Theteemocratk Watchman.
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30E W. MILEY, Asexama En'
Terms, $2 per Annum, in Advance
BELLiFONTE, PA
Friday Morning, July 11, 1869
DEIIOCRATTC NOKINATLONS
FOR OOVERNOR;
ASA r"aciLita,
OF CARSON CMIXTN,
FOR SUPREME Jrbat,
CY avs 1.: ruksuiN G.
OF CAMBRIA MPONTY
Count Coksweitow.—The T .mocrntle voters
the several Borottwha and Tee/'whine In
entre eounty.„will meet at the usual ',laved
hblang elect - Irmo in thelr reepeetive die
t rlcta, Oh the afternoon of Sattirday, Ammo
711*, leen, and elect delessitta to repreeent Paid
iterouthe and Townships In a.County Conten
t ion, to by held at the Demooretic Clain Rooms,
m Bellefonte, on Turatlay, Auguat 11th, et 2
.clock, P, If., which Convention will put in
nomination
One candidate for Aerrembly. -
One candidate for SherUi.
one candidate forTrothnnotery,
'hie Candidate for Reg later and Clerk of the
thphans' Court,
one candidate for Recorder,
One candidate thr Trenonrer,
tine candidate for Commleeionef. ,
One candidate for Coroner,
Onn candidate (or Auditor,
And transact such other bnefncee AA mac
come
in•fre them. The number of delegate,* to
olden each dietrint is entitled tinder the lag
wpprtiooment It, SA follow,.
Itellefonte Bor. 3RaineTp” 4
Howard " I Liberty "
Besburg " I Mlles ~ 5
Phillpelourg" d Penn .•
aionsliin '• I Benner "
Iternelde Tp. I Curtin I
o'argiumon • 4 B.iihot, " 2
nring t•Y ItAkTriA •. 2
ilolfmoon " 1 Unigit *. 1
/Inward " 2 Walker -11
Ry order of County C itt.
J. It SIIC6EIe
Hon. Aaa Packer Nominated for Gov-
=
By telegraph from liarriehorg on
Wednesday we hail the cheering Intel
IrgtllCC tiltit RCM. AeA PArKili. of Cur
bon county, had been normnaled for
Ifuvernor by the I)esnocratic State
i'uovention. Thin rezult i we are Ala
R] eay, g,tvee general satietaction to the
party, and will, we trust, lead to the
final and complete redemption of the
Keyatone State from the thraldom of
Radical Jule. .
We have no doubt as to the reirult of
the eooterit. The rule of the Radical
party has become eo intolerant, nu
beastly, so corrupt and se utterly stile
ersi% e of republican institutions and.
popular righta, as to be no longer bear
able, and Ifl the councils ut the people
it has been decreed that the iniquitous
monster shall perish. TLe Democracy
hate every cause to be hopeful, I'or on
their side the weapons of war are hull,
sanctified, as they are, by the blessings
of that Providettee in whose hands
k ite
wales 01 troth and justice have weigh
ed the Itsulical party and found it want
alulity. lie is one of the greatest f ing:
iqd g e Po. is an old. time Demo-
ernt„ and one of the mtnwtandbeet
men in the cbm mon weal tli . II itt record
t, %%iiiintut a stain, an.l 1)1)
uuil eine to note.% er for. lie A% n g o into
the canvass unburdened by damaging.
antecedent", and-Will make the coateot
on our part purely an offeneit e nue
) lIC Of .1 nage P
01811( . 1(116(ms for Ole °nice 41;+)"'",ilr
i'entisylvsnis, is ism emiseiii thins
financiers of the age, and, 1/) the Judi
clout osereitie of hin g,reat talent in tlini
direetam, ha realized Fur liitnaell an
otnenm. fortune. Hie wealth is eeti
iffatol at about tUnty iffilliona of 101
larm, and he pap.' all wildly ,i a the ehalw
of truce, OHIO, One 10111,11 . 01 sna tiOrty
dim/Nand dollars. All aim great
ykealth ham kleen hotieNtly obtaint4l by
.lodge tit through the exercise 01
his tool, dinereet judgment, guided by
the utuitt eminent tin:m(ll4l nbility , laid
We often hear the question
" What eauses Finch hard times?" We
reply, tite'hard times aro camped by the
• policy nod actions of the Radical istr
ly, and we will now proceed to pruve
ludpe'P.+reta is a gentleman of the I It
what ire 11101 110110 for himself, lie can
do for the Communamith, whielt just
now W•sAily ul oeeti of the set.% tCW of
a first financier
olden wiLo. I , n man of varied and ex
Lerthi%<- incurillation, and a statvsnian
ot CL linase than ordinary 'ability.
Ile 14 14 tri44,014( educatniii, and only a
rew yellow slime rave the i ttttt ease sum
01 five losullned tkotattrol dollars to is-
410% the 11,ehigli W'roversity. lie
lire luau, and has been more or lerei
netsociated with all the internal
ibrovemente of our State. He 114 pecu
liarly a nian Of the people, attrl, al
though he has at Ai Brent titnem been
honored 'with their cnasildence inn pub
lie way s hi* never been what so
many public men are, a chronic poi&
cian. In short, he is just the man we
want for Governir, and his selection
shows, that the people tinterstss4 tln f rir
own h esentiee. lie will undoubtetilly
be.efected over Ocone by a large ma
jority,
Hon. Cyrus L. Pershing.
lion. Crites L. Posaame,ol Cambria
county,- is the Democratic nominee, for
Supreme Judge. He isone of the most
. 1114tingultthudiaaiersiin theiitate, and
aman btrati•greet ability. !e rep
resented tlm Cambria district lo the
State ,Senate for a long time," acid le
considered by the legal fraternity to be
one of its brightest ornaments. ills
nomination in a .111981. excellent one,
• •
and his presence on the Finpretne•liesch
will add both,oaidlity and dignity lo
that •
Our Candidate and Duty.
The news from Harrisburg, of what
was done therrhy the 'Democratic con
vention on Wednesday last, ought th,
and Mill cause great rejoicing through
out the whole State. The nomination
of Hon. AIIA Pstliga is one of the t cry
best and wisest selections that could
have been made, and is the first NUT
toward the complete and final• over
throw of radicalisin in Psnntylvania.
The representatives of the people, as
senibled in convention last Wednesday
at the State Capitol, seem to have beet.
possessed of great wisdom and [mar
ened by the most - unselfish considera
tions. Personal prejlidices were swat•
lowed up in the desire to do a great
deed rot a great party, and to give to
the Democracy a standani hearer of
whom they might have no ream( u to be
ashamed. r'
We must confessthit we are entire
ly satisfied with the result. The refec
tion of el 1111: PACKER. Ili eminenf
ly it proper one, and will awaken the
most intense enthusiasm among the
'musses. Ills name itself is an arm of
strength, sufficient to pull Amen the
pillars of the Philistine temple, where
in oar Radical enemies hai e ensconced
themsel. es to make sport of the gr(litlit+
and troubles oft he people; and, its the
campaign progresses, he will gather
around him a host of strong hearts who
will follow him into the eery heart of
the Radical camp, and win for the I*
mocracy of the Keystone State a most
glorious and signal victory.
It WICK/Yen us, thfkefure, to enter
upon the campaign wisely, tigorously,
earnestly. tet our actions he charac•
ti•rized lit the Millie WlllllOlll that has
gken Its so noble a candidate, no that
se may not, by any folly of otlrs,loosc
the fruit which has budded for tie so
promisingly. Let us be cal in, cool and
determined, always remembering that
our cause is a just one 111111 that the
,111)1i ut eN II are uell nigh numbered.
lluelon 'Tt , I
Marlon "
Iton "
PO ter " 7
Buff, "
(With "
ikirettg
Tsty I , tr "
Worth "
ME=
Let the Derturerney, then, go to work
immediately, and organize thoroughl)..
'rile first gun bap, been tired, and the
armies approach each other. Kee to
it, l)einucrists, that your centre is firm
and your flanks well protected. Don't
allow yourselves to be surprised, Wit
always Inc active, vigilant anti brain..
begin wc/land begrir uor. Tire work
well begun is hall done, anti so may
our past reverses teach ins future wis
don.
Who Is Responsible ?
First, t hon, t he Democratic party are
out of power, awl have nothing to du!
with the tioverilinent of the rottritr,
which is " run " by the fLaAlicals to nun
theimielN es. The Diunocraey, havin; ! '
no aay in the a.iimitlintrntioal of attain.,
are, of course, uW. responsible for any
thing that goes wrong. They are at
present Innerly " looken; on in l';utice,"
and utterly without, influence in the
conithela o f the adigninistration.
somently, we think it cannot lie I
tel that they are not the comae of the
hard tuner. I iard times are generally
caused by financial iiiimmanagenient
official oiyolen, and as the Democracy
are not now known in official circles,
there call be no mismanagement of the
finance; by them.
hiecon4o, ',the Almighty has done
II is slkate to wake the, tones good.--:= -
Therein t nofaiiiiiie in the land. 1/ti the
contrary, the labors of the liiinbandnien
have heetrtlessed with a vent yield of
graine, fraite, and regetableN and the
present crop will be enormous. All
over the country there is abundance or
good alum of this life, and the earth,
teems with plenty for man and beast.
Therefore, the charge of hard
cannot be laid upon the Great Author
of the.utaverse, for lie, in liw abaud,
•ant and merciful goodness, has git T -en
ue " enough am! to spare."
Thor orrasiess, tinny but one. iipasow
sky Oa Ames ire not, good, and ',bet
reason may be found In the course pur
sued by the Radical party, which has,
impaired the,puttlic eyedit andmtsuch
enormous burdens upon the peop le that
even though they were possessed of
Cfolcondst's wealth they would be un
able to bear such mighty taxation. It
tiny be well for the peortle •to reflect
that as Clod has blessed the country
with abundant harvests bad the Demo
cratic party is not M power, there awl
be no other reason muter heaven for
thespressing, grinding hardness of the
times we lire now experiencing, (wept
the wasteful extravagance, uniwisest
legislation, and wholesale robberies of
the Radical pal. :Plinth of
—The Obio..Democmcy have nom
inated Major General W. S. Rosectimve
as their candidate for Governor. Gen.
&mires:ors is tanliliarly known to the
"Boys in ,-Riue,""and, in fact, to the
whole country, as "old Rosy," and Wag
oho of the tallest and most successful
generals of the Into war. His nomina
tion would germ to indicate thal the
Democrats of Ohio :. tend to fight the
Radicals with thri^ own weapons, and
'appropriate to theirown ant someof the
thunder %villa that party has iso often
effectually used against them. (fen.
ROSECR kNS was Minister to Mexico
under Mr. JOHNSON, anti 'has just re
turned from that country. With him
on the ticket the I teinocracy will sneep
Ohio like a nhirinind. nut nomina
tion is equivalent to the death of itatil
claim] in the Buckeye State.
THE 1. 111 0,7E11 INTF.I.WENCEit.—
With all her errors, her fanaticism and
her lolly, Lancaster county can boast
of as good, trite and reliable dem-a-rats
and democratic: journals as any county
in the State. Among the papers of
the State posaessitig superior merits,
and dmerving a large share of }acidic
patronage, the Luncamer htlethgeneer
stands among the first. It 14 not old)
vigorous and Ift Its oproFi ,
tiuu to the iplituty owl wrongs of rad].
cidigni, but able and fearless. No t ru.
er newcotrat than it.‘ editor, 11. 11,
Smell, lives, and If the readers 01 the
WATCIIMAN desire another good I temo
cratic paper, they can get it by paying
tuu dollars per s ear for the Lanemtter
bark/facer. Club MICA very low.
Itancratic State Coaveatioa
Great Harmony And Intense
Enthusiasm I
Hon. ASA PACKER Nominated f
Governor!
C ILN L. PERSHING Nemiulal for
Sopreme Jo*
The Death-Slow to Radios( him 1
Tile Democartic state Comemitiori
met to the hall of the Hotime of Rep
renentativea . l Andoienday morning at
81./(11 half !Qat. ten o'cluelm amid ime
called to onler t.)) Hon. WI. A. WAL
LACE, Chairman of time Democratic
State Central eointottlee.
Colonel Ck Mtn, Vs, .14)1IN C. it k*
and DA% 111 CII.I N JILL, Fwln., acted an
tem u.ornry pweretarieft
COL read the lira 01 dele
gato., utter which lion. Wthtt tit A
WALLACE, Chau-snail 01 the Slate 'mil
°dl tce. tuldreemeti the I.oll‘entioil. Wt
omit all epeetites this week for Whitt
141411 . 1 . 81111
lion. WILLIAM Jio).xiss, of
ingtoti could), wt 4. til el, 111/1.1.• tempo
rary chairmen, who, on taking the
ehnir, made A' very happy speech
A committee 1111 permanent Organ lick
tem ware thee appointed, w 110, in
altermulu, reporica 110111. emAiti.#4
Bi liv for pertrittrietki Prv,taehl yl
the C611%0114010. iiik 111 chair
Mr. &Whit u.r.A*lfitute ill elite awl elo
eilient add ruk. w hieli tie will
hereafter. The 'permanent atieretariee
were W. A. tit TitiN, 'Wu. H. t(a.s.,
JAcott ZEHILLR. 411:0Ri;E 11. A Ite-
WrltlVu, lIUNLINGII 411.
The lilllowhig y(44)1101°11 wall rend
and toIINIA.I
H, WAWA. rtott thp. Omit/Poi I,ario•,l,
With tfir tleopee Aoovk
t rr,,l IN. death ofHon
At hold Phunek, 11141. of Vonlngo vounty, who
sax eluted a rfolrgato 141 (MP hety, and that
,Sil relotioni, of lite, [oil 1,11,0 and primal,
Mr. PI •r NUM a model of parity, onrthy of
(141161441os) of nil who .urvf vs him.
The Committee on Resoltitionfi thin
made the following li3p :
The democrat.," of PennoylVanta in convert.
lion natal, do utianlntously deoluru—
I. the fedlerol government lv Ilmite4 in
power 6, the grant. euuti4lnoti In the Federal
Co•netitittlon ; Quit the axerelee' of doubtfol
oohetittitiohul power', in (11 , 1110;rollif to the !tbs•
natty of the government and the nvfety of the
people, and the demderatle party will never
comient that the Etta.. of Penns vitals mull
xurrownierMrr,wet tight-of foefWeelfie.vetel
merit. .T
rstifietelon of the pi,
posed' fifteenth theedment 'to the Petters'
Iset .tradissi—sussakbarat of limo
Iset igesiature, end their refugia to ontimit the
pane Ia 44 01/3 Of au' people wrm 11 dellherste
bressit4thskfoltettlUitttllted-fh QUtraftt ORA
every~ •eltisen of the Suite. and the resoluudn
making such ratification should, lot promptly
tepeshed sed the striaudniest submitted to the
40,
people tit thertts ti*eptance otrta it r i n.
3. That th Seth pun y if iv
&a is oppose loco') err ng upon t negro tle
right to votelhrull we doemphati lacy that
there is any tight or power in Co a or Oise
whereto impose negro suffrage la the pew
pie of this State In opposition to their will.
4 That reform in the adminfotration of the
federal and State governments, and in, the
ntanagement of their financial affairs Is Impel ,
peratively demanded
t. Thid i thetnovemelit now being made
the amelioration of the condition of the lal te.
log man has our most cordlateo.ow.rollon.
U. :Piot the kegialiation uf the la en republican
Congress l'oufkide of the Setiatittition," the
diaregard of the molority.therein of the will of
We people and flancity,of the ballot box, In the
exclusion from theleneato In Congreas of rep
resentatives clearly elected, the extablisinnent
of military governments In Staten In the Union
and the overthrow of all civil governments
therein, are nets of tyranny and nourpotion
that tend directly to (he destrOctionlof al/ ',-
publican government and the creation of the
%oral, forms of Ilexpottam ,
7. That our soldiers tend sailors, who carried
the nag of our country to victory mustbe gram.
fully remembered, And all the guarantee* giren
in their favor mint lad faithfully carried Into
execution, -
A. Equal tightened protection for note ranted
and native-born enigma us.bome and abroad;
the aseertion of A merlean nalinntality which
shall contemned the respect of amigo powers
and furnish an example and encouragement to
people struggling for national integrity, cote
attention& liberty and Individual rights.
s. That the present interne' reventm and
taxing system of the getter& iresernMent is
grossly nniwit, and means ought at once to be
lidopt.ed to cause 11 modiflestluil Melva.
The report watt tweeted mud unanimously
adopted.
The convention then proceeded to
ninhe nominations, when
MR. ' PETRIKEti nominate,/ GuataE
NV. Cols.
Mr. PIMA RUNTY nominated Dmtirt.
hi. Fot.
Mr. UEORGE gsos nominated
ARA P4(10:11.
Mr.J. C. CASS/LAT _nontirtniell Gen
m. Mt ‘141)1,p.5.
Mr. SurroN nominatt.4l On 4RI E! RO
t.ERS.
AscoNA nominated Gen S
!lAN( (Irk
Mr. 4 1.1. we ~ , rt :
I deem it my duly before proceeding to a
ballot, In isdiall of ah honored name, In ohalf
of one a hwy., I know the people of Pennsylva
nia will ILIWIISI delight to honor, io present :en
expraanlon Or hip sentiments befure he is
Wooed before the public for the °Mee of Gov
ernor 44 bin natty., State. I hate In my p} e.
arasfon ft letter written by General Winfield tl
H .1 erm•lc , dated on the 21st of last May In
which he explicitly and dlntinetly declares that
he will not permit id, name to In to,e,r nn a
cluiltildatu, and that In a Ithout resort talon.
Peed that letter to the ('hair, that It in ,v tae
read in the Intel, of flits Convention. Ali
plause.) r President. that .ro w lli
not do this great and honored mime Inf tint Ice—
d° the taut a wrung LtY w,ron,4 —
lu feet, an outrage upeushim-111111 10/hil min
tip..ti the vettple of his ntlte State and emit
try In n position In whien he does nut wiall lu
be placed.
The letter w•ae therLby etkatoAs,
aot followo :
M•yrr Mat., Mity 21M, lsoi.t.
Dins SIRI had the pleasure to recettepair
(sour -May first Ost.., µal before tearing
Washington for the R est., my welipolloll sb
duties presented me from promptly replying'.
your otommunicathin : s alrountinanee In he
for I snot as well prepitred W egprefss
to you trtr Views tM n to now—and by haring
promptly Written I would lotve nVolelell the up
pea rano. of hesitation
M) views on the stitoject, concerning Whirl,
poi, have inbireseed me, have never chnuge.l,
slot I hare fully •xprerp...,l them In all permed)
she have in any way eommunlcatol with me
to that end lam adverse to intruding myself
moon the pubilh, knol have therefore eier
10;01,104 writing anything for poblleatlon, a/-
though I hare nuthortsosid my evirrespoittent to
tiny other proper Of my Sentiments
• • • I feel highly honored 17 pot
preference shown by my frlenois In old Nor
thampton, expressed In Jhat letter • •
I lewd say anol withont reeervittloon,that 'trot,
existing elreurnstanoes I cannot permit the
use of my name In the convention shortly
about to assemble Were tin civil life, no ills
tinetion M 1.11,1 he gretner to me than u z
bovenor of Pennsylvania I have followool the
profession of arms since totiyhousi , and now,
bin lug tiequired considerable rank to hot
soh t.. nl undo., the service Iliealole, Ido not
wish to enter moon a life in which I know I
have hail no experience or education • •
There are atom, Who could sere your inter
este totter than myself .114,m the people a ondti
Ist pleased lo honor, and would render more .
etto it ot pert Ice to the people of Pennsylvania
thou tor. If
I inn I rudit your robeokent servant,
Wl:groin Wert Ilevc.tcs
Mr. t)m,titt NT', on leak green,
withdrew the Ilnllle of DANIEL M.
FOX.
nie name of rti kRLES RINGERS WaM
w it lidru‘s n
The vim', ention then proevedol to
%it,1b.,.t,1/44 rebult, :
Nati
(Le.
11 nne4,••k . .
MO:uattl Iv* , 11
CASSMAY tt ithdrew di4 flame of
(ieneral
A Isetxmil 6wllot wits then taken,
tthkth eteetulLtedletee-thllowle:
MEM
CEEB
I ot'. Abt P t(► f K (L? then , ieLlareii
the nominee of the eon‘eotion nwitl
the great e.l enthitotarmi. lIorE (A u,
L. PF:Ft4III , I6 VOA thou non/mate! for
Som-eine Judge. Thoo• nominamow
%ken. Iceci‘ 01 111 with the
wildest puthrzAirvirt, the people Appear
Mg hall crazy wall delight.
-.lnolge PAvicelt Wan nominated
for (:overnor by the L)enwx•ratie con.
w elation aulid floc gTetttegt
This argneu well for our .neeren.
—" 'Ph ree cheers for our slate nom
igCCw. tt~.wt!ll('a~rr3• i,'en,' e3-I 4 1 114 43
thirty thoingithil
TUK Tlf 0 r.4.--Our ticket i 8•
said l'r,A• 6—Putmikst
CLU
Mid PROSPERITY
—A young holy oat Weld Married 11'
looking mutt," who had heel' a hoarder in he,
mothers house only forty-five bourn, and whom
she hail noier been or heard ol ptlor to his
taking up his abode under the roof of her pa
rent The day following the 1111411 . 11tK0 the
"floe looking min" departed, whither, nobody
costs:owed fur the youngledy has slime dis
covered. A tueiit dee.i . nr nimccessaiy walling
Is made upon thelnihJect of tide young lady's
misfortune. We think berpuniiihment is not
snyenore never° than is deserved. A girl, who
could marry a man undrr such eh - comsat:Mee
must. beAtensetild of Vtry queer ides, Of so
chit propriety, and entertain strange netionn
of the reaper/sad/Mee of the antrriodetate. '
ANOTHER PAQ 4 ROW : tIg,,,HIS;
TORY OF ISILDIVALISMo •
Statement of Speruiler, one ofthe
time of thd Lincoln Assilialnatlitnl,
plot—Treatment of an Innocent Mat
—lnhuman Conduct of Radical Offl
alata—Atilitary Justice in
tures at the Dry Tortugas—Fiendish
Conduct of Army °Moen.
None of our readers have forgotten
the trial and sentence ache seven or
eight persons charged with the essessi .
nation of MIRAMAR LINCOLN, on the
night of the 14th of April, 1865. The
justice that was meted out—the op
portunity given the prisoner to prove
their innocence—the ' fairness and
equity of military tribunals, and the
humane (7) manner radicalism has of
treating ita victims, need not beguessed
at after reading the following statement
of BOMAN SEANGJAR, who was OHO of,
the convicted at that, time. Setztotert
has just returned from his terrible im•
priaepmeht at the irry Tortugas, from
which he was pardoned by President
Jonssott. At Uric ,limp of his trial
almost everybody believed him inno
cent and the military commission
doubted his guilt by sentencing blot()
six years at the Dry +ortugits, and giv
ing the others a life term. The milita
ry commission was °lionized to convict.,
and it oontyieted. Abundant testimony
is now at hand to show the vastamount
of perjury on that trial—perjury exac
ted by fear and dictated by malice.
SI`ANOLMR • N allusion to the witness
WEB:11%1.1N being 111 the abduction plot
is important Walcussn's testimony,
it pill be remembered, hung Mrs.
SPRR ATT.
The horrible atrocities perpetrated
upon the prisoners at the Dry Tortugas
are enough to hppal the stoutest heart.
They show the miserable tyranny of
the petty puppets fitmioned there in the
pay of the goi eminent, who all deserve
to be hung as high as Haman, and
should be met with the scorn and con
tempt of eery virtuous and humane
citizen. The officers spoken of by Mr.
setNutdot, namely, Gen. lift, Major
MeCoissitid., Capt. EtrirrasHOUßE, Capt.
rtERLES, Capt. Caine and Lieutenants
Itounssos and Pies, Sergeant (I'ttainnt
and the store-keeper.) ACILSON, and aIY
(hose other dirty villians, whose exis
tence is a libel upon the Immo race,
sbould be arrested and punished for
their cruelty towards helpless men, but
we mupissie nothing will be done with
them wad they find their merited de
serts in the boiling caldrons of hell.
In their conduct can be seen the nni
mut the vindictive, murderous par
ty which they serve, and of which they
are most fitting representatives. Wull
not the blood M every honest freeman
boil with indignation at the thought
that such barbarous crimes are tolera
ted in this country ? The following is
Mr. SP tINIGLKII:IS statement. sworn and
subwntxxl to :
I=
I have deemed it slue hi truth to pre
pare for publication the following * t a u,
ment—at a time when I hope the temper
of the people will give me a patient hear
ing—of my arrest, trial and imposorl
sw.nt for alleged complicity in the plot
to assin,oiiiitte the late President Lincoln.
1 have sullered much, but I solewehly fo
vea now, as I always have wail
~rec 1 wa
arraigned for trial at tins Visshiugton
often's', that I inn erstifely Innocent of
any fore or sifter kudwledisc of tkie crime
which .1011(1 Wilkes Booth cumuli tied—
save what I knew in omninon with ev
erybody after it took place. 1 further
solemn', assert thistJubn Wilkes Booth
or any other person, never Di/4100mA to
toe any plot, or intimation (44 plot, for
the islialuctiou or assassination of Presi
dent Lincoln , that 1 did mit know, when
booth leaped from the , bor t o th e s t age
ot the theatre, that he had shot gr
Ltuculit; lima that laid out, in any way,
so help 1114. (Sod, ussi-t in his escape; and
Pfurther declare that I tun entirely ln
timaint of any and ull horges made
tigninst isle In that (01111w1/0// 1- ' L ever
knew father Permeate, Payne, At%erodt,
A m.l'l AL,, F rod, or arty of the s m
called colts raisins, nor Sidi 1 1 41 , 4.1' ice
tiny 01 them umil they appeared in cus
tody. While imprisoned with Awe.
rodt, Payne and Harrold, and after th+trt
stial s tds was allowed a few minutes curer
prl,on yard 1 heard the
tlire unite 111 mserting Mrs. Surrott's
entire iiiimemice, ati4 acknowledging
their own guilt, &undoing the crime, tie
they did, etettrely to themselves, but
iinpliesstitig the wiluwLa WPlthl/1101 in
knowledge oI the original plot to abduct'
and a ills fin 'dolling Itiformation from
the t umii l ily of Prisoners' Deport
ment, where Wolchlutill wee a +lark.
112
E
I War, arreatod on the morning of the
15th of April, 1865, and with Sitters
' aue, , h (also a come-shifter) taken to the
poliee statute on lit street, between Ninth
and Tenth. The sergeant, after, goes
tionink,,r me closely, went with Iwo pu.
h,a wan to search for Peanut John (the
name of the boy who held Booth's horse
the nTght before), and made hi - fleemnicii.:.
ny us to the headquarters a the police
on Tenth stroot, whetts•Joim'and / were
locked up, and Rittereptugh was releas
ed, After four willinoumnt•
was releabed and brought before Judgq
thin and Bingeam, and told them of
Reath bringing his horse to the theatre
on the afternoon of the 14th of April,
1865. 'After this investigation .1 said :
" Whitt i to be done with me? " and
they replied : " W., knoww,here to tied
yoa via 'Yo'ff are wanted," end ordered,
soy release. I returned to the theatre.
where I remained until Saturday, whoh
tha-soldieratooirptottetelrm ofltvbnt.-o
the °dicer of the guns gavct an ?Wittily,
upa In.Yze 4 l l pea . skip . there, we pit
ti,tad at I p: in., and at 1 a. m. *guard
wee placed over me, wbo remained un-
-Cl 9 a. in. WI eun t d,sy POTAing, when I
was released. I did, not.'ftve the thea.
tre.wittil thi4a,Y evonL7,and on our
return tkis (tAttebee (Om . sna by mune)
and my4l,llrof3 lures by I)etectiv e
Lager. Iruitead of taking us to th e
guard-house, he bald he . '
would accompa
joy us hone to sleep there, but we all
went to the police head-quarters on
Tenth Street, and when Carland asked
if v/6 were wanted an officer answeral
ii 1, 1 0.0 T returned to the theatre that
night; And remitlhed the next day till I
went to dinner, corner of Sevoth and (I
streets. That over, I remnined f a few
minutes, when Ititterapaugh,(who work
ed at the theatre with me) came, and
meeting me, said : « I have given my
evideneo, and 'would like now to got
some of the reward.
I walked out with Ritterspeugh for
half an hour, and on returning,..-6 lie
down. left word that if any perUtt call
ed for me to-toll them that L was lying
down. Two hours after I was called
down stairs to see two gentlemen who--
had called for ale. They yield T. was
wanted down street. Ou_reaching the
sidewalk they plaried me in a hack and
drove rapidly to Carroll prison, where I
was confined a week. Three days after
wattle Detective, or Colonel Baker came
to my room, and questioned mu about
the sale of a horse and buggy (which
belonged to Booth), andi tell him all
about It freely and readily. On the day
following I'wns called into the Mike of
the prison. in order to be recognized by
biergeant Dye, who meiiitt
head as I entered and then left. (lip
subsequently stated that he was s i ttmg
on the stops of the theatre Just before
Booth fired the shot, and itutsoeing tape
terious persons about.) I was allowed
on the fourth day of my imprilontnent
to walk tire prison yard, but from that
evening I was closely confined lied
guarded until the next Saturday at mid
night, when I was again taken t o t , ,„
°dice to see a detective, who 5(101
"Come Spangler, I have smite jewelery
for yeti." He hand-cuffed, me with my
hands behind my back, end guarding
rue to a hack, I was pieced in in it !Ma
driven to the Navy Yard, where my
legs were manacled and a pair of little
hand-cuffs placed on my wrists. 1 wa•
put in a boat and rowed to a monitor,
where I was taken on board and threun
into asmall dirty room, between two
water closets, and on a bed of
life preservers and blankets, with two
soldiers guarding the door. I was kept
three days. I had thus been confines(
three days on the vessel when Captain
Monroe came to ate and said . "
ler, I've sornethiog that must bb told,.
but you must not be frightened W.
have orders from the Soereary of War,
who must be obeyed, to put it bag oi,
your head." Then two men came and
tied up my head so securely that I ce..1,1
not see daylight. I had plenty of Nil
but could not oat with my head so mid
lied up. True, there was a small hem
In the bag near my month, hat I c ,
not resell that, as my hands were wet:
by the iron, At last, two Lc,:
hearted soldiers took compassion on
and while one watched the other frill,
On Saturday night, a man came to la n
and after drawing the bag so tight a , t,
nearly suffeeftte me, .mid to the guard
" Don't let him go to sleep, as we ail!
carry him out to hang him directly ' I
heard them go out on the deck, where
there was a great rattling of chains and
other noises , and while I wits trying
Imagine whist was going on, and wt.at
they intended to do, 1 was dragged
by two men, who pulled me at time'. •
opposite directions. We how , et
reached a boat, in which I was pia, el,
end were rowed it short distance I
could not say then where we stopped
for my face was then still covered. At•
tar leaving the boat. I was forced m
walk some distance, with the heavy mil,
still on my logs. I wax then sudden'y
stopped, and made to ascend three or f , iir
flights of stairs; mind as I stood at the to i
waiting, some ono struck mo a sio., -
blow on the top of the head, why'
stunned and half threw rue over, wl,-.
I was 141010(1 a small ro om, wile ,
I remained in an unconscious eondmi ,
for several hours. The next tnerniiii;
some ones-rune with broad and coif. , I
remained hero several days, widens::
torture from the bag or padded h
over my face. It was on Sunday v.l .1.
it was removed and I was shaven
WM then replaced" Some hours a^.^'
(:enteral Mirtranft (wino and road tan
several charges ; that I was engage
a plot to assassinate the President,
the day following I was (serried lot
military court timid still hooded befor. ,, ,'
its members. I remained but II •"'
time, when I was returned to illy
far Mt ot e r night and day, and
aghin presented in the wort 'F
Bingham, assistant Judge Adv. , fr•
read - the ehurgos against me, and At
If I had any objection W the court, I
I replied " No," and made my pie,
" not guilty." They then wished
know if I desired eounsel, and win: t
HTIAWI•TiId adirinatiady, General It
ter, the president of the court,
that I should not bu advwed
He was,' however, overruled, but it ••
several da) s iltSforo I was permitted
gal aid, the conrt in the mean ri
taking evidence with closed doer, '
every adjournment of the court, if
for an hour, I was returned to nit
and the closely-tittinit hood placca e‘
my head. This continued till Jun , 10
when I was relieved from thy ,
tare of the bag, but my, hands u I
limbs remained heavily murteled
On one Sunday, while I was con ti
at this plats) (the Washington ,
I was visted by a gentleman of m iddl.
stature, -rather stout, with full beard sal
gold framed spectacles. Ile neticed ray
manacles and padded head. I after'
wards learned that he was Sir. Mants,
the flecretery of• War. It is prois.r
state that when the hood was placed :1
me, Captain Illunroe said it WWI by
der of the Secretary of War.
thcught, was that, 1 was to be hung, wall•
mit trial, and tlys hood was preiatrut'rY
to that act
-
The 6
first time 'lever saw MN. Sin rat
was in the, s earoll prison yard, Capit ,l
Hill. Pao b y pt nee Mer again until 1!
were taken into thh court the first
at the arlinial: My cell was on
same corridor with hers, and I had to
Vag. It Weil tiniol Was taken into court
i frequently iodked into her coil, a anion
room about four feet wida by WWII) beet
long. The only things In her cell went
un old Mattrose laid on the brick.; ai,d
an army blanket. I could BPO the ironn
on her feet as she wee generally