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"AUCTION SALES. FUTURE DAYS. YW. B. LEWIS & OO., Anctioneers. No. 307 Pa. avenue, WEGULAR AUCTION BALES BVERY TUBS- DAY, THURSDAY. AND SATURDAY. ash advances made on all kind of g00d8, Sales settled same day. if required. __ sep lm BY S IAMS, Auctioneers. B ones as we 7th and D streets north. S ttABLS IMPROVED AND re taba’ Ywenoved PROPERT be will of the The undersigned, tras’ wad. late Edmucd Reiley. offer for sale at publio aue- tion the following Pes . On WEDNESDA th October instant, at four o’elook p. m..on the premises— Part of Lot 8. Square 69, fronting 62 feet 5 inches on Ist strect east. ‘ta 4 and 9, Square 8}. pent ea of Lot 16, Square 867. ot 9, uare 788. Part of Lot 4, Square 730. 15 feet 10%; inehes ov, a 50 feet on 2d street street 5 PartefLot 3, Square 759, west fron¥ ng 20 treet by depth eflot. Three feet on ae omit ps ears of lease on lo’ ‘xpired. **Part of Lot 9, Square 7tey begin angle of square, running south and east 8 feet 7 inches, thence east 21 f+ ot thence 91 feet 93; imehen to M: thence south weatward! bo ie place of begioning, con’ aining Part of Lot 10, Square 83. begin frenGee 10 feet 3 inches “.n B street south by d Part of Lot 10, Bq “Part cf Lot 19, ?quare 729. Lease 99 years on 25 feet front by depth of tot, 52 years unexpireJ,on East Capitol street, near Cap- itel grounds. And on THURSDAY, the 27th instant, at 40°cl"® p-m,, on Vie premires— North half of Lot 23, Square 53. Lot A, subdivision of Square 579, fronting 23 feet inches on south D street, depth 109 feet 6 inches containing 2,573 square feet. pd oy poe wee = Two frame raliaings on rt of Lot 19, Square 729:one frame on lot 9. bea 2brick houses op part of Lot 4, Square 730, and a frame on Lot A. Square 579. Termsof asle: One half of the purchase meney is to be paid incash, and the residue in 6and 12 months, with interest. secured bya on the premises, or all cash, at th purehaser. A payment of $25 on each lot will be required at the time of purchase. If the terms of sale are not complied with in one thereat to resell, at the risk id mae of the defaulting pure! r,on one week's ps ne National Intelligen: week thereafter. the rig weeks previous Botice int! eer is reserved by the trustees. The cost of conveyancing aml revenue stamps to be paid by the purchaser. PATRICK McKBNNA JOHN CARROLL BRENT. Trustees, oe8-a GREEN & WILLIAMS Aucta, FRY J. OC. MoGUIBE & 00., Auctioneer USTEE’S SALB OF A FARM CONTAINING 110 ACRES. MORE OR LESS. BITUATED IN LE FROM UAILIBS CORNERS ON THE LE PIKE. be TR I MIL MID: shall se Gure& PAIRFAX CC E D I the county of Fairfax the Middle Pike Road, thence with sai northwesterly to Samuel Perkins’ coruer at J thence soutiincsterty sloke taid Perkins line to a ; erly ‘long the said Perkins line to astake L, thence northwesterly along said Perkins’ line to a stake K, thence southerly to the north fork of Holmes’ run on Kingsman’s line to H, two marked maples. pine and oak saplings at fan's corner, thence southeasterly along the said ran to D, a stake one pole from Lips- 8 stake I, thence sout Kings bomb’s line, thence nerth 32 deg., east 231 po! to A, the beginning, containing 119 acres of Bends OG improvements, Rriviliges, hereditaments, and ap- more or less, together with all and singul: purtenances te t) ¢ BaIDe. e. the p’emiser. Ifthe terms of sale are not complied with within ten daysafter the sale, the trustee reserves the right to resell at the risk and expense of the de- faulting purchaser on one weeks’ notice in the i 5 H.N. GILBERT, trustee, Sah coda ds J.C. McGUIRE & CO. Aucts. FRY GREEN & WILLIAMS, Auctioneers. No, 626, corner of 7th and D streets north. CHANCERY SALE OF VALUABLE REAL ES- TATE By virtue of a decree of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, dated om the 2ist day of a certain ot io May, A. D.. 1804, passed 1,800) pending in said Court between Josep’ Cassin, Trustee, complainant, and Jobn William defendant, the undersigned Trastee will, ox DAY, the 3ist day of October, A. D., 1864, at 43s o’clock p. m..in front of the premises, proceed to re-sell all that lot of ground situate in the city of id District of Columbis, known and Washingto designated Lot numbered 16, in Square num bered 5. Alse, the east seven feet eight inches front of Lot numbered 15, in said Sguare, together with the improvements on said Lot and part of Lot, consisting of a large three atory Brick Dwell- ing House, with back building,(being s portion of the real estate of the late Commodore Stephen Cansin.) The property is situate on north K street, be- Kwenty. sixth and Twenty seventh streets west, fronting 87 feet and 8 inches on K street. and extending back with that uniform width (57 feet 3 tween inches) 9 feet 10 inches to a yunke alley. The terms of sale are: One-th: time of sale $1°0;) the balance to be paid in two eq installments at 8 i twelve months from the day of sale; said balance to bear interest from day of sale, and the payment thereof to be secured by the bonds of the purchaser or purchasers, with soretr to be approved by the Trustee. v e terms of sale be not complied with within five days from the day of sale, the Trustee reserves the right to re-sell the pec perty, 5 the risk and f jaser, by adverti-ing such resale three times in some one or more daily newspapers published in said City of Washington. All conveyances and stamps at the cost of the cost of the defaulting pure! b re R.H LASKBY, Trustee. roe Deataw&ds GREEN & WILLIAMS, Aue! A CoTION SALE OF CONDEMNED HOBBES. QUARTERMASTER GEN.’s OFFICE.1ST Division, ‘Wasuiscton City, October I, 1854. Will be sote at Public Auction, to the high bidder, at the time and places named below, vis: iffiin, Pennsylva ‘H the cavalry eervice of thearmy. For road and farming purposes, many good bar- gains may be had Horses sold singly. Sales to commence at 10 a, m. Terms cash, in United States currency. uartermaster General, By order of the Q JAMES A EIN, Catone in charge Ist Division, Q. M.G.0, oc} Bt Q[UARTERMASTER GENERALS OFFIOB, tre? Divisiox, WASHINGTON City. October 1, 1864, HORSES, HORSES, HORSES. Horses suitable for Cavalry and Artillery service rebased at Gie-boro Depot, in open will be warket. I November 1, 1564. Horses will be delivered to Captain L. Lowry Moore, A. Q. M., and be subject to the usual Goy- erpment inspection before being accepted, Price of Cavalry Horses, $175 each. Price of artillery Horses. $13) each. Payment will be made for six (6) or more. JAMES A. IN, Celonel First Division, Q. M. Gens Office. ie 3. SA KINGS AND NAVAL HEROES, London 9 Allen’s Life of Dundonald, London Dixon’s Life of Blake, London Bhipwreck d Disasters at Sea, London Lives of British Admirals, London Gilly Bhipwrecks of the Britian Navy, London Neptane’s Heroes, London secise = Naval Biography Southey’s Life of Nelson, London Cooper's Naval History Memoir of Admiral Brenton, Londer Memoirs of Admiral Sir Sidney Smith, 2 vols., ondon Memoirs of Admiral de Saumarez, 2 vols., London Life and Correspondence of Admiral Napier, 2 vols., London Niehelas’ History of the Royal Navy, 2 vols., Lon- don . i, yols., London sai ‘s Naval History, 2 FRANOK TAYLOR, F°? SALE—An OMNIBUS LINB oonsisting of five first-class Coaches and th ‘orses and Harness comoplete. 4 line from me ney ard = to Camp Stoneman and Gie-boro’. Forterms &c. aerly, y letter or otherwise te B BRYAN Washington. D.0 Us) F, * segs, saa ares 2 Ponnnsyivanis avewee dee Satie jashington . UTES, Somnus SUBSTITUTES Can be bad at the old established office, 509 NEW JERSEY AVENUE. opposite the Depotof the B, &'0. Railroad. _ oc 3 2w* & By} emne COL TILADELPHTA DRAUGHT ALE AND PORTER. Iam now receiving large quantities of DRAUGHT lebrated brewery, which Iam prepared to furnish on short netice to ALE and PORTER from this all persons who favor me with their orders. Orders given to my drivers will be promptly at- to, tended Goods delivered in all partsof Washington and Georgetown, free of charge. RILEY A. SHINN, Agent. Union Bottling Depot, 57 Green street pitt Geor, PRVATIONS AND SOPPFERI ply to Bishop Hopkinson Slavery, $1.50; Lost Wife, by Belis Z- Spencer. tis: cy Pagers, by Petrole Nanhy, 25¢: 3 Ye Book o Qoveer' ends, Mustang Gray, by “Jeremiah Tbe: . by. Jerem : Lily + by Kdward Gondwin 3c ee 7] FRANCK TayLor, Ebenrmg ym, XXIV, nt AND TH BATEB ing 9, northweat ‘ong 2d atreet . 3 be hes, woneR Lea—— ——. ._....___. .___. Proprietor . CavansvGH —_......_._.._ Stage Manager Lovis Bzo.Losy. -.-- Ballet Master Jeux Bsrura.. Musical Director at the dis- tance of 16 feet frem the ¥ ortheart corner of and ENT TEMPLE, ENT TEMPLE s. z T TEMPLE, #43, beginning at the west corner ef said lot, Wath front of 27 feet by depth of ag SSS betes et do >>> >> enwmmnT SS a sana ciped od bots cee RE. R R R 0) 0 0. ft) 0} 4 B FA LAUGHABLE F: rors Ad aed al at the Auction Rooms of J.C. Mc- on TUESDAY. the Ist of November, 3864, at (2 M_, by yirtue of a deed of trust to the subscriber, bearing date the 234 of May, 1859, and recorded in Liber B, No. 4, Folios 123 &c., one of the iand records for Fairfax county, Virginia, the following described property, lying and being in i nd State of Virginia, viz: Begining at A. stone planted on the south si ook pike oscoce So [>] ry co Oy ne momar: SS ia ro} ZALLL DOO, Race HARA PO ag MSPS SRS cence = <I RAZZ a -yry~ eleini) lddiddidee mil ZzzZz felsic) eta) Fifteen hundred dollars ia cash onthe the residue in twelve months from day of sale, with interest, secured by a deed of truston Hee SOSSO ALALs Copco mara % iS 2 Ce i ) is S oS 31 he ed Kye] +4 AAA ito Io) oss: acc cOceo AsH44H Sle laslicle Reclatlecbatie | tee Banas 4 3 PEE eeeee Bece oiefejeted SS J4--4-4 | hed al od tits b>>p>> 2eLzz eg ot io Dt ti tb feleiet ts an 1S baaeiccee ana Rit a SOSO: 2 te b>>b> See 3d > > zzzza ococe 3 tet srr COO Rm Pb > > ec se es bg ew 0 ba J I<] > fe le le] ew, oo <4 eiicitlse ad td 44434 f-fe-fest wax PooSt Bapoe F 2DAIH NIS™BOCOSCO rs n fe} i Pere tape 23a Seenh cS Fi i Ee OCS. te lel trots Bees T. 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CH Y LB, who will appear every night this week inthe grand Spanish Pantomime entitled Searamouch... : Mons. Bzollosy iiss Ella Wesner - Miss Gardner Sie Se. -Miss Wilson Lords, Ladies, Peasants, For Synopsis of Scenery, Incidents. &c., see bills, First appearance of MISS JENNIE JOHNSON MI IN, The celebrated Voe: Oomedienne; also of OHA E, OHARLEY KANB, The celebrated Comedian and Negro Delineator. Firet Suvearenss “ The unrivaled B; ite, r Second week of RT, . JOSH HART, The versatile Comedian. oe IS I} Z 144 id SI ee I 2 > ES oo p> 22z lAedal Z2z 3 2 D The Champion Clog Danc MISS LAURA L MI88 LAURA LE CLAI The pleasing Vocalist and Comedienne. J.J. DOUGHERTY, J.J. DOUGHBRTY, _J. 3 DOUGHERTY, The capital Versatile Actor. MONS. LOUIS SZOLLOS8Y, SIONS. LUUIS SZOLLOBBY, LOUIS SZOLLOSSY, oa bby ‘=| rt er Sth street east, near the Navy Yard ‘rate, PUCCREBOR TO B. F fae lebrated The ce SPLEN te bh ii] ~] ri . Sts lel! aed ado} Zr7Z2zzZZz TOS! = Pi) ajc} > i ¢ CS) = >! k {=} don t forge’ our TURDSY Ati eunous” When a bill specially a Gation will be presented eet teehee PBICES UF ADMI Parquette, Baicony, and Gallery no srcnent tgnaira S&NUOON MATINEE, ‘getown B.C. ranged for your aecommo- coms and Soldiers while Prince int enend 3 ile P; 1) of the Rebels, 2c; The New Hoos of Nonsense, 41.6; Tre Children’s Hour, $1.25; Goodwin's Re- 7 Phe Naab ES, “Book of | Lower Private Boxes, holding six parsons. LOCAL NEWS. An Important Trial. The ate arrests of Dry Goods Dealers—The United States vz, Johnson, Sutton, and Hennage—Full report of the testimony for prosecution in the case. ‘We have already given the substance of the testimony fer Government in the case of the United States against Johnson & Sutton, dry goods dealers, and their Chiet Clerk, Hennage, on charge of supplying goods to the rebels, but as the case 1s one of considerable interest in this community, we present it to-day in detail. It will be remembered that simultaneously with the arrest of Mesers. Johnson, Sutton, and Hen- mage, some thirty-two other persons were ar- rested in this city, and one hundred and fifteen in Baltimore, including dealers in dry goode, boots and shoes, clothing, fancy articles, &c., &c., and it is believed that the charges against the cther parties arrested are of a similar na- ture to those against Johnson & Sutton. The case against the latter was opened on Thursday last, before the Military Commission constituted as follows :—Brigadier Gen’! Fran- cis Fessenden, U.S. V.; (presiding in the ab- sence of Major Gen’l Doubleday,) Col. R. Buat- Jer Price, 2d Pa. cav.: Lieut. Col. T. A. Bar- ker, Mth N.H. Vols.; Capt. J.H. Piatt, A. D.C.; Captain M. H. Ellis, 175th N. Y. Vols. ol. John A. Foster, 175th N. Y. Vols., Judge Advocate. These officers are gentlemen of education and legal attainments specially fitting them for the esa cteesonet the important cases referred to em. Hon. A. G. Riddle, and S. Wolf, Esq., legal ractitioners of high reputation appear for Mecers. Johnson, Sutton, and Hennage. The examination was commenced by calling to the stand: Pardon Worsely, witness for the Government, testified as follows :—By the Judge Advocate. Q. Where do you live? A. On Pennsylvania avenue, between 12th and 13th streets, in this city. (. What has been your business for the asteix months! A. I have beentrading. (. jetween where and where? A. Between this city and Middleburg, Upperville and Recter- town, Va, in London and Fauquier counties Q. In whose possession were those counties while you were trading there? A. Mosby’s. Q. The band of guerrillas under Mosby? A. Yes, sir. Q. From when towhen? A. I com- menced trading about the latter part of Aprilor the Ist of May. (). About how often did you make trips between here and there! A. ell, twiceandthreetimesaweek. (. Did youever see the prisoner, Jas. W. Johnson, before? A. I have. (2. When did you first seehim? A. In May I think, of this year. (). Where was it you first met him? A. At his store, 521 7th st, in this city. Q. What is the name of the firm? A. Johnson & Sutton. Q. How did you come to gothere! A. I went there tobuygoods. (. Had you heard that hesold goods to blockade runners? A. Well, yessir. (2. Whodid you see when you first went there! A. Mr. Sutton and Mr. Johnson. (. Did you see Mr. Hen- nage? A. Yes,sir. (J. Who else did you see! A. Well, there was quitea number of clerks there; saw a Mr. Murray,a Mr. Tansill, a Mr. Steire,a Mr. Baker, anda Mr. Gregory. Q. Did you ever see a colored porter there! A. Yee, sir, once in a while. Q. Did youhaveany conversation with Messrs. Johnson & Sutton at thistime! A. Yes, sir. Q. Just state, as well as you can, all you said to them on tke first occasion of your meet- ing? A. { cannot recollect particularly what was said, but lasked them to fillcertain orders for me, which they did, and I paid them. I previously had a talk with them about the purchase of goods, and told them where I ‘wanted to carry them. (2. Where did yon state you wanted to carry them to! A. To Virginia. Q. To what part of Virginia did yousay? A. To where Mosby’s battalion was. (1. Was any of this conversation before Johnson himself! A. Yes, sir; I talked over the matter before him and all the rest. (. Before the other two defendants here! A. Yes, sir. They all knew where the parties were that the orders were from. Q. You told him you were going to take these goods to Mosby! A. Yes, sir, and to offi- cers and others in his battalien. (. What were the goods you bought! A. All sorts of dry-goods. Q. What kind of men’s clothing! A. Well, mostly gray cloth—wnat is called here cadet cloth, but which they call out there Confederate gray. It is what the eoldiers wear. (). What else did you buy! A. Well, as I eaid, I bought all kinds of dry-goods, untlets, stockings, handkerchiefs, &c. (. id you have orders in the first instance, for the specific articles you wanted! A. I always bad orders. (). State, asnearas youcan, what goods you bought the first time? A. They con- sisted of calicoes, dress patterns, gray cloths, stockings, handkerchiefs, and all kinds of ary-goods, including shirts of all kinds. Q@. Did you ever mention any were for Mosby! A. Yes, sir Q. How did they put the goods up! A. In different bundles, with each man’s name on the bundle. Q. What would be done with the bundles? A. They would be packed in boxes. (). How were the boxes removed! A. I generally came after them in a wagon. (. How many trips to Virginia did you make with goods obtained from Johnson & Sutton? A. Some six or eight. Q. When did you make the last pur- chase of Johnson & Sutton! A. The last set- tlement I had with this firm was on last Thureday or Friday. (1. Did you, then, buy goods for yourseltoronorders? A.@n orders. Q. Did you bring the originalorders! A. Yes, sir. Q. To whom did you give the orders? A. To different parties—_Mr. Nealeand Mr Hen- nage filled the orders. (2. Did you haye any conversation with Johnson & Sutton on that oceasion!? A. Notany in particular. Q. Can you mention the names of some of the promi- nent parce a@mong these last ones which are wellknown! A. Well, there were orders for Joseph Blackwell. (2. Who was he! A. He is Mosby’s Adjutant. (2. Whoelse! A. Capt. Mountjoy. (. Of what battalion is he! A. Mosby’s. (. Who else? A.A man by the name of Lt. Lavender. (. Any still more prominent than these! A. There is R. P. jackney, (2. Whoishe! A. He isa lieuten- ant; Mosby and his tamily board with him. (}. Anytbing for Mrs. Mosby! A. Yes, sir; there ‘were some patterns for her, I think. (.. How was tbat bundle addressed! A. It was gener- ally marked “«M.H.B.” (. Did Mr. Johnson ever know who“ M.H. B.” represented? A. 1 suphose he did. (. Did youever tell him? A. told him to mark it in that way. _Q. Did you tell him who it was tor? A. Yes, sir. (2. Did you ever tell Satton who «“M.H. B.” represented! A. I think I men- tioned to him about the goods. (2. Were those goods purchased in the store! A. Yes, sir. Q. Who packed them? A. All parties had a handin packing andnailing themup. (1. How were they putup? A. Intwolargecases. (). Were each of the bundles on the first occasion put up in accordance with the different orders, and the name of the party placed oneach order? A. Yes, sir. . Where were those boxes taken to? A. Towherel stop. . Have youseen the boxes opened since! A. Yes, sir. This gentleman (Lieut. Hunt) opened them yester- day in the warehouse. (. When they were opened what was foundin them? A. All the packages ordered. (2. Just as your orders called for! A. Yes,sir. (2. Did youhave the original bills? A. Yes, sir. Q. And the arti- cles there named corresponded with those in the boxes! A. Yes, sir, Precisely. QQ. Where were the original orders made? A. In Vir- ginia. Q. By the parties whose names were on them! A. Yes, sir. (. What was the amount of this last bill! A. A little over $2,060. Q. How many bills have you had from them at different times! A. I cannot tell ex- actly, but I think somewheres trom ten toa dozen. (). And ines net how many thousand dollars? A. Well, I should think somewhere about $8,000 or $10,000. Q. Look at these bills and state what they are? (handing{him a small bundle.) A. They are bills for some of the earlier goods pur- ehased. Q. How did you tell them to make out your bills? A. Well, I generally had two sets made out. (. How did they differ? A. One bill was made out for me at ‘cost prices, and the otber one had the prices doubled. Q: That is,in the bill which was rendered you personally and which you settled, the goods ‘were ne down at cost prices? A. Yessir. Q. How ie it with thir bill marked “A” (handing him the paper)? A. The goods are there charged at cost ces Q. From whom did yon getthat bill? A. From Mr. Johnson. Q. about this bill No. “B?” A. That bill is the same as “A,” except that each article is charged twice the price of theother. Q. What are these other bundles marked «C,” from No. 1! A. Those are original orders that I got in Virginia. Q. Given by the parties whom they ptrport to be signed by? A. Yes, sir. Q. Did you give him these origiual orders to fill up trom? A. Yes,sir. Q. And from these orders hy made you up the double andsingle bill? A. Yee, sir. There were & good many articles pamed in the orders which they did not fill becanse not in their particular line of business. Q. You have conversed with all these men bere Im relation to the destination of these goodst A. Yes, cir, Q.Did Mr. Hennage ever sell anyof those goods to you! A. I almost always did my trading with him. Q. When last with him? A. Last week. Cross. Ezamination—By the Accused.—Q. Did you say your name was Pardon! A. Yes, sir. Q. Where are you frem! A. [ was bornin Connecticut! Q. Where did you live when the war broke ont! A. In Massachusetts. Q. How long have you been in this business of Supplying the Confederatearmies? A. I have been running up there ever since last April or the Istof May. «. What were you doing last betore you commenced in this business! A. I was trading in the camps. Q. Of whatarmy? A. In the forts around in the defences of Washington. (2. How came yon to e in the business of running g into the n- federate lines! A. Well, [had a chance to go out into their lines and so I went out. Q. Had Re partners in that business! A. Yes, sir. here was a man with me in the beginning. Q. Have you now apartner? A. No, sir. Q- Had you a woman connected with you in this business? A. Yes sir,my wife. (. What is her name! A. Isabel. Q. Is she the one known in these charges as Mrs. Whitesell ? A. No, sir. _Q Has your wife been here with you! A. Yes, sir. Was she ever at the store of these defendants? A. Yes,sir. Q. ‘What time in May was it you made the first purchase? A. I cannot tell Q. Why can younottell! A. Because there is no date put on the bills. ButI can tell very near. I think the first bill was bonght somewhere about May the 10th. Q. Did any person accompany you when you first went to the store of defendants about the Ist of May! A. Yes, sir. Q. Who! A. My wife. (J. Who else? A.I do not recollect. Q. Don’t you know that there was another person who went with you! A. A lady from ‘Virginia has been in there with me. I think it was in June she camein and bought some goods there. (2. Who is she! A. Her name was Fanny Noland. Q. You think it was in June she entered this business? A, She came in with me into the city, and she bought some goods here. QQ. Where! A. At Johnson & Sutton’s, and a numberof other places. She went out with me. (2. Who introduced you when you first went into the store, or did you introduce yourself? A. I introduced myself. Q. What papers did yonexhibit to them as showing who you were! A. Some orders. Q. Didn’t you also produce @ permit to seil goods! A.I think I produced a pass from Col. Mosby permitting me to pass from Vir- ginia into the Confederate lines. (2. Didn’t you show a permitissued by the Union officers on this side to trade within the Union lines! A. Ibavehad apass. Q. Iask you if you did net there, that day, show to them a permit claiming the right to purchase and sell goods within the Union lines! A. I showed them a pass there which said:—‘‘Mr. P. Worsely is permitted to peddle fruits and vegetables with- in the lines of the fortifications of Washing- ton.” (.. Who was that pass signed by! A. By the assistant provost marshal at Fort Al- bany. (). Didn't you show thema permit to buy and selldry goods? A. No,sir. (2. Didn't woe claim that you hadapermit. A. No, sir. here cannot be such a permit got in this city. Q. Now, do you undertake to say that you showed the defendants orders, and stated to them tbat you wanted to carry goods through the Confederate lines? A. Yes, sir. The orders themselves sayso. (. What orders? A. Those orders there—any quantity of them. (. How came you to be in possession of these orders? A. The defendants did not supply all the articles called for in those orders, such as boots, shoes, hats, &c., and they therefore returned me the orders, that I might get these other articles. (.. Have you any orders that they filled? Yes, sir; they filled all of these in the bundles here. Q. Have you any with their marks on them? A. Yes, sir. These checks here on paper marked “D No. 1.” are Mr. Hen- nages’ These orders are in my hand-writing. They are for little articles, which I copied off from original orders. (). Who is this Mr. John B. Jeffreys I see written here? A. He lives about two miles above Rectortown. Q. What does hedo! A. He belongs to Mosby’s band. Q. You state you said to these parties, when you first went there—and that was the first time you ever saw them—that you were en- gaged in running the Confederate lines, and wanted to purchase goods with which to sup- ply the rebels! A. I told them that I was raun- ning into Virginia. (2. Whereabouts in Vir- ginia! A.I told them I went ont as far as Middleburg, Upperville, and Rectertown. Q. Would that take you through the Confederate lines!’ A. Not through them, but into them. (. And you say you stated to them, in the case of each order, who the parties were! A. I very often spoke about it. 1 do not know as I did in regard to every order. (. Now, that first time, in May, when you called there, was not Mr. Johnson himeelf at the desk, and didn’t you transact all your business with one ofthe clerks? A. I settled with one of the clerks, but I hada conversation with Mr. Johnson. (. Did you ever have any conversation with Mr. Sutton? A. Yes,sir. (2. About what? A. Well, about the goods—abonut putting them up at wholesale price, and soon. (. What time of day was it you were there? A. I think in the morning. (. How long did you stay there? A. Proha- bly half an hour—perhaps a little longer. (. And during that time you told them who you were, what you were doing, and exhibited these orders? A. Yes, sir. . About what kind of purchases did you make at that time? A. The first time I think I bought $300 worth. Q. How many times were you there to make these purchases! A. Probably ten or a dozen times. (2. Were you ever there to exceed three times? A. Well, I have bills with them for overeight. ©. Will you answer my question! A. Weil, I think I have been there more than a hundred times, I would sometimes be in there a half dozen different times in one day. Q. I don’t mean how many times in one day, but on how many occasions coming across the river! A. Somewheres from ten to a dozen. . WhRat was the object of the second bill you speak of! A. That was a bill to sell at. Q. Did you not say to them that the U. S. Gov- ernment permitted you to charge 50 per cent.? A. No, sir; that would have been a vary fool- ish thing, indeed, for me to say. Q. Did you take the first bill of goods from there yourself? A. Yes, sir. (. By the way, after these goods were put up in bundles, and the names of the different parties were put on each bundle re- spectively, what was done with the parcels! A. They were put upin boxes or cases. (). What marks were put upon the boxes! A. Nothing atall. Q. How did you get the box acrosstheriver? A. I carried it in my wagon. Q. Where did you geta pass? A. [hada pass for peddling. (2. But that pass was not from ol. Mosby! A.No,sir. (. Did not you say after making this first bill that yon must go to the Provost Marshal in this city and geta pass! And further, did you not go outand come back and tell them you had got pate from the Pro- vost Marshal! A. Yes, sir, ] always gota pass. «.. In what name was that pass? A. Pardon Worsely’s. . Who vouched for your loyalty to the Provost Marshal? A. Nobody at that time. (. How then did you succeed in getting it! A. Inthe first place, when 1 first gota pass in the city I had a letter of recommend from Goy. Andrew, of Massachusetts. This secured me & pass granting permission to cross the river and visit the fortifications. Since then, by referring back to the first pass I have had no difficulty in getting one Q. You say you did not exhibit to them any permit to sell goods? A. Well, sir, you might cut thisstory very short? At the time ofthe late raid around Washington I had quite a large amount of goods packed in my store. I was then not able to get either in or ont, but as goon as 1 secured a pass I told them Iwasgoing to make the at- tempt torun through, which I did, and suc- ceeded. (2. Who did you get that pass from? A. It was nothing more than apeddier’s a83. Q. From whom? A. From the Provost Mar- shal, corner 19th and 1, Col. Ingraham. (Q. How long ago was that! A.I cannot tell. 1 have obtained @ great many passes there this summer. (. After the 10th of May did you transact all your business with this clerk, Mr. Hennage! A. Mr. “Hague,” as I used to call him, was generally the head man in filling my orders. The last time he was busy, and then Mr. Neale bad considerable to do with the packing. Mr. Neale never filled so many for me_before as he did the last time. Q. When were you there after the 10th of Ma: for the purpose of purchasing goods! A. can’t eay positively; I can tell by some papers Ihave atbome. Q. Have you any memoran- dum with you by which you can determine! A. No, sir. Q. You made various purchases at different times, until when? A. My last porcesrs was made last week. (.. What day jast week? A. What 1 mean to say is that since the 27th or 28th of last month I have been packing out and buying these goods up to last week, when I setiled for them. Q. Where they filled @n order did you leave it with them? A. Yes, sir. They have had all those orders and filled them. After they had filled them they always gave them back tome. Q. And you retained those orders until when! A. Well, I have had them until witbiaa few days. Q. Who took them from you? A. A gentleman here in the office. Q. You wure ar- rested here? A. No, sir; not here ia the office. Q. You Rave not been arrested at Star. WASHINGTON. D. C. MONDAY, OCTOBER 24. 1864. "a SAE, Sea ANIONS LEE POEL ALES aMUSEMENTS. CANTERBURY HALL. Lovisiana Gla N Sizth street, Rear jaitonal and fatvopolsian Hotels, N&, 3,686. all? A. Well, Ido not know as you cam call it an arrest. Q. What was done toyon’ A. I was o} ‘up to headquarters. Q. By whom? Vol. Foster. Q. You are not now under 1 A. No, sir. Q. What is to be done with you? A. I do notknow. Q. Has anything been said to you to the effect that if you testif. inst parties you ‘Will be leniently dealt with by the government! A. Nosir. Q. At what time did Govern- ment first learn you were engaged in this con- traband business! A. The first time that lever ‘went out—sometime during last April I think. Q. State whether you were sentout by the Gov- ernment? A. lwas. Q. At that timedid you turnish goods to the rebels! A. Yes, sir. (. Do you undertake tosay that by direction of the Government you carried goods through the rebel lines, ed su) pied rebel officers of the army? A. Well, I have been allowed to carry goods to such places asI pleased. I have had no limits put upon measI know of. Q. And under that provision, with the knowledge of the Government you sold goods to the revels ? yi that wanted them. Q. Did you sell to rebels. A. Yes, sir. S Pa zoe sellto Mosby? A. Yes, sir. Q. To of- cers? A. Yes, sir. Q. You took ordersrom Virginia, brought them here and had them filled. A. Yessir. Q, And all this business has been by the consenyend under the direction of the overnment! A. Yeer,sir. Q. Areyoucom- pensated by the Government for your services in this matter? A.I think I am. Q. What have you done with the money you got frem the rebels? A. Ihave it. (. Do you divide with the Government the proceeds of this busi- ness? A. Ihave not done it yet. Q. Are you to? A. Idonot know. They have not said anything to me about it yet. (. Have you given the Government security ofany kind to ac- count faithfully for the proceeds. A. Yes, sir. Q. Who was your security in this patriotic undertaking ?‘A. They took my word of honor. (). With the exception of this Mrs. Whitesell was there ever at any time any person with you save your wife when you were at the store of the defendants? A. There have been other persons with me in the store. Q. Who went ‘with you for the purpose of participating in this transaction, I mean? A. Yes, sir.! Q. Who? A. Mrs. Noland went withme. (. I want toknow whether any Government officer hasever been with you to thestore of Johnson & Sutton, and if so, when! A. Yes, sir,a man by the name of Lieut. Stone. (. Was that the gentleman present a few moments ago! A. Yes, sir. &. Did you explain to Johnson & Sutton the purpose for which you desired the double bills to be made? A.TI told them my expenses were very heavy, and we had to charge big prices tor the goods in oraer to pay expenees. Q. Did they ever use any paper with their own bill heads on it? A. No, sir. (. Did their names appear on those bills where the prices were doubled? A. They did not put their names on thoee bills. (. Is anybody’s name signed to the receipts! A. Yes, sir. () Whose? A. Johnson &Suttons. (. At what stage of their business did you desire to have the bills made out in this manner? A. From the beginning. (. Was there any man besides this Lieutenant you speak of who was ever present with you! A. Yes, sir, other men haye been with me. (). To assist you in making these purchases? A. No, sir; they did not know my business. (. There was nobody then who witnessed this transaction? A. No, sir. Q. Did Goy.Andrew recommend you as @ detective? A. No, sir. (. He simply vouched fer your loyalty! A. Thatis all. qQ. Did you bring anything with you from any person recommending you as a Govyeru- ment detective or spy! A. No, sir. Q. Had you ever been connected with that branch of service in any of the cities of the United States before you came here. A. I had been connected with it a little. Q. Whore- commended you to the Government here to be employed as a detective. A. Noome. (2. You offered your services? A. Yes, sir. (2. To whom? A. I think I offered myselt in the first place toGen. Augur. (2 Atabout what time was that! A. I think that was in April. (. Were you employed by Gen. Augur? A. Yes, sir. Q. Did you hold communication with any other Union officer here in the city beside Gen. Augur or Col. Foster! A. Well. yes, sir. Q. Who! A. Bat not in particular oa this point ot business as I know of. Q. Was the object the Government had in employing you in this business explained to you? A Yes,sir. (). Will yeu be kind enough tostateit? A. The object was to discover these people who were furnishing goods to blockaderunners, and also to gather any information I could relative to Mosby’s movements in the Valley. Q Was it @ part of your duties to open up a new branch of business, and rope parties in in this city? A. I never tried to rope anybody into it. I have had people come to me and tell me if I would take goods South they would tell me where I could getthem. Q. Was ita partof your instructions to go to parties and propose this business? A. No, sir By the Judge Advocate——Was ita part of your duties to give information as to the where- aboutsof Mosby? A Yes,sir. . And find him oui atall hazards? A. Yes,sir. (. Was it a part of your scheme to try and catch him ? A. Yes, sir. (. And report the result of every tripto whom? A. To Gen. Augurand yourself Q. Did you go the defendant's after having beard that they sold goods? The counsel for the accused.—I object to the witness stating what he heard. Question withdrawn. (). Where did you first see Fanny Noland? A. In Middleburg. Q. Did you bring her here! A. Yes, sir. ( Did you introduce her to Mr. Johnson? A. Yes, sir. (2. Had he ever heard of her before? A. I think Mr. Hennage had some talk with her. I do not know whether he was ever acquainted with her before or not, but he stated he knew parties with whom she ‘was acquainted. Q. Did she state to them she lived at Middleburg? A. Yes,sir. Q. What amount of goods did she purchase’? A. I do not recollect, but it was a yery small bill. She gent an order In after that, directed to Mr. Hen- nage, and ordered him to put up something that would suit her taste. (J. Did she state how she expected to get back! A. Yes, sir; with me. Q. Did Mr. Johnson at any time tell you of any other parties who were, like yon, purchasing goods of him to take South? A. I ave heard the clerks speak of it. Q. Which ones! A. Mr. Neale toldme. (). Did Mr. Hen- nage ever tell you anything of the kind? A. I do not think he ever did. Q. When was this conversation! A. On the occasion of the iast urchase. (2. Did zen ever bring any other lady in from Middleburg, who afterwards went to the store of defendants to purchase goods? A. Yes, sir. (J. Who? A. Mrs.Cnan- cellor. (2. Whois she? A. Her husband used to be im the dry-goods business. The counsel for the accused.—She is not one of the parties charged. The Judge Advocate.—The specifi- cation say, “and other parties.” The Judge Advocate.—When did she go to this firm’ A. It is about— The counsel for the accused.—I object to any- thing being said about any person having par- chased goods at this store other than those named in the specifications. The objection was overruled. Q. Now, state whether Mrs. Chancellor went to this store. A. Yes, sir, she did. (). Who did she see there! A. I think she had a conversation with Mr. Hennage. (. Did you introduce her? A. Yes, sir. (J. What did he say! A. After she told him who she was and what she wanted, he told her he would sell her calicoes as cheap as she could buy them anywhere in the city. Q. Didshe buy them? A. No, sir; she found cheaper goods else where. (. Was Mrs. Chanceller a decoy duck in this matter also? A. I do not know that she was. The Judge Advocate.—She came in good faith te purchase, did she not ! 2. Yes, sir. . The defendants understood that she lived within the Contederatelines? A. Yes, sir. Q. You brought her in and took her out? A. Yes, sir. @. Fanny Noland’s fami- ly—who are they! A. Her brothers areall in e Confederate army. Q. How about Mrs. Chancellor ? A. Her brothers are, also. Lieut. Hiram L. Hunt, ot Veteran Reserve Corps, a witness on the part of the Govern- ment was next sworn, and examined as fol- lows: By the Judge Advocate.—Witness is adjutant to |. Ingraham, provost marshal. (. Lieu- tenant, did you go with the last witness (Mr. Worsely) to & warehouse yesterday? = did. Q. Did you see any boxes containing a large quantity of goods opened! A. I saw two boxes opened. Q. What did they con. tain? A. Dry goods, in bundles. Each bun- die was tied up and had @ name marked on the outside. Each of these bundles were exam. ined in my presence. Q. Were the contents compared with these bills, “A” and «B”? x Yes, sir. Q. Did they correspond! A. They corresponded exactly. (. Had you ever been in the store of Johnson & Sutton before this? A. Yee, sir; on several occasions. I was there at the time of the arrest. Q. What was done with the store? A. It was closed; thedoors were locked, a guard placed around it, and the key taken to Uol. Ingraham. ¢ When did you I next see the key? A. Col. gave it to me the day afterwards; mn went with yon to the store. Q. Did you go to the store againto-day? A. Yes,sir. Q. Didyougetany books and papers out of the safe! A. Yes, sir, I left tome ingurasice policies and money there. these the tee marked “Er”? {Here 6. paar, of books were shown to the witness by he Jadge Advocate which he identified as the ones taken from the desk by Dimeself.} A. Yee, sir. By the accused.—Q. Were you ever with Mr. Refit ‘when be Went to buy goods. a Yo, Parien led.— By the J: Aa- eecale.—Q. the yellow fianne! ee 2 d jn for? A. That was 4 in’ of Mosby's officers. Cay- alry officers Q. Since the arrest have you been in of the defendants with me? A. Yes, sir. x In the lower part of the cellar what kin@ of cloths did you find’? A. Some y cloth, suchas I ordered. It was goyered over witS black cloth which might bave been dope 0 soap te dustof. Q. How many pieces You find? A. I think we took out two or thres pieces. ny the Acewsed.—(Q. It is nothing unusual to fin cloth in any of these establishments, is it? Al leis hard to find. Q. Isn't grey ‘worn a geeal deal uy the citizens here? A. No, sir, Dot Kind of grey. This is Uonfederate OF cadet grey. (2. Anything peculiar in the waa else in cup aie tne ey f the except at the store of the defendants. Ihave bought some little at Perry's. Q. Do you undertake to say thatit is not kept atevery large establishment in tnis city! wi At cnly one place. There was no piace in timore where it is Kept. Q Does not Perry o it? A, pedro) scape he does not now. . You i grey ¢ was kept down in the cellar by the defendant! A. Veevsir Q- Are notall the cl kept down in the cellar except thoee the: selling from? A. No, sir, they are ton en) we ee atthe right hand side ag you go in. Q. you go to ry’s to inquire for this cloth! A. Yes, sir; I went there a number of times to have orders filled forthe Confederates. I can- not the last time. He never would make the double bills, however, as he said it was A one price store, and so I dropped him. He offered me some bill heade, though, and said Icoulddoit myself. (. Did you pay any- thing extra for those double bills! A. No, sir. By the Judge Advocate —(. Have Jonnson & Sution had convereations with you recently about Mosby? A. Yes, sir; the papers had stated he had gobbled up a paymaster, and Mr. Johnson said tome “You had better hurry up, tor I see Mosby has recently gobbled up a paymas- ter, ang you will therefore get plenty of green - backs this trip,” or something to that effect. That was on last Friday or Saturday, I think the day I settled. By the accused.—Q. Please relate the whole of that conversation! A. Well, he was wish- ing me success On my trip, and he then made this remark. @. What did you say! A. I said “I reckoned he had a good lot, according to the accounts in the papers.” (). Who was present at that time? A. He and I were stand- ing attne desk talking. We had just settled eur bill. Q. Do you know of anybody present who might have heard it? A. No, sir; we were talking there to ourselves, right at the desk. The Judge Advoeate.—You talk low generally, do you not? A. Not very loud generally. The Judge Advocate stated he wonld now offer in evidence the various books and papers which had been alluded to as bearing upon the case, and there rest the case of the Govern- ment. At the request of the counsel for the accused the further consideration of the case was post- poned until Monday, the 24tn inst. AMUSEMENTS. GROVEK’S THEATER. Pennsylvania Avenue, near Willard’s Hotel. Brief engagement with the great Washington fa- vorite, the inimitable, the irresistible Comedian. MR. DAN SBTCHELL, THIS BVENING, Oct. 34, 184. The performance will commence wit! 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