The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1861-08-09
NUMBER b 269.

cial Chairman, III M tr
T. j..,EsssSy Jssas,tss,a,,5
+ Captata-t shall now give you tbe uu-
II written parts of this work, and. trust you
4 will be careful in its use. Ifa general war
kensues we shall dispense with the First De-
tgree and rely on this and the Third.
j. Name--ls True Faith) sigu--25 (fore-
K finger and thumb of right hands joined
7 whilewith the rest of the hand open the
\ right eye is touching with middle finger, ) %
\ answer 26 (same with left hand and left
4 eye pass word ~ (Monterey) night
1 word of distress--32 (St. Nary: response
,l--3l and say 5 (grasp by wrist and say Rio
i Grande) emblem -2s (gold ciEcle encas-
\ ing Greek cross incentsr Of which is star).
This is the 29 (key)5 To- oar 30 (secret all
phabet) use of 80 i(K. e. C.e sc, George
4 Bickley): guard sign } % (gold circle en-
n casing Greek cross in. center Of which isa
star): silence 25 fore finger and thumb Of
J. right hands Joined, while with the rest of
j the hands open the right eye is touching
with middle fngerl on lips (; danger-Figbt
same with lefe sssf5a- = RI
4 s In q circular headed g Volunteers -WaRt-
ed, = and dated Headquarters American Le-
4 gion K. G.. c., ClaFksville, Tenn, June De,
1851, President Buckley said;
Desiring to organize q Eoltigeur corps of
Kentuckiansl hereby issneJ the following
proposition y will accept every company
that shall be rendered to me at Carksville,
Tenn, ousor before the 2bth day of July.
This force Will act as an Independent corps,
i to be employed on the borders, and will re-
eeiye the following pay: . e Ifne-
i eessaFy- this force which is already accepted,
will be used in any locality, where the enc
my may be found. All companies will re-
port to me, at this place, on or before the
25th day of July next, at which time / shall
form Camp of Instruction, to be under
| competent sad experienced corps Of instruc-
| tors . = Owing to the existing war, IL
is not always possible to get letters from
| correspondents by mail, and under these
circumstances it is perhaps best to place all
4 letters of value in the hands Of an Express
! Company. II is exceedingly desirable and
important to organize the State OF Ken q
tueky before the August elections, and to
accomplish this, every precinct in each
county of the State should have one or mora.
Castles. All Second Degree fees.
are to be forwarded to me at Clarkaville,
Tenn, or Russellville, KY, on the FIRST Mon
day of each month, &c,
x And now it remains for us to give the
Ritual of the Third Degree, which, as being
the most important, we shall publish almost
entire. We have not the time or space for.
commenting on itnow. Every citizen can
iudge of it for himself The Roman Ceth-
olics, and the foreigu-born population will
see how they are prescribed by this myste-
rious Order, this central and guiding power
of the Secession and Disunion party. All
will see, too, that the, Order declares for
Monarchy, a Limited Monarchy, as they
call it, until all their purposes in regard to
Mexico shall have been accomplished, and
we need not suggest how brief will be the
period within which, if they get their LIN
tied Monarchy, they will make it an d 5s0-
Elte Monarchy yl1a -f.
Z. THIRD OR PoLsTIeAL DEGREE or TEE 80
(K. G. @. )---NAMED 81 (Knights of the Co
lumbian Starr. -aa
Instructors. Officers CT the Council
shall be Governor and Secretary. Every
81 fBnight ofthe Columbian Star is quail
flied to act in either capacity.
Y QUAIIF1oATIoNs FOR MEMBERSHIP.
= Candidate must be familiar with the
work of The two former Degrees must
have been born in 50 "a slave State), or If
in So "A free State), he must be citizen,
60 "a Protestant) and 81 "a slaveholder)
A candidate who was born in So "a slave
Statel need not be 81 A slaveholder) pro-
yided he can give 81 evidences Of cbarac-
ter as a Southern man. ae
Object. To form Council for the 80 (E.
G. O. and to organize 60 { "A government)
for 2 (Mexico). No 81 Knight of the Col
umbian Starr shall not admit except 20 a
brother 81, that he has this Degree, for rea-
sons that will hereafter appear. Any two
SIS can confer the Degree on others, the
Oldest 81 acting as Governor
Council Hail.
+ approaching Candidates. OF course all
SO *. G. CT know each other. There be-
er 3
house Of said connty-that is, 81 within
the county,. They viii confer together as to
the worthiness of any 80, whom they may
think a. proper person to be made 81 and
having agreed ono or both of them will 60
to the person, each knowing the other is q
80, and tell him ;here is a gentleman 50
within the county, who has the power 20
confer the Third Degree and propose TO
him that all three shall, or more, if SO the
case is, go and apply for It telling him, or
them, at the same time that the fee will be
65 Ten Dollars). If he assents, propose q
time and place, and all be punctual. Letit
not be exactly the place where the Degree
is to be conferred, but near. The 81
Kuights of the Columbian Starr act as if
then also sought the Degree. Also, tell the
candidate that as he or you might be reject
ed, it will be expected that he viii not
mention the matter to any one till the re-
suit is known.
When in the room, the Governor will
take the Bible, and will cause all to lay
their hands thereon, when each will repeat
after the Governor the following
4. .--r - - INITIATION.
We three, Tor other number, as the case
NAV Del citizens of %, Ia slave State,) do
hereby and herein, in the presence of each
other and the Great Jehovah, solemnly and
sincerely pledge our faith and honor TO con-
ceal and never reveal to any mortal being,
save such as we know to be 81, (.nightso Of
the Columbian Starr any circumstances or
thing that may mere transpire during the
next hour, and keep the knowledge OF thisat
hour forever secret from sill but o. In The
name of God. Ameni
ALI take seats.
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