The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-02-02
RICHMOND, VA, THURSDAY, FEBRUAI
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A fcw days ago VIZ Published, from the New
York correspondent Of the Charleston Merc~-
~, an interesting statement la regard to the
movements of this mysterious organization,
which has been extensively copied The
Stauntoh (val Spectator aliudes 10 II. ans!
makes the sutjened disclosures.
Our information I'm regard to the "a X. q.
C.'s,' or the "Knights Of the Golden Cross -
may be briefly summed mp as follows, and we
vouch Tor the accuracy OF the statement we
shall make --5a4.4-s 8.g 1a5a3 "a
In the early part of last Ociois'r several
document t. came to this place shrough tie poet.
office, addressed to gentiesnan who had some
time previously left Staunton for the SOnth,
atfeF residence Of several years in our lawn.
These documents fell into the hands OF his
former partner IN business. who, suppcsing
them to relate to the affair Of the firm, Open-
ed and perused them. The document proved
To be q letter froIa the atien. Bickley'' al.
luded to in the letter Of the Mercnry's cor
respondent. which IL quoted above, and WAS
dated Montgomery. Alabama. October s. tSsa
The writer eucloses a handsomely printed
Captains commission, \ degree book and law
book, containing full and accurate informa-
tion OF the object Of the Organization, which
was nothing less thar the -suhjn CATION Of Mex
leo, and requests Capt. ii lie accepts the
commission, 10 proceed at Uaee TO organize Il
company, and report himself TO one Col v Il.
osOuCS, az ANoTfOIk. w. ne N1eucf0I SsEItO
that he was then on his way ts Mexico but
wouldresnSn the q tn inst ON the steamer
Tennessee, and that all letters to him should
be sent to Washington city. Everything WAS
sald 10 oe prosperous, except that it Wen Il DC
Deten'jsy before the expedition could get of -
key to the first and second degrees of the
order was furnished in manuscript and also
the secret alpnabet in which most Of the cor.
respondrnce was said to be conducted There
last mentioned doe n,nents were placpd IN our
hands and are still in our possession. BY
'hem we were enabled to decipher the prin ed
pamphlet In which the degree characters
were used, and thus to derive much infor-
mation In regard to the "Knights of the
Golden Crose," which we f1nd from the KEY
to be the meaning OF the cabalistic letters
Il Inc password marked in the pamphlet as
-, Is found by the key to he the words, 'sTry
me" ard the emblem Of the order s.3f." is n
Greek Gross enclosed by IA geld circle in the
centre OF which is a star OF plain goId.n Gen
Buckley is known as No Gi - ami his narn. is
Written III a secret alphabet. All the signs
grips and passwords of the organization are
given in full. and the General winds up his
letter with the encouraging assurance--"W ork
hard and we will win.; Cupies cf these doc,i-
lnents were placed III the bands of the DEPUTY
United States Marshal at this place. in the
month OF November last, and were forwarded
6y HIM to the War Department. Secretary
Floyd, however seems to have treated tn 2 n,
WITH the same indifference that he did the
warning iu regard to John Browns invasion
OF virginia, and the Knights OF the Golden
Gross We're suffered to enter upon their cru
saGe in the month Of December, as mo. So sta ted
would be done. What will bs. the result Of
the affair, very short time will probably de-
velop.
FURTHER FROM THE PACIfIC-The last over
land mail from California brings the folio wing
additional news:
Gov. Wellar's annual message gives q grati-
Tying exhibit of the State finances. The treas.
ury receipts during the past year amounted
10 81 ,ho. aud the expenditures to S9l6.0J0
The Governor urges retrenchmcnt and re.
duced taxation. The total funded and State
debt amounts 10 "a, 10000. Funds In the treas
ury S662,Gn0.
The L. S. steamship Saginaw, built entirely
in California, was completed and had en- tere d
the harbor of San Francisco. She will make
trial trip OF six or seven days prior to her de.
parture for Ct ina.
Vessels from domestic and Atlantic ports
were arriving freely.
San Fraaciseo, Jan. 10, P. M-Business here
is tri1ie more animated, bat without change
in rates. Rio coffee is selling at 17,s CENTS
Provisions are slow of sale.
There has been Il succession of heavy rains.
putting 4 stop to city trade and preventing
communication to any extent wi III the i'll terror.
The news from the mines continued favor.
able. AT Fort Colviile the times were pros
perons. Money WIGS plenty, and there was
but LITTLE snow 10 impede the operations of
the miners.
The Similkamen mines ara represented as
ricneF IMAM InOSpb C..ilfOrnla III her asnleSt
days, aud also extensive.
AdVlces from Tuhac Arizona. say that the
driver Of the overland mail stage brought
news on his last trip that the INDIANS at Apa-
che Pass had given in tiIna;i0n of the tot;l ex-
termination OF The overlan'! mail line through
their country, to be followed by Il descent on
the settlements. The Indians since. the return
OF the troops from the recent campaign. have
become more troublesome than ever. Un the
night of the 10th, s!l the horses belonging 20
Capt. Stones commission were stolen Eleven
horses md mules belonging TO farmers residing &
within ten miles OF Fort Buchanan We're AIS .
stolen by tie same band.
DEATH OF 4 GIRL FROM lIYDgoPHoBiA-A
daughter of Mr.. John Carhart. ofHickory
Grove township, Iowa, aged twelve years,
was bit on the arm in November last. The
dog. ii is supposed, was rabid, but the wound
soon healed, and unt recently created no m.
easiness. The Davenport Gazette, OF the ~ h.
however. says:
last week she complained OF pain in her
back and genera! ludi> >l,ositio Showing her
dog wound" ia one OF her school com pan ions
last week, she said il was still painful and the
sores lOohed iufiarned. Saturday afternoon
she laid iu he'd Sunday morning last she
went into convulsions on the sight of water. -
Her c0n:tllsionS afterwards were from 4 few
minutes to over an hour in duration, and she
was sensible between them. During these
spasms she clntched at everything, violently
chewed n napkin, and appeared more frantic
by lie sight OF her own saliva on the napkin.
AT times she shTiehed. tearfHly, yet did no,
appear sensible. 1t was a horrid spectacie--
Monday morning, daring her rational mo-
ments, she called the fhmiiy around her, and
bade them an Afectionate farewell, being iully
sensible of her hopeless condition. Convul.
siOns gradually became weaker, and Monday
evening, at Eve and half O'Clock. she quietly
died.
EXCITEMENT IN Observation-Disclosures