, 1865-03-08

The Chicago Fonspirncy-Tntercs
Testimony OF Chicago Witnesses.
Especial dispatch to the Chicago Trlhune.1
CtSctHSA11, Tuesday, March :,

Especial dispatch to the Chicago TT1hunc.1
CtscrasA71, Tuesday, March :.
The Military Commission assembled at II
n'c1otk this morning, pursuant to adjournment,
NJ at tlc reqacst Of Judge wilson the witness
William Campbell sFas recalled. Ee said:-On
the Sunday evening wicu Walsh WAS arrested
wus at bis Enuse for a short time. After suppe- !
went ~ith Ar. Galloway, ssrane Republican.
We we're Introduced to two young men whose
names forget. On the Tncedsv when We went
TO vote Galloway took revolver 10 the polls and
Franct: Adams. City Attorney Of Chicago, was
, next sworn. Tic said hare known Judge Nor
1is elpee rs5a. He is con.i7ered to he Hind
speeches, eat consider his style rough, 6rpsrbol-
ica1. and extrarsgant / know hy roputaflpn that
he owus the house he lives in and other properly,
and that lit Aas all tcl:rcst in the aaso1fc Temple
J can't state th:t wa: ever member Ut the Sons
Of Liberty, Int once hc}onEcd to the society Of
1llinf. Ldiu not scc tiorr1s at more than two OF
1hree metfnga, md onlr attended flve Or liz times.
never heard of auy enterprise ior releasing psIs.
heard Mr. Dooli.t1e address tic Order. dqnot
book shown mt by the counsel. IL. 1,c.icrc, the
r1tual Of the 1if1ni. don't know tia: the Order
ens 1ssatanse T. t. The Ented
BY .tedGe u;!xof-I know ,vairl.. Int not ina-
aS Hs . :51f so e.
1fo;;@sos.issd tytle fudge Adsoeets-l WIS
a5T1 M c ~ fn6!ses Of sIe 95dcF n the
s!lcred il aid II: secret rhciet1es inconEis. .cnt
With the PRINCIPLES Of Iepub,coa government;
of ny iii iri:nis wers member, ' and 1hat some
1,creonsl seetiEg c.t.t:d reg:rdtns the sen
1t 1,men,s ! expressed, j! consented nsaa3 to Join,
ham6ug. chaFiss Eatten presided when w.s
initiated. The object Of the Order, understood,
was to protee, the rights Of Demos1sts a he
Iicdly u: my Ini'iatou, hut It'd no: e1vc any par
1iculer attention to It. as it amounted In my cst-
staon to c no1s than r. TINT part 1ead
mi Government is cot sovereign, don't remem.
her. but don't believe in it. i dtd no: know Of
he ci'y, and % Fisncd the card Thfch rseenty ap p
peared in the TRIBUNE, asserting that the imn3r-
1ation WIS Oh tie side Of The Republicans: did
Ftructcd committee, who were appo,oted ut a
meeting ef the leading Dcmocra,s the day before
the electon, to draw up the card, to put ns maine
TO 3tqior Lsz-l don't now believe that The
Republicans brought those men to the city,
though believe thcg knew they were coming to
Charles ii. Patton w4s next examined He
j w4e member Of the society Of the 1llini,
lcld the Office OF Grand Setgnor presiding OIL
Ger for over c yca:, though YVES absent from tie
Gity about o.. TT ~. tle ti@s: vas Present when
shc order. rc7't Fcco'Icc. that hr said anything
about Gclsssins IT, E, , sny ,s ssbe prisoners
were pretty radical in thrlr views. Dool,.tle's
remarks, when he epoke, werc On euch nature
That nobody paid any attention to them. The On
~ offensive remarks ever heard II the Order
against, ,hc ooserum' Ut waa once Ia the Grand
Council wErn man introduced resolution to
oppose tue draft. Judge Morris spoke violently
down. There VAS N apprehension isst Fali that
onr nights would be lnIsrfcred with 2t the polls.
understood th.t the Union L. asue aud strong
3mY,N$ Fotu nd
The CHEF ot the Strong Baud Wis john Wilson,
Sd Auditor otthc Treasury. Atone meeting, some
ne seid tle1e wesv ar= tn me ci1s for Tug uss Of
thtnl. ta1l knew s1ere 3er: arLls III The CITY,
hut did cut know where b.lrvc. however,
they were IN t:c Possession Of 1acn who would
xisfrtpute thcm With caution. They w:rc only to
br used Tor defensive purposes.
~ Jsady: EAso:-l only s,w Walsh at two sor
s5ee 1t es Xevel Don ss G1an s
CT0ss-EfcD.in.dty by TIE .}1dgs -4dcocat~--I was
.rrcf:cG III ~ hourc ard kept IN cou1n cment un-
H. fo5taslt nSq szt F1aay t9tasd the Or,
nr0telt intn1cc-n:s nj tie polls, ur when! their
rtSb1s were 11.sadrd. Several People were arrest
rharecs or 1risl. Ne organized 50 that il any
1nc1lbera Nctc arrested VIC could bring them to i
1alr trial. When our 1lchre were in.adcd we in
tended 10 appesl TO Sun:em Courts. and II JUS
41ce WIS dc.td enforce thea. ~ Resistance. There
YVES no rnintary division in the Order that know
4af though u1,ders .ood that th:re Was one and
dlfcubsion regarding IN uprising nor abo1t the
Coles county murders, nor have I heard Morris
<pcAk of the arrest Of MIN nauled Tracy by tho
Government once heard Do0ltflc eay that in
. caEc uF certain Contingencies 1t would he well u
release the rr..oLers Ut camp Dons1ns IN nssts!
u but lis sentiments were denounced by several
membcrs present. No member that know ol
reported Ills reasonable speech to tae author
iuts.
~ Cb1 Hfdth.-1 know that there wss no nil.
1tory Organization 10 Chicago, because Mr. Sna"u
attempted 10 1or1n one ami lailc1-
Louis Binz, liquor merchant Of Chicago: was
next ewora. His fes tiaony vas chiefly confined
10 the meeting at the lnyincIble Clrt-room on the
Saturday nt.lt, 1%fore election His account oi
which did rot vary with that OF other witnesses,
1uf regarding the character of the speeches gen
orally made hyJud:c Morris. Mt. Bl1z aston,ahtd
all b. swearing they were OF the most pacific nature
possible, perfectly frec from oalhs slang phrases
or e1ctien,eut Al. l. A. Uooiittle IVES a1eo
characterized as very mild speaker Mr. Binx
crt1tn!y deserves sotnt credit ips the ORIGINALITY
ol hts evidence being Us It Is, at Dere ynr!ance
with That Of every preceding wlinces jor clthcr
thc prosecution or the defense .ipcc the c,,m.
-1ncncepeilt oi tic Casc. The counsel far Nnrr74
hnye lpboriously trird to prove tha. their Client
rms an c1travrElnt, excited speaker, Win sa,d
what hc did not mem. BlDz. their own witness,
1nH completely over brown the theory.
Al The Termination Of the evidence OF tho lss1
-7yitnees the Court adjourned until Tomorrow.