The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-09-26

Then the officer presiding approaches, Of
1ers his hand, you give him the grin: he
asks yon what is that?'' Reply, ga
grap. he is:. asks you, has it a name?"-
me-" My reply, II did not so receive it.
neither can so impart it, He then asks
now shall we arrive at the sense of it7,,
Answer, II will letter or syllable it with
you." He asks, ''can YOU spell9n An
swer, "a little" His reply, t'spell and
ipegn., ! reply, mo, it is with you, yon
pegin. l proceed by sayingA he SAYS L,
l say r, ne says s. Then / commence
Win -, ne says +, say l., he says A. then
)! pronounce the password, .'Spia. which
is "ALpS' reversed,
ms ends the examination in the first de-
gree. I---sI--> -
In the second degree l was required to
swear that would not enlist in the United
states Army; am not to kill an enemy,
pu. lake prisoners those that are placed in
my power, or to surrender myself prisoner
when 1t IS more expedient, not to excite
suspicion. l was instructed, that in the
action OF loading my gun, / was to stand
with the ramrod in my hand, look anx-
lously towards the enemy. If they recog-
ME me they will raise their right hand
over their head and let it drop smartly by
thelr right side, which / was to answer in
Inc same way, except using nv left
hand. On retreat we are to trail our
guns in our left hand instead of the right.
as is the custom. / was required to con-
meet myself in a company composed of
ten men, one of which is elected Captain,
which they are to act in companies, or in
larger forces, as they may be directed by
our superior officers. Weare sworn to re-
sist the draft by every means in our power.
we were to encourage assertions, and to
assist deserters in making their escape.
would state that objected to agreeing to
resist the draft or encourage desertion.
They Immediately drew revolvers and
bowie knives, and threatened to kill me
unless would agree that the obligation
ton should be binding upon me. We then
had general fuss, in which struck one
of them by the name of Glen Coffinan.-
After which ] yielded and Quoted down.
l cursed the abolitionist, and wore Cop
perhead breastpin to allay suspicion. This
occurred three weeks ago last Saturday
ship, keokuk county. Russell Higgins is
genera! officer in our district. Wesley
Funk is second officer. Captains, Jacob
Wheeler, B. Beeden, Dolph Faucet, viii
liam Funk, Peter Mallory. lt.a
Talley was a leader, and was in the hab-
1t OF visiting Lodges, giving directions
about arms and ammunition.
When the draft is ordered, there is to be
a general uprising. Their depot of ammu-
milton is at Buffers at Lyle City. Wesley
Funk stated in the Lodge that Cover, Of
Iowa City, had written him that they could
get ammunition of him yet, he could not
tell how long he would be able to obtain a
supply for them. Myers in Sigourney fur
nishes US with ammunition.
H. B. ROGERS.
STATE OF IOWA, 9.
JOHNSON COUNTY, s.
Sworn to before me
a Notary Public in and for said county this
9th day of August, 1868.
j. II. BRANCH, Notary Public.
Wesley Funk, whose name occurs first
in the list OF members of this order, is the
nominee of the Copperheads of Keokuk
County for Representative Several other
men on the same ticket have openly and
publicly defend that order. Is there any
reason to doubt, now, that Tuttle Democ-
racy in Keokuk county, at least, if not
throughout the State, means aid and COM
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