And I do further made known to all whom it may concern, that in the orders and instruction given to the officers engaged in said expedition, they were especially directed and enjoined to ‘abstain from violating any of the laws and regulations of the Canadian or British authorities in relation to neutrality, ‘ and that [...]
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with suitable ammunition; and in addition there were five hundred stands of arms in the State Armory at Detroit, with complete equipments, and abundance of ammunition at all times in readiness for distribution to citizens, with whom there was an understanding and an arrangement to assist in repelling any attack that might be made upon [...]
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This information was communicated by the War Department to the Governors of the States bordering on Canada, and to the military and civil authorities thereof, and urging them to employ all the means in their power to suppress any attempt to carry the plot into effect. In the Adjutant General’s report for 1864 is found [...]
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That there was such a scheme on foot, and that it was concocted and put in operation in Canada by the rebel government, there can be no doubt, as circumstances have transpired and documentary evidence received during the past year fully confirming it, and that its execution was only prevented at that time by the [...]
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This distrust also prevailed among the railroad agencies and those engaged in the shipping on the lakes, which led to the arming of the community- generally as individuals, and of railroad trains and lake and river steamers, and to the establishing of safeguards about private dwellings, public places of business, and railroad depots. This condition [...]
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These depositions showed that the steamboat’ Philo Parsons’ was owned by the informant Ashley, and other citizens of the United States; that this vessel was a licensed passenger and freight boat, and was plying between the city of Detroit, in the State of Michigan, ana the city of Sandusky, in the State of OHIO, and [...]
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After proceeding about two miles, three men came up to Ashley, drawing revolvers, saying he was a dead man if he offered resistance. Two of them, as Ashley thought, came on board at Sandwich. At this time the prisoner came forward with a revolver in his hand, followed by from twenty-eight to thirty-five men, and [...]
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The prisoner took thorn, looked at them, and said he could not collect them, and returned them to Ashley. Bell then said to Ashley: ‘ We want your money. ‘ He and the prisoners then had revolvers in their hands. Ashley swore he was in bodily fear, but did not consider his life in danger [...]
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The ‘ Michigan’ was lying off Johnson’s Island, supposed to guard it. There are about three thousand prisoners of war there, soldiers of the Confederate States. Ashley stated there was a rebellion going on by the Southern States. He could not tell how many States. Captain Bell appeared to be in command of the party [...]
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When, on the return, they had reached the mouth of the Detroit river, some of the party asked Nichols where they were, and he told them ‘hi Canadian waters, ‘ and some of them said it was well for some of the vessels near them, or they would board them; and they inquired if a [...]
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