Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-11-25
THE INDIANA TREASON TRIAL.
More Remarkable COnfeSsiOns--NegOtia
tiOns between a. IL. Stephens and the
SONS OF Liberty-sEOW the Trai-
tors Shipped Arms 10 Chi.
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INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. IL.
The examination of Horace Hetfren
was concluded before the Military Com
mission to-day. He testified that in the
supreme Council of the Sons of Liberty,
held at Chicago, all the States, North
and South, were represented but five,
two of the five being Florida and South
Carolina. A meeting of the Order was
held at Chicago during the Democratic
Convention, for the purpose of concen-
trating votes enough to defeat McClel-
lan's nomination. Vice President Alex
ander II. Stephens, of the Confederacy,
went to Nassau, from Wilmington, last
summer, to arrange with Commission
ters from the North to have the arms
then at Nassau, en- route from England
to the South, which could not run the
blockade, shipped to Canada for distIfb-
ution through the Northwest for tile
military posts of the Sons of Liberty. A
portion We're to be sent to Chicago
| Some time last summer a man called at
Galena with small box containing
Greek fire, shells and hand grenades,
j protesting to be from Kentucky, and q
member of the Order. He recognized
the hand grenade from the nipple, when
he first saw it in court. These things
were to be used to destroy Government
property. He also had the ritual of the
first degree OF the Order. This man
wanted TO know If the wituess had not
seen this Greek fire and hand grcnades,
and said that is what destroyed the Cow
ernment stores at Louisville and else
where. The personal appearance, voice,
nativity and characteristics of the man
~
witness had been confined in prison.
That person claimed to he Son OF Lib
erty. SO did Booking. Subsequcntevents
proved he was. Booking was released on
parole, and took out with him II letter
| from Il rebel prisoner III the next cell,
| putting it in a secret pocket in the back
of his coat. He saw BIN at Salem in
! May or June. The witness has received
no pledge or promise from the Judge
Advocate or General Hoyey in regard to
the withdrawal of the CHARGE, in case Of
testiiying, nor had he informed Colonel
| Warner OF what Booking had done as
means Of gaining favor with the militia
ry authorities. He had an interview
with Governor Morton to warn him of
the danger he was in, but this arose
from his old friendship for him, having
always been personal friend, though
politically opposed. He corrected his
statement thai he had initiated Meier
in three degrees. He had given him
! but one.
! INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. l3.-The Militia
ry Commission was occupied yesterday
| in hearing the testimony OF James l..
Mason, Senator elect from Hancock
county, aud Harrison Cornell Mas0n's
examination Was another evidence of
the astonishing ignorance of the Demo
cratic leaders in reference to the secret
in the party. Mason knew nothing
about the Sons OF Liberty, bat finally
| managed, after q polishing of his intel
lectual nerves, to recoilect that in 1862,
Il fellow Democrat from Rush county
read to him the obligation of secret
Democratic Order then existing in that
county.
This man, John Hall, seemed to be an
evangelist of the secret Order. Beyond
| this Mason could recall nothing.
Cornell testified that he had been a
member of the American Knights about
two yours, and was present in January,
1864, when a number of persons were in
itiated into the Order. John w. Stone,
who initiated them, made a speech, in
which he informed them that they were
| sworn into the service Of jeff. Davis
| The witness had gone with Stephen
Horsey, one of the defendants, down the
railroad to point in the woods, where
| he found a keg Of powder, some lead and
percussion caps. Horsey told him to
take it home and take care of it, and he
did so. The ammunition was hid in a
| granary, under threshed oats.
| Other important witnesses not hav-
| ing arrived, the Commission adjourned
till O'Clock on Monday afternoon.
The Great Conspiracy.
The Chicago Times states that the
| janitor of the Invincible Club Rooms
was called upon for the key OF the
| hall on the Sunday referred tO' by Oba
diah jackson, Jr.. in his confession and
" he allowed the rooms to he Opened"-
| As the Times appears to throw discredit
! on the report of this confession publish
ed by us yesterday, we would state that
! it was taken from the statement of Mr..
Jackson IN hsS o,Uu hamd-Writing.
Before the military commission yes
| terday at indianapolis, DIR. }. B. Will
son testified that when the proposition
was made for a general uprising in the
Northwest, there We're present Charles
Walsh, NIr. Major and MIR. Swan of
Chicago, and Mr.. Holloway, of Illinois.
That during the session OF the Chicago
Convention, meetings were held in the
fifth story OF the Richmond House, at
which Nallandigliam presided. Just
before the Monday meeting saw Gen.
sing gleton, Of Illinois, and Barrett, OF
Missouri, i'll a room below. Singleton
said they were arranging matters to
break up the Convention il it dared dis
own the Order. He had prepared a
large number OF mottoes for transparent
cies, for public PROFESSIONS OF the Order,
in that event. VaiIandigham presided
at the second meeting, and made an
other speech. On Sunday'he had spo-
ken OF the divided condition Of the De-
mOcracy. Until recently, he had thought
the Chicago Convention would break up
like the one at Charleston. Since his
arriva! and intercourse with members
from ali parts of the country, he had
changed his opinion. He had seen
prominent men of the party and had
found among them wonderful unanim-
ity of feeling and oneness of ideas. He
believed the party could be more eftec-
tually united than for years before. He
had no doubt through his instrument
Jality he could secure platform for the
party to stand on. In his second speech
he reiterated his former remarks, and
drew from his pocket platform which
he said he had presented to delegates
from most of the States, and it had met
with universal approval. If they got
that platform he would take Mcclellan
or any other man as a candidate. BY
the adoption Of it he believed their Or
ganization aOould merge its action with
| that of the Democratic party. y."-Chicago
Journal, 18Th.
A THRILLING ADVENTURE.-"T The
wicked flee when no man pursueth, y
saith the Scriptures. The brave and
belicose dumb-bell athlete of the La
Crosse Democrat, who has been blowing
his Jeff. Davis horn SO Justify for some
time mast Sk kpdad6led in hot hacto a hont