The mountain Democrat., 1864-12-10

ny lear Erienoi as webster said,I yet live,
though badly wounded. What want you and
the friends to do is this; You and Cross and
Jarboe get together. and have --and Robin.
son come to Sac. City, and--to get a good
Southern lawyer to come and see me- bet
remain in Sac. City until the lawyers come up.
There Is no danger 10 acting, II my friends do
not help me am lost. There is plenty OF
money; don't be afraid on that account. What
they do must be done prompt. The Court
meets In TWO weeks. Yours in haste,
THos. z. Pool.
You need not be afraid that the authorities
hare read this. ] give il into tSs <ea.3s OF an
81. understands. 1t was sent to Sac.
City and mailed there by one of us.
Yrs. T. B. p"
This letter, the authenticity of which has been
thoroughly established, shows that the highway
robbers were portion Of the "Knights," and
indisputably establishes the completely of that
order, OF which Beriah Brown acknowledges
himself - be the head, with robbers, murdererS
and rebels.
Who Thomas B. Pool is, we have no
means Of knowing but as we have read in
the public prints Of his being under ar.
rest on a charge Of mail robbery in COM
pany with an cx. Lieutenant Of Jim Lanes
Kansas guerrillas. We have quite as
much reason to believe that this gang Of
desperadoeS were in the employment Of
members Of the Loyal League, for the
purpose Of duplicating Democrats in their
crimes, as we have to believe that they
had any association or completely with
any Democratic association. We do not
know the meaning Of "x37,' or that Pool
or any other of his gang were ever mem
berS Of any association with which We
were ever connected. We cannot posi-.
lively affirm that he or they might not
have been members Of the SAME Church,
Of the same Masonic order, Of the same
Temperance organization, or the same
political association with which We arc
now or have been connected but We eau
swear that We never belonged to any So
ciety, association or league, the objects Of
which were not entirely lawful and peace
ful, aud never held any position in which
We did not use our influence to preserve
the public peace, maintain law and order,
and defend the rights of every member Of
the community against violence and out
rage, and we believe our private and pub
lie reputation in every community in
which We have ever lived will fully sustain
these declarations.
The Grand President Of the Loyal League
was, about eight years ago, one Of the
law firm Of Saunders & Parker, the two
doing business in the same Office. The
senior member Of the firm negotiated
loans for their clients, taking mortgages
in fictitious names. In other words, he
forged mortgages to the amount Of &c.,.
900 to $50 900, proved them as Notary
Public, was arrested and ran away. Par.
ker was afterwards sued on some Of these
Obligations. Is it generally believed that
the head Of the Loyal League in Calforn.
la was an accompllce to the crime Of for
gerry and swindlng.
1t is worthy Of note that the only cdi.
tors who have noticed the pretended
Revelation" Of the secret Democratic as.
Soclation and attributed to it reasonable
or criminal intent, arc those who draw
their cunclu>uI> from their own personal
Experiences. McClatchy, the reputed
editor Of the Bee, served term in the old
prison ship at Sacramento and had a large
number Of indictments found against him
for riot. which resulted in the deaths Of
the Mayor aud several other citizens while
defending the lawful authorities. The
other, while an active Know Nothing. kill.
ed al lrishman, and since he became n
member Of the LOYAL League killed a
oppclheai," one Of his former polit.
cal and personal associates. What intlu-
ence such personal experience may have
! in blasting met's Judgments against 9th.
ers may be readily imagined Men with
conscieEces void Of offence, rarely i'm
putc wrong where none is apparent
REPUBLICAN DELrsIoNs. -" The back
bone Of the rebellion is nearly broken
cry with one accord nearly all the Lincoln
organs; "a hundred Thousand moes men
and the Confrderacy fails"
So it has been from the beginning. -
! Let US 20 over the catalogue of decisions
and the false and fatal prophecies Of the
Republican leaders
Sixty days: Four years.
. Nobody hurt; One million killed,
wounded and sick.
| Seventy-fiyc thousand men, Over two
millions.
Rebellion starved gu: in three months
Rampant III 1864.
Backbone broken at every success: Not
yet.
. Opening of the Mississippi to com
merce Running gauntlet Of guerriilas.
Every new draft sure to eXtinguish the
rebellion: Draft ordered for the 5th Of
September
/ Paper as good as gold Gold 22O.
+ The people richer for the war: Prices
advanced three hundred per cent.
Every campaign TO be the last: But
one.
Free soil: Four States making such
election returns as bayonetS dictate.
Free speech: The suppression of news
papers.
Freemen: Hundreds arrested without
enlarged without trial.
National honor The abandonment OF
the Monroe doctrine, and the kidnapping
Of Arguellcs.
Respect forelaw: The breach of it in
every State il the Union.
Freedom of the slaves: Apprenticing
him through military orders, and crilnp'
ing for the ranks.
Love Of progress and humanity: Wag.
ing war against women and children,
houses and barns, and agricultural i'm
Elements.
Care for the soldiers: Leaving them
to hunger, and heat, and thirst, and pris-
ons, and vermin.
Far AZ a REGIMENr-An instance Of
tho desolotinr cha racter Of the war is fur
nishea by the return of he 44th N y
regimont-''the Ellsworth Avengers. u