Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1864-09-03
orrc~p ~pondcncc Isctween Gen: Car
s-fosytuis and the Hon. -. w. NOor-

tCfrDS DSpOndence OF the Clnculuulti phAtNV
TxDIANAPoLIs. Ind, Arc. 90, 1SG4.-Some
tine since copies of the ritual OF tue q. a.
+ were found in the office of u. W. Noor
hoes. at Terre Haute. which naturally led to
tine inference that they were the property of
II w. voorhees, He has made II denial to
Col. X. w. Thompson and to General Car
rinrton. which occasioncd the following re-
ply. That the people may know the truth
and judge for themselves, we lay 1t before
our readers -
Letter. jiom Gen. Cirrisgtoa to d. w. Ioor-
IYnrANArotIs Ind, Aug. 16, 1S64.-lion.
D. ". VOORHEES,, Member United states Con
grcse. Tcrrc Hante, Ird.-I have received
from you COPY Of your letter to Col. X. W.
Thompson, Provost Marshal. and his reply.
The following larouic note accompanies
them go,
General Carriuaton As yon published
this falsehoed in the newspapers, shall eN-
ncct.vou to correct it, rs Col. Thompson has
done y. W. VOORHEES,.
The assumption in the above is ground
less. Your name is not mentioned by me
in my reports, neither have published any
timing about You whatever.
You insist upon my answering your note
to Colonel Thompson. The points You make
are -
First THAT the Office in which it is said
these papers were found had not been Occu-
pied by you, or by any one connected with
YOU. or been in any way under your control
since last November
Second. You "dcsife to ascertain whether
the circumstances connected with the dis
coyery of these papers in that office led to
the supposltiOn shat you placed them there,
or was even aware Of their existence q
You desire this "that the people may
know the TRUTH and mot that you attach
any particular importance to the documents"
The papers referred to are one hundred
and twelve copies of the rules of the Q. a.
X, a reasonable Order aiming to overturn
the Government of the United States, OF
which you are 4 member
The gentlemen who found 'these papers"
told me they were found in your office.
The following are some of the circum-
stances" that led me to suppose they were
correct in the supposltion =
Your law library and Office furniture were
in the office where "these papers" were
found.
You had declined denomination for Con-
Cress, and the office was reported as not for
rent as late as April, 1864.
The ritual had been issued in the autumn
of 1868. Your Congressional documents
were in the office where these papers were
found
Your speeches. up to March, of your en-
tire Congressional career, with the John
Brown" speech. were in the office where
"thesc papers were found.
The correspondence of Senator Wall, Of
New Jersey, under his frank, indorslng a
proposition to furnish you with twenty
thousand stand of Garibaldi rifles. just i'm
ported. "lor which he could vouch,n was in
the Office where these papers were, found.
The correspondence OF c. l.. Nalandig-
liam from Windsor, c. W., assuring you
"our people will fight and that "he Is rea-
dy," and fixing point on "thc Lima road
at (which to meet you, was IN the othce
where these papers were found.
The CORE SPONGE of Joseph Rstide, Audi.
tor of State, declaring that "he would like
to see all Democrats unite in bold and
open resistance to all attempts to keep ours
united people by force of steel, and that
"tlis was a war against the Democracy, and
our only hope was the successful resistance
of the South was in the office where these
papers were found.
The correspondence of f. c. Hibben, who
assures YOU that "the Democracy are fast
stihtning up when this war is to be openly
declared as being waged tor the purpose OF
freeing the negro (which will arouse ano-
ther section OF the country to arms, and de-
claring "that Lincoln bayonets are shoulder
ed for cold-blooded murder, was IN the OIL
fee where these papers were found.
The coues@ndence of j. Hardcsty, who
"wants YOU to have that hundred thousand
men ready, as we do not know how soon
we may need them, was in the office where
thS ritual was found.
The correspondence Of j. J. Bingham
who asks you If you think the South has
resources enough to keep the Union force:
at bay Z" aud says that you must have
sources of information which lie has not,
was in the Office where these papers vert
found.
The correspondence of John c. Davis, in
forming YOU that Il certain New ork Jour
nal lis wonderfully exercised about secret
anti-war movements, and tremhle in thcil
boots in view Of the terrible reaction which
Is sure TO await Them was in the Office
where these papers were found.
The correspondence Of W. :. Walker, who
"kccps out of the way because they are try
ing to arrest him for officiating in secret so
cictics, inciosing the oath OF the X. G. C.l
prior to that OF the O. y. X, were III thu
Office where these papers were found
The petition Of c. l.. Nuiandigham, ID
" Voorhees, and Benjamin Wood, in layo
of two republics and a United South, wa
in the office where these papers were tounC
The correspondence OF Campbell, whC
says the democracy were once not afraid
TO let their purposes out to daylight = but
that "uow il is deemed best TO work in Sc
cret, and asking your consent were in th'
Office where these papers were found.
The correspondence Of Z. Ethcrldge
Clerk Of the House of Representatives, civ
ing Official notice that your credentials Il
member OF the Thirty eighth Congress have
been received and filed in the proper office,
ana ior you ITO come on, was in the ottic
where these papers were found.
The correspondence of George II. Pondlc
ton, which states that Ethcridges plan Il
organize Congress yiZ;-"Io elect himscl
Clerk and Coz as speaker Though he
tPenLetonl will not facilitate the rcnumina
ton of any muu as Clark whose programme
is for his defeat us Speaker, Suggesting tC
yuu lo have it whispered Iu the ear of EthC
T.0g to rrclprucatu uyurs and opposition,
aul ga Tins aUlhuuuyr!y, but not as iron
him, Ac., Was .n the Office Where these pa
IJa We're found,
The correspondence of j. Mcdonald, VIII,
bad lu ..J,Uiuw with Perkins "in one 90
hla p,gau,l lucid intervals with Icgar,
% "tar discovery OF the Northwest passage
lg Perkins, for which Er chjW,l tAu credit
Ur., Wa, lu tho ai4ce where these paper