PLOTS AND CONSPIRACIES IN AMERICA.

Evening Post, Issue 145, 26 July 1865, Page 2

PLOTS AND CONSPIRACIES IN AMERICA.

The following is taken from the New York correspendent of the Morning Herald:— Another " incendiary plot," of startling proportions, has, we are told by Washington correspondents, been brought to light. This is nothing less than a conspiracy to burn the principal Northern cities Philadelphia, it is said, was to be the first laid in ashes, and the torch was to have been applied on Sunday night last. Bnt, as usual, owing to the sleepless vigilance of the Government — represented, in this instance, in the person ol a watchful and sharpeared serjeant — the scheme was discovered in time to save the country the shock of another attempt at wholesale incendiarism. The rapidity with which " plots " are engendered in this happy country, and the remarkable facility they display iv getting "discovered," leads cynical observers to marvel at the decided kindness shown towards the Federal Government by the power which is supposed to rule over the realm of chance. At the present writing we have only statements and no proof of this latest (Philadelphia) plot. It may be that some revengeful Confederates are determined to still prosecute the war by visiting upon the North some of the misery the South has suffered; but it is hoped, for the good of both North and South, that there are no men sufficiently foolish to entertain the belief that any cause or any people can be benefitted by this.irregular guerillaism — practised, it the statement of "incendiarism" be true, or attempted to be practised — at a time when such a cause ia eminently unwise. I prefer to wait further developements before taking as proof of the plot to burn our cities the unsupported stories of Washington correspondents. President Johnson has issued the following proclamation :— " Whereas it appears from evidence in the bureau of the military department, that Mr. Lincoln's murder and Mr. Seward's attempted assassination, were cited, concerned, and procured 'oy Jeff. Davis, Jacob Thomson, Clement Cleary, and other rebel traitors against the United States Government, the following rewards for the arrest of the said persons, within the limits of the United States, are therefore offered :— I OO,OOO dollars for Davis, 10,000 dollars for Cleary, and 25,000 dollars for each of the others." Cleary, against whom the Toronto Grand Jury found a true bill for a breach of the neutrality laws, has surrendered. He gave bail of 8,000 dols., and will stand his trial at the October Assizes. , The Herald correspondent asserts that an immense number of persons implicated in the Booth conspiracy have had meetings in Washington since August, 1864. The Boston Advertiser says that Booth's

head and heart were removed from his remains and deposited in the Medical Museum at Washington. * The body was interred iv the felon's cemetery. The New York World gives the following list of the names of the accessories of the assassin i— 1. Spangler, the stage carpenter of Ford's theatre, will most probably suffer the extreme penalty of the law. 2. Sam Arnold, of Baltimore, better known as the author of a letter signed Sam, who understood the plot and agreed to it, and backed out in the end because of hU failing courage, will also Buffer death. He was a conspirator, but not bold enough to be an assassin. 3. Captain Willie Jett, found at Bowling Green, who took Booth behind him on a horse, thus facilitating his escape, will run a close chance for his neck. He either did or did not recognise in Booth the assassin, and if so, woe to him I 4. Azeroth or Azerodt, but whose name in his own execrable chirography, has been copied from the register at Kirkwood Hotel, as "6. A. Abzcrodt, Charles county, Md., 126 8.," will be hung positively. He is a murderer by instinct and temperament. His face is a standing conviction. 5. Mrs. Suratt will suffer the full penalty attached to her crime. As Booth was the master, so was she the mistress conspirator. She is bold and cruel, and deserves to die. 6. M'Laughlin, a friend and confederate of Booth, will die for conspiracy without courage. 7. Dr. Ludd, residing near Bryan to wn^ may suffer death for his timidity. He set Booth's leg on Saturday morning, and never mentioned it till Sunday night. He may not have recognised Booth, and may, as he says, have heard of the murder. But he has been a stern Secessionist, and a life insurance policy at present would cost him the revenue of his country. 8. John Lloyd will certainly die. He kept Mrs. Suratt's hotel at Surattsville, secreted and furnished the two assassins with car* bines, and, although positively aware of the conspiracy before, and .the crime immediately after its execution, he held his tongue. 9. Sam Coxe, or Captain Sam Coxe, lives between Scylla and Oharybdis. He concealed and fed Booth, probably knowing his hands to be stained with blood. He has already suffered execution in his horrible forebodings. 10. Young Harrold, who stood with Booth in the all-memorable barn, and shared bis flight, and was his guide and servant, will die despite a hundred pleas of dementia or mania. 11. John Suratt, if caught at all, will suffer death. He shared the horrible secret of meditated crime, and should, with his mother, meet the reward of murder. 12. Payne, or wood, the desperate assassin of Mr. Seward, who was taken at Mrc, Suratt's house, and was a hired cutthroat, will die beyond peradventure. 13. Mr. and Mrs. Adams, of Newport^ who it is believed knew Booth and assisted him. > 14. Mr. Wilson, of Newport; he did not assist jUßtice,although cognisant of the crime.