The daily Wabash express. (Terre-Haute, Ind.) 1857-1867, 1864-10-01


said he vas on the staf Of yallanoighan
Piper vas present att meeting OF the Gra1c
Counoil 10 Kentucky. aud sss sied 10 open
ing The meeting. He nd tbzs James A
Barrett, formerly Of ST. Louis. VAS there.
chief Of vsIlabdigbsn's staff. ard that Cap
tain Hires. Of tie rebel army. bad charge Of
the releasing OF the rebs prisoners At JoLa-
soo's Island. Piper s.id he had eonmani-
cation from V~sllsndigham TO Bowlss. giving
bin charge 81 the releasing Of the rebel prize
oners At Rock isl1nd. which zss 70 be dons
AZ the sane time. Hlne- Wa then in Canada,
waiting FOE the order 10 oe given and she
time to come. Hines wa siterssfc captured
with John Morgan. Piper slso said that be
bad attended = meeting Of THE Grand Council
Of ~Iilinoi-; that they had pa,sed a resolution
hat II Kentucky considered Il advisable 10
re-ist the enlistment OF the negroes themem
beFs Of The order would prevent the Illinois
regiments. or Loyal Leagues. az they were
called BY the c~opperheads. fron being sent
out OF the State by the Government % en-.
force 10: that resolution vas unanimously
passed by the Grand Council Of Illif Is.
A conicsl she'll about The sze Of 81
FOUNDER was here banded 10 he witness.
&c said he saw . similar sbeIl TO that Il Book
ing's room. al the Louisville Hotel. about
me 9Th or 30sh Of June Bovles. Calfus.
Cbsrly Miller add others we're there. The
loser part or butt OF the shell. screwed Of.
exhibited 40 inner she'll which. beng uu-
screwed. showed another. inside Of which w,s
40 iron case TO contain the powder. Round
lhis wss 40 aperture TO contain tue liquid
| Greek FIRE. and THE inner shell beng loose
and furnished With a percussion cap, caused
70 explosion OF falling OIL any 0bjtci This
Internal machins was intended TO be used for
the destruction OF Government property. A
spherical bsnd-gfenade about three inches
10 diameter. vas here produced. which beiog
un%screwed In The center, showed At inuer
shell furnished 9Th nipples for percussion
csp.; the inner shell was TO contain the pow
der or powder AID bullets. and the aperture
between the inner and outer shell the liquid
Greek FIRE. The shell. or band-grenAde. 90
being thrown at any object. would explode
Immediately Il touched sby object. md every
thing near IL YOU'D be ignlted. Tois ibferDsI
machine was slso explained TO those persons
named, aud Bovles told ritsess TIL Greek
FIRE had been used for the destruction Of The
two boats at Louisville 10 the spring. also for
q number Of boats that vent down tho river
10 April or May. This Greek. FIRE breaking
he aid would ignite instantly. or IL might be
made TO ignite some time aiterward
The order known a. American knight,
bad been changed a. Dodd -sid by Judge
BuIlitt asa Mr.. Oalfu- TO the Order OF ths
Sons OF Liberty. and Dodd wanted rne e
distribute q new pamphlet or ritual OF the or.
der throughout the State. The sommandi
OF the chiefs OF the orders, and were para.
mount 10 all other laws or orders, and wor,
to be obeysd In opposition 20 ANY civil laws
or orders Of the government
The cross.eEaminstion vas lengthy. Sid
gers testimony was strengthened. many new
points against the prisoner and the order be
ing developed.
The prisoner had Joined the order a. a de
~tective. but was supposed 20 be a hons I'D
member by the order. He had been assign.
"a this work, by Provost Marhssl Jones, O
Louisville. De did not give aoy opinion o
hls own az to COINS assassination. bus J udg,
Bullitt's opinion. Dodd and others concur
red ia that opinion. Never met Coffin 10 an
Of these lodges; knew him. bot did not com
munlcate anything to him. Gotting va
present AZ the meeting Of the order vher,
Cofin's assassination was discussed.
The witness was asked tor a description
Of the order. be testified that be did no
snow, personally. that they wers armed %
drilled, bat vas C d that Al the West the
-erc armed. Will. from the T. ~ they ex.
pected money. e exteuded over tbe State
Of Ohio. Indisna. Illinois. Wisconsin, Nilsson
n. Delaware. Maryland. PennsylvaniS, New
New York and Kentucky
Dodd told him he was At Chicago, at th'
meetlnS 81 July 20. and ssld We came q
sach conclusions theee Tn ir design ~.
70 conhne the war TO Kentucky. bv march
.ng their forces there and cooperating wit.
rebel forces against the government, and
ioln them AZ Louisville. Ii was a schsme IL
aid Of the rebellion. Dodd and Bowslss we're
confident Of success, DR.. Athon conuseled
caution He was present At the meeting o.
the Grand Couocil. June Ia. He advised
delay until they wefe more thoroughly or
gained. and until they could see what they
could do al the polls.
The counsel asked the ~ltuess whether
Athon did not counssI delay until they knew
whether the election was 10 be controlled by
bAvonste. lie said they should use their
military power at the polls. " the Govern
ms1t undertook 20 control them, and that
there would be a time when IL would be
proper 20 use their military power against the
Government. but IL Was bes, o. wait till after
the election. Athon 50 stated to me At his
Office: Judge Bullitt told u.o A,non gave
him the sam opinion before; that Mike
Bright. Jesse ID. bright's brothss h.d given
Bulliss the same opinion. DE thought lwes-
~ thousand men could be raised n thls State
Tor insurrsctionsry movements Nallsndig-
ham vas elected supreme Commander Ia
New York February 22i. Witness under
stood from Pper. that V~alisndigham had
knowledge OF this iosurrectionafy movement
aud bad given hi. sanction 10 Il. and bad .u-
preme %control. The particular dav 20 drill
vas TO be designated By him. | do DOT
know he knew Of the action IN this State.
but understood he did Of the action Ia Chi
csgo. The uovrirteu work Of the order a
iis signs. &c.. and its secret lnsnrrec,ionary
desig.s aud armed co-operstion With the
South. De- Bowlss said be knew OF a man
who would furnish arms Of any kind and
Quantity. 81 any time the order would desir
nate. The Committee Of thirteen appoint
ed % the isth of July. we're TO act in the
recess Of the Grxnd Council, and their acts
we're 10 be &C legal a. those Of the conncil
isself. Decking explained hs Greek fire at
bis room 10 The Louisville Hoiel. Bowles
said be ~sss member-s>sisung the South
was discussed before him. and he sad bis
MACHINE vss the very ,aing needed.