, 1865-02-10

Especial DIspatch to the Chicago Tribrne.l
CINCINNATI, Thursday, Feb. Q.
e The Court Martial assembled this morning pur
suant to adjournment 4 rather lengthy discus
sion occu-zrd betE cen several members Of the
court On the subject Of the adjournment Of tht
Commission from Fridny last untu yesterday.
The adjournment was mnde principally to enable
Col. l'eath and Col DeHart to visit their families,
members OF which were dangerously sic,z. Altar
wards, from some reason, Or else not KNOWN. the
c0nsc Of adjournment, Gen. Hooker refused to al
low any members Of the court to leave the cftv. II
appears that Col. Wfswcll, who on Friday last
voted against adJouzn!ng, had characterized the
action Of the Commission Is frand, aud in this
mornings Cincinnati Gazette it wac etated that
Gen; noossr was @ @nppostd O. 70 nm ang saeh adjourn
ton to the language Of the Ga-tft the latter gen
tle1nan 1sser1ins at this was the second tins the
reporter Of thai PAPER had broken pain rule Of
tie court By commenting upon the proceedings,
nnt tllet II the offence Was committed again hs
would move to Lave the one.l,erse reporter e1-
Col. Spooncr earnestly took exception to the
language Of Col. Wiswell, and asserted that the
action Of the court Was most humane ono.
The examination OF Dr.. !. WInslow Aver. OF
Chicago, >Sus then proceeded With materially as
follows:
DE. A7Ka+e EVIDENCE REsrxxD.
At the meeting Of the Ortlcr, held on the 18th
Of September. judge Morris said that s:ithiasi1ry
lilcd. It. was Soted that all members who were
not armed should procure some Weapuu, and that
70 new member should be admitted who was not
armed. Un the question Of the draft, Wilkinson.
who IVES Grand SetgDfor. said TINT ali 1nembets
nho were conscEiptcd should report the fact with
ln .h!se days aiier they we're not.ded, when they
should he sent to Southern Illinois. where the
members were srong enough to resist all the Pro-
IL our meetings only few members wero pres
ent at unc, to avoid Suspicion. It was told
that S, S. Haycs, Comptroller Of Chicago, and
Dick MeIrick, were ErOmlncut members Of the
Order: They did not show themselves. And,
Suna Uniform. and s1so the Confederate prison.
crs q Camp Douelns, who were orr ssaunch
friends. The witness Alexander lo1ned tho Order
sptrac-. l IVES told by Wilkinson mud a1orrison,
who were members Of the Grand Council, that 1t
had been determined to attack Camp DouglAs on
the night OF election, aud fire the city In several
places. The uprisln:: WIS intended to take Flacc
on the 18th or 18th OF August. but WIS postponed
on asoun o. s poq~n9s oG; Ss aDd Less
tGber. II wus stntcd TINT the Provost Guard In tho
city had heen strengthened, mud that Col. Sweet
must have been informed ot the existence oi the
M1. Doolcy, the Secretary, vas therefore In
structed TO destroy the records or documents
Cul. Eorre.t was I2jor General in the Order.
At oac time he lived in Chicago and then moved
10 st. Louis. sa% him IN Chicago during lhe
Hight PROFESSIONS, 1t a meeting Led On Nor. ID,
II agreed That Elxcial meeting should BE- held
Oil Sunday. hoS. Gth, r. Mr. Walsh had euu1uthin:
sunday, a slr. Remington said that be Ind seen q
Large number Of mel IN the city, esreseed IN but
.c1nut clothing; who, he feared, were going to
sane strsin. Wilkinson said he had brought t1x1y
ol tllm into town, snu they were all right Walsh
said he had ordered scyeraf hundred to come Into
end ollen for llrClcliaa. Mr. Remington aud
HUI expressed themselves satisfied. 1t was de-
cidcd that one hundred Of these men she I'D be
formed 'hat t,ose Of - who wanted arms eould
get them iro,a Mr. J. L. Hubbard, OF
the lnytnciblc Club, next morning; hut
IL Mcclellan badge il proper %anns! Af.e1 s tae
Il dss IT, as r. 3anae
cnyc inio1mation to Col. Swcct Of the casblacs IL
Wa'sh's barn. We we're told that onlya small
were fourteen OF lflecn others Repositories in
the city Rock aa1d that his pistols could be car.
ried from sns1es trd places under the crnollnc Of
Geary said believe, that we should get muchsup:-
r0rt lrtm the Irish element, sud that he could
command hundred men in the Sixth Ward Of
that nationality who "onld come At "a moments
when committee vas appointed Of which Rock
and Alexander were members, to report on tho
object: Of lhc Order: Tas 81 a,so % prsasn; "sSn
ter speaking Of tic t4rannies OF the Admlnlstra-
tion he Raid It was onl duty 10 rise and overthrow
Ills government and open the doors Of his hasttice
He eaid that the rebels in Camp Dougfas were uar
friends md tho worst Of them were purity Itself
comp1fcd to any OF the Lincoln hfrelin.s," " mcan-
Ing fir soldiers. I WIZ nlso present when Gcary
obtaincd some money from 1he members 10 assist
some escaped prisoners from Camp Douglas.
k The relialfy in the Order for diTulGinG any OF
ikc ercscrs was death. After the arrests VIC had
meeting on the subjtct. It WAS considered Tint
Eul rnust have di, and 1t Has resolved that
he rust die. FELTON, and Lewis c. Morrison were
appointed to mLreer hin. Afterwards J:mes
S;pck, commercial editor OF The Chicago Times,
volunteered IT, commit the murhcr.
=, lew hnye heaore | came down to Cincinnati
NocE told me that II what Alexander had enid re-
EImnT ias connection with the Order was true.
DR.. Aver. ~ ~ 70 >1NA A1' v N''0 @A@''
Ihe cross-ezamination was th=n commenced
but not concluded.
So iar Il haz ELECTED nothing new. II being con.
dEed to the Initiation OF :Ir. ple,ns into tho a..
dtr. The w1tncss testified Us bc,o-c. ,hct srr.
Phelps Joined Ct his own request, he, he i'id mt
at:empt to dissuadc him, as he ml; III: prove o-us.
in thwartlng the conspiracy. Dr.. Aver ,,;s,fcd. M
however, that liz. Phelps eft the uruc, goon ~.
ct be Joined it.
Mrs. Norris, wife Of Judge Morris. male fu1
confession. under oath, 10 the Ju1Co Alvoca.,.
and placed herself upoa the c'cmeney of the Cor
1onrdin,, General. This confession will not O
made pul.ic for scvcra days, when II will be pre-.
spntrd to The ComfA4.3fou.