Naval officer; born in
Brooklyn, N. Y., May 13, 1795; became a midshipman in 1812, serving under
Chauncey on
Lake Ontario.
He was promoted commodore on the retired list in 1862, and rear-admiral in 1866.
He served on the
Mexican coast in 1847-48, and was at different times commander of the
East India, Mediterranean, and Brazilian squadrons.
He died in
Baltimore, Md., Oct. 2, 1883.
Sandusky, a city and port of entry in
Erie county, O.; on
Lake Erie, at the mouth of the
Sandusky River.
Near by is
Johnson's Island, on which 2,500 Confederate officers who had been taken prisoners were confined in 1863.
During the summer a plot was formed to liberate these prisoners and in connection with this act to burn or otherwise destroy
Buffalo and other lake cities.
An expedition for these objects was organized in
Canada.
The plans of the
Confederate sympathizers became known to the
American consulgeneral in
Montreal, who immediately notified the
Canadian authorities.
By Nov. 11, the
governor-general had gained sufficient information to warrant his notifying Lord Lyons, the
British minister at
Washington, of the plot.
Lord Lyons promptly communicated with the United States government, and by midnight of the same day
Secretary Stanton had perfected plans which put an end to the movement.