The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-08-25
TEE O. A. ks IN INDIANA.

Papers Discovered In the Onice OF Con.
gres, man VOorhees-Sharp Letter from
Gsn' raj CarrtBRton.
An Indianapolis letter IN the Cincinnati Gazette
SAYS
Some time since copies Of the ritual Of the O.
A. K. were found in the Office OF D. w. Voorhees,
at Tene Haute, which naturally led TO the infer
ence that III y were the property OF d. w Voor-
h.es He has made a denial 20 Colonel K. W.
Thumpson ami to General Darlington, which
oecasiobed the following repy:-
LETTER IRON GENERAL II. u. cARuixeroS TO
d. W. VOORHEES,.
IEDIANAPoIIs, Indiana August l6 lS6i.-
Hon. d. W. voorhees, Mem1er Unted Sites
Congrrss, Telre Haute, Ind Il have received
from you q COPY of your lerer . { Jlnnel Il. w.
Tbomp,on, Provost Marshal, and his reply. The
following laconic note accompanies them:-
n "9sDs.o eaIragIn AS you published 'as a,.enoei
sSS gSpgS6 IA. S oos expect 'a Is aes
The assumption in the above IS grouudless
Tour name is not men iOned by ms in my rep jrts
heither have l published anything about you
whatever.
You insist upon II answering your note to
Colonel Thompson lhe points yon make are-
LIST. THAT the office in which It is said these
papers were found had not been oicupied by you
OF by any one connected with you, Or been in
any way under your cOItrol since last Nofcm-
ber.'
I'd. You "desire 10 ascertain whether the cir
sumstan.es connected with the discovery Of those
)npers in that office led to the suppOslton tha
sou placed them there, or was even aware OF
their existence p
You desire this "that the people may know
the truth and mot that you att sch any plrti-
cular importance to the documents
The papers referred TO are one hundred and
twelve copies OF the Ritual OF the o. A. h a
reasonable order, aiming TO overturn tue Gov
eminent Of the United States, of which you are
amember.
The gentleman who found "these papers" told
I me they were found in your office.
The following are "sIne of the circumstances"
that LED me to suppose they we're correct in the
supposiiion =
4 office where ''hese papers" were found.
You hau declined renommation for Congress,
and the office was reported as not for ren5 as
late as April, 1864.
The ritual had been issued in the autumn of
1853. Your Congressional documents were in the
office where these papers" were found.
Your speeches, up to March, Of your entire
Congressional career, with the "JOhn BrDvn'
speech, were in the office where these papers
wire found.
The correspondence of Senator Wall OF New
Jersey, under his frank, in1orsing prop Jsitinn
TO furlish You with twenty thousand stand Of
Garibaldi rifles just imported, "for which he could
youch," was in the office where ''these papers"
l. were found.
The correspondence of c. L. Vallandigham
fIum Windsor, c. W., assuring you "Our people
will fight" aud that "he IS ready" and fixing a
pont on "thc Lima road" at (Which " meet
you, was in the office where "these papers were
found.
The correspondence of Joseph Ristiue, Auditor
of State, declaring that he would like 10 see all
DemOc ats unite in bold and open resistance to
all attempts TO keep ours united people by force
of steel" and that "tbis was a war against the
d. Dmocracy, and our only hope was the success
ful resistance of the South" was in the office
where these papers" were found.
The correspondence of T.. c. Hibbeu, who as
suTes you thar "the Democracy fast stening
up when this war is to he openly declared being
waged for the purpose of fleeing the negro"
ttV hich will another sppfiOu Of the q ,un
try TO arms" and declaring "that Lincoln bayu-
nets are shouldered for cold bojded murder, was
in the office where "these papers" were found.
The correspondence OF j. Hardesty, who
wants you to have that hundred thousand men
ready, as we do not know how soon we may need
tbt IN, was in the office where this rtul was
found.
The correspondence OF j. ]. Bingham, who asks
you "if You think the South has resources enough
TO keep the Union forces at bay aud says that
"you must have sources of Information which he
has not, was in the office where these papers
were found
The correspondence of John G. Davis inform
ing you that certain New YORK journal sis
wonderfully exercised about secret auti-wlr
movements, and tTemble in their boots in vie y
of the terrible reaction which is sure to await
them" was in the office where "these papers
were found.
The correspondence of W. S. Walker, who
"kteps out OF the way because they are trying to
arrest him for officiating in secret societies, -
inclo,ing the oath of the h. G. C.s prior to that
papers" were found.
The petition of C. L. Vallaudgham, d. W.
VOORHEES,, and Benjamin Wood, in favor of two
republics and a united South, was in the Office
where "these papers" were found.
The correspondence of Campbell, who says the
Democracy were ouce not afraid TO let their
purposes out TO daylight" but that NOV it is
deemed best to work in secret, and asking your
consent" were in the office where "these papers"
were found.
The correspondence of E. Etheridge, Clerk Of
I'll
notice that "your credentials member OF the
Thiriy-eighth Congress have been received and
ed in the proper office" and for you "to come
on" was in the Office where "these papers" were
found.
The correspondence of George II. Pendleton,
which states that Etherdge's plan TO organize
C,ngress, VIZ, ITO elect himself Clerk aud Cox
facilitate the denomination of any man as clerk
whose programme is for his defeat as Speaker
Suggesting TO you TO have it whispered in the
ear of Etberidge, to reciprocate favors and Oppo
sition," and do this authoritatiyey, but not as
from him, &C., was in the office where these
p9pers' were found.
The corr, spondence of ]. Mcdonald, who had
an int ryiCw with p rkins, "in one of his (Per
kins lncid intervals with regard to "the dis.
coyery OF the Northwest passage" by Perkins for
which he claimed the credit, &C., was in the office
where "tlese papeis" were found.
And SO Of b. W. Hanna, wh) wants a good
place In the regular army and so OF Hannegan
and so of W.. Pierre, who "will show the Beast'
thai Lincoln has turned ont % bs monsters il
1854 !, and so OF Bigger aud Devlin and Dodd
&c, whose said correspondence was in the otiicC
where "Ihese paI eTs" were found.
These are some of the circumstances" that lee
mo 10 believe that 'these papers," the Ritual o
the o A X, were found In your office.
, looked upon these circumstances as a plaiI
juror might be supposed to do and not as a states
| man, aud innocently supposed that such paper
as these, If spared from the fire, would be In tn
possession Of the owner, and that the Office of th
owner would be the place where these paper
would be found.
And yet, with Colonel Thompson, Cheerfulll
accept your denial, and so respond as you re
quest, "that the people may know the truth"
Your we'll -wisher, HENRY b. CARRINGTON.
A PLUcKY STATE.-We have a notion tha
young Iowa is about the puckiest State on thi
ntI,at tI,,t ~.