The Sun (New York) Newspaper, May 31, 1865, Page 1

ee THE THIRTY-THIRD VRAR. ) NUMBER 10,258. s NEW YOR . A a] aah by numerous large ‘tees, and varveanded | The Latest News by flower and vegetable gardens. which pleasantly | relieve ones senacs after passing beiween @ud under - | the stone walls of the entrance, Iu the rear of one of By Telegraph to the N. ¥. Sum. | the long barracks, au extia guard fs stationed pre- venting evervtody from approaching the caremates Bearer than three hundred yards The prisoner is confined in @ casemate on the lower tier, the en ane © the ter being all well guarded, As every Coming Trial body may Know whate carewate asually ta 1 will * | try and describe what acasemate actually le at F treat Mouroe It is @ compartment twenty fret wir ee FROM WASHINGTON. Davis's Jeff, by thirty feet deep. in which is placed one of the THE PRISONER IN HIS CELL. ------— ~- gest gune that form the armen of the for- How He Conducts Himself. | The casemates are massively bule ——— " of stone loside of one of THE GREAT CONSPIRACY CASE: mates; the masons constructed @ email! houre. or : j chamber, of thick brick work, fifteen by twenty teet Rebel Generals on the Stand, At one end, from am aperture, grate! with iron bara, the prisoner can look out upon the wide, deep Their Right to Testify Challenged moat of the Fortress, beyond which he can eee the | outer wall of the fortification. A email, heavy, iron door at the Inner end of thie cell t+ ‘he only place of EXAMINATION OF MISS SURRATT. A SAD SCENE. thes we. trance of the casemate: nearest the parade ground; another brick wall forme an outer room to the prir- oner’s apartment. lighted by grated windows, and entered by an iron-barred door, Davis ts locked up in the cell, with @ commissioned officer and wh i ‘ 4.79? | two weil rmed uards, over hin In Where is M amma? the outer haa peta officer and four | POST OFFICE ROBBERY. private -oldiers are incarceratod asa guant over the important prisoner confined in the inner cell, $165,000 Abstracted from the Office These ruarde are regularly reileved every hour, half time being cousidered long enough to be on dnty Arrest of two Persons, The keys are retained in the custoty of the officer of ingress; and between the of the cell and the en- | i | | the day, who i thus compelled to look in upon the | prisoner every time the guarde are change Mav. ing (hue clreumatantially deseribed the prison, T may | | now venture to report some of the current talk at the Fortrees, concerning the prisoner since bis Peace Welcomed by All. tion. When he was firet tiamured in th was quiet enough, but when his food appeared with Le vented his | Je uv reply OC... ie fare” into the tace of the officer ou guard, Lie | then informed that if puch an act was repeated Thie quieted Mr Davie, and beeame sullen, A small cot-t ad avd @ couple Mowed, Afier yh next of chaireiwallthe turuiture be |e nureing Lia wrath during the toll lieved hie indignation by making # epercth at t & we Ces OC. d Sharpers |) Around Them, an : Water” to them—The Censpi rm on Sg gee SP em out a knife and fork, on a tin plate, with ainply an HE ARREST OF MALLORY AND COBB. iron spoon to vat with, the arch tremor re n fuarda, & he Nexte i Se epleen again, and tellowed it up by throwing bis roi | From Washington, wai Soldiers in Washington City waa After their Money Kumeellers bited trom selling “tire Trial—Jed. Davie’ Trial —itie Prison Cell nd Condoct while ‘There — What BE | gay grey quoth Dor ie enid te have become very violent, aye &e, &e. fug the forenoe: (Correspondence of The Sun) Attempting to brain one of the soldiers with « chair Wastinaros, May 29, 1865 This decided General Miles on ordering Davis to Ur Since the reat review, furioushed soldiers have froved, The prisoner resisted this * almost thronged our streets, penetrating every wher, gentleman,” tore cpeu hie ehirt, and wanted a isiting all the public buildings, and crowding the bayonet put throuell ii guilty beat tores to the manifert profit of storekeepers, and evi Panes Seti ean Mall | The) LACH’ GrallGe! uObE: REA ent annoyance of resid! Not that our | yk ond boys im blue” are troublesome generally, but be |e od upon bis anelee, He has been more qu use some of them (from She:man'e army) have lndigulty to # Several mus id hit there, while some irons were tas- teince then, but oceasioually relieves: bis mind by deneune n oo long far away frou where they could look up- ing the meu who ordered “rough treatment" } anything #o home like, as the articles exposed fF | 11.5: occasions him so much distress; truyuently de- | jo in the stores Mi aaptrnG Nassiohettan ahaa clariug that they mean to" take bis life in thie way, | been liberal in their attentions to thy sing {co cowardly to awalt a islal decteion, { urning soldiers, and many private families have Ler ‘a ib isn dont alll meanle eden ot wl { en in a score or more of the Lrave fellows whom | icity in the murder of Mr, Lincoln. Since the hey treas with good dinners, and not unfrequently {rons were put op, Davie bas been moro sullen and * gunfle" at, with something stronger. Ocensioually |» oiose, One day last week he nsted the officer of the | crowd of soldiers are invited to imbibe the whiskey | gi) whowere t ctorson duty at the post. Gn | f some liberal-hearted individual, who does not # being told thelr names, he loquired the state from st all round. The | having been o harm of giving the bove a tr ffect of this indlecrinin hosp tial bverrive of cood order In the atreets quer saloons are mow closed after seven he evening, and all dealers are prohibived from Hing liqnor to soldiers, A good ust at this time, and ome that promises to | vent many of the veterans from bein swindled | tof their money, by the myriads of sharpere who | ve come hither from every city in Union. ‘The fmry and Christian Commmirtions are doing @ ood work at the camps, by circulating printed cau- neegainet the ewindlers who seek to powens themes ives of the bard earned moucy of the recently pald troops. At the Aseenal the trial still progresec daily, the risowers presenting about the same tppearance as ben I laa wrote concerning thom, They look father more careworn, and all are evidently de- ted at the evident failure of their counsel present any favorable testiinony on their half, Dr, Mudd cheered up & little, while George Mudd was giving his evidence to- y, tut Mve. Surratt and the other prisoners show using the servi whence they came, re f surceous from several New Englaud States, readily me account, as the wol- | being | jiecting @ Jeree;tuan, on ark, of that State of the Union.” vd, is #uch a thorough Union diers jocularly — re located the physician se ec! man, that Davie is not Hhely to obtain mach comfott through him, The Doctor did not discover that Jeff required much medical tr t, and only wanted an appetite to partake of hia fo dd, whieh the surgeon thought the prisoner would relieh better after potting a litiie more aceustomed to it, Davia is reported as the © Government will not, dare not hang me, Every foreigu ruler will interpose 9 protest. Iwas legally elected President of the Con- federacy, and the Routhern people fousht for | rights that were denied them." His manner Is | | haughty and somewhat overbearing, but withal | courteous to the reveral officers whore duties rejuire their presence in his cell; and he cou porta himeelf with much dignity ateuch times, ©, C, Clay is con- | fined in an adjoining casemate, similarly guarde with the exception that the guarde iu the outer Dr, Craven, | | Just outs regulation | ’ w signs of hopefulncee, Payne is as watehful ns | TO" of hie cell axe not locked in, He ie not} ercryner " He ae te grows | toned, and talke cheerfully with ble guards and quite aa indifferent r \tiefa Cianah eee the pet id eater pesde inner, but preserves his reek! alr, Consideral: ulation & indulged in here, relative to the intro- uct_on of the testimony concerning the rebel prison and the plot to introduce infected clothing; but Lam informed by one who ought to kuow, that ite in rtanut bearing on the case of these prisoners, apd re particalarly on those Canadien criminals, tn- uded fu the indictusent, will be made apparent at the roper time. The incareeration of Davia and his recent indict- ent here, bas given the gossips of Washington au | cer, portunity to indul « in comments to their tonguce uteut, A thourand and one rumors aye current cone srning the arch traitor, Bome ery that he will not le tried before a civil court, Thatonly » military Jbunal cap try the exeCommander in Chicfof the el armice and navy (%) That Stanton, who bes im in cuetody, will not turn bim over to the civil ibunals; and if he does, the Court would fall to pro- re an unbiased Jury. All these objections | learn re groundless, and I am almost certain that Joff yavie will soon be arrainged under the indiet- ent alread prepared, The jursmen will 4 ot be rallad upon to answer whether they | Thomas arrived ia Washington to-duy, and will soon ave formed any opinion upon the case, but supercede General Halleck in the command at Kich ill be desired to state if they can render a true | mond, General Hallock is to bo traurferred tothe Pacific Department, General Meade is to command the Atlantic division, General sherura the South- western division, aud Geueral sheridan the Trans: Mississippi Department, Closing Up The War. Interesting Items frou the W eet. Cinetinnatt, May 30,—the Comarnctants Chattae A friend of mine, who came up from Fortress Mon- | nooge dispatch says: © Southern papers received here »on Saturday, and remained with me over the | announce the intention of the South to accept the | sabbath, hae given me #o many interesting par | new order of things in good faith, and to stand by the | culars ebout the present abode of Jefferson | Government in restoring order and industry, hey Davis, that I shall risk being tedious, by | repudiate guerrilla warfare or acts against individuals ubodying the substance of his conversation iu my | holding political opinions different from themerives, | tter. In the first place, he said, that ever since Davis | and declare their intention of laying aside the ideas as taken into the Fortress, it has Leen almost im- | which have heretofore animated them. Jobu Bell is ible for any visitors to get within the precinets of | at Atlanta, Tbe East Tennessee and Georgia Kail- | e Fort, Nothing but an order of General Halleck, | road is being repaired. Ouly twenty miles remain to a pase from General Miles will admit strangers to | be finished to connect Huston and Bristol, Ex-Secre- ven the interior parade ground, Of the hundieds | tary Mallory and Howell Cobb passed Chattauooge bo daily applied for permission to enter, scarcely a | yesterday for Nashville, under aguard, Detachmenta | re are allowed the privilege after sending in their | of General Wilson's Cavalry ere daily arriving,” pplications, made through the commanding officer of | Cincinnati, May 30. The ComMegciat has @ spe- e guiside guard. Inside of the massive walls, a | cial dispatch from Frankfort, Ky, saying: Kecruit- village of Dig and Uitle bowsee me Ww be soem, | ing te going om briakly muvig Whe slaves ta Contra) J eent abiding place; I learned from my friend, whose Knowledce thereof {s, of course, derived trom thse having iromediate charge of the dungeons, He hae not yetroen Jefferson Davis, but thinks his turn to etop an hour in the cells, will come betore he gets another opportunity tw visit this city, Nemo, (Dy Telegraph.) F. W. Geay and J, W. Brith, police detectives of Baltimore, yesterday arrested Charles W. Spen- a clerk in the Post Office in Washington, on the charge of having abstractod from the Depart- ment about $100,000 worth of United Btates t and about $5,000 worth of postage stamps, The dotectives also arreste! in Baltimore Wm, B Cud- lipp, of Weshington, charged with Leng an ac- complice Our Generals. New Assignments Thomas to Sapercede Mtalleck, Lte, Washington, May 80.—-Major General George H edict according to the evidence, under the law as ven to them by the Court, An eflirmative auswer thie question will be sutticient for the Court to rect the jarymen to serve. Arrangements are bow wing made to summon a panel of the most intelil- lent cltizenaof Washington, from whom to select e jury for the appiosching trial, which I am wid ill take place some time next month, nb } SUN. K. WEDNESDAY, MAY Kentucky, and a few months more of necro enitat- menta will enttle the question of elavere in Kentacky independently of the Conatitutional Amendment. May 80.—The Gazer basa Naehville Crncmnnat dispateh which says: General U, ton bas arrived here with the archives of the State of Tennessee and gu. Mu inepecie, The Senave passed the Blecuve Pran- chite I'L yesterday, by a vote of 10 to 6. Champ Ferguson haa been cap ued, and le cioely confined iy Nashvolle From San Francisco, Overhauling the Pitlibusters thizers impiicat San Fran May 26 he examination made tothe cicunetances aitendime the conspiracy to the Devutsan @eamer Coton, at this port these fac #: Partics on board the LU ontes, some number, eniieted ostensibly (o proceed to Arte fou the Mexican coast, in the an ty the gare of Williams al sanding th speditien, and Qnother by the name of Nungert Army of the ,Pototnc rona, but realiv to Gult of Cailtornin was the ¢ !, late of the quent to the detention of the Brontes by the authorities, Williama, and others ze the Colton ber @ a piiva fome of the leading partion fo the conspirac, were formerly known as rebel aytuipathieers, The Mexican Gea. Very A wae ite Colone Su oncocted @ scheme to run her to sea, and use er againet Freno commerce t of the Juarez Govern ut, nade latve advances of money to Willinma, as leader of the Finteration «cheme,until he ascertained that the mw waa lkely to be infeapplied, when he gave information asuluet Williams, Williams bad given others to undcretand thas the seizure of the Colton war uv stood between the Mexican and Pe. and that (be ehow of force iu mak- juit the latter @f ruvian nuthoritie ing the seizure wae necessary to a any blame in the mat The scheme also conten Plated the seizure of the French transport Phin.when ehe came down Mare Luand parties ar rested are in Clty Prison charged with conspiring to comtnit a 1 The trial « ma pirates continues, The etter of the Bt etary of the Navy, Mallory, shows what waatole done, The eenu sien ted. The prieoners setup ant @ that wereer ae lU id bee ered as prisone t t From ‘Mexico. The brie KE. Ty nd arrived yesterday from Mata wth dates tothe 6th, Business the markets being glatted with merchant prices cullag very low, The Liberala still held Mon-, Gene, Negreti and Cortinns, with 4500 men Wore iy tiont of and demanded the surrender of Mata tworas, which was iefuaeo by Goa, Mejia, in command ot the city, who waa re tre hold nforced by aboot Tu F from Vera Crus, and expected to be able to plac The Conspiracy Trials. Now and Highly Importart Developments Washington, May 3 Viritore of both exes con tinne to crowd he Court room alintet te euffoeation Jobo B. Hubbard, Joho Keterte and Chaties EB. Feliows, of Colonel Maker's deiecttve foree, are in atrondance, enforeine order and courteonourly at- teuniny tot tution, Tho record of the previousday having been read. the proeseution proceeded toenl! three witucesce, the remaining be ing tur th « 1 \ Lew aves ‘ wate bolt Q he four se Those Leen enes Btate of North Carolina Q tare whee you ever saw Jefferson Davie recently at Cb CA. Hertoppped at my honse on the t lust: he m addoree to the ¢ ngion on the stepe of tay house, coor of the announcing the «rene oon a telouren woe L nites st Q Fiom Y Breckinrid Davie rend ut telegram crowd Q. Look at that x itine wo witnete a telegram A. I asbould The despatch was then re a4 follows “CO nEEs April 19, 1565 “Hime Exerurency Prrsivrnr Davie t ident Lincoln wae assassinated in the Theatie in Wash ne- ton on the nigh of the | inet. Sewara'a house wae entered on the ene uicht d he wae repeatediy stavbed, possibly mortally wounce! (signed) fx, ¢ erit is the same dlepateb may thetic wee Darcninniper” Q. State what Jefferson Davis aa d after reading this de lect bie precise languagey A Upon the eonelnaion of his loud end it we Are Bure tore yateh to the crowd, and endeavor to re speech to the pe inde thin re better that it were well are the wordey ‘ da Q. State whether or not, in a day 0. tw + Davie | John C Bre +4 aud others t AT? your houre | aenaweination of the veraation®y A, Yoo ine 1 1 President Lincotn Brees sari nuk to linvie that be * se rotten it very mock, Gaal it # aa untor tunate for the pople of t th at that time; Davis replied, “Well, General E don't knows it it were to be done at wll it wee better it were well done: and if the same were dove to Andy Johnson, tho Iva’, and to Secietary Stanton the job would then be complete, Q. State whe'her or not the 1e- gret which John ©. Breckinridge exproseed at the Aeedseination was becmure of ite er ality or aituply bees: ee it was uutostunus for the of the South coneustion, there tho uct A. Of Mieeachu- atthattine’ A, Tdrew the istt waa no remark eto the Of what Btate wre > wolls atiy HIMONY OF d COURTNEY Q. Wher 5 reside’ A, At Charlotte, N.C T was engaved there in the te busines in con. section with the rouhern ba # Compan : Look at the teleriey puteh of whieh Mr. Bates has Just eppoken, Rid plate ror pot It passed over the wires at th ate indicted? A. Yeas © copy Of bbe Ineermes raphed on the lvth of April last to ron Davia Hom Greens. boro, an sned by Jolin ©, Breekinridge ; the wage wea teceived while Davia was enroute to Chai lotte, and was delivered to Lin at Mr, Bate's house, in Ch ytte Judge Advocate Holt then etated that inasmuch as the counsel tor the p er Spangler, had not as yet opened the care ‘or ‘ +, he desired to eall another witne rithe prorecution In retard to that prisoner, No objection beiag wade, the following wituess was called that ies tr TESTIMONY OF JAF s RITTER ARK By Assistant Judee Advocnte Hingham —Q, Btato whether you were acapen boru’s Theatredown to the 14th of April inet’ A. Las, and was proaent ¥ ithe Presiacnt wae eho, YQ. When the shot was fired, did you hear aby be step (hatmoan'? A, Tdidj J was etand slout the centre, behind the » when rome wd out, Lhe Preadent ie ehot! theo leaw ainan running aeroge the ataxe toward the back door; he had a ke he iu hie i bast entaue, and ee Lemme up to truck at me with bie put and elammed the door and tound ued very seuaily ; ab Which way, and [ eon got out, but the man had got on his hor wnthealley; I then came in and met Spanier, be roner, aud be kind vuth with his open band and 1 Way be went," on the muush, and he jor me aud I jumped back; he the the door abut; then | went wot it was fast; could notget it that time somebody cried auawered “ this w Don't say whi what be meant by slappin guid, “For Giou's sake, elu Cross-cxamined by Mr. tving —Q. State where you were staudinug whe ou beard the pistol tired? A. Ip the centio of the stage. Speneler was about in the same piace, just about whese #e shoved off the scenes: he was stauciug there aud seemed to look pee Q. Did you know that jhe pistol had been thed muedint atier it happen A, NOt Fight away Idid not know what Led happened uatll I bes somebody balloo stop thar mau, (ve President bs shot, GQ. WhO you Gauay HOCK WKesGOKWUME Wee BoUUMOT T Rebel Sympas | 1 weked lum | 31, 1865, A. At the eame place where [left him, Was there acrowd there’ A. The actors were th ate ny neers, there were some woman standing thi ing to the theatre, one of them they used to call Bhe woe three or four feet from me when Spangler etruckt me Did she hear Spangler atate | the words you Lave elven? A. I do not know ; h spoke in his uenal tone, He looked seared and kind | erving, Q. linve you mentioned what Spangler ditt d 1] ouy oy ict told Gifford thar Spang- sok say which way be ran, Q Did \ the door? A. You air, but I did not eee him shut it THE DEFENCE AGAIN TAKEN UP, Jerry Dyer, a witness for the defence boing called, said that he had before stated that he hed never cone i to Vie nia be in ended to ay be had not crossed the Povmac since 1 bat dd go to Richmond, Vireial ttime with the party who had been eleeping in the pines Uy Aemetant Judee Advocate Bineham. Q. Who | Wee (Le parties whom you accompanied to Richmond at the tine of « you epesky’ A. Beujamin Giwyn end Andy n; TL went there to avold a « Q Towbat p ves do vou reler in your teati wt A pines about Mudd's touse; I ee tin the pines at night. Q. Who ted you? A. Dr, banuel A. Mudd By Mr bawine Q. State whether you know the Prisoves, Dr samuel A. Mutdy A. Tide. Q@ Were you at chureh in the vetehburhood on the Bunday at- ter the apsassination? A. Yes, sir, and LT eaw Dr, Muid. Q ste whether you heard Dr, Mudd say anything a® to how he soya ded the assassination ? eeietant Judge Advocate Hingham objected to the qui ation, Mr, Ewing asid he wanted to prove that Dr, Mudd spoke of the ramaesination as an atrocious and olt- and @ terribe ity to the country keof it venerally among hie neighbe so church in that wary. The prisoner was charge with a concealinen! of the fact of these two men be- ing at hie hones, which war a concealment extending over Sunday ; and hie declarations showing his feel- ines with relerence to the crime cariug the time he allered to have boen acting accessory to it were aduiseible, The obection of the Judge Advocate Witte fustwued, aud the question was Bot pub TRATIMONY OF JOBHUA T, NAYLOR Iiv Mr. Stone -Q Where do you reside? A, Tree side In the Kighth Election District of Prince George County QY State whether you know the yeneral reputationof Daniel G. Thoniwe? A. It iebead; 1 would not believe him youeverk underoath’ A No you ever hear it charged upon bh ty that heewore taleely F A, d don't kuow that Lever did To reply to vome further questioning, witnear teati- fled that the reputation of Dr, teor idd, ae @ loyal than, Waa un) ral in that neighborhood TPOTIMONY oF WILLIAM &, MUDD, Ity Mr Stone. Q. Do you Know In, Samnel A. Mudd? A. ido; Plive near him, Q Did you any person staring out in the woods about lr, Muda's during last year? A. I did not, TYSTIMONY OF FIANCIS #, WALSH, Ry Mr. Stone Q Whore d been residing In tats city ein Q. bo you Know have owe him my employ fora house, | ue he vas light you A. Thave # 1ST; Lame druggist, nor tiaroidy A, Yeo, L r «ince he was a boy | he wasin monthe aaclerk; he lived ininy ing oljectiouable ia his charneter; trifling im some things, but fn hia moral char leuw nothing to find fault with; be wee in tie eeneral charncter jormeot a boy than a man; be was eeaily influenced or pereuaded by any one around bin; bis age ie about 22 years, TESTIMONY OF JAMAU NOKERK, By Mr. Sto 4. Where do you reside? A, I have lived Navy Yard, iu thie eity, since Ds77 Q lwy know the prisoner Maoldy A. T have hiown bin from bie bith, aud have beeu intimate io bs tanily for about embteen or uineteeu years Jhavealware looked upon bimee a licht, titling Voy ot very little reliabidty, aud easily intlueuced by why one around bim TEATIMONT OF WIDLIAM IL HIALATZ Hy Mr. 8 4) Where do ocreaidey A, Thave Lives io this etty tor tithe Q. Stale whether Al have ke you know the prleoner wa jor nearly thirteen yea! Tthink hint more of # than aioen, be never associated with oon at all, TiSTIMOSY OF EMMA HAROLD, Ity Mr Stone. Q Sate whetver you are the atater of the pemoues, David FE. Haroliy A, Taw. Q. State whetuer he wee at bome on the |b oOo bevieary iat A. Yew I cememner t he was, Q Btate what is the ta. on eau and at which wan at Jbower A. the ith, 2 remember th wv by the } ines Hat E biought @ piteher of water up rtaiia be © hall and wanted I should etve it to Vihbay Pwould noo give st to lian, aud he tied jo take itaway from me held on to it and it wae epilt over iu That wee the puuday morning after st. Valen Q Aud) ou do not remember hie being a those ties? A MMe was at home, but A emnuot ta the day A HENKEL GENEGAT CALLED TO THE @TAND, The rebel Mayor General Edward Jonson was bere called to the Stand, | | Hefore this witness ta sworn I wish ubuit a® mnotiog Ww the Court, f wil atate the nwhich Dbare the motion, tle wed Kuown eit ww to ® great lcers of the army, puso bow oa the ward Johann, was edueated at the National Military Academy at Govenlwent expense, and that since that time, for yeurs, be une held # commission in the |} Army of the United — Btater, Ik in well known in the army, that ithe s condition precedent tor weion that an officer shall take au oath of alle and fidelity to the Government, | In iseiit Lecame my duty a# au oftce:, to fire upon « | atuwli party of which thie tan woe @ tember; that | party ured upon, etruek down and killed loyal men | | otal Howe vhowerw fb the eecvice of the Goverument; since that time it is notoriour to all officers of the army that the inan now iutroduced here as a witness has | opeoly borue art against the tuited Stat ercopt nhe has beeo & prisouer iu the hands of the Gov- ment; J unsergand that it power tt all testify betore (his court be comes here aa @ wit peas with bie menus fed with the biood ot his loyal eountey meu, shot by bit or bie aselatants iu Violat.on of hin wel oath a 6 map and we an officar, | oul mit fore, to thie Court whether ho ¢ not etanu in the eye of the law as perent witnees I revard th wines of & taan etanding in oblie jonof an oath muinistered to bin + au insult © the Court, aad an outrage upon adiuiuietrauion of justice t move that this tian baward Johueun, be eyected trom the Court a@ an ane competent with General bikin wae gisd the motion had been made The intotuetion uf such @ tan as the witness was the beiehe of importance Mr. Aikeu—1b wal Le recollected that at lenst one yaa who bw borne wiue aeainet the Government iutroaueed bere by the fade Auvocate without tion of any meuier of the Court. , 6 tus persou appour here aaa vyorunteer with Mr Alsen snot Lhe Judve Advocate General—"{ feel bound to gay. Lunt aaa rule of daw, beto.e @ witness can be ren: dered #0 infainour «ato become absolutely ineomp tent to teetily, he niust be convicted by judicial pa cvoding, and the record of the proceeding must be produced ae the basis of t yo leuey General Lew Wallae for the eake of the charucter Of this auvestigeation, aud for the ake of public justice, not ior that of the porn introduced us @ Wiluoes, Lut toe Chatot the prisuuere at the bar, now uh trial tue ofheor making thus motivo will i (General Howe" Upon the #tatement of the Judge Advocute Geueml, thatthe persou ie ab incompetent wibuees, | withdraw 6 Kxamicution by Mi. Aiko &. State your present etutus as O privouer of wart A, dame Luited Slates priroue r, capbured at Nashville, now contined b , Boeton harbor; | was ap officer of r the rank of Brigadier General in the Confederate ptates Army ivous the year 1504 up to the date of iny cupture. Q. Ave you wequanied with Henry Von Bieumacker? A. d om equated with # man who went by t bale WY Wee be @ biewber of your | stall fA. He wee vot, Le Wud a private, be belouged to the stowewal brivwde ~al Virwinia iotaptry, | | think; the vd Vireins iutaniry & part of the Bone wall biwade, aud that was oue of the brigades of wy divinon) an the month of May, 1505, @ wen ae. cost in Richmond by my uame and the rank L | Lore in the Laited States Army, a@ Major Johuson; } he tod me be bad served under tue, Judeo Bhusham— Wot bos that to do with it? There bus beeu bo enquiry wede as to ble service under Well, hometme in Richmand and ap- With plied tor @ position tn the Engineer Corps, stating tuub Le bad eersed under me previously ; tua be wae 6 Pruseian ty birth, aud au ensincer by é@ducation, and waouid like W gel inte the Kuxinoer Corps in our tervice ; | bad uo euch possiou ta give, and he lett me; | waa then ordeied Fredericksburg ; fa about a week (his mau appeared there and again made ap- plicullon tor @ pos. ion) either in the ineesr Coipe or ou my staff; Ltoid bin I could not give him « position ib ether, but that if be would enlist aa 4 piivale, fom bie :epresentations of bined us uu eo» Hones aod a dreughteman, Iw pat him on daty Wee bbmiuwse Core We W PriVaLe | Ob iwee Goudie PRICE ONR CENT_IN GOLD ‘\TWO CENTS IN CURRENCY, tions he enlisted ara rere in the Stonewall ad dt amigned him to special daty at 1 wae afterwards told he had left. Q. Was bjected to court-martial at that time ? Question objected to by Judge Bangham, am the yun! that the records of the Court must be pro= duced. and he did not think there were any Courts down io Virginia in those days that could try at all. Mr Aiken stated that, aa under the cireumetances ther Je of the Court could not be produced, parole evid could be admitted, He presumed the ques Vion was not reriously objected to, Obiection eustained by the Court. Q. Where in Virginia waa your encampment, the batile of Gettysburg? A. Near Orange Howe, Orange Uo. a. Q Did von ever, at any Meeting of the of your division, hear icra for nation of the Prealdent of the tansleation a A No i Ser did Lever bg its Ouof the President alluded to by any todi~ vicual in my divialon as an otyect to be Coated, - Are you aequat 1» Hooth, the actor A. I did not know, 15 fact, that war such a mam until after the areassination of dent Lincoln. Q. Did you ever learu auyihing while atthe Sout of a eocrot asrociation by the name of the KRaiwhte the Golden Cirele, or sone of Liberty ? A. L never knew anrth og of them. Q While in Richmon have you heard it freely spoken of u the atreet @ Anvong your ncquaintances, that the assassination of tho President of the United states was e result to be accomplished ? A. I never did: ae Laaid before, | never heard any ollic Siinde to the aseasaination of the Prossuent aa dear abie, to the best of my recollection, Q Lid Vom Ste.nacker state to you that he «usa deserter fram our service? A. He atated to me that he had de- serted, or attennpted to desert, and was apnrebended Croes-examined by Judge » tlave you ever beon tn the service of the United States? A. I have. 1 war educated in the ( nied Biates Military Academy. L graduated in 1855, aud had been in the United States army down to the breaking out of the rebellion, L was Captain and Mievet Major in the 6th Infantry at that time, TF tendered iny resig- nation to the Adjutant General of the United States on May let, aud | received ite recoptance tn June following, T went to my home in Virginia, where L remained a fow weeka and then entered the Con- fedeiate Sta'es acrvice, and nave been in it ever eines, Q What wasthe final rank held by you inthe rebelanuy? A. Mayor General. THOTIMONY OF MIU MANIA JENKINA, Fxamiued by Mr. Btone.- State whether you know David Fo Heroldy A * 1 know him, Q. Can you state whether he wagin Waehineton on the isth of Inet February? A. Hie waauttiy house on the 18th, aad received iny rent, TRATIMONY OF THR REEL MAJOR 1. 1 DOUOLARS Examined by Mr. Aiken -Q. Did you ever hold @ comtuision in the so-called Coutederate service? A have severnl = My ou was that af Majorand A. ALG. Leerve chon the staff of Major Genernl Kdward Jobneon, Q Are you ac~ quainted with Henry Vou steinscker? A. Tknow a man hy the wame of Von Steinwker He ware private in the vd Va, infantry, Sronewail Brigade, Q. do you know of any secret meetings ever belong held ip your camp, at which the asaaetoation of President Lincoin was discussed? A. Nov ldo aot, TESTIMONY OF OBO AT IFINKICK A, Examined by Mr Alken Q Have you been fo the service of the so-called Conteder rtatesy A have, as engineer otic fF atone tine on the etaff of General Hdward Jobneon, Q. State whether you are aequainied with Henry Vou Steinacker’ A. Tt am He woe deinched Q. Did he ery A, No ae tt fh place (uyous camp, at eloch the asenesi~ dent Lincoln was discussed ¥ A. None A. UL reside in Prince George County, aod have beem attending barat Mra. Murratt'a place, for Mr. Lloyd, Q. thd you eee Mr. Lioydon the Lith of last Aprilp A. Yea sir; he woe pretty tht wheo Teaw bin; he whe colng round to the k next Laaw of bin be wre tint was in rweoks before, he had teen wearly every day and might TRTIMOSY OF J. 8, JENKIN, M Feo tow bagey, and the wluvey; Mie Surresg seht prouty Examined by Aiken Q. Whe do you realdo? A. In Prince ¢ County Wore va D you not at Burratiaviiieon the ae f Cpeitiaat PAL war, Q Are sou acquriniod with Lawied, W 5 man’? 4, You: Deestat Sicattevilla att érove up tothe be uae with Mee. Surratc M u howeu we a lever from ve Calvert, via obtained by Charles B. Calvert att, and I made the interes: catoa Were you at tae place Ito) d drew up? “A, Yea: he wae ves) much tabeete cated; Mie purrats laa been ready to start awny tor soins time before Llayd diove up; ab with Capt Geyn, aod when he « Q. Have you, io ail your interegurne rut’, heard the judg: © place TRNTIMONY OF THOMAS ©. NOTT, Examined by Mr. Aiken -Q gWhere do vou reatde? | | | | Mre. Sure her breathe a word of dipioyvalty to the A, No Have you been frequent. of Mra, Barratt when Unlon troopa » Yes, She was in the habit of wee passing T giving them milk, tea, and such other nourl Hunan arabe bad in the houve and sometimes she waa not defective eye aight on her pat? A T have beem present when ehe would be unable to read ormew ty wee light. Q. What wae the reputation of Mre Sus fatt for loywity ¥ A. Very rood, Crosa-Fanained by Col, Burneté— What relation wre yon to the prisoner Mm. Surratt? She taiuy aie ter, Q. Are you now under arrest? A. Ten: lawns arree od wud brought here Inet Thursday weok Where were you on the eventuy o the day previous to your erreeth At bigyd's Hote! Did you mest atthat plice mw Mr. Colllnback? A, Yee, Q. Did meet a ina by the bame of Cottingham there? “ Yea, | went there with him. Q. Did you a4 time and place way to Mr. Collinbsck that 4” like hit andertook to te yea would see that they nometiied he was pai 9D; 0 you know ef a be or Aa is fuel your ¥ wo t : Ttoid hlin F understood ge wae 2 ane ness, that he was to ben etrong diness ugainet my sister, and | told bin be ought (be. ee aie had raised bis fauily, Q. Did youcwb hin alia? Ao disremember, Q. Ind you taik about John IH, sur rate's going Wo Riehinoad, or wention auyihing about piper he had showed you Fiat he hud Leeuw Ricbe mond! A. Noy never mentloned J. Vi. Sariatt's name. Pid yon Bot Use Ureats awminet Air. Colllaback?. Ido not think J did, only tn ceference w the pulla piers Ltold bin L would look at bin etatermous And if you found to the pubile prem Unt he bad ena- tified against your sleter whatdid you say? A. luo not recollect. Q. tlow did you atand when thy ju tion of the secession of Maryland was unde, discue- glow! A, Lepeut three thousand dollars Ww hold her im the Loon, Q, Mave you wever taken part in any way against the Govesumeout during (ugenure war P A. Never by act, word, aid or sympathy woh the rebi by Mr, Alkin-Q, State if you kuow for are under arrest? A. 1 do not what rey TPATIMONY GF ANN AURRATT, Q. State your full name tothe Court, A. Ann EB Surratt q Arg you under arrest at the prea ele, Twas a*rested On the 17th ef il; coufined tu the Ola Capitol Q. Ate you wquainted with Ateeroulr A. I Baoa! met bim at our houre ot Woashlagton City ; he firet came there, & tlouk, in February; Sie thi not Atay over uigbt, to un Knowledge ; ho used to call sowetuines, now aud thet, Atzerott was given to understand that be waa mot wanted at the house. Q. De you not Know ot frejueus iuetances in which Mis. Surratt failed to recocnize her friends? A, Yes, eir; abe dy vot able to soud oF sow by gaglight; ehe seldom eewed of even uo dark day, Q. Do you kuow Lowie J. Weichuunat A Yeo; be wae a boarder at mother's hous. @. llow wos he treated theret A. ‘Yoo kindly, Weichuaa engaged & room tor Atzerott; when he eane, W M man aud be used (0 make private sine to vocl ober, Q. At what tiie did Payne fret come to your house P A. He came one nivht alter dark oud lett early the pext moruing , it was after Christuius not Vety long etter; wo did not see him again for come weeks after it was Weichman who browit 1 in then; § went down etaira and told mamma le wae thos A mo ve did not understand it, and did oor like etran, coming to the house, hut to treat him politely ; he called two or three tits after thet, Q. Were you ecquainted with Hoo! A, Yes oat) he wie lost at our bouse oy the Mou jay before (U6 Assassination; the Carring® Was at the dw ready to go whenBooth came, the had been epeakiow about yons aday or wwo be fore thatan auiatiorof business Hooth aid not remain overatew minates: Y. Lo jou o“nize that pice ture as ever belonging Wyo (he plewure buown in this record as Spring, Summer and Autumn, was then shown tothe wither Yea, air, it wes enw me by the nan Weichwan, | put one of yoth's behind i, inthe same tiame, becuu-e my brother tome be would take them @say frow me, anisolbidit’ & Were Booth and your bother ou friendly terme? A. Me used toenail and seo Lim, sormetines. Que day 1 Know he said Hoot wv cree ry’ eud be wished he would not come thure, Q. Mise burrett, did you at your mether's hows st any tune op any epouniog ayer Beas» Word browtoel as to any plot oF pial eplrmoy in existence to a the Presideat ot the Luited States & Nef var esac Did you ever hear Sy reimarke wade with reference tothe sssussination of any member of the Govern~ mouth A. No air, Q. Did vou ever hear it discussed by apy mumber of the tually t capture the Presi (Comtinucd om the Lom Pege,