New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-10-12
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Special Dispatch 10 Tie Cncinnl'i Gazette
INniAE.POlJ5. " ednesdav, Oct. 3 1864.

Tho Commission met pursuant to ADJOURN
mont All the members were present.
The examination ~ WIN Clayton Government VII
ne,s in tie ease Of II. H. Dodd.) was completed thS
u,orninr; he stated that the Township Tempe vas
subordinate 10 the County Temple tae county iempu
sent dcrgates ~ the Grand I0nhcl, Whi.n net ~
Chicago N july last; Mcs'Arney md GTl'tth were np
pointed a. such delegates who ON thor return 1oAe
VI the appointment Of 4 military cnin'nHudrr whose
not known toHuy prison brt hinsGli ana 40
rppDrtel D. him in our Tempe; we nlh MOI know any
hing IL, tie removal Il Sec nt the meeting oi he
Supreme Council IN Chicago ID Ar'nst last know
nothing ~ j. cxeept hat nave seen al lno papers nc
Illinois Indisna and Ohio could be depended
on IN case 81 an uprising, because The othcf
states we're rot thoroughly Organized; tho VII
ness unle stood the purro'e NJ ne order 10 ~ ~
vitb Ech.s from Missouri who ask u thcy ""uu
help ,hem in inyesnn II Illinois. and he sala son
would; the witness understood The Obligation ne na
tahen in the Vesthvle degree 10 eke UP MS II WIG
cse Of tie oppressed n country b-t II Az NJ Ht
A., monarch. prince, pntentrc power or g"'eFh'neHl
usrrr.5 which may be- ouud in arms and wnring VIZ
against a people or peoples who aro cndea'oine 20
estah. or hBye inaugufatel government 10y th'm'
selves etc T. refer b. the present war ihl tne S'n.p
we're oppressed, and the Government ana u uibY H'
Government usurpcd TN, was tie coEnOl D. rl ID me
Order aid il vas 10 oppose the Government rs an
rsurpatiOn. rs wei rs II ils members were pushee
pretty hard by the draii The cross EXAMINATION "u
NOT damage the wiircsu ~ the Least
Werley i1antor O witness for the GONcinH 'nt YES
tifed rs follows. K'sidrs at oaois Sl.ti"n, ha'.1I
orniy, Ind; was formerly ~ no I'm frfmenl o.
Ind ana Volunteers discharged inr disfntyi ma n"l
member If ihe Order 81 light uf the Golden Cree
or Circle Of Honor; pinned at Shons station. incf.
were forty or fy me1b - n this temple Lad atl'n",u
thar meetings lher nhlect u trst Was stated ~ DC '"
IN rauise endTcyyo the Democratic piIiY. ami 70 ~"
pou. the Administration, Hud 10 ascertain "La lOTeh
they onuld mnnicT; the oiicep and In'shfIs 5.in
great deal nbuut the usurpat"na and tiIihhN oi Tue
t;oy.runeni aud about rr'pirng 70 fesI't oppression
some nf the members hd niles and shot s"ns' nn ""
boxes ~ rrvolycrs we're 'rn' to Ne urfrn,r ~ W.
man bv the name II fn helped cary the boxes which
were marked cNely. Toward tue Iast part OF ioo'
the OtCauz lon cncd On die. but IN j nnAlf' rs
The matter seemed 90 revive, atd ihc ncn"s Z" 1897
Crler we're notified Int me- ung %! The greatest ~
n.ufqn.e vns 10 b. held aBd that ri! Should Al
lend One John w. Stone was The speaker al Tue
meeting he said the Circle of Honor had brch rofsan
,,ed and was 10 b. oii,"d by dh"ren. nane ln ha'
a little lsph ritual With him. when slime rhi9 ''u''
from jon Davis containing the laws anil i"Fhlitiohh
of the order the Ofdrr was called hnigt- e" me
Golden Circle; be siii they we're IN G. mmnhrh'ioh
with The Confederate authorities. and that tht oli'
was preparing Ia do something that w"ald be ifii
their first organization va Mind ~ ieeler: S1lr san
that The nfrifi<ifun wuud make slnuanlAnis hia'h
u,o,l Indiqnspois Springfield Ill. and IT. Louis 'hfy
were To make dash With such arms ~ 'a'y hah' s'"
The arsenal and by this means arm Zen ives no >
coml.t.y stone said tHele was no dolni thef "u1W
10 NJ 10 ia capfurc thf plaos. as ihc tnted S'nts
-iors we've mostly ut the hout. he said that Wien
tle.o places were I'D if would sax up TIE fien1s
of ht-rty H. Kentucky Nf-0uTi aD1 eiseNir'. ana
the organization would have enoh s'andnF anu
u,.ut Would be checked. ho r'm.ndci thcn On Z
cd Alto was 20 reared that De stopped tao dFnisi
but" said he I've win give hin spmetninG "rr-" 20 %
scalca for than that D. said that jon DNa hAl lLl'"
times offered 20 compromise bot M notice Wa taken q"
il that Row Jsff Davis with the hssieiHnc" t"M
ool.f 80 offered him from the North. wnld "'oe u e
IInouln Government and that would bring pc@c" TO
t.s country the Using vas - - Mlc' N'' 'aI
nom to ID - April GoverDor MORAN aes 20 be
visited before tho att cs hy prraOn vh1 signed Us
name ~ H.. ana he ~us no, 10 live hong after thai 8
stone ,nii be Guessed be- would k" sirb aud 10" Nh"
the attack was 10 be- made here thero MI b. gen
cral advance e tho Rebel ffmos and General lF' Es
n otfack Wnshiuet ton ,b. II the close 81 StOnc'r
rrBnrls hb.n additional member, enrolled
in tie order each main getting IS" member :" std 's
hs aponsors. they bound by oath % the obhea
u. lad down ~ DE ritual ono ~ which vas 10 Va ~
ard defend cach Other. aid Ia come WIN hcif arms
whenever the order 0f The attack was madci thos,
who did not we're be treated as tat"fr. .cgir ~
ie moe before taking te oath expressed fears that n
carnrrd they would to- shot hung as tia!ois; >iDno
made Uglt - tho idea and said th1. II nny ~ IN"
Older should BE- capufel IL probable hat In".n
Government woul1 soon be aphod by J'n DAVIS That
H. fnust be respected prisoners u war. or De would
rrt.la.ci both Dodl aid Ho"ea were coastfaHi tpi
Ken Of ~ Chiefs In tho Order Harrison H. D0dd. II
Uaa sa,d iu The Order Ouid Do ihe next Cover or
The witness next went through tie various signs.
pa.i;ons grips eud c10 uicP ,! "lch iD'W'rTs" 'le
tfdor racoguse .uc Other al uf which "1aciT ooFf"-
spondod with that testified ~ y preys"s wiinef'cs
After lie had been IN ih'Ofder soiIe tne and H. e]he
acquainted with ts reasonable f@lgns, 10 m'ie Ms
father acgualnted with H. ard subsequently, Wiot" u
Gen Cnffiugon about u he oined the Order N good
fifth no fee or reward o. any bud hcd c'cr Drcn pad
or offered for making any revelations 81 tic secroF ~
lie Order there was person. liiile fellow ~hoch.n
" their temple twice and who was SAID g. 90 10 and
from the R,l althurtcs the chiefs 81 The orcr silh
tho ouiy way 10 snyc the county wns u elect Jra
Davis NJ neat ~ esidcD. aud to do tia ry must Arn
a. ast the blue cJss be mad never IN AM w"y aeed
40 detective lcr the United states Governments thr
members of the order dullod; wanted witness ~ oiiI
them az he had been in the army ho dd not ana
drilled with them; the mco,ng ref~nedto to.t place
on SATURDAY night Jan 70 or ~. AZ me loune 81 per
non named odds about mile east Of Shoals station
Pending the examination the Commissioners ADJOURNED
10 meet an Thursday. Oct Il, a. 10 O'crcA L. IL
Special Dispatch 20 Ito Cine inna.i utzr,ir. sec,
hDlhAArOLr, Thursday, Oct. a. ls6i.
The examination of Wesley Trouter, IN the
case If H. H. Dod1, IL concluded h had hoard from
members Of the Order thar they expected Indiana
Illinois ard Missouri b join The Conederlcy; end that
with the aid Il these the south could whip O' ADA re
received tho Morgan aigns, and was sworn mo thr
service Of Jea Davis. Dr. Bowles va. the 1hief ol
The Circle OF Honor and one OF the chiefs ~ the hhhts
Of tho olden Circle. BoBles was TO load them 70 JON
Elliott Robertson. yl,ness for tho Government was
then examined. Il farmer residing In Randolph
County, Ind. joined the organization hiht on'l
Hnlglts Of tie Golden Croe 10 June ieoS n s'nsh
Brown was the c.el Of tie Order III that t""hshp DC
,rn, an aseut ~ Oigan1o the order thftngh"ut hl"
do.ph County: the obhGni0n IN THIS rhcr tIHnr tn'
peuaiy Of revealing lis secrctg death. tbs by yrs 10
hc cut into four par;s Qnnrter 10 lie cast or :"
each of tne gotes north south east and west. 80 tho
Obligation TeaI there vera grips ana po'iuols ~
which members of fhe Order recognized caeh oiDcr
ore was an ordnmy grip Of tho hand. but With tbe
lurengor extended ~ tbs wrist o! Tue person hh'r
hands; the members OF the Order woro partly uTme'-
ahnnt ou..buf or more: tho aim and purpose u th'
Order was to oppose The Administration; the pufpo'e
OF tho order said by their captain " pc 10 le'ls
the draft and 10 oppose arbitrary nIrer's py oIe'
need be- they were be- prepared to reist the nunf
ty when the order gwen BY the bead men oil me
Order, oni they would DO told when the proper uue
ad come; the captain gave oTdern that ne en were
IN sften1 d,ill. witness never Drilled with ten We
Captain said they would he supplied with arms by we
n,or,ties ut Indianapolis, and that their arms wouid
be furnished as they we're n"cich 'hc cpp,an
sad inc understood there we're plenty Of arms for them