The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-10-29
BURLINGTON WEEKLY HAWK-EYE.

aCtof OF refugees seeking employ iA0ut.-
Being armed they were secretly % uestroy
to control the election by force, prevent en-
listnents, aid deeerters, and stir up strife
between the civil and military authorities.
A single feature OF the raids Of the enemy
remains only to be adverted to, viz: That
the officers conducting these raids are fur
quantities Of United States Treasury notes
for use within our lines, and that these are
probably most frequently produced
through the agency of members OF the or
der.
and faithful witness, states that Forrest, OF
the rebel army, at one time exhibited to
her a letter to himself from prominent
rebel sympathyzer and member OF the or
der in Washington, d! c., in which 1t was
set forth that the sum Of $28, 900 in :" green
backs had actually been forwarded by
him to the rebel government at Richmond.
s. Destruction Of Government Property.
There is no doubt that large qnantltie:
Of Government property have been burned
or otherwise destroyed by the agency Of
the order in different localities. At Louis
Vile. in the case of the steamer Taylor,
and on the Mississippi river, steamers be-
longing to the United States have been
burned at the wharves, and generally
when loaded with government stores.-
00OTLly O0IOEe tuS ATIcSt Va DIV Acos VIC
senior of the major generals OF the order
in Indiana, he had been engaged in the
preparation.of s'Greek fire." which was to
be found serviceable in the destruction OF
public property. It was generally under
stood in the councils of the order, In the
State of Kentucky, that they were to be
compensated for such destruction by the
rebel Government, by receiv ~ commits
sion OF ten per cent of the value OF the
property so destroyed, and that this value
was to be derived from the estimate OF the
loss made in such case by Northern news
papers.
9. Destruction of Private Property and
Persecution of Union n,eat.-1t ia reported
by General Darlington that the full de-
velopment Of the order in Indiana was fol-
lowed by "a state of terrorism" among the
Union residents Of "portions Of Brown;
Morgan, johnson, Rush, Clay, Sullivan,
Bartholomew, Hendricks and other coun-
ties in that State !; that from some locali-
ties they were driven away altogether
that in others their barns, hay and wheat
ricks were burned; and that many per-
sons, under the general insecurity OF life
and property, sold their effects at sacri-
fee and removed to other places. At one
time in Brown county, the members of the
order openly threatened, the lives Of all
.sAbolitionists'' who refused to sign q peace
memorial which they had prepared, and
addressed to Congress. In Missouri, also
similar outrages committed upon the prop
erty of loyal citizens are attributable in q
great degree to the secret order.
In thisconnection the outbreak Q. the mi
ners in the coal districts of Eastern Penn
sylvania, in the autumn Of last year, may
be appropriately referred to. It was fully
shown in the testimony adduced, upon the
trials OF these insurgents, who were guilty
OF the destruction OF property and ndme-
mt AY al Uynl oo Sne
that they were generally members of Sc
cret reasonable association, similar in all
respects to the h. g. c., at the meetings Of
which they bad been melted TO the COM
mission OF the crimes for which they had
been tried and convicted.
10. ASSASSINATION and Murder. AFTER |
what has been disclosed in regard to the |
Infamous league Of traitors and rufians, it
will not be matter OF surprise to learn
that the cold-blooded assassination Of
Union citizens and soldiers has been in
Guided in their develish scheme Of ope-
rations. Green B. Smith states il his
confession. that 1.-THE secret assassina.
ton Of United States officers, soldiers
and Government employees, has been
recommended" Il is also shown III the
course OF the testimony that at y large
meeting of the order in ST. Louis, IN May
or June last, it was proposed to form a se
cret police of members of the order for the
purpose of patrolling the streets of that city
at night aud killing every detective and
soldier that could be readily disposed Of:
that this proposition was coolly considered
and finally rejected, not because OF its
fendish character-no voice being raised
against its criminality-buth because only it !
was deemed premature. At Louisville, in |
June last, similar scheme was discussed |
among the order for the waylaying aud
OF negro soldiers in the streets |
at night: and in the same month party OF |
it's mbers in this city was actual.v or
ganzed for the purpose of throwing OF the |
track OF the Nashville Railroad a train Of
troops, and seizing the opportunity |
to take the lives Of as many ~ possible.-l
Again, in July, the assassination OF an OBJ |
noxious Provost Marshal, by betrayiDg
him into the hands Of guerri!las Was de-
signed by members in the interior Of Ken |
lucky. Further, At . meeting Of the Grand |
Council of Indiana ut indianapolis, or |
june 14th last, the murder OF one Coffin, q |
detective, who, as it was sup |
posed, bad betrayed the order, was DELHI. |
erately discussed and fully determined |
upon. This fact Is stated by Stidger, in |
his report to General Darlington Of June |
18th last, and is more fully set forth in his |
upon the tria! OF Dodd. He de-
poses that at the meeting in question Dodd
himself volunteered to go 10 Hamilton,
Ohio,g where Coffin was expected to be |
found, and there dispose OF the latter
He adds that prior to the meeting he him
self conveyed from Judge Bullitt. at Lou
isville, to Bowles and Dodd, at Indianapo-
lis, special instructions to have Coffin ",nt
out Of the way"-''murdered'- all ha- |
xards.''
The opinion is expressed by Col. Sander
son, under date of June 18th last. that ";he
recent numerous cold -blooded assassina-
tons Of military officers and unconditional
Union men throughout the military dis
trict of North Missouri, especially along
the western border" is to be ascr;bed to
the agency of the order. The witness Pit
man represents that it is "a part Of the OBJ
legation or understanding Of the order" to
kill officers and soldiers 'taOhenever it can
be done By STEALTH" as well as loyal citi-
zens, when considered important or intiu-
entail persons; and she adds that while at
Memphis during the past summer, she
knew that men on picket we're secretly kill
ed by members Of the order approaching
them in disguise.
In this connection may be recalled the