Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1864-11-03

j. StDDeXall
Jackson" pamphlets containing assisles from the
metropolitan Record" "Abraham Afrieanus or
NJ stcrics OF the White House. "The Lincoln
Catcclist, or II Guide to the Presidential election
OF le64," "lndcstruetiblc Organizes" by Tirga--
/ These publications. have generally been procured
by formal acquisitions drawn upon the grand com
mandcrs by leading menibcrs in the interior Of .he
State One oil these acquisitions. dated June 10Th
last .and drawn by local secretary of the order
at Gentorville, Missouri, is exhibited in the tss.
timony. 1t contains column of the initials OF n
number OF subscribers, opposite whose names are
entered t.e number of dsloyal publications TO hc
furnished. the particular book or books, &c, re- .
qunetl being ndicatcdby fictitious titles
a. Communicating rih and Giring Iht,uiqtnce
10 the Epomy Smith. Grand Secrettrv of the or
der in Missouri, saws, in his confess ons: "Rcbcl
spies mail carriers and emissaiies have been care
FULLY protectedby by this order ever since have been
a member" IL is shownin the testimony 10 Lc
customary the rebel ser, ice 10 employ members
OF the order as spies, under the guisc of soldiers
furnished with iurlouehs 10 visi, their homes with.
in our lines On coming within the TERRITORY oc.
copied by our iOrces, thev are hIrborcd and sup.
piled with information by the order. Another
class OF spies claim to be de>crcrs from the enemy,
and at once seek an opportunity to take the oath
OF allegiance, which, however, though voluntarily
taken, they claim To be administered while they
are under species of durcsS and, therefore not
To be binding. Upon swearing allegiance 10 the
Government the pretended descrtcr Engages with
the assistance OF the order. in collecting contra
band goods or procuring intelligence TO be cor
veycd TO the enemy. or in some other trrnsonable
enterprise. IN his Official report of June 18th last.
Col. Sanderson remarks: ''This department is FILL
cd with rcbel spies. all Of whom belong TO the or
der.
In Missouri, regular mail communication was
for long period IN ,ntainc;!, through the agency
OF the order. from st. Louis to Prices army, by
means of which private letters as we'll IA official
dispatches between him aud the grand comman- l.
der OF Missouri, were regularly transmitted. TIE
mail carriers started nom point on the Pacific
railroad, near kirkwood Station, about fourteen
miles from ST Louis, and travelling only by night
proceeded (to quote from Colonel SandcrsOn's re-
pori( TO ''Nattox Mills on the Maramee River,
thence TO 4 point fifteen miles below Van Buren,
where they crossed the Black River. and thence to
the rebel lines" IL is, probably. also by this route
that the secret correspondence, stated 10y the Wit
ness Piiman, to have been constantly kept up be-
tween Price and Yallanli.ham, tho heads oi the
Order at the North and SuutL, respectively, was
successfully maintained.
a similar COMMUNICATION has been continuously
held with the enemy from Louisville. Kentucky.
A considerable number of women in that State,
MANY OF them in high position in rebel socictv
and some ot them ouiwardly protesting to be lty-
al, were discovered to have been actively engaged
i'll receiving and forwarding mails with the assist
ance of the order and its instruments. Two of
the most notorious and SUGGEST ul OF ihese-Mrs
Woods ann Miss Casscl-lnve been arprefended
and imprisoned.
by means OF this correspondence with the enemy
the me bcrs OF the order were promptly pprscd
OF all raids TO bc made by the forces OF the former
and were ready to hold themselves prepared to
render aid and comfort TO the raiders. To show
how efficient for this purpose was he system thus
established il is to be added that our military au.
ihoritics hnve in a number of cases. been inform
cd. through members of the Ordcr employed in
:he interest oi the Covcrnmoit, OF impending
raids and important army move ments of the rcb-
els, not only days, but sometimes weeks, sooner
than the same Intelligence could have reached
them through the ordinary channels.
On the other hand the system of espionage kept
up by the order Tor the purpose Of obtaining ia.
formation of the NOV cmcnts of our own forces &c
to bc impaired To the enemy. seems to have been
as perfect asst WIS secret The Grand Secretary
OF the Order in Missouri states. in his confession:
'Onc oi the special objects of this order WAS to
place members IN steamboats,, crr, boats, telc
graph offices. express Offices, depart ment head
quarters, provost marsh1.s offices and, i'm iact in
every position where they could do valuable SER
vice." and tic proceeds TO specify certain members
who, At the a'c OF his confession, August 2i last)
were employed at the express and telegraph Off
ces in ST. Louis.
5. Aiding tte Enemy, ty recruiting for them or
Assisting than 10 recruit ,ctfhin our Lincs-Ths
has also been extensively carried on by members
of the order. particularly in Kentucky and Mis-
souri, III estimated that two thousand men
were sent South from Louisville alone, during a
few weeks in April and Nav, 1864 The order
and its friends AT that city have pcrmadent fund,
to which there are many subscribers, for the nur-
pose oi fitting out with pistols, clorhins, money,
&c, men desiring TO join the Southern service;
and in the lodges of the order in St Louis and
Northern Missouri, money h S often been raised
TO purchase horses, arms aud equipments for sol.
diers about TO be forwarded 10 the Southern lrmy.
In the latter State, parties empowered by Price
or by Grand Commander Hunt, his representative.
to rccrui for the rebel service. were nOminay au-
thorizcd to ''iocofe lands a, it was expressed,
and in their reports, which were formally made,
the number of acres, &c., located, represented the
number OF men recruited At Louisville, those
desiring TO join the Southern forces were kept hid
den, and supplied with food and lodging, until
convenient occasion was presented for their trans
portation South. They we're tiicn collected and
conducted az isht to n sale rendezvous of the or.
der. whence they were forwarded TO their dcstina-
tcD, in some eases, stealing horses IRON the Uni
tea States couals on their way. While awaiting
sion to bc sent South, the m,n. 10 avoid
tie suspicion which mig he excited by their be-
ing together in any considerable number.
were often employed on farms in the vicinity of
Louisville, and the iarm OF one Moore, in that
ueishborhooa, (at whose house also meetings were
held, is indicated in the testimony as one OF the
localities where such recruits were rcndczvoused
and employed
The ssme facilities which were afforded to re-
cruits for the Southern army were also furnished
by the order to persons desiring to proceed bevond
our lnes for any illegal purpose. BY these Lou
isvie was generally preferred a point OF dcpar
ture, and, on the Mississippi liver, particular
CONVEYANCE.
6. Furnishing the Rebels mih Arms, Ammuni-
ton, Sc.-ln this, too, tho order, and especially
its female members and allies. has been seduously
engaged. Tue rebel women OF Louisiana and Ken
tucky are represented as having rendered The most
valuable aid TO the Southern army, by transporting
very large quantities Of percussion caps. powder
&c, concealed upon their persons, TO some con-
venient locality near the lines, wh.nce they could
be readily conveyed tn those Tor whom they were
intended. Ii is estimated that at Louisville, IN
to May lst last, the sum OF Sl7 900 had been in
vested by the order in ammunition and arms to
be forwarded principally in this manner to the
rebels In St. Louis several firms. who are well
known TO the Government, the principal Of which
il Beauvais g. Co, have been engaged in supply
ing arms and ammunition to members Of the or
der, to be conveyed TO their Southern allies. Ma
~ Ann Pitman, reliable witness, and member
Of the q A. X :, who will hereafter be especially
alluded to, STATE in her testimony that she visited
Bcauyais a. Co., three times, and procured from
them or on ach occa sion ahout eohtv dol