The New York herald., 1864-10-09

whether shll arise from within or come rom without
all tnis do solemnv pronounce ara swear sacvedy to
observe, perform and keep, wite ful knowledge and
understanding and with full assent that sts penalty
whrh will follow violation or any either OF these
my nsne shall be consigned 70 inamy, while this ~ D.
lime Order shall the wreck or time, and es en-
until the last faithful brother shall eave passed from
earth TO his scrvics in tho temple no. made with
hands" look the secoad degree IN the fan and
no essential dsssrsnce he. ~ssn The q. and ino u
s /. after TO tAe second degrees in the 4. X tho
Order changed TO the order OF the SO o. iaerty
Tie officers controlled both The os5er met
last ago. Tne place Of meeting wa il The
DDS. Had held an Office IN the ordot-nain'y, thai q
lecturer OF tbe vesbule The orgsDtoo nst coniein-
plated to brpF the democratic pary into power ana was
ony understood be political organization aiisrwarh
the Ulcers au1ormed the members that IL was military
organization. The authorizes who had control o. The
government said 20 be tyrannica anS Shat 9ny
were trsmpng rs undsr loot sna that We stoulc n.Te
to es and the members Of The Order
expected ise maintain Sheir rights The order
frequently rared andave oeexdring for year About
two inras OF she order are sNned, with rifles
and othors with revolvers and shotg1ns The muster
ron our township a0o. DR.. Mccartney. who
is tirad se gueur OF tho county informed ,ae members
that 40 600 the safe OF Illinois, well armed
and thai snev could depend upon $4,000 that state
there were about &c 600 n Missouri 90 Ooo bcus ST.
Louis aud vicinity. The officers said that IN Nay and
Onto led BY Morgan wheeler, into lndann, to
he led nv Iopgsireet, and iuto Missouri TO be led by
Narm.auke or PRICE and in case the rebels came INTO
Inois brethren OF the Zatpon were to shake
hands and be rieuds An assessment was made on the
lod the purchase of Their lodge assessed
for two hundred rolars collected by Colonel Barry,
barrett OF 81 LOUIS. The arms we're TO come from
Nassau 70 Canada, and were TO be brought - the
Canada line by tho Con edes ate authorities, 6nt
the order pay the cost OF ,rsnspnrta,1n from
sssu 10 the Canada line. II wac understood in the
o. der that the signal the uprsing would be given by
the surfeme commander.C L valandignam. Next to
him IN command Robert Holloway, OF Missouri
There ieuteuants and captains clones IN tho
Order and major general Tor each Congressional dis
The penalty for divullug he secrets o the Order
and especially o. this the Order was disposed TO he
quiet, and do but little. The present invasion OF Mis-
souri, was made known to the Order in this locality
by one OF Quantrell's men, who said Price would
he in Missouri by October l, and stay there unit!
aier The election, and as much longer as he
could. he order in Illinois made effort 10
stopped their calculations Thor temples met but bad
suii drilling. The American Knights were organized IN
Illinois by +. {. Wright, Mississp or Louisiana, who
cme 70 springfield = 4 mass democratic convention,
June IL, 1853 md organized lodges and instituted
Grand council. which appointed two officers for each
county, 10 ergan,ze county temples Wright edio OF
lodge A Autographed copy OF this circular lated Janu.
ary is, ls63 in VIII ch he spoke OF the Nrs
cial organ and asking their aid circulating il,
identified by witness the shown 10 the lodge by
pr Mccartney Of Monmouth, Illinois he Grand seigneur
mode OF testing brother 10 the order. /.
Without closing his testimony the commission ad-
journed to two O'Clock p NJ. Monday.
INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. S, 1864.
The commission met pursuant 10 adjournment, all the
members present. Inc examination Of VIM. Clayton
peted this morning He stated that The township tenn
pie subordinate to the county temple. The county
temple sent delegates TO the Grand Council, which
met az Chicago IN July last Mccartney and Griffith
appontedlas such delegates, who their return
spoke Of the appointment Of q military commander,
whose name not known TO any bat himself,
and who reported to him in our temple We did not
ANYTHING OF the removal Of secresv at the meeting
OF the Supreme Council 10 Chicago, August last knew
nothing OF it, except bat have seen in the papers He
in ormed tha; only the Order in Missouri. Illinois,
Indiana OHIO. could be depended on, OF an
uprising because the other States were not thoroughly
orsanizea. Witness understood the purpose Of the
order TO be 70 help the South in case OF an
outbreak. He had c0nversed with rebels I
Missouri, VINO asked Il they would help them |
would. rhe witness understood the obligation be had
taken in the vestbue, degree TO take NJ in
cause oppressed any country first Of all against
any monarch prince. potentate power or government
usarre who may be found In arms and vaging |
iablish have inaugurated government them |
solves &c. refer TO the present warthat the South
@ be m ,na asr S1a ana ~ n
pose the government usurpatinD especially II
members were pushed hard by the draft, The crossez
animation did not damage the witness in the least
Wesley Trouter, witness for the government, testi
fed ioowsRes'dc at shoals Station, Martin county.
Indiana formerly the Seventeenth regiment OF
Indiana Volunteers for disability had been
member Of the Order Knishts OF the Golden Circle
forty or fifty members in this temple. had at
tended their meetings: their object first stated
oppose the administration and to ascertain What force
they could muster. The officers and members said a
government. and about preparing resist oppression
Some or the members had rifles and shot and Two
n
man by the Of Coffin helped carry the boxes which
marked as jeweiry Towards the last part OF 1868
matter seemed 70 revive and the members OF the
order notified tnat meeting OF the greatest import
TO be held, and that all should attend One
John W, stone the speaker at the meeting He SAID
the Circle OF Honor had been reor9aned and was 70 ne
called by sieren. name He bad M ,,e book or ri,a
Jea Davis, containing the laws and regula
tons Of the order. The new order was called
Knights OF the Golden Circle He said they 10
communication with the Confederate autboriues and
that tue order preparing to do smeihg that would
he felt their first organization Was kind OF feeier
Stone said the organization would make Simultaneous
attack upon Indianapolis, Springfield, Illinois, and 81
Louis They were TO make q dash, with sucn arms as
they had seized, upon the arsenas, and by this
arm themselves more completely. Stone said there
no doubt they would be capture these places
the United states soldiers mostly the front He
when these places seized IL would wake
10 the friends OF liberty 10 Kentucky Missouri aud else
where, and the organization would then have such
standing and character that the OF the Lincoln
Old Abe scaredphat he stopped the draft but,
said he, we Will give him something worse 20 be
scared for than tnat He said tha. Jea, Davis had
taken Of IT, but that now JEFF. DAVIS with the as.
s,s, noe that could be offered him from the Sorh would
force the Lincoln government a settlement, and that
would bring peace 70 this country The uprising was TO
be made mol ar from the lst OF April Governor Morton
20 be visited before attack person no signed
hs name NJ ~ and he was not TO live long after that
said he guessed lie would take and die When
the attack ~ he made there would be general ad
~ the rebel armies aud General lee 20 attack
Warrington city. At the close stones remarks
each getting members to stand sponsors.
They bound by oath 10 the obligations lard down in
the ritual which 20 stand and defend each
other, and come whenever the order
for the attack issued Those who did TO be
treated traitors. Some OF the men, before taking
the cath, expressed fears that. II captyred, they
would be shot or hung as traitors stone
made light OF the matter, and said II any OF
the order should be captured II was probable
that Lincoln . government would be notified that
they mus. be respected prisoners or war, Davis
would rstsate. Both Dodd and Bowes constantly
spoken q as chiefs IN the order Harrison H. Dodd II
said ir the order, would be the next Governor.
The wtnese went through the various sgns post
tons, grps and coiloquies by which members OF the
order recognize each othe all of which exactly
pond with the testified TO by previous witnesses and
whose testimony IN this respect has not been published
After be bad been in the order time he became
auainted with aheir reasonable designs he made bis