ffSIHSSSICBiSffI & BffiSJa JlWffinallSlSaiEßs
Whole Wo. 2787.
l„ewistown Post Office.
Mails arrive and close at the Lewistown P.
0. as follows;
ARRIVE.
Eastern through, 5 20 a. m.
" through and way 4 01 p in.
Western " " " 10 53 a.m.
Bsliefonfe " " " 2 30p.m.
Northumberland, Tuesdays, Thursdaysand
Saturdays, 6 00 p. m.
CLOSE.
Eastern through 8 00 p. m.
" •• and way 10 00 a. m.
Western " " 300 p. m.
Bellefonte 8 00 "
Northumberland (Sundays, Wednesdays
aDd Fridays) 8 00 p. tn.
Office open from 700 a. m. to 8 p. m. On
Sundays from Bto9 am. S. COMFORT, P. M.
Lewistown Station.
Trains leave Lewistown Station as follows:
Westward. Eastward
Through Express, 12 19 a. in.
Baltimore Exoress, 4 24 a. m.
Philadelphia " 5 20 " a. m.
Fast Line, 551 p. m. 349 " ,
Fast Mail. 401 " 10 53 " 1
Through Accommodation, 2 35 p. m.
Emigrant, 9 07 a. m.
Through Freight, 10 15 p. m. 120a m.
Fast " 349a. m. 855 "
Express " 11 00 " 235 p. m.
Stock Express, 440 p. m, 820 "
Coal Train. 12 45 p. m. 11 25 a. m.
Union Lioe, 7 15 "
Local Freight, 700a. m. 645 p. m. i
A®-Ga!braith's Omnibuses convey passengers to j
and from all the trains, taking np or setting them j
down at all points within the borough limits.
M'VEYTOWN
STEAM MILL.
HAVING taken the above establishment,
the undersigned are now prepared to j
purchase, at highest market rates, all kinds of j
Grain, in any quantity that may be offered
The milling business will be attended to I
with punctuality, and no pains spared to give J
satisfaction to all who may favor them with
their custom.
C. C. STANBARGER & CO.
McVeytown, July 13, 1864.
Jacob C. Blymyer & Co.,
Produoe and Commission Mer
chants,
LEWISTOWN, PA.
Jkg-Flour and Grain of all kinds pur
chased at market rates, or received on storage
and shipped at usual freight rates, having ;
storehouses and boats of their own, with care- |
ful captains and hands. Plaster, Fish, and I
Salt always on hand. sep2 i
FORWARDING, COMMISSION
and
Produce Business.
fPIIE undersigned begs leave to return •
X thanks to the farmers of Mifflin county
for the patronage heretofore extended to him
in the above business, and also to inform ;
them that he has taken as co partners in said
business, JOHN D. TAYLOR and JOSEPH
R. HENRY, and that the business will here- !
after be conducted in the name of FRAN
CIS McCLURE & CO.
FRANCIS McCLURE.
Lewistown, August 1, 1864.
The undersigned having formed a co-part
nership in the Forwarding Commission and
Produce Business, under the name of Fran- !
cis MeClure & Co.. respectfully solicit a share j
of the patronage of the farming community.
Strict attention will be given to the interests
of their customers, and the highest cash pri
ces the market will afford at all times paid
for all kinds of produce.
FRANCIS McCLURE,
JOHN D. TAYLOR.
JOSEPH R. HENRY.
Lewistown, August I. (3) 1864.
A. MARKS'
LEWXSTO7TIT
nil ILL
ALL kinds of grain offered will be pur
chased, and the highest market prices
paid. Flour and feed always on hand. Coal j
of all qualities and sizes, Salt, Fish. Ac., con !
stantly on hand and fur sale to suit the times. 1
He has erected a Plaster Mill in connection
with his Steam Mill, aud is prepared to fur - j
nish all who may call, at any time, with line, j
fresh ground Plaster.
Lewistown, September 14, 1864.
Lewistown Mills.
THE
HIGHEST CASn PRICES FAR WHEAT, AND
ALL KINDS OF GRAIN,
or received it on storage, at the option of those i
having it for the market.
They hope, by giving due aod personal at j
temion to business, to merit a liberal share ol j
public patronage.
x PL ASTER, SALT and Limeborners
COAL always on hand
WM. B McATEE & SON.
Sept. 16, 1863 —tf
Large Stock of Furniture on
Hand.
A FELIX is still manufacturing all kinds
•of Furniture. Young married persons
and others that wish to purchase Furniture i
will find a good assortment on hand, which '
will be sold cheap for cash, or country pro
duce aken in exchange for same. Give me
call o ;f alley street, near Black Bear Ho
tol - feb 21
SHERIFFS SALE.
BY virtue of a writ uf Venditioni Expo
nas. issued out of the Court of Common
Pleas of Mifflin county, and to ine directed,
will be exposed to sale, by public vendue or
outcry, at the Court Ilouse in Lewistown, on
Monday, November 7, 1884,
at one o'clock in the afternoon, the following
real estate, to wit:
A tract of land situate in Bratton town
; ship, Mifflin county, Pa., containing one huo
| dred acres, more or less, being timber land,
I bounded on the west by land of Casper Dull,
I on the north by lands of Jacob and Yeoney
| Miller, on the south by and upon
the east by other mountain land. Seized,
taken in execution and to be sold as the pro*
perty of Solomon Harshbari/er and the Widow
' and Heirs of David Harshbaryer. deceased.
1). M. CONTNER, Sheriff.
Sheriff's Office, Lewistown, Oct. 19, 1864.
Notice to Heirs of Mary McXeal, deceased.
W r HERE AS a writ of partition and val
uation has been executed on the real
estate of Mary MeNeal, late of the borough
of Lewistown, Mifflin county, deceased, you
are nowr hereby notified to be and appear at
an Orphans' Court, to be bolden at Lewistown,
in and for said county of Mifflin, on the 7th
day of November next, 1864, to accept or re
fuse to take said real estate at the valuation
fixed by the inquest of the Sheriff of said
county, or show cause why the same should
not be sold.
D. M. CONTNER, Sheriff
Sheriff's Office, Lewistown, Sept. 28, 1864.
Notice to Heirs of Samuel Wills, deceased.
WHEREAS, a writ of partition and val
uation has been executed on the real
estate of Samuel Wills, late of Union town
ship. Mifflin county, deceased, you are hereby
notified to be and appear at an Orphans'
Court, in and for said county of Mifflin on
the 7th day of November next, 1864, to ac
cept or refuse to take said real estate at the
valuation fixed by the inquest of the Sheriff
of said county, or show cause why the same
should not be sold.
D. M. CONTNER, Sheriff
Sheriff's Office, Lewistown, Sept. 28, 1864.
SARAH JANE BENNETT, f
by her next friend, Samuel | Alias Subp.
Tice, -j sur
vs. | Divorce.
BONUM G BENNETT. [
MIFFLIN COUNTY, ss.
r l v 11E Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to i
Bonum G Bennett, Greeting :
Whereas, Sarah J. Bennett, by her next j
friend, Samuel Tice, did on the 18th day of
July, A. D. 1864, prefer her petition to the
honorable Judges of the Court of Common
Pleas of Mifflin county, praying that for the |
causes therein set forth, that she might be I
divorced from the bonds of matrimony enter
ed into with you. Bonum G. Bennett, we do I
therefore command you. as we have hereto
fore commauded you, the said Bonum G.
Bennett, that setting aside a 1 other business
you be and aprear in your proper persoo be
fore our Judges at Lewistown, at a Court of
Common Pleas, there to be held on Ihe 7th
day of November next, to answer the petition
or libel of the said Sarah J. Bennett, your
wife, why she should not be divorced from
the bonds of matrimony, agreeably to the
Act of Assembly in such cases made and
provided. And hereof fail not.
Witness Hon. Samuel S. Woods, President
Judge of our said Court, at Lewistown, Sept.
13, 1864. N. C. WILSON, Proth'y.
D M. CONTNER. Sheriff
Sheriff's Office, Lewistown, Oct. 12, 1864.
— j
MAGGIE E. SIIULER | Alias Subp. !
vs. V sur
WILLIAM WIRT SIIULER. J Divorce. J
MIFFLIN COUNTY, SS.
f IMiE Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, to
1 William Wirt Shuler, Greeting:
Whereas, Maggie E. Shuler did, on the
fourth day of Apri' D. 1864. prefer her ;
petition to the honorable Judges of the Court
of Common Pleas of Mifflin county, praying j
that for the causes therein set forth, that she 1
might be divorced from the bonds of matri
mony entered into with you, William Wirt '
Shuler, we do therefore command you. as we
have heretofore commanded you, the said j
William Wirt Shuler, that setting aside all
other business you te end appear in your
proper person before our Judges at Lewis
town, at a Court of Common Pleas, there to
be held on the 7th day of November next, to
answer the petition or libel of the said Mag
gie E, Shuler, your wife, why she should not
be divorced from the bonds of matrimony, j
agreeably to the Act of Assembly in such
cases made and provided. And hereof fail
oot.
Witness Hon. Samuel S. Woods, President
Judge of our said Court, at Lewistown, Sept. j
13, 1864. N. C. WILSON. Proth'y. !
D. M. CONTNER, Sheriff.
Sheriffs Office, Lewistown, Oot. 12, 1864.
xhu mm mam
Our Change oi' Base.
He who by the plow would thrive.
Himself must either bold or drive;
franklin thus wrote the words of truth.
When Uncle Sam was In his youth.
But now Young America Is all alive.
And needs to be cautioned BOW to drive;
And Uncle Sam, I think, he too
Is rather dashing his way through.
Now. be who safely would progress.
Must step by step still onward press;
But he who would take two.
Often falls down "a few."
And to prevent that state of affairs,
I've moved to where there is no stairs—
Across the street, you'll please to mind.
Sow swings the Big Co (lee Pot Sign.
'Tls here I want my friends to call,
And she my stock—l can't mention all—
In short, j Our house-wants all you'll find
Supplied at the Big Coffee Pot Sign.
N. B. Manufacturing and Jobbing carri
ed on as usual, and our motto is "Small prof
its and quick sales." Don't mistake the
place. J. IRVIN WALLIS.
my 4 Sign of the Big Coffee Pol.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1864.
For the Educational Column.
District Institutes.
The designs of those wise and good men
through whose influence our State Legisla
ture was induced to incorporate District
Institutes into our common school system,
was the improvent of teachers and through
them of the scholars. It was believed, and
there were many and good reasons lor be
lieving so, that the time employed by
teachers in mutual instruction, both in
method of teaching and in common school
and other branches, would be of more ad
vantage or profit to their schools, than if
spent in their respective schoolrooms. Ac
cordingly the school month was fixed at
twenty days, and the remaining two days,
which formerly belonged to the school
month, were given to the teachers for mu
tual improvement. This belief however,
rested upon the presumption that teachers
were really interceded in their work—were
really desirous of improving themselves
and of becoming still better qualified for
the responsible duties of their calling; and
it must be admitted that wherever such is
the case—wherever teachers have the spirit
of the true teacher and work for a higher
object than simply to obtain a few dol
lars and cents —the beneficent results of
such meetings attest the wisdom of those
who have the honor of being the authors
of them.
But it is exceedingly unfortunate—it is
indeed painful— to thiuk that teachers, not
all but many, are so very ungrateful as to
be willing to enjoy the privileges conferred
by the State, without caring in the least to
give anything in return for them.
Those who represent the interests of
Pennsylvania, believed that by taking two
days of the school month from the State
and giving them to the teachers for mutu
al improvement, they would thereby pro
mote the educational interests of the State
to such an extent as to make it a decided
gain for it Teachers however, it seems,
are indisposed to do their part in carrying
out the designs of the law. They are per
f'ectiy willing, and sometimes even feel
grateful to the State for shortening the
scho)l term and affording them such ex
cellent opportunities for having a "good
time," but while they are enjoying their
" good time," they outfit to reiueuiber that
the public has a claim upon them lor ser
vices on that day, and unless they are wil
ling to render the services, they ought at
least to be sufficiently manly to forfeit the
dollar. In my opiuion, it was not the de
sign of the law for each school district to
pay from ten to twenty dollars for the pur
pose of getting up a social party for teachers.
Ladies and gentlemen, the time has
come for plain talk on this subject. The
action of school boards which have passed,
and others which have thought of passing,
resolutions requiring their teachers to teach
twenty-two days for a month and dispeus
ing with institutes, is significant.
While the propriety of such action is to
be questioned, it is nevertheless indicative
of the popular feeling and sentiment in re
gard to those meetings, as conducted by
teachers at present. It is this that has
aroused me and caused me to feel and
write as I do. Unless teachers show a dis
position to improve in this respect, not so
much in the way of attending these meet
ings, for the difficulty is no longer in that,
but in thoroughly preparing the lessons as
signed them, cannot expect these privileges
to be continued.
The only way this failure of duty on the
part of teachers can be explained, without
attaching a great deal of discredit to them,
is that they are thoughtless, and somehow
persuade themselves that if they only meet
they satisfy the requirements of the law,
regardless of the manner in which their
time is spent. This is wrong, teachers.
The public has a right to demand your
time to be properly employed.
Teachers ought to be brought to realize
the fact that the institute can live and
prosper only in the affections of the teach
er. II I bey meet, simply because they
must or lose the dollar, the institute is a
dead thing and might as well be "laid out"
and buried forever. Happily, however,
there are still a few who love it and with
glad hearts welcome its coming. In the
affections of these, it continues to breathe,
in most places, and drags along a feeble ex
istence.
It remains with you, teachers, to say
whether it shall continue to breathe—to
breathe faintly or to breathe vigorously—
to wither aud die, or to grow and prosper.
M.
Lycoming County Mutual
ESTABLISHED IN IS4O—CAPITAL *! §oo,ooo—
OR CASH RATES—CHARTER
PERPETUAL.
THIS company allows no debt to accumu
late against it. It is economical in all con
tingent expenges, and prompt in the adjust
ment of all honest claims.
Amount of losses settled and adjusted for
the year ending June 10, 1864, $101,644.80,
and the whole amount of losses paid up to
June 10, 1864, is *1.387,747,75.
JOHN A. STERETT,
jyl3 Agent for M fflin County.
mmJMmUI
PRESIDENT LINCOLN'S SALARY.
A fitter from General Spinner—Refutation
of a Slander— The President Does Not Re
ceive His Salary in Gold—He Does Not
Draw it for a Tear—His Noble and Dis
interested Patriotism—"The Country Needs
the Money More Than he Does"—His Doss
on His Salary.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 16, 1864.
In answer to a letter from New Jersey
! in reference to the chage of Mr. Lincoln
having drawn his salary in gild. General
Spinner, United States Treasurer, writes:
The salary of the President is paid on
warrant drafts on the Treasury for the amount
due, less income tax. These warrants are
paid him regularly, monthly. Instead of
drawing his money on these drafts, he has
been in the habit of leaving it a long time
■ without interest In one case his salary
\ remained for eleven months.
'On several occasions I solicited the
President to draw what was due him, urg
| ing that he was losing largely in interest
on the amount due him. He asked me,
'Who gains by my loss?' On my answer
: ing, 'The United States,' he replied, % Then
j as it goes for the good of the country let it
| remain; the Treasury needs it more than I
\ do.'
'Having at length satisfied the President
that it was necessary to the closing of my
| annual accounts that the drafts on the Treas
ury that he held should be presented and
j paid, he endorsed and handed them to me
! i drew the amount in United States notes,
and placed it to his c.edit as a temporary
i loan, at five per cent, per annum, payable
principal and interest in greenbacks.
'Since then his salary has been from time
to time mostly invested in stocks of the
United States, purchased at current rates
by his friends for him. The interest of
these stocks is payable in coin. When
this interest became due I tried to induce
him to draw it. Failing in so doing the
amount due him was sent him by Hon. J.
0. Underwood, Judge of the United States
Court, District of Virginia.
An investigation of the transactions of
the Prfeideut connected with the receipt of
his salary has been made, from which it
appears that Mr. Lincoln, from his for
bearance in collecting his dues, has lost at
least four thousand dollars, and which he
has virtually given to thepeople of the Uni
ted States.
John C. Underwood states to Gen. Spin
ner:—'ln the early part of last summer
you desired me to take a little bag of gold
over to Mr. Lincoln, to whom it belonged,
it being the interest due upon Government
bonds. I took the bag to Mr. Lincoln and
delivered your message, and counted out
the coin to oyer eight hundred dollars.
His reply was that he was in no immediate
want of the money, and he reckoned the
Treasury needed it more than he did, and
therefore he wished me to take it back to
you, that it might be used for the benefit
of the country.
'Pondering upon this noble example of
patriotism and unselfish devotion to the
great cause in which we are engaged, I
obeyed him, and, as you remember, re
turned the bag with its contents to your
custody.
Leroy Tuttle, Assistant Cashier of the j
United States, writes to General Spinner, :
that the first investment of the President j
was in sixteen thousand two hundred dol- j
lars, seven and three-tenths bonds, which
be left in the vaults as a special deposit in
the winter of 1862, and held them until :
July, when he converted them into Sixes. ]
The interest on the Seven-thirties was
usually left uncollected after falling due
For instance, the interest was sent to him
in coin, which he returned, with the mes
sage that the Government needed it more
than he did On the Ist of August, a
friend of the President came into the
cashier's room with eleven Treasury drafts
due the President, each draft being for a
month's salary, making in all the prece
ding eleven months' salary, or 22.306,67,
for which amount a loan certificate was
given, payable in legal tender Treasury
notes, bearing five per cent, interest, paya
ble in like funds.
Seventeen days thereafter another depos
ite of 3,874.73, was made tor him, paya
ble in like manner. Said certificates were
presented for payment on the 18th Of July
last, nearly one year after date of deposite,
by a friend of the President, who took
therefor lawful money, and invested the
same in United States stocks.
The present investments of the Presi- j
dent are in Uuited States stocks, upon j
which interest is payable the same as to j
any private citizen, but unlike citizens gen- J
erally, he has not heretofore had his interest j
until long after it was due, aud then it was
always collected by some friend of the
President who Baid the President would
never collect it himself.
Aside from the loss of interest to the
President by his neglect to collect it until
months after it was dee, the single
tion of loan certificates, considering his
uncollected salary for one year, and the
difference between five per cent, layful j
money which he received and six percent, j
in coin which he might have received, will !
show a loss of four thousand dolara in this i
one transaction. • )
BiSWBSIE'SIWXrg SffiEKFUiIESJ ©fi/JXTSIj IKjESTJJa
" The Order of American Xoighta."
Judge Advocate llolt has furnished to
the Secretary of War an offic ; al report up
on the secret treasonable associations of en
emies of the Union, which have been es
tablished in the North, in order to furnish
aid and comfort to the rebellion, to embar
rass the United States government in the
prosecution of the war, and, if need be, to
offer armed resistance to the execution of
its laws. The government is in full posses
sion of all the facts in reference to the ori
gin, progress and designs of these societies,
the number of their members and the
j names oi the principal men engaged in
them. These societies were first developed
in the West, in 1862, and the original one
was known in certain localities as the
" Mutual Protection Society," the " Circle
of Honor," or the " Circle" or " Knights
of the Mighty Host," but more widely as
the " Knights of the Golden Circle." It
was simply an inspiration of the rebellion,
j being little other than an extension among
: the disloyal and disaffected at the North of
; the association of the latter name, which
i had existed for some years at the South,
and from which it derived all the chief
features of its organization.
In the summer and fall of 1863, the as
sociation underwent some modification and
change of name in consequence of the ex
posures which had been made of the ob
jects of the "Knights of the Golden Cir
: cle." Sterling Price had instituted as its
I successor in Missouri a secret political as
; sociation, which he called the " Corps de
Belgique," or " Southern League," his
j principal coadjutor being Charles L. Hunt,
j of St. Louis, then Belgian Consul at that
j city, but whose extqwitcr was subsequently
| revoked by the President on account of his
i disloyal practices. The special object of
the Corps de Belgique appears to have been
| to unite the rebel sympathizers of Mis
souri, with a view to their taking up arms
and joining Price upon his proposed grand
invasion of that State, and to their recruit
ing for his army in the interim.
In the fall of 1863 C. L. Vallandigham,
P. C. Wright, of New York, and others,
instituted a secret order, which was en
titled "O. A. K."or " Order of American
Kuights." This society was originated in
rebeldom, while Vallandigham was enjoy
ing the hospitalities of Jeff Davis, and is
in full accord with the rebel leaders.
Upon the institution of this association the
"Corps de Belgique" and all other secret
disloyal associations of the South and West
were affiliated with it, and it became, in
! fact, the wide spread, secret, oath bound,
j disloyal society, the members of which were
; pledged to each other, to aid the rebels
| and to embarrass the Government of the
United States. Another change was made
; in May last in consequence of the oaths
and signs becoming known to the military
authorities, and it was dubbed in certain
parts of the Union the O. S L., the "Or
der of Sons of Liberty." Other names
were assumed by associations of the same
kind in other States, such as "The Peace
Organization" in Kentucky, the "Star
Organization," and in Missouri as the
" American Organizationthese, how
ever, being apparently names used outside
of the lodges of the order. Its members
have also been familiarly designated as
" Butternuts" by the country people of Il
linois, Indiana and Ohio, and its separate
lodges have also frequently received titles
intended for the public ear; that in Chica
go, for instance, being termed by its mem
bers the "Democratic Invincible Club,"
that in Louisville, the " Democratic Read
ing Room," &c.
In the State of New York, and other
parts of the North, the secret political as
sociation known as the " McClellan Min
ute Guard" would seem to be a branch of
the O. A. K., having substantially the same
objects, to be accomplished however by
means expressly suited to the localities in
i which it is established. The government
I of this order is vested in a supreme coun-
I cil, governed by a supreme commander.
In each State there is a grand council with
temples in each county. Each State is di
vided into a number of military districts,
! to the Governments if which are "as
signed" Major Generals, and in some of
dense populations there are "Brigadier Gen
erals." In Indiana the Major Generals are
four in number. In Illinois, where the
organization of the Order is considered
most perfect, the members in each Con
gressional District compose a "brigade,"
which is commanded by a " Brigadier
General." The members of each county
constitute a "regiment," with a " colonel"
in command, and those of each township
form a "company." A somewhat similar
system prevails iu Indiana, where also each
company is divided into "squads," each
with its chief, an arrangement intended
to facilitate the guerilla mode of warfare
in case of a general outbreak or local disorder.
The "McClellan Minute Guard," as ap
pears from a circular issued by the Chief
Secretary at New York in March last, is
organized upon a military basis similar to
that of the Order proper. It is composed
of companies, one for each election district,
ten of which constitute a "brigade," with
a "Bridadier General" at its head. The
whole is placed under the authority of a
"oom minder-in chief." A strict obedience
on the part of members to the orders of
their superiors is enjoined.
New Series—Vol. xvm. No. 52.
The first Supreme Commander was P.
C. Wright, of New York, editor of the
New York Daily News, who is at present
in Fort Lafayette. The present Grand
Commander is C. L. Vallandigham. The
following persons held principal offices
under this organization :—Robert Hollo
way, of Indiana; Dr. Massey, of Ohio;
Charles L Hunt, Charles E. Dunn, Green
B. Smith aud James A. Barrett, of Mis
souri; H. H. Dodd, Horace Hefi'ron, W.
M. Harrison. W. H. Bowles, John C.
L. P. Miliigan, Andrew Hum
phreys, Dr. Athon, and Joseph Ristine, of
Indiana; Judd and B. B. Piper, of Illi
nois ; Judge Bullitt, Dr. N. F. Kalfus and
W. R. Thomas, of Kentucky, and in New
York, Dr. R. F. Stevens.
The "Temples" or "Lodges" of the or
der are numerously scattered through the
States of Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, Missouri
and Kentucky. They are also officially
reported to be established, to a less extent,
in Michagan and other Western States, us
well as in New York, and also in Pennsyl
vania, New Hampshire, Rhode Island,
Connecticut, New Jersey, Maryland, Dela
ware aud Tenuessee. Dodd, the grand
commander of Indiana, in an address to the
members in that State of February last,
claims that at the next annual meeting of
the Supreme Council (in February, 1865,)
every State in the Union will be represent
ed, and adds:—"This is the first and only
true national organization the Democratic
and conservative men of the country have
ever attempted."
It has been asserted by delegates ta the
Supreme Council of February last that the
number was there represented to be from
80U,000 to 1,000,000: but Vallandigham,
in bis speech" last tammer at Dayton, Ohio,
placed it at 500,000, which is probably
much nearer the true total. The number
of its members in the several States has
been differently estimated in the report
and statements of its officers. Thus the
force of the Order in Indiana is stated to
be from 75,000 to 125,000; in Illinois
from 100,000 to 140,000; in Ohio from
80,000 to 108,000 f in Kentucky, from
40,000 to 70,000; in Missouri, lrom 20,-
000 to 40,000 aud iu Michigan and New
York, about 20,000 each. It is noted that
the Order, or its counterpart, is probably
much more widely exteuded at the South
even than at the North, and that a large
proportion of the officers of the rebel army
are represented by most reliable witnesses
to be members. In Kentucky and Missou
ri, the Order has not hesitated to admit as
members, not only officers of that army,
but also a considerable number of gueril
las, a class who might be supposed to appre
ciate most readily its aims and purposes.
It is fully shown that as lately as in July
last several of these ruffians were initiated
into the first degree by Dr. Kolfus, in Ken
tucky.
The great object of this association is
military service against the United States,
and armed resistance to the laws. The
members are drilled regularly, as many
arms as could be collected, have been
bought and stored away, and the conspira
tors seemed to have anxiously awaited the
time when they could strike a blow. The
number of fighting men belonging to the
Order has been represented to be as many
as 840,000, which is likely to be an exag
geration.
Green B. Smith, Grand Secretary of the
Order in Missouri, states in his confession
of July last:—"l knew what arms, mostly
revolvers, and ammunition hare been pur
chased by members in St. Louis to send to
members in the couDtry where they could
not be hadand he subsequently adds
that he himself alone clandestinely pur
chased and forwarded, between April 15th
and 19th last, about two hundred revolver,
with about five thousand percussion caps
and other ammunition. A muster roll of
one of the country lodges of that State is
exhibited, in which, opposite the name of
! each member, are noted certain numbers,
I under the heads of"Missouri Republican,"
j "St Louis Union," "Anzeiger," "Miscella
neous Periodicals," "Books," "Speeches,"
and "Reports;" titles which, when inter
preted, severally signify tingle barreled
guns, double barreled guns, revolver t, pri
vate ammunition, private lead, company
p'jwder, company lead; the roll thus actu
ally setting forth the amount of arms and
ammuuition in possession of the lodge and
its members.
{ The ritual of the Order, its signs and
passwords, have been fully made known to
; the military authorities. A seizure of one
hundred and twelve copies of the "work
of the Order" was made in August last in
the office of the Hon. I) W. Vorheea, M.
C., for Indiana. Copies have also been
discovered in other places, 'ihe order is
"progressive." Many of those who first
enter it, suppose that it is an ordinary
Democratic Association for political objecta
only. But they are led onward by degrees
j until they becomo deep ID treason. The
j oaths are very severe, and impose upon the
| necphyte as the penalty for infidelity a
shameful death, having kit body cut into
four parts and thrown out of the four gates
of the temple. Members are instructed that
the oath of the Order is superior to all other
oaths, and that it is their duty to perjure
themselves whenever their evidence would
be injurious to the Order. This wicked
•dmonitiofi has been faithfully followed by