The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1864-01-23

| the re-nomination Of Mr.. Lincoln, and hi
nomination and election are as certain a
any events Of the future.
knights of the Golden Circle.
Below we give copy of an. affidavit
showing the nature and objects of tn
"Knights of the Golden Circle" 1t wa
sent from Jacksonville, by the gentleman
at whose instance it was taken, to tn,
editor of the Jerseyyille Union, and wa
subsequently, published. This gentleman
seems to think that its publication woulc
do good, and says that he has other cor
| roboratlve evidence of the truth of tbt
statements therein made which leads hin
TO believe them true. The affidavit con,
firms the fact of the existence of the
Knights, and also establishes the truth o.
all the charges brought against them By
loyal men. Ceaseless vigilance is The
price of liberty, and We cannot watch toe
closely the Vaccinations Of these danger,
Gus men:
Scott County, State of Riaois-a:-
On this ed day Of December, before me-
VIM. Ii. Mcdonnell. an acting Justice ol
the Peace in and for said County, per
sonally appeared Geo. d. Mayes, and who
being by me duly sworn according to law,
on his oath deposes and says that he be-
longs to company "B, )" 9th regiment OF
Illinois Vols, that in the early part Of
September, 1863, be was at work fer and
boarding with Wm. Thompson, that he
told said William that he was a deseFter,
that said William employed him we'll
knowing that he was deserter. that
while atflant was so in the employ If said
William, he solicited afEians to j5in an or
ganiZstion which he tod the aibant was
a democratic Organization that ia or
der to induce ahiant to j,in said s.Organi-
zation" he told a fiisnt that the object of
it was TO protect deserters, that they got
f. all the deserters they could to join il, tha,
all the tsesef fiers around there belonged to
it, that il afiiant would join, they would
protect him, that il any Provost Marshal
should come TO arrest him, they would
defend him, or help him to get away
AfEiant says that a few days after said
William had SO solicited attiant 10 join
said "0rgauization, and at the persua-
sion of said William he (aiIian0 did join
the same at a meeting thereof, held at
the house Of John Thompson. thal said
JOAN was one of the officers of said meet
ing and helped to initiate afhant. Affianl
says that the time he was iaitiated, he
was told by officers aud members of the
meeting that the "Oresnization'' was the
order of the, knights OF the Golden Cir.
Gle, and that the meeting was meeting
OF a Lodge" Of that order. He also says
sometime prior to said meeting he had
told said John that he (afliantl was de-
serter aforesaid, that said John told aft ant
he had better join the "Organization," as
he would be protected from arrest, that
the object of the "Organization'' was to
protect dcserters, that all the deserters
around there were members of the same
that said John we'll knew that affiant was
a deserter when he so helped to initiate
him. Afiant says that there were in the
Lodge the night he was initiated sal.
John Thompson. VIM. Thomson, Isaa,
Fisher, (deserter) James Gardenhie, (de
serter) Isaac Strait, (deserter.) I Her,
affiant gave the names of numbers NOR,
that were in the Lodge at that time
whose names are not now given to III,
public. Affiant says that certain Doc
tor (name withheld was in said Lodg
that night, who stated in speech befor
it, that they would soon hear noise lik,
thunder, aud when they came TO find ou
what it was it would be the Copperhead
| firing on the Capital with Yates in it
that on said Doctors motion money wa
raised to buy surgical instruments for tn
use of said Doctor as Surgeon of tn
Lodge in case of a fight-said Doctor ais
stated that arms were coming from Chi
cago for The use Of members Of the Lodge
i (Signed) GEo. D. MAYEs.
Attest: H. III. HOWARD,
! Dep'y Provost Marshal 10Th Distric
Illinois.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
, this I'd day of December, 1868.
WM. II. MCCoNNEII. j. p.