, 1864-10-04

were trsup3Ieg us under foot, sud that xe
should baVn TO 1rsist BY force OF arms. and
the members OF she Or5er expected to rise
Il. uttct.t their rights. Thn o. 3. 1. Tee
yesr. Arout twp-thnds # the Order ~eru
srmtd. .snne with rifles and others With re-
vclvc,s and shot guos. Tho muster roll Of
eb+ir ,u~ DshIpw Was over one hundred Dr..
McCsr,ney, who is the Gr<ud 9Bigneue of the
com ty, i1tormed the menhers that th.ee
we're ior;f lbuusaDd In the State OF IlIinpi.,
well armed. aod that they could depend 1ou
eighty tbousshd in THAT State There were
u.,out forty thousaCd IN Missouri, tzsntg
ttupeaud btipg IN st. Louis and shp vicioity,
Tbt officers said that bet ~een May a.o June
there was to be an invasion at three po1n.s-
tpto Ohio, to b. LED By Morgan or ~useler;
into Missouri, to. hi: led BY Munaduke aud
Price; aDd, 10 case the rebels come into tilt
poia. Tie brethren Of tbe ufeRnlx alton vera
10 shake hapd. aud be ftieoos.
An asfetsnEnt ~oa nude on the ledger for
the purcbase of arms Their lodge 1as a.
eets.d for two hundred tlo,lars. It Was
COLLECTED BY Col Barry, or Barrett of st.
Laois Ihr arms were to come II I'm Mas
eau to Canads, and were to be brought to
the Canada lioe by the Confederate author
lt1es, hut the 0ruer was to pay the cost of
transportation from Naassa to the Cau .da
line. II was understood in the Order that
the signal Tor the uprising would be gwen
by the supreme commander, G T. Vatlsndis-
ham. Next to him in command was Robert
Holloway, OF Missouri. There were Lien
tebants snd Captains. or Co1ouels. 10 tue
order, 'aDd Major General for each Con
ert set"nal District. The penalty for diyulS~
i..e this secrets of the Order vas deaEn.
Slsce the exposure Of the Order In S..
vas d'spostd to be quiet and do but iittla.
The p1tstnt Invasion OF Missouri was made
Known to the Order 10 his locality By one of
Qaantre1l's men, who said that Price
~cu1d be In Missouri BY October LIST,
and stay there until att-r elecu n, aud
as much longer "a be could. The order In
Illinois made no effort to assist him, IL ho
came in. The late exposures had stopped
tbe'r operations. Their Temples met, but
bad qnit drilliug. The American Kufrhta
Hern organized Ii. Illinois by 2. @. Wright,
1f Mteetssit pt or 'Louisana, who came to
spriDE EaeId. Ill to mass Democratic Con.
7ention, June 18th, 1868, aud organized
o,dg.e, and instituted General Council.
which zppnlnted tn Q -t1icers for each couotyt
% organize cou1ty Temples Wright IL edt.
or OF thr New York Ne,os nor. He sent
.ircula-, dated January 18, 1864, in which he
poke Of the N<ta> as the o. L SIS especial
,fsan. snd asking their aid in circulating 1t,
!, as Identified by the witness as tho same
ho~n 70 The ln5ee BY pr Mccartney, OF
Monmouth, I'll the Grand scignenr Of tha
Warren county Temple. The witness 'gAye
be mode Of testing brother In the o1der.
ME. Felix 6. stidger, in his cross-examina-
iop, stated his conversation with Dr. BoRles,
prominent O. A. E.: as follows:
be gaze me programme OF the operations that
'e!e to b. c1rried out. Illinois had pedged her
e1f to furnish 81 600 mes, to coucentraIe ut st.
dpir. and co operate W1th Missouri, who bad
bemsclv+s 10 furnish 3 900. and these csmblped
orces III re to cooperate With Pltce, who waa to
1saos Miss uri with 20 co., and mora, II po.slble,
, 'ho st.teta'ce :, JEFF Davit, aud these to o9o
len uere crmmabded TO b I'D Missouri Ag.tast
be forces that conld bo brought asainst It.
toisla was to fozpi.h from 1000 70 50 900 men.
. cn-npe1Ate wi'a other fercea that mI.he come
ON O.to, xnd al were 70 be thrown on Louisville
> co-optta'e NTH nhatever free JEFF Dams
NY BIT send INTO Eastera keutucky. nnder Buckner
r BIT ekibridge, IS Dlvis ni.ht deem best. Or,
|ow!.+ rnve me that As the progress Of the war at
hat time. This wns 10 our nrrt conversation.