The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1864-09-15

| JTJzSEt6 says - CO. aH-faH gtffICfE :.
| Some time since, copies of the ritual of
the .. A, X. were found in the office of d.
w. Voorhees, of Terre Haute, which natu-
rally led conference that they were the pro
| perty of ID. Voorhees,. He has made de-.
NAL to Col r. w Thompson and to gen.
Darlington, which occasioned the following
reply = @ati "ia
INDIANAPOLIS, Aug, IS, 1864
Hon. ID. "! To0rtees. Hsmber U. S. Con-
greSs, Tsrre Haatc, fad ,eL#
| have received from you copy of your
letter to Col, r, w. Thompson, Provost
Marshal, and his reply. The following la
comic note accompanies them al-a..j i. liz
General Carrngton--As you published this
falsehood in the Newspapers. shall expect you
! tn correct il, as Col Thompson has done, "a ..
-H .'". '-'- DIV VOORHEES, s-
s The assumption in the above is. ground
less Your name is not mentioned by me
i'll my reports, neither have | published
anything about you whatever. Is. s-.-a.
~ You insist upon my answering your note
to Col. Thompson. The points you make
are. %. ".' Hsealt..
list. That the Office in which it is said
these papers were found had not been occu-a
pied by you or by any one connected with
you, or been in any way under your con-
troll, since last November .'f a.sis.i, f.
~ End. You desire to ascertain whether the
circumstances connected with the discovery
of those papers in that office led to the sup-1.
position that you placed them there, or was
even aware of their existence?' t.tob snir
F. You desire this Chat the people may
know the truth, and not that you attach
any particular Importance to the docu-
nents.' ....r..
The papers referred to are one hundred
and twelve copies Of the Ritual of the O. A.
X, reasonable order, aiming to oyertum
the government of the United States, of
which you are member. .han
The gentlemen who found those papers
told me they were found in your Office. %
The following are some of the circun-
stances that led me tosuppose they were
correct in their supposision ~ 5rs-..lt o. ui
. .. Your law library, and office furniture
were in the office where these papers were
found s.r-1t85 ..oi,su
Il You had declined re-nomi nation for Com
,gress, and the Office was reported as not
for rent as late as April, 1864. .Is..9 so.
The Ritual had been issued in the autumn
of 1862. Your Congressional documents
were in the office where these papers were
found. .....aal haa =,
ID Your speeches. up to March, ofyour en-
tire Congressional career with the John
Brown speech, were in the Office where
these papers were found
The correspondence of Senator Wall, Of
New Jersey, under his frank, endorsing a
proposition to furnish you with twenty thou
sand stand of Garribaldi rifles, just impor-
ted, for which he could youch, was in the
office where these papers were found.
The correspondence Of @. H. Vallandig-
han. from Windsor, @. W., assuring you >
our people will fight, and that he is ready,
and fixing point on the Lima road at
(which to meet yon,' was in the office where
these papers were found. ''+.i
The correspondence Of Joseph Ristine,
Auditor Of Slate, declaring that he would
like to see all Democrats unite IN bold and
omen resistance to all attempts to keep ours
a united people by force of steel, and that
this was war against the democracy, and
our only hope was the successful resistance
of the South, was in the Office where these
papers were found. ~ g '.''' i,,-... A..
b The correspondence of L. G. Hibben, who
assures you that the democracy are fast
stifening up when this war is to be openly
declared as being waged for the purpose OF
freeing the negro, which viii arouse an
other section of the country to arms and
declaring that Lincoln bayonets are should
cred for cold bIooded MURDER was III the
Office where these papers were found.
The correspondence of j. Hardest, who
wants you to have that hundred thousand
men ready, as we donot know how soon we
may need Them was in the office where
this ritual was found. .95e eds i8 $50 C1f1
The correspondence off. Bingham, who
asks you if you think the South has resour-
ces enough to keep the Union forces at bay,
and says that you must have sources ofin-
formation which he has not was in the Of
fee where these papers were found. ss
The correspondence Of John G. Davis, in
forming you that certain New York jour
nails is wonderfully exercised about secret
anti-war movements, and trSmbls IN their