, 1864-10-21
FRIDAY. OCTOBER 81, 1sef.
JUDGE EglT'S REPORT,
The Western Treasonable
Conspiracy.
It's PUEP0SEs AED OPER ATIONS
The Testimony Of the Wit
neSSeSs


The Testimony Of the Witt
nesse5.
lC61fiaRed from Tfsterdcy'S Usue1
Willie srEC7FIc PURPOSES AND 0PERATIoSE
s. Ftq62 the principles Of the o1der, "a thus eet
iorth, IL general purpose Of cooperating with
the rebellion msy readily be Inferred, aud. Ia
laet thote prncsples could iose.ly lead to oher
set los,h II the pe1sonai s,ssemgrts aud confess.
ions Of its members and particularly Of 1ts promi
ntnt otlcers, who have been induced to make o,s-
niacahs OF these confessions are thote sl.eady a.
luded TO, Of Hurt. Dnnn sud Snt.h-the heads Of
ths orasr II, IL Mltsou1i; The lsttes, Whote s.ate,
Joined tbs Order, underwood that it, ubjsct was
10 aid and astiht the Confederate Governnlent snd
REBELLION ns adas The orde1 il hostie ID e1. t
s5 Fespect to the General Government, and friend
II to The eo-called Confederate soycrnmen;. It
Democrats that are 0s.1toGs OF securing Tbs 1nds
pspdendsne.e Of 1hs contseetase States, with view
It would be tdie 10 comlnent on euch glbse.ish
a the statement TINT the Independence Of the
Confederate States" wss to be used as tue means
q 1es toring the Union as 1t was;" and .et, un-
der the nanlanlauons thtse ira,torous t1sgiers,
doubtless the bEalrs eE xnaa4 have been 70 5ar
mndded as 10 aeca2r this su41aelees declarAuun A.
Bat t. p.oseed to the .p<e.ee purposes Of the Or.
der, which it, leaders have hsd Ii view from the
Eel,tnntDF. 1ndWhlch, will be eEen, It Is been
eFs6c succt IT, tic following arc iound g ee most
9sng Stsseaea ss q Bs fs s a,ortng ona
Protecting Dsefess -Esr1s in ite history tue Or
slms a. were sxposea t. 1,s idiyns appro az ,ches
Agents we're sent BY tie f. @. Z. into the camps
to introduce the Order amo.g tns sodets AID thoss
who became members were Instructed to iu1ucd
as mnny OF their CO tspanfoas pn-hiae to deaert
and for this purpose the latt=f were furnished BY
Ec m 4 m
leave the army, wtrs introduced to lawyers Hho
engaged to fulntsh them soma Quasf la.al pretext
lii, named Wslpalo, who was par1lcai&tlr coo=pic-
uous In furniehing facilities OF thir character to
solasess who appNsd TO hi2, hss baassea that
cape from their contracts. Through the schemes
Of the Order in Indians. whole companies were
o.
! the enemy, with Two Of it, Esnsf and tue camps
were tmoned . iih spirit Of discomfort and dis
the number. Of dese1sers at this time may be de-
rived from report Of the Adlutaut Gencss! Of In
disns, Of January. n lss, sest.ng iortu thai The
army through the post OF indianapolis alone, dur
Ing the month Of December, 1861, w.s neariy txo
AZ room ~ arreBte Of these desesters bessu to be
eentzsly made. wits Of halsa. eofpas were Issued
stance in 1ndlana, where N officer in charge ol .
deeeret properly refused to oney tho TrlE alter 1t
had been suspended IN such cases By he President,
! his attachment fer contempt Hls ordered BY the
Chief Jnsuce OF the State, Who declared mat the
streets Of It indianapolis might run with blood, but
Residents ordcr." On anotaer occasion, certan
| United States ofcerr, who had made the arrest OF
deeetters in Illinois, were thtrnseisea arrested for
nj Q st the sEme time DISCHARGED toe deserte1s
though acknowledging them 10 be such.
nppa on q,
part Of the Order, and were instructed 10 tr1ug
nuay with them their ar1ns~ and II mounted.
n.iitasy ansherisies wee IN eevsEA c.ees {osca.
i number, we1ss s sliSen ba:k BY lafse bodies
b MEMBER a et The osdsi Waese sfrssss we're
sfetted, or troops were open'J attacked and
9a !h 3 s.a Iqn a1d aas coaps Ct ss
1nuiAua, are especially noticed By Gen. Caring
ton. In the case Of the outbreak In Morgan coun-
tIne', member or friend Of the Order sousnt TO
forward to the dislo5al neE spapers Of the West
lss nd DISPATCHES IN se
tth ssnt to arrest all the democrats In The county
teey hes t. lo,s ou6s sn aae 1hs1
this night Civil war and hlooashed Are inertia
biz" The aatertions in ihe dispatch were entitels
fore @ iotsd, @ tiat etadtons m,.sepresentatioa il
rtcsrd 10 the acts Of the government aud fts OIL
ce1s II part of the prescribed duty OF the nem
psa is oFs eoa19 to b wse sfa
\ Oh our troops we're convicted ot iheir oaenss oy
State court. Upon their TRIAL It was proged tna
Z. e. j. P'Fsr ~as composed OF members OF the Z
One Of the most pointed instances OF projection
furnished 70 dest1ers occurred u cue II lndisn.
In log cabin With ditch and paltsadts, ant
were Unfinished s1th provisions and sustainsd II
conEde1a5ie COLE PERIOD By The order of:Iss frisnds
=. Diseoaraain0 EaIittmess and Resistsag u!
70 oppo.e The reiniorcenent :cf onr armies, either
by volunteers OF drafted men. In 1862 the Rn!gttt
Of the Golden Circle Organized genera u TO resfsf
enough In certain localities to greatly e9oarease
the Government. In this yesr and early - 1865
np@bsr o. enrolling Officers were ehos ta iaalaa.
at1ack was made upon the Court House, and th!
hooks connected with this draft were destroyed
military io1re WAS required tor tbe proteeron Q
, The United States officials, and large number Q
j anests were made, inflading that q ons Reynolds
| ing upon the popu ace TO resist the inscription
4ffente oil The Same character, In fact, as ths
nFon which Valaudisham was apprahended II
). | Ohio. These outhretke we're, no donbt, in mos
CASTS. i1c tea BY the Order, and engaged in by =
members. IL Indiana neatly TWO hunored pczso1
were i1oetsd for conspiracy aeags: & the Goyero G
tn.se were convicted.
) where members Of the Order wers forced int
q as
~"te e!~J
i battle sgsiast sssE rather III
fha % assff M e. t. Cd
woa1d be recognized and received a. t7sends. 1t !
4 to be added that whenever q mtm oet volanteere'
II The army, he was at onct expelled from III
5. E1rru'a.ion Of Diszoval and 3reaaonooze Pu.
lications.-The Order, especially In missouri. ha
quantity Of treAronsble publcatlons, ~ a mel
q extending 1t. own power md .naueace, IS vel
e gyhtpS f tie a
As,esy e tas ws1 ..0nei R*2ors !; Of y
!. ..Atfropa.ian Rtoogd,'' Abraham Alrlcsnus, {
o. tha n,t Mete 1sS
Of 1884," .'lndestructible Organics,'' BY Tirg:
{ These publications hare generally been procure
roaIder By leading members IN the interior OF th
a3Ya II 19 ssts5y e. re 2.a
= 1auny. Ii contains a column ol the tn1tlals Of
number of subs scribert, Opposite whose nAmee a,
I eiSSs boSs b5ett e.
qulred being indicated BY rctstinns titles.
oqnuntees.Hg ~ 9s asa gleiag zateniee,' .Ie =
dr. in Missouri, ssys, IN tls confest1on: Rem
ep!ee. mail carriers and enissariea have been car,
fully protected b. this Order eger tince have bee
oe n u. ts feha5 fhosn ID ne testimony to
= the Order as Eptee. under the cuizc VI soldier
furnished With tartuugh. tn yieit thels hones viii
= In cur Inns. On coming within the territory o
4 cupted By onr iotce., they ara k,rbored and sui
q y Ad with information By the Order. Anotaf
cars Of SPIES c14lm to be deeeners from the enem
3 ard at oLce eeek al opportunity to take the o..
Of allegiance, which, however. though vo.unta1il
. taken. they Etafm to be administered while tn.
are nnder species Of dusess; ind, therefore, nc
to be hinGftR. Upon swearing Al1e2ia1ce to tn
d Government, The pretended de.erter engages. wit
tie assistance OF the Order tn collecting contrd
bard goods or procuring intelligence to be cor
enterprise II his odacial repor. Il june 1stn ias'
Col. Sanderson remarks: 'This department
dllsd 9Th rebel spies a4l OF whom belong to III
for long period mAlntalned, through the aQene,
Of the Qrcer, from ST. Louis to Pd:e's army, hl
means Of which private letters as well a. otaca
Iso.spatches between HIN and the grand cou1Inau
! der OF MISSOURI. were regularly transmitted: Th
mail carriers ststted from point on ths Pac,a
. railroad, near Kukwood station, about foortec'
mica from st. Louis. and travelling only by night
proceeded 70 qnote from Colons sandesson's re
. thence to point fifteen miles below Van Bureu
where they croesed the Black River, and thence =
thx rebel llnss." It's, probably also By this rout
that the eecfet correspondence, stated By ths vii
tween Price and VAllsndfsharn, he hesds of Ii
0Ider at the North and South, respectively wa
tncceeefully maintained.
4 Elm1lar communication has been contiuuoua1
held with tie enemy IRON Louisville Kentucky
> A coastderahle number OF women in that State
many OF them In high polluou in rebel eocletT an
come OF them ontWardly proteaalnr to be io,a
were discovered to have been actively engaged i
: receiving and for1arding nails, with the sss,s
apce OF the order and Its Instruments, Two or til
moet notorious and successful OF these-Mrr
/. Woods and Aits Casseu-haye been appfehenGe
I ~ mennH nf th.e correepondeuce with the enrn,,