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

: .VNscS tttNn1rd by oyer a hundred MON,
oerS was deliberately received, consiIer.
ed AMI discussed, wlthcu. s;nplo vo,c,
rHl'cd IN condemnation Of lis a,roeiyus
character. Several approved il, and !,
WIS trallv passed over, NOT becaus ori,s
a,rociousncss, but because the general
sentiment ot those present seemed 10 h,
that such slaughter wonld be premature
ana that the order was not vet .uficlen,.
" strong successfully to carry ont tbe
measure. This, in itself. Is referred 20 ~
: proof conclusive Of tho bl5ody character
and dc,igns oi Ia, order.
u Is iutthCr stated That mum r,ns; ccld.
oiood 1Ss7ssina'lons Of military ,fiect.
ana radical Uriun mon in the Military
Dstuet VI NJtthcrv Missouri, especially
nlNhg The western border, have tskef,
place. and been undJuhteJly rerpctrsted
az tha 'nsi'gaiion VI the order. and by
members Of II.
, MISSOURI LEADING FORWARD.
Another fact Is referred to, TO show the
workings OF thc order. At nop,Ipr -,
, nne Of tho lodges, held ut tho co-ner ~
Mehsicr ard flh s'feets, on IN, 2sth nj
Nay a Major Harris, OF Cooper COUNTY,
formerly rebel officer, but now an H.,
; 'na'e oi 1fatiuf street prison, made
tP'ech, 10 which he stated that he had
ue' travelling though linois oni over
'"o uls'rlet OF Northern Missouri, md
CAV, gidring 'eccuut Of the prosperous
I'ohulhon OF the order wherever he had
9een' He regarded It's condition in 81.
Louis ne rather l,thlric. but he spoke In
hlSh terms oiprHiso uf its energy and ac.
Ityly ~ the counties OF Galloway, Boone.
Howard, Charlton aud Cocpsr. Tn,
great, 81 lTicuty cxpcrinced by the oc.
hcers ~ those cuntics, ho said, was 10
restrain the members OF the order from
r3sug before the proper opportunity
should arrive. lie had icund the samo
dlhicu'tY To eN's, in !he State Of Illinois,
ana appealed to those present to ato
no nasty stc!s, hut to await the UfIici 4
commander H. spoke of Gen. Price in
Ieulogist,c terms; stil he had been in con.
stant communication with him, Marina
durkc, and the rebels Ia Arkansas. He
expected and looked tor raid IRON Mar.
mndukc. When he came. all should
hili and support him ns friend and say.
Tor. IL" referred mnutely to the condi.
ton OF North Missouri; said that oil the
Uhlcd States troops had been sent OF td
he front, and that the enrollmcnt of mi.
Mia would amount to nothing, and could
no. be relied upon by The Government.
lie looked upon a rebel raid, therefore, AZ
ao ensy matter. Two hundred Southern
men could, even now, march from the
Kansas line TO the Mississippi, and take
oil the United States troops in the dis
triet. He give detailed accounts of tho
post where United States troops were
stationed, and the number ut each, also
the points Of easy access, and passages
where mono Nrc stationed; thus showing
'he minute details to which the order
gives its otiertion, and the powerful lev
.cr !, wields 10 interfere with and dofeat
military operations.
AROUSE THE NORTHERN nKnsLs.
The report goes on to show that tho
books. docun;cs,l hr ihn. circulation Of
various kinds inls. 1nd publications of
and sentiments. Agents belonging Va
the order are employed in yarions States,
for this purpose, aud immence numbers
are being secretly circulated by them.
Prominent among those thus circulated
are:
Pollard's Southern Histcry Of he War.
Oihcin Reports of the Confederate Gov
crnment; Life of StonCw all Jackson; ar.
ticlcs from the Metropolitan Record, and
a number Of other documents.
THE ONLY HOPE OF TRAIrors.
The order, il is affirmed, is in tru'h
the great lever used by the rebel Govorm.
mcnt for it's army operations. Members
OF the Southern section OF il, under tho
control OF Gen. Price, meet and confer
with members of the Northern section,
under the control OF Vallandigham, with
perfect immunity.
Tao Department of the Missouri. il Is
alleged, Is lillod with rebel spies, all Of
whom belong 10 the order. They came
prof, ssedly ns dcserers from Prices army
take the oath Of allegiance, and go to
and organize lodges, and then engage in
( siding and nbeltng the rebellion. This
is estimated 90 he the result Uf we'll
settled policy Of the rebel authorities.
Men who avail themselves OF the amnes.
~ oath are given fnrloughs or leaves Of
absence for the express purpose of thus
operating. This fact is, as in u subso-
queut part OF the report shown, fully cor
roo)roted by the testimony Of those who
belong TO the Southern section of the
order.
Another means OF immense power for
rebel operations which this order affords.
is the perfectly safe communication OF
importnnt information between the two
sections, On this point Colonel Sander
sou says he speaks from his own knowl-
ldgc and experience. He has repeated
| ly had information, which he obtained
from his agents belonging to tho order.
days before those not belonging to il, or
the public, had any knowledge Of il. He
instances the re,rogade movement OF
Stcolc's army from Camden to Little
Rock, which was known TO him in this
reached the loyal States, or was made
known TO the public. So. again, infor,
nation of the contemplated raid Of John
Morgan into Kenturky became knownt to
him at least t,u days before his pub!is
appearance in that Stale.
GEN. MCCLELLAN.
In New York this order is known as
the "McClellan Minute Men," In its
general purpose and object il is the
same as tho o. A, X, A member Of
the latter can gain admission into the
former. 1t is, in fact, the same thing
with another name, aud only adapted 10
the locality in which ii exists, having for
it's proiesscd object the support of the
war policy; which profession is mesDt
only 10 catch votes, and having secured
them and obtained power,-to be thrown
aside and exhibit its real object and yur.
poses,
1t ie a singular fact that the recent
call for so called conservative Nation
al Convertior," at Chlcago,at the same
time fixed for the Democratic Convon.
tion, was signed by d. r. Stevens. who
is tho chief St cIetary Of tho Mcclellan