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a a e.anm Jjarvi ‘ _——— THIRTY.THIRD YRAR. ) NUMBER 10263. f The Latest News By Telegraph to the N. Y. Sun. THE TEXAN EXPEDITION. Sailing of the Balance of the Fleet, NEWS FROM TEXAS. Anarchy At Galveston. Magruder Warmly ~ Denounced. AFFAIRS IN NORTH CAROLINA. Bapid Restoration of Prosperity. Negroes Seeking Their Old Masters. LATER EUROPEAN NEWS. The Alabama's Depredations. Reported Demand for Indemnity by Our Government. ‘QUR = WASHINGTON DISPATCHES, ‘Progress of the Conspiracy Case. The Developements Increasing In Interest. More of the Suppressed Testimony. &o, &., &e. From Fortress Monroe. The Second Portion Ready to Start—Ar rival of the Rebel Governor McGrath, (Correspondence os The Suny Fontases Monnor, Jnne 4, The second portion of the Texan fleet, comprising the troops of the First Division of the Twenty-tifth Army Corps. under the command of Brie,-General Draper, have been seating on transports in Hampton Roads, Va., (preparatory to sailing Southward) for the pest twodaye, Everything which will conduce to the comfort and health ot the troops on the long and tedious rea voyage, is being forwaided with all dis patch possible, Major-General Weitzel arrived from City Point yesterday with hisetad He bas relectod the Western Metropolis for Lie fing ehip. It te aup- fored the whole fleet will be off before to-morrow morning. The transport ficet tn the harbor com- prises the following vessela: Weetern Metropolis, Cioucna, Empire City, 1. P. Everman, Louise, Tona- wanda, Starof the South, Suw . Cumbria, Rich- mond, Heanfort, Doris, Tillie and Ne; tune The mer Starlight arrived to-day from Hilton W oad, with A. G. MoGrath, ex-Governor of South Carolina, en roule to Woshington, under avres ete rom Newbern, NV. C May S1.—The Sudicial investiga- on at Toronto, dislortne the fact that the Confod- ere agent, Dr. Biacklurn, introduced the yellow fever here Inet ewmmer, through Infected clo‘hing, which carried off rome two thousand citizens, ls cre- ating mach excitement and indignadon The people in thle State are fart becoming reeon- eiled to the system of free labor, and are beg te like the change. From present appearanc epparent that order and conuten*ment will soon relen supreme in North Caroiiusa, The attachment exiet- ing in thie State between the martere end their for- mer servants is very strong. They seck each other like the members of @ lost flock, and rendily come to tisfactory underatanding on the price of lator and their new relations, The aniversal suifrage queetion fs being dircuseed with a great deal of interest in North Caroline, All parties agree in paying that @juallty to the cartridge boa is legitimately followed with equality at the ballot box, but they diengree in recard to the time when the nerro should vote, There are two lines of cteamere running direct from Weerbern to New York: alro cue from Newbern via Roanoke Irland through the canal to Norfolk. There le much rejoicing here over the removal of the ro- strictions on trade, which har given a new impetus to buriners For th nt of an engagement of rome kind. Capt, firaham's famous company of Mounted Rangers had eeham fight with a battery to? the stieeis of Newbern, which created some excitement at firet, @ wag having reported that Wade Ham ou's cavalry bad captured the town, Sorhern, N.C. ™ From South Carolina, the arrival of the Arago ycatere Cen we have later ‘more has ieened an order, cated Hil- -9, announcing thes ail the inude on end of Hilton Head Island bordering upon J ha:ltor, and pow reserved fer n.ilitary pure poers, will be permanen ly ocoup ed for mch pnpcens uutil furtbor orders, and the erection of buildings by private indsyuais, or the enlurement of those Bready ere ted, upon the sande re es ed fod pitiewy Prohiblued, [t is thouche thie ie prelsminary tothe er ction of re maneut fortifications, orern.re in Monument Arsccintou, Move. Mensa t vot in Chit op, Huten Head and Beautor ti ea the President to ie-catubush the Lut « Diettet C0 i sou +. 0408 a8 soon BF prac icable The ss veh Hrratp eays that Mire. Jef) Davis, alter arriving there exp. eaeed anxio- ty to v0 to Euicpe, ena inquired tor veseele to Navsan or eny other pluce from which ehe coud set to Eng land or rrmace, had potabiy sen Mr Davie tor (he set time, Bhe bin at e. he was takin to tie comemuutes ol Poitiers Mouroe, be: ap earance 1 son banged fiom what itwaswheu ehe arivest through the interior of Georein. uavel Worn, tauned, and rather er Pus the rea voyace and the painful changs whieh ise ome ove the epirit os he: ciean” bas blanched und e mewhat aba: pened her ientures, She in enued Wo take op her temporary tesicence in Geor, ia. n she koked From Texas. Muagrader Denounced by his Soldiers Ree ported surrender of the State Havana, May 80.—Py the arrival of the blockade. ruuner Lark, fiom Galveston, we have news to May B5:b, In the city of Galveston there was the groatert eonfusion. Anarchy and dermoralization was the or- der ofthe day, Houston wasiv @ similar condition, (ienersl Magruder had endeavored to make a speech to hie soldiers, but was birsed and hushed up, and told by them that “they had been humbugged long enough, and intended to setue affaires to euit them. velve Magruder returned to San Antonio, It was assumed tha’ po jexea would Ggbs apy longer, aad ‘14Transport Steamers Employed | Vor Koyal has | he slso n.w.@ the remark that she | coypaned bitte.y thas ehe was not s{lo\.6J to see | toleomme trip | Gl wished to retarn to the Union. der. Governor Murrab and Achbe!l Sm!th had gone to New Orleans to surrender the state to the United Stares forces, {Tbe Mobile Vinnster- Additional Par- ticalars. The Narhville News of the 2th states the real Ceaare of tho accident at Mobile will never be known, for of course every one in or near the building wae killed instantly, A man who left the building some ten minutes before the explosion took place, is eald by rumor to have told of a man nathed Pat etriking a match to Neha bie pipe, belng eogece the time in either filing of removing powder fiom some the la stored In the ordnance depot. Another rumor bee it that a sheli—porcuerion shell Wasiet fall by some one and buret, and thus tentied the balauce of the ammunition in the place, This is al) be preaching and as no one Feird gual or dispate itwik ever remain an «nected question, Vici. Dent tn the work of rescuing the poor mfortunates who were buried, sars Ewes. in the debris of the falling butidinge were, ae usual, our biave enilore and soldiers, We saw sailors rush through fire and tall bricks as though they were proof agaloet the soc dente common to all men, aud come out tearing in their arts some poor fellow burned or coushed al- Most beyond iecornition ar a human being, Num- bers ot the eufferore were thus rescued be‘ore the drt ordered by General Granger arrived ; alter which each vied with exch other who rhould the dangers of the devouring elerernt, The thrieks of the poor wives, caughters and moth- ere, ne a body would be borne out of the roius, was heart-rending, each expecting to firm some loved one's maugied and bisckened corpee. Several ininted and were borne away on the #iout arme of the tenders hearted sold) Plerent. A g@rey-heved vercrabio lady was weeping, bioken-hearted, over what she supposed to be the recosins of he: boy, having ar she Sought, recognized him by a ring on one of the fue ere ot hiahand, when her son, powder-burnt and blackened. walked upto her and raid herup eay- ing: “Mother, I'm not hart The reaction was too «reat, apd she ewooned away What was joy to her may bring sadness to some other loving heart. The steamer Colonel Coles, Coptain Tucker, wae lying foPceite Planter'e Pressand was (orn aimoet to pieces b shock, and coon after took fire and wee com- pie consumed. The mate tried to move her be- joie she took fie, but tailed. Captain Tucker was badly iujured, and two negroer—a chain boy and fireman— missing, sup to be lost, The te Dale was entirely deatroved. Only two of the crew were found missing. Ufticere all safe. A rchooner loaded tor New York, having some passengers on “board, ge then agenticnan named Baher, waa dostroyed. No word has been received as to the fate Of she parseuyers and crew, From California, The Filibuster Fxpedition, Etc. San Franctaco, May W.—lhe charter of the bark Brontes has been revoked, and the Mexican Fialgra- tion schome te atau end, Willame and ether leaders of the expedition have been held to anewer before the United Stetes (rrand Jury, for attempted violation of the neutrality laws, A meeting wae held in this city last evening to encourage the opening ef trade with Salt Laka, via the Colorado river, from the head of navication, A good wagen ron! is to bo opened this yoar t Mound City, Six thousand acres of land are soon to be advertired for sale by the Central Parifie Railroad Company, Theee lands lie along the fires thirty wiles of the road. Setilers in possession will have the firet prvilege of purchase, San Franetsco, May 31.—The overiand mail ie ar- riving regularly, making through tripe from New York in twenty-six days, A public meeting of aym- pathy with Juarez and the Liberals of Mexicointhe ¢ efforts to sustain the Republic of Mexico, is called for to-morrow, Conriderable feeling existe on the eub- ject. The community will sustain the authorities in their efforte to maintain neutrality, eo long as that is the policy of the Goveroment GENERAL, SILEL WAN, A Little Speoch at loughkeepsic. Poughterpais, June 6.-Nearly two thousand pere Pour aan at the dopot to-night, to give General Sherman leome, When the train arrived the crowd was wild with excitement. The General ap- peared on the platform and spoke briefly ae follows: * Friends—I am not going to make a speech. -locomo- tives and cars are unfavorable. Ithank rou ai for your seeming kindness, I had the honor to be a fellow- travedwr with your noble regiment, the 150th New York, I understand they are roon to come home; when ther arrive, they cnn tell you better than I can of events that have happened.” As the General re- entered the care bo waa followed by shouts and cheers. One Day's Later News The steamer City of Waahineton, from Queens town op the 25th of May, arrived at t port, The London Times thinks it may be expected that by the end of the yoar thm Federal eu- thority will be restored throughout the whole country, and that the attension of the it wil be directed, pot to the unesns by the Gov. ernment tor uointaining its powe mab to the whieh 1t makes of it when e@rabl #4) 8 itean well linagine thar the W we hingvon echou The Manchester Grarpras, in its the London Money Market of the 22) ya: The chief cause of the additional duline New York regarding the prospec Mexico; but in the afersoor fol t wee inuerstood, piaves a taiat rw Maris, who happens 6 in Londo pone D.e me tendr the movement, and to p.« beiweca Prance end Amerca Wilson, Richie & Co, of Cey on, It ie ebatod that ata late meeting of the French | ealinet aad Privy Council, M. | immediaté withdrawal of the French forers ing his views, ber by 9 vote of 170 to 1%, London, May 25.—The London Ow! | question of the Aiabama’ | an onpleasant point- treat [ritalin having refused comwpulelon, The Bank of England has reduced ite rate of ¢ count to 4 per cent, this afternoon. The laste Moxtreen confirme the revocation of the orver limiting the wtay of Federal ships in Preveh ebe will hasten the removal of all other restrictions as coon ae the Washington Cabinet ceases to exercise exceptional righ's which, as belligerents, it is enabled to ciaim toward neutral vesecls, follow the wise, friendly course of Mr. Lincoln Latest Commercial. Liverpool, 26th.—Corroy—Sales for two dave 25,- 00 bales, inclnding 7,(00 bales to speculators and ex- porters, I'ricea generally show nn advance since The Mayor and principal citizens of Galveston bad left the elty in or~ der to meet the federal officers and hurry the snrren- use The Timms tov erpmenut ie honestly opposed to any echeme of armed emigration to Mexico, and that at wil probably erve all the discouragement in its power bo fillibustering emarks upon during thr oa:lier hours consisted in the ineelivence tiom Ageeewion upen piobebiy op the authority of Mr. Bi elow, the | ntied ths mo. t Pree dent Jobneon in- Dato reprere It any poseibulity of war Notwithetanding the deniale of the statement that the house of Cama & Son, of Bowbay—with branches } in London, Lives pool, &e.—had ruspended payment, the tailure ie now twiy confirmed ant the Labilites nie said to be madtotoe £ 1 abeile ing, Confimmatic nid to have eceived o. the inilne ot Lindeny & Co, of Sbanghel, and Fould advocated the trom Mexico, and jnformed the couneil that he hed thought it his duty to eend e dispatch tothe Eu peror, em budy- The Austro-Prnustien commercial treaty with tho Zolivercin had been approved in the Prussian Chum- eaye that the jepiedatious Las reached indemnity, and the American rejoluder alludes to | ports, and sare that France Las elso angounced that The Monitzon etates ite belief that Johnson will NEW YORK, TUESDAY, J rt decline ny The Breadstuffe market te Inactive, market quiet and eteadr, London, 2h. — Consors clore money AMPRICAN Brocks—U. 8, Five: Twonties, Ti.noie Central R. R., 76% 4 Erie KR, Inst of 1d perib, The market iseasier with Provision At DO%AM se for kK, Later from Mexico. Later advices report the continued activity of the fuerrillns in Mexico country militia against them, Itw Marshal Bazaine would return to Fr Portfolio of Minister of War, Gen, hit in Mexico, (on May 24, Nerrete with 6,090 troops, andthe French that pla From the West Indies The rellow fever ts again raging among the sailors On vorteis ia she port at Demerara, 95 sufferers taken into the horpitale | of whom 1S had died, Heavy rams sugar crop at Prinided and Grenada some 6,000 hogaheada but fine weath in. with good resulia, Crop operation wete proeredine briekiv, At Pol * #6 were lowed with ugar, house. te aleo fuil ¥ nora Gatern of May let mentions that the Federal cor- vette Wachusett, having taken a wroug couree in leavine the bay of Port de Franer expected when the took no pilot f soguced on a rand-bank, from hic with the artietunce of a cane of « French frigate Le lione dock tor & iow days. The Conspiracy T Tvidence taken on Monday. Washingin, June 6, 1805.—The record of the pre- vious day baving been road, the witnesses continued, as follows TRATIMONY OF REV, WILLIAM ‘The testimony of Uiie witness whi the prewecu! a Charch in Was Well acjuainiod witt J@ral reputat on te bown bin to be open and oulepok J Jeode Jen pathy with the rebeilon ; he was elirlitly acquainted with the prisoner Dr. tamnel A. Mudd; about the let or Yd of March, whie coming to Washington, the prisoner parred w itness coming in the same direction juet Lefore the witness: did not © city on that oce mn r eaw him return nor kuew wheve he stopped while in And entered the cit, seo the secured in th the city, On the croes-examination of the wi Wy Mr. Clampits, the folowing evider Have been soquainted with Mr. J yours Kuew from lie actous that ho was opposed to Knew bin to attempt to raise a Gitta: bance at the polis, in order to keep Union men frotn voting, in consequence of which he was al- the eoverument, rested, TEATIMONT OF TOWNLEY 1 Examined by Jadee llolt,—Have Jenkins tor several yeare, From my ubltorm ty) open and outepokea fn bh (overanzens. Heard him cuise the ited States, and apy thatoid Lincoln offe: ed him not bold an office under such offen, but be won 4 damned Government, TRATIMONY OF JOUN M. THOMPRON Judge Advocate Holt- Frumined by tertrfied that he bad kuown Mr years, (hat four years ago (iat gen ed to man ths hie reparatio aie ed dimoyaity teing of an ope clara ter; witness had lived int uratt lor tro vom the that lady, wh ch aco n be betiewed her to be diay ai we-examined by Mr. Ciarmpitt. 1 Mr. Jenkina wee considered a (nic he was vot, Witness never knew « Wearhingtan at aur time to piocuio’ and the tueMctency A the p e@ Martinique She bad to go int he dry- le the pastor of a Colored on, wae to (he effect. that h H »be thatof adisioval man; had conduct and convereat wo Lim 'o be one of the moat disloyal meu in the loyal, Lut that forthe last two yenre @ was tho revereo of of the am rumored that ance to take the Douay w replace waa nt Monterey were moving on There bad been n fourteen dave, had injured tho to the extent of har since ret fai ( nadsloupe nteem-Petra t amatter tote em the shore h she wae got off onviets from the rials, examination of DH, RV ABA » waa called by was hine; knew his enim bie sym tnees, conducted oe wae adduced enkine about 15 ROWFY. known J, Leeda perronal knowl jon, bave hatred of the Preaident of the convermats inet the Govern n 1861 and 15.62, mu man; Ib isod ut his comniug to e votes of Ubon citizens of the, Stave whe Lea meaved here, but woo had not lost the veidencee in Mary do Atone tine Jenkine ialeed a Deol, when bad the rep man, Witness hed heard Govern nent eeard tothe emancipation p lic in the staiy of Ma: Tenaiue sued think it wee all wrong 5 Hes wy: A pay bhOl LO waa Me good | pier ma eewaoain the State of Maryingd ; Dut Oat be was upposed bo Bolus of Lue aola ol the Ade wir istintion boy Avot, Judee Advocate Burnett.-Q. Which he would fle he Wuer los the enid t i gow t! ath At the tistanece of Mr. bwine se fort over Dr. pamuel A. Mudd, who was not pre the opening of the Court, the jug witness for tien rerunied Mr. Ewing-—l am seqaninted with 4 Samuel A. Muda; 1 bese seeu him Chareb at Beyantown ; when l saw p there; wae pewer tr burrate Leould noteay what time bim, gnlers id retesied to my Jonna, Mrs. Barratt's bourse; the houre w Prisoner eutor was ou {Il ewec, i thi and apoft telt hat a gion ubde: the sovesumen', aud mia cor TRATIMONY OF MICS FANNIE Fxamined by Mr, Rwing- “the ther, To am te vib hie wih portion of the time thom the latte t inet, Ontne lai, whieh war Asi W ter Waa thkeavick., (io ihe vd the ther, calted at the houre aud toon | Ou the Ja of Mose he came tw bw baru, whee had teen ri) 11. or 1% o'ciock lu tt took dinner anc weot Quay, bu Medicine ior iny sirter, © cnn pe eRe SETI nit 4 he 4th of lomsune. , on the bth be Valles os in cou pany with D., Ulenfu.d. Lar COL Cd LhOee daces vin the tet that was Ash Weduieus,, which amouyt Of OF Usetion to a Juissce maviee, Wat le wocused war nob wleent the let ana 6:0 of Mach. 1b Qurike the iaet tov holes fleyneudy; Looe & being thee; 1 boar of bu Once, that wae about ie let ISO] there were thee pen Lowe Pl ® BioUBU my bietucr'® house Andiew Gaiam aod teu, Gwinn Mie, Etiine Suid. oa Witness confi uce ot bol huow that he eat home uo ter, ana | subsequently Johu W. Wire ani is us tullows Re-Cicae-F xamina!ion of Rew Wm it woe in td the by Mr. Fwine ballon was co Pheied it, Ie is addre the p orecnsion waa recaied, and his cron-exandoa- BR. Eerna by be peleooer Der, at the Catholie comber, JAS, troauced to the Precuer; & bum at diffe-ent times alter thar wn in Warhingwon city, on the street and about the hovel: Lt think IT tes bi once in the Natioua: Hetel; 1 think To saw hou lat it to cnier at the Louse, or gine Loto the houre of ars, last winter Daaw ( never vised hich 1 paw the nk, bewween Yin snd Tah, oc Sth end vib etice Teupy wae Mie, Purtati’s house; | nk rman! beheve, at that time, and aloo eekeu wl slenlimg onthe pavement “whoee house wae ipvicating the ore into whieh | eaw the prise enies ‘ tou ak woe Mre, Surrati's bouse ; could nos whether it was a two or thiee story house; | was riding down the ebreetatiie time; when f Dr. Mudd envert Surratve luca, be Ole dak ¢ RECTEL ee & Ueleesive Of MUDD. or is by bre- bouts durtag a Sth of Maich aauy, by sis sceused my bro. Teme last woth as. boure thow bis eo, at tie wk, when Le | Clock wilh eon March he car su the evening, cunbled w ie. the let of Mach ino day pitiuent tholce daw im bo! Mr, veary Dyer, (This preceo ig soured Muud, the the w De, > on + d do nea, your taster ihe nexgury at woo? A TEE LIMOSY OF CHARLES DURLL, Exam ned by Judge Holt--Q, Where do youre. side?’ 4. In Washington, & Lave you recently been in North Carolina? A, ee in Morehead City, (), state whether u pleked up @ letter written in sph A. 1 did} ter thas | now ree . Ff found it May, at the tiov 6 ®ue whart at Mor fowting in the d W AstiixG ton, April 15th, 1465, Dear Jony :—] aus Lappy to into has done hie work weil; Le iF cule, o hell. Now, eir, all eyes are om you ; Sherman. Grant is in the bende this. ease, but jell back in good order, come, Old Crook bos Limi claro, to you thet ret nd Uid Abe is in you Must bring of old Gray ere Red shoes showed lack of nerve in Seward's Johnson must Mind wa ee UNE 6, 1865. : So eR Ren ee Meni ee ee ee ee brother's oth and rou will have go diflicalty, All will be ante, and enjoy the frutte of labors, We lad O arKe Meeting last nieht, All were bent on carry. ine out the programme be the The rails are nid for anf™ exit, le alwaye 1 loat the at Volnt, Now, I ray acain, the lives of our brothers of force, and be lite of the south depends apon the carrying thie programme tute effect. No two wilb tive yout It ie ordered that no toore letters tha! t yo mall, When you write siga vo real name, and rend ty sore of our filende who are cou ing home. Wewant you to write ua how the news Was receive tr, We reerived great encourace- ment tron rtere, | hope there will ne no get. blog weak io ihe knees, Lwasin Baltimore yeeter- day, Pot had vot cot t » Your tolke are well and have hoard from vou, Don't lose vour nerve, Q. Io what buriver were you enyared atthe time? A. In driving piles: | found this letter when Lwarat work Q. Do vou kuow anything of the person the ie ter le addreseed to! A No, Lkuow nothing about him, and could hear nothing of him TAN ined by Mi ter, ’ Aiken Did you Know an Q. You etated that shige « fouud it did vot cone out: at Wael vgton, sud with t to make itout. 1 had no acquaintance with the ci. plher myeselt Lefore Leeme to Waahin atate that y° the jetterin thet ry xt deal blurred? A. It did not seem to have been the water a loue time, and was very litte binned, Q. Ware any bod ib you at the time you picked the Jeter up? A. You airs a Mr. Fereuson Mr. James Fercusou wea When examinod, and con- fired the above tertimony we then took the date aa { commenced proceeding THE SUPVRESSED TESTIMONY, A portion of the testimony araiuet tle conrpire- tore having eurreptitionsly appeared, in a garbled form, the Military Commission yeeterday permitted the reporters to copy that evidenes, of which the fol. lowing pointe will be found additional to that which has alrendy appeared TAR TESTIVONY OF RICHARD MONTOOMREY, Q. Did you ever hear the subject of the raids from Canada upon our froutier, and of the burning of our cities, apoken of aniong these conspirators? A, Yeu sir, [know that Mr, Clay was ene of the prinie tnov- ere in the matter, before the raide were etarted, Q. You understood, in your conversations with them, that all theee mon tully eporoved of these enterprises A. Yeu eir: ed the direct endorsement of Mi. Cle dry he represented himeelf to tne asa sort of repr ntative of the War Depart ment De ven nor cone er that you enjoyed tnlly the confidence of those inen, 6o e4 that they freel communicated to yon? A. Tt do, T do not thin they would have entrasted those diepaiches to me unica they had the fullert confidence ta me. Q Did ther or not at ali tines represent thempeives as acting er the sanction of Government at Richmoad? A. T represen themee! nas having full power toaet witheut ference to them : they repostedly told me, both Mr, Clay and Mr, Thompson, that they had tall power to art by their Government, im anything they deemed expedient, and for the benotit of the can Were you in Canada ot the tine the a was made to tire the city of New York? A. Yer. rir, Q. Was that the eubjo@ of much conversation among there peonto® A. T left Cannda with the news two daye before the attempt was mace, to bring it tothe Departnent at Washiasten Q You knew that much @ Pioect waecontemplaier? A. Yoaeir, Q. Y ou knew that it orieiuated (here, and had the full sanction of these men? A You, eir . Do you mean ty eay the eae in rey ard tothe St. Albans raid? A. Yes, sir; I did not Kuow the pout where that raid was to be made, but [told the Government at Wachington that they were about to vet out on a raid of that kind be- fore the St. Albans roid; 1 sls told thew ot the intended rald on buffalo and Rochester, and by that means prevented thore rride Q. Capt. Beals, who war suleoquently hanged at New Yous, was known there ae leading in ‘hie entecpriee, was he pot A. L didnot know hiro by that name, Q. Wea Le epoken of simone (uose ment A, Lnever beend bum epoben of; they were in the bebdlt of using thelr fir titious names to conver: lou with each other, «. nok bre anything about Leole? A, heeet of his mission wae con No, You eny youd iif = a PRICE ONE CENT IN GOLD TWO CKN TS IN CURRENCY AUPURRASRD TRATIMINY OF Jamra n, MOnRITS Q. Was there not a mecting of thoee rohele at thal tite in Montreal whore Sandert «ar, and where vot you were alto? A, Yeu, Q Was it at thie e meeting that Sandere re from Jet laviet A. Vos, aone | leneusge of that letter, the atre ’ a } Mf iho tyranny of Mr, Lincotn wae fubinitiod 10% A } wae tho exact laneunee, Q \ t ulstance of (t? A, The letter waa in euler an 4 shat ifthe peopie in Cauada, and the Bonthfiaers to | the Striea, were *illing to sibmit to be gore fuch @ tyrant ' thera as triends veoln, he did not wieh tot fF APOCinies, OF Romething Hike tints }Q. And sou aay t in that letter he expressed hit | approbation ot wh y rolght take te ACCOMP (hie objwet? &. Was that letter + i in this moeting by Baoders + Yor Q. After it 8 rend, ity handel to = th an@iubere ot (he tee oad by them one aftes another? A. Goi le rend it, Lthink: Capt, Seote road it, and Youne and Will Q. These were al Brown o8 rebele wea! note A. T believe they were, to the elpher Agontioman there told Q. Did they or hot all aequiesee, atter readin find onen it before we found iu; that she Ares HT pad MINA ke Pre aers DAR read 4 rwne Wand we supposed it wae dated at Wash. Se Sneaatenr + There mistake fovton; taking that asm key, we tried the etter, but ih pa Na ore, ¢ i jade, the 0 ing teure of that meet that it wos per to have thie otyect accompliabed? A. Ldid net hear any otjection raised. You sald that wasin the moorh of February: Can you way at whet tind of the month that meeting war beid. A. | should think i was somewhers about the middle of ‘ebruary, Ms Ky whom @ vou invited toattend the meeting ¥ invited me to rudd the € t 0 sole 0 . reone who we Willing to accotmplil (hie serasmiuiation? A, At that time. Q. Will you #tate whether, amone the per fona this named, John Wilkes Hooth was wmentione!? + Booth’ oste was mentioned ; [do not emember that the Jolin Wiikos was added to it, Q Did you fee Hooth yourse'f ta Cauada? A, Not then; I saw Booth in October, [804 Q. Can you reeall soine Other onmos thet» mentioned besides Hooth? A Yor sir; George Lia por was Charles Caulawel one, Randell and tMarrison, Q. Did you he thes person, Harrison, epoken of by any other name? Dt you hearthe vane Sucratt mentioned yA, L heard Murrat's name mentioned, ©. Do you know whe her ib was the sane perron ar moty AL do nee think it was, Y. Elis ware ve Jobo Harrison Surratt? A. Surratt’s name was mentioned. Q Didy onsee (be priponer, thar jo Canada at that timer A [did nots pay Draw Harod, Leaw the one who wan called bint riron in Toronto Q. Would you reecownize bit Look at there prisoners and ree if yoo recomnize bi. A. After looking at the prieouers, Tehowld think thas third one on the beneh ch war the man (pointing to Marolt.) Q Tle wae spoken of as one who waa ready toaceompiis!) areorsination? A.) understood Mr. Bandera to nay he (itarol: yuly to aocomplicla t OL ee Mtioned in connecs tion with the others be by the name of Harriaon, The « itness failed to recognize any of the othe prisonore es having tet them in Canada, ‘The following testimony of thie witness matertally differe tom the efatement alieady publishod, Kefer- on the 6th Did Harper « fing to conversation with the cour; irators, of April last, the withers wan asked), epeak at the tune or not of Booth and Ky at Washington & mieuloued as being ab member hearing Suriatt's at that time, Q. Waean)~ Shing said in regard (o their having friends in Wash- ington y A. ‘They anid they had plenty of friends here and that there were sore filles or twenty going tw Warhington Lid vow or did you not call atter- wards, aod arcertalo that Harper had in fret lett om the Sth of Apal’ A. Oo the Saturday afterwarda Twas at (ial, Harp mother ir living some four of five wiles from all, between that aod Parte, 1 escertaloed that he had been to the place Z he bad been stopping at Coldwell too, and bad etart- ed for the Mtates. Q. Atter you bad weertained thie information, that they had lett for Washington, prob~ ably for the parpore of areneainating the President, what stepe did you take in the matter? Lwenttoe Jumtive of the peeco there for the poipoee of giving ioforwation fo have them lopped hie name wae TDaviou Slate whas ceeained oa your ap tion’ A hen lL gave bom the information the thing war too rilienio abrurd to take any notice of. It would only He Appen feb to give euch iuformat Len made of suco grounds it Was #0 inconristent that no pecron woud boleve it, Q. Therefore did he or did be vot decline istuing any p. oot A. Ho dee eines to inne procere, Qo Do or do rou now know at wheat tine thie tian Harper returned from wo who were to be che lane. din tT knew of the ul the states te Canaday A.D have no peroanal know! time, une Did you bewr ihe @ dat ho returned #6 all, Q. What koowledgn the funde ty «hich ek theme ete rye we have you on the eulyec A. 1 wae i Galt on Priday carried on ¥poeen of ong these & aenin, und there, from Mr. Mord, that he ha@ we to who had the funda or the aw been La ) Lhusedey, aud had etarted beck to the hol or anything of thetvort yy A. Very rds Biates aval, the. wor the Thursday after the exean, to the rai Mr. ¢ bed funds wt e sivation, Q. Did you know, while there, one Colone hear the pr He arnount spoken of by any of chem? | Arnley, a rebel ollwer? a. t 4 web teow ANY, presented tome the. Ne dv aye fac | that he wae @ repel offteer; T knew that plenty of moner to pay for any (hin be war @ rebel sympathizer: he wae a broker paring for: he toid me be had money | at Windeor, opportte Detroit. Q. Did you ever ere e know tu wiat bunk in Montreal thee letter trem Jt Thompeon, formerty Recretary of thetr mone: and tunds & Q. No, ai i Interior, to bina’ A. Some time last tall, Leannos You know thore wean Bank of Ov ta to exactly what thoe, 1. Aebley handed mem» A. Yes, sir, Lkuvow that they deport letter which he entd be bad recelved trom Jncoly diffevent banks ‘hey tranmcted ® caatce t aie | Th won, asking bun for fundé for the benefit of ne sin what | think is called the ty aemia Doetriet wleto carry out thelcoblects in Canada, and ki itivn where Sir. Cin, "e feet ie aeked we it Leouli not contribute. He read me aenen © ne during inet “aaiieribey | the lewe Q. What did you understand from hom traneacted # rineme @ that bank snd trom that letter to be thore obiects? A. My Q. What wart eae portion there, it he | andertandéne wae that the purvuce ae bo ralee meanw had # db fnee tol. me that L | to pay the expenses of those who were noable to pay had beter not tell hin the (hiage that were tatruet ed tome; that Le (penders) as @ very goo man to other lirty work: that ia Just what Mr, Clay told ine. Q. He was then doing th work, bubit wae dirty work y A. Mr, Ciny sald be arsociaved with could not abvoriuto with; thas he was roen that they that he wasa vory ery useful to them im that way) ureini men to thew, bleed Cioss-exemined by M Whore are you Alken frou’ A. New York city orinaliv? Q. What time in the year war it thatyou guid Mr, Lhompeom wid you thats position had been mace tohimy A. tn the « th yes: tm dd uary, Q rou od, Pthink, th mediately alter that you eaw Nr lav’ A. No, #ir, Edd not, Q. When did you see My. Olay? Jioune sately alver the conversation in the ennom ile summer of soa? A, Yeo bir, in which b Thompson of being si o to pur the Pre ay whenever: he wee ay thing iu Canada or the pot? AVL from the Con. Q. Pid you ever conne ready Mr. sgriatt as Leine dvot, Q. Did you receive any federate Guverument for going to Gerdonsviie with corpaut received jog the wervices to delimy Pas + uivalengot one hundred and fity Q Was it pot one bundied pubacke? A itwos Tbave nadia money, God wos 1 have torgovten what tact ot having tec hington and ap) syed ition the forgotten t about 260 a) (be tite, Trecrived but reported the to the War be reuters W tities hav Ou ny OF @ HCE Govert Gg Fs ur retuin with the Gordons ville dieparches to ce rebels in Genada did ) ou hascau copy of thoe diepmtetes here A. T handed the orvinal dirpates © © the antheorities, and bore of thems that eeivcted to go ahead baled on, and ibove they did net the, retained, yohe Court Q Lwant w oot an explanation of Al aNAWer ) Ol Mine Tundess 00d yous sb your OA tuvony, te eay that ater the ossarenution of the se urhed to that Pies cent come of those engared in iy Cauada, and you said they ex sed remied the, bad no nlowed to p.oreed warle:? A. You wit Ji) motemy thetauy of in the ation pi. at arena hed returned to thore who bad sinetion, or in the a * baueh Canada, Q. But those yoled ib fiom Unuade eapiersed regies thar they not been wliore. to pedeooner? A, Oueo' e prities the one who pa hiner t ne belog & cormmercial Age ly Lucker -esid ib Was A plir bhas th boys ¢a alowod to set when they the. wanted J you UBue wd why sbey were preveued CDK wouer? A. |b dia not, ! ed, thous, from what | had heard .tum Mo Vhowe tetore that he bat detained hem | iuorder the, bs might chvowe a ficting 6 tugity, Your impioestion ® a8 Cuat they were ained up to that tune by at. jacob Chompeon? A. bine. ed bi Seer, Ou Lie way tue thom town the ay wiler the gap rimetion of the Is t? A. You ai.) LT Wao etauuiag @) tue Wikuow 400 saw him pare, there War no une wit r | C.0et-cmamied by duuce Kingham. Q, Where did YOu Lieb eee tim on Setuiduy f A. die 1ode by the Ouse bowade Hreyuaniown, L think between | ana y o'ciuck, and when he caue buck, Leap cris wand j o'clock, Q, Do you kaos uf veut own kuowledgo baat 1h, bauer Mund waset home on the | A. i dono, Q. An your OWL kiow | a) huse When he epuke of the martes to me in bis + mation wuiary, 1Oh he east be wae iD jou that had M4 joade to hin to Prantoa, G jrant aud oh er 1 de ed giving bie Que ewer until he bad coueuliod hie Government ot Rieh- moud, sud wae thea Oily wulend their proval, Q lid jou understand thot be liad received the aoewer, abd hud eave the direetou solowing bhasy A. Lnever unceretoud & I never aeged the quea- tien. or ieceived thatcepiy, Q. What was your im. pression? A. My in preesion was that he bad iecoived the anewer, I interred that Le had receiveu that what Deveriy Lucser said, Q, | unde. stoud ention the pame of Protesror Holcow) in con ov with that of Sauders, Ciay aud others; | would ile wo know how far you can identily him the wovemcnts plane and operations of there m A. Lmadceaproperition to Mr, Clay to carry dis ches for ‘hem, aud too thle work as a means of Ket ting Into their confideuce, and Mr, Cleary told me \#- fore Mr. Holeow), that he had authority to sien hie (Clay's) name, by power of attorney, and his or both of them being ropresentatives of the Couleder- ~"sGovernment as they called ity that trop you & thea: own @ape aes tu gO bo the etates and 1 Leo underrtood thet mininterpreted It, Q with Jacob Lhempeon or Clement ©, © aconverention with Mr Clay, Q, At what time? Tn Lebraary, &, Sinte what ie wart A, A. Trpoke to him in Toronto svout tae ‘ot@r that Mr. senders hod the letter of Jeffereon Davie. m what that letter waa’ A, ia ealibited in Mov tre Q. Did you astute boi pecmmed to understand the mature aud charseter the letter per ; tasked hire what he thoughe nid he thought "th would Jur tuat wae his expre Q. dusily the asanesinationY A, That the ene " You say that nen you mentioned y frow Jeff ceou Davie, approving of the mean to lim the letter th « pian of nessestoation, be seemed to unocerstand it pertec ly A. Yor oie; he ‘nied to understand it. &. You poke of having hoard the vane of iy ityre do seu lemember that he wae at any tine ante to you when you were in Canada? A. He wae pointe Q. At what timo wae thats and wher A. It vagin bebraary, and I tuink, vs Toronto. . W oth whom woe be there 2 did you ube vorvey A, I dil not rye him with any one, he was walking on the other side of the t, and wae pointed out ty me as beng Barratt; and tau inclined to think it wos seott who poluted him curs whea he wos pointed ou, Koott, Fords and minelf were standing on the pide walk, \. How often did sou ree Booth there? A. & few foo.k there bwoor thie tues, Q. Wite whom Hit jou ¢euer ee him oeeocatingr A, ido nus know that d could Feotat che table with hive once, at (be St. Lew pauncers Was at the save tab.e, and meott, sot pteele, andtinysell, Q. Did sow eee Bandere aad Hooth Wether! A. ido not know that bdid, oby tore than ae he tebe: wo ail drank some wine & Mr. pandese Oxpenee. Q, Waa vot Booth reconmized by them allae thet: Mead, and ae | tuily Com initiod Wo aby enter piase they were eugaed in? A. 1} connot aueres that question, for 1 y uct huow, Q Id you Lear woet pundera pak ot oob? A, know what wae seid iu the ue Miteiue of that § did ot bear Any person opr ticularly in reiation to Booth, QQ, Tad you Lave sonal acquaintance with Booth yousreah A. ye Lhad econ Lan @ €900 Tony tiibes on the ree knew him very weil "y sieht, (hue prowsrapn of Booth Exhibit No, 1 war shown ty the Q Le tiet a correct repiementavon of bine ku weetbe man, WY Whatiethe Hiaiper," of whois pou hav epoaeul A, Geoi.e Harper, rhe wituuse wae thea cromexauloed with rele eiecce to the ident os ‘ wit the man ho kuew ip Canasa ae Har ison. 1@ Wile 1 that Harold wus (he hems gave it as bis vei 4 ore tan, though he ear hi out vec OF twice iu Conuwdia and agoio be the oyu. tule le Up the 12h ot May be Court renee mbled, wheo the croms exam nagion of Me Ut peor warcoof we; born tu Capaday ther were on & Visib there | da Co. Ne vue BMA r4 fd gue coutivence of the Canada rebeis bow Be spi 4 \ M uelt bh evod poutheruer he mesting at whieh the davis eller whe road * a in Sandere’ room; 2 oF 1h persous were pr ’ . the eeubinene thabat tue dae Phe withoss watt while hie fatne aed! bis pacente ie ided ly wae i Tec President auine of the Cabinet aud leads ing enersie Could be Gispoeed of, it would satiaty the pe of the North thet the rebels bad Irieude@ here spine tn Warebimgton, it wae @ Inouth alter sb witness weot to the Jusice of the Peace, and two weekn bel giving Lie jostupony that he communicated it to the |b ant horit.os, Did not do so belore because be had uo wemns of com wuninung, The wi\nese admitted (hat there was @ Foss Uittice at Dumfries, bid place of recidence, He was (ueb \uestioped ty regard W Buriat and described bim aa liye feet six or seven inches high. rates elim, and wearing # dark inoussache; did noe observe the color of his hair or eyes aad was not poe itive that Susrats wore Light of dark clothes ; wituoe® entipued > AO ae }

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