? him ? on the way to the fort. They trii wreok the train whioh ho had take the Lake Shore Road, but they wi ed the wrong train. Beale was tured, tried, sentenced to be han and suffered the death penalty Governor's Island; while, as tin quel shows, his friend, sentenced to death, and for n he gave his life, escaped all pm mont. It is claimed by those who pr to know, that the oxcoution of 1 oauflcd the assassination cf Auri Lincoln. J. Y. 'Beale was from arson County, West Virginia, 1 short distance above Washington, where many of his relatives now live. He was the intimate friend of John Wilkes Booth. When Beale was sen tenced to death Booth made a power ful attempt to save his life. He en listed r.!l the eminent men he possibly oonld to aid him in bis efforts, bat there seemed no hope of suooess. As 6 last rcsur* Lo begged his iuuuouiiai friends to secure him an audience with President Lincoln. Quite a number of them consented to do so, among whom was the late Col. John W. Forney. The audio nco was grant ed a short time before Beale was to be hung, and Booth made a plea for his life whioh moved Mr. Lincoln to tears. The kind-hearted President would doubtless have commuted Beale's sen tence after the occurrence of the night bot Seoretary Stanton said: "There has been too much len ie noy in dealing with these fellows. Cole's seotenoe has been commuted. The law ought to take its course in Beale's case." It did, and Beale was hung. Booth's failure to save the life of his friend is said to have so preyed upon his mind that it gradually worked him up to the point of ass&ssicatisg President Lin coln. Cole remained in prison at Fort La fayette, and, after making one inef fectual attempt to escape, was on the 10th day of February, 1866, brought out of prison on *. writ of habeas cor pus issued by tho District court of New York, at the instance of Jake Thomp son and other Confederate leaders. He escaped to Canada and thence to Mex ico, where he led a life of adventure under Maximilian. He was finally par doned by the President, and returned to the United States with several prom inent Confederates who were in Mexico for a time after the war, awaiting ex ecutive olemenoy. He is now a oitizen of Texas, largely interested in the de velopment of the railroad system in that State. Giri Weds Mother's Husband. A strange romanee in the lives of James H. Nichols and his wife Aman da h&s just been made known. 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