The Daily Gate City

THE ANDERSONVILLE LEAGUE.
Davis to be Killed If Found on United States Soil.

A Washington correspondent of the Erie (Penn.) Dispatch writes as follows, which he says he can testify to:

When it was found that Davis was to go on bail, a matter here which every one looks on as virtual discharge, the excitement among the veteran soldiers knew no bounds. The result had been published days before, and, half expecting it, a meeting was privately called at which some sixty discharged soldiers were present, who bound themselves sacredly together under the name of 'Andersonville League,' every member subscribing to a solemn oath that if justice failed its duty, they would take justice in their own hands.

This brotherhood no man was qualified to enter but who had suffered either from wounds or imprisonment in the rebel pens during the war. It now extends to New York, Philadelphia and Boston. While the bail was being arranged by the Court at Richmond on the day set for the trial, a paper was handed in to Davis' counsel, Charles O'Connor, of New York, warning him of the existence of such a league, and naming two men in the court room members. These men were seized as soon as they left the room, on a mock charge, and taken to jail, and were not released until a week after, when Davis was in New York. It will be remembered that Davis arrived in New York during the night; that he kept secluded as much as possible while at the New York Hotel, no one being admitted but those who were personally known to some one of the party; that he was suddenly removed from the hotel to Brooklyn, where he remained until his departure; that he left New York alone and in disguise for Montreal, his party and family following only when he had telegraphed there of his safe arrival. When it is understood that the brotherhood were upon his track, and that he was conscious of it, this strange conduct is easily accounted for. According to the oath, as long as he remains upon foreign ground he is safe; so it is hardly probable that he will again set foot upon the soil of the United States, at least until he feels easier in mind than at present.