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

aiu. Doth uirecty ana indirectly, To the FORCES vi
the rebels, and TO guerrilla bands, when engaged in
making incuTsiOns into the border States, yet be-
cause, the one hand of the constant restraint
upon its action exercised by our military authori-
ties, and. the other hand, oil the general success
of armies in the field those of the enemy
their allies at the North have never thus far been
able TO carry out their grand plan OF y general
armed rising OF the order, and its cooperation or
an extended scale with the Southern forces. This
plan has been two fold. and consisfrd-frst, of a
rising of the order i'm Missouri, aided by a strong
detachment from Illinois, and cooperation with
n rebel army under Price; seoo;id, OF similar ri
sing in Indiana. Ohio and Kentucky. and a coop
Grafton with force under Brccknridge, Buck ner
Morgan, or sonie other rebel commander, who was
to invade the latter State. In this case the order
first to cut the riroa 3 aud teegra ph wires
in order that intelligence of the movement might
not he sent abroad and the transportation OF Fed
cral troops might be delayed, aud then to seize
upon the arscnals ut indianapolis, Columbus
Sprin, field. Louisville and Frankfort, and furnish
ing each ofthcr number as were without arms, TO
kill make prisoners OF department, district nd
post commanders, release the rebel prisoners nj
Rock Islam and at Camps Morton, Douglas and
Chase, and thcreupon join the southern army n
Louisville or some other point in Kentucky. which
State was to bc permanently occupied by the com
bincd force. At the period Of the movement il
upon Chicago by means of steam tugs mounted
with cannon. A similar course to be taken in
Missouri, and was to result in the permanent oc
cnpat on of fhc State.
This plan has long occupied the minds of mem
bcrs of the Order, aud has been continually dis
cusscd by them in .her lodges. A rising some
what of the character described was intended to
have taken place in the spring Of this year, stimuli
tancOusly with an expected advance of the army
al
cmy having been anticipated by the movements
OF our own Generals, the rising of the consprators
was necessarily postponed. Again, 4 general
movement of the southern forces anticipated "a
take place about 1uly 4th, and with this the order
was 20 co operate. A speech 10 be made by Val
andi CHAM Mt the Chicago Convention, was. it is
said, 10 be the signal for the rising. but the post
poncmcnt ofthc Convention, well ~ the fail
urc of the rebel armies to engage in the amticipa-
ted movement, again operated to disturb
the schemes of the order. During the sum
mcr. however. the grand plan OF action above set
forth has been more than ever discussed through
ont the Order; and its success most confidently
predicted, while at the same fine IN extensive
9ariz ltion and preparation for carving their
spiracy into effect have been actively going on -
But IN to this time. Notwithstanding the late raids
of the enemy into Kentucky, and the invasion of
MissOuribv z ice, no such general action the
placc--a result; in great part owing 10 the activity
of our military authorities in strengthening the de
ttchnents at the prisons, arscnals. &c, and in
causing the arrest OF the leading cOnsIirators i'll
the several States, and especially in the seizure OF
large quantities of arms which had been shipped
for the oi the order in their intended outbreak.
IL was, doubtless, on account ofthe-e precautions
that the day last appointed for the rising of the
der in Indiana and Kentucky (Aug. l6,) passed of
with but slight disorder
1t is, however, the inability of the public en- emy
in the now declining day of the rebellion. to I'M
tiate ihc desired movements, which has prevented
the orr'cr from engaging in open warfare, and it
hes lately been seriously considered in their coun
ellis whether they should not proceed with t;.eir
revolt, relying alone upon the guerilla bands of
Sypher,. Jesse and others for a ssstancc.
With tlc<,. cuerillas tbe Order has most readily
acted along the border The latter. in cases of
capiur. by the Union forces Of Northern men,
bcrs of the order engaged in co operating with
them, have frequently retaliated by scizing prom
incnt Union eitizans andhOlding them rs hostages
for the release OF their allies. At other times our
gov crnment has been officially mortified by the rebel
authorities that il the members of the Order cap
turcd were no, treated by us rs ordinary prisoners
of war, retaliation would be rcsorted to.
An atrociOus plan OF concert between members
of the Order in Indiana and certain guerilla bands
in Kentucky, agreed upon last spring, may he re-
mark ed upon in this connection. Some $500 or
1890 guerillas we're 10 be thrown into the border
counties. and were to assume the character of
refugees seeking employment. Being armed, they
were secretly 10 destroy government property
wherever practicable, to control the elections 10y
force. prevent enstments, aid descrters, and stir
up strife between the civil and military xuthori
ties.
singular feature of the raids OF the enemy re
mains only TO be advertcd 10, viz that the officers
conducting those raids furnished by the rebel
government With quantities of United States treas
ury notes for use within our lines, and that these
are probably most frequently procured through the
agency of the members OF the Order.
Mary Ann Pitman. believed TO be a true and
faithful witness states that Forrest, Of the rebel
army. Mt one time exhibited to her letter to him.
SELF from prominent rebel svmpathizer and mem
Der OF the order in Washington, ID. c., in which
it set fortk that the sum oil $40 900 in green
backs" had actually been forwarded bv him TO the
rebel government at Richmond.
(. Destruction Of G0rtrRm6nf ProptTfu There
is no doubt that large quantities of Government
property have been burned or otherwise DESTROYED
by the agency OF tie Order in different localities.
Al Louisville, in the case of the steamer Taylor.
and on tn, Mississippi river steamers belonging
to the United States have been burned at the
wharycs and generally when loaded with govern
ment stores. Shortly before the arrest of Bowles.
the senior Of the Major Generals Of the Order in
Indiana he had been cnga ed in the preparation
of "Grcck fire. which was TO be found seryiceable
in the destruction Of Government property. 1t
was generally understood in the councils of the
Order, i'm the State of Kentucky, that they we're
to be compensated for such destruction bv the reb
c government. by receiving commission of ten
per OF the value of the property destroyed,
and that this value to be derived from the cs-
innate of the loss made in each case by northern
newspapers
9. Destruction Of Pricofe Property and Persecu-
toin Of Union Men.--lt is reported by General
Carringion that the full development of the Order
in Indiana was followed by "a stare OF terrorism"
among tic Union residents of"portions of Brown,
Morgan, Johnson, Rush. Clay, Sullivan. Bartholo-
new, Hendricks. and other counties in that
State; that from some localities they were driven
away altogether; that in others their barns, hay
and wheat racks were burned; and that many per-
sons, under the general insecurity o. life and prop
erty, sold their effects at sacrifice and removed
to other places. At one time in Brown count, :,
the members of the Order openly threatened the
lives of all "abolitonists" who refused 10 sign a
peace memorial which they had prepared aud ad-
dressed TO Congress. In Missouri, also, similar
outrages committed upon the property of loyal
citizens are attr .butable in great degree to the
secret Order.
In this connection the outbreak ofthe miners ir
the coal districts of Eastern PENNSYLVANIA in the
autumn OF last year, may be appropriately referred
upon the trials of thasc insurgents who were gull
tv Of the destruction of property and numerous
acts of violence, well as murder, that they were
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