Weekly Trinity journal., 1864-08-27
sonama Rebels, and some OF their Peeu.
1iarities.

EDITOR OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES S4s-Uuf1ng
several journeys through your county it was my
good fortune to make the acquaintance of many
staunch and true friends of Ffeedom, and among
4 the rest, yourself, and i is natural that you
should be little curious to know what your
friend is doing and it is more than likely tha.
the boys" at Lewiston, Douglas City, Miners
vile and elsewhere, would like to hear how the
battle goes with the undersigned. ,
! am residing in Petaluma, one of the prettiest
and most prosperous cities in this State, and I
ana still at my old tricks and follies am still
! fool enough to believe that man did not come
into this world to live a life of idleness selfish
ness or viciousness, but that it is his privilege
TO labor. to strive, and to battle for the advance
ment of Truth and Righteousness, Liberty and
Humanity. have many opportunities now-a-
days for engaging the common foe, and there
are many channels Of effort open to all who have
mind to work. find men everywhere who re-
quire looking after, and who require all the at
tention that can be bestowed upon them. Nor
/ ally, religiously and politically men require
to be taught as much at any period in the
worlds history, and am endeavorng to do my
duty in these sevAal departments in the fear of
the Lord, and / trust with love to men. We
have the best Temperance Society in California
in this city, and it is still marching on, rescuing
and restoring fallen men. fr
| Religiously we are considerable Of a people
here, and have six churches. | still hold to the
same old persuasion,-a persuasion that has
never been immensely popular with the Devil S
party, but persuasion that cannot well be
knocked off its pins by any who will take the
Bible as the rule of faith and practice The
Baptist Church has had to wade through deep
waters of persecution here, but as you aware,
l feel at home in the water, and am getting used
to it wonderfully.
The Union cause has many friends in Sonoma
county, although it is called the Copperhead
stronghold OF the State, and to be Union man
in some parts of this county requires some pluck.
The poor deluded victims of Shareholder 5
Gospel who have focked here from Pike, who
are physically, morally and socially different
! from genuine Southerners the citizens of Bos-
ton differ from the Doors, are here in great force.
Many of them do not know their right hand from
| their left, and as to having any conception of
what genuine Liberty means they in total
darkness. How clearly they demonstrate the
demoralizing influence of Slavery. They are
animal all over. On this unfortunate class the
rencgades and rufIians of the so-called Demo-
cratic party of California depend for support. 1t
is for this class they prepare their fulminatons
and their fierce articles against the Govern
ment. On these they depend to carry their Sc
ditious schemes AS many of them imagine that
| the United States is in Missouri, and that Pike
county is the center of all greatness and as they
suppose themselves the ruling power of the
world, they frequently heard in this county,
repeating Beriah Browns stories, and telling
what they intend to do. They intend to clean
the entire State of California of " Linkum' :
hireings," !" and do just about they please in
these parts. Poor dcluded dupes, they would
be wiped off the state of existence in very few
days if they dared show their fangs in Califor-
mia. They are deceived by ignorance and by the
scoundrels of the Brown school, who pander to
them, and endeavor to them rs instrum; nts.
While we feel TO pity these poor dupes who are
| in chains of vice, ignorance and depravty. we
| feel that hanging is what such men as the rene
gade Brown deserves for making fools of these
poor wretches TO further knavish en- Is.
A large Cavalry Company WIS formed here st
week, composed of some OF our best men, each
member to provide his own outfit. They intend
to arm themselves with lIenry's sixteen shooters,
| two revOlverS and sabre, each. Should Browu's s
buzzards " attempt to futtcr over loyal rights
in this county, they will be sent to new bunting
grounds at early day in the war
! The Copperheads are very saucy in many parts
of this county, and are good at blowing when
Union men not around. And if they get II
chance to do mischief in the dark they good
at that. And at running they are ahead Of any
thing in the world The Baptist Church here
had lot of the unclean kinds of rebellion in it,
| and passed 4 loyal resolution denouncng the re-
bellion and its cause-Slavery. AT this the
rebels demurred, and made fuss, and threaten
ed to burn the Church, shoot the pastor and
raise trouble generally. But the Church ex
PEELED about dozen of those who would not
subscribe to Loyalty, and it is now in more
prosperous state than ever before. The rebels
took possession of the Church bell and took it
away, swearing it should not ring over aboli-
tionistS. We Union boys took the bell out of
rebel hands and restored it to the Church to the
tune of g John Brown" and raising the Ameri-
can Flag over all, informed rebels that any who
wished the top of their heads blown off might
just touch either Church, bell or flag. Church
has not been molested since. The top OF the
head is vital place, and even rebels value it.
The pastor, however, had VISIT as you stated
in late JOURNAL. His windows were mashed
in at midnight by traitor-sympathizers. And
pared to say, can outrun any other men in Cali
fornia. At throwing in the dark at sleeping
people, the rebels are braves at getting out
of the way they are fast
Up at Healdsburg, in this county, Rev. A.
Gould, the Baptist pastor, was stoned three
nights in succession last week, because he
preached loyal sermon Bcriah Brown and
similar eutte-fsh of the Copperhead school are
the parties most to blame for these outrages.-
The poor debased wretches who throw stones
| think they are doing God service | Like the
o.d rebel in Methodist Church South class
meeting who said: 8" kept whisky and
drinked i'll kept chickens and. fout 'em-l
kept horses and ruined 'em-but brethering
and sistering-bless the Lord never obtained
sanctihcation until helped to hang an Aboli-
TONER l' To kill an Aboitionist is with them a
good work. And all who are true to God, Lib
erty and the Nation, they call Abolitionists.
hope none of your preachers in Trinity coun-
ty are annoyed with this class. trust too that
all the boys are ralying round the Flag, and
supporting every good cause with all their
strength. With best respects to many old friends,
! remAin yours, J. A. D.
| ENLARGED BusNEss.-Roberts, Morrison Co.,