Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-10-04

and the third degree in the spring of
lSc4 There was no essential difference
between the O. A & and o 5. l.. After
be took the second degree in the O. A.
4. the Order was changed to the Order
of the Sons Of Liberty The same Off
GERS controlled both Orders. He was
still in the Order and met last, two
weeks ago. The placs Of meeting was
in the woods He had held an Office in
the Order: namely, that of Lecturer of
the Yestibule The organization was
first contemplated to bring the Demo
cratic party into power, and was only
understood TO be political organization
Afterwards the officers informed the
members that it was q military organ
ization. The authorities who had con-
troll Of the Government, we're said to be
tyrannieaI that they we're trampliug Us
under foot, and that we should have 70
resist BY force Of arms, and the members
of the Order expected to rise to mains.
tain their rights. The o. 5. I. frequent
" drilled, and hare been drilling for =
year. About two-thirds Of the Order
wers armed, some With rihss, and others
with revolvers aud shot guns The
muster-roll of their township was over
one hzndFed DR. Mccartney, who is
the Grand Seigseur of the county, in
formed the members that there were
forty tksussnd il the Stats Of Illinois,
well armed, and that they could depead
upon eighty thousand in that Slate.
There we're about forty thousand in Mis-
souri,, twenty thousand being in St.
Louis and the vicinity. The officers said
/ that between May and June there was 90
be an invasion at three points into Ohio,
| to be led By Morgan or Wheeler; into
Indiana, to be led By Longstreet, and
into Missouri, TO be led By Maymaduke
or Price, and, in case the rebels came
into Illinois, the brethren Of the organ
ization we're to shake hands and be
| friends
An assessment was made on the ledger
for the purchase Of arms. Their lodge
was assessed for two hundred dollars
II vas collected BY Col Barry, or Bar
rets, of ST. Louis The arms we're to
come from Nassau TO Canada, and were
to be brought to the Canada line BY the
| Confederate authorities, but the Order
was 70 pay the cost Of transportation
from Nassau TO the Canada line. It
was understood in the Order that the
signal for the uprising would be given
BY the Supreme commander, c. L. Val
| landigham. Next to him in command
vas Robert Holloway, Of Missouri
There we're Lieutenants and Captains,
or Colonels, in the Order, and Major
General for each Congressional District
| The penalty for divuiging The secrets of
the Order vas death. Since the expos.
ure of the Order in St Louis, and
especially of this case, the Order was
disposed TO be quiet and do bot little
The present invasion Of Missouri was
made known TO the Order in this locality
By one Of Qusntrell's men, who said
that Price would be ia Missouri by Octo-
eer lst, aad stay there until after the
election, and as much losgsr as be could
The Order in Illinois made no effort 10
easist him, IL be came in. The late ex
posures bad stopped their operations
Their Temples met, bat had quit drilling.
TAe American knight were organized
in Illinois by p. c. Wright, Of Missis-
sippi or Louisiana, who came to Spring
| hesd, Ill 70 Mass Democratic Conven.
dion, June Esb, 1868. and organized
Lodges, and instituted General Coun-
Gil, which appointed Two officers for each
county, to organize County Temples.
Wright is editor of the New York Nescs
now. He sent q circular to our Lodge.
A autographed copy Of this circular,
dated January Is, 1864, in which he
spoks Of the Ne,cs as the o. s Is
especial organ, and asking their aid in
circulating il, was identified by the wit
ness as the same shown to the Lodge by
Mr.. Mccartney Of Monmouth, Ill, the
| Grand seigneur Of the Warren county
Temple. The witness gave the mode Of
testing brother in the Order.
Without closing his testimony the
Commission adjourned to p m. Mon
day.