The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1864-08-11

hAvinu bAen ~ w lNusoI ~ NS""u', y
Anil, n the very timc Of the mtetiny q
the Supreme Commander; going thcr
jn company with another whose nam
ne declined 10 give, but who II is knowr
was Lafayette Dcvelin, OF Indiana Gran
Commander Of that Stale; that whi'
there ne wts in consult ,tiun with M
.vailandiahau, aud others whose namc
ne also dc ined giving; that while th"r
NJ. vallandighum made known 10 him
self and those with his determination L
return 20 the United St1tcs IN ii'nco .
the public authorities, and that his mod
OF accommodating that object then was &
come to Chicaro and attend tho Nation
Democrat Convention; but he whol
" ignores and denies all knowledge o
such IN order, or tho, he is member o
h.
eouTnERN TESTIMONY.
In addition to the vast amount
of testimony as to the exi tenc,
aud operations OF this grand con
spiracy against the Government
IN the loyal States, are statements
Of the most important and conclu.
sivc cha ucter. to which is attached
tho highett importance, because
they contain testimony coming
from members OF the Southern
section of the order--persons who
had no knowledge whatever of the
detection Of its existence North or
South. and who could not by any
possibility have had any iniorma.
tion from personal intercourse
with members OF the Northern soc
ton as TO its character in the loyal
States. Ono of the statements is
from a rcb ii prisoner in contne'
ment in Gratiot Street Prison, who
In tho prison made the acquain.
tance Of q fellow prisoner named
Chas +. Dunn, who was arrested
and placed there because he was
known 20 bc the Deputy Grand
t,mmapder Of the order in Mis-.
souri. Dunn informed this pris-
unor of the fact, and initiated him
irto the mvsteries Of the first dc.
gree thereof. lie further informed
him verv fully OF the object and
cb ,racter of the order. All agree
in the account given oft by col
Sa, ,dersou. Yet these members,
VIII en- under examination OF theil
pat h, solemnly averred their IL
nor ance or the existence of any
sue b order, or being members OF
t. '
Another perhaps still stronger
und more conclusive instance o'
rhe ruth ofall,hat is alleged bN
Col. Sanderson, is produced 10y him
in IT. statement of Mary Ann
pittu tan. which is annexed to his
report. She WAS arcbcl officer il
,he command Of Forrest. WAS cap.
tured iust before the massacre N
rort Pillow, and has been held il !
soniinemcnt as u prisoner even
vi uce. She could have no inter !
course or conversation with mem
bcrs of the Northern Section, nor
cuuld shv have any knowledge a.
the Information posse 'scd 10y Col
,,ande-son on the uhiect and yet,
by reference to her long and clrhi
MISUNDERSTANDING some h1t> |
pages Of fnolscap papcr-it will b
seen that the character which sbr
yivos TO the order, OF which she nd
-nits sho is a member, 10 expressly,
and in the minutost details, just
such as was obtained from the 9th
er sources and those belonging to
the national section.
THE LEVER UNDER MISSOURI.
The origin of the order in Mis-,
souri is rs follows: a man named
William Douglass was sent 10y
Gen Price to this department,
who, in conjunction with Charles
L. Hunt, the Belgian Consul, intro.
duced it under the plausible dis
guiso ola land association. IL was
first called the Corps dc BelgjQWe
Hunt himself, in his sworn exam
instion before the Provost Mar.
shal General, after his arrest, nd
mitted Douglass ccunection with /
him "a n land agent; that Douglas
was on Ian locating tour through
the State during the fall of 1868
and winter of 1924, ami that hc
received no pay or con pensa.
ton Tor It. TnIs same Douglas
was, early in the spring, tr ced 10y
the Provost Marshal General to-
one OF Jackmans camps Of guer-
rillas in the interior OF the State, '
from whence he came 10 this city,
where he was in constant commG-
nication with Mr.. Hunt; and after ,
having obtained money, he pur, I,
chased forty ak shooting rcyolytrs,
which he designed carrying back
10 camp. llo accordingly started
off on the railroad train west one
night, ami was arrested on the
train by two detectives, who were
sent for the purpose 10y the Provost
Marshal General, when they found
the forty revolvers snugly packe
in barrel in the express car.
Hunt employed the counsel to dc
isnl h,n. douglas has eincc bro.
ken out Of prison, and is again at
larse.
The organizations of this order
are known 10y different names in
diff rent localities, but the nemb, rs
belonging TO them are enabled b,
signs and grips. 10 know aud recog
nize each other in all parts.
Proufhas been obm ned THAT
there are officers in the Federal !