The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1868-05-12

We have received the following fronl-----City
Ohio, with tie annexed note;
10 ne Eida n T1e Pnsss
Herewith ! send you for publication an earl,
copy 0f pamphlet just issued IN this city, expos
iag the secrets q the now political reyomtionar,
organization in the South, called the "Kuklul
Khan" Believing the account 10 The main true
and that the loyal people Of the country should
know what most Of yipers they have forgiven as
"erring brothers, Is the motive for giving It
vide circulation
PERSONAL
II does not matter who is the writer OF the fol.
lowing pages. II IL did, no inducoment likely tc
be offered would tempt him to publish his name
He has no desire 10 Be tracked out by the Broth.
ers of the Southern Cross, and he knows too
much Of their deathless hatred, and hound-like
pcrtinacity, their numbers and the ratifcations
Of their organization, already encroaching on
Southern Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, to careless
y take the slightest risk Of anything Of the kind
II is due to the public, however, that one who
pretends TO make an exposure ike this, In which
tho whole nation is interested, should offer some
plausible explanation Of the means by which be
became possessed Of the information. For this
explanation the reader is referred to the narrative
| following.
As TO the truthfulness Of the exposure the writ
is content to leave its vindicaon to the events
Of the future, confident that SO far as the work.
ings Of the x. X. X. are ever discovered they ywil
confirm the main facts as given here. OF course
there are many minor points, on which it is not
likely there viii ever be more positive testimony
than that here given. This must be so from the
nature Of the case, as will plainly appear in the
following pages
NY INITIATION.
After the war, which had not benefited my
pufse oxtrayagahtiy, wandered off into the inte-
ror Of Georgia, and finally engaged in business
in one Of the interior counties. knew the
southern people pretty well before the war, had
been much among them, and was familiar with
their habits, prodjudicos, etc. For my own con
geuience and safety, when went into business
passed Kentuckiau, and thereby avoided ma
ny personal and business anoyances. At first
this was not particularly disagreeables as no very
decided opinions were expected, while the coun-
try was still thoroughly under the national ar
mics. Gradually, however, it became worse and
worse, until at length, to keep up my pretensions,
and save my business, | was compelled to profess
the most ultra Southern views and predjudices
thought that there would never be further ac-
tive opposition to the national authority, and 80
submitted to the situation, rather than lose what
little had by leaving it. To sell it for anything
worth taking, was simply impossible, in the state
Of the country. So much for the way / came to
know what ia about to be told.
In the summer of 1867, one Of my neighbors
called one morning and said that an important
meeting was to come off that night at a house
about three miles from our town. Every good
Southerner he said was Interested, and he want
ed me to go. OF course i had heard Of organiza-
tions throughout the South, and knew from the
manner Of this mans talk that something of the
kind was in the wind now. knew, too, that it
would not do to disregard the appeal to eeyery
good Southerner," and so | went with him.
The meeting was not at any house however.
Half mile from the house he had named my es-
cort turned his horse into a bridle-path, leading
up into wild, hilly district, and / followed Of
course. A mile or 80 on this path, away from any
habitation, my companion suddenly slaekened his
horses pace, and proceeded very cautiously, bid
ding me be silent In few minutes | distinctly
heard the click Of musket lock as if the peice /
was brought to full cock. 1t was too dark 10 see
anything. My companion carried an Enfield ri |
de and instantly stopping his horse, cooked his
piece and pulled the trigger, almost without
pause, OF course l was somewhat alarmed and /
astonished but before | could do more than stop
my horse, my escort dismonnted, handed me his /
reins, and whispering that | was to remain there,
walked slowly forward toward the spot where | I
had heard the FIRST click Of the gunIock In a I
moment o. 90 be returned as quietly and we pro-
seeded as silently as before. As we passed the
spot where | supposed a seminal 10 be standing,
there was no one there Whatever had been
there had vanished and as / turned 10 say some
thing about il TO my escort, saw that he too had
gone L was another man riding by my side, his
lace covered partly by handkerchief drawn Tight
y ACROSS the nose. II was too dark ii those
woods TO see much, but to the best Of my knowl-
sdge had never seen my new escort before.
This operation was repeated twice within three
quarters of mile, and each time was silently
urned over 70 pew guard, whose face vas par
tally covered, like that Of the first
Was thoroughly alarmed, and more than half
suspected that / had been tried and condemned
and w4s now being led away 10 Ia
There was nothing to be done but 10
70 on, for wss completely lost 10 the woods. aud
incw nothing Of bow soon / might stumble upon
! dozen enernies, il should attempt to escape.
finaily nay guard halted IN tho nidsi II a dense
Aicks', and told me in low tone 10 dismouat
sd hitch my horse, whLe he did TIE same.
Then he once more cooked his peiee, and At the
ound, ri least q score u gun-lockA In the hands
I meH ali aruund ~. bot concealed IN the dafk-
less, were cooked and the triggers pulled, a. /
lave described il the eAee q meeting tho fret
entiueL li sss still a. death when We halted.
at / n0w heard horses which wero hitehed about
s, ~ that kBeR that the whole party came
hers moantea- They began % come around ne
%, tnoying slowly, and as silently - possible,
ach man having his gun, And handkerchief NJ
oussihing af the kina over be face. Tie man
sAu bgoaght me there spoEe v seven u TIE dim
g-seen figures, but 20 low | could not hear
hsn one stepped towards nae, leaving tie eth.
r. standing ID = rirele Abaut a. This uas ne
aptAln q ths band, sEa Be a. once proceeded 10
- iussiat.oa. not Eerd being spoken hy any
zs but Ain, sssd tie wAole formula being 81
oarss repeated ffsza lea,aTy, tor The s---- EAs