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, State Auditor, were called up before the committee, and admitted they belonged to the Order, but were not in its inner circle, and did not know of the plot. McDonald returned from the North on Saturday. He met the committee; and H. H. Dood and J. C. Walker, State Agents at New York, were called before them. At first they were defiant, but admitted that revolution had been planned. Athon was to be Provisional Governor. The Order was to strike, at the same time, at Columbus and Cincinnati, Ohio, and Chicago, Illinois. That they had recently met Sanders and Holcombe at Clifton, Canada, and agreed on this plot. McDonald asked Dodd, "How many troops do you think there are about Indianapolis." He answered, "Only a few invalids and veterans." "There are enough," said McDonald, "to whip you and your whole Order in the State. " McDonald and others of the committee protested against revolution now as madness, and prevailed on Dodd to send a secret circular, by virtue of his a
President. The Day Book, the News (through Ben Wood), the Freeman's Journal, were all represented. Bitter feelings against McClellan were openly manifested, and he was denounced for having broken his pledge to the Democratic party. Messrs. Shell, Singleton and Chauncey Burr were among the prominent speakers. S. T. Lent, of New York, presented the following resolution as the sense of all those present: Resolved, That the call be addressed to the Jeffersonian Democrats to meet at Cincinnati, Ohio, in the course of the present month, for the purpose of appointing a candidate representing that branch of the Democratic party which the letter of General McClellan completely ignores. The Gold Market. The paper of the 15th reports that gold opened at 223 and fell to 222½, and returned to 223½, where it remained quite steady. The market was not strong, and there was no disposition to buy small lots for hoarding. Closing prices, 226½. The paper of the 16th states that gold op
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