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

RDAY, OCTOBER % |,
serve 70 illustrate the system which ha
propaoly been pursued in most of tn,
states. One intelligent witness, who ha
neen member Of the order, estimates tha
IN March last there were in possession Of th
order ID that State six thousand musket
and sixty thousand revolyers. beside pri
vafe arms. Another member testities tha
a. single lodge meeting Of two hundred
ana nfty-two persons, which he attended
early in the present year, the sum OF 81, ,OOt
was subscribed for arms. Other memb
present statements is in regard to the mum
per OF arms in their respective counties
and all agree in representing that these
have been constantly forwarded from In.
dianapolis into the interior. Beck & Broth.
ers is designed rs the firm in that city tc
which most Of the arms were consignad.- -
These were shipped principally from the
East; some packages, however, were sent
from Cincinnati, and some from Kentuck Y,
anu the boxes were generally marked
''pick-axes, - hardware, mails. y .house
hold, y goods" &c.
| Gen'l Carrington estimates that in Feb
rnary and March last, nearly $4,000 guns
aud revOlvers entered the State, and this
estimate Is based ON an actual inspection OF
invoices. The true number introduced was
therefore probsbly considerably greater
That officer adds that on the day in which
the sale OF arms was stopped by his order,
| in Indianapolis, nearly 1000 additional re.
volvers had been contracted for, and that
the trade could not supply the demand.-
He further reports that after the introduc.
ton Of arms in the Department Of the
North had been prohibited in General Or
ders of March last, a seizure was made by
the Government Of large quantity Of re.
volvers and one hundred and thirty five
thousand rounds Of ammunition, which
had been shipped to the firm in Indianapo.
lie, Of which II. III. Dodi, grand comman.
der, was a member; that other arms, about
| to be shipped to the same destination, were
seized in New York city; and that all these
were claimed as the private property 0.
John c. Walker, one Of the major generals
| OF the order in Indiana, and were repre-.
sented to have been purchased for a few
| friends" 1t is to be added that at the Of.
flee Of Hon. D. w. Voorhees,, NJ. c., al
Terre Haute, were discovered letters which
disclosed correspondence between him
| and ex-senator Wall, Of New jersey, in
regard to the purchase of twenty thousand
Gafibaldi rifles, to be forwarded to the
West.
1t appears in the course of the testimony
that considerable quantity of arms and
ammunition were brought into the State ol
Illinios from Burlington, Iowa, and that
ammunition was shipped from New Alba
ny, Ind, into Kentucky. It is also repre-
sented that, had vallandigham been arres-
ted on his return 70 Ohio, it was contem-
plated furnishing the order with arms from
q point in Canada, near Windsor, where
they were stored and ready for use.
There remains further to be noticed, in
this connection, the testimony OF ClaytOn
upon the trial Of Dodd, to the effect that
arms were TO be furnished the order from
Nassau, n. p, by way of Canada; that, to
defray the expense Of these arms or their
transportation, formal assessment was
levied upon the lodges, but that the trans
portation into Canada was actually to be
furnished by the Confederate authorities.
A statement was made by Hunt, Grand
Commander of Missouri, before his arrest,
to fellow member, that shells and ali
kinds of munitions OF war, as well as in
fernal machines, were manufactured for
the order at Indianapolis; and the late dis
covery in Cincinnati Of samples of hand
grenades, conical shells and rockets, of
which one thousand were bout TO be man
ufactured, under q special contract. for the
statement.
These details will convey some idea OF
the attempts which have been made to
place the order upon war footing, and
prepare il for aggressive movements. But
notwithstanding all the efforts that have
been put forth, and with considerable sue
cess, 10 arm and equip its members as fight
ing men the leaders of the order have felt
themselves still very deficient In their ar
mament, and numerous schemes for in
creasing their armed strength have been
devised. Thus, ct the time Of the issuing
of e,ovop0l npf1op - ~,
the enrolment Of al citizens, It was pro.
posed in the lodges Of the o. A. K, at st.
Louis, that certain members should raise
companies In the militia IN their respective
wards, and thus get command Of as many
Government arms and equipments a pos.
sible, for the future use Of the order. Again
IL was proposed that all the members
stead OF paying Communication, in this way
obtaining possession OF United States arms,
and having the advantage of the drill and
military instruction.
In the councils Of the order in Kentucky
in June last, q scheme was devised for dis
arming all the negro troops, which it was
thought could be done without much diff
Guilty, and appropriat.ng their arms for the
purposes Of the order.
The despicable treachery Of these pro-
posed plans, as evincing the GTinaus of the
conspiracy, need not be commented upon.
1t is to be observed that the order in the
State of Missouri has counted greatly upon
support from the enrolled militia, in case
Of an invasion by. Price, as containing
many members and friends Of the o. A. X;
and that the Paw Paw Militia a mill
tary organization Of Buchanan county, as
well as the militia Of Platte and Clay cOun.
ties, known as Flat FOots, have been re-
lied upon, almost to . man, to join the
revolutionary movement. ~ = 80 @aa
WITS RITUAL, oATHs, AND IHTERIoR
FORMS.
The ritual Of the order, as well az it's Sc
cret signs, passwords, DC, have been fully
made known to the military authorities
In August last, one hundred and twelve
copies of the ritual of the 0. A. X. were
seized in the Office Of Hon. d. w. voor-
hees, NJ. c., at Terra Haute, and large
number Of the rituals Of the 9. 8. l., to-
gether with copies Of the constitution OF the
Councils, DC, already referred 70, were
found in the building at Indianapolis, oc-
cupied by Dodd, the Grand Commander of
Indiana, as has been indicated by the Gov
ernment witness and detective, Stidger.-
Copies were also discovered at Louisville,
o<T Tho ~no;Iouao ~ nr Ka1fra nonnoo 1oS