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GAZETTERCUIATIOS.« - EOITORvOCTOBER 18Jon Tkket.■SIDEST,LINCOLN!imis,resident,roMurso,Hotter vs. VcCleUttH.Gem. ilcClelJan'i position a accurately illiuUated ia the following lines from Pope's translation of Homer'* Iliad, Book xiv„ 110:‘‘AadvUt thou ihu* dsfirt the Trojan plain i anoj Mva vtafa airaama of blood h**ij aJiod iti■vain*JW Siuh tec iCn/f»cefy rourA th*j f*xr,zptak it m whispers, itu Qult;± ^ Avar. u v ca th ero h iniin so dead to Ikujo wh t iLir** . To jnmk such moaimis.or the thoughts dtclmtttf ariii coeqos »t $*«« from soveccijju a wuvTh* handed legiou* of alt Greece ot*v ? a 4dMraif voire that ctil!s to /IfrSrJ* riixs'• sro«a« in a xx/ic-c uiui cutis tzflifrz(rAiia roachanffS tkmht$ult whiU his atdicrsfight F TV HAT MOAx tiQVLa **Av ? What yet ihwr fc deniesThOiigiYeat tha/oe; At* GttKlCc Mco^fca ruw*i-Xljttit fa'RAHLE SECRET OCJETIES.iefifleo.S Exposure—Report ol Judge Advocate Gen. Holt.flXelec- ... ices whichp/filitors of the father, and Sen-Georgia, Curry and .Davis, Foote, Ben* the Rabat Confed* are VaHaudigham,)ddf long, all the of Liberty. Every m Secwrioniat inu voto for a man ition gathers round vase ? Is not -the n la known by theEortiieGnsMta.the Allies of raitors.onco at the North, of treason, has god in the most rebel press; and at party has beenring in the Southuch gratificationGovernment and ronal liberty ontic.New Yore, Oci 15.—Jtulgo Advocate wen. Holt has published dh elaborate report of the scerot political societies of 5?* w63*1 under the orders ofthe War Department Of their origin he says;In 1862, about the time of tbo first draft, mutual protection societies, Circles of Honor, Knights of the Mighty Hoat, and Knights of the Golden Circle, began to resist it The last order being partially exposed, Sterling Priee organized another in its place, called the Corps d Bdgiotte, which was maintained in Missouri, and took its name from the Belgian Consul at St. Louis, since discharged. In the autumn of 1S63, under the leadersltip of P. G Wright, of New York, and Yallandfgham, the A- K.'g, an Order of the American Knights,was organized With the organization, originally, Jeff Dayls. seems to have had something to do. Sterling Price then changed his Ootj)s de iW-giqiLd into thie,and it spread both North and South. Changes were made in it as its features were discovered, and new names were given to it in different parts of the country. The McClellan minute guard, of New York.is a branchout,The report next details the nature of these organisations, dwelling particularly on their military features and the militaty strength they were designated to control, which he regards aa intended to facilitate a guerilla warfare in case of an outbreak against tho Government,P. C. Wright, the editor of the News, now in Fort Lafayette, was First Supreme Commuder. In February last, at the annual meeting of the Supreme Council, Vallandigham was elected as his RuccesBor. Robert Holloway, of Illinois, acted as Lieutenant General, or Deputy Grand Commander dariog Val*r.irifnphoirt'ii oliDnn An .--- It .ait it 'five hundred thoiiend, which ni probably much nearer the true total The number in the several State* has been differently estimated in the reportsand statements of its officers. Thu* the force of the order in Indiana ia stated to be from 75,000’.to 125,000,.in Illinois from 100,000 to l^O.OOO.in 0;iio from 80,000 to IOS.000, in Kentucky from 40,000 to 70,000, in Missouri from 20,000 to 40,000, and in Michigan and New York about 20.000 each,Judge Holt then goes on to show what efforts have been made to arm this force, and the various little embarrass me nts the Order has labored under ia thfe particular. lie then gives a statement of their specific operations in several particulars, of encouraging desertions, discouraging enlistments, rating the draft, giving intelligence to the enemy, recruiting for the enemy within our lines, furnish lug the rebels arms and ammunition, and co-operatEug in rzudsanil invasions,Tbo document concludes with a resume of the indisputable evidence on which Ujo exposure is based. It is throughout a startling document and its effeetpn tbo country cannot but bo1 great.tly, that disaster ruinous to tk« id. but triumph sceas of the Hoff ould be Insured coupled the de*ike governmentfeat of the aup* at at the ballotmocrafcic party he matter, and at the poll* do to the TTui#n r success wholly a victories over mot no bettor irnfshed by the ing democratic Ib issue of the i it editorially itches auaoua-in Virginia, aslicence the dec-o acknowledg-terma that a ire to the sue-icy ?of the loyalty 3 ovftx Bnccess defeat of the We ask those who love the d brothers are ce, if they can each a party? a Ihinga andrough the do-leir sons and j hope to buc-A. R. R.constantly urged ifciug the Union 3rder to defeatndidates of the — ^^ u*auu_i^uui.iuiLLm.er uuriog vai-1 States. They s abaence from fcho country.:tly, that disaster A. ^ecrstary of the Society chosen at ai6tLhtT the last election was Dr. Massey of Ohio. I** Missouri, the principal officers were Charles L. Hunt, Grand Commander;Charles E. Dunn, Deputy Grand Com-nuader; and Green B. Smith, Grand Secretary. Since the arrest of these three persona, all of whom have made confessions, Barrett has officiated a* Grand Commander. The Grand Commander in Indiana is H. EL Dodd, the DtptiLy Grud Gonnuander Horace Hef-fren.:^ The Grand Secretary, W. W. Harrison; Major Genemls, W.A.Bowlea, John ft Waller, h. P. Milligan, and Andrew. Humphrey*. Among the other leading members of the Order in that Sta££ ate Dr. Authon, State Secretary, and Joseph Rifltine, State Auditor. The Grand Commanders in Illinois-are S.C. Judd, of LewiBton, and B. B. Piper, of Springfield, who la titled Grand Missionary of the State, and ilesigotttfid also aa a member of 'Vallandigbam's staff Ho is one of the most'active membera having been busily engaged throughout the summer in estahlishingtempleaind jdj liatiog members ia Kentucky. Judge BuJlelt, of the Court of. Appeals, is Grand Commander, and with Dr. A, L Kalfue and Wm. R, Thomas, JaHer in Louisville, two other of the mc«t prom-inent members have been arrested.In New York, Dr.R. F. Sterene.Clusf Secretary of the McCialltn Minute (inard, is the meat active ostensiblerap-reaaatative. Tjj© greater part of the chief and »nbordiu«te officers of tbo Order and its branches, as well as the principal members.thereof, are known to the Government, and, where not already, may regard themselves as under a constant military surveillance, So .complete has been the exposure, of thin sect or league, that however frequently the conspirators may chiinge its name,forms, paas-words, and. signak, its truepurposes and operations can not longer be concealed from Lhfl military, authori-ttea. 'The Supreme Council which annually meets on February. 22d, convened this year at New York, and a special moet-ing was then appointed-to be held at UucagG, July 4th, or just prior to theDemocratic .Convention. - This'havingbeen postponed to August 29, the special meeting-of the ; Supreme Council was also postponed to August 27, at the same place, and was only convened accordingly. It will bo remembered thit a leading member of the Convention, in the course of a epeech made before that body, alluded approvingly-to the session of the Sons of Liberty at Chicago at the same time, as that of an organization ia harmooy with the.sentiment* and projects of the Convention. The loclgesArc numerously scattered thro' Indiana, lUinoia, Ohio, Missouri and Kentucky. It is alao officially^reported as established to a less extent in Michigan than the other Western Btafcef aa well as in New York,-Pennsylvania. Now Hampshire, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Jersey, Maryland, Delaware, and Termeasee. In the States just mentioned the Order ia most atrophy oontered ia the following places i Indiana, at ludianapolb and Yin-coones; in Illinois at Chicago, Springfield and Quincy. A large proportion of lodges in and about the latter place have been founded . by the notoriousguerrilla chibf, Jackson.e-The Rebels Discoura£ed by Jell. Davis* Last Speech. . .The aulhenticlty of Jeff*rsou DaviV speech at Miicon is sufficiently provedby its general Hphblication' in. theSouthern papers. There caunofc be the elightest ^doubt that Davla made this open confession of the desperate condition of tho rebel cause, though it ib Btrunge that ho should have vqI-untanly doifo So mudi to injure it him-ielt As\*lGuiltj oreaturei Bitting at h play,Have, by the very eunnlifg ofthe^cene, Been (truck so to the auul, that preiently They have proclaimed their malofaetion*.,, 8q Joffhreofl Davis soema inspired by the demon of pervoraity to confess the failure of hb .war and.the ruin of hi* hoj5cs;. The rebel papers Beem to bt aatoBifihBd at the reckleftfinesi of their leader, and though Ihy underetiind bia despondency they are Indignant at his madness in proclaiming it ':“The least the President sayaabdiit , IS campaign in Georgia the better- r Thus Bays the Montgomery Mail,and further complains that he ii sappWthe confideuco of both people and army by his wisdom,oncouroging our eoembe. and paving the-way for what we shud-der lo reflect upon. The Lynchburg Virginian considers portions of hi* speech unworthy, undignified, Ill-timed, and reprehensible. The Charleston Mercury expresses its “profound regret that *uch a speech should have been delivered by the Chief Magistrate- of.the Confederacy.'1 In a word,Jefferson Dayjs, by declaring that nearly two-tiiirds ol his soldiara have desrtedjhat bis armies arc at all points outhomSersd, that there are few men left between the ages of 18 and 45, that the boys fire going to the field, and that tho old men must fight, Lae alarmed and**ma2ed the South. He has admitted all tkarthe North desires to believe, and haa confirmed tho declaration of Grant, that a united and an energetic effort is all that we need make to victoriously 6nd the war. Tha confession of the rebel chief ia not ; needed to conyinco the North that the Union is triumphing, but it will do much to destroy the doluaion oi the Sonfcli, and hasten, fcha day of its Bubmisaion.ht•aledwathrtoUItJileec,n the Cashier Van Wert, duates, shows efit ofacourtethlt;riNthiwlaowal Baxs ] t. 13,164. fire in adding a of popular liege Is heldof the course ice of itsbeir ive your Col-of the luBti-Ihe facilitzea ad buainesfl ero are none ji ol young hich ayouflg1 thoroughly pursuing tho*tod in yomiTie Vote «f 3far«oa County.[From the Ind. Journal] ;The copporhead jouruaJa aasutuo:that tho Urge majoritj rdf the tfuion ticket in thia county, ia tha result of frauudient ToUag io Iotlianapoli*^ add iiara buc-caeded in working themselves into quite I ^ a franzj in consequence thereof Ourneighbor of the State Sentinel, states represents a popblatioa of over 80,000 in Indianapolis. Thatea'tJ-°J®*o;w^iild allow blit one voter in Avery cine persons la our population; The cnsbaof I860 gave to Indiana a whlta population of 1,380,000, and the joint vote give to Lano and Hendricks in October of that year, was 263,606, being one vote to every fiva and a amall irac* 'hen, of the whito population. :’Tho vote coat in Indianapolis last'Tiieeday 'rapre-sentwl not:only.tho.city, Vut'alao thetownship in which ‘ it ia audited and would indicnt© a * pop u J ition in-tfco -entire township'of 32,210. 'There hoa boen no recent census of Indianapolis but the uaual estimate of our citizens from .thirtj'fivo to forty thousand, within the corporate ■ limite. ^When »e-consider that the township extends ;for three milea or more on every side, and that the suburbs,of the city Artf thickly populated, no fair man can charge that the rot© la oat of proportion' to tho lumber of inhabitants in the township.. fiut we. hive another .bogia of calculation which we think will silence all car-dera. -The number of men enrollad in Center township, between the ages of 20 and 45, is 8,559, and We have been required to furnish oar quote orvolnhteers or drafted men, on that basiB: These ware not all voters, hut every onakoows that the, number of moh over-45,is vastly larger than the number, between the »£«* of:20 and *1 years,; Iii addttfon'to the. ouroikd m#D, there were’ a largo number' of fui-loughad volunteer* 'hod other persons not enroltcd,-who-voted m this cifcy, «nd whoee right to rote Kmnot bsin disputed. ....We do not know how man j rotes ware Mst in Fort Wayne, bat wo invite tbo editor of th Ssnfcmel of that city,, ib comparo tho rote with the enrollment of his township, and when he does that, wo will be tradj to-answer any addi-tianiil strictures he may see fit to make on the vote of Indianapolis. Charges of fraud are the cheap and nsiia] refuge o. defeated parties, especially In' thisd*1Beain*buibaitet!□£TfcMieniriii
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