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SvnoDsis of the Evidence.
THE SUPPRESSED TESTIMONY.
THE "GOLDEN CIRCLE" & "SONS OF LIBERTY.1'
The Northern Cities to be Laid in
Ashes.
Saunders' Intercourse with Booth.
FIFTY' OR A HUNDRED PERSONS
UGD IN THE PhOT.
E'-
&C &c, &c, &c.. &c.
THR BlirPRESSIl) EV1DIH0B.
Aa stated iu "iir inua yesterday, the evidence of
Ffid i y, which was an ppreasnd, ha been published.
It shows C'lni'lUHivoly that Hnder and Hooth wera
inliniat iu Canada. ' John Daeoy, a resident of
Waahiugton, ou tinrg aked if he wa certai u that
be had eii n "B ioth "and Sindera drinking logetrVer
as wall aa talking," riplied, "Yns, air, f did I am
sura nl it San-lers savs he never saw him: but
Sunder telli a lie, hecause he did nee him I t.aw
him talking to him "
Henry Van Hiein; ker, a paroled rebel oBcer, tsa
tiBcd that lie was fulneer ofBcer n Edward Joh i
aon'a Btaff, and that he had met Biotb inside the
Confadrate lines Jtut after the battle of Oettyaourg
aud in the Shccaridmh valley at the camp of tha
Second Yirgiuia R.!gtTieqt. Tift following, though
published in our "Litest Newa" eolumoa yesterday,
we re-publish on aoconn. of lt importsnx :
Q. Do you or do you not know whether thort
waa a secret uieetiig of rebel offioers on that oa
ouioD ? A. That evening there waa a secret
meeting, where I Waa not admitted.
Q. Did they stato to yo8 Hie purpose of that
meeting, and what oonoluaion they rcaohad T A.
Some officer afterwards, who wm about the m. t
iug, stated to me what was the purpose of it.
J. Waa Booth in that meeting Y A. I eelieve
so ; thev wore all in together.
Q What did ho state to jrpu was the determi
nation and purpose of that meeting; T A.. The
purpose of the meeting was, . ai I wai informed
after wards, to. lend certain officer . on detached
tervice to Canada mnd the borderi, and to deliv
er prisoners, to lay JfaHher ei ties inathet, and
inaEy, to get after (he member of the Cabinet
and kill the Prenident ; thai Wf tfce main pur-,
pose ; I hearfj that more than a thousand times,
hut never so much as at the time when I was in
formed it was the purpose of the meeting ; t al
ways oonaidered it common braggadocio before.
Q. What was the name of the offio r wlw gave
jou this account of the pr.joeedings of the meet
inir't A. Lieutenant Cookeroll.
! . Q. To what portion of the servieo did he be
long, do you knoirt;. A. To tne eiccooii v ir
ginia regiment. I beliove, and the ttanut Company
thmt Captain Jieall belonged to the Captain who
was executed at (iovernor s Island.
Q. Was anything said as to what part Captain
Beall the oue arcerwards executed was to"
' play in these raorcruents at the North ? A Cock-
. f r- lav- m . . 1
reil tout me lieati tpu on detaenea tervice, uina
uwoidd hear from him.
Ths fellowiug iafrem the same witness;'
Q Did you know of any other attcret automation
or meeting, having ajmllar objects, at any time in the
service with whijh yon have boeu con ceo tod ? A I
- beard of the existence of aeoret orders for certain
pirpneee to assist the noofede'racy ; I heard oue 'iianie
very frequently called, the name of oae Order, the
"Golden Circle," end several tians beard tho name
of the "Sons of Liberty."
Q. Wheprer and wherever spokeu of, do 1 under
stand you to sty that this seotimeut of the uooeestty
- of tbe aesasaltial ou of tbe Presideul of the United
VOL. VI
Stales was) ge "erally uasentitd to in the service ?
Yes, hi r
Q. The "detached service" of which you sp-ak,
which these oarlb's W"r to b and, vou sny ruin"
lo Canada and the destruction uf the Northern cit .
loiitc the Gitna'l'i frontier? At It oiiisi.
the Cnhfedvrale linen--fit hor here or in the North" m
cities nr in Canada.
y Did you understand that th'' 'detached tur
vicc'' was to he performed in that direct mn along ' h
Canada frontier nod In our Northern rii- ; A. T'os
"detached service" ws a nickname in .the On
rat army for ueh purposes.
Q It meant that sort i f wailare '! A Yea, s't
Q Yon Rp ike of laying the Northern cities o
ashes; did yon undnra'an l trmt th il nrai thfl rnodi- ni
which that warfar was to he ooniliite, by tin m
norcities? A, Yes, tr; by firing the eiliM ilovm
and getting th people ditw.itiafl'd with tint wr, nv'
by that roeftiiB to brinp forwnr i revolution amonfi
the people In the North : that wim tho purp e.
No cross-exaniiiiBtion.
Mrs. Mary Ifrjrpth Harlem, New York, teHf.i
fi .'d that ahe found leUt rHja a etre- ' rv wIh.m
hide ttt the then :oneinplatfid asuaH'natMn and 0m'
choice of an asHUHKin, atnl eonohiiln with the jl'.-la'a-tlon
that "Sanders ifl doin" ub no pood in Camida "--The
man who dropped tlis letters w.-r. I i'h" wlr
kera, aml'la iduntificd nn Bo 'th ti-' iii. 'm ) ot.iI tt (i
neamnce and from the tact that, l)r Mud J difrit
Booth hs wejtinj; fa!w .hlfkfrn when he raine
have, hiH lei; aet, on the niht of the asHassinalioo.
d
One of theae let t rn in 'addressed "Dearest
hid."D Is nierely lil'e'd with rmpt'i-.tof
ut'dlect. The other 'is very mil) 'rttwn, urd
Hu-
tlPM 's
IS l
Mlows:
Deab Loujs The tunc ha tt li-t'ooi tin
have all so Aishul li r, and tip-.n yon v r 1 1.1 i;'
depends. As it win dp id-il' in I re y "i 1H1, -Were
to oast lots. Accordingly w did so, and jw
are to be the Charlotte Oorday of the nineteenth een
tvry, NTben yon reoiendier the fwrful, solemn vi w
that waa takati hy us you will feel there is no draw
hack A he must die, andria Y i : c-tio -yoar
weapons. TIih cup, the ktdie, tiie hnilet. T o
cap fai ed us ohce, and might aain. Juhnao i. wom
Will give f din, has rwn like an en and dem 10 iin'"
the toeetiiij;, hi cause it his not. fallen upon him to
ni the 'vorl, , f tl.,. nc I'fici . He says i- Mooo t
In'
fSy t nirtd IhI hi r and his niilde brother rail up n
him loi rev-"i o'. i i I rev.-nte ta will hav,-. if 'n'
Cannot wreak it up .n U-e ti.uutain head li" will
vrfon some i T the lilood thirsty pjiirrals. nut ei
would suit hid). As our plat.s wne all iimroel td
and '.veil iirrintn-'l ie senaraipil, and as I am writing
n my way to Detroit I wi'l only say that ;ill
reals Open yop. You know when to hid y tr
friends. Your disguises are ao perfect and eonipli t
that withoilt one knew yonr lace no police tele
graphic dispatch, would it"h y mi. Phe Ivilidi
Kentleman, "Hare airt. ni'ift no' o'' nastily
member, he has ten days. Strike for y mr hotna,
atrike for your country ; bile your time,, hut strike
me. Vat lntrduccn, congratulate mm . imin ' i ins
atorin ; not many more will the brute tll t" tatihlr
friends. Di) aoyiMng hut rail, and meet us s' the
appointed place within the fortnight. Km li.su tbia
not together with one of poor Lsenaa. I will gwu
thareaaxiti lor this when we nieit. IWurn oy
Johuaou. 1 wiii 1 iould go to ou, hut duty rails
me to the Wtat: VbU will orohatilv hear lro7; uu in
Wtutliiugtou
Saunders
doimj
ux no yui
il in
(Mnada.
Believe me, yoer brother in love,
'HAULM SELBY
Tbe address ol "Ljuis'' was probably usej
guard against ailcb a r'n .-i m did hipp' i i
I the
datttd
loss of tbe letter. The letter froi., ' Ltjeuea. is
St. Louis, Oct. 21st, 1196.
Geueral Grant was also before the court. Ills
testimony waa mainly reUlivo to the extent of tho
authority of the oomtnarjdaut ot'the Military Dopsft.'
ment of Washington. The following regarding
acob, Thompson is intereating :
By the Judgo Advocate Q.ul you stats
whether you ara acquainted with Jacob Thompson.
formerly Secretary of the Interior under IWidont
Buchanan's admiois' ration ?, A. I met hirn miro ,
that was whan the army was lying opposite Vi k
bufj, at what is called Millikeo'g lien J and Y'oung's
Point A little boat was discovered coming up on
the opposite shore, app;rrently aurreptitiously, tryi .ig
to avoid detection, an i a little tug wss sent out.
from the navy to pink it up; wlieu they got to it
they found a little white flat; sticking o .t of ton
stern of the rowboat, and Jaeob Thompson in it ;
tbey Wflught him to Admiral i'urter's flagship, and
I was setit for and met him ; 1 do not reonlli n't nww
Jie jptyouiblip buaitipis he nil, thum seeiiied lo in:
nothing irnport.ujt at all in the visit, hut he,preti'.ii-
ed to bt nudar a flag of tn, mi, therotoro, b hvl
to bt allowed to go back again.
Q. When was that ? A. I cannot say wheitie.ru
was l January or February, 1803 ; it wis the Hist
Ba3 of truce we had, though.
Q. avid be profess to be, and seem to be, iu llie,.
military service ef the rebels? A. He said he hud
been offered a oommisiim anything that ha wanted;
but knowing tbat he waa not a m i I i I a i man, no
preferred bavmg something in 'ri like a civil appoin t -me.ut,
and he had takeu the place of an inspect-. r
Sehlsrar in the rebi'T servlei). tiU
Q. Did he then bold that p union',' A. 1'nat
was wbjttt Jjp said ; that he was.au inspectur emrai,
or assistant iiiPicctor geuetal, nith the rank ot tit u
tenaut colonel, J thltik ha said.
'Samuel 1'. Jones, a bliudiimu loom Uii biuoud, I -tified
that he had ofti u heard (Jonfulernie . Hi , i re
talk on the subject of the ussassm m,d that tho;,
were " desperately anxious that any such t ning as
this should be accomplished." The toliowmg ia par
ticularly pertinent ;
Q. Will you state any particular occasion ? A Iu
a general way I have heard surim ( tiered to he p;i
with a Confederate sum, lor any person or iMrsons to
go North and assassinate the President. t
'Q1. Do yon remember any occasion when iui n.:b
offers were made, or any aruoiiut named, and by
what kind of officers 7 A. At this moment 1 c.i mot
tell yon "the particular names of shoulder straps, &C.
Q. Do you rememb r any occaamg s nn ctoo er
occaeiou ? A. can tell you this . I heard t ciuasti
remaik oliCe tbat Ut) would . give (loiil 'tin privato
purse $ 10,000 in addition to the (hn federate amount
to have the I'reiidenl assassinated to bnn;! him t"
Richmond, dead or alive, for proof
Q. What was meant by uiat phrase " iu nldrioi,
to the' Confederate atno'uut?" A. I know tiotl.ing
about that any more than the wav tbey w mi l . x
preas.it. I should judye, J rom drawiny an injer
ence, that there teas an amount off ered by the (pr
trnmenl, in that tridhy pape-, to assassii. in any
officials who were hindering their cause, an I even 1
heve heard it dwa as lo v aa a private or citizuo.
O. I understood you to say that it wai a t'jot ol
I general conversation among tbe relwi oflicels, A . Jt
RALKIGH, TUESDAY, MAY
was. Th'ireb.-I oflto ts, a-i they would oe illi ii'
ir mnd their lent doors, would he-coiivf?raiiig on such
a 'il.jio' a rreat)lea. 'Piiev would be saving ttiey
would like In Je his head brought there, (load or
alive, an I lhy should think it could be done ; and I
hav- le nrd sii'jh thin jd stited as tint the-.- had cer
tain persons nndcrtaking it.
Samuel K. Ohealer, an aetor, testified that Hooth
told him in New York iu " the latter part ol Decern
I er or early in Jannarv " that " he was in u larye
conspiracy to capture the heads of the government, in
cludiny the President, and take, them to Richmond . I
asked bun if that was what he wished me to fin Id;
lit! said it was; I told hins I could not do It, that it.
was an impossibility ; only to think ef hit lainily , he
nid h- had two or three thausaud dollars ibat h'l
coald have th' m; I still said I could not do it; be uig
ed it and talked with nm for, I sttpp . twenty min
utes r halt a i hour, aod I still relused j lie then told
m thai, 'it least,, I would not betray him and said
I dare not ; he said be t nld implicate tne in the af
fair any how ; lie said that the party were sweru lo
gether, and that if 1 t-inpid to betray- them I
would be bunted down thfoiiith lif', and talked some
more ahnut the affair; I cannot remember it now, but
still urging rne.sivinsr 1 ha'i butter go in ; I old
oim i oi.l na.ie him g" 1 night, and 1 went
home."
I3 'th als i told hi ii tnit the plot was to ha execu
ted in Ford's Theatre. Ae to the preparations the ev
idence of this Vvitnesa ia as follows :
Q. What preparations did ho say, if aay, had1
boon made towards tlat1 conspiracy T A. He told me
that everything was iu readiness ; that it, was sure
to Mii-Lti'd, for there were parties on the other side
'i-a-lv li ' - pirate with them.
Q Did you understand from him that the) rebel
H oveiiinijof was sanotiouiuK what he was sioiug '.'
A. Hi never told me that.
y. What do you mean by pirties on the other
eide? A. I imagined that tbey were on the other
-'il , lot lie. did not say who they were; I mean'
they were those people ; he (aid on the other side.
Q Id be 'motion the probafele nnmbnr of per
sons Hussed tu ttie couspiraoy 1 A. Ha said there
tv ere from fifty to a huudrrd ; he said that wlum
I e Srs! jentioned the affair to aie
Hooth a.-rit (!h"ster fi'ty dollars b"t ne refunded to'
bun in February , and lliolh than told him "tbat he
was vt-ry ihoit of 'unds si very short that ei'ir
himself nr snme. if the parly must yo lo Rlf.hmtnd to
obtain mens to carry out their designs"
The plan to have kidnapped Mr. Lincoln oems to
have been abandoned, as appears fr-bm the following
olirited from this witness ;
Q I understood you to say he stated that tho par
ticular enterprise of rapturing the President anil
heads of the'govcrnnient had been given np, and
i iii in i-ohsi ipience he was selliug off thi horses he
bad bought for the piarposa? A. Yes, air.
Q. He did not state lo yon What mode of pro
ceeding had been substituted for that, but sirppiy
that that one "had bean given up? A. Ho told
. ni- I hoy bad given up the affair.
The ah -vi- is all of the important Items of tbe
sTippiee-sod tcslitnonv yet published.
HRofKEtiinos or i'iie 16tb.
The t-siimony elicitaid on the 18th was mainly ta
girding the assassination, and Booth's escape, from
'tie theatre. It seems that the passage way by
which he es tjil was ustnlly Obstructed but on the
night of the murder everything seemed to be pre
pared. This was prnb ibly the work of Spanglrr,
me i I the stag oarpeuteis The 'witnesaes were
mostly employees of the theatre. Spangler, in reply
to a request from Bioth, to h dp him all hn could,
icpjo ' ob 's,"trom which it is iiin-rrnd that bu
knev f it ii p I Ho probably opened the door of
the th. Mill" for Booth to facilitate his Si-espe. A
bov railed Jie Peanut held Booth's horae while he
went into the theatre Spaiigler having directed him lo
do s o M v l I -x an ! Sp inle-.were probably H toth's
aacnti. lo ptcpatitig matters in the theatre.
Tne i v ideiiee ngaiust O'LKugblin, the wuld be
assissi i of Socretary Ktauton, shows on the nijjht ofs
"tbe 18th .-f Apii!. whvn Gen, Grant wjs at Htanton'
hoiis i and beinp serenaded, he made two a'-t.empts
to put iu. At first he tried to get iu on a pretence
ids-'in (I m (rrant, and on the second attempt did
got iu, stating toat he was a lawyer oP the City of
Washington and had business with tha Seer tar y
Mr. D. Stanton talked with him a few moments aod
then took him off.
Booth's Card sent to Vice President Johnson wag
shown to Mr. Wm. A. Browning, his privet Secre
tary, but no dew points elicited.
Testimony as to the route, pursued by Hooth, and
Harold-wa brought out. Dr. Mudd'a bra in the
nlTair was brought up. Tt aeuma frani tbn evidence
ol Lieut. Lovett. one of the officers, wh persued
Booth, that the Dictor admitted that two strangers
were his houas on Baturday mrrnln after the
ass , i.iiiion. The Listit. says, at first be did not
k '-in i., can; about giving us any satisfaction ; tin n
he went n arid't. ited that on Saturday morning, at
d lybre-ik two siraugere same to hu plaor; wne oame
tu his door and Mm other sal on his Dorse ; that he
went down and opened the door, whan tne athar
man got off his horse and came into the hauae that
0 c oi i h. m had a broken eg, and that he had set
the Irs; ; l aakid htm who the man was, he said he
did not know; he was a stranger to him ; ne staled
they -wyra both strangers ; I asked him Wbnt kind
01 a .ujking man the ntju'i' was; he said bo was a
youiig man, about sovaiiitecn or ig!iteeu year? old.
Q How l-ing d'd be .ay they remsinril tharn ?
A. lie f.iid I in-v remained a ahrt tioc ; On- was tho
first conversation I had wilh him.
' Q Voii ,. ijmI Ibat Dr. Mull aid tbey wen- lh.ro
a abort tune ; do yoti mean they went away In tho
CniirS'; uj the in a nvng I A.Tliat ia what , 1 uudur-i-to
d then.
Q. Did he r i.tuiii until the last to make the
i-ami represvntaltwiih th it th.fM men were tutire
strangers fo niiii '.' A. Y-n, sir ; that be knew notn
O jj; oM h tu, he said .me ot them called for a raior,
strnp and water, to shtvo his mustaihs off ; I asked
toon it be had any other I ward : he replied, "Tea; a
loufj; pair ol wm kerb."
Q Bi 1 ioj si i-e that Biolh bad left toer that
in -ruing a. hnsback A. lie kaH one of them
went awav'on i riiioes, a i that he showed them a
w i v acr iss th') swamp.
Q Will v.-n si.itr ivh. t her you bed a subsequent
interview with Mr. Mndd '.' A Yes, sir.
U llow long after the fi rat. one 7 A. At Mib hrat
inter vi I :,ai my im.nl iv.i., nr.ideilfi t. arr-.si, bun
when to or lh r tun. : . on . , me s' .mil udervcw
oicnrreil on frtdity. ttie 'l,t ; I went lbro lor lie
purpose" of urts1 in; roiij.
(J. Sia..- wlial In- then s,;i I i.i.r.ar 1 ti thnen men
A. When he lo'ind tbat w were 'going to search the
house he said somothins uhis wile, and r h r- bronrbt
down A boot and showed it to me ; he sll he had- lo
cut tt m order to atl the mane leg; i turned the boui
down and aaw some writing on tbe inside--" J
23, I8fift.
NO. i
Wiikes '
ralbul bis attention ta it ; .nn saiti be bad
noil taken notice of that before. (A large cavalry
boot. " i' d iwn the leg, was br 'Ught in, pas fed
iii'ouiid. anH exjimi'i'1 ny tnp tflembers of the court.
(In 11 e inside, t ear th top of the leg, under the
name . I the maker, were the words "J. Wl!ks"
rittcn plainly in ink.)
Dr Wudd's statement that he did not know Booth
leave been leftlled by rvidence that he was si en ir)
lOuveisation with luiu'io Washiugivn befaro the as
sas.ieatiiT. and he afterwards admitted to the gu ird
that hu had been introduced to him Inst tall by a
riuin named Johnson. Dr. Mudd also attempted to
throw li e pimueis oil' the track by miastatemejili as
to the route ihsy look from his bans
It is but fair and natural deduction imni the ov
idance that Dr. Mndd waa advised o' the pint befpr
its excrulioe and there is no doubt but what Booth's
ajoppim: at his hpnse en his escape wis pre-arranged.
HROCEletNOH op mi 17th.
'I he particulars ol the persnit and capture of
Booth and Harold were taken up again. The detec
tive and military officers were all examined. Dr.
Mudd's complicity was fully established. 'm P.
Jett, a rub. I H-'dier, swore tliat he lind bteu.oti duty
a u Conledi no commiisaiv aaent in Matvland, arid
that Booth and Harold passtd him on their route
The lollowine we ertraet from the cross-examtna-tian
:
Q. Harold wanted you to aid bins iii going fur
ther South ? A . Yes ; but we bad no facilities toald
bim.
y. Did he seem disappointed? A. Yea, air.
y. Was Benth present when yoe were talking
with Harold about their being the aesaasinators of
the President t A No ; not when he first, told me ;
I e and Liaiubridge rame up after.
y. Did he seem to l a a good daal agitated ? A.
Yes, air
(,,i ; hat did Booth say? A. He aaid be did not
intend ti liing tbat.
Q But Harold did fell ? Q. Tes ; be had told ba
fote Booth came up
y. Can you recollect whether he said that he hvl
killed the President V A. .He said, "We ars the as
sassinators of the President," then a few minutes af
ter he said, "Yttfvdrr cornea the man, ,). Wilkes
Booth, who killed tbe President."
Jitt finally did show our troopa the way to (iar
rett's farm where Booth watt killed. As resjarda the
death ot B ioth 1 he following ia the story ol Ser't
" Boetonl ' Coi-beit, the man who shot him ;
Q. You may state what part yo tu k in the pur
sult, capture and killiog of Booth, beginning Ihn
narrative at the point whore you arrived at the house.
A. IT hen I arrived at the house my superior of
ficer, Iiicuti nant Docbert v, told me that Booth was
there and directed me to deploy men to the right ana
lefl round the building, and see that do one escapee ;
by Oils time inquiries had been made at the house,
and it was ascertained that Booth waa not in the
house, but in the barn ; the greater part of the guard
were withdrawn from the house aod placed around
the barn, and orders were given to allow no one to
escape ; we had been previeualy captioned to see that
our arms were in readinessfor use ; after being or-
Jered to surrender, and told that the barn vwmbl
be fired iOfiey elid not, We remained there some min
utes. Booth inspired who wa took him for; he said
his leg was broken, and what did ws want with him ;
he was told that it made do ditlererice wtio wo were,
that we knew who they were and that they rouaf
surreuder thimseivts as prisoners ; he wanted to
know where they would be taken if they gave them
selves up , -jo repiy wss given , the p rley laatd
mach longer than the time first stated, probably, I
should think lutly half an hour, usore or lss , In
the course of llmt tuns many words passed, and
th positively declared he would net surrender ;
at on time he said, "Well, any boys, you Hiay get a
atratcher for ma ;" at another time be said, "Well,
Captain, make quick work shoot me through the
heart, or words to tbat tllect ; so tnat I anew he
was perfectly desperate and would not surrouder;
aftur a while I heard whispering there , Booth had
previously rtfilarwl there was no other person m
there; the other n"R mi, who., proyeu to bo Harold,
seemtd to b trying lo persuade Booth to surrender ;
wa could not hear tho words , afitr a while Booth
simg out, "Captain, there is a man in here who wants
to sin render ; words followed, but I could not hear
what tbey Were ; B:.oth said, "Ob, go out. and aavo
your lite ; he then ca'led out, "1 declare before my
Maker tins man is innecent oi any crimwnatever,
or words lo that effect ; further, words followed, iu
which Harold seemed to tell Buotb that tie would not
surrender, ho was teld to take hrs amis and come out ;
Harold declared he had no arms; Bopth alao declared
that, this ether man was uuairBe.e) ; liiat the nraii be
longed to him ; immediately alter this, Harold having
been taken out wrthont arms, detective Mailt. Col.
Conger came over to the side where 1 was and directed
the barn to be tired, I bad bw n previously staueliug
be toia a crack in the boards large enough to put in
your kaud : I knew that Booth could see us, and
could have picked us off, and he in fa-t once, rnaeie
tner. mark I cimld have pickud tairo or four of
your uieo c, just uraw your uaen on iiuy yarns aim
I will come out, " he used such words manytirri'S:
hen the lire was lighted (which was almost im
mediately alter Harold had teen taken ont of the
barn), I could ft Dirndls iix'ly iu about the mid, lie
of the bam , ho started, at first towards the .door, aod
I had a full front dross view of biro ; I could bave
Boot bim much eaaier than at the lime 1 tin I , but, us
lang aa he made no demonstration I did not hool
hinv; I kept, my eye on him Steadily ; ho tnmsd
toward tbe other aide ; tan brought his piece up U; ao
aim aod 1 supposed he w g"U'g to tight his way '
out, I thought the tieic had om', and took steady
aim upon him and ahot him, th" ball anterad nis
head a little back ol tbe oar nod came out a little'
higher on the other side of lbs lira I ; be lived I tbir.k .
until about seven o'clock that' morning, porbaps two
of three .boars aftef"he was shot ; 1 dial not l i ar htm
Speak aftur bu waa shut, itcept locry out wken be
was shot ; others stated tbat be mil utter wonts alUr
that, but I did net. hear any aft- r I-sh.rt. him ,
Q. State whether you uicogiiize llo: prison, r ae
the mau yu took out of lb barn ? A. Yea, tbat is
the man. 1
Q. Did you know Booth before? A. No, but I
was perfectly satafit Iron) tne first, when Booth
said his le Wss br iRen, Anil als . from hu desperate
replita, list hu weuld not taken nljfe, that he
was the man '; I knew that no otner man would act
in such a way,-
la his cross examination llni lobowiug waa Uouilu
forth 1
Q. You 'say tba; yru judgaal Ironi the conversation
between Bontn anil Harold in ho bam that Harold
was aoxidug to sum od..r .' A. I rj,th tuougut .
Q. But that A f i r Booth- nfiiseu I, siim-rder
Harold seerrnd to'apeak as il he desired to tny jstith
him ? A. Yes, sir.
Q. Aud it was after that, tbat Booth mane his
declaration V A. Yee, he declarer! before his Maker
fht the man with IdrS was in i cent " cnic ,
1 also vn!.h tj stale, ith tli.. jjurmia-lUH-vf tlaj1 1 .on i
r; improper motives have been attributed to me,
tlj"t 1 offrtjrod twice I Lieut Col ''inger ami L'eu'.
KiU- r to ri i t i I1'- bun and take these mep, te'l
it.g I'nelil that I had lather gi in than stand there
b t ue Hie crack expoiel to bit (irej I thought it
whs less dangerons-tW-wlTile T could not see them
they could seo ua. I did not flr the ball from fear,
bat because I was under the imprfsiioii at the tinn
that be bad started to - the door to tight his wav
through, and that I thought, ha w -n1 I do narm to
my il I did not.
Alierotts attampt n the life o' the Vicn Pr. si-fii
is referred lo in the evidonco of Klntch r, for in an ol
Naylni libery itable, in Washington. A','rott
took a horse from the stable that -niaht, and in leav
ing rotnarlrul t" Ihe witness that " if snvtbing hap
pened to-uigbt be would hear a fermeu.."
Ii was sbowu by th t"StirO"iiy of John Ureena
wslt 'bat li" .th 'and AlA"rot were very intim ito
Tim oliuwing is fr m Trecn iwalt's testimony ;
Did yon at any titfto hear tho prisoner Atierott
speak f expecting to have plsntv of gold sn I If
so, state w Isat you heard '! A. lie and aom other
young nmn whom he met came into my house ; he
had l.ron drltikirig, and said, " On-at await, I. am
pretty-tifar broke, though I have fretnda enough to
give as much money as will keep ni- all fny life , I
rn poitig awav one of thrse days, nt will return
with as much gold as will keep nie all my lit '."
Before the assassination, Atzerott left Oreenawah's
house but returned again on th 15th of April when
he askeij for a room again. Ha had another man
with him wbn left i n the train next inoruiiitr In
the cross examination the witness stabd that he did
not remeeeber having made or having hoard any re
mark preliminary to that of Atierott's with nspect
lo his expectation of having enough gold and silver
lo keep lnni all Ins lite , the nun I nonius who came
to the hotel on the morning of the 16th with Atzemtt
did not seem to be intimate with the prisoner, though
he judged theiu to be acquaintances , Atzemtt did
not rsfuse to put his uame on the register, nor did he
say he would not likn to doit, he did not seer
sleepy or in liquor. The witness having been a.ked
if he ceuld identify the man Th. toss from among tha
prlemsra at the bar pointed ost the prisoner flpang
lerashaing seme resemblanoe to that person.
Themss, however, had a moustache, which the pris
oner had not, and his hair waa longer and his com
plexion darker. Tbe wltaess stated that be did not
see Atierelt and his companion enter the bouse, and,
therefore, coald not tell whetlrer they entered t. -getber.
HeRekiah M ettz, of Montgomery Oo. M l., in un
awar to a question whether he had ever met Atrerott
before, replied :" I recngaigi'd the prisoner at the
bar ; on the Hunday after the death ol Mr. Lincoln,
he was at my house and ate his dinner there ; he waa
just from Washington, and was inejairing alsmt the
news. Some oenve eat.i-n tosk plsce about Uenera I
Grant having been shot, and we andarstood that he
had been ahot on the oars ; bo then said that if Ihn
man who was to have fallowed hisn had followed
him it would have been so ; I an understooil him.
Ne farther evidence ot importance was brought
out. The court adjourned until l(j o'olock on tke
18th ibst
GEN JOHNSTON l'AllTINU WITH HIS
ARMY
A Li reensburo' letter iu tho Now York Herald
dated 4th iast. , says :
This nieruing General Joseph E Johnston
broke up liia headquarters ucar this place bade
farewell to the members of his staff, except his
personal aids, and proceeded to Charlolto The
poene was an aftooting oae, and all who witm s.od
it regarded if in that lighl Tn the midst, of u
woods, at a distimce of two miles from Creeiis
horo', were a few tents, setae wagons and a tiam
ber of horses No longer the homjqunrtrrs' guard
paced to and fro. Thoro wa no hustle and uo
eieitemnnf. ; ne hasty utterances and no startling
exclamations ; none) of the liveliness pertaining
to aotive field service. The countenances and
actions of both officers and orderlies busp iko an
occupation gone. i'Mion after sunrise the (Jcue
rnl sad staff ros and psrtoek of a frugal eieal
A camp chest served them as a tablo, and the
ground was usod in lieu of chairs. The dishes
wero uot of ebina, ner were tho spoons and forks
used, of silver, but beth were of the mo'st hex
pensive kind. The meal over, their, appetites ap
paancd, orders were given and receivetl, the t nts
struck, personal property paoke-d. the' wagons
loaded, and everything got in readiness to bo
moved. This accomplished, tho (ieueral gath
ered his staff a otind him, and made a few re
marks, lie thanked tliem for thsir services, the
aid thay had rendered him, and .hoped the fu
ture would be brighter than the prentint or tho
past Few as the worda and actions were, -they
embraced the parting scene. By noon tin
wagons moved, and the (ieneral and those of his
staff who proposed to journey his way,- placed
their horses and baggage on the cars aim left for
!har otte, and as they did so the headquarters of
the rebel Armv ' the Tennessee, cea.-kxl to have
an existniee-comini'iieiiig its journey to history
and poslerity
(ieneral JohnsUn in manurr is dignified and
affable; ijonversation , easy and agreoahle, and
in persoual appearance, attractive. Ui.s ability
as a soldier and a scholar is ossinent.
How Tim Hi,.CKf l'K.mvr ry KicnyioMt. -Tbe
fhig, upeaking of t, behavior of the freed -men
in Richmond, says :
1 In- Iruiieloriuation at tbe uogro Horn tin- cun
diiiou of a slave to 'hat of a freedmaii, has uot,
as far as wo can see, broken the bind "f socie
ty, or upset anything. The aooial world wa;
as usual, if the political is a li tt 1 o cliaugol eqil in
commotion. Tho freed negro docs uot proWine
on auy extra, newly-acquired importance ; dors
not takj his former master or mistress by the
throat, anel demand back pay fer lit'u spent in
serTttude. Nothiug of tho s.ui has occurred, nor
is expeotoel to ore.ur Tin. iii:grec-- -those who
havo chosen' to leave the d"iuieits of their Cocmer
owners have g one about their
while those who prefer to remain
own
are
business,
receiving
the pay ot hutd servanis l imy wilt Mot Uu al
lowed to cat the bread -nt idleness. Freedom,
though a gfeat thing, aloes net constitute a ne
gro a white mail, after all. .
On the afteruoen of the lllii lust, a
Westward mail train on the Baltimore an 1
Railroaal was anproatiliing lireunspring
the engine exploded, killing tho eninee;
firemen
the
Ohio
Run .
and
, LoUIsvilh, ,May IU -to
be yuantrill, of the
-A guerrilla, s apposed
Lawicuce maei-acre no
toriety, wae wounded by Terrell':) scouts, near.
Taylorsville on W'oiinesejay, and lodged in the
military prisou to-day