The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1864-10-25

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came confidential ada ia dspaamcu
hraaqHarcr4 They secured EMPLOY
meet 6 6otsumeatfelcsra oa1ce.
e lbe great laa = oommua.eata,
befaeea tie commanders of our az
mie and Gle y mr.meut * Wash.
ifgou. The intsrma.ou lhas obtain.
81 81 de strength aad movements q.
our sraies sere Immediately convey.
ea by -res8larmsiis 70 tie Confelerat al
Generals aaa Government.
BY abe r.iaru mai. &c Order aa.
kept Informed with regard Is Sit ibe
expected raid aud in,aso rs II tie
enemy on Northern sol. ILey were
thus real 70 receive the guerrilla
bands with opea arms, give thsn All
requi ise Information cot cern.ag lie
posih on and movements of our troops.
point oni the hon q 81 not n Umonists
lor Instruction, AID Furnish supplies
as they we're ale. Early IL ne sum
mer i WIS understood tlat tie Order
WAS y cooperate with a great inya
sion Fl Tie NoruTby Gen. Lee, and
thai a speech q Yalandisham IN tie
Chicago Convention was TO be the
signal for the uprising, But bo.h the
Chicago Convention and the rebel ii
vasion were postponed, probably By
mutoal agreement, and the plan fell
through. The present invasion Of
by Gen. Price took place
with the expectation that it Was to he
The signal for a general uprising Of the
Order, and that bis army was to be
Joined by a hundred thousand eSons
Of Liberty from Missouri and Illinois.
the rebel General is deprived Of
expected support by the activity
our Government in seizing The
lrms Of the Order and arresiing its
cad 3rs.
Ills Order not only assisted the
by weakening our armies, bat
I aided them by an absolute increase
their Own. During a few weeks III
he spring Of 1864, 2000 men were Z
ent South from Louisville alone. In J
EDITION to this assistance, arms, anu
ition, and medicines, we're constant
7 forwarded % rebel armies over the !
established Inns Of the Order. '
IN many parts ofthe Western Slalcs I
members Of the Order inaugural. :
4 a reign Of terror worthy of a bar. y
age. tia houses, barns. and .
Of hay al grain, . fi!.o a.tbo- G
.ianisis we're burned, and they, in u
any instances, were driven from The y
under penalty Of assassination. Q
he assassination Of Government or =
'ers, Provost Marshals, and Union F"
were openly and layorably 2
scussed in their lodges and in some O
SEES fully agreed upon. y
The number Of this Order has been y
iimated as high az 100000 by "
me OF its members, but Vallandie-
q, the Supreme Commander, placed II
Al 900 1000. Ia March last the arm %
force Of the Order capable of be- 10
: brought into active service was r.
presented by the reports of its Off u,
IS to be $4,000 men. Arms aud 4,
Innition were purchased in the East q,
! clandestinely sent 10 The various IL,
.ges. As the material procured in ~.
5 way did rot meet the wants Of the !,
der, various Schemes were devised ~.
getting possession Of Government ma
Us and equipments. In Missouri Ia
vas proposed that members.o of the ~.
der should raise companies in the ,ba
tia, and thus gain control Of the Fl,
~ for Tie use Of he Order. II was q,
time proposed tlat all members ,,b
he Order should enroll their names 80,
he militia 70 provide themselves ala
b arms, and to become prepared 6t
drill Of the United States oGi- i (,
for the acliye service Of tie Or -
10 which they expected o to ,,r
Many oftbc members were !.
he militia, aud tie organizations 81 81.
am localities were 50 nearly made ,srF
4 them, that Il case Of an invasion III,
i%issoar. by Price, tie Order relied n-,
Q tlem % render him assistance d.n
ways; and the success he s,,
thus faf met wih il his move
{ would seem 10 ind cate that lhcy ...,
not relel in vain. !
very memlar ~ this reasonable