, 1864-10-09
TREAs0y m INDIANA.
II sal of N. n. Dcdd-6Eore AstCuu0-
inH Revelations

Wesley Tt1ntoFs NitoeaS 1oI tuc asvet1- |
ment, teatlaed u fo1loN7: heAoe. = 9,Ia naoIa
In the l7th Regiment Of Indiana Volanteetsi
discharged foF dIalbllltY; had been mem.
ber Of tic Order ,of Knlghts Of the aoldea
Circle or Circle of. Honor; ioined at 9hosls
ssaSn; Thar wsFe ioE.{ tbelp mnsaIoea
ThsIc oh1est AZ Grst,Tss ata1ed to be to or. I
gantze and revive the Democratic pafty, and
10 oTrpoan the eA1mjnfst1atton, ano 70 asceEs
tain Whist force theT coula ntnstsE s lug
officers aud members s'id Efeaf aeM ABOUT
usn'paons and tyranny o. 'st snS nnnr1saion
Some Of tho members nsd rifles and shot guns,
and two boxes pfreyolvcrs #ete sent 70 the
Organization, md a man BY tne name OF
Coffin helped to carry the noxss ratea 1..s ~; wsae
Mtxkt - jeWelsy. Towasa NV ~ tnas ia Rn, a.
January, lho4, the matter seemed TO fevise,
and the mt enbers, Of the Order were notaed
that mtttipp OF the Ereattat importance
y ~ to be held: aud that Ill shouii attend
One John ". Stone WIS the speakeFF q M sas
meeting. BE said that the CetS f ns c,,iad Sl
different name, liz had little book or
n ual win hrco, winch Stone da!d caue from
JEFF. Dayis, and contained tho LAWS ana re-
gplat,ons Of The Order. The new r;na3 Urdes " r.
called Knights Of the. doiaea c1ste sti, ~ ~
prenartnr ~ ~ shmrsniug that would be
ielt- TneII first oreanizetlo Was tiao OF
fee]er stone eaid that the organiktt!o
Hon}d mako slmulttueoM aatacS upqn IL A.:
eianapolie, Springfield. ILL., aea s..t e Aou.s: em:
a. they had ssisn Inc sraenal, and by this
means arm themselves more eomplssey;
| Stone slid there Wee no doubt they Would
be ahle to cspture thtse places. as tne Unlt'
| ed States soldiers were nosty ~ toe npnt;
He eald that when these paa p.aases of ,Ife,sT n
Kentnckv N,sas,nr1 and else where, and the
Organization would hare such standing
| a.d eharax1er thst The career Of the Ltaeole
Government would be checked. 40 femlnd
cd them that Old Abe vas 20 seareo tnas "a, nS
ciyf Kim @ sn,na,hinr worse to b. scared for
ihan tbat,1 90 sad that Jef Davis had
three tiucs Offered to compromise, but mono
lice was taken OF It. but that now jeh Davis
with the assirstance that could he offered
him from the Eosth, Ton!a io1ce sns tos III In
ponln trinr peace to this country. The up.
,f,lne wns 20 bo made not fat from the first
OF ACME Cor Morton Was to hc Waited BE-
| fote the attack BY person who signed bis
name AN. D<"- and he was not to live long
ttrer That. Stone sald he guessed he would
fakr tirk aad die. When the attack WAS TO
h. ma;s here, they would be gauaral ad-
vsnce Of tbe fehel armies. and Gen. La was
10 attack washington City: At tho close o.
Stones remarks, some fifteen additional
man eettirz two members to stand ID hIa
snnns61s, They vera bound BY oath to the
nhjfe atiope laid down In the ritual. one o.
whieh was TO stand By and defend each
other. and to como With there arms When
ever the order for tho attack :Waa made
1raitors. Some OF the men, before taking
fh~ nath. EXPRESSED feara that II ctptuSeG
fbey would ba shot or hung - traitors
Etone made light Of the Idea, and said tha
ii nv Of the Order should be captured i
MAS p1obable, that Li1co'n's Governmen
they must be respected as prisoners Of war
or be would 1etaliate. Dodd and Bowle
were constantly spoken Of as Chiefs In th
! Order. Harrison II. Dodd, It Was said i,
tbe O,dcr.' would be The next Goysrnor
The witness nsxt went through the ya1
BY which members Of tne Order recogntz
each oiber, oil OF which exactly correspond
cd with that testificd to by previous vii
1tsses, and Whoee testimony in this respec
has not b! en- published. After he had bee
father acquainted With It. and subsequently
wrote to General Carrlncton about 1t. q
: Joined the Order 1n good faith. No fee o
reward OF any kind Dad trof been paid Q
, Offered Tor making any reyal tt0u OF the at
arcts Of the Order. There Was a person,
! little fellow, who came to thelr Tempt
. . twice. sLd who was said to 60 to and ffot
: The rebel authorities The Chicls OF th
! Order said tho only way to save the country
! was to eject Jkd. Davis "a next Prestdeul
= apd 10 do this they must arm az atnst til
bluo coats. He had nevcr. In any wa,
acted Is detective tor the United State
Government. The members Of the Ofdt
drilled: wanted wItuess to drill then,
9 be hed been IN lbs army. IL did not, IN
never drilled with them The meeting rcfc
rcd to took place on Saturday night, J&n'
asy 26th or 9Th, at the house of psrsc
- named Giddlr, about mile east Of shoa
!. Station. Pending the examination the Co
d miesioucys adjourned to meet on Thnfsda
' October 9th. ut 10 o'clock a. m.