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litary organization. The authorities who had control of the Government were said to be tyrannical, and that they were trampling us under foot, and that we should have to resist by force of arms, and the members of the Order are expected to rise to maintain their rights.--The Order frequently drilled, and have been drilling for a year. About two-thirds of the Order are armed, some with rifles, and others with revolvers and shotguns. The muster-roll of our township was over one hundred. Dr. McCartney, who is Grand Seigneur of the county, informed the members that there were forty thousand in the State of Illinois, well armed, and that they could depend upon eighty thousand in that State.--There were about forty thousand in Missouri, twenty thousand being in St. Louis and vicinity. The officers said that, in May and June, there was to be an invasion at three points: into Ohio, to be led by Morgan or Wheeler; into Indiana, to be led by Longstreet; and into Missouri, to be led by M