The Sun (New York) Newspaper, June 3, 1865, Page 1

. ~ ees wwe o THIRTY.THIRD VEAR. NUMBER 10,261. News| By Telegraph to the N. Y. a HO! FOR TEXAS! Departure of a Fleet from Fort- ress Monroe, 25 LARGE VESSELS UNDER WAY, THE MOBILE DISASTER. Thrilling Details. The ty n to its City Shaken Foundations, THE CONSPIRACY ‘TRIALS: Attempt to Prove Payne Insane. AN EXPRESSIVE LETTER TO BOOTH. Local and Miscellaneous News. General Sherman’s Movements. HONORS PAID HIM YESTERDAY. A Conple of Short Speeches, we, &a, d&ca The Texas ‘Expedition. Departare From Fortress Moutoo. (Corvespondence of The Sun.) Fortseas Monroe June 1.—The Texan Expedition, ftnder the commant of Major General odfrey Weit- wel, which has been fitting out in this harbor, during the past week, is now fairly on ite way to the point of destination, romewhere along the coast of that State. Preparatory to ita salling, orders wore teued to the commanding officer, on board each vessel, to procecd fret to Mobile Bay, in the vicin'ty of Forts Morean and Gaines, with the view of making a rendezvous at thet barbor, in order to coal the etonmers cud thoroughly clean them before proceeding any further southward, Tho steamers composing this expedition Bre among the largest and Least adapted to along sea woyase of any kuown to the mercantile ser. wies, and were chartered erpeciaily by the @ifferent quarte:marters in New York and Phila- delphin, and otuerwise for this purpose. The major portion of the fleet, containing fifteen of the larcest oteamers, has sireody sailed, while the remainder, tomposing the steamers Star of the South, Richmond, ‘Western Metropolis, Tonawanda, C.C. Bary, J. R, Everman, Empire City, Rebecca Barber, Cumbria and Fillies, are now lying ia the Korda, and will enil either this morning or to-morrow. Everything seers surpiciour for the safety aud success of the steamers with the troops, to reach the polnt of rendezvons in about a seven days’ sail, The weather has been fatr flor the past week, with every prospect of continuing pe fox some tive to come, From New Orleans. Great Land slide at Algiers, Etc. Cairo, Ill, June 1.—New Orleans dates of the 27th alt, ae received, Gen. Canby will establish hie beadquartwersinthatcity in a few days. Auother ereat Inad slide has occurred teow Algiers, A fear fal crevarse is impending, threatenine iminenss do- @truction of the crope and other descriptions of pro- perty. Five mill oue of dollars had been received ot New Orleans to pay off the troops of Gen. A. J. Gmith's Corpr, etationed around Selma and Monteom-~ texpodition trom Baton Rouge cap- ery. The rece tured Gol, Hatch, Collector of Custome at New Or- leans under the rebels; also, all the records of the Custons House during bie adininistration, Col, Hatch says thas the books and records of the Custom House Prior to secession are secreted in New Orleona, ‘Ten thousand Unieu prisoners, from Tyler, Texas, ere at the mouth of the Ked River, en route North, Gea. Forrest bas arrived at Memphis, = 7 people of Northern Missiselppi are represented a@ greatly im- averished and desti Me Passports. Discontinuance of the System, Washington, June? was ineurd tom Deragrucnt Or STAT Irs owing offticlal uotlee Wafninaron,) 1s Wh and preas, pursuant tothe a means required by t th baf 5 President, ty, diree= public | tions were issued fiom this Department uuder die | ofthe iweb of I unber, 164, pareporte | from all tray e th ‘uited Bhates, exe | eept emigsant presengriad ie ence ine an Amer port fromm torelen ¢ nod wheross the | Beerss.tice whieh required pion of the iene | be cont: ued to priesof the United Stare ir poace and dignity, wh heies ter seek wo the country, nud et any ti be ttuad within pyal jurtdetion, Signed) Wiitiaw LU, Skwokp, recielery of ptate, The Disaster at Mobile. Porticulars of the Fxplesion. Over 300 | lives Lost—Vight Vntire Squares of Baidings blewn Down-Uurnig of Steamers and Cotton Along the Levee, & From the Mobile News of the 25th, we have the | following interesting particulars of she disnsior in | that city | The main ordinance depot of the United States in | thie city was biown up at 3 o'cuk this afternoon, | waking & trementous report, and epreading the | wildest consternation throughout the city, The Warezine was located in tho Marshal's office. The appearance of the city in that nelghhoilood beguais | deaciip'lon, Malor Gen, Gr ied by Col, Shipley, went to the scene ot ruction almost » end imme- + BoE before tiying eholls ceased to explo: @intely took steps for the rel'et of the suffering, and fort! pty of the elty, The foliowing order from bim will explain the course to be purrued Irapgrantras UU. 8, Forces, 2.60 P, M, Aend calan has overtaken us at unexpect mor t. resu in the lose of ina alvable lives, end a crest destiuction of prope:ty, from ap explo- sion of the main or luance depot in this c.ty. Whetner this fearful calamity was the work of foul incendias ner, or the result of carelessness, is for us to deter- mice Sringent messuiee will et once be taken to as the reeponsibility upon the Sullty parties, and ri hem to summary punishment, ier Gens tas sos will immediately place ew to insure Qwety w both citizens and soldiers, aud all persons (red NEW YORK, are erdered to remain quietly at home until no fury ther daucer ts apprehended 4 (olened) GoGnanvrm Maj, Gea, Commanding Tt fe impossible at present te arrive at definite in- formation of the number vet. However, 200 will scarcely cover the number, exclusive of wounded Men w thrown dewn and reriously wounded at @ distance of baif s mile from the exp oeion, Many Persone are known to be burried beneath the ruins, fnd the commanding General has used all available labor to those still alive. All the prominens bullaines “hom St. Laule . et up including ater, Crommerce and Fropt streets, are about cot etely dewoilehed, THE steamer Kate line was {ng at the wharf, opposive the Shippers Pree and With another steamer were torn to pieces, and it is i that every soul on board thein was lost ook made the city trembie Lke an aspen, ¢ w the foundation, the crash- ing of broken w heard iu every diiectiou, and the falling wal He the Trembling of an earthquake. entire eyuares of bul ding blown down ruins, Shortiy atiet was witue-red arcene which no tongue or pen can deroribe, or imagination conceive Four or five books eatire were ono eonglonerated Des of ruins, tworthirue o! were On. ye] While every two or three seconds ehe xplodod, an fragments and bullere whistled through the aire hich Prevented the bravest men from ening near Added to the i!ames of dermollehed buildings, were burning Steamers along the levee, and from San to yin bales of cotton, which rence.ed the scene still more frand. Nota warehouse in thet portion of the city Wae ft standing, and (houssude of men worked hoor atrer hour ainong debris bringing tor eatter an- ober of writhing and dead victims. A gumber of bod- fee recovered are so burned and muti ated that recoc- Nition ia imporeible, It is eatinmted that the nun ber of Killed will reach So, When ttie taken inte courideintion that uenrly all the workshops, foun- dries, cotton presera eir,, which covwred @ vaat aren, were destroyed, in which were emploved @ large num- ber of men, trom whom o far no accounts have been Teceived, it will be seen that the m-timate of Sue will be below the proper figure. A xr mount of dam- are ia done to the city in apecuuiary pointet ¥ variously eetimated at frum five to ten midlons of dollars, B gut eytiares of large and cortly bulidings y destioved, The wiudows of the custom und like the @ At levet four the burning were entire boure were completely demolished, not a who e pane jemmaining, Lhe t offices shared the same inte Ali the buildings on yal street, from Cont! street to the Mobie mb deputy had the windows kuocke finse Leng ot in minute particies ail Various parti were biowndown The Tatrnr bulidiug © . Corl ae wieck of jus by the entranc B sued, welgbing shout sixty pounds, through the root, which fe! among the maeiiai of the ? guinehing thiage rally. Cabs, carriages, ete Koyei etiect were capsized, and bores, in some ine Giances teil ne it eho 1. Tho shock memed to ettecs the horres great dea! more than buman be- luge. ‘Lhose that weie not knocked down inatantly eweimed stunned aud paialyzed, and did not recover for tome minnios, ‘Lhe turee of the eucck may be tmagiued v ben it is known (iat & mao wae Bille if stanly ou boaid the Kate Dale by the concussion Novamark wee visible upon his body, when bakou upaiew minutes after, ‘Lhe loee in property is line ti 60, Below st. Michael street, sud we sulleced tuos, A continued ete bie eve jooking up ‘his street rowing losing semblance of buila tely a8 the Vison news the equi whee the warazine etood. On Commerce etreet, ware- houses and cotton eheda which iined the npper poren are now but a mese of ruloe, Buildings on corners seemed to eufler most, role of them being & few feet of the grouad, Various mireion hourer or t etreet ru phuatively litthe dans ie river facing, the quore and windows were all et and broken in, bur beyond thie the injury done them was elieht. Neatly ull the covon was aeetroyed Lelouging to priv: chizeue, nome Hovernment Was neo burned, ‘The ereamere Col, Cowlee sud Kate Dale were entirey di mores There were about 200 tons u Ammunition, consetiug of murket ¢ nou powder, and namber of bi All. iidees, and ft loaded eheile, grape, eanieter and solid e pinelpally for id and rege uo, the amount of powder seachiug ov tour, apd was con- tained in the warehouse. It was brought from Gajnes- ville, and ie whout one third of the ammunition eurtendesed by the rebel Generel Laylor, The Conspiracy Trials. Continuation of the Testimony, Washington, June 3.~After the reading of the record, tho examination of the witnesses for the de- fence was reeuned, Tre! By Mr. Ewing Washington ? 1ONY OF THOM, REYROLD, Atate how lone you have heen in have net lived permanently in ay o: December, eto Washington IL wae cinpio, ed at that gentieman's chore of the bi ee Wo the front house, and purebme everytiin war to be porehared forthe house, Any repa y the hou were done at my orders, That was iny business there In the absence of elther of the Meesis, Ford, I went in the box office and sold the tickets. Q, State wheth- er you know anything aa toany ot the locke of the A Waehington only since the last M one year aco, nt whieh time 1¢ for Mr. Ford wiveave boxes be 4 broken, and, if eo, what sou now? A. [think it wae during Mra. Bowers’ en- agement in Maret when, being one ay at dinner. Mr. Merrick, of the National Hotel, ed 1.0 to rere. ve some seats fox him that eveniag m the orchertia, 1 told him | would do so, Mr, Merrick bad not ariived by the end of the first net, and, 44 ls customary for allreservedsente not oocupied at the eud of the firet uct to be taken by OLhEF Persons WAULINE teste, Those pente were jaken, Shortly aster that Mi. Merrick, necompanied by bt wie, Mr. Martin and reveral indies in, and [ woe informed of their arrival, and asked w Li dono with th ste reserved fer them ? Tw tt about therm and found that the nehes had filled then Tthen took them up eiaire to box 6, which was locked aad coulda not lv cute! 1 crossed to boxes T ands eenyrally tor » President's box, which were alee locke | 4 endeavored to force it open by applyine my rhoulder to the door, but failing in that Tweed my toot and succeeded in kicking tt © State whether that ter led into the box Proald occupied at the time of the tivation A. Itdid, By te t oceupie the box, we would take the out, and the two boxes would then te oceupied aa one Q. When the two bores gre thrown into one. by which dour do you enter the | resident box? A. The scorot box 5. Q bo sca kuow wrether that wee the door that was urcd ou night of the neoneeinitic A. } ‘uae other door could ott aod, * wee lock that weelu pen epaledy 1 no's Dueve one teiweed, Leupp ee it wa wi neo tu have reporte! the ¢ shourh Tf quentiy pwmeed inw box whorware over thought o. having the lock xe Y. Stawe whether sou have any know of Boch mcupying € r oF Chose two boxes phosty besore the sean ue A. | caDuet S84) y the tice, butit waa two | SATURDAY, JUNE ontoabor? A, ire ty of March; I with m sir; itwas on the evening of at my wife aud other isuies nd we were shown to a box the rleht side a you page dawn the dress circle: it was the box pearest the entra: 1 do not know the number; the voor was forced oren by Mr. Resbord, was nnable to find the ke, ; the keeper, LT think, was forced off; at lenst the ecrew that held the upper keeper came ou and it whirled around by the lower screw; we thea cuter the boa and remalned there during the play. TESTIMONY OF JAMEA LAMD, By Mr. Ewine—Q. State where and in what capscity you were empioy the thine of the aseassination of the President?) A, At Ford's theartre. in ‘painter, Q. Exarin to witness, found i Sp elon) aud siae whether you ever eaw any like that used in the theatre? 4. Thare: bur all ropes of this description bear some situ larity; ropes like taat are used in the thoatre for euepending bor- ropes dere thet hing across the top of the scenes: they are enlied border r Q. What ie the length of ropes teed for th rpose in the theatre? A. Not les than Sv feet; y are used forr na aod lowering the borders a borders are long etripeof canvas which are painted to represent interiors and exte- Fiore; rotuetinnes when it ie necessary to alter t they are lowered npon the siace for the purpore of te ng repainted; the ropes used are about the length of this one, . Examume it carefully stare whether it Sine the appears of ing been ured ? A, It has the appes of hav ing been eh, and a new rope woul ry ie # iffer, it a eme. Q. lroes it look as if tt ha en used as a border rope A. It te the same kindot « Tope that te ured for that pui @ but i ithad beea fo ured, I think there would be a knot here: one end appeare to have beencut, Q, Did you ree anything ot the pritoner, Faw Bpangler, a oe tion? A. | eaw him on the follo ray t was inthe The joltoring about, fr x util the military took powersion of th faw Spanier reveral tines during t dav on the Stave there were several oihers the Mando, & man by the name of Jake, Mr. Uifford, Mr, Wright end Mr, Carland Testimow@y OF We. BR SMITH Ry Mr. Fwing -y State your residence? A T live silding, and in Washineton, and am Superi of the ito tanicnd Ga Lwasito Ford's I at the time of the amen 1 saw Hoo Q iid yo art Bie wart wae alout the nret thi my impression tha: Bo Ftewart got on tt; Lenw Br Upatthe box in which the President hed beca mur dered; [ did not watch Lim any turer, RE-EXAMINATION OF JACOR BITTE RSPAT Ty Mr. Ewing Q. When you were examined for the prorecution ihe other day you spoke of Mpangier having olay ped you in the face after: your retura from follow ine Booth, and of his saying tay which way he went)” A. Yeu tatement Min, to Mr the assassination to Mr Cariand, d you from sie py A. Yea eit; Mr, € i whoa he awoke me, asked me what Ned eaid to me, aud J told bim that Ned elapred me ou the mouth, and raid: “dient say which way he went.” Q. Were you sot on the etage in the after. of the day of the nesnayination? A. Yessir, Q whatyou and Spangler saw? A. | eaw a mau wy he drees circle ermokiog acigar, and I asked gler who be \ be eid be did not kn we ought to tll him to Ko he haa po rleht there. I re ned niy work and alter a while lookod around again and saw the man ett inaprivate bes on the rieht hand sideot the sare after the. the man went out, Was the man near enough to hear what Spougier said? A, Yeo air, hy Mr. Fwing. hat time tn the eve wae that’ A. About eis oeciock in the evening of the day on which the Preedent wae seaseeina'ed, just belore We Went Ww eupper By Judge Advocate Dingham.Q. Where did you ey that mean war’ A. In aprivate box, one of the lower boxes in the dross circie, on the right band side of the stage, TESTIMONY OF LOUIS 2, dy Mr. Ewing Q.8 ed with Jacob Ritte whether you plaht of the areas ATLAND, te whether you are aequaint- ugh? A. tT am. YQ ave Mr. Gitford'’e room on the D, efier the sesaseination ? A on my awakening bins he ap 1 wae Mr, Hoo hb; I 1 frigutened gud thought arken him where Mr. Spangler was, he told ine be did not Bnow; that when he inet sow Mr Spaueler be wae standing behind (le scenes, just after Mr. Hoo rau outthe tack partof the theatre and that he sad to Mr. spancies, © That waa Mr, Kooth when Spangler clapped hin in the mouth’ and ead" You don't know who it was, it ule! have le Mr. Hooth and it might bave been somelady elee Q bid Me Kittevey h tell yo anster slapped him in the face and said, “ Don't h went No, cir, G. Where when you first aw him after the aemaseli t A. In the theatre, on the setae; | waain hie company until Sanday night when | weattothe Hermanu House and be went to eleep in the theane euppose be left ime tone tere torieep, Q. Where was he curing Saturday aud Sun day? A. On the Saturday nigh atier the aeenesina- tion he was going to 6 n the theagre os usual, but there wre sore talk iat ning the theat. being @ heavy sleeper be waa afraid to sleep ther, ro be came to iy room ond | let bum al ‘ mil night; on Suuday morning | went toc el and tit bit oyaio to he street, near the theatie; we walked ground that afternoon and parted in the evening ihe rope to ext yd iia to the wit: p carpet bag of Rpanser when he stated that it me ueed by Mi Spaug and Mr. hat en. paugh, about two weeks heiore the sasmeeinaio., to carry up seme hun 6 (he 4th story of the theatre | he thou, he it had the appearance of Laving Leen ured aud of having iain out of doors, TROTIMONY OF JAMBA LON, Thy Mr Ewing, Are you acqualated with Jacob Y Rit erepa ? say vubonthe day ater the Previdcut's eesacanation, Q. iid he eay any thing to you a1 tosconvers tion be bed with Ryan gcrdiveatly after the ereasminatou? A, Les. tle wie giulmbiing, and enid it wee weil tor Ned that L be hat nos something in bie hand the tame Asked him why, paid he He avery bard biow, andinid, ‘Fr time saying, “You know in what connection did le say ou? Hie anid Le was aemainted remarked = to Spaneit ust ous, “J know who that wee that who rau out.” Then Nideall, hat do you know avout ity’ Thot waa white the 5 ver it might Q. When did he ty ay Meob or * mehine t \ bina; that dian wae bo 1nd d eteuck ban with the beck of bis hand, and aid hutup, you Bhow Lobuiug aboutity what de you kuow al k Q. ini ' Co rpauKls v hun, " qQ. Stete now @Xm UY ¥ Lal oe said boy C nr A. bie raid: “1 followed Out (he partty—wae ciere ¢ heels; Teald wo Spanier | kuow bun.ur worde to that Ferect.” Q He said Le was riguk at Boo L'a hee. dia ue? A. No; not thas: he swid be was ne &. lid noty that he sald that he followed the party core at bie eolsy he dis, ead woeks, Pth be 14h that Mr, Boothen- | @aced privat Is andint ab dh, Colne dean to the attlee aud BN OX- | chauge of the box for box 7, one of cenuial | boacs, and one in which @ bolo wos iouud to have been beret; he occupied thas vieht e.ther bes 7 or 5; 1 cannoteweu: positively which box, Q. Duste whether jou Fa% eaysidug Of Booth that Honing ales ne Peak eavieed tue box? A, L Cau. fey Whetuer iy Wab silos Os Doge thet time, it oexw dam thet mooning sot! te: fom Le office thas morsing. & st Ou buoe apy 16a. on why ibe rocksue chal abuse Mies Gent ae end to have sat that ui bt shouia Gave beeu vu thy pp Siticu io owhtcn itwarr A, Le peel cu which it Whe ihca, we he eume in which a teliOM be ULLEF OCCuriOu8 cupsed itat box, und thes 4 Pd Ou ib tay Weeu he W.eedent oe 4 tat al juwced io fi, vibe: poss ion the would be in way. ‘The .emovas thituelar corbe: (0 the elt oi the value sad (he roca: were Into the er, and we oul O the way; thas wos the Oly ievou way | pur it there &. Bx ioine that icpe (exlubiting to wien the .ope WOUNG be hae Carpe ba. of th skOnOL Speugles) ood sta c whe. her you Know of ouy eich ope Leng usd | abou. the. @, Oud wheiwer tom .te vexbiaity you would judge that it hng lee. used? A. brow ite Oppearauce J think it hae beeu used would E Withad pot at brighter in color; itte use the ropes thet we veueilly used bathe “flies ior drawing up the eceues—what is Caled @ boru Ope. Ciose-exam- ined by Aseetant Jadse Agvocate Bingham, rou eey shat Kind of & sope was Ured iu ihe theatre in fix ine up he “tiles.” A, The wiuge, oF wt inet ihe Lore der, &. If the rope had beeu used in the theatre, ie p.oper place woula not bein acoipet suck Dalle wile by, wouldit? A, Nomr. Q. Che cope that Span. gier used, which you Lave desc. ibed, is permanent fixture, it nol? A. Sometimes we ure @ g.eat many of (hose ropes, and then take them down, aud they lay up 14 tue Jolt until we need them again. TESTIMONY OF HENRY EB. MEBRIOK, Mr, Ewi. State your business? A. I one in the Pare Hotel. Q. State whether ornoe sometime betore the assassination of the Presidenu vou weat 0 Ford's Uheuwre, apd Mr Bevbol! ehw b way Mat bo receavou a Liow t ‘ THOTiM yrora,wioi N/E, By Mr. Ewing State yource:upation? A, Tam clesk at ihe Nation 1 in the city. GQ, Btw whether, ater the on of ths Fr 1 Boothe loom es the loree-r Zed gitabiets with an uuk; | alles Ward gave ik to Mr, }OU OWN wey mii toa? A. d tun fron banal, in the Hal who wae ate bp boite bu pee. Q. Lo you know whethe Me BiLiO., Wud in Washivetou toe Le Apr’ ALT gud thas phe lust ioe Jobo i was ou tue Lith ot afaac with of thas magn, QQ w, Gis in the Gly after ibe Zo. ot Maich? TBSTIMONY OF CHAKLES 5, MALL, Framined by Mr. Ewiny —Q State where you have been living to: the port iwo ov three monthes A. | have been joy ae cies K lor Abr, Wharton, @ suber at Fortier mouruv, His etore ia iusile the fortifications at wl lea Vid Pont. Qh tte Wheihel jou ate & od with the prisouer Are polay AT got acquainiet with him at Mr. Whar tou'ssto.e, jie cain. these the iather part ol Macch OF the tint of Ayiil, Looud notetate the date, Ib wason Sunday, be wae Aeaisting te AL bouk-s Op. fug. He stayed thie two weeks aud ua, 1 think, 4 waw him every day, Q. State whether or not, if oo, Aruold Wave BOY Bpplleation jor em pioyment? A. He did, t think, by lebur, about the iret of Mareh. Y. At What tune was the auswer written? A. | couiu nob ed that, it w beiore Arnolu came, TESTIMONY OF JAMES LUSBY, Examined by Mr. Stone ~Q, Where do yom reside ? A. Ip Prince George Uc wnty. Q. Are you acquainted with John M. Lioyd? A. Not very Q Stave whether vou saw him ir Marlboro {n on the day when Lincoln as killed? I Mr. Lloyd on the evening of that d vile? A, Land he went there that bout & week I wrove tur bum w come, much, April last, id you see if 3, 1865. boro, Q. What wae Lioyd's condition at the times | A. He waa very drunk Q, Did you see the prisoner, Mre, Surrath therethat day? A. Toaaw her ae abe . rting out o go home, The buggy waiting for ber, and rhe left about fifteen afterwards Croas-canmm'ned by Jutae Holt.-Q. You drove ap | on one side of her hon 1 Lloyd wont round ty other side, dia he uot? A, Yes, ‘There wera tront yard. He went through, Whe [fires came I wen: | into the bar-reom and took a drink, Q. Did yon see Mre. Surdatt when you tires came? You didn't eee | her in the bar m didven? A No, Q, and you | didu's eee her on she firet cameup? A. N Bh dida't see her uotilaneryou got you drink® | I dissenemter whether [got my driak when 1 first saw her or not You say Lioyd was drunk; how do you know thet fact? A, Thavereen him before, Q. Did you see hing drinkt 4 Yes and took dringe with him &. Which « he moet? ALL t meanuied mir v yor aa tikht as a? A, Not quite aa ticle Q Were you not as tikht after you driuk »ou had the advantage of takiag at Sarratravilie while Lloyd went around to the kiteheu ? A. i don't know; T never tried to pase even with him: Tid not pay T wae drunk: L doa't wowhetber twas though Thad drauk with him right emart that Ay Ww Jndge Burnett Q, No vou live at Sartatevtile f A. Noa mile ands haf below. Q What hae been our by the last twoorthrre year A.1| eb wer all that time; | have never been owny f home further than Washington in wy life, Q. Mr. Lloyd woe seber ecourh, waa be not, to dive ile own horse and take hie fish, dey foto the kitchen’ A. tle drove his ewn hore J did'nt eco bum so to the kiteh uw fix Mre, Surratt'’s bacey? A. No. | dou't know anything about thas, Qo i ne before you arrived actie house had you bint A, i came mon with him froma Mariboro, sometin in fromt. and POmetimnes behind tim, Q How far ie it from Marl- bore to Surratteville ? A. About 1d toiles, Tt ten fant drive of about two and abalf hours, Q. Dd you stop toxeta@uy drinks on the road? A. No. &. Then he ew twoanda hall hours without getting any dias before he came to Surratteviike? A, Yoo, alr, TRATIMONT OF MATTITEW J, POPE, Faninined by Mr. Doest Q. State whore ron liver A. L live down at the Navy-Vard ana keep @ livery etable. Q. State whethor of not on or about the Lith ol Apris the prisoners Atverott called at vour atable and wanted to ell @ bey horse? A. There was a eratienen eailed at my atable to well einree bay bore, bindot one eve. Q. Look ar f.oner Atzerott, and tee Ifyou recognize him ae th person? A. 1 donot know; the features are bearly wie; he is the ove, is not nearly so fioutainau as he wae then, Q state @hat thieof) day itwar, A. Te was come tine in the afternoon, Q. Did ho atay there the rest of tho ettermoon? A. His hore elayed there one sor 3 hours; them he At rerett) weatoverto the restaurant and took @drink: be Beat went away With ating named Jobe Narr, after wheeame back, and the man slo broneht the there tovk hun away Do you remember Narr, wae drunk at the ain A. lie had P Hoking a tittie; Tdon't know shether he dink yr not, Barr wae one of the mechan oat the Navy Youd Q You are certalu this wae Lefore the Gesissitiation? A. You TROTIMONY OF MISA MARGARET OO 1”, Re Mr. Lee Q Btate where you live? Balti ove tate whether vow have ¢ od Stet ae him at ett the time, ft waslmmediat battie of Gettyeburg., To was there as volunteer hie waa to omy ward, aud very kiud to the d wounded IT doa't know whether he wae eor net, He went by the name of 1 oby the name of de fn the hoepital, roomed to be fine the pationta, both Contdernte una Union sollier. Qo. Abont what tie did you leave the hompital? AL The firet week In reptember, Q. When dit yon meet the prisoner, Payne. avant A, Be time that Failor Winter, I do not remember « He remained ther Little conversat where he wn Question w ted to by Judge Hingham on the round that the deciaratious of the prisoner could pot rived In evidence Mr. Joester sopled that he intended to set up the plea of tneaanity in the cnet of Payne, and while the declivations of the priconer would not be admis Sabie bo prove bie taaucnce, yebiy prove bin t ty), bie declarations were mets, aod theretore ad fall Tmet hi only a fey with bins at my own house boure, Thad very Ind he @tate wo you had laid the ground by proving aweriorof acta ot as seerination, #uick be ehould claim wero the work of en ineane mau Judge Hinghem remarked that he euppored it was the theory of the neel that a man might takes k larce enough to batebor an ox, 6 the attendants i) the Louee, wounging and Kk them, stab a sie toan in bie bed again and again, and ceecpe punishment on the eromud that the acte were too atrocious tor a eAne tren te commit Mr, Dorericpied thatall the ebreutmstanees con- ried with the neeaeaination bore upon themselves sol the work of ap insane man, The proweou- Proved that the accused ¢ A the by atasen very Hhely te rtet to by an ine sane tnan, wt » slightest possible diseuire, stopping tutes to talk fo A beKrO on his way, niter conn he deed, making no atten pt at concenun » leaving bie platel and hat there ta the roou,, aud throwln away bis heife, deliberately, where itcould he t n front of Mre. Surratts door, gettin, on hie horse and ridin r berateiy, u i foot could fo) ejusie, then inaiead of escaping aa he could very well have done, on biehoree, turning hie horee loowe, Wandering about the city, end finally going to the how fallother, where he would be lable to be ane lie claimed that the prosecution inthe prooto’ these ncte, hae laid abundant ground for the exe tuation he was how roaking, aud he called aiuen- thon how to Paone's etolld imannner in Court, co dil- fevent trom Uiat of the other prinogers » Cloropitt sald that he did uot deny the right of ouneel we eet wu ples tor hie cliens aot Insanity, or any other Lose ta tignouthy te t Mre, pur buth agaiuet hie bringing in the he place where such # inan would be ninat lik ur . ‘hnere wre uo evidence thet the house of Mrs, Surratt waeo pice he woukt be likely to goto for the purypoee of b.ding and screening Limeelt tious justice Ubjection sustained by the Court Q. Wheie did jou ce bia the third tine? A, In January of thie yeas, at my own hove Ihe repies seuted Bimeclt to be a refuece tvom Pauquhar Count aud ave bie meme a8 | Pasne tle stopped ont on hous six weeks aud @ few daa)s Lthink. He lett atout the Lewmunine of Maret WY In ehatwuy aid ey ut iwelt? A dhe wae awrestceal in lies oo to bo reeery ode hit to be depre iu ph rou ’ by you BLO hae? A ives ont | rent Nort smined by Ca b nm Oulu cet. not alleciar youey Ad ony never kuew the .easyi ; he w taken to the Pp VOst-uemrelala othce, and woe atterwaraa re seed and ie edto be Louse, &Y Lo you know whower he cae veuly to W Kon wl he Murch? A. 1 .ouot. &. Did he make any acquaine sauces an Warlinetoa #u.e Le wee boareing at your hore? A ¢ was CULbut ume night to wy ody peeks beaded at your | Lot kuow, Q. Wartie euny otner | rou herp s@luseve |tourdiug et your house? A, None but hun by Mr. Doeste the month ot J dade @ joule ty Buon wuse TESTIMONY OF MARGARET KAIGHIM Q. War not the prisoner, during uaty. ug encu.h away to have to Canadas and buck again? Nos to | By Mr. Doster, State whether you a6 a eervant in the house ¢ 46. Uenusoa A. Yener. YQ. Did you ree th prison YA. Yea; io cane | thers iu Junuary or be . bo you remeuler & gay time a coatroversy that Hayne had with the nesioghitiere? A, Yea; ve eked her to clean up hie room there; ehe raid she would not do it; he 1 some Gomes and slapped he: and struck a -tamped ou ver Lody, tie sng to will ber; the 1o girl weut .o have bun arierted TEATIMOMY OF DE, OMARLES NICHOLS, fh Mr. tionver-Have [ at any time given you an intimation of the saseere | expoct you to give bene this Court ? A, You have not, Q. state what your offi- celal position ki d your profession? A, Lain @ doe. | tor of medicine, sud Puperiutendentof the Govern. | ment Hoepital tor the Insane. have occupied ¢ posi- tiou thirteen years Viease -efine moral insanity? A. Wheu the we oO. elective tacaities are atiec!ud | exclusively by direase of the brain, I call it moral in- | pant My impression is that insanity is ofieoer caused by ply sical disease than by moral causce. &. Is active vervies in the field among soldieis at any time the cause of moral insanity ? A.{t is Lot & frequent care. J have, however, Known casee of woral insanity among so.di Iu- eauity Las increased very much in the couuiry during Whe precool War) MUGh MAGe DiCpostionaluly Khan Lie a | ron during hile tr | near her mother | noon procerdings Leing yurt b ° aitinitcmnisiniciamaaisciaill PRICE ONE CENT —IN GOLD TWO CENTS IN CURRENCY, inernase of the army ; by the hardahipe c id wold Q f the leading ey mptome of woral tnaar aeoe are ae divoreified ag the individu Ita roan, for Inetange, believes an act to be Tishity which ha did not beheve to he riche in healt an! which people generaily no not bolievs w be rights L would ree ard that sea symptom ef inoral insanity, Q Je great teciturcity considered @ symptom f A. [tis a frequent sy. promot ineantiv though, | cam conceive how tactinrnity could extet without insanity Q. Is itor not possible for a mad man to confederate vith other mal ion oreane menin their plans? A. ould say it is not itnpossible, but that it ie unfre- rot, Mad inen very seliotn confederate tocether in plane, Q. Taft aa mptom of ineanity ifone appa Tently without provoration commits aerime ? I shoud regarl it negiviug rite tom euspicion of im fanity., bor not ae proof of < = i iteat all Q Le or fe not eonduct dierent trom te uaunl mode of the world the best 5 r A. lwillen anying that no iitlou lea proot in inetar but that an entire departe the ueual tof men woud be re anted ae strong groapd ty rurpect the existence of jananity. Q. If one should try ty) tncera atek man in his bed without ever bavine seco him betore would ie be presumptive proof of ineanity’ A. It would civa rise in my mind tone splat u thatthe mou was in- 1 Wit aa proof Latthe eame tiny T persone in the house, none of whom he had would it not atremgthon that euepicion? A. ET Ritwonld, Q If the same perton should ery while stabbing one of the attentanw” lam eg ~ Tam mad," wonld ft not be further ground for eurpiciou that he waeineane? A, Brel an excla- mation would give ground, in my mind, to a rurpl- clon that the manwae feignin: Then men iarely make «# exe! Q. De you not remember earer in your practice where madmen have toll vou they were A. They pomeratly dottlu this way; An individual knowe he fe sevarded as iueane, and if taken to task for any, Anproper act, sometir wan will excuse himeelf on the eround that he ia ins and therefore not responsible. Q. [fe peron ing pmitted the acts I have mentioned, should ee to a piece of hie drawers for hie hut, reeiny the house in poracasion of soldiers, would not that be additional prot of inranity ? . Lean hardly eee whet bear that would have on the question of fumanity, Q understand vow to aay that inad meno eeoliom dis- ruise thecwelvos; the disguise in question consisted Ina pleer of drawers taken for a het Lasked wheth- eT tho digcuise indicated the work of a sane or insane depend opon clrenmetanece, I at » person dreeceime Kind tor the sake of die- ja seme person after his ar- on cerire to be hung, woald that be adaitional ground for surpicion of ineanity? A. Tithing teow: » & Would it be farther ground of enepicion if he eecrmed totally indifferent daring hi and langhed wh he waet ity of manner ely diferent fron AL think itwould. Q Hf the aan binnsell in garments of eulsive binwelf, Q. if rest ehould express a et pnitified, betray hie aud doriug hie coufinem spoke until epoxen to at oa thie eu Lis = companions were = peevish rene; it h Dever expressed @ want when allotherse “many; if he continoad the rae nerve cepts 1 of indifference, while others were mi if ue continued lomovable, 6x- nwoveredbof his would ft not be aeditignal ground fo: belews insrney ALT think fe would, Q) Are not madmen ueunly tuaansed by pecwne of etrone will? A, Y Would it not be presitie fore pe exercise auch control on a madman bo commit a crime. and recnre tte 1 should way that it woult be very dificult, uniess it won done ina few minutes, if the plan was laid apd the duections given, Q. [fa man ehould own slaves, and bette in the Divine origia of the institution, and fight in its defence, and believe that he had alro fought in der sie home if thie man, [aay, thould atiomp. to Asinate men whe aret adere ot thore he b dwore killing bis fricnde, would not that give rise to (he evepleion that he was inboring under a tanaticnl delusion? Question obered to by Jludge Diagham, Mr. Dower reptied that he would waive the question, and putit Linder thie state of facte woud or wee Of imeantty result, theretrom le tor me to give an opinion upon a bypethetion! awe. TROTAMONY OF Mit, DAWSON Q. Are youmelerk in the National Hotel in thig city ¥ A. Yea e'r. Q. Look at t letter, and eee if tt wasever received in the National tlowl? A. It treet him to comruieaion fT " ‘ Ath omnes was found anong the Laltal letters a couple of weeks ee ee ee eee ty pete tt | Before Twas here. 1 noticed at, wad the luitiale struck, | sanity me as rather peculiar, Mr, Doester raid that the proeecution themselves Mr. Pittuan, at (ao request of the Court, then read the following letter Frient Wik and reply assoon as practicable | end others about & +L aspeculatio: to the stock amounte to eleht thousand dollars and [ addone thoussud my aclf which is about all I can stand now, when oo #INK your well go deep Meh Don't fall... Ryarythlue depends on and your Hedyers, if you can't get through yur trip after you strike tle strike an creea by Capon Romary od Lean keop you safe from oli bar ipforny Tam clear of all surveillance, now that infernal Purdy is beat. I hired that girl wo charge bim with au outrage, and reported bin old Kelly, which sent hin in the etade; but he sua nmuch, Now, bad be better be strencrn Teeud this up by and if he don't math Praneh 1 receiver en through Thornton ¢ and FOR GOO vet drunk, you will get it the Oth. Atall events, it ‘stood if lost, Tean't half write. [have k fortwo dayr, Don't w so much bigh- inlutin next Une. No mo y dake will be at Green's with the hands, Burn this, Truly oor frigned) * Laon, “Hue Gathrie sends mm “Mailed at Cuiule Thin letter, ording to the port mark, was mailea at Cumberiand, Md., May 5, although it ls deted May 6 TROTIMONY CP MI, PLANT, Q. State your cecupation? A. fam a dealor tn fur iture, Q Have you v 1 Ford's Theatre to-d abd exam the ke om the private boxes? > Yea, and according to iy opinion the keeper of hoxee reve wud el ht, were made loore by force applied from the outele The Court after eome farther proceedings, adjourn od till ten o'clock to-morrow morning, An Incident of the Trial. Washington, June Jouring the recese hour Mies Anna Burratt outored the Court-room and took a seas le was dreseed in deep mournimg and ber eyes had the appearauce of being heavy with ean & during the after- w the raised bench weoupled by her wnother, The sorrowful eyes of the mother were alirort constantly bent ou her daughter with kof i bable yearning, grief, She occupied the ews items (By Telagreph to the Mew York Hun.) Deersa the monthef May requisitions to the | emountof ninety-aeven millions of dollars were toate on the Treasury for the pay of the armies A porton of the bluff above Columbus, Ky., fell into the river yesterday, carrying *ith it Fort Halleck and several buildings, It vs feaced that ® uumber of lives wore lost Brogerasy MoCriiocn bee just addressed the following circular to the Collectors of Customs; “All restrictions heretofore placed by the Treasury Department on the exportation of anthracite coal, are hereby remove.” Tas Washington p lice have taken possession of Boatou Ia!l, with the fewelry, implements, ete,, of the New York Manufacturing Jewelers’ Associa. nd arreste| the principal and assistants, on a charge of swindling. Yo Uetish etearner Bosphorus reports, that on May the 2 off Cape Sable, she collided with the schooner Northern Chief, of Gloucester, sinking ber immediately, Out of a crow of eleven persons, five only were saved, ‘Luape bas fairly opened with the poople of Northern Alabama. Two sieamere gone be- low from Cairo, Ul, laden with merchandise for that section, which sells readily at satisfactory (Continacd on the fest Page.)