The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-10-29

nected with the draft were destroyed. In
several counties of the State q considerable
| military force was required for the pr0tec-
ton Of the United States officials. and =
| large number Of arrests were made, includ-
ing that Of one Reynolds, an ex-senator OF
the the populaoe to resist the conscription-an
offense Of the same character, in fact, a.
that upon which vallandigham was appre-
hended In Ohio. These outbreaks were, no
doubt, In most cases, melted by the order,
and engaged in by its members. In 1ndi-
ana nearly two hundred persons were in
dlcted for conspiracy against the Govern.
sixty of these were convicted.
Where members of the order were forced
into the army by the draft, they were in
structed, in case they were prevented from
presently escaping, and were obliged to 60 to
the field, to use their arms in battle against
their fellow-soldiers, rather than theenemy,
by whom, through the signs of the order,
they would be recognized and received as
friends. It il to be added that when .
member volunteered in the army, he was
| at once expelled from the order.
| 8. Circulation Of Disl0yal and 1re0sona-
bic Publications. The order, especially IN
Missouri, has secretly circulated through
out the country great quantity of trea-
sonable publications, as means OF extend.
| ing it's own power and influence, as well
as ofgiving encouragement to the disioyal
and melting them to treason. OF these,
some of the principal are the following !:
| "Pollard's Southern History of the War,
"Ofiicial Reports of the Confederate Gov
ernmen," life of Stonewall Jackson,
pamphlets containing articles khs.h fsom re
canus, or, the Mysteries of the White
House,. ''The lincoln Catechism or =
Guide to the Presidential Election of 1854
"Indestructible Organizes" by I1rga.-
These publications have generally been
procured by formal requisitiOns drawn up
on the Grand Commander by Leading
members in the interior of q State One of
these reQuiesitions, dated June 10th last.
and drawn by local secretary ofthe order
at Genteryville, Mo-, is exhibited in the
testimony. It containsa column of the In
itials of number of subscribers, opposite
whose names are entered the number of
disloyal publications to be furnished, the
particular book or books, &C., required be-
indicated by fictitious titles.
4. Communicating Nth and giving Intel.
ligence to the caemy-Smith, Grand Secre-
tary Of the order in Missouri, says, in his
confession: "Rebel spies, mail-carriers
and emissaries have been carefully pro-
tected by this order eyer since have been
member" It is shown in the testimony
to be customary in the rebel service to en-
ploy members Of the order as spies, under
the guise of. soldiers furnished with fur
loughs to visit their homes within our
lines. On coming within the territory oc.
cupied by our forces, they are harbored
and supplied with information by the or.
der. Another class ofspies claim to be de-
serters from the enemy, and at once seek
an opportunity to take the oath OF allegi-
ance, which, however, though voluntarily
taken, they claim to be administered while
they are under a species Of duress, and,
therefore, not be binding. Upon swearing
allegiance to the government the pretend
ed deserter engages, with the assistance Of
the order, in collecting contraband goods
to the enemy, or in some other reasonable
enterprise. In his official report OF June
18th last. Col. Sanderson remarks: ''This
department is filed with rebel spies, all Of
whom belong to this order"
In Missouri, regular mail communica-
ton was for . long period maintained,
through the agency Of the order, from st.
private letters rs we'll as official dispatches
between him and the grand commander Of
Missouri were regularly transmitted. The
mail.carrier started from q point on the
Pacific Railroad. near Kirkwood Station,
about fourteen miles from st. Louis, and,
travelling only by night, proceeded Ito
quote from Colonel Sanderson's report to
'Mattox Mills, on the Maramee river,
thence past Mineral Point to Webster,
thence to . point fifteen miles below Van
Buren,, where they crossed the Black river,
and thence to the rebel lines" It is, prob
ably. also by this route that the correspon-
dence, stated by the witness Pitman to
have been constantly kept up between
Price and vallandigham, the heads Of the
order at the North and South, respectively,
was successfully maintained.
A similar COMMUNICATION has been con-
tinuously held with the enemy from Louis
Vile, kentucky. A considerable number
Of women in that State many OF them ~
high position in rebel society, and some Of
them outwardly protesting to be loyal,
were discovered to have been actively en-
gagged in receiving and forwarding mails,
with the assistance OF the order and itsin-
struments. Two Of the most notorious and
successful Of these-Mrs. Woods and Miss
Cassell-have been apprehended and Inn
prisoned.
BY means Of this correspondence with
promptly appraised of all raids to be made
by the forces of the former, and were able
to hold themselves prepared to render aid
and comfort to the raiders. To show how
efficient for this purpose was the system
thus established, It is to be added that our
military authorities have, in number of
cases, been informed, through members Of
the order. employed in the interest OF the
Government, of impending raids, and i'm
portant army movements Of the rebels,
not only days, but sometimes weeks, soon
er than the same intelligence could have
reached them through the ordinary chan
nels.
On the other hand, the system Of espson-
age kept up by the order, for the purpose
o; obtaining information ofthe NOV ements
Of our own forces, &C., to be impaired to
the enemy, seems to have been as perfect
As it was secret. The Grand Secretary Of
the order In Missouri states, IN his confess
sion: Zone Of the especial objests Of this
order was TO place members in steamboats,.
erryboats, telegraph offices, express off,
ces, department headquarters, provost
marshars Office, and in fact, in every no.
sition where they could DO valuable ser
vice )" and he proceeds to specify certain
members who, at the date Of his confession
august %, last were employed at ex-
press and telegraph Offices In St. Louis.