New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-08-27
THE IL. a. c. AGAIN.
~ ore Arrssis-'Ehc Truifor. an Southern
Illinois.

! The organization generally known asthe knight
/ Of tue Golden Circle is making efforts in the Yves
10 enlarge lie Numbers and to discourage enlistment
in the army. The IVqJad Indiana) Intelligence,
saws
{" II il nImost an established TACT that there az,
three or four castles Of the Knights OF the Golden
Circle in thIs county-Onc here m Wabash one II
Lasro. one IN Pleasant Township, and perhaps on,
in Waltz"
Marshal Philips of Southern Illinois has Just re
turned from excursion INTO Egypt in quest
of members o: the Reasonable Fraternity. The Gin
cdeo TcijHne has "A letter from Springfield, stating
that he had just returned to that place with the
prisoners and adding:
The affidavit upon which they have been ar
rested proves them To have been engaged M organ
lLiug secret societies for the purpOse OF preventing
cnli,tmoutf, aut giving aid and comfort generally
20 the Rebellion. the aidiylts also state that md
night meeting have been held IN some cases at
tended 10y five hundred persons; that men have
been drilled, uniformed and armed; and that the
intention Is To resist tho draft and the TO sup
port the war by force Of arms. II aito turns ont
that the Democratic Conventions IN the south, rn
part Of the state entirely controlled by the IL
g.. CO. as was the Constitutional Convention II
this State. 1t il alleged by the * &. c. Tia, they
have Lodges in every County III the Stute and AZ
least twenty thOutand men IA tie Order IN this
State.
CHANGE OF NAME.
" Mr. jos h. E. Forest at the session of III, Con.
etItutonal Convention, exposed the fact that i; WA
lar Icly cOmpOsod Oi II. g.. t'a. TIE name of the
order was changed To the Consolidated Democracy
'ud the members Of the order In tie Convention nn-
blAshingly came before The Committee aud swor,.
they never belonged TO sucL an order ae husAi. of
the Golden Circle
riiE ORGANIItrIOo AND IRIS OFFICERS
The order j. Differed exactly like tho army Of
the slave Confedeiacy. II has generals. major.
generals brigatiefgeneinlr, captains, g.; ia fact
u appears To be hut An extension OF that armv OF
the members Of the late constitutional convention il
J. known that W. j. Allen l.losh.j rincc member oil
Congrets ifon the Ninth District was no less than
"a general; Andrew ID. DGN, 81 Franklin County
was "a inalor-s,ncTal and general blower and
striker, having rowing commission 10 preach
up Seoesh and initiate mgribers in every
county III tie State George W. Wall
Of Perry County, brigadier general
" nul, Allen, and Dr. Clemnenson, States
Attorney for Alexander, Franklin, WI hanson.
johnson ana Saline Counties, were examined aud
held al Caro-. Cicmmenson IA a Ionnesseean aud
IAN way some time snce but afterwari cane back.
aud continuing bis Rebolious and traitorous prlc.
tees, was arrested.
NAMES OF PRISONERS.
There II blight on Nil those constitutional con.
Nention iellows. Lyoyhing that they touch
wiiber-, and everything they tate turns 10 ashes ON
iher lips. Ind 70 mote II be yilh them all.
4" The following are the names Of the prsoners
brought up last night by the United States h!arsial
aud row confined In Camp Bntler: Il. l.. Eeeder,
Chesterfield, Macoupin County; DR.. Vim. f. smith
TamaTOa, Perry County; q. III. McCarver. Perry
County; W. A. Haines Perry CONT. W s.
Hawkes., Perry County; Bedford Furmap, Perry