The Sun (New York) Newspaper, October 29, 1864, Page 1

The Latest New By Uelegraph to the ¥. ¥. Sun, HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL RECONNOISANCE THE TY.FIRST VRAR, BER 10,082. ’ s General Facan ts several thousand, stand of arta reported killed, Price's army is completely dia- onvanized, and fying in al! directions OFFICIAL Washington, Oct. 28. The Missouri aud Arkansas concur in statiug that I’rice bas | been defeated with | Bpwie M Brastos, Secretary of War reports fror FROM GEN. GRANT. avy loas EW YORK SATU RDAY, ¢ WTO right when t went ont, and that they doing more here than he thought. sed objected that it was be, and not M were Tt dge Advocate replied, you and Ferry are fornt Wied A cuse Tam bere on trial, and Mr, Ferry is hot aud J eubin't to the Court that Ds sould net be belit The obyect u for the action o ler eutswdthe accused hai @ right to Theda A lyocate anid the acts and admissions Fi SEE The Weet Vinginia Election Union Victory. a Hy - Pie ort a the other, provided it ¢ . to » consp) ve 91 O Prisone TS Taken. Wheelin, Western Viryiniy Ut M.—The elec - The Court was clenred, On re-opening the evi: tion throvgrbout the state, yesterday, passed off | dence was promounced adiniasable, OUR LOSS ONLY 200 MEN quietly, gad the ontire Calon ticket ts believed & W toess continued : Mr, Berry remarked: There : b bee , a" n . hed no tia @ gre dea! more being d than yout) ink L A k avo beea eleged. Gor, Ao J Boreman ees of.” He then aaid to witness! You bave your ATEST FROM MISSOU opposition, and is slected byw heavy vote Ree | County Later Lanswered that I had 9 portion of ROM MISSOURI. turns frou six counties give Rubbard, (Union) for | them. Sadher "That ia all we want. Bed Is Pri bont U: Congré:m, over 1,900 tnajority, The Legistatuce | QHOw! tle replied : © have got 8 nlager Bete A ‘' pale bade hes cea who #yus these papers and you need not go fur- ri0e A on sed Up and luce! officers are largely Union ther." I said thet was @ good point gained, and ONLY ONE GUN LEFT HIM. Several THE ALLEGED ELECTION FRAUDS. ORDER FROM GENERAL DIX. Warning ‘10 ~ Refugees QUTRAGE ON THE ERIE RAILROAD: M —Mjor-Gen. John A Dix, New York patches from General Grant, rec niorus the Department that an advance ‘or the purpose of reconnolssancy, was Dp The Vermont Kald, Montreal, Oct 28,—The proceedings in the case of the Vermont raifers havo been transferred t Montreal, Tue prisoners arrived bere last night and are nowin jail bere, The removal was made secretty, to avoid excitement, Ove deposition was taken yesterday Further proceed/ugs have been postponed until Gext werk, ub account of the Catholic bolidays Thousand Stand Arms ‘Taken. Progress of the Trial. VTERESTING DEVELOPMENTS Tho Coming Election. soothern News The Ricurnond pr pers of Tuesday last have a re- port that General Barly bad recruited bis losses, and Wis ayain ad anc on Winchester, The Georgia paper are subi aut oo the improved s tua: tlon im that section. Vhe Atisnta Intrts.idescrs—now published out- side of Atianta—states: “From all quarters the claus are gathering, Not only from Georgia, but from Alabama, Miss saippi aud South Carol na there ia quietly accunvulatiag @ formidable power whe presence aml efforte will 7 an inaur- Deserters. mountable barrier (o any advance again of the en- Passengers Robbed and one Man | env. Our army oa the fut wil increase in 2 strength and n ur Jiition of those Killed by Rowdies. whose places will be filled by fresh troupe in the ear the River of the enemy. un i rear, The campaigu will entirely « try south of the Lennes will be w decide! suc fas. ke, &e, &o. General Grant. A Successful Keconnoissance. War Department, Washingt n, Oct. .s—9 P. Dis Tho Allezed Election Frauds. Proceedings of the Court. Baltimore, Oct. 28 — The Military Coromisston to Investigate the afleved fraud in taking the ute of tho scldiers trom New York was resumed to~lay into Court about 1 ofclock. ed in tow own be- of the Court ed thie evening, Donahue was bhrousht ju furee | He had no counre half to object to t but procee ade yes. ¢ juris iietior The prisoner pleaded guilty of bis baving signed erday by Warren and Hancock. In the evening : B 2 eee* | cortain blanks with name of CS. Arthur, be enemy attacked Huncock vigorously, but were | Gangnin and Aid -de aud: ho Othels + AOA aa ilsed he purpose belug accom bed, the | it did not appen t was ottiver pulse The purpose belug accomplishe ‘ Ae (has Mate Ge Mew Yorke Gb 0 United roops were withdrawa froma the advanced poa'+ | Riates, there was, be contended, mo crime eom- * mitted. The Judge Advocate suid the prisoner nate which they had been pushed to nearer | grat wishes to object to the jursiiction of the cir Une ‘ si ads Court, on the ground that the offence charged ia ¥ Line of former oc sion The telegrams Bia (hal _aboold be ied: 6 y © milltery, } Grant give all the detai's ¢ ed but by a civil c¢ t » the = second piace, pleading to the merit the «nse, City Poin 9 P. M., Oe 7 To lien Epwis [oe premia guilty of be g niened certa: ' aDhA | 8 - mentionert the set referred the eof (', G, pment botisa ll egt lal, Phase just re" 1 Asthur, Captain and ALA G. but that he is net ned irom the crossing of the Boyaton Plank | guilty of having sivmed any other officers! or pri- toad, with Haicber's Creek. Our line now oxe | tates! names He claims that tt ‘ it ae ui ie ’ ith he regiment of the officer, ad ites ts from its former left to Ar c's Mil ing eprolied the rag “ f that pame ny oficer r service the Hiate of New York, did not consptute acriune; that such votes were on heir face iilega!, ard could not be received. [tis Dut fair to state that the Government claims that eppeoring that thare was in the volnn nee by the south bank of Hate At ever as found entrenched, and his works to nt the enemy point above named manned, No ttack was made during the day further than to | the accused has forged tue nar bade ert 4 of " ‘ ' Ace Jtving * ’ twill there. ve nickets aud cavalr side of thera works, | other officers, specifying re ts, nea CATS ~ Abia: fore be necessary for the vernment to go inte r castialties bave been light, probably lesa than proof on t point 1 Yr lent of the ¢ ‘ v audred. The same is 7 ably true with | would decide, frst the questou jurisdic veuemy, We captured, however, 6 loaded | Hon : z ; 1 BENE ‘ : i . Jener Apvocare —-In my opinion the Court has mon their way trom Stony Creek tm the ene- | ineiadietion of the case for the reason that the ’ atadozen beef cattle, a trave dl ert as alleced was committed by the pers it “| i . © one males 1 ot soldiers w in the volunteer sery tthe - . BbyAVG to ‘one hundred pri ton tod States nod summing their naines to election uw right Butler extended arvuod well towards the | planks tor the purpose of defrauding soldiers f ktown road, without finding a polmy unguagd- | their votes. The offence t# not one againss the Stato of New York. To atitute ® crime i, Tshall keep our troops onr where toay are une against that Stata the offence must be committed i) toward noon to-tnorrow, in hope within the State. This crime waa coramitted inviting a.9 tack U.S. Gaant, Lieut. Gen'!, within the Btate of Maryload, If tt pat * “it i ft, 9 " , ‘ New York were to ateempt to punish it, } ity Point, Oct, 24,—To Hon EB. M. Stanton ¢ Sou not be kuown in what Court” to erctary of War:—The attack on Gen, Hancock, | qry the prisoner, The crime was got commitie tin tly the 0) New York ther hand itis tate ot stata, conrequet bat »w that « report has been received, proves tu be o ‘ld have no jurisdiction, vided success, He repulsed the eaciny aud re- po tacrime against the state of Maryland, Itis veined in his position, holuing posession of the | noi ther the e+ m inw crime of forgery, which junti! midnight, when he comunecuced with- | pee ‘tired that it should be for the anke f ain of a Orders bad been given for the wit brnon: + nor is it @ atatutors rine Mory ia Ly) ‘ : ; 7 {ie not # crime s@alost the civil lavd of Ut Unite 1 of the Second Corps beforo the attack wae! stareg, It is net a common law fory a th sie. We lost no prisoners excops the ususl | United Biases. . tt A SERRE Y. pour have wif er to t ne en eango ragglers who are always picked up. Our aie ‘i The « State of Now York ires forthe day, om the south side, foot up ¢ act to en. iy) fod electors of this 3 i i havefPon Le tary service en, The rebel Gen, Dearing is reported ki BE raen ¢ ae rom a‘ sulle é rvi w | I 4 taf od Staleg in (ue af WAVY, to Veta u, Meade, in his report, ways: fl cus induced to ivonly inter ded to be a law time of actual war, | lieve the success of the cperat which Was | when quass twilibar law je the law of the la vst decided, was main to the persons! | This crime goes directly to the efficiency of he | 1 Jwervice, The de PR ¥ation of @ suldier of his rit | tertiot Major General Hanewek and the eons | ov te the kno Sledge thut he was defrauded of | uous gallautry © ig r Ge Eagan." it, would have w Gemorslizing effect, Uf hw flee | LB. Gant, Lieut, Gen vote be received at the polly bis true vote when nresented alwwrward# Will Le rejected, The very | Nothing later of Importance has tron received, i indation of the Government which juards the richts of the citizem’ aa electora in by that wet at- tucked, and the only mode in which the offence ean | be punisted is by he military authority, The | offence 1 vot extent, & Violation of general oraer No which commands officers to take measures t ire tre 1 fairness of electio and to sez that it shall be ducted with due ward to g vod er aud molliary diseipline, W yreater actack on good order apd military dis pline than this, The Court decided that it Lad juradicuion tn the cane Mr. Orville K. Wood, of W | County, N. Y., was then sworn on the part of the | ) substance as follows; | | s Epwis M. Stanton, General Sherman. Rebels again Turcatcuing Teonesmce, ceretary of War, ax dom w War Department, Washington, Oct 2s,—Major enerul Diz —Reporta trom Gen Sherman's de- Ament to six o'clock this eveniz,, indicate that e rebel army is again threatening dewonstrations vainst Tennessee, but there i¢ po reason to doubt .at Bherman and Thowas will be found prepared r whaiever movement may take place vat Chazy, Clinton Government, and testitiou | Fowin M. Sraston, Secrviary of War, be / Sq , a ° orrillaa threw Resides at Wert Chazy, Clinton . iia Chattanooga, Oot, %8.—The gue Wrew @ 1! nerchunt; came to Baltinore as the agont of the ain off the track three miles below Ada@irsvilley { Union Committee of } nity, to assist in procure rday, killing one man and wounding 8. The | ing sol iers' gin this city; vinite 4 Fort M Hen- t od the ¢ we riven off ry, and there met Capt, M: Dermott, of the olat ASG: DETIRE 8 ; wos New York, and several solders from Clinton ¢ thout making euy captures of persons or prop: exe two. oF thiues duy*; ip couversution " , ¢ rty. The rosd is complete? to AUunuis, Tra.oe Mcvermott in relation tothe your | Ae ng for that point, soldiers, he remarked that there! been some oft this morniny’ fc ab point, “checker pla 4 and his suspicions ¥ ane aid ed: visited Newton University Hoap!ia, rom From Missouri. what he heard there suspected tlat 6 5 z wrong: Went tot e of the State J +b Price Used Up. Lafayette st,, and there met Mr. Ferry , ) ; . bow things were getting ulong, Kv Lg 1 St, Louis, Oct %.—Ollicial dispatches from Gen. derstana that he (Wood) belonged the 28a sive the following further inforn n | McClellan party; Ferry desired to know if bon wire ne J dail 1 he bad a comm. ssion from Gov, Beymour; told He | jim that be had not, but he reprevented bis Couns | a regard to his operations against Price ty Committee, r, Ferry des redvo see hos eouie | rarched 92 miles in two days and fought during | poyon, He said Lehad none, buthe had a lst { 1 : raof bia county, whieh apr to ue lest 82 miles, His force waslena thau 6000, | of the Mice T “He told My. Ferry that be caine jmore to get the vote of the 91at Now York. | / He was informed that it had been taken, MeCl |. | lan received 40 votes @ud Lincolu 11, He en- peesse! aurprise ut the 6a!) number of votcs Mee for Ly phon Mr, Porry evd that whe Bid Volos Galaw Lu bed Ole tay wae oll | Bal Price has but one ! to Bal stale Price's waa fully 26,000 un left, and no ammunition, he having blown up He olso burned 400 wagons to save als trein, caphury, We have WW pruwuege aod t dem frou would save a good des! of trouble. leit the office, agreeiug to cal, again in the after- goon, A cording!y called At that time there wae aclerk ating in the alfice, behind the rey y book. Witness remarked that be did not want bie handwriting © eppearin any of bis county votes Ferry valid: “You can take the clork's place and Witness then copy there, and Twill put him onto your liat"* Witness seoordiugly went to work, Witness Lere pointed out the book, and the place where he copied these names Ferry took his lat, and witness went to work with the ldth New York Cavalry, Phe | ste that wituess copied were signed “CG. Arthur.” Fer wdded the words “Lien. tenant comioanding,” witness thinks, and on some them, “Captain aad A. A. G."" Witness dew red to send w few of these papers to New York, but Ferry objected, as it was necessary to wait for Don- ahue, wt agin Washington, and sald he would televraph him, He (Ferry) then telegraphed to Donahue at Wacbington to come on at once, and he waid that when Douahue came Le would have these fixed for the witues® aud could then seod them on, (he should be explained here that the soldiers’ power of attorney contains blanks for the tosertion of four naines { the voter himself, the persou @ithoriced to receive the ballot, the witness to the aftiiavit, and the officer before whom it is made, It appears to bave been so explained that a diderent person filled each biauk,} Contouing bis evidenco Mr Wood eaid that on Saturd ternoon last Le met Donohue and Fd ward Neweouil, aleo of Albany, at Ferry's office, Considerable conversation ensued about ihe letters teleyrapling to Washington for Douohue to come to Haltimore. Donchue sad he was ou the eve of starting t) Oty Point, ashe bad received @ pass &e m the War Department. The party then separated for the uight, all having avreed to meet the next morulay a! LX Up papers evough tu keep Ferry at work Ip a conversation before separat- ing, one of them said that things were going on al! right and that (here were about twenty men ib Washington operating on the work, Donohue sat t} they were avndiug thera off in dry gooda Foxes, full, Wiiness wet themagain Sunday morn ing. All wore present, Neweomb sat at ove end of (he tuble tubing out the desenptive portion ver of atrorney Donohue waa writing sof the officers who purported to take the Newcomb wrote one naine in the wlanks d Donohue another, generally the Laat, The priscuer--Do you swear that I wrote a sol- dier's name ? 44H do, Dlaok« were produced, all bearing the lavite, of © G. Arthur, Capt. and A.A. G., & officer in) whose presence P aitiavit Wad and the mguature of the eas affixed ; full kets of powers of attorney blanks, all filled and remly to be deposited in the ballotehox aa goon ae = Leket Was sneer One package of 50, in whied vaines bad Loco for-ed, was ideutified by Mr Wood ae the wo 4 Donohue, Among the panes fraudulentiy ingered were thore Lent Colonel Murphy, of the New York Artille and 8 eet the 081 N.Y The wot ubinuing sad thirty of tte proxies wore from ¢ n County A package of 6 was to be seat to Gen. James Fare iawary Generuicf Bubsistence, buate of Mr Ferre had» letter from General Farro!l euclomug o list of reroarked while writing, that Donohue soldiers, Who residediu bis County, and thathe hadt fifty-five provies which Were ready to be forwarded to Farrell, Donohue anid he would make out Barrell's list aud send it together with what Periy bad prepared, The tollowing is a letter the State Agent : Naw Yoni, October 20, 1964, Fdward Donohue, Jr. Beg. Baltimore Dear Sir: Kvelosed in this package you will flad tickete, aso a bet ol names ot the actual residents of Colurniua County uew members of the lish Kegiaient, wth my best wishes for your success, Trotman, &e, from General Farrell, found iu the otiee vo: neds) Li, Commissary Gen James A. Panne 1, The tollowing is the Tat of narnes referred ty ; Jobn Fogarty, Joseph Behill, Thomas Lanigham, 1 Geom, George Wo Whitman, lward G.'la- guok, all of Huds F en Living ton, Jaued Moure, etta, Charles Hu ldlesten, Willie re, Joho H | Bui th, Edward Re Plase, Win, H, bon, George Eltiag, Tuomas § Johnson, Cuarles B. Mouck, Wiu. Sunueinar Dyer, Jarnes Views, Virgil Wain Jobo be vert Van Deus ben, PP itzpatrick, Dani, Jon Ju Fitzveral!, Janes Decker, Thomas Ward, 1 hi . ©, Houck, C. H. Ferris, W. HL, Ha, Wee Park, Woe iluny Thomas Doran, all Greenport; Audrew Miller, of Hudson ; Wi Mele Coaries Joo Burrett, oll of Madson, The examination was resumed, Mr, Wocd said that two soldiers came jutu Mr. Perry's office, augn- ed powers f attorney, each placed the Union elec- toral ant Demucratic State tickets in their en- viopes; but Ferry abstracted the Uniou ballots put iv those coptainuing the names of the Me- Clellan electors, On Monday, Wood went tu the Provost Marshal, Colonel Wooley, informed hin of is belng doue, The otfice at 55 West Mae treet was then visited, asd Donahue woud y) With books, papers, etc., arrested Toe took &e, of Ferry and Donabe exhibited to the Court, luciuding # uum! ters, suing which were the following, found tue packave of 55 votes, addressed to Gen, J, A. Far Hudson, N.Y, with the words, "New York Mtate Avoucy, 55 W, Fayette street, Md.," printel on one corner, and the marked it will in anawer to the letter ubov Now Youn Brave Agnye “> W Fayette st, Ut were then of let rell, Baltimore, lelber Was ved that it ia ereonal,"* Le perce ‘ 1 oOb | Gen. J A, Farrell; My Dnsu ai seul with 8 pote a nuruber of ballots for your County, ave t ta oumber trom the Lats eutine, Talso send a package putup erry, Btate Arent you will | mud ai him yp! at T yueds a have enor rug that henot, I enclose euvelopes and powers torn sworn te; | 4 yf!) them up tor Columbia or ther ‘ ty; you can fill them uf ¥ your county a3 we can Lere, Tf you want named of ene Led persons ascertaim thei from the pupervisers® | ligt of auy county, ln haste, your tric ED, 7 } Yo procure large cuvelopes for 9 , pame Aibauy. Pasion some good aaruc lorness, A rol), purporting to be a lat of sick and wounds ed soldiers uudet treatment at Jarvis li \, ia this city, was sbewn, 1 contuimed savour 40 nomes, Ms Wood Wusiivd thes Berry courtly 1 ened elect? Sue emucuuty of le ireud is oppalung, | BER 29, 1864. | How «i SUN. PRICE ONE CENT—IN GOLD TWO CENTS IN CURRENCY Here is 4 fraud that tony well call for the {nfliction of the severest penalty known tothe court. The most sacred rights of the brave inen who aro i sentfrom thair hotcy periiing ther lives in face of the onemy to ld our liberties, are perilied, and fraudulent eotes are songht wy be given against the cause for which they have beet ing their lives, Whilst they aco absent in the eld, the plotters at home seek to cast the sof these brave men without their consent, ant wy bt swer ty a question, that, ‘Uead or alive, they all had cast a good vote"! The following was among the papers found on the person of the accused, from the Bberil of Albany, NY: ; The fol wing lettera are part of the evidence ; Srenive's Orricg, Almay, Oct it, FE, Dosonve, Faq. Baltimore, y Dear Sir telegraph of the 19th, and also | they cannot be preaent to speak tor tKhemooly sy or vour letters of the 1th and Dith inst, came to | defend thelr rights. This prisouer, why thoi th hand in due course of mall. Lanswered your tele. | one of a numerous family of ebildren, cout show that he bas even one brother tu the field, upholding the flag of the coustsy, was proven to have conspired with others tt fraud our brave soldiers of the exercise or the ov rd elective frauchiae, A erime go enor: as this ella fora vigorous punishinent and b do tot henitate to say moerita the extreme penalty of devt ib Dieting Col. Posterta address the prisoner woe evidently more than ever impreased with # sense of Ais critical position, aud at the conclusion left the court in charge of the guard in @ manner stri’ {ngly in contrast with the defiant alr with which he entered it, The courtr» vas vow clvared, gad the Cominisslon proceeded to debberate upon the case Of course ity decision cannot be known watil after it has beon passed upon by the President The Commiasion vecupiod only about an bour ip coming to a decision, when the doors were re-vwpen ed aud the court adjourned What fr. Maxon Says, kre. Albany, Oct &s.—A telegram frou Washing tos receive! here today gays that the Brate Ageses and Medical Department are again {iu operation, but that the Voting Commissioners’ rotas are suit under guard, Maxon, who is impliented by Ferry iu bis confession about the soldiers’ votimg: froucts iu Baltimore, is bere, and published a cord co which be says thathe had not beew in Bally for two weeks before Ferry's arrest, and that tore ta uot one word of truth fn his statereut so far as he is concerned. Gov Beyrnour s at!) abseutia the Weatern part of the State graph by sending Ed, Neweomly and you have of course got the anawer before this thie, Jew do you ket Ph Leaw Mr yewer and showed him your teegraph, ble does not want to spare Marne, Tf you waut more help, E will aend some om, As fo wen ling the proxies, you had better send them by Me. Walla Te always calls at the State Agency when coming this way, Bend them aa feat as you can get them, Srstto me, All is well here, aud We sre confident of complete success, Tt ta Unnecessary to aay that al! bere have entire confi- denee in your it and ability, and hope you will like your help, Please keep me advised Yours. Hf, Cnomprnt. Next was read the letter from Maxton to Ferry, The followiug from Douohue to E, Newooml was also read : o Atuant, Oct, 17, 1964 My Dear Fd: —Latrived here yesterday morn- ing. and to-day 1 have called upon Cagger, Crom- stell, Waterman and others. They are well satis. fied with our efforts In the cause, Tara to be sent awny iu on Weduesiay afternoon, I do not know where Tam to be sent, EF will that you be attache t to my personal statf, [have told Cag ger that youwere a gowt man. Rewain about Baltimore and Washington until you hear from me or Sher! Cromdell See what you can do and sdvive our people here. In baste, your Friend, Dosoncg. At the conclusion of the reading of the letters, the examination of the pratics, de. the examiua- tion of Wood was resumed Witness said; Newcomb remarked in Ferry's office that It would take the abolition papers throe mouths to d'scuas fraude when the election was over, When he arrived in New York, he intended to call atthe Wonty office and give them some points, All were telling their achievements in traud at the bailot-bor, Donahue boasted of hav- How Soldiers May Vote ing done some sharp tricks in his dia The following explanation will give the rea tera trict. In peri could always fee tre | clear idea of how the Ktate law authorizes a soldier any majority was neceamry for his ' erie candidate, He used “marrow-fat tiekete,"* which | 6 Yote at the forthcoming lection, For the pur consisted of @ number of ballots folded together, which wonli becowe separated on being forced through the aperture of the ballot-box, He was tor of clectons always had sharp clerks, \ pose of ilustration, suppose John Brown, 1 tuly registered voter in the first district of the tow ward, to have enlisted in the Fourth New York ue the poll! containing names of | Volunteers, Company A, Captain Smith. Hier voters tally with the tickets whon counted, by * . ved at Fortress Monroe : quickly writing down the number of names to went is cow etatloned je Aaa a beg sil : correspond with the number of tickets in the mar- | Agent nod other officials are appointed, in acon! row ihe prisoner objected to the detathiug of what be gaid about bimaelf; it had nothing to do with the case \under conalderation, The Jud,e Advocate argued that it wae necessary to prove the sprit whch prompted the forgery with Which the preoner was charged It should be shown thet ho had been engaged to similar ance with the following order lasued by the t Btates Adjutant-cneral : in order to aecure a fair distribution of O among soldiers in the field, who by the laws their reape approaching etion, the followiig: rules and res gulationa are preseribed : vta Di tive Btates are eptitled to vote at the Practions iors, Firat One ayent for eveh Army Corpa noe be ‘Too Cours acceded that the evidence was admis- | designated by the State Pxecut.ve, or by the Sinte able Comraittee of each political parts, who, en pre 1 ophue, ie prisoner, cromexamined the wit- | seoun hin credontials fr: om the State Exeentive or Dery Who, taney er iv his questions, replied eub- the Chairman of said Comes tt all receive. com wiantially ua follow: this de) neut a pasate the headquarters of the Donohue myrnuod ‘the names at the requont of | corps fo on be ie : algnated, with ti ‘ Da Wou«!, to be see to DH Parsons, Clinton County, oxles, when required by Siete laws which mss NOY. Had seen Donohue sign several powers of | be placed by him tn the hands of such perwou or res, ine meot which the blanks were all fill. | Persoes as he way select, for aistribution aiwong tip one! Ne others only partially, Se he supposed | Officers and soldiors, i ; Hat slon Capt MeDemnott teld bim at Port Henry Second—Civilian Inspectora of ereh pe eat that theo tad been © checker playing’ with the rahe not to exceed one tor esch brigade, may ta woklier* y that foul ploy was going on soir iko taainer t wignated, who shall e posses on application to the ent on the day of ele are fairly conducted, Voird—No political spoecher, haranguos +r cam vassing among the troops wi'l be permitied Fourth.—Commanding officers are enjorned te take such meurtires as may be essential to are freedom and fairness in the ele Adjutant General, to be pres. whore, @ edetertoinud to ferret it out tion to see that the elections Judge Atyooute Lereerhibited to the Court 18 completed poker, eyed *C & Arthur, Captain apd A A.G,atras wed COS Arthur, Firat Lieut. Go, J, Oth NY, Cavalry, Donohue admitted thuthe had writtem the name but diselsimed having anything todo with affixing rank and ttle of the thirty-five which had Leeu dove by Ferry, Other ® aud uce that packages were furnished with other forged signa- they be conducted with due regard to good « ruct w and military diseipline, Records of the War Departinent were aearch- Fifth—Any officer or private who mary we nly ei to find the ueames of the “mgners,' but without | destroy tickets or prevent their proper isu. 4 success. among the legal voters, Interter: fre dom of the election. or make any tulse or fraudiule turn, will be deemed guilty of uu offence agi unt ood order and rllitary dis ne, and be pun shea y summary distlesal or court murtial, The above regulation applics to the general vote of solders as tuken in the army. The law of Now York Btate does not authorize John Brown to vote tn the foregoing manner, but the regulation alluded to facilitates our state agents in din's'bu- ting tickets and collecting the ballots of #1! who desire te vote at an election fu this State, agent in going his rounds, distributes anos Ney York soldiers ballota and War Derariurst, Apsevast Ganenan's Ovrion, Waaninatos, Ootober 26, 1564, Major-General L Wallace, Laltimore: re is ue Captain 1, Seatth, of the 0th New York, #o fur sa the recerds here show : nor is there 4 Captain N.8, Carr, AJ A.G. The foreguing is went ts you at the request of 68 8, Benedict, Trea- tury Department. (Sixved,) Tuomas M. Vuxcest, A. A. Q, Fdward Nowcomb, of Albany, also an egent of New York, appointed by Governor Seymour, end ® party tothe fraud, was also eworn and exam- ined at greatlength, His evidence was substan- e mh accor tially io support of the foregoing witness, panied by the documenta herea’er des rte he prisoner, in bis defence, denied that he had John Brown having received the ne.cwary wigned but one fictitious name, and that he legally | PePers ale up one of tt ery bich Is ought to be tried in New York, He appealed called @ Power of Attorney Poin paper authorizes Wm, Jones ty cast the vote John tirongly to the clemency of the Court,alleging that this was bia fires arraigniwent in a court of justice, Brown The “power of attoruey" beuy read, ig that his wife aud family felt: deeply regarding his lee cage Coy 7 a ' ; Hi nnd ' re. ; hn situation, thathe wase young man aud bad ected row be ccg di ela shone esas: thoughtless! y PiRcee Rs power Or atarney, 8iy t8:) Be The Judge Advocate then addressed the Court ag | Proposes to vote,in the bullot-boxit, sf edie folinens oocamon isan envelope, Johu Bown seals op aa J on the outside there? la pruted It appeare in this case that the defendant, Dons- savolope and mB : 4 pees ob * on hue, Jr. ® young man connected with the New | Sidavit, This afdavitis stuilurtowny be taichs Lo York Ceutrs! Railroad, a road to those who live in | compelled to take in cose he was | the city of New York slinoat synonomous with | jenged, if vottr t home ! | treason, bas for the prat two or three years been longed, f sf bs seve f FOSHOS Ses engaged in one of the moss gigantic frauds ever at- | Joba Brown's @ legal voter in tbe tempted to be perpetrated on this nation; @ fraud which, if it shall be successful, will, in my opinion, bave produced w# disruption of our entire country, wud our war for the preservation of the Union wil! be practically at an end, and futile. It aprears from the evidence of the two witnesses produced before you that on one occasion, when a Republi- can happened to hear something that wae amd by one of the State Aveuts of the State of New York, to the effect that frauds were being perpetrated, he first district of the first ward In Now York City, and that he is of legal age, has made ue bet or con mitted other act that would disfranchise him y vod be further swears that be fe a soldier in the Army of the United States, belouging to Co, A, ith fog! ment of N ¥.Vols,, de, &e. To this atfidavit Joo u Brown atiixes bis signature, aud goes wath a cou rade beture Captain 4 The en went to the office of the State Avent, in this city, mith, erours and found the anid Btate Avent willing and realy | the man, and his comrate attests the ouih t t) make talse votes; and prudentiy represent- signature, The docuirent, which ty printer « ing timeelf a8 one of the party they were A 3 ; workin be gained their coufidence, and | UMsde of a neculed envelope containing the vio ow was w'lowed to see the working of their party, | DOW @igned by Capain Staithy aud a iar oe a Ik uppears that the regular blanks for soldiers are | Brown ja concerued he bas voted, Hs vote 1 forced, The names of the officers purporting to fi ': wear ss luers are written out by one party, | ® cress. velope—is placed jusiie of aw and t name of the soldier who cast bis vote by | envelope, marked "Soldiers! Vote,’ and trates ape a rs anda shird f KA Up toe ea gave These are tal to Win, dota who tat aldo baw aent then left either sealed or unsealed, with the clec- ; tora! ticket of the party which they epresent ; and, | &* the e'cotion for which this buliat b € as the first witness testified to you, several dry | pared, The postinaster takes Mr doles! recep lor goods boxes tull of sueb votes buve already loft the city of Washingten, He comes to this city. Co tiis slatewent stand as compared with thatol bis aeeompsce Ward Neweomb, and of the | firatwi nee. Mr. Wood? Was itthey who induced | him to commis this fraud, or did be them? Does | the 8 Idicrs’ Vute'! whi Mr, Joues may open the first envelopes sit arrives fom the any aud there be reads the atlidav.t, and ia probably first winade Te aware that his frend Jo ‘iu Cesirea hum to Newcomb say that Wood asked bim, or wag it | (epost his baliot at the ensuing eectou, The lew Donabcc who asked bim to write these letters») pu h syy powawlly any person eo re. He finds Donahue in full Ulost, writing as fast as he | ceiving a ¢ Seve’ V "it ho opeus, or ued: ry sometiined the uame of # soldier, and aoe times that of an officer, sometimes giving one rank, | died with the res ope, kal pre nnd sommelmes at AE the other ono ‘illus | seribes peasibes age ust any person refusing to up their pnomcat und attll nw third one | gop ug ah cut of a soldi tho full blank, Vbus tho persons around this Leedhivilalal MF ending Lim @ vot table, in the course of Sunday atternoon, fled up | Ou election Coy Mr Jones carries the enveloy« to the number of ueerly a hundred; and tf three | por@ons could in one afternoon mownul ws ert) OO or 200 such franduient votes what could pot twenty ami em)! vod for two seeks the polly aud presents It to the inspectors, These ofivalyserutuove iy ond then examiny the poll | Usts. Li doln Reowats nate appears duly dase, ped WW edaberanded O14 Mes arty ty