1 . TEMS-LOF ADVERTISING . .15titi &piste ona Insertion, , #1 00 • For each subsequent Insertion, -Pot Me , cantile - Advin tisements, Legal Notices Profes , lonia Cards without paper, Obituary N6tives am; Communica tion ref ting , to Matto, sof pri vate interests alone, 10 cents per ' line ' 1011 PIIANSIfir6.—Our . Job Printing Mace is the largest :and„ixtost complete establishment In the Conn Ppirr good Prostori, and a genoial variety of material suited' for plalnabd gancy ' work. ot every kind, enableslis to do Job Printing at the shortest notice, and on the most' reasonable terms.' Yersons In want of Dills, Blanks, pr anything In the Jobbing . line, will End it to their interest tn.givo no a call: cgAral ,&formatitin. 11. S. GOVERNMENT. President—AnnAllA3l LINCOLN, Vico President—IIANNIIIAL HARILTN, Secretary of State—Wm. 11. &Armen, Secretary of Interior—J:lo. P. USHER, Secretary Of Treasury—WM. P. YEASENDEN, Secretary Of War—EDWIN M. STANTeN, Secretary of Navy—GreeeN WELLEs, Post Master General--•Menraoxen? Built, Attorney General—EDW ken BATES, UltlefJUstlee of the United S etas—Roam II TANEY STATE GOVERNMENT Governor—ANDßEW G. CURTIN, Secretary of State—ELF •Suren, Surveyor General—James e. Auditor Goneral—ls.tac SLENKER, Attorney General—Wit. 31. MEREDITH. Adjutant Oanerol—A L. Russet', State Treasurer—HENßY D. Boone. ChlefJustie of the Supremo Court—OEO. W. WOOD trARD. COUNTY OFFICERS President Judge = „llon. James H. Graham. Associate Judges—lion. Michael Cocklin, Hen Hugh Stuart. District A ttornoy—J. W. D. (11Helen. Prothonotary—Samuel Shireman. 'nark and Recorder—Ephrahn Cornman, Register—Geo IV. North. High Sheriff—J, Thompson Ilippey. County Treasurer—floury S. Ritter. Coroner—David Smith County Commissioners—Michael Kest, John M. Coy, Mitchell McClellan, Superintendent of Poor House—Henry Snyder. Physician to Jail—Dr. W. IV. Dale. Physician to Poor House—Dr. W. IV. Dale. BOROUGH OFFICERS Chief Burgos—Andrew B. Ziegler Assistant 13unes,— tobert Allison. Town Council—East Ward—.l. D. Tihinobeart. Joshua 1' .1. W. D. Ulllelen. (icon:" Wei 7,1, West Ward—bleo. L Murray. Thos. I.a.ton, A. Cath cart, Jn0.13. Jo, U. it ('resident, of Council, A. Cathcart. W. kn:ilby. High Constable Samuel Sloe Ward Constable, Andrew Martin. Assugsor- flit [shall. As.t stunt Assessors, dno 111 all, (leo S. llootetn. =I T. Colloottir—Alfred Ithmalleart, IV, rd Donee tore—best Ward, Chas. A. Smith. West Wnrd, Cornertn, Street Cointni.Sloller, tVnrb•y li. tl,rllbr.vs Justices of the Peace—.t. L. Srinsier, David tquith A brill, Dehelf. )1i •hael 111couth. Lniup Ugh tern—,'li, IS. Nle..k, James Spangler. CHURCHES First :Presbyterian Church, , :ort west angle of Con- Ire Square. teen, way I'. St jug every Sunday Morning at 11 o'clock', A. 31., and 7 o'clock I'. 31. &mud Presbyterian ('hunch, corner of South Han over and Pomfret streats Rev. Jahn U 11l iss. Pastor Fiervlees commence at II o'clock, A. \I., and 7 o'e.ock P. M. St../ohn'g Churah, (I'rot Episo , pallm , rtlienst U111.71v of Centre Slitsare. 11yv..1 (1 ;It•re. (Cm-tor. Service At II o'cloel: A. 11., a.i.l i; o'elock. P 11. English Lutheran Clitireh, lietlferd, between ?lain and ',tither streets- .I', a iev Pstor. Ser vices at 11 o'clock A. NI., and c'clock I'. NI. Berman Reformi.d Church. I.7lther. l'etw.e.l Ilan over and Pitt Streets. Grp. Sim lie.ili'll4s. Pact., Servi, , at II o'elorl, A. NI.. 31141 I, .../4144, I N 1 1 N. 7lotll9dlst (hest 1.1..trz0l c-rner of )11in and Vitt Streets. Rev. Thom., IL ,11.1 - 1,.k. Services at 11 o'clock A. 111.. and 7 o'clock l' . . Methodist E. Church Ise,ond char,_,..) Ne. S. Bowman, Pastor. Eervicto,t, Emory )1 E. Chur v ch al 1. o'clock k )1., and :11., P. NI. Church orchid Soo r th tI I,t corn,. nf West plrcet and Chapel Allot. Ncv. B. h, Panto sore, at 11 a, in.. and 7 n tn. t. Patrick's Catholic Church, P.onft et near Eastst. Roy Pastor. evrry utile, Sal, bath. at 10 o'clock. Vespe, at :i P. M. German Litt.huran Church, corner of l'onlfret. and Bedford stre..lF. Rev C. vast.. pr. ,er, ni MMEffM frA-WhOrl changes in Iho aro neoessary proper persons are reque.l,,l wall) us. BM DICKINSON (20 I Rev. Herman M. Johnson, I). 11., loreAd and p ro fosgor of Moral Svloneo., NVIIII rn C. Wilstm, A. M., Prnfest.nr of ;fat ural Science 3!•ct Cura for,. cha Museum. Rev. 'Milian/ I, Boswell, A 1/reek and 00,111:. 1,. ii gauges. Samuel D. llilltnan, A. 31., Prof/ cur of 3lath moat John K. Stayin in, A. 51., Professor of tho Latin and Ranch Languages. lion Janus il. Grilncn, LL. I) . Professor of Law. Rev. floury C. Chealon. A. it . Prlncip.il of the Grammar :ehool. John Hood, Assistant in the ilraniniar School. BOARD OF SCIIU )L DIBECToRP, Cornman, .Innte...latuilton, II Saxton It. C. Woodwalti, t' P Hon. rich Seet'y, , J. W. Eby, 'ln:Aso:el...lobo Sihlr. \lo , sent4or Meet on the Ist .Hondas ,1 each Alontli at J o'clock A Al., at Education Hall. CORPORATIONS CVRLISLE Dios IT IlkNE.—l're.ilen t. Ik. M. !tender. son. W. NI. Beetein Cash J I'. Ilas,ler .ind C. 11. Diehl, Tellers, W. M. Pfdder. Clerk, Jo, Unaeroon.l Mes senger. Directors, It. M. IleilderNon, President It C. Woodward, Ski lon Woodburn, Ni..ses li, irker. John Zug, W. W. Dale, John D. Liorgas, Juieph J. Logan, Jno. Stuart, jr. " „Rost. NATIIN 01, Biolt.—Prosidant, Samuel Hepburn Co.hter. Jos. C. holler, Teller, Moor C. Brindle, Mes senger, Jesse Brown. Wm. !Coe, John Du nlap, Bided Woods, John O. Dunk p, Dome Brenneman, John . S. Sterrett, Snail. Ilepburn, Directors. CUMBERLAND VALLEY ItkILEOAI)(:.)III.kNr.--President, Frederick iVatts: Seeretare and Treasure,. Etimiztl M. Biddle: Superintendent, U. N. Lull. Passenge, trains three them, a day. Carlisle A eremite° ation, Eastward, leaves Carlisle 5 A. M , ',Jiving at Car lisle 5.20 P. M. Through trains Eastward, 10.10 A, M. and 2.42, P. 21. Westward at 1e.27, A. M., and 2.55 I'. M. CARLISLE OAB AND IV It Ell CoMpl:ql".—President, Len, uel Todd; Treasurer, A. L. u n' ler ; c noel intunueut eorge Wise: Dirertors, F. Watts, Wm. M. Beetem, E. M. lllddlo, Henry Saxton, I;. C. Woodward, J. N. Patton, F. Umlaut. and 1). 8, Croft. SOCIETIES Cumberland Star Ledge No, 197, A. V. M. meets at Marlnn Hall nu the 'led and 4th Tuesdays 01 every month. • S. John's Lodge No. 200 A. Y. M. :Meets 32 Thurs day of each month, at Marton Iln 11. Carlisle Lodge No. 9t I. 0 of 0.1. Meets Monthly evening, at 'l rout's FIRE COMPANIES The Union Fire Company was erganizod In 1780. Rouse 111 Louthur between Pitt and Ilan,iver. The °umberlaud Fire Cumpeey was instituted Feh 18, 1808. !Comm lu Bat!ford, betweeu Muhl and Pour fret. The Good Will Fire Company was instituted in March, 1855. !louse in Pomfret, ticar lintiover. The Empire If.nok an.] I,ller Company was institu tad in LEM. llouea in I I t. near Mein. RATES OF PUS rAGE Postage on all letter,. of one half ounce weight or under, .3 cants pre paid. Postage on the 11 CUALD within the County. free. Within the State 13 cents per annum. To any part. pf the United Stabile, 20 coots Postage on all Iran alert Vapors, 2 cents per ouuce. Advertleod letters to be charged with cost of advertising. 5,000 YARDS. Good Dark Calico Just Received Al GREENFIELD & SHEAFEI?' 8, East Main Street, south Side 2d Door, 94 DPor, Good Dark Prints, Bettor, 't ttra, II - Olmor Extra, do., pleached Nuetins at 20. 25, 30, 35, and 40 rents. Unbleached, from 20 to 40 rents. Summer Pants stuffs, at last year's prlctis, having purchased our stock of Summer Pants stuffs last Fall ive ran and w 11 801 l them from 10 to 15 cents a yard olteaper than any house In town. Renieteher the place. GREENFIELD s 811EAFER, Opposite U. 8. Ritter's. AGIT THE PARIS MANTILLA EM POILITINI, No. 920 Chostnut St., Philadelphia. , OPEN—Paris-Made MANTILLAS and ,CLOAKS. , AIso,SPRING and SUAIXIBIt' G ARMS:WEI; ofeiur own anufacturo, of tho Latest Styles and In great virioty, J. W. PROCTOR & Co., The Paris fllantillaEmporiumi 920 CHESTNUT Street • PHILADELPHIA: United. 6tates,.6 percent 10.-40 Loan. To-aro- preparedr to furnish - the - 10-40 11 United .States' Loan authorized. by the act a March 3d, 113114 , either Registered or Coupon ..11ontb, as parties may prof,• in denomination, of $OO, $lOO, VOO,- $l,OOO, $5,000 1 and 410,000.• . • .The interehi. on the s6ll,and $100; Rends is payable annually and other denominations semi-annually in coin. The Bon dir4lll beat'date March let, 1804 and are redeemable at the pleasure of the Government af ter 10 years and' payable' 40 years 1 rem date in coin interest at 5, perount per annum. M..IIPIETESI, Cashier. CarlisleXienosit BanicVApril 25th,1804, . - CHOICE•SEOA.ItS A TOBACCO, AT RALSTON'S 25 00 4 00 7 GO "WE FIGHT THIS BATTLE Mr. Stephens Responds to the Chi eago Platform. Inc; ipli:u• (;4•livral - th.• chie,t, ; " ih.• "f •;;Itia-r if 'Stop vi r,1,01 ico- 1'ro,a1,11( ro , n,,n(nql .•t- M., Professor of the itt•tit,•—tt, 8-1( . rhi t t htittlt ttf th, rt•lttti pttttlitalt• -h.. \\ • \vitttl litti.tt- Art. t ritt•r ill th , 1111. torr•rati..n, ,$f 111 , N.l'lll,l'll 1 /t ;11141 111, t•pi% 11, 1 , it11,11.1,,1 11:1 t'llt••.11I'V.2,,I110111 Smith. thr• t. t an lwar, ;111 , 1 111.• re C:111 Jo, l)t) ditiirully t 1 nLL it if 111, 1 cal X rih v, ill only (.4.n.ent t,. let the rebels own way. T11 , .V :UPI they are t 4. meet tilt• :tic party \ I•ry gladly tho Id' arnii-ti,t., and a NatiOnal I'hey might not oLjeet to the latter, pro vided it \vas primarily agreed that the inate ak-olute sot - ereigiit . v ot• ti n Statto,' kith full power to scccdt• front the whenever ally of them (looses, is solemnly agreed upn. 'Nei United States Con,titu lion, Mr. Stephens thinks, provided for this right of aocr,.i n ; and, he naively remarks, "all our present trouble,, sprang front a dr p from Ihi , principal—fronn a violation of this essential law or our political organi zation." Aml this is the same Alexander 11. Stephens who denounced secesiiin in when all around him were Cr 117.3". with an eloquence, truthfulness, and Mower, unsur pas,ed in any speech delivered, at the North or South upon that subject “flow have the mighty fallen ! How are t rung laid low!" The platform of the Chicago Cnvention, )I r. Steven,. thinks, "presents a ray of light" —the first ray of light he ha , seen from the North since the war iwgall—,o much or a Pay, that, in the splendor, \lr. S. becomes Miltonie, and repeats that. celebrated apos t roi die of the great poet to • Heavenly Light," which was written when he was stone blind us blind actually as Mr. Stephens now is, po litically, in reference to the opinions and sen timents of the citizens of the loyal States. But he lir, iceedh to discuss the consequences of the ratification of the Chicago platform, by the election of the Chicago candidates, in a very liberal and patronizing ll' :tinier. He imagines that the preliminary negotiations would he "between the two c.»Vederacics .'" But the South having magnanimously agreed to meet the V allandighains and Longs in that convention, he proceeds to show how the convention world amount to nothing whatever. 2d Door. 18% Lt the first instance, the delegates lire to have no power but to meet, to talk, and to re commend. What they agree upon should then be submitted to the Stittes which should vote upon the plan. All the States which ratified it, would of course be bound by the agreement and all the States which object ed to tie settlement, would not be bound either collectively or singly. We should then have the Union restored, except as to such States as did not agree to r , storation, which Would be, of course, by their non-a greement, free to set up for themselves us Single nations, or united in as many confed eracies as they determined upon among t hem selVes. By this.plan";' we might have, in stead of a united nation, an aggregate of States called the United States ; a confeder acy of sugar States ; a confederacy of cotton States etq , etc.;_ 'with_ one-or two - indepe& dent empires, such as the kingdom of , South earolina,,,or_the principality of- Texas. `The. loyal citizens of the 'United 'states, thus have i anauthoritatiye • pronunciamqMo frOM the South', as to hoW its Aending Mans sea by the "ray of light" which beams from the chicagoPlatform. fiy that pcintil, lation Mr. Stephen's secs— . First, That a recognitiom of the nb6oluto right of a State to secede froth the Union VOL. 64. RHEEM & WEAKLEY; Editors & Proprietors. zpo.ctin-flt. OUT! I= [From the Nov York Tribune.] We fight It out!" Hogs loud and elan r Along the banks of Tames; It rings in trench and riflo-pit, And by the camp-fires flames; The sentinel on lonely post, As slow be stein his mond, The seaman on the reeling mast, O'er surging billows bound. no raiders tierce, the chonang troop, The reckless, daring sr nit, Each—one and all—repeat the cry : "Brave hays, we'll tight it out! " "We fight it outl" is still the shout, Down Sherman's blazing flue; It echoes o'er Atlanta's wail, %Viten, bright our baronets shine; It Is the cry at Petersburg, Whore stands unflinching tiraut; And Weldon Road repeats it Where lianrock's standards flaunt. Shenandoah's bright green Talley Returns that gallant cheer, Where Sheridan's fierce troopers ash forth iu 11,t. career; They shake their sabres o'er their heads, They peal the warlike shout : "No eunpromise with' traitors! light this battle out!" Bravo Parragut, in Mobile Bar, From all his war-worn Al Ropmis it with his shouting crows, And from his cannon lip, Their hearts a re lcdd, their arms are stout Their ;potteries shake the shorn, They'll fittht ['his trait cons conflict out, Till treason is no more. '• Two hundred thousand (adored braves Says l.ineoln, •' msr,•h with me? On bastion'd tort, on battle-11,dd, They straggle to he free: Where lives the craven coward Who'd yield those mon again, These valiant Union s"liliers, To bondage and the chain " Clikagon erieq: This War mast sttip; Let us east down the ste e l, Ylohl up the 11111(1.)h:1i up the fLiti Then prostrate let us kneel. In 5:5111 our s:rakure, In rein 1.1 ,, 0l is spilt, =1 i., 31 the Wit. 1111111!11111 ut ;.,1111.4nt, rninn mon Vour a ti,,iii , i 1111•11 II Th, and the .zlen illl I=! One effort nt anll I;nd it ..111 i n.“-n I=l ll:ce).f.-.,;:ii.:;1..1.1J:i;:t3, ANIIiw b 1;4. Al' • 0 s i c 4# lit ' el whenever it desires to, with cause or with out cause, is to be the foundation of the ar mistice, and the only terms upon which a convention. will be allowed. S'econd, The convention is to be no con vention, but a political debating society. Third, The plan of the "convention," if one can bo agreed upon, is to be worthless for a restoration of the Union unless it is unanimously agreed to. In other words, it may be said that Mr. Stephens proposes that it shall be agreed that the rebels Were right in stealing the forts, -arsenals, mints, ships, arms and munitions of war of the United States ; that they were right in firing upon the Nationalfiag at Fort Sumter ; that Major Anderson committed a grievous fault in resisting tho rebel bombard ment; that the war has been wrong from the hegining ; that the United States Gov- eminent ought to have knocked under a once; and that the continuance of the effor o restore the Union by force of arms, is a tool outrage upon the rights and 'privileges of the innocent population of the South, who have endeavored to destrOy it by force of arms. Grant this much ; and, it being clearly agreed that the Confederacy was right from the time of firing on "the Star of the West down to the latest guerrilla mur 'tiers," it also follows that it is the duty of the United Sink; to assume and.pay the debt of the nmell-outraged Confederacy, and make good in damages, and by reparation, all ills losses suffered by individual rebels during- the War. Whca all this is satisfac torily settled, wi May play at armistice and a creation or hostilities ; give up all the ter ritory conquered by our armies ; abandon ill the harb;q.s raptured and closed up by ; yi4)ll up ..\lissouri, Maryland, I',t Rentticky and Tennessee, nd, trailing the proud flag which has been .'pt flying by the bravery and the blood of rir soldiers and sailor, , , withdraw fromthe eonos ()four triumph:, After that we arc to play at, convention, nil sond a sot it poworloss nohodios to moot n cotHoltation wi!h othor nobodies ; and, t'tor much tall., quarreling and delay, a- ipyk. lotion, of tilt. imp)lout body being agreed upon, we -Mllllll,ll pl:ty at ratification. The :—“lth ha \ twzr already Leon ju,titied in SOCC.3- Sl , ll. will refs to ratify the plan of the eon vent There will be a ,K'end'al up or the Government, univer , al anarchy, niel a C1 ', 11 , 1160111 , f things which will lend to warlarm and make thin, once the 0 , -1 happy and pi , i-ipermi , nation in the th, in ‘vi, teheil„n,afe and 14iser- lide I 111 NVi o r l4 I :\nrl :di i, to the I , gititriate conse qu,rl(•.•: electiml ~0 (;t•eral ;an and ef the ratiticatipn of the Chicago Flat rni. In all that has been written in the Union to•N‘ -ptiwrs about the naischicv .al- eonsennences of the adoption of the ar !...,tice and e.-•.ttien tsf hostilikies 'plan, Owl, ha. hcen nothing so thoroughly, de lon-Intik c of the Neickedne-s. lolly and erninnal ,trot•ts t.fthut set,ith• n> these COM - 11,111- 111i..11 it, ttlotL c , ollll. the second tho trait , .N WIIOM it is HE WAS NOT THERE h:Lith• (,t• Rich muinlain Wits fought: in \Ve-tern he Ro.4ccrans. and re sultcd in a gh,rhah , vit•tf•ry. was the conilliaffiltw or that (h , parthaent and WAS have arrested the Hight the discomfited but n , ,t I 14Pre. Ti n• 'fluff cu. fnught by undt.r 11rdel'S Bout (iellerill Sh.llo, he dirc4 . 6(lll 4 , f Gil McClellan, 1.1111311,(1 till tin. tli . Sumo and it 'night Intl., hcrn sin:cos:4'lll had tt,itt•rat-in-Chit•r t•xantin,,l the ground 111111 pr , parations, but—he its not there. Th 4. I,l4R•kade of the Potonute by the reb- els occasioned great fIllim . V:111C0 to the gov ernment, and added materially to the na tional debt by enhancing the price of subsis tance, It might have been raised, and pre parations were concerted for that purpose several times between the army and navy, and the fleet was ready, as also were the troops, except .McClellan —lie leas 7101 Mere. The city of Norfolk, with all its im mense naval facilities, was a desirable point for us, and several efforts were made to get McClellan to take it, although in vain. At length President Lincoln in person got up an expedition and headed it, by which Nor folk ocus capttlrett N601..111 OW knowledge of McClellan—for //c ic.ts toil there. The battle of \V Whom burg was fought by our army, under disastrous circumstances, in consequence of one ignorance of the ground and the rebel works, and having no com mander-in-Chief. Each division fought on its own hook, and there was no plan of bat tle. McClellan should have been in com mand but—he was izot thcre. So it was at Seven Pines, Fair Oaks, Gains' Mills, Savage Station, White Oak Swamp, Malvern Hill, and the :Aeon was that as McClellan was occupied with politi cal intrigues when ho should have been busy with military duties—he was not there. A CROAKER WE:SWERED.-4. cop perhead stepped into a isiness house of our acquaintance, a few da3 since, to receive pay for a load of curlr, , ' hen the following fts,\ dialogue ensued: Merchant—" One dollar and fifteen cents is a I ig price for corn, Bill." Copperhead—" Yes but you know thego green backs are not . worth anything." Merchant--" I believe they•pay debts con tracted four or five years ago." Copperhead—" 0 d— n it Charlie, I can't pay you now," and butternut walked off, hold ing on to the trash with a death-lik o grip.— Ottoway Telegraph. Dr. Brockinridge's rojection of the terms of Peace prepared for the country by the conspirators at Chicago, brought clown the house in 'his last speech in Cincinnati. Ho said : "My excellent friend speaks of the South as 'his erring -bretheriW- But I do.not pormit, men *a be my Southern broth, rim who hayo tried their very host to cutlily throat. (Applatise.)- 1 have a brays young son, twenty-one years of ago, 'who has .beou fighting, from the beginning of 'this War, our side. lie was captured, and they, listy,e him now' finder the tirci 'of - the 'batteries at. Charleston. would cheerfully go, there and take his platio.but as. God is, ruy judge, Y would not.agree to bring. him' home, by making peace on thelormstlfese men Pro, pose.' (Great applatios.) :"• I ho scholule of LLn reso- ME gARLISLE, PA.„ FRID , OCTOBER 28, 1864. i, OM THEE_ WESTkRN CONSPIRACY OFF.IAL EXPOSITION BY JUDGE ADVOCATE G kNE RAC lIOLT. 1!:1 'e are unable to give the pet! report. Judg4rolt on tho 'Western Conspiracy, ho We give its substance below, and ask fur it earefufjperusal: Thiektciet association first developed itself inithekiVest in 1802, about the period of the first conscription of troops, which it aimed ,06 to- i o 4 b a :r .:o u to-obstruct c a l r e i , d , , il v resist. es s i O u r ) i i , g ly i Originally inspiration certain localities as the " Mutual Protection Society," the " Cirtle of lionor," or the "Oircle" or " Knights of the Mighty Host," aiilklittere widely as the "Knights of the 'i. r ttir,ltiiiii:rebellion, being little other than an 1 teiltitnArin among the disloyal and disaffected ai 6;:tNorth, of the association of the latter A ~t,,n,.._ imvwhich had existed for somo years at : 'Ole:ST.lth, and from which it derived all the iioi6f,P,ttures of its organization. ;:t,i - 4411•1 - iiig the summer and fell of ll'ilit3 the pier, both et the North and South. under 4.Tftei;ips,ttne modifications, as well as a change of Mum , . In consequence of a partial ex posure. Which had lawn made' of the signs and se'rfet, forms of the 't Knights of the Golden'i Circle,'' Sterling Price had instils ' ti!, d as its successor in Missouri a secret, po laical twochition, \ditch he called thei• Corps de Belgique" or "Southern League;' his principal coadjutor ;wing ('h'url's L. Hunt, of St. Louis:then Belgian Con mi at that city, but, whose c.r,purbep was S.ll l, :rqu , ntly revoked by the Pri-dilent on account of hi; disloyal; practiewi. The special objectie"of the Cioriis de Belgique appear: I, IPIVO 11 , (`O to unite the rebel sympathizers of l ik.on ri, with li . .view to their taking up arm , and joinind,Prica upon his proposed grand invit ision of-that fliitate, and as to their recruiting for histriny in the interim , Meanwhile, al-o, there had bt , ll I (I , t il ut0.,1 at the North, in the autumn of Isit.f, iy sundry disloyal 1nT , ,11 , , 1 , 1*,!1111/,11t aniiihg whom - . ..r.reVa Ilandighant ;old I'. C. Wrie,ll 1, of New :York, a :41 order, intended 1., Is: general throughout the country, and aiming at an extended intheiniki and power. and at mere positive reknit , than it. plied, ~,,, r, and which was terwed, Ho.i 11;is sin., Lees widely known is (11. t u..\. K., or - Orb ~F ~~~ . '':;~ . . 1118 The opinitoi derson. I) I)artmet,t upon [ll- l o uvre-- (pl . lII` 1.1,11. r, li:tt it \\ fullthb , ,.- by Valland,L , :iiatu irLr, hi• hill ishrnent. and iiiii,ni. , ii•qiiiiii,iiiiii iii, iiiii.ii.H. with 1):,‘ i, - . :Ind ,01,..r pr , ,iti:iwill irzlw.r,. 1.1 is, indf:• - 4, tip. 1, , 1.1-t ,If tl, , .01..1 , q• In 11,.;:,:,;‘ and eke.(l),Trs, th.(t its - r;1;1.1.1 - ~11;I.• dir ~1 fl'oli 13 -7 . - iIF, bitn,ll: and .1;i1-: : . \ nil l'iN wan, fiirtnerlr vtta,.ll,•d t(... Ow o , ll:limind I.( the reb ilAvEKedi,„ anti..a _ . .i r wiL_ .i.L'Atillkisat Nvitues.i.. Ilil. i-i, 1 ,,, ,;1111. , :171 Wili Sr 11,-,..,:iriTt" referre , 1,,...t.:) , ,, Iw-itit - c;3- that Da, i, i, a mem lit- r f•rder Upon the iii , titntion a the In ganization. it repre , ented t hat tb.• l'or[e Belgique" clime. a Seuthern ,eetien m . the (i. and that the ne‘v mime :1,1.,1.1- ed Mr the univr, bath itt luo North awl MEE The secret an•l eh:inn-tor of th, dor htn inq hc, , nu 131,11 N 1111 authorities, rt her Mtaliticat ions in the ritual and forms were intrduced, and it:11111W' NV:I. , finillny chat gel 1 ) that a (he U. S. L.. or "Order of the sn,o, HO' "Knights of tho ordor of the St,ll, Lib erty.' Those lat tor , •haino- ropre-ont,l to have been air-t in-tituted, aod tlo• titual compiled, in the z , ltate of Imliana in :My last, but the »els- 11,11110 IVti, at once goneral ly adopted throughout the West., th,ugh in some localities the association is still hotter knownasthe" Orderof merioan Knights. - It is to be added that in the State of New York, and other parts of the North, the se cret political associations, liLlOWn ;ts the " Minute ifnard," would sit to be a bhmeh the 0. A. K., haeint sulodan tinily the stunt. objects, to be accomplished, however, by nn -tuts, expressly suited to the localities in which it is established. For, as the Chief Secretary of this association, Dr. R. F. Stevens, stated in June last to a relia ble witness, whose testimony has been fur nished, " those who represent the .11cClellan intereal are compelled to preach a vigorous prosecution of the war, in order to secure the popular sentiment and allure voters," Tho strength and significance of this or ' gnnization lie in its military Character. Thu lecret constitution of the Supreme Council provides that the Supreme commander shall be commander-in-chief of all the military PP :es belonging to the order in the various States when called in to actual zervice ; and further, that the Grand Commanders "shrill be commanders-in-chitf of the inilitai,y forces of their respective sloes:, Subordi nate to the Grand Commander in the State are the "Mayor Uenerals," ouch of whom commands his separate district and army. In Indiana the Major Generals tire four in number. In Illinois, where the organization of the Order is considered Most perfect, the .members in each CZmg,rnssional District com pose a brigade" which is commanded by a hArigadier general." The members of each county constitttte regiment," with a " Wand" in command, and those of each township form a " company." A Somewhat 'similar system prevails in Indiana, where also each company is divided into "squads," leach with its arrangement intend -10 to facilitate - the guerrilla mode of warfare ,In ease of t general outbreak or local disor ler, 1 The ‘, McClellan Minute Guard," as ap pears from .a circular issued by th,2Chief Secretary in New York in March last, is or ganized upon a military basis similar to that df the 'order - proper. lt is composed of corn -1 iianies, one fur each election distt•let, -ten of which constitute a " brigade," with a " briL adier general" at its head, The whole is hiked under the authority of it " command rlin-chief."- A. strict obedience on the part of mornberi . to the orders of their superiors is enjoined. ' . . • The greater.part 9f the Chief .and, Suitor- Pilate ()facers pi' the order and itS , ,branohcsi . ,4s well as the principal minnberS thereq, nre known to the government, and, ! , whero..hot, already. arrested,' may regard: themselves aS. 'ander'a constant .military surveillance SO ebb:plate has: boon the exposure of 'this so. LI'S ORIGIN, HISTORY, NAMES ETC , 1 I , v rf , ion,.l :4,11 ( 1 cret league that, however frequently the con spirators may change its name, forms, pass words, and signals, its true purposds and op erations cannot longer be concealed from the military authorities. It is to be remarked that the Supreme Council of the Order, which annually meets on February 22d, convened this year at New York city, and a special meeting wa then appointed to be held at Chicago, July 1, or just prior to the day then fixed for the convention of the Democratic party. This convention having been postponed to August 29, the special meeting of the Supreme Coun cil was also postponed to August 27, at the same place, and was duly convened accord ingly. It will be remembered that a lead ing member of the convention, in the course of a speech made before that body, alluded approvingly to the "session of the Sons of Liberty at Chicago at the same time, as that of n organization in harmony with the senti ments •and pn,je(.ts of the convention. ITS EXTENT AND NUMBERS The "Temple" or "Lodges" ot• the order }re numerously scattered through the States Tndiana, Illinois, Ohio, Missouri, and Kentucky. They are also officially report ed as establiAnal, to a le,s extent, in Michi gan and the other 'Western Slates, a, well as in New York, and also Pentr , ylrattia, New Rhoda I-land, Connecticut, New Jersey, - Maryland, Delaware, and Ten t)4,ll,l, the Grand Commander or Indiana, in :in address to the members of that State in Velum:try ln-t, claims that nt hr ni•xt. nnnunl mooting (if thri Suprinip (in li'i•lirintry, 18 , 15,) In. add,. tli tiri4 awl mlc trw , tuitional oi :4 - anization the Democratic and Com-ervativo men 1 , 1 the country have ever attempted." prof isiou made iu the Com-titution o f th,. Council for it repre, , entath,n from thf , that the wide,t ex•- ton.,ion of the order i. contemplated. 'rho aetual 11 , 1"Iber,s• ,or the order have, it believed, never been officially roportod, and varin‘4, thon.6.r. , Itcettrat.•ly Ilso n 1,1111, I. VllllOll , 1,,r) mak !, t;i tcliirli ;iri• corl , i.lnratay I.xag - g..m.:tt...1. It ha , to tlm Suprollit• F , .l,yuary IHt , 111:11 tlto nwfLrr 111..1.. t. I Print St11),I)00 to LI I,.1}1)0 I.tit l'allawlI:2,11,i111. in lii =lu 1111 -ttilirli.•r at ton, ()hi,. it :i t I.l",,ilainy tit tror.t.•Hl. nottel that tl - P• otrlrT, or it, prot al)ly much it 0.1, d.ll 11., nitheventhan all!:, mild ;HI tirgei.ropurtion r 1 ~ t • i" ! ;,thiy Are represepl.•.l lu be meilitt..r-. I I 1 , 1 Itt I).! l'- , ../1/1 . 1 the un.b•r lit- nut I),,it - z. , zol)lt a I.l: , whert u t ./ply ollicer• ui (11A.Lf ,1‘ I.llly, but.also.2..c.ol , iderable 1 / 11, 1 - 1 ( ,1* of ' C.."1":•41:S" whip he ,111...poned.te appreciate lihist readily its aims and purpos e,. It is fully ilium that a- lately as in July ';tit ,•v , ral of these ruffian- writ (I..gree by Dr. kaltit , , in v. TII I; .1 It \I F: D PO It: I. In M111',..11 1;t:i, Lhr (lair(' armed for., o; the order, capable of being mobilized for elf-clive Sil \ ice, wit , ret)resented to be non no II lit detaik, however, upon which thb. -ttilet.fent was lased are t—tiin,my, an4l it i, not known how far 1111111 ' 0er may be ea:nrgora(ed. It that hy mean, of a tax levied upon it, mem ber-, 11., acs utnulated con , iderable fund , for purelm,e of arm, and annminition, and that the-, live been pr.oeured in large quaff titie, for its use. Tie witne-, Claytn, on the trial of D o dd, e , timated that tu'- thirel.s the order are rural-lied with ;trios. There remains further to be noticed, in this - •onnection, the testiniony of Clayton upon the trial of 1b , 11.1, to the effect that trios were to be furnished the order from N:l , Sall, N. I'., by way of Canada ; that to deist the expens e , of these limns or their transportation, it formal a,se.,iitent was levied upon the lodges, but that the transportation into Canada Nvas actually to be furnished by the Confi.derate authorities. ITS ItITC.U., oATus, AND i:s;rEici,ut F.)Rms The ritual of the order, as well as its se cret signs, passwords, &c., has been tulle made known to the military authorities. In August last one hundred and twelve copies of the ritual of the U.:\. K., were seized in the office of lion. D. W. Voorhees,'l4. C'., at Terra Haute, and a large notnber of ritu als, of the U. S, L., together with copies of the constitutions of the councils, &c„ al ready referred to, were found in the building at Indianapolis, occupied by Maid, the Grand Commander of Indiana, as had been indicated by the Government witness and detective, Stidger. Copies were also discov ered at Louisville, at the residence of Dr. Kalfus, concealed within the mattress of 'his bed, where, also, Stidger had ascertained that they were kept. Each degree had its commander or head, the Fourth, or "Grand" is tho highest in a State ; the Fifth or " Supreme,'' the highest in the United States ; but to the first or lower degree only do the great majority of members attain. The oath which is administered upon the ntroduction of a member into any _degree is . - is especially impressing in its language. It prescribes as a penalty for a violation of the obligation assumed "a shameful death ;" and further that the body of the pe'ison guil ty of such violation shall be divided into four parts and cast out at the four "gates" of the temple. Not only, as has been said, does it enjoin a blind obedience to the or ders of the superiors of the order, it is re. , quire(' to be hail of iiaramount obligatio n to any oath which' may be admipisterCd to,A, member in a court of justice or elsowliere.' Members are also instructed that their oath of Member Ship is to ho hold paramount to an-oath of allegiance,ror any other oath . which may impose obligations' inconsistent with those which aro assumed upon entering 'the order. Thus, if a member, when in danger, or for'the purpose of faailiating somo traitorous design, has taken theoath of allegiance to the 'United,.intosi ho is held at liherty , to violate it on the,:iir,st beeasion, .11b 4 obligation to the'Order being deemed,suPeri, • or to any considerationiofAittY or loyalty prompted by , suclvO4h.' . ., - The sign&, , Aitals;'ilassivbrds; 4 - c.,•of the;' order are Bet forth at length in the •testimo-11 TERMS:--$2,00 in Advance,• or $2,50 within the year 1, :be, mg Sad leis lo rit, and Harbor ing and I'rotrr•lin,/ Dem'ric s. —Early in it:: hi,tory the order m...iiiyed to undermine :inch portions of the army n; were exposed to its insidious approaches. Agents Were Sera by the K. G. C, into the camps to introduce the order among the soldiers, and those who be came members were instructed to induce as many of their coniparions as possible to de sert, and for this purpose the latter were fiir nished by the order with 111011Vy Andciti zens' clothing, Through the schemes of the order in Indiana, whole companies were broken up ; n large detachment of a battery company, for instance, deserting on one oc casion to the enemy, with two of its guns, and the camps were imbued with a spirit of discontent and dissatisfaction with the ser. IMEGI Soldiers, upon deserting, where assured of immunity of punishment, and protection on the part of the order, and were instructed to bring with them their arms, and, if mount ed, their horses. Details sent to arrest them. by the military authorities were in several cases forcibly resisted, and, whore not un usally strong in numbers, were driven hack by large bodies of men, subsequently gener ally ascot tained to be members of the order. Where arrests were effected, our troops wore openly attacked and tired 'upon on their re turn. 3. Diseou . raging Enlistments 'and Resist ing the Praft: ---4tls especially inculcated by the order to:oppose the reinforcement of our aftnie4 either by 'volunteers or dri.:•L' .1 men. In 1802 the Knights of the Golden Circle or ganized generally to resist the draft in ti:. Western States, and were strong enough in certain localities tc4greatly embarrass _the Government. Where members of the order.were forced into the army by the draft, they were 'in- : structed, in ease they woro prevented 'fTom presently escaping, and , where.ohliged nto -.go . to the field, to' use their arms in battle a gainst their ,fellow Soldiers. rather thati - tho enemy, or; ifpossible,,todesert tq the enemy, ,hy whom, through the signs ofl thte order, they, would. be recognized and received, its friends. It is to be 'added that whenever. a is member .Volunteered in the army he 'Wes° fit "once expelled from the Order. ' ny, but need only be briefly alluded to. It is a most significant fact, as showing the inti mate relations between the Northern and Southern sections of the secret conspiracy, that a member from a Northerh State is en abled to pass without risk through the South by the use of the signs of recognition which have been established throughout the order, end by means of which members from dis tant points, though meeting as strangers, are at once made known to each other as "brothers." Besides the sign of recognition there are signs of warning and danger, for use by night as well as by day ; as, for instance, signs to warn members of the approach of United States officials seeking tomake arrests. The order has also established what are called battle signals, by moans of which, as it is asserted, a member serving in the army may communicate with the enemy in the field, and thus escape personal harm in case of attook or capture. The most recent of these signals represented to hay been nd4t d hy the order, is a live pointed eopper star, worn tinder the coat, which is lobe disclosed upon meeting an enemy, who will thus ree- ognize in the wearer a sympathizer and an ally. A. similar star of G.1111£1.11 silver, hung in a frame, is said to be displayed by mem bers or their families in private houses in _lndi ana for the purpose of insuring protection to their property in vase Of a raid .1 . (Oiler at ,Lint it is that in many dwellings in that State, a portrait of John Morgan is ex hibited for a ;Hid tar purpose. ITS 11 'WI"! EN PRINCIN.Es The '•l) , rlrtrali,ut ro . f l'ri merteos Ivith the folli)%ving —All men areendowed by the (:iiiititor with certain right, equal a., far as there-is equal ity in the calamity for the appreciation, en joymt-rit are those right;." And subiiiiquently there is added: " In the DlN'int , economy no individual of the humain race nutst b.• perinittial iineurnber the earth, to mar its aspect; of tran-iciatilent beauty, nor to im the progre,i; (if the. physical or iil - 111;t11, Ileilllol' 111 nor the rite.. to which he belong , . llence, it people, upon Nlll:lt , lOt u pilin , they cony Lc r.IIIIII, in WID , III ?With or HIP lii ' Wily within thelli nor the lion, of divine and beautiful naturo around them can impel to s irtttous action and pro gress onward suit upward, .should be subject ed to ju-t and humane :servitude and tutelage to the until they shall be able to appro,..a:., OD; noiit, and advantages of ci r ru (12,4, t, , not; is ad , itql that htr al I , IStat,s , (l , - , rr . igilty, With it, iluce,-tlry rimit, the limn ,Metrim d,k Qt,,ton --adietritte iu 1J. ,,, •11111td: t11:11 irt our federative w part i• Hein the Bch ilr, 'would com pel the Geattral (; , veratitttitt, liken Juitaro -, se f 'hart ri " 11 olwror it fait h le.“ or int•Mett t State ,lat)tild command it Li.> do v;ii:al, after r chin that 11.11. : 4 tat ,, 4, 1112 , T are ad. I;pilmvs: d(• , iL7liate,l 'Thu [ ' Titled 111,1 . 1,1 . .,,,,• rignty, be. Call,' that i, uu attributn Nvith poopli.. in their SOVeral and ~ r gailizativils., arc undoweil and thi; i:A addt.d. as a corollary. "It e , mpatible I%titil the 111,401 . y. and nature of our ,y,tetn of government that Federal au thority should coerce by arms a sovOreign State." The declaration of prineiplos, however does not stop he but proceeds oIIL. Ste} further, as fell o ws: " \Vbenever the clio ,, en officers or dele gate, shall fail or refuse to admini,t,r the coo , , , ronoolt in strict accordance with the letter of the :icceptcd Constitution, it is the inherent right and the solemn and impera tive duty of the people to irsis, the function aries, and, if need be, to e.rpe/ thrin by firm of 111 . 111 S! Such rcsistance is not revolution, but is solely the assertion of right—the exer cise of all the noble attrihutes which impart honor and dignity to manhood." ITS SPEcIFIC Pl'illSisES AND OPERATIONS 3, Circulation of Disloyal and Treimni7- ble Publications--The order especially in . Missouri,, has secretly circulated throughout the Country a great quantity of treasotugde publications, as a means extending its own power and influence, as well as of giving en couragement to the disloyal and inciting them to treason., 4. Communicating with, and giving intelli genceto, the enemy.--Smith, grand•secretary of the order in Missouri, safe, in his confes sion. spies, maq carriers, and emis saries have been carefully protected by this order ever since I have been a member." It is shown in the testimony to be customary in the rebel service to employ members of the order as spies, under the guise of sol diers furnished with furloughs to visit their homes within our lines. On coming with in the territory occupied by our forces, they are harbored and supplied with information by the order. Another class of spisp claim to he deserters from the enemy, and at once seek an opportunity to take the oath of alle giance, which, howeVer, though voluntarily liken, they claim to be administered whilet they are under a species of - duress, and, there fore, not to be binding. 'Upon swearing al , legiance to the Government, the pretended deserter engages, with the assistance of the order, in collecting contraband goods or pro curing intelli4-ence to be conveyed to the enemy, or in some other treasonable enter. prise. NO, 34. The system of espionage kept up by the or , der, for the purpose of obhuning informa. , tion of the movements of our own force; &c., to be imparted to the enemy, seems to have been as perfect as it was secret. Tho Grand Secretary of the order in Missouri states, in his confession : "One of the espe cial objects of this order was to place mein bors in'steamboats, f2rryboats, telegraph' of flees, express offices, department beadgua,r. tors, provost marshal's office, and, in fact;-iii every position where they could do valua ble service." 5. Aiding the riirwy,hy ^recruiting for them, or as.,istiPg them to recruit within orlr haq al:,o been extensively ear ri,d on by members of the order, particular ly in Kentucky and Missouri. It is esti milt,(l that two thousand men were sent South. from Louisville alone, during a few weeks in April and May, lt- , f; 1. Tlm same facilities whieb were afforded to recruits for the Southern army were also furni,hed by the Order to persons desiring prooeod boyond our lines for any illiegal purpo , e. lit the Louisville was generally pretrred as a point of departure, and, on the „,\lL , si.ssippi river, a particular steamer, the Graham, was seleete4 as the safest convey , afire. 6, Furnishing Arms, Ant this, tor., the Order, and especially its I male members and allies. has b e en seditiously enLt . iiged. The rebel women of Louisville and Kentucky are represented hat in 4 rendered the most valuable aid to the ri.iiithern artily, by transporting very large quald it ~t* perm-si-n caps, powder s eimecaled upoll their persons, to some e.eivenient L ealitt near the lines, whence hey ectild be r e adily r uy (1 to those for wID•m th,y y, ere intended. 7. ./ y Raids it i> ekur that the ord,r h. s girt - ii ni 1, ti,qh dirt ctly and indi ro,dly, th,_. r:hehi, and to gu I%h, inpalcing in cur,i,nsint,) States, yet because, 011 till' .110 hand, f the eon:Atka upon. it action exen•i,ed by our military Ru th,: iti,-, mi the other hand, of the gen eral pup,•••• , . of oar arroio- in the field over those of the enemy, their allies at the North hare never thus thr been aiyie to ettrry.-out their grand plan of a general armed rising of the order, and its co-operation °llan extend ed a•? 11, with the Southern foree.q. S. G"rern,zent I'roperty.— llnve 410 thnita that large quantities of Coo ernmont property have been burned or 0 1 hen\ i.c ‘l , ,troye.l. by the agency of the or dor in ditnrent local it At Louisville, in the ca , •• of the steamer Taylor, and on the ppi river, steanter , belonging to the ("nit d states have been burned at the wharves. and generally when loaded with store.. Short:' before the ar rc-t or Bowles, the senior of the major ,general. of the order in I ndiana, be had been cl:g:Igod in the preparation of “Greek Fire," which ma.; to be found herr iceable in the de struction of public property. t. Destructien priente Properly and Persecution of Union 31en.—It is reported by Gen. Carrington that the full develop. , meat of the order in Indiann was followed by -a state of terrorism . ' among the Union residents of -liortions of Brown, Morgan, dol nson, Rush, Clay, Sullivan, Bartholo ;new, Hendricks, and other counties" in that State ; that from some localities they ,were driven away altogether; that in others their barns, hay, and wheat ricks, were burn ed and that many persons under the gener al imeeurity of life and property sold their eifects at a sacrifice and removed to other this connection the outbreak of the miners in the coal districts of eastern Penn sylvania, ill the autumn of last year, may be appropriately referred to. It was fully shown in the testimony adduced, upon the trialS of these insurgents, who were guility of the de. struction of property and numerous acts of violence, as welt as murder, that they were generally members of a secret treasonable as soci a t ion, similar in all respects to the K. C., at the meetings of which they had been incited to the commission of the crime for which they were tried and convicted. 10. Assassination and Murder.—After what has been disclosed in regard to thi4 famous league of traitors and ruffians, it will not be a matter of surprise to learn that the cold-blooded assassination of Union citizens and soldiers has been included in their devi lish scheme of operations: Green B. 'Stith states in his confession that '.qhe secret as sassination of tinitedStates °Encore, soldiers, and Government employees, has been die cussed in the councilS of the order and rec- olnmended. . At a meeting of the Grand CourtCß of In diana at Indianapolis on Juno 14th last; tho murder of one Collin, a Governmant detectiyo, who, as it was supposed, had betraytalthe or der, was deliberately discussed' 'and determined upon . . This. fact is Stated •hy Stidger in his report to General Carrington of Juno 17th last, and is more fully set forth in his testimony upon the Arial of Dodd, Ho desposes that at the Ane , tMg in quOstion, Dodd himself volunteered to go to Hamilton, Ghim.where Coffin was expected to be found, And there " dispose of the latter," ' He adds that prior to the, meeting, he himself con voyedfrom Judge Bullitt, at Louisville,lo Bowles and Dodd; at - indiananolis„ . special , instruotions to. Idtve Collin “put ont,of Jim .way"—nnurdered"-7-"Att: all Itazarke. 11. Establishrne4,of a ,Nortkivester74,9on federacy.—ln etnielmilng•thisreviOlty .of some of the principal specille,purposesp4the order, -: it remains - only to rtimarktipOnii ilArtilo;nk sign- of many.of its leading -kaeiiilicisv. the aeeomplishinent 3Vhhic they itre,reprosent- 'o4 as having, deeply at heart. • Hating. Now - - -England, and jealowS of -her in 134040 And MRIli
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