The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1861-08-23
UPPER sANDUsKY, OHIO, FRIDAY, AUGUST %, 1861.

Clarksvllle, Tenn, on or before the 25.l
day of July. 1861. This force will &C
as an Independent Corps, to be EN-
Iployed on the border and will receiv.
the following pay: If necessa
ry this force. which is already accepted
will be used in any locality where the
enemy may be found. All companie.
will report to me at that place, on or be.
fore the 25th day OF July next, at whicl
time L shall form camp of instruction
TO be under a competent and experienced
corps OF instructors. Owins
to the existing war, it is not always pos.
sible to get letters from correspondents
by mail, and under these circumstance:
it is perhaps better to place all letters o
value in the hands Of an Express Com
pany. 1t is exceedingly desirable and
important to organize the State of Ken
lucky before the August elections, and
to accomplish this, every precinct in each
county of the State, should have one OF
more Castles,
All second degree free are
to be forw arded to me at Clarksville
Tenn, or Russo llville, Ky, on the first
Monday of each month, etc.
And now it remains for us to give
the Ritual of the Third Degree, which
as being the most important, we shal
publish almost entire We have no
the time or space for commenting on il
now. Every citizen can Judge of it fol
himself. The Roman Catholics and the
foreign born population can see how they
are prescribed by this mysterious Or
der, this central and guiding power O
the Secession and Disunion Party. Al
will see, too, that the Order declares
for Monarchy, a Limited Monarchy
as they call it, until all their purposes
in regard to Mexico are accomplished
and we need not suggest how brief will
be the period within which, if they get
their Limited Monarchy, they viii make
it an AdsoIute Monarchy.
Third or Political Degree of the 80,
X. G. C.-named 57,-Knights of
the Columbian STAR
Instructors Officers of the Coun-
Gil shall be a Governor and Secretary
Every 81, Knight of the Colum bap
Starts qualified to act in either capa~
city.
QUALIFICATIONS FOR MRMBEERsHIP.
Candidate must be familiar with the
work Of the two former Degrees, must
have been porn in 53--a slave State--or
in 59--a free State,--must be citizen,
60--a Protestant,--and Ga slave
holder. A candidate who was born in
58--a slave State--need not be 61-a
slaveholder-provided he can give g.
evidence of character as a Southern
man.
Oyecf.-To form a Council for the So
OK. G. c." and to organize 6s ''a Gov,
ernment," fo, 2, Mexico No 81
knight of the Columbian STAR" shall
admit, except to brother, that he has
this Degree, for reasons that will here
after appear. Any two SIS can confer
a. ~
as Governor.
Council Hall.
approaching Candidctes. OF course
all 33, "K. G. CO. know each other
There being two 81 with hailing dist
ance of the Court House of said county,
that is, Cd "within the county" They
will confer together as to the worthiness
of any 80, whom they may consider a
proper person to be made 81, and hav-
agreed, one or both Of them will 90 to
the person, each knowing the other is a
33, and tell him there is a gentleman,
81, within the county, who has the pow
er to confer the Third Degree, and pro-
pose 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 "ten dollars.'' If he
assents. purpose time and place, and
all be punctual. Let it not be exactly
the place where the degree is to be con-
ferred, but near. The 81, "Knights OF
the Colum oian STAR" act as if they also
sought the degree. Also tell the candi
date that as he or you may be rejected, it
will be expected that De will not men
ton the matter to any one until the re-
suit is known.
SISTER NANCY AND THE LAGER
We were TRAVELLING not lonu since in Fl