The New York Herald Newspaper, March 16, 1855, Page 2

. 586 NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 1855. vo Cole and L, Webster, clerk with Very & de- | _O. De you remember having seen Kmseane, The District ‘would rather not and 5 a Books if | ed vessels for Hitcheock & Co. when they were FRIAL OF WILLIAM BISSAXB FOR FORGERY. | , Sevres, y et ashe craton p Suan Se Findley fo Augast last? A. There are ne persons of (ose Wil aye the ain bescad 2 Tey, mr oFweuld the beoks them; inap i “hee teas eee d eee 1864; T never checks for Very. & | ™2°T, there any person em your book of the name of ‘Were you on board the Marthe Washing- | show that there have been sold tents and tent poles | Uey sated me Low much coal the lover, bold Seestons. Gwynne; clerks im their employment sign ton? was. within a him? A. Probably, muskets | Maseachusetts would ho: about Court of General checks for them to my Jebnuen? “A.” Churning fhe, bons), en; ire ies Q Where did you first beceme with Kis- | too. G,Biave ‘Zou ‘sek ‘hin tents ind tent polos, the water to trim her; I have net’ bees on’ beard Before Reeorder Smith. Elisabeth Hanbury was employed as cham- _ arg tpadag on the 24th of, Avene, | meme? A. T became scquainted with him atthe | and muskets? A. I think it is ay @ since last summer. , ¥.—EVIDENCE FOR THE PROSECUTION | bermaid at the New York Hotel last year, and am there ; the entry is—“William: J ‘ag ‘:eexy | trial about the Marthe Washington, at Columbus. the books will show that? A. I will. | _ Cross-examined by Mr. Lovell—I have known Captain ROUND Oe CONTINUED. now; Iwent to the Tombs on Monday with officer Hogan; | ‘his room (according to ) No. 114. I can’t say | ““Q, Did Kissane ever give you anything to keep forhim? | Q. And barness ‘also? A. It is Ukely, but 1 don’t | Goodrich twenty-Ave years; have seen him frequeatly lias Tcannot tell the mame of the persons I saw there, but | whether I could recollect I should see | 4." He aid. Snow; 1 am not posted up in that sort of’ thing; if, we have net sailed on same ship, but have often Mince 15,—Julian C. Very, )witness yester- | one abook hands with me, and called me by name (wit- | bim be loft, by our books, on Sistof August, atter | ““g What of get the orders and the money for them, that is all we | each other on the same abip; I am in the dey,) appeared and produced three checks to the ordcr of | neas identified Findley or Bishop as the ; Cole Ce a rfl apo ag Q. Did y opened? A. Yes. want or care about. Q. Have you been paid by him? | knowing vessels wanting officers; it is the Bishop; one dated August 6th, 1854, for $100, in Mr. res the other person; they occupied room No. 69 at the | me Salons wane tee Sacre in’ te desk axe vain’ ‘Tease ware th A. Tpresume we have. Q. How much has been pald? $ Jet soob other knew. -0f Poyeaney af procured “ '; I mever @ a 5 ive 01 3 G@wynn’s, handwriting, marked No. 3; anether August | NT, Lames mentioned there; I thiakT have seen the | __ Jobu B. Desdoity, formerly cashier of the Chemical | Kissane bfinself; from Cincinnati and gave | it may be twenty? I can't well; T'domtknow. -Q.'Who | Co, did not desire me to sexd {or Goodrich 24, 184, for $275, in the witness’s own handwriting, | prisener Kissane before at the Now York Hotel; he did pa—I was at the Chemical Bank when Bish | it to him; he k le; the vial was opened at my | does Know in the firm of Hitcheock & Oompaoy? A. I | knew of the Massachusetts to Philadelphia: ed No. 4; and another of July 27th, 1854, for $300, | not room with the other gentlemen; he had a room by | OP was intreauced; I see him now, (alluding to the pri- | house 1m Buffalo were rolled and put | don’t know who koows. Q. Has he ‘you? A. I | don’t know how long she ran to pce aya ‘ Harm Sayan * | himself; I saw him go into their room; my business | smer Pin@ley); on the 20tn of August, 1864, Mr Water- | into the bottle; he t without breaking the | presume he has. Q. Are you certain he has paid you? preservers on board; Found boats are previded with sw Mr. Gwynn’s handwriting, marked No, ealled me in there some times, house with Mr, James ,Bishop, stating that Bish- | bottle; it was laid the mi table and | A. 1 will say be has; 1 don't know; there ay te a | the same; i have been, and arc now, exten. Bxamination of witness resumed by the District Attor- Q. Did you ever hear them say anything, or see them bral ey Caryl I wwe meme, reneines are Sa xuoune cre ame a ~~ = Bi favo, ane tae Bae belnnes against sey used; I know Syenels na ees ee doing anything—and if ’ ‘A. No; I never wre account; made |. Had Kissane been our house before he escaj % ou in or in notes? A. I ave been captain twenty years; 4 ney.— These checks wore given 10 a person who repre: | iced: thea particularly; card table was "In, the | ognsture, (producing the bank book and pointing it | trom the offcer? Question waived, Ped | Jonit Muow: he may have paid us im both, "Gu bot? | he wan going in the Massachusetts to New Orleans, sented himvell as James ma? Be out | room and stood between the window and the com. | °¥t); I gave bim a pass book and he made s deposit of | Witness-—When I returned from Cinzinmati I went to | A. I think so. Q. Where were these goods stored—I | the seizure, some three weeks before; I bad so court yesterday; they were given in exchange for | municating doors; I have seen them all there seve- | $2,000 om that day, in notes on the American Exchange | sparrow’s, and there I saw Kissane; I took the bottle in | mean the muskets? su) he was going from there to Texas, in gnourrent manny; Shase. ono shoes wen one Jaitiale on ral ; I have seen writing at the table; I pomp bleed ye harery pin ancl depaie gacttion ont Share, and gave isto al J neat sow re ae. kane A Nien ga cortacaly, bee no | trade; the Maseaah ance He, stages to Sas ‘the back, io’s 3 al were return cash; je- i four 8 aroun’ two or three w 4 after, when went out again mu found on board vessel; erefore large 0 of water would juired for the check for $2 on the Sth, Igave the cbeck | RAv¢,evér, been. im the room more than four oF | srocpson for $1,200, and the other the cheek of Very & ws; Ithink Imext saw bim in Buffalo; he staid | question was irrelevant. tala PESae tess catee to Hrequcaniy cosh te baluest bots te Mr. Bishop on the day | drew it; 1 do not remember ‘think 000, Hie 1 ei at the same time ith me about am hour; a few weeks after, he came The Court—If the evidence is to show, or can lead to | particularly steamers; I bave commanded steamers; RE md 5? 4 5 3 J who brought it; our check book had runout, and be- them there between 12 and 6 o'clock; ‘acceptances, (exhibits 18 and 14); hedrew | jnto my house again; I saw him altogether three or | the showing, that the muskets were purchased for the | told Capt. Goodrich the Massachusetts would burn forty Tween the 27th of July and the 2d of Auguat, we were | don't recollect thet | ever sow any printed. paper en the | & eleck on the Chemical Bank for $14,870 on the 30th of | four timen at my boure. purpose "of being put on bosrd, thet point will be im- | tones day; never heamd him say how much be pat om supplied with a new one by Nathan Lane & Co; I | floor; every time! cleaned the room took up pa) August; that was paid to bim by the paying teller, Mr. the Juége—Q Wheu were the bills taken out of | portant im the end. board; steamers carry forges to mend machinery; boate de not remember when the check of Au- | from’ the floor; I never got anything for theese ney | Partons; tho checks of Thompson and Very & Gwynn | ine bottle’ A. The bills were taken out at my house; | * Witnese—I could not tell you. on the Sound would not be justified im going without gust 5 was passed to me as cash, eonse- | never asked me; I never heard them called by any neme the regular Sean a8 the following | when I first brought the bottle to Kissane, at ws, | District Attorney—Do you know of anything else | them if going to sea; also a grindstone is necessary, quently I cannot tell the day om which it was de- | while in the house; the door of their room was never returned as forgeries; I never saw Bishop | he told me to bring it back to Buffalo, which I did. A. ‘The tents. Q. Where were the tents? You could | Direct examination resumed.—Have been to New porited; there were various $1(0 checks deposited by us | fastened; I have seen another gentleman go into the ; Mr. Morton (witness examined inthis | Witness. The bottle was a small square vial; it bore | rot keep them in your store in Broadway. A. Wehad | Orleans; there is fresh water there; a vessel on throughout the month; I can give you the dates of at hi not there so con as hi case) was at the bank a few days after the forgerien were | 4 printed label marked ‘ Magnesia’; it was sealed up; | them stored in other places; we had some in Pine street, | cattle trade would take 'n water here for .pallast; f had these, the check in question was’ returned’ with the gare ade pena Bea e eas Tea tents | iscovered; in consequence of @ conversation with him | {Vere was a white powder in the ‘bottle besides the | U. Ihetenisl A, Yes; we have bad tents in Pine street, @. | no Interest ix the voyager I told Capt, Goodrich that the otbers. were abuut 400 guests at the New York Hotel when the | the parties were aeseeiee OF the morning of the 30th | money; Kissane took the bottle and money with him, | The tents that were celivered to Mr. Oakemith, where | Massachusetts would be a good boat for the cattle trade: ‘Croas-examined.—Q. By Mr. Busteed. Whose hand. in question lodged there; Iam certain that I saw | Atgust, Bishop drew $1,960 before he drew the $14,870; | and I never saw the bottle or money afterwards. were they rtored at? A. I could not tell you; Idon’t | I don’t know that sbe was intended for that trade; I did writing is that? (Showing a check) A. That is mine, ae Bere. the check now shown to me (marked No, 17) ia the ome | Q Did Kissane assign any reason for his escape? | now. @. Where did the saddles and the holsters come | not see the Captain’s letter; never heard of it; have Q. What difference do you find between the signature Benj. F. Farnsworth deposed—I am a salesman, resid- | #ed by Bishop; the filling up is by me. A. He told me that there was a torgery committed in | frcm that were delivered to Mr. Oaksmith? A. I su, been on the coast of Florida, inside the reef: was driver there and the one in the alleged forgery? A. The final | ing at 327 Broadway; I know Mr. Cole, and see him now Cross examined by Mr. Busteed—I know what I have | New York—that ihey wanted to make out he had done yore eof in @ gale of wind; heard of a steamer e hav ) came from the manufactory. Q. Where? A. ‘‘e” im the forgery was open, and in the genuine it was | in court; I first saw bim on the 28th of Augast, 1864. I | cetailed from the books alone; the books are notin my | jt, but he had no band in it; he told me this near Spar- N various sawatnoterii,, Batlmean the lst je—the Neptune; have been at Key West, tety eloved; the-‘‘n’s’” in both are very nearly alike. had never seen him previously; Mr. Cole came to my | hendwriting. " his wit. | T0W's house, on one occasion when I went out there to | lot that went to Mr. Oakemith? A. They may have I know the coast of Florida; | did not intend To the District Attorney.—The checks I have produced | house and said he would like to look ai a room; I under- Mr. Busteed bere asked that the evidence of this w: tee bim. come from Troy; we have had saddles made at Troy, in the Massachusetts; my impression was that the | are all our cheeks of the month of August. stood he wanted a loging room; I showed him a room; | pes be stricken out on the ground that hedid not testi- | Q Did he speak of any particular forgery? A. Yes, | und saddles made also at other places: Q, Where 1 was to be sold at New Orleans; @id not know The Dis forgery on the Chemical Bank; he said | the muskew stored? A. Mr. ith knows whe: trict Attorney.—We nolect nineteon of these Kk, and perha} ot bis own personal knowledge, and the books were in | he spoke of thi checks as being all which have the ago certiticate on iy ed a poe Rot he pela week ebanawrit of another. thatif be came down to New York ir. Findiey would they were. Q. But cannot you tell me? A. I shou! her she was going to Mobile; I did not hear that them, and draw the Coort’s attentian to in advance: he stayed a week and then left; he was fur- The ber id he would instruct the jury, that as far | have sworn against him, in order to get clear of it bim- | say they were shipped. & hipped for where? No re. ‘ere the: she was going to s foreign port. examination resumed —Steamers generay take Robert H. Fales,‘stationer, 60 Wall street, examined by | nished with a night key, with which he could go in at | # the evidence was hearsay, it should not be received, A ply audible. shi for New Orleans quantity of water; vessels take Croton water the District Attorney, deposed—I am a member of thi . he had bag- | wnleas corroborated. Q Did he tell you about this for before he took | A. I me that Mr. Onksmith will tell you that. Q. | here to make voyages to Europe and back; it is cus- frm of Nathan Lane & Co; M7 fof the | any time; ho left om the Sth of eptember bes eran) A. Belo By the Court—Do you not know? A. No, I do not | tomazy to take Groton water bere to last the voyage out our firm has printed checks 2 ‘ked ‘‘Cole, Cincin- To Mr. Busteed—I did not see Bishop draw the amount, | the pills ont of dot le, or afterward E for the firm of Very & Gwynn, and for John Thompson. oes ” ie left ia ne artes ac ben ety 4th; Ican- | but be told me of it himself. Q. What did he say when he took the bills out of the | Q. Do you know in what vessel they went? A. 1do not | and back. @ Do you iknow the prisoner by sight? A. @e resem: | not say whether he was often or seldom in his room. Robert H. Burdell, of the firmof R. H. Burdell & Co., | hottie? A. He that as soon as he got away, he | know. Q. Did you take'a receipt for those gools? A. I William Forden sworn—I am connected with the bles very much the person who came into our store and ‘Cross-examined by Mr. in the western produce commission Lovgars deposed— | would send my wife a present; I remarked that if those | thipk we might have tahen a receipt for the muskets, | C-o-on water cepartment; am aesistant T; Wo ebtained two checks from us. day after he took the room. Q You have been asked | 1 know the firm of Lavid White & Co., of Madi ee, India; | pills belonged to the Chemical Bank, he had better send | Q. Who has Ghat receipt? A. I think I have the recsipt. | furnish all ster mboats railing to ports im the United Q. When and where was this? A. This was at my | by the District Attorney as to what Mr. Cole said, what | 24; Jam acquainted with thelr hand writing; 1 don’t | them down to New York, and get clear of the scrape; | Q. I wish you would produce it? A. I willtry to. Q. | States, with the exception of sai vessels; thy. store, on the 5th of August; a stranger to me then came sons visiting him did, and whether you observed any- | know.Sherley, Maxy & Co., of Louisville; I think the firm | he answered ‘that it would be folly; I brought $300 | Did Mr. Oaksmith purchase any cannon of you? A. He | foreign vessels are sup by Mr. Hi ; spphcation into the store, requébting to have a check book made, Ring in his manner; now, did you notice anything about | | knew was E. Webb, Maxy & Co.; we have been in the | in emall bills from Cincinnati to Kissane; a couple of | might. Q. Did he? A. I think it in likely. Q. What | was made to the department for water by the sssachus asking at the same time if we made them for Very & | his conduct that excited your suspicion ? western business about ten years; I don’t know the firm | them were fifties on the Chemical bank; there were also | number of cannon did he purchase? A. I cannot tell. | sette; the spplication was made on the 16th Jenuary Gwynn; I answered ‘‘Yes;’’ he then desired to seesome | Objected t ‘objection maintained by the Court. of Eli Wood; I know Kissane, the er; Iknow Find- | some $10 bills; 1 got the two $60 bills changed into gold. | Q. What sized cannon were they? A. Not very large. | last, by Capt. Goodrich; he paid ten dollars to take im of the ‘patterns; I showed him a few specimens, and Q. What were the manner and conduct of Mr. Cole | ley, one of the parties to thia indictment; the letter of | By the Judge.—Why did you get the bills changed | Q. What was their calibre’ A. They may have been three | water from Charlton street; that money has been paid among them John Thompson’s and Very & Gwyna’s | during the whole time he was in your house? introduction now shown to me is a good imitation of the | into gold? A. At Kissane’s request { did so. pounters, they may have been four poun¢ers, they may | me. ebecks; I think he took a few other patterns, but cannot ‘Objected to.—The Court sald that the witness might | letters we have received trom White, €unningham & Co.; Did any one go with you to Cincinnati? A. My | have been six pounders; I don’t hnow. Q Were there any ‘The witness was not cross examined. zemember which; he then asked me if I would have any | testisfy as to facts, but he must not give his own opini. | that letter was Prone to me bys man representing | wife went with me; I took ‘charge of the packages: I of them six pounders? A. I could not tell. Q Will your books John R. Morrow, examined by the Distrizt Attorney— r, ‘objection to his takirg some of the patterns to show his facts. himself as Bishop, of Kentucky; I kept it tem or fifteen | supposed the bottle contained poison; I directed it to show it? A. Perhaps so. Q. Were they shipped also? | Was on board the Massachusetts as third mate; Capt. partner; I told him Saad none, and I cut him off a few onitinens Me: Cole went out and came in quietly, as a eae my possession, and then gave it to the Caief of ftrncars of, and it remained in the table drawer until | A. That | could not well, Q. Do you know whether Goodrich shipzed me; I received on board some wagons, specimens; he afterwards left’ the store, stating he | gentleman anda business man; Ihad no communica. | Police; I recetved thet letter juat before the fraud was | Kissane took it away. were cr not? A. I don’t know anything about it. boxes end other articles; they were there when tha would be back on Monday and order some. tions with him of any consequence; he spoke, I think, of | c¢mmitted on the Cnemical Bank. ‘ Furtber exsmination of this witness was here post- | Co you know what sized vessel the muskets were shipped captain came. Where specime: those you cut off? A. Th hia wife at the West, and said that she did not like him Cros#-examined by Mr. Busteed—I was in Madison, In- | poned, and the Court adjourned for the day. in They were sbipped I believe in small 'o Mr, Lovell—The boxes were on the dock all night; nd Very &Gwynn’s; that is to be away from bis family; 1 think I saw him once in | diana, about three years ago; the firm of White, Cun- ningham & Co hi Bo John ee is’ bound for Port au Prinse; perhaps t! certain fact; I cu 63 Be eee vi aay ‘were not concealed changed their name yet again within | me alleged Fillbustering Expedition of the receipt will show the destination of them. po 1, 1am 4 married man, and sup- wy mother and sisters; I shipped for New Orleans, en Monday followiog Secousia pao Vr he bai Pee re sort nonlioct thot roams & year, some of the partners still reeide ladison: up dia they they go? A. Four or five months and had no intention ef going anywhere else; the cap- lost. the pattern of Very & Gwynn that he bad taken | Pincley or Kissane in his company. to this winter we have been in correspondence with their Steamer Massachusetts. —three months ago. Q. Can you give the name of any | tain bad the privilege of stopping at Mobile, if he thought away on Saturday, and said he wouid like one similar to Patrick Healey (witnes previously examined,) wasre- | successors in business. UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT. one vensel? A. Icannot. Q, Dia ‘any one leave funds | fit. ae Bame’of Scott & Wilson; I asked him where | called, and produced s correct transcript from the Ho- pee Cheer bie hy of Se riers Before Hon." Judge Hall. with you for the purchase of these articles we have Deen soothe District Attorney—t did not siga an receipte ould sen ; he sai ie wor cal for it; told | tel f Carbon’s deali: with Mr. ‘by. e 0 sail x s E speaking ot ? \ not wwe the money. wr these goods; the: no receipt signed ow him it would be done in about. ten days. : ae Sent foe toe lier Tunas, Xo. for called James Bishop; I first saw Him at thé Chemical | MARcn 13.—The United States vs. The Steamer Massa | speak any funds trammuitted to you for that purpose? | of; Idid not know where they came fr t 1 p n : ‘Where is that book? A. 1m my store; J made the Bemk, on the 29th August, 1854; was brought there | chusetts.—The examination of the witness Sampson was ot . Q know how you were paid? Conkwright ¢e) book and it was never called for; he ordered’ a six quire ete Le eo t Ay mal & | by Mr. Waterhouse, who tookhim to the cashier’s desk | contiued. He said that only one of the old boilers had + We were paid a Ee tail G. Was there no ergineer of the Massachusette—(names the other engi- Dook, contaraing 144 leaves, of six checks on each leaf. | Waterhouse, 200 Chambers street, depose1—I am in ths | for the purpose of op*ning & new account; after the bia ended: the whole four of them seemed to have | other mode of payment except through Mr. Oaksmith? | neers;) don’t know why we didn’t get to sea after haul- Q Did that person ever return to your store? A. Not | provision business, we carry on trade with the West to | cashier had taken the signature of Bishop he brought the cade 3 : A. There mighenere been oould oe t6ll, Q. Do you | ing off, except that the crew was not complete; it ta not to my knowleage; he did not say anything about the | some extent; 1 have been in business here for five years; | book tome; Mr. Bishop made his deposit to the receiving | been brought on board at the same time; the new boilers | joow of a: y other mode of paying for them? A. Icould | usual Jor steamers to go into the stream until they have Thompson check when he slated he lost the Very & | our firm hae been established about that time; I am ac- | teller; I did not see the ‘bills so as te distinguish one | were double the size of the old ones; at sea, meat is | not Have you apy correspondent in New Or- | shipped thsir crew; when we hauled out it was high Gwynn check; be said he liked these checks, and that | quainted with Findley, and! saw him first during the | from the other; the next morning, about ten o'clock, I] - neraiy cooked in the boilers; never saw meat boiled ;"we have got several. Q. Have you | water; J shipped for New Crieans; I did not sign articles; was the reason he gave for # ‘ng them; my book- | month of August last; the first time I saw Mr. Bisho} saw Bithop enter the Bank, go {to the desk where the | S* 7 2 ; Q, Have you any in Hav I don’t know how much water was on board. + Teeper was in the store at the time, {twas a check like (for he went under that name then,) he came into the | checks are kept, and Isaw him writing there; he came | in such boilers as thore large ones in the Massachusetts Ib ‘Q. Who is your correspondent in | To Mr, Lovell—I had no intention to go apy where exbibit No. 1 that I gave him. store and talked to Mr. Van Brunt: Mr, Van Brunt saii | to me with a check, and 1 referred to the book | one of them would cook fifty pounds of meat; I don’t | Mobile? A. Mr. Savage. Q Whois your correspondent | ¢lse but New Orleans. Cross-examined by Mr. Busteed—I have printed checks | to me, ‘This is Mr. Bishop, a drover, from Kentucky, | to compare his signature; the check was for $1,950; I know whether it was anticipated that the old boilers | in New Orleans? A. 1 don’t recollect now; I cannot Morrow recalled—Some of the engineers left—Mr. Rear- for Very & Gwynn since they commenced business, or | who wants to open an account with the Chemical | Pald him the money; he then left the bank; I am not i tell. Q. You say you are theagent for purchasing can- | don and four assistants; 1 think two of them came baek. within ® year previous to last August; they have had | Bank—I believe you will have to introduce him;”” I suid | Positive about seeing bim come in that afternoon, but I would not be used after leaving port; three of the boilers | Oo) 4. We haveno agency; I said we were agents for | Q. Do youknow why they left? (Objected to.) Wit- two books of checks in all, and we are now printing | ‘very well,” and went ap to the bank with Bishop, and | 8aw him on that lay mo to the cashier’s desk about | were in good condition; the fourth was repaired; all | no particular firm; we bave just got a lot from Rich- | ness—There was no complaint agai the Be a A them another; we made the last check book for them in tumekuned him to the cashier; the cashier asked me if | twenty minutes before three; after seeing the | were cleaned up and fit for use; they were sufficient to | mond, Va. Adjourned, and I did not hear why the engineers left. he fall of 1864, I think; we occupy the basement of 60 | knew bim; I answered, ‘Not of my own knowledge, but | cashier, be came to my desk, saying, ‘Well, Mr. | OO co sox the crew I saw here, Mancn 14-0. By Distelct Attorney. Where aro your | ,,22.MZ Lovell The season we hauled out at night wan Wall street; we have done a large business in printil ; ked me to introduce him;” Mr. Bishop | Teller, your city has knocked me up;” I re- | Pr! as wok whiia eke noesia ae. Theateatlan ents rollof bills, andsaid, “Tamnotwellac | plied, “Why s0;” he said, «1 Bare deen | _ Q- What was the conversation on board the Massachu- | hooks of account? A. At home. Q. Will you produce | “iitchael Reardon, engineer, Zeposed that be was shipped at . From what place aid you take the check togive | quai ‘ith the ways of Coing business here; Iwish you | used to travelling on soft ground, and when I get on to | setts, previous to her seizure, respecting her destina- | themy 4 No, sir. Q. Why not? A. On the ground | on board the Massachusetts by a Mr. West in the entiisgeisa vic eouateis our stOre 11 A781) 2. | eee ee ero cid so fund that they amounted | Dard pavement they use my feet up,” he then handed | tion? (Objected io, and waived for the present) | | St they may eriminate Jy ia other matters, The | Dltce, snd im the second place by Capt. Goodrich; T was Ttook it from among some. specimens. to $2,000, and made the deposit for him; the bills were | Mea check; T asked him how he would have it; it was | | Alexander Hitchcock, exemined by the District At- ‘y my ; on her when she ran between this and Philadelphia; 1 Q Do you recollect whether you took it froma book | principally city bills; there were also two drafts for | for $14,870, filled up by the cashier and signed by him- | torney, deposed that he is of the tirm of ee & | Court ruled that as the.witness knew whether they | shipped in the Parametto and left her; she left about the or from & loose sheet? A. I don’t recollect. | $8,000 ensh; those now rhown to me (marked 13 and | Self; the paper now shown to. me (exhibit 17) is the | Burroughs, guzsmiths, Broadway; Mr. Burroughs is, I | would criminate him or not, he was not bound to answer. | beginning of January for St. Thomas; sho returned and Q Have you got the sheet from which you took tui | 14} Tbelieve to be the same; I deposited these drafts | ome) be said he would take the gross sum in large b lls, | believe, in New Orleans, on his way to Mexico; he left | The District Attorney.—Then I have to let you go. is now in the East river; I joined the Massachusetts on om, a opens | he shipped as chief check still in your possession? A. I can’t say. abs - | and'the $870 in small bills, for travelling expen: New York a werk ago last Monday night; the names of | The witness was not examined. : the 6ib Jéncary last: I was $0 have oa podisrd @ Have you ever looked forit? A. No; Twas never | ee eeieos catecesa near aianeg edie goltect whe: | pata bim $14,0C0 in $600 bills on the Chemical Bank; the | our clerks are Roberts, Henckes, and others; 1 don’t | Alex. W. Hutctinson, examined by the District At- | $100.0 month; 1 took’ the water on Peart etled ae requested to look for it; we had two clerks in our em- | the signature book of the bank: sitervards be asked me | $870 were pald in fitties, twenties and tens of our own | recollect their names; we have four; I don’t know of | torpey.—Q. What is your occupation? A. Bookkeeper at | boiler and from fifteen to twenty casks on deck; I did Joy, in the month of August, 1854, and a bookkeeper, te & id, he had a bi ry for | money; he took the money, and I don’t know whether | One named Van Names; Hutchinson {s one; you have Sadiusive of the printers.” ee ee ae etd doting. I then took weacd | ie ataid long enough to count it, but he left the vank | subpanaed bim; J gave you the mamcs of those you Q, About how many persons come into your store | and wrote my name on it; he said,’ that is your name, | Yéry soon; I went afterwards to the receiving teller’s | have not subpcenaed; Henckes attends to the outside de- Y @uring the day> A. between twenty and fifty; I caunot | jx it?” 1 answered, “yes,” we then went out on the | drawer, picked out the check of Johm Toompson for | partment; Koverte attends to the sales, and Hutchinson me from Scotland; I was in the capacity of | | received an advance of $25 over and above what was give you ames of any merchants for whom we make | street, and he urged me to go and dine with him; I | $12,000, and tooked at it; Idon’t think I looked at the | Attends to the books; sometimes Roberts attends to the per all the time I was with Mr. Hitchcock; Wil- | owing to me—about $80 altogether; I came ashore; the eheck books similar to those of Thompson, and Very | could not do it then, but promised to dine with him at | check of Very & Gwynn at that time; I heard nothing | books; Hutchinson does not often attend to the sales; | liam Burroughs, Jr., is ‘tner; the clerks are my- | other engineers came ashore ulso; they bad no oppor- and Gwynn; my memory is pretty ; the majority | yix o'clock; we went to the Astor House, end he pro- | further of the matter till about the same hour the next | We deal in cannon; we are agents for various canaon | pelf, Hancks and Van Norden; I was subpenaed on Fri- | tunity of returning, Q. Why did you leave the Masss- ef the checks are printed in black when the person | posed in conversation to sell me 1,000 live hogs which | ay, when a man came in and handed ms the check of | factcries; we are agents for a good many, among others | day morning; Idon’t know whether Hancks was sub- | chusettst (objected to.) came into my office, bookkeeper and | he said were in Kentucky, and I wasto make up my | Jobn Thompson for $12,000; 1 took the check, walsed | for Alger’s in Boston, and Ames’ in Springfield; we are | pernaed; Mr. Burroughs left four days before Igot a sub- ‘The Court said be might say what he heard from the , melerk, were prevent; thie ona Saturley, | mind wbat | would give, and tell him when I dined wit | bach with it tothe cashier's desk, and showed ‘it him, | not sgents, bat merely purchase from those firma; we | pena; the firm deal in plated ware, cutlery, ammuai- | Captain or Oakemith, or what he saw, that induced him the bth of August; I don’t recollect what patterns of | him at six o'clock at the Prescott House; I went to | telling him it was returned as a forgery; I gave a draft, | purchaee from thirty or forty houses; we bought thirty | tion and sundry other articles. Q. Do they fur- | to leave the ship. hecks I showed him, besides those of Thompson, and | the Prescott. House about six o'clock, and found | chargirg our bank with the same amount in favor of | Or forty thousand muskets within the last two or three | nish wagons! A. We have orders for cog re ‘Witners —I beard nothing from the captain or Oak- Very and Gwynn; be said he liked John Thiompson’s | no Mr. Bishop; next morzing he came to my | the American Exchange Bank; I then went with a police | yeare; 1 have bought law's muskets often; purchased | J do not know of orders for wagons; we deal | smith induced me to leave the vessel; nothing that eheck; he stayed in the store about fifteen minutes; he | store between nine and ten o'clock, and said | Officer im search of Mr. Bishop; we stopped at the Pres- | tome from Law himself, within the lest three or four | in beaten) holsters, tents, tent poles; I don’t | | saw induced me to leave; I saw no muskets om board; ’s since January last; was before that | not fil) any casks below; the man told me ;, before that with Stovenell, Broad- | the tapks, but he dd not, he said the Crotor tizen of New York; I am five years | were froven; I employed the assistant ¢ came back on Monday morning about 11 o'clock; m: “Yo +t at the Prescott House last night,” | cott House and several other places, but could not find | months; I bought them tor myself, on my own account | know the rfeamer Massschusetts. Q. Do you knowany- | 1 saw some saddles; I think I saw 6 3 down be- Bookkeeper was present on thin ovcasiom; it wan On | [radi nae, heveplied, “You wore aor there then nt | him; Mr. Morton, @ witness examined in this care, call- | _@ —Lo you know a gentleman named Lovell? thing of the entries in there books? Objected to.” Wit. | lows Ido not lnow what wat in them, Teak, some te Saturday that he toldm hehaiseen Very and Gwynn’s | gix o'clock,” and 1 #aid no; he remarked that he was in | €¢ at the bank a day or two after the matter bad been Mr. Lovell, counsel for defence objected. Admitted. norr—I made some of the entries; Mr. Hitchcock maie | gons, Q. What facts induced yon to leave? A. I don’t ebeck; before I showed him John Thompson's check, on is ‘nil the while; in the course of conversation he | made public in the papers; I went with Morton to the Witneer—I do not know Mr. Lovell in a busines: seme, and Mr Burroughs made sowe;1 made the entries in | \pow of any. Saturday, he did not ask for it; I did not ask him’ ou vee - rapped little Jouder, as ke wax hard of hear- | Oftice of the Chief of Police; the Very & Gwynn check was | ¢f view; Ibave seen a Mr. Lovell in my store; the ledger; I transacted the cach business. Q. Wasany Cross examined informed the captain that we Monday where he did business; the value of the book | ing; be made anothér appointment to mect meat the | returned three days after; we a‘terwards obtaiaed pos- the Lovell in the army; he was pm I presume, to | money ie ‘by the Massachusetts? A. Ideclinsto a1 could get Croton water at a cheaper rate than we got it which I was to print for him, was worth between nins | prescott House in company with Mr. Gysler; I went with | fession of thirteen $600 bills on the Chemical Bank, at | the United tates orien the time of my acquaint- | swer, Q. Why! A. Because it may eriminate myself; | from the contractor; that is the reason we changed fro and ten dollars. Mr. Gysler to the Prescott House a little before six, and { the city of Buifalo, from officer Thaddeus Prentice, of | snce he was in = United Sta*es of any money being left for the purchase | the contractor to the Croton Water Department; the Q. Have you now such knowledge that you can swear | again did not find him; that is the last I saw of Mr. t place; they were given to me on the 17th of Febru- | other army he could be in; I do not kuow that he has husetta; I “do not know the steamer | cos] on board was bituminous coal; it is about one- goatively that the prisoner is person who came | Bishop until I saw him in the Tombs. ; at that time I had not reen Xissane; I am not cer- | Jeft it; 1 think I bave seen him within six months; I I know Mr A. Oaksmith. Q. Has he pur- | tbird more bulky than the anthracite coal; she had about your store on the 5th of August? A. He resembles | Cross examined by Mr. Busteed—I did not dine with whether I saw him before that occurrence or after- | may bave reen him twice, or more than that within there? A. I decline to answer, as it | 95 tons of anthracite coal and took in 275 tons of the im very much. bibs st any thie, G. Bowolta tava you tola tile story ¢; 1 saw Kissane at the jail of Buffalo, either the | that time; I saw him in my store; I doa’t know that he | would criminate myself; | can’t call to recollection apy re coal than would be required Q. How was he dressed on Saturday? A. I cannot | to people? A. I have told it a at many tim Q lay or the day after I obtained the bills; I can- | came with any one into my store; there might have | conversation with Mr. Oaksmith or Mr. Hitchcock in re- , not by 25 tons; I army; I know of no | I do not k of the ¥ eserive his dr I did not take particular notice; he | qw, a inted that you did not vet the dinner | uot swear whether they were a part of the | been army officers with him; J have known Mr. Oak- | lation to the Maseachuretts; I have seen Capt. Goodrich | gdyised 300 tons of bituminous coal and 275 toos Redon a bat, and et that time, I think, wore whiskers | Ce nhs tremely tometer eek the eaten | oxme “bile I pel ea the. cle ie ; | stith for three or sour years; Ihnew the Massachusetts | at the store; had mo conversation with him about the | Only were put in; no prudent man would go that voyage ‘on the lower part of his face; [don’t know whether his | you would have felt. Q. How often did you see Mr, | 1 could not identify any one of these ; | when she was on the Sound; I don’t know that she was | Massachusetts; I can’t recollect what the conversation | with less; I shipped for New Orleans, and bad no inten- eoat or pantaloons were white or black. hisbop write? A. Only once, Q. Why did you objest | but some of them, | think, corresponded to the agieeie Ihave heard that she was purchased within | was; he never gave any directions that! hnow for ar- | tion of going anywhere else; I should think it would be Q. Can you tell what were the color of his eyes? A. | to writing your name when Mr. Bishop asked you todo | numbers of the bills I paid out; after paying the check ¢ last few months; I did not pay the checks for her; I | ticles for the Masrachusetts; we keep the tent poles in | in my power as chief engiveer to prevent the vessel Ho had light eyes. it? A. Idid write it with a pencil. in question, [had rome more $500 in my drawer; | had nothing to do with the psyment of her. @ Vid | different stores im the city; bad conversations with Mr. | onan unlawful enterprite If I discovered it after we Q. Can you tell me whether they were blue or black ? iderati he case was hei tponed | I knew what the amount of these bills In circu: | you give not give your checks for the purpose of paying | Oakemith in relation to plated ware, cu guns; I A; th in way duty to acleck Us cuatneeen Gad eat A. Teaanst; T sever saw the man afterwards till Law | for by oper moran oe lation was, and thus I could ju to | Yor ber? A. { did not ive much a check; if it was done, | call teapots plated ware; (laughter;) we sold ‘muskets ny of thems ti I saw ft; 1t ls customary for him in the cells of the City Hall; 1 talked to him the ‘ i it was by my partner altogether. Q. Do you know of | cutlacses, and one or two cannon for the White Squall and Ty © forge to mend her engines, and I Lashed him why he did not come for the check book he THIRD DAY. that the numbers ran from 120 to 145; before [recovered | any notes signed Hitchcock & Co. which Went for the | the Storm Bird; I don’$gecollect anything else being wold think is Is necessary; s grindstone is absolutely neces had ordered; he raid he had never been to Wall street. | Mancu 15.—Edward W. Tallman, first teller of the | possession ofthe bills I had made this calculatian; the purchase of the Massachusette? A. I cannot tell. Q. | to bim, except those jes for the White Squall and . Do you recollect saying that you were a man. He did not nay thet he did not know me. ¥ deposed— quaint. | check now shown to me (Exhibit 18) is the check drawn you give any notey which you had reason to be | Storm Bird; 1 co not remember that any art cles were 3d could not afford to fla G, Did you tell him your store was {a Wall strect? Sank thi pstea ent yulsind gern ie esse by Bishop for $1,980, paid on the oo ee eee eerea | Weve went to the ‘purchaee of the Massachusetta? sold to Oakimnith within the last three months; I don’t | ey, ae (Objected to) Wieede theres reat PF d with the firm ef Very & Gwynn; ° Augvst; when I got the bills from the officer I marked | Mr. Lovell again objected. The witness, he said, | know of any contract with him within the last three | jection of saying so; 1 went back to the veesel, and was Q. Did the person who was with you tell him so? A, | shownto me bear my genuine signature, with the ex- | each bill, gave hima receipt, and took hia receipt for | could only be ated as to his own knowledge. months; I do not beng to any association respecting | to get $125 a month from New York to New Ori + the No; officer Hogan was with me at the time, and he said | ception of that marked No. 3, which is forged; Iknow | $660, being ten per cent on the money—the reward The District Attorney—Have you not given your note | the island of Cuba; Iknow there is such « place; Ihave | fret voyage was to New Orleans by Mobile coastwise, and that the man was Kissane; he did not intimate to me . ‘ 2 offered by the bank; I returned to the city in com: for $10,000 to Mr. Oakemith? A. We have had trans | had conversstion with different persons about Cabs. i arged ‘consent Rhat Kissane, was the man who had been in my store: | Mf: Candy, late paying teller of the American Exchange | With omcer Hogan and Kisrane; previous to seeing Kis. | actions with him: we gave him a note for $28,000. Q. | Q. Have you had any conversation with any person be. | ‘px months, unless disc ene a ; The Diatri ry T went out to talk with the officer, and returned again | Bank; I can’t recollect that I have ever seen him write. | rane at Buffalo, I saw $4,000, in. $600 bills, on the Che. | Bu; did you not gives particular note for $10,000 A | fore the seizure of the Massachusetts, vith reference | the Preston Wak be somes oe Leger poy s to see if I could recognize Kissane more closely; the ‘Theodore Van Brunt, of the firm of Van Brunt & Wa- | mical Bank, which were handed to me by the President, | 1 cannot tell. Q. But did you not give him your note to | to Cuba? proclsmation of the Captain-General of Cubs. more | looked at him the more I felt certain that he was | toshouse, No. 200 Chambers street, being sworn, depos- | Mr: Jones, who told me to take charge of them; I be- | Pay for the Massachusetts’ A. I cannottell; wehavea | Objected to. The Court ruled that the question | “ Mr. Lovell objected, unless they related to the Massa- the map; I bave taiked to officers Hogan and Kead anil to ‘ ere : 7 6 1 Cop lieve I marked them; the first time I saw Kissane was at | great Ceal of business, and itis hard to remember. Q. | sbould be limited to the persons connected with this | chosetts. 7 Mr, Parton, the teller of the Chemical Bank, about this | ¢¢—We are im the provision business. Bufalo, Can you not tell whether ou gave him any notes to pay | transaction. The Court considered that the proclamati matter. Q. Do you know’ a person who called himself James Q. Did you ever have any conversation with Kissans? | for tce Massachusetts? - think not. Q. Then I un- Q. Have you had any conversation with regard to the President wes admissible, but reared tbe qu ac ation. @ Is your recollection of pervons dealing with you ? kiiety heen by stetit: the selseker, Pinal A. Yes, at the Tombs, and in the cars; I have seen Kis id that you have not, either directly or indirectly, | articles for the Massachusetts? A. ith a Mr. Bernardo Gallonn, « native of Cubs, now a residont of preity good! A, Yee. ‘ wate oe i tie Ces tan Rtiviitee werd 7 | taxe write on the bick of » draft for $50, drawn on | badanything to do with the purchase of the Massachu. | Roberts, with no one ele; I might have bd some con- | New Yors—I go and come; my tani moe Mentors Q. Ife person transiently came into your store end iy t my pi P Adams & Co., of this city, by some perry, of San Fraa. | setts? ‘ot directly. Q. Nor indirectly? A. That is | versation with Mr. Parnes ool I cannot say ifTever | lest Cubs last of the 7th Soptember; ali my property is purchased $9 worth of Would you recognise him | August last: 1 think :t was the 20th: he said he had | cisco; I have also seen a letter written by him, whish | nother part of the story. Q. Well, I want you toan- | spoke te Captain Goodrich about the Massachuse' 1 | in Cuba; I did not leave Cuba in consequence vt pobiti- after a lapee ofsome months? A. I might in some cases. money with and wished to make a deposit. he showed me; (the thirteen $500 bills were here ae swer it? A. I cannot say. Q. What can you say? A.I| have met Captain Goodrich at Lovejoy’s Hotel; mot | cai troubles; Iam pretty much acquainted with all of ol other me, Q. By the Judye—When you saw Kissane in the cit Q ty calling himself Bishop give you the | duced by the witness;) those are the bills which cannot swear about it. Q. Can you anything | Captain Hank friends there; met there in this city; ‘ aa 4 perties iimwer oot tained from the officer; they are all merked b; out ity A. I don’t know men, Irishmen, and agian yo Se doing busi per bg nee know "Mr, Gckamith t ie he ut it to swear Hall ce and asked him why he did not come for the | the names of ug! ow about it? A. I know T nerer asked check cok, did you or the officer toli him where you | Objected to cn the ground of its being leading, and ob- | “William Kissare, Buffalo; the numbers are 90, 103, | about it. Q Whatdo you York; ptain Goodrich | Lovell’s brother; F have mone; hand: ived before he said he had never been in Wall street!” A. jection overruled by the Court. oe 108, 114, 116, 120, 124, 125,127, 140, 141, 142, 144; on | Notbing about it; my memory is treacherous, and I can- | where he was going to; never heard that the Massachu- | which don't belong to. me; ft chy aie bys Gabens We dia not. A. Ni the’eight $500 bills which | obtained from the president | not undertake to swear about it; I have employed Mr. fons to clear for St. Thomas’s; the articles | they draw on me for it; J'sm acting as temporary at- Mr. Busteed—Q. Are you sure of that? A. Ithink The counsel bere discovered that it was Van Brunt | of the bank, I marked the words ‘From Findiey;’’ the | Osk+mith to purchase vessels for me lots of time husetts were soup tureens, #poons, | torney and commission merchant for one man; | lend no- mentioned Wail street. | senior inetead of Van Brunt junior, whom they wished | numbers of these are 69, 72, 89, 98, 100, 101, 117, 181. | Q. How many vessels did you employ him to pi ve no fund except that be- forks, &c.; 1 do not know of anything else, except those | money to the Cubsar aries McG: a clerk to John Thomp-on, being | toexamine, The witness was therefore sent in search Q. When did Kissane’ show you the letter he’ had | chase for you ¢urizg the past year’ A. That isa | articles. going d jassachusetts ; I don’t | longing to the ore is name is Angereca, Sworn, depored ve seen Mr. Thompson write; as his | of his father (ike Japbet of historic fame,) of whose | written? business transaction between him and me, and I cannot | know of any ta, or harness, or tents, or saddles lo Mr. lovell—I known you (Mr. Levell) four clerk, I have frequently signed checks for him as fol. | whereabouts fe seemed ularly ignorant. Objected to. tell. Q. Do you know anything of your own business? | being sent on i 1don’t know of any saddles coming | years; you have been my counsel sinze I was first in- Jows:—'‘John Thompson, Charles McGeary, Attorney.” William R. Morton, pore business has been Mr. Whiting wished to find out how far the witness | A. I pretend to. Q. Do you know the name of any one | down from Troy; that is Mr. Roberts’ business. troduced to you. Q. Have you ever had any pusinese In the month of August last, A. M. Greenieaf and myvelf | that of banking in Cincinnati, for several years; [have | knew the handwriting of Kissane verse! you employed him to purchase during the last Sidney B. Roberts, salsman at Hitcheock & Bur | with me except your own private business? A. No. ‘were the only twe who signed checks for Mr. Thompvon; | known the prisoner, Kissane,’ for ten yi {saw Mr. Busted thought the following question more | year’ A. Yes—the White Squall. Q Do you know the | roughs—Knows the steamer Massachusetts; saw her at Q. Have you anything to do with the Cabans bere he signed them ‘John Thompson, A. W. (ireenleaf, At’ | him in the latter part of August in this city; I met him ‘oper:—Have you a knowledge of Mr. Kissano’s Hfaod- | Dame of any other veseelY A. Not now. Q. Have you | the foot of Chariton street; I was aboard of her before | with regard to Cuba? A. No sir; I would not dare to torney;”’ I have never seen the signature ot Mr. Thomp. | going down Broadway one day, opposite the Park, about Lad A. I think I know its style. on your books alist of the vessels purchased? A. think | che waa seized, and furnished her with the table furni- | do so; 1t is not likely when ali the property I have is ia son to checks made by any other than himself. three o'clock in the afternoon; he was with several | The Judge said the paper should be put into the wit | ot, Q. Why do you not have such a list? ture; 1 went on board by invitation; I know Mr. Oak: | Cuba; I never was connected with any political move. Q. What is your opinion of that signature (showing | others; | cannot say exactly how he was dressed, but I | nese’s hand, and that he should be arked whether it was Mr. Lovell objected. The Court ruled that the exami. | rmith about two years; be purchased table farniture for | ment'with regard to Cuba; I am not ca intimate terms exhibit No.1)? A. I think it is forged signature; | | would known Kissane if I only saw his back; I think he | in the handwriting of the paper. nation on these points was not improper. the White Squail'and other ships; I ¢o not know Mr. | with any of the Cubans hore. have often seen Mr. Candy, teller of the American Ex- | wore a light goatee at shat time, but I am not certain; I Mr. Whiting handed to witness the letter of introduc- Witness continued—I keep a list of the vessels we | Marsden; I never saw him; I know nothing about her The District Attorney said this finished the case for e Bank, write and sign his name; I believe bis | think he noticed me, for I observed his head drop; 1 | tio from David White & Co. purchase: I keep a book for my own vessel purchase; Mr. Oakemith has purchased muskets—a | the present, except the reading of the proclamation. mame written on this check to be # forger turned round after I’ passed and looked at him; that was Witness—I cannot state whether it isin the hand wm | Some of them again; Icannot name the vessels we pur- | small quantity; he purchased thrm for almost all the A Ciscussion aroge on the admissibility of the procla- Cross-exam!ned.—Mr, Busteed presented a bundle of | the only time I saw him last sammer. ting of Kissane or not. chased within the last year; we bought the Roverie, the | vessels he is agent for; never sold bim saddles or har- | matic : checks to witness, and asked him to @parate those Q. Did you ever go into the Chemical Bank last sum- Q. Look at letter No. 16, and say whether you can re- | Townsend Jones, and the White Squall; I have never | ness fer the Massachusetts; I don’t suppose the Massa- The Court had no doubt of the admissibility of the signed by Mr. Thompson, which was done accordingly. mer’ A. Yes, | weatintwo or three days after I saw ize that band writing? A. I cannot. had any interest in the Massachusetts; { could not tell | chusetts belongs to him; the goods were eh ag ong proclamation of the President, but that of the govern- ‘Witness— 1 have been a clerk for Mr, Thompson about | Kissane; I saw the President and cashier there; I know ors examined by Mr. Busteed—I have been first teller | whether my notes were given in payment for her; I don’t | to the vessels and owners; I was not on board the ment of Cuba he would not admit. six years; Mr. Thompson employed from sixteea to | Mr. J. C. Hughes, of Paris, Bourbon county, Ky.; [have | of the Chemical Bank for five years; an ascount {s kept | know of it; I could not say whether my money went | suchuretts since the seizure; I have no knowledge of hn J. Fo jot Att but twenty clerke in August, 1854 t saver signed a check | seen bim write and sign his mame; I know his haad: | inthe bank of the numbers of xil the bills issued; rey to pay for her irrespective of our notes; we never | anything elxe Feing rent on board except the forks and paren mang eee or mee ree Sit ‘with Mr. Thompson's name without the addition of my | writing. dill issued has a number; it is the duty of the Saperia- | Paid for her; 1 could not say that the mony was left | spoons, aud table and kitchen farniture: we did not | ” 4+ journed to Thursday morning. own; I have signed several papers with Mr. Thompsoa’s Q. Will you have the goodness to look at the following | tendent of the Banking bepartment at Albany to num. | With us to pay for her; parties might have done so or | send apy boilers. Q. Do you recollect anything else but Maxcu 15,—This morniag th. for the det mume without the addition of my own; I don’t know | letter (marked 16), and tay whether the signature at- | ber them; the bills come to us in sheets, numbered, and | ™ ot; I decline answering further on that; {don’t | these innocent articles being sent on board’ A. I don’t a Shae Senay ene OOld ree fence was whether Mr. Greenleaf has done so. tached to it is Mr. Hughes’ signature, A. I think it isa | when handed to me they are entered according to the | hnow any Cubans; I know but I do know some | know what you call innocent articles; I know of no bar- | commenced. Witnesses were produced to prove that the Patrick Healy, clerk at Bixby’s Hotel, deposed—I was | forgery; | know Andrew Findley; I knew @ person of the | increased amount of circulation, in regular order; after | Spaniards in New York; J cannot give the resi- | ness or tente beim it on board the Massachuretts: | cargo of the Massachusetts was such as is generally qlerk there in August last; I attend to ‘the office, oe to | name of James Bishop, who ia new dead; he was inthe | they are signed by the President and Cashier, they | ence of any of them; I might have gone to the resi | nor of an; addlen: 1 d not know if any were bought | pio 64 for a voyage of the kind; that it fs not usual for the a names, provide rooma, and so forth. unloring business; Fiedle (one of the prisoners) suc- | are cut up and brought to me, and I enter them. dence of some of them; I went te the house of Captain | of Hitchcock & Co., for the PP yage i becnpcdhor a you know the prisoner at the bar by sight or | ceeded Mr. James ibistop {a the business; Thave seen the | Q. On the 20th of August, 1854, how many $500 bills who lived in Walker strect wi Q Lassume they were never in your ele making Log A "a & voyage to get out into the seach usetta e, but that | ¥ A. [know Mr. Car deceased James Bishop write, and know his signature. of the Chemical Bank were in circulation? A, To the | the lest year; he is a Mexican; I don’t know of bh: they came down the river from Troy, andI want to | stresm during high ti Q. Do yi Mr. Carbon (Cole) in court?, A. Yes. | Q Look at the ures on those checks (Nos. 3,4 | beat of my belief there was to the extent of $40,000 in | Rone to the houses of any Spaniards in New Yor know if they were paid for by the Massachusetts? A. Mr. Onarmith gave testimony to the effect that he was Q. Have seen the party since who was with Mr. «i state whether th the signatures of the | circulation of these bills. iy saw nobody with the Captain when I visited him; I | 1 can’t recollect any coming down for the Massachu. | the owner of the cargo, but that he had nt 5 any Carben at Bixby’s Hotel? A. No; the name of the person ‘mes Bishop. le bis signature, but | Q About how many $500 bills were in your drawer? | know Captain Hitcbeock; he is in command of a tow. | setts; Ihave never had any conversstion with Captain | menry for the vessel itself. however, lke Mr. wie was with him was Healy. he has been dead se am slightly acquainted | A. I cannot te)l. know Captain Goodrich. | Goodrich about Cuba; may have had conversations with | Hit beock, refured to produce bi is. “Fhe case was ourt, and decision ia but never sold him any; have spoken | submitted to o ace, i Rigs Baap AH mua are aces cee, Oaee ‘Theatres and Exhibitions. ther veawels than those you | acsnrwy or Mosic.— This evening Donizetti's fine opera sir, Thavesold casnon to Mr. Oak | of «\Lucrezia Borgia’ wili be performed. Mme. Staffe- one, who bas recently arrived foom Mexico and Havaus, ¢ role of Lucrecia. As thie distinguished ar: ity for some time, we pre- crowded and enthusiastic bim about murkets, Q. How often did you see the person who was with | with Mr. Cola Q. Can you say how many you usually place in your e you met him’ A. I may have met him Carbon? A. I saw him the night he Cro: amined Bangs Busteed—I have been living | draw? A. That depends on the number in demand; | ina saloon, or in the street, somewhere Q. How often = year last October; I would know Mr. Kissane no distinguishable difference in the bills, excspt: | withm the month of December was hein your store? A. |, How was he dressed? A. I cannot recollect; he had | his back torned towards me as well as if I saw his i; es and the numbers. I could not tell you whether ne was in there once or fifty sandy bair, with whiskers and « goatee; he came up from intimately acquainted with him,that [ in Lynch being sworn, depose’—I live in Buffalo; I | times; I don’t know that he was there stall Q Was stairs frst and enquired for rooms, y this; | can’t ssy how tall he is; I am no jud kaow the prisoner, Wm. Kissane, and have known aim re befcre that? A. He might have been. Q. What Q Is that Carbon’ signature? {ebowtng, the hotel ; laid thought he might have a goatee; I about seventeen months; | lived in Buffalo in September bia basis . He had no bur i book.) A: Yeu; I saw him write it; the other is Hea. | seen him with « goatee. last; I saw Kissane th in September or October, he |. Q. With bad he business in jey’s mgnature: Carbon stayed three days, but Healey Q. How was at my bouse; I saw him about a couple of months | 1 don’t knw: indeed could nottell. Q ight; the entry om the book is mad» | him in Broa and the next por: 1y; leupvly steam- only stayed that ay! A, There were three, probably fo wevious to then, at the landing pl with any one in your store? A. | think not. Q. ports; I furnished the Massachusetts Sig! on August the 22. @. Did you eb were or were moi | | saw him in October or Sepipm porpose did hegs there. “A. Io not know. with Croton water about ten days before her seizure; I pan sed the great averlee baritone Ber et Q. Does the prisoner Kissane look like the man who | linkedarm in arm? A. I believe they were, but am | how t recollec any conversations with your partner? A. He might have | don’t }now who asked me to supply her; I believe it was | (igi; will sustain the other leading parts in the came with Mr. Carbon? not positive, liar about his person; he said he had been | bad. Q Did you see them conversing her? A. | one of the erginvers; I bave been paid in part; I have a J ™ Mies Rloise Bria a Mr. Busteed objected. ‘Q. Was Mr. Kissane nearest the sidewalk? A, He was veil into the country; | could not say; I presume I did; those inge which | claim against the Massachusetts; I got $29; there is $25 | , Proapway Tunarne.— Miss Eloite Bridges will take he TheDistriet—attorney said that in England the first | next the wall clove by him, at a distance, per: | he raid he had got off the cars when in the enatody of | cecur re often. Q. Now about the cannon; what aizd | due to me. Q. How much water was put om board! | bereft this evening, wbich is t ee eS put to the witness in the box is, “Do you know | haps, of two or three feet; lewae going home to my din. | constable, and wanted to go where he would aon be de- | cannon did you sel? A We have sold from sixty-four. | A. My man told me twenty-six thousand sented + ohana an bac this occasion as at the bart’? bat here, he said, weare so | ner at the time; I don’t recollect whether I walked all | tected; it was about the time that the trial of the Mar- poeatere to serve: poumtecs, Q@ And muskets’ A. We | gallons. (Objected to.) I have no know! myself. | # gat 4 Conn in speek 7 or. democratic, that prisoners ait among usani'we cannot | the way home that day or not; nothing particular at- tha Washington was again commencing in Arkansas; I ve lots of banged different kinds, Q Have you | Cross-examined—I never gave a receipt im full, I | fre Ms lopeay will ably suppor od nye of discern them from the crowd. (Laughter tracted my attention towards those four persons; I saw | was ander the impresrion that he wanted to get away | pistolay A. Yes, air. Q. And firearms and accoutre- | never ssid if the claim was not paid I would expose this | more, and the other characters eee oa Winess.—The prisoner resem y; his hair and | a number of persons whor I knew that day. from his tors in that case; I got s horse and bug- | ments? A. Yer, enough to kill any man. Q Do you | care ‘o the District Attorney; I gave my claim to John | favorite farce of “A Lady and Gentleman im & bay like those ,of "Mr. Healey; I saw Carbon in Q. Can you mention the names of any one you knew and him about 16 miles Baffalo, to Mr. | furnish harvess’ A. Yes, we furnish the Mexican Johnron to coliect; I never gave him any directions to | Perplexing Predicam in the afterpiece. cells of the City Hall since he came to the hotel; I | that day?” A. No; when I turned round ‘to look at Kis- yw's house; he then gave me a letter to take to his | vernment now with a number of thousand dollars worth; | ray that I would expose this matter if the bill was not Bowsny Timatkx.—The American dramatiat, Mr. J. E. have net seen the other till to-day, ‘save it was only for « moment; this was not on aSun- | brother, Reuben Kissane, in Cincinnati; I frat went out | thirty thousand dollars worth probably. Q. D> you | paid. Durivege, will have « complimentary benefit this eve- Cross-examined by Mr. Bustesd | There is no other day. I first made m: uaintance with Mr. J. C. | to Mr. Sparrow's alone, and came back for Kissane; the | furnish tents’ A. Yer, anything. Q. Do you furnish —— Hanks examined by Mr. Joachimssen—I am a far. | vin, ‘bree very good pieces will played, viz.:— ™ ‘veok in the hotel that registers the arrivals aad depar- | Hughes in the cit; rf Cincinnati; I did business wit! reason why I went out alone was, that I inteanded to | tent poles? A. Yes, les too; we send some to the | mer; I reside at Amboy; I am also in the employ of | ‘‘Gthelle,’’ the crema of the ‘Wreck Ashore,’ and the tures bat rif oe names were registered after Carbon bien there for ‘three or four winters; he lived in bed overtake Kissane, who left before me; I did not overtake | Western States. oP and saddles, A. Yes. @ Have | Hitchcock &Co., ae outdoor agent; I farce of “Your Life's in Danger.” Mr. and Mrs. E. 5. came and asked for rooms, tucky, but remained in Cincinnati during the pork sea- | him, and, not finding him at Sparrow's, I came back and | you within the last three months sold to any ove, sad- pre Capt. Goodrich the command of the Mansachuset! Conner will enset the Prineipal characters im the first the firm of Very & | #on: I don’t know what the initials “J, stand for; | returhed with bim the same night; when we arrived er, holsters, tents and tent poles? A. None. Q. ‘Have wrote for Capt. Goodrich; Oakamith told me the Mas- jiece, and Mr, Durivage pley the part of Jommy Starling, shown to me (Ex. | 1 think the \J.” stands for Joreph; I can’t, say how | there Kissane went into « room, wrote a letter, and di- | younct soldiny? A. No. Q. Do you know whether | tachusetts wanted s captain. Q. For what purpose did the second. Reraon calling himself | many t saw Mr. Hughes during the winters he re. | rected it to ‘Reuben’: I did not know what the letter | Any one in your concern has’ A. No Q. Do you know | Captain Goodrich come down! (0! toandruled out.) | peprox’s Tuatee—The two great favorite pieces of office; the checks (Exhibits 6 and | mained in Cincinnati; ! have seen J. C. Hughes write | was about; he told me to take it to his brother at Cin- | Mr. Oukem’th’ A. Yes, sir. Q. Did you ever sell him k I introdveed Capt Goodrich to Oaksmith ; | the “‘Srrious Family” and ‘Toodies,”” Burten ie bis two ‘n my handwriting; I saw Bishop two | probably a dozen times, probably fifty times, and pro- | cinnati, and he would wait a Sparrow's till T came back; in the shape of there articles? A. Yos, sir, | wi loyed by Hitchcock & Co. to do great characters, will be given this evening. Mrs. Bur- nim a check to biy more; | have see iy write check left Buffalo and started have you sold to bim? A. I could not | with rerpect to th tor’s annual benefit will come off om Monday evening ¢ Marnachusetts; I never gave me pome Bearteat money; | Q ‘When a you lea e : hd at the latter ve he . A 00d ey! pee. my } ond ae = i 4 Capt ener Ch Cr) next. at check; I gave him . Jeame here in the month of dctobor, 1853, place I saw Késsane’s brother, and gave him the letter. | you sold to . We have pol and tent pol for the veenel, I do not ’s TreaTre —Sheridan’s great comedy of the ar the tae ameeceat meney have ween | @ When 41d James Bishop leave Cincinaali? A. Three |” Q What did the brother do? ind muskets, and things of that kind. Q. Wher? A. { | board of the Massa: Re deamtal’’ will be aire Oe oe fe 4 , write: | or four years J] i. Objected to, and the objection m: howa to me'are all Q Where did yo last see him alive? A. In Ci Witness—I returned to Kissane Blake as Sir Peter Teazle, 1 tT as Coarles Surface, could not tell you. 9. Within a year! A. I trink to. | dle, tents oF wagons going oA \, | Dyott sa Joseph Surface, and Mrs. Hoey as Lady Teasie. Q When were delivered? A. could not tell. | board of her Jast summer; . 2 which | have Q How do yoa know that he is aead’? A. H brought an Q. Will your books show it? A. I don’t know, indeed. | ber or Janvary last; 1 ¢on now of any one except | |; ” ae n Bishop tebd tne he wie Gand; 1 Wan futinote mia P; Kinane in Buffalo was on the let of December; the mee. | Q. Will ‘Ker show ft? A The goods might have been that ‘was to go in"that vessel. Q. Do you | Mi Ak 4 Ao pag a me ‘od indiey) art new whom I think resemb! we were neightors T have Zisited him ot his house; f | rage brought back fo Kissane from his brother was in Pg ty ey daliversa! A. T could not tal t made by Mr. Osksmith oF some | Viiy much admired actress, and we hope her frieads i sere . ‘ ‘books . The 1s may have cock 7 Cross examined by Mr. Basieed—i am not sar ir years ago Bishop Kept hia beat account wiht av’ °” | "gq. Who paid your expenses there ’ books that will show that. Q. Which ef your clerks of canven, powder, cutlasses, and will give her a substantial proof of their estimation t saw Bishop twise in my offic, Tahint ie in “plein A’ Cranston feporsd—Iam brother ot THiram | Objected'to, on the ground of Its being immaterial. | have ebarge of the books that will show that? AT ‘A. No, nit} I don't know Mr. ber Talento anen noteves. n't think that the books will show anything of that oan; the only knowledge I have of Tallman’ : ¥ o: ith wha oeing hiss write while rianding siiman's writing ie | Cranston, proprietor of the New York Hotel, ! was there The Judge With what de you purpose to follow thie fod. 'Q ‘Why sot? A The goods are net ebarged til AxEnican Mcstvx.—The very amusing piece of ‘ The # the coynter. | be clerk i Avguet act, ‘ j Weathercock,”’ and the anghabre farce oF the ‘Bolen