, 1865-02-04

wae meeting Of eeveral OF US In the olce Of MIR.
OaulGeld. There were present Mr. Rogers, =
NJ PMRs semmes' MSfeen 10 ne ysMelk M aRd gen
Introduced to us, vas felt 70. oe":all right The
conversation was on the subject OF the arrests
We knew that one gst hays bsayed the
eelved us must be William Hull, ard il 1t was, he
sabee sfd az he sos oass Il
the rooun- &c did not agrcc with the execution OF
sncA an extreme measure. lie was, believe, the
sa1a Sc .ner s spn u %s Sonss
discussing tls subject Of de arrests. semmcs 6sd
ese Ssa sad asont Soa.e
Regarding the raising OF money In the Order,
remember that once Geary came Ut the conclusion
there wero somo 10 eseapef rebel prisoners @ r. Who us
was subst1ibed. boolltue ad4anccd most 81 It,
paid him back afterwards. / have seen the Wit.
Dees G. W. HIll he Is rot the Eame man who ,Yas
member q our lodge IN Chicsgo. Doolittlc vas
tic Grand Council. He spoke very often at our
meetings. Some Of his speeches heard. be-
1tese Judge Morris was Present on some occa-
ticu1ar meetings. 1 hare not seen Doollstle since
August last He may have been at meetings since
that time, for on several occasions was abscnt
csmp Douglas. He Was expisicing tie Te1stise
POSITIONS Of the armies Of Grant, and Rosccrans
and Leg, and bow long It would take troops from
sh3 " a. ~ eo.s nIlA ~ 4uG1 any
about the arrangements OF tho camp, but there
WIS no discussion or act1on taken on the subject
la ~ % saa ~ M .de t9i
prisoners In Camp Douglas Wonld be friends TO
u in Tie event Of AZ up1islng, II We could only
Eet tnem lnlo posinon Hhe9e toeE M eoaia nave an
Of his speech WIS In faror Of revolution sgafnst
;as feaei lne !ofces y t!n 1nS oreaa-
aaaaon @ Tsfe estimated e[ sgme as IN the
1id not occur TO ny @oNledEe. ! Joined the
sons o1 iabe5T n S1ne OF 19ly, is83, st tns so-
11ettafon q homas Nelson. IN December, 1858,
not know anything about his patt llta. 9. Corn
ing Judd was GfSnd Commander q the state. ~
one time, Ames Greene osenpisd thst position;
Of Other states-
The document shown By tho Judge Advosate,
termed the Occasional Address Of the suprtne
ns1, 50 that onc member dld, not Fnow what tbe
aTea o H. "
cctatEg from him, and as' being an Official docu.
ment, never have astcd % detecdve. ! Joined
be eonsisten. With my principles At tho time.
cRoss.fxAA1EAr1oy
gv ,Jtd1t Fev an E,61If o3 he nrison<r se,n,n<,.
1csr d. rnt Snnw now Nv Innp s ia ~ hee1 IL
~ n nv ncon1nnnrs Win ~ Ian Hin II f. ns ~
IN fhe G}ce ofsn afsr.rter IN II eeitv Memsv iars
a. hg1 t aae op 'ho m H.
sac1;cS TShc,e sra-e SAM tsa1s cntsinad h~ snnc
shant ,p,t finc tbat n tne eicctinn tfere Wnu5I
e,eSt;on' he,,cyc he rema,nrd dnrine ite ,nseS. @
~ i, thn IT, srrnasn 1h.t a. en1,S 10 ~. -
"a he 'pe y pa pabs
ever .sid ,aTih;n. in nnT mcrfne ~ tonrersatIon
anent he nn. az n9t huow xbeie1 be semmea
oueas 81 s np W.s o. ,ee
thongi an not .nrc do M, knnw 1 lint nj Se15mes
.s 9nt n1 ri H. ctr ~ ne t,nne a. nos
SeF hearing him say tue plot vas tho o. nost ridieu-
i;,, a1 - nroi.t. 1o, SossraG ,irnions
+. Il, 1he 1ne!nhsTs persnn.1ir ii nj tbint
hin the most prudent and reliable mn II g.
se ~ III r-ono,,n w-s 1snta3 Js (. ~ ~.
s III ~ M snH isisvc r son;.d 9o' Ro Rot
"nr5,n~ Il fhe cnn4sr,,t;nn n r.anaciJ's plte ~
~ ~ man he iad Hetr.Ea "a snd shas ~ So
onnosed tn iii y3aisner- ~1 ~ 'NA1 sAA% Nv "1"
ne e oe hinb e' he mns sas sn heep
nrsser, m ocraeion. rh.n f,on1ttte .ds sne.rh
e. for nnolitt1e vas aIWsTs readr viz s,,ccch
,sss nt .. ,souiar ~ = ~
have hrnrfi M1rris rnate tI,ree nr fonT sneeehex
T. spoEs o1ee; efeus @ ;frse q feur we weeks 5siofs
@ ~ ~ N.Y. e. % W. =. any tatGt
eon no teep 1ei tbe = ,w e nst fsce t6e ~ ~
- T11,. = -t-1.
~ nv rn.o"mhese "rn hn.i3. In5 WE @
thinn nhnrf ~ G.-,n n1nnnis .oosn.os 1Hs IL
maTb-pe ss;d hn,rs-er whSt hv aan;t,, no
X 'YsT1r tt3isnnN .ys" % n--..tad ~ ~ r6mnicttv
In IL Iii m H. att If Nnvcnser ~ .nJ ~. ns
ina, IL ctmn nnnni.s ~ .h,ea ,r.Hta nu "a9 eon
IL HaiontI J9esqoaaAt H. tba MsI rneir1t;on or n,
1b1er wrcrs xS1s rr1e,sed Ao e1P'A"u'H ~ ZIG
~ Inn Hnr1i<m-Wher T cn,erca tbs or,,n,.
z.tion tSet Tho rsr.t ohue.+,ccs tanl @ ~ ~
1irat1ms to violstr tbe onst1tnt,nn at iesst t3id
nGt nndafanni # at ths ti,e .rhen e,e an1
ferr5 r. mn tnosr ~ ~ h-ibar ~. nh,net. of ~
t1rer we're arainEt t1,e Constitntinn ~ MT. some
ct them AppcSred as II thew were. AZ sait. boo
not eay .hat eny one dIsapprcycd Of bis sensimcns
o. tbc Camp pouc]as uueetion. for therc Yas no
discussion On the subject. The revolYers given
There WIS no meeting VIXEN any in authority told
stood that they would be used on any tnf1nse-
the order were auficipatinr a insurrcctinn. whom
he vcapons must be t,tcd That event did moi
trans rffs Tie order was both political anI mill
tasy, to be used for my puEpose determined apoa.
When joined the Sons Of Liberty, the Order was
rrpreEcntca to me az one tending to counteract
the acton OF supposed armed organi In the
other political party. never heard anY ono say
that the election was to be carried By force.
By Colonel .}ackson-1 certainly do not con-
cider lie use OF at1ns u the workings OF polit-
Cal party have different opinions Of the Order
Dow thln Whcn Joined It. The organization waa
armed to take part in an anticipated revolution.
Judge Norris spoke Of the President as an usur-
per, and eaid that his entertainments must be re-