The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1861-10-11

being lifted al Havana Tor Mexico,
under pretcxt Of going to San Do.
mingo
The expedition consists Of six
batteries of howiizars and ten thous
and men, and will be ready to start
by tho latter part Of next month.
The Knights Of the Golden Circle.
1t has long been known that
a gang of "confederates," called
I"Kniglrs oi The Golden Circle" has
been injecting the whole country
That they were working secretly in
Ohio ngsinst the war and the gov
ernment has also been known. We
have been in possession of their
oaihs, their grip, their password,
and cipher tor secret correspondence,
Tor more than a month past. But
knowing that tho officers OF the gov
rrnnIcnt were upon their track, we
refrained, by r,qnest, from any pub
lication OF the documents that had
come into our possession from q
perfectly "rcliable" source. The
NJ .rshsl Of the Northern district has
now made decent upon them
he assaulted one Of their castles"
in Marion yesterday and bore off "A
"Commander," rs a prisoner to the
Cleveland Jail. Their records were
also seizsd. The excitement in
Marion is intense. Public mitigation
ia aroused. But remember, fellow
citizens, that the same vicious and
reasonable organization is every
where amongst US. The man Court
who was arrested. stated that there
are nine hundred Of them in Colum.
bus! Arouse, friends, and crush
this villainous conspiracy against our
country! Below are found the sworn
statements upon which the Marshal
made the arrest.
|, Samuel Cheney, of Marion
county, Ohio, of lawful age, being
fret duly sworn, depose and sly tina,
on the evening of October 3, 1861
| was at Csrter's school house, in
Green Camp township. is said coun.
Ity, and with Others present being
desirous of ierreting ont and exposing
q secret association known and die
, tinguished 10 the uninitisted al
"Knights Of the Golden Circle,
called on Peter Hopkins. who wa
present, out OF said school house
and after some preliminary talk, i
, was arranged that should he init
= ated in regular form, said Hopkin
informing me that he was a regnla
J member; whereupon we proceeded t
, n wagon some little distance from
the school house, al in said wagon
, was duly initiated as o member o
, said association, by said Peter Hop
= kins, he administering tho oaths ant
giving the passwords, signs, grips
a &c, in good faith. The oath wa
> taken in this wise, sa,d Hopkin
first repeating part of the sam
O at time, and myself repeating tn,
same alter him. After said ini'ia
= tion said Hopkins informed me o
!, tho names of number Of sol,
association residing in tho ncighbor
hood, which names | for the prescn
|, withhold. The oaths, signs, pass
words, &C., are to the best OF III,
knowledge embodied below. and ar
!, as nearly correct as can recall tn II
. from memory. | am particular,
positive that the parts IN italics re
lstive to wading in blood up 10 m,
. knees TO serve Jefferson Davis a
!, contained in the oath below, WAS il
tho oath, and my memory il p"rtIcu
larly distinct on this part Of tn,
subject, also as to the signs, grips
. passwords, &c. The oath "a giver
is true in substance, il not in form
:. as | have to depend entirely on IN
q memory Tor the same. and furlhe
saith not.
&, FIR'T OATH.
/ ~ do trust AMI solennly prom;s
= and swear that | will not reveal an,
I word, either directly or indirectly @
e what | am about to r, r,ceive, cxccp
e it be to some true aud faithful brothe
E Of this order, and not unto him ol
them until after strict examination,
e shall have found him or them a
o Justly entitled to the same, as
l.. myself am about to be under the n,
less penalty OF having my bod,
! severed into four parts; tho first par
cast out at the North gate, th,
0 second part at tho South, the thir,
s part ut the East, and the fourth par
g at the West gate. | furthermor,
= promise that | will always h,il an,
n answer all signs and signals that ar
given to me by brother OF thi
= order il in my power to do so; and
furthermore promise and swear tina
. | will protect and defend all Con
! stitutional Democrats, their lives
D property, and personal liberty iron
I mob violence, buring this Southern
p insnrrection, 40 long as they OBEY
the laws Of the U S. A Let il COM
from whatever source il may; ,hi
!, obligation to DO binding on mo a
: long as the war shall last"
sEo"ND OATH.
ard further promise and swear
in the presence of Almighty Go,
9 and the membcra of the Goldan Cir