, 1864-08-24
INDIANA AFFAIRS.
.. IT. Voorhees, and the 0. d. e.
Spicy Letter from General
Darlington.
Very Significant Degelcpments--Trea-
eon4b!e Correspondence Ventlla-
ted--1erters from Val1andig-
ham, Wall, Pendleton,
AID others.

aid others.
Correspondents Of the Cincinnati Gszetto;1
Iap1ASArotIs, aug. %.
Some time since copies OF the ri!ual of the
o. A. K were found in the office OF u. ".
VOORHEES,, at Terre Raute, which patarally
led to the Inference thnt they, were thu prop
etty OF D. ". VOORHEES,. He has made
denial to Col. R W. Thompson aud to Gen.
Carrington, which occasioned the following
reply, That 1.-THE. people msy know the
t1nth'' and Judge for themselves, We la7 It
before our readers
LETTER rRoE GEN. H 4. cARR1SoroS 70 .. ".
VOORHEES,.
IKDANAro11s, Ind, Aug. 1G, 1861.
Hon. D. w H1draees, Ae0s6er o. $. toa0rsss'
Ihaye received from you . copy OF yoar letter
to Col. r. ". Thompson. ProEost Narsaaf, aad
his reply. The following laconie note accou'
@ozs: CAaErsa7os: As you published thls
f:lsehood in the newspapers, shall expect yoa
to correct i: as Co.. 1hompso1 " v e1oo Tooaurr
The assumption In the above IL groundless.
Your name ia not mentioned bY me II mT reports.
neither have 4 published anything ABOUT Jon
Yon insist upon ny answering Yonr note to
Iae points make r X saa aFe these
papers were tound, had cot been occupied ~ 5ou.
OF By any oaa connected with you, Or been io any
| NlY En4Cf SQuF ColtfQ! 611Ee llsL Asutcu13G1
"a, You = desire to nEcertain whether the cir
cuustanccs connected With The discovery Of those
papers In ttat office led to tie euppofition that
.ou placed them there, or was oven aware OF tteH
You desire this, Il that the people mny know the
t1utb," and I" not that yo1 attach any particular
| The papers referred to are 112 copies OF the RI
! tual OF Tie o. A. T., trcasonable Order, atmfng
to oscrtrrn the Government OF the United States,
u The n 1e1teaep w5o found '.theee papers," told
t me rheY were found In 5our oidce~
The following are lone o. ne clfe1nssooces; J.;
XeaE az lp,nty and o11es a 3gsa!;1.s sero in the
| You had declined reconciliation tor Congress,
end the Office Tas reported as not lor rent, ~ late
Ths Iusuai had been issued in tho autumn Of
1sG3. Your Congressional DOCUMENTS were IN the
ofIlce where '.thesc pai-a:s" were found
were In the Office where "these pope $" were found,
Tie correspondence Of sena Or Wall, Of New Jer
npes biz nn ina9ssnG :,
just imported, ''lor which he could yquch" VAS IL
Tho oflec where these papers were foend.
The correspondence Of Q. L. Vallan1gham, froT
! Windsor, G. W., assu1iGg yon ''ouf people vii
o. the Ii ma roao'' at (which to meet you, wa
ID The office where these pape5s wsfe foand;
Of state. declaring ha. " hs would like to sec 81
Democrats unite in a bold and open resistance Il
and thsa asa was Rse pasat
Democracy, and ous only hope was the suc:es .fo
re-tslnnce Q. the South" was in the office "heF
> The Correspondence Of Geo. HI. Psndleto
) which states that EtheEtdses plan to otSa9ze 9H
a. Speaker, though lie iPand'cson) viii not t:
cilltate Inc re.poEltnation OF aoy man as Cle'
> whose programme is for his deieat as Speaker,
sueEss1nE 5on to hass whispered u IN u
t e,tion.n anu 60 this autho,atatire!y, but not !
> irom him, &C., was IL the office where "thesa p
; psrs " were ionnd.
interview with Per kiuB " In ono Of big (PeEkinh
lucid intervals with sesard to - the discovery
j the Northwest psEssgc" By Perkins, f,e which /
+ :1hcse papers i Eete found: ,.-.
- The correspondence Of e. G. Hibbcn. who assur
! you that "the Democracy arc fass stlg:nins u
h wpced fur the pnrpo:e OF freeing the negro
/. "Wh:cl-wil! ardu:c another section of the col
e .1y 10 arms, and declaring that Lincoln bay
e in The ofhce where these napers were found.
y The correspondence oi j. Hande..y, who = VIII
= ycu to have that hundred Thousand men rcldy,
u Te do ret know how soon VIC mar need them
II was In The Office where this ritual was found,
"a The correspondence Of ]. J. Bingham who ass
d + you ''if you think the South has resourc
:, says that "yol must have sources Of ,nlormatis
y which be hEs not," was in the office were "the
- papers" we're found.
le fle correspondence Of John 6. Davis. in!or'
20 ing you that certain New York journal IS
T. wonderfully exercleed aoont secret, ant,"w
"a movements, asd tremble IN their boots In view
WIS in the Office where "thcsc parers" ut
8. found.
Ill "keels out Of the Way because they nre trying
tt ar1est lin for officiating IN secret eoctc::es.
IN closing the oath Of the K. G: Cf. prior to that
OF OF he 9; 4: E., xas in the ohlce where "thsae
be Ri Tbe nctinon of c. L. yallandlsham, D.
an VOORHEES, and Denjam,n, , Wood IN fayor Of !;
re Kepuhl e and uni!sd i!, souta, vas IN the oil
m The correspondence Of Campbell, who saya
"a. "Dcmocracy was once not afraid to let they 2
xe9e X ssess and asEns 5ou1
were III the othee where "thess p7pers" !"
found. -
The correspondence Of E. Etheridge, Clerk
50 the Ioute Of Representatives irving official
Id t!ce that 5ont credentials Us member OF the
Coneeess have been eeceised and died in the pr
S t9 s's Rs,e Sas in
and 90 otB. ". Hanna who Wants good p p
Of CIV: Pierce who TO-. Val show hs oeaa1s r. ~
LUG an1 80 OF Bigger anu j'evln and nodj, &c, WI
ead raid correspondence wss in the Office where tt
All Thcse ire some OF the clrcamstsnces' thai
ose mc 10 believe that these papers," The Risua
IN. the .. a. X were found III your oilce.
| looked upon theFe clrcumEtanccs as
ere Juror misht Be supposed to do, nnd not stt
nd, man, anu lnnoeeptiy suppcsed that such paper
,ad these, II spared from the tre. would be in pos
nc" zion Of the owner, and that The office Of the oe
,es, | would be the plact where theza papers Woul
oef And get, with Colonel Thompson. cheer
accept your denial. and 70 Eetpord - Is you req1
Your ~ell-Wisher,
les uEHEr B. CAEH1HcTe
on
,tI It vii be remembered that some
ose since number Of pamphlet copies OF
IN 1ftunl of the t1easonable order called
/ - f0rFar rT huarfnnu hfaA