Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-10-01

In Illinois the number Of the Order vas re
portet 10 be over oEe hundred thocsaod. The
Grand Senior had informed him that there we're
forty thousand OF these we'll armed and that
they could depend on eighty thousand In Indi-
ana be had Teen told that the Order numbered
eighty Ese thousand In Missouri forty thou
sand Hsd heard Of rebel inTasions into Ohio,
Indisna and Illinois Forrest was 10 invade ILL
nos Wheeler Indiana, Lougstreet Ohio, ADD
Marmadske or Price. Missouri The understand
ing Of witness Was that this Order. when the
rebels reached the northern bank Of the Ohio
they were % shake hands Wilh them and be
friends. and e.Se them aid and comfort Money
had been assessed apOn the lodges for this pur-
pose IN ~itness' lodge tao hundred dollars
bad been assessed. Ii paid 20 Col. Barre Of
Missouri lie also had charge Of the cOllec-
ton o. zsrm- These arms were 10 cODe from
Nassau 10 Canada Thence tieY were 10 be
brought to "a. Had heard that al orders with re
gari % the rising OF the Order were to be given
~ the Supreme Commander, Nallaudgham.
The next Grand Commander was man by the
name Of Holloway, who lives IN Illinois had
talked with him about the movements OF the
Order Had told Holloway that he bad his
doubts about tie ability OF the Order to carry
out IL purposes. Holloway had no doubts. The
Order both civil and military There were
Lieu;enauts, Captains, Colonies and Major Gen
erals For divnlgng any secret OF The Order The
penalty was death Had heard Of persons di
vulging secrets OF the Order
Two had been taken at Richmond, Indiana.
Arms sere drawn on them and they were CON
PEELED to diyuge OF die Nothing. therefore, was
done with these men 1t man was found
guilty of divulging. il must be by court martial,
and the penalty was death We were bound by
the cOur; martial altogether Had seen rebe
officers from Missouri in Illinois, in cOmmunica
ton with members of the order. The order bad
been from time to time advised Of rebel army
movements HAD heard that Price would invade
Missouri AID remain there until after the fall
election, and as much longer as be could. The
operations of the order in witness section were
pretty much stopped because Of recent exposures
in the newspapers They did hot drill any more
When rebels desired 10 cross the Mississippi OF
Ohio, they came in skiiis with mufied oars. BY
secfesv and silence they could cross ~ any time
Had oided the knights OF the Uolden Circle in
1862 That was in Jefferson county. Never
learned much OF the secrets Of that order Wit
ness never had done anything toward starting
the order The order of 4 X. 5 Was introduced
IN Illinois by ID c. Wright of Mississippi, at
the time Of Democratic Mass Convention at
Springfield. Illinois, a year ago last June.
Wright was now III New YORK. He was one
OF the proprietors of the New York Daily News
Witness produced circular which be had re
ceived from Wright through the hands of a
third party The circular set forth that the New:
would be the especial organ Of the order DR.
Mccartney, the Grand Senior il the Warren
county Temple, had FIST handed them this clTcu
lar. am confident that W ght, from Missssip
ri on Louisiana introduced the order in Illinois
Eaeh county had It's own password. In the War
rer county lodge the password was w ASKING
ton When man, purportias 10 be member
was net. he was challenged by signs. Witness
gave the sigma.
Before concluding tue testimony of this wit
ness. the Court adjourned until o clock Monday