, 1864-11-24

[From Our Special Correspondent
INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. q, 1864.
Tie Military Commission las been occupied
during the past week in Gearing. testimony
for the defense. The unfortunate men on
trial can not complain that time and oppoytu-
nifty las not been given them to get their
witnesses here, for every facility und all as
sistance needed for that purpose has been
promptly accorded them By the Judge Advo-
cate. The testimony elected in their behalf
has thus far, been Of an impeacl,iag character,
and designed to destroy the credibillty Of one
Dr. Zumro, of Huntington county, who is the
principal witness against Atillisan. Miliigan's
pastor, {whcn he had any,) Rev. Richard A.
Connor, md about as hard n looking Reyer-
end as 1t has ever been my luck to have seen, :
took the stand with an mir TINT seemed to
say, "1'u swear Mu1lgan clear, anyhow y
but the result proves that his ability did not
equal his desires In that respect. It turns
that each witness hss been or is now meu1-
ber Of the Sons Of Liberty, or Of some one Of
is aliases, such as TIE Mighty Host" the
G. G.'s." That fact being ascertaincd, the
Judge Advocate asks him no further Qucs-
ttous. From remarks Of counsel and court, I
Judge that in au probability another week
viii witness the end Of the case now on trial.
There are now In prison awaiting trial Dr..
Greek-fre shell man, and three men who were
arrested some time ago IN Sullivan county,
on o charge Of horse stealing, but who we're
afterwards found to be rebel officers. One Of
them Is named Cast1eman, and Is a nephew Of
John c. Breckenridge. These latter are prob:
ably spies, and will be tried rs such. Yeakel
and Booking will be tried as being implicated
Political matters arc rather quiet. The
election returns are not yet In and will not
probably be until the ist Of December, at
which time the Marshals Of tho sevcrnl Dis
tYicts are required by law to report them to
the Secretary Of State: The legislature meets
that an extra session will be called prior to
that time has no foundation in truth. There
NAV, and doubtless will be, an extra session
after the sixty days allotted to the regular
session have expired, but not before. Our
people aIe deeldedy Of the opi1lo,n 1!,a, that
ticeship of the United States Supreme Court,
The report telcgsaphed from the East few
days ago that Stanton lad been, or Was to be,
appointed to that high position. produced
general dissatisfaction. All concede the War
pee pisee, lit there % IS not T. that universal eon
dence in his purity Of life and motive, which
even political opponents accord to Mr.
Chase.
Tie Grand Lodge, I. 0. Q. F., which has
been in session In this city for some days, ad
jourued On Wednesday Last. The officers
elect for The ensuing year arc as follows:
II. ". Grand Master, Harvey D. Scott Of TeETe
4: ". Deputy Grand Muster, P. A. Hoffman Of
r.. ". GRIND Secretary, E. II. Baruy, Indian
4. ". Grand Treasurer, T. r. naughey, Indian
R. r. Grand Warden, F. r. ]. Jctes, Brook
vile.
The following appointments were made By
the n. ". Grand Master:
W Grand Chaplain, Rev. 7. G. Bahasfell, Of
$. Grand Marshal, J. I. nlgginbotham, Of Del
= ". Grand condnctof, Hiram Nelson, Evansville.
". GRIND Herald. Joel B. Edwards, Terre Hautc.
". GRIND Guardian, Tobfas Bender, Indian
apolis.
the following statistics Of the Order during
the year just closed: limitations, 1,241; num-
ber rejected, 10; admitted by card, 2236; with
drawn by card, 1B9 / suspended, l48; rc-in-
stated, s.; expelled, 81 died, ISL.
The Treasurer's report shows that the
finances Of the Order are In aourtshing con-
ditioD.
By way Of illustrating the sound loyalty Of
the Ancient Brotherhood, may remark that
charges we're preferred against 81. H. Dodd,
who was a member Of the Order, for disloy-
atty, &c. The charges were sustained, and
Dcdd expelled by an tt1dntnsous rot<-
The Grand Encampment Of the same Order,
which has also just closed its annual session,
made the following selection Of officers:
P. c. z. James Burgess, Of Daurille, n. ". Grand
r. ii. r. VIM. n. French, indianapolis, n ". g.
I. 6. +. Tuley, OF Bloomington, R. ". G. Senior
Rc. F: J., F. wallick, indianapolis, Il. ". G..
r. ii, r. T. Il. Barry, indianapolis, R. ". Grand
nc. r. 7. P. Haushcy, indianapolis, r. ".
i: 6. r Christopher Toler, Madison, ". Grand
r: J: F. Williams, indianapolis, Deputy
The draft, and matters pertaining thereto,
is being closed out as fast as possible. There
are number Of counties get to be drawn.
The men furnished hitherto have been of the
very first class, and will do no dishonOr to
. thu proud fame acquired By Indiana through
the Va1or Of her sons upon the field Of battle.
imcnts have gone to the field, Before their
departure Gen. Darlington made them q short
speech, in which he told them ''they were
the last two volunteer regiments from In1l.
ana,' that the war was drawing to close,
and that the men now in the field, with those
ready to follow, would be able to finish up the
business, and gi.e the coup de graos to the
The eth and 10th regiments, In Sherman's
army, have hccn consolidated under the NUM-
ber Of the latter. Col. Ben. Harrison, Of the
10th, who By the way Is grandson Of "Old
Tippecanoe,' y and fighting man worthy Of
The Goth Massachusetts hundred days
mcn}, who have been doing guard duty at
Camp Morton, left for home yesterday, their
term Of service having expired. Gen. Hovey
and Gov. Merton each issued IN eosder con-
graduating them on thei1 soldier1y discipline,
they discharged the duties imposed upon
them.
Gov. Morton has gone to Washington, and
will probably be absent for week to come
His excellent lady has been very seriously i'll
| for some time past, but Is now recovering.
As I advised you by telegraph, the report
sent to various copperhead papers from this
Irnaes, that Col. Holloway, of the Jouraal.
| had been arrested by the military authorities
!; for publishing contrnband news, is wholly
false, L Is being reiterated On every possible
The Supreme Cont meets at chambers, fos
! consultation, to-day. The regular term com
+. mences next Monday. There are over four
(: hundred cases On the docket, but the proba-
bi1ity Is that but few decisions will be made,
as the old Judges 60 out Of office the Sd OF
t January, aud they say they arc entirely will
: ing that the new Bench should come into
tu1l business ut cnce.
i The resignation Of McC CIelIan, and the re-
1tction that the army and administration are
fairly rid Of such q clog and ba1nacle, gives
great satisfaction, and nobody complains
4 oF
| fraud and kept By. mulish conservatism.
| Can Ese Release Our Prisoners Mt the
$0uxh4
[From the Washington Star. Nor. 1s.l
| We notice that the Chronicle aud other OF
! our contemporaries, IN treating upon the re-
ported movement of Sherman in the Cotton