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*StS TM-WEKKLT PRESS,
HsUrfl *® c»a*uib«s. Fit. Dollau* tbs AaanM, la
Iran**-
ttJBL k. PRY GOODS
BA.NTBB, & 00.,
UffOBTEBS AS® .IfiBBEBS,
Pjl y Gr OOD 8 ,
m and »M Nortti Xhlrd Street,
y.ai:MOßtrHUu
ijuli Printe,
Sm ®* laS «?>
sUBrt*» Alpi-OaS,
F&noj Dress Uoid»,
Brown and BlftanliCil
‘ilßli Brown and ttlenslied
Omlßi Otaambrns,
1/-I j, Omlsb Tweeds,
Flannels,
:iiea, Misnne,
FURNISHING GOODS, ,
,jfl GOODS. DOTIOSr. &0.. *<■ feiS-SM
VijtRPRTS ASfS* OFL-CLRTHS,
BPRING,
GXaJBSN ECHO MIXJjS,
germantown, fa.
ITCAIiLCM Sc CO.,
;akitactubei;s and importers of
CAKFJETINGS,
;IU OLOTH. MATTINGS, <6O.
VHOUSSALS miPABTUKSI,
•09 CHE6TKUT STBEB*.
RETAIL. DEPARTMENT,
•IB CHISTJTOT STREET.
MERCHANT TAUL.ORS.
JUWAKD P. KELLY,
3<
JOHN KELLY,
TAILORS,
bi* CHEBTKUT STREET,
XAvn now at srou
OOMPtETI IiSSOBTEEHT OF
SPRING GOODS.
;M-tt . -
‘ PRIiGS AxVP CH BMICA3LS.
BOTANIC AND ECLECTIC DRUGS.
ROBERT A. HANOE,
?«9 MARKET STREET, PHILADELPHIA,
cvtud call the attention of Druggists, Country Mer
feMta, and other*, to Ms atock of
“ BOOTS, HERBS, AtfD BASKS,
It various sized packages. of our oirn presriu*, at
r PKICEB BsLQW FORMER KATES. _ „
! lias of .BOTa.SIOA.Ci T9\ S.
kEKRELL&CO. *8 GONOBSTBAEKOEfiJIBDIBS.&e.,
Lt & liberal discount to the trade.
Catalogues lunuihed on application,
gISGLKH & SMITH,
WHOLESALE
Drug, faint, end Glass Dealer*,
';o»rl*tor» or tio Ptoß.Th »aU Point aai Color Wor!».
Hunfutaren of
3881 rmil£ iLEAI), BBSS HSOi
PUKE LIBERTY LEAD,
:”Ht»M«od for Whltcnem, F!n« oi"««. HnreMHix,
ml Brennan of SurfM*.
?OKK IIBBBTT LEAD—Wat ranted to ootot more
ie;»» for »»ia» troltlit than w othor.
IST I*. iB9 TOO WILL HATB 10 OTSSKf
PURE LIBERTY ZINO,
BMtod ZSnn, (round In SeBusd Linseed oil,nnestn*l»4
in ontlitT. »lrr»T» th» umo.
PERK 3MBESTT ZESC.
?.;?ruted to do more *nd better work At 4 (1793 «0«t
than lot other.
GET THE BBBTI
Store and Offlee—Ho, 13T Horth THIBD Stmt,
PHILADELPHIA.
■nhlG-Sm*
ROBERT SHOEMAKER & CO.,
S. B. Corner of FOURTH and RAOE StrMM,
rHILADILFHZA,
WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS.
KJ-OETKEB AID DgJkIBBS HT fOKBIOB ABO
OORBBTIG
WINDOW AND PLATE GLASS.
HantTTAOTnnnßs on
PSIfB LUO ABO ZIXG PAIBTB. PDTTT. fcc.
Assure sob ths crl3seatbo
FRENCH ZINC PAINTS.
2**l«ra *nd «ctt«im*rs supplied At
f«y> tm V3BT !*ow raids to« pash.
GENTS’ rUKSISHISO GOODS.
PINE SHIRT MANUFACTORY.
*■ The sutnerlbei’a would invite attention to their
IMPROVED OUT OF BHLBTS,
irttfcfc they make a specialty in their badness. Also*
* Mt Ho?Eli¥liiB l §Oß GENTLEMEN’S WBAB.
J. W. SCOTT & 00.,
QBBTLBMBN’S tornisbing stobb,
No, 814 CHESTNUT Btx»t,
Poor doors below the Continental.
nOI'SE-FI'RSISHWfi GOODS. \
no refrigerators, mn
JUU W.TBBCOOLBEB, UUU
IIOHIEB-TABLKS, t
STBP-LA.DDBKB,
WALITOT BRACKETS, In treat vatlet,.
134-tf GRIFFITH & PASS, SIXTH urf AKGH.
pEIHOLEUM IS KING I
THE UNION OIL STOVES,
l BftW and complete apparatus for Cooking and Heating
>F Petroleum and Coal Oil. All the wo*k of a family
any slze 4 including the washing and Ironing* can. be
loss at an immense saying of expense in fuel, and with
more ease and comfort, than with either wood or
".a.}. The same furniture used on ordinary stoves ean
-s used on these stoves.
NO DIRT, ASHES, SMOKE, OR ODOR.
UNION SXOAHESS*
BOH#, ROAST, BROIL, TOAST, FRY,
The expense of one of these Btores would be »*ved in
is ordinary family in a short time in FDEL ALOUB.
SIMPLE 1 DURABLE!! CHEAP!!!
i r n&y are easier to manage than a common eoal oil
!fciup. The Ho. 2 Stove will heat three flat iron* in fit
teen minutes. and lra«p two poison* ironing
CO to $lO. A liberal discount to thetride.
treats wanted in every county in the State. Apply to
PERRINE * DRYDEN.
102 South SECOND Street,
Sole Agents for Philadelphia.
*pt2-aniwlBt
Q-OLD’S PATENT IMPROVED STEAM
A#D
«Y ATER-HE ATIIS G APPARATUS
fOK WARMING tad VENTILATING PUBLIC BUILD
INGS and PRIVATE RESIDENCES,
M AUITPAQTCRBD BT THB
djriOK STEAK AIT1) WATEB-EEATCfO
COKUPANT
OF PENNSYLVANIA.
JAMEB P. WOOD Ad CO.,
41 South FOURTH Street.
, , E. M. FBLTWBIiL, sup’t.
IsiO-einfp
JgHGUBH BBOWM STOUT,
SCOTCH ALE.
m HOOT AMD GLASS.
ALBERT O. ROBERTS,
BULB IH JIM OKOOBBIBS,
Goner of ST.HYBHTH and VIHi Ste.
H. SLEEPER & CO.,
sis MINOR IS'
&AKUFAOTUREBS, AGENTS, AND WHOLE
SALE DEALERS IN
FLIRT AND GREEN GLASSWARE,
! Ut* mow la aton a foil Mtortmeat of tk« abort cool*.
'*U.h rrt offer at tha lorrut market nto*.
®*tn* tolt attOta for tht SALEH OBKla GLASS
"OBKS, rro art pr.p.r.d to make aaArroik wrlratt
iavalda to order.
TOBTHB. MIBBKAL. tad WINE BOTTLIS. of t
lOMtlor wlor ud Snlak.
Um, lahp OHIMESTB. APOTHEOABIBS' shoj
show BOTTLES, STBINOB3, HOUd
■r'ATHia YlALS,aad Brnuiata’ Slauwart (tatrallT
T. A BYABB A CO.’S PITTBBUBQ GLASS VIAM
'-■gttaatlr OB hani at fkrionr Klttt. MB-Sut
William bvans, jb.,
Nhoi..., »»a south fkoet stebet.
wuolmais MS Bolall Dealer In
. kc ?BITE LEAD. ZINC. AND OOLOBB, „
AHBBICAN AND FOREIGN WINDOW OLABS,
Ant DBaCRIPTIOna. ■
A «»“*
VOL. B.—NO. 246.
CURT AIM _ COO PS.
B. WALRAVEN,
MASONIC HAUL,
919 CHESTNUT STREET,
SPRING STOCK
WINDOW SHADES,
OP BNTIIsELT KBW DESIGHB.
1865.
I.ACE CCUTADVS,
m saw ahd biob pattbekr,
NOTTINGHAM CURTAINS
ISTKIDED ESPECIALLY TOR SLEEPING BOOMS,
BELOW GOX,X> BATES.
nnfi fplf
1026 CHESTNItJT STREET. 102(j,
CURTAIN STOSS.
OUBTAINS, CORNICES, AND SHADES,
c. M. STOUT Sc CO.,
hlo-fmwfiß
RETAIL DRY ROODS.
SPRING DRESS GOOES, OF NEW
O STYLES, OPENIHG DAILY.
Spring style, Valencia*.
Spring ptylda Foil do Cheyret,
Spring style, of Poplins.
Summer Poplin,-
Splendid Orgsndies.
Percies in great variety.
New style, of Piques.
Spring Colors de Lalne,.
Spring Colors Mohairs- , t ,
JRew styles of Dress Rood,, in great variety.
edwih hall a 00.,
mhd tf »6 South SECOKD Street.
rm oice stock o& dress goods,
V Silk GKBffi Pliasa, BUpexb e*yiea.
BpTtDKTOFLINs. Jate-it afcyies.
Pitiid and Plain
El*tk and Brown VALBNCI AS.
American and French LA W
Sprit? styles of GHALLI DS LJJXfES.
spring dAWLS, in variety H . STOKES 1 ,
NO. 70a ABCS Street.
V. 8.-GQ dozen Ladles 1 Bleached BOSS, at UK oontf
per pair. myl
JJEW BX£l3tr2C IBGS.
THE GREATEST IHVBRTIOS OP THE AGE IK
Ult9'3dilp
HOOP SKIRTS.
J. W. BRADLEY’S New Patent DUPLEX ELLIPTIC
(or dotible) BPBING SKIBT. ,
•WESTS’ BJUDLRY & CARY (late J T. U. 0.
West), gOLETROPRIETORB and HABTCFAGTCJRBEB,
97 and 79 and 81 BEALE streets, Hew
TfilS INVENTION consists of DUPLEX (or two) Eli*
itptjc Steel Springs. ingeniously braided tightly and
firmly together, edge to ECGE, makieg the TocuKsar,
X&oet FLEXIBLE, ELASTIC, and DURABLE SPRING ever
need. They seldom bend or break, like the Single
Spring*, and consequently preserve their perfect and
beautiful Shape twice as LONg as any othsr ©kirt
¥HE WONDERFUL FLEXIBILITY and great COMFORT RUd
pleasure to any Lady wearing the Duplex Elliptic
hBiRT will he experienced particularly in ail crowned
Assemblies, Operas- Carriages, Bailboad Cars!
Church Fbws* Armchairs, for Promenade and House
Dress, as the Skirt can he folded when in u«e to occu
py a rmail place as easily as a Silk 0; Muslin Dress.
A Lady haying enjoyed the pleasure, comfort, and
great convenience of wearing the Duplex Elliptic
Steel* Spring Skirt for a single day will never after
warn willingly dispense with thairusa ¥or Children,
Hisses, and Young Ladies they are superior to all
ethers. *
THEY are the best quality fn every part, and tra*
questionably the LIGHTEST, most DESIRABLE,COMFORT
ABLE and economical Skirt ever made.
>OR SALB in ail first- class Stores in this cllv. and
throughout the United States, Havana db Cuba,
Mexico, South America, and the West Indies
A6£-l’»Q0IBB PCS THIS DUPLEX ELLIPTIC
BKiET. nii-lin
STATIONER* & BLANK BOOKS.
fVIL. MINING, COAL, AND OTHEB
A/ HBW COMPANIES.
We are prepared to famish Hew Corporations with
all the Books they require, at short sotloe and low
prices* of first quality. All styles of Binding.
STEEL PLATE CERTIFICATES OF STOCK.
LITHOGRAPHED •• *•
TRANSFER BOOK.
OS DEBS OF TRANSFER.
STOCK LEDGER.
STOCK LEDGER BALANCER -
REGISTER OF CAPITAL STOCK.
BROKER’S PETTY LEDGER.
ACCOUNT OF SALES.
DIVIDEND BOOK. '
MOSS Ac CO.,
BLANK BOOK HANtWAGTOBBSS AND STATIONBBS,
•eSO-tf 432 CHESTNUT Stmt.
JNBURANCB AGAINST
EVERY DESCRIPTIONS
mmiEßS’ insurance company.
HABTFOBP, COHN.
Capital @500,000.
WM. W. ALLEN, Agent, 401 Wainnt Street,
GENERAL ACCIDENT POLICIES
For Five Hundred Dollars, with $3 per week eompen
satlon, can he had for $3 per annum, or any other sum
between $6OO and $16,000 at proportionate rates.
TEH DOLLARS PREMIUM
Secures a Policy for $2,000, or $lO per week eompenat'
tior for all and every description of accident—travelling
or otherwise—under a General Accident Policy, at the
Ordinary Sate.
THIRTY DOLLARS PREMIUM
Secures a fall Policy for $6.000, or £25 per week com*
pens&Uon, as above, at the Special Sate .
FOREIGN BISKS.
Policies issued for Foreign, West India* and Califor
nia Travel Rates can be learned by application to the
office.
SHORT TIME TICKETS.
Arrangement* are in course of completion by which
the traveller will be able to purchase, at any Railway
Ticket Office. Insurance Tickets for one or thirty days’
travel. Ten c«Lti will buy a ticket for one day's travel,
Insuring $3,000, or $l5 weekly compensation. Ticket
Policies may be had for 3,6, and 12 months, In the same
manner.
Hazardous Risks taken at Hazardous Rates. Policies
leaned fox 6 years for 4years premium.
INDUCEMENTS.
The rates or premium are less than those of any other
Company covering the samt* risk.
No medical examination ie required, and thousand*
of those who have been rejected by Life Companies, in
consequence of hereditary or other diseases, can afreet
insurance in the TRAVELLERS' at the lowest rates.
Life Insurance Companies pay no part of the principal
sum until the death of th©assured. The TRAVELLERS'
pay the loss or damage sustained by personal injury
whenever it occurs. •
The feeling of security which such an insurance gives
to those dependent upon their own labor for support Is
worth more than money. No better or more aatisfae
tory use can be made of so small c. sum.
J. G. BATTEEBON* President.
RODNEY DENNIS, Secretary.
G. F. DAVIS, Vice President. ...
HENRY A. DYBB, General Agent
Applications received and Foil ole? lowed Br „
WILLIAM W. ALLEN,
rablS-rawrrSm No. 404 WALNDr street.
r £HE
“EXOELSIOK” HAMS
ABB THE BEST
M
THB WORLD..
I. h/highener & CO.,
QBNSBAL FBOVISIOH DEALBHS,
*ll OCBIRB 0» inn miitiin
“EXCELSIOR”
SUGAR-CUBED HAMS, TONGUES. AND
BEEF,
Nos. 143 and. 144. N. FRONT ST.,
Between Arch and Race streets* Philada.
The Justly celebrated “EXCELSIOR" HAMS are
cured by J. H. M. & Co. (In a style peculiar to them
selves). expressly for FAMILY USE; are of delicious
flavor; free from the unpleasant taste of salt, and are
oronouuced by eplenres superior to any now offered for
mh2s-fmwSm
OT.TNDS AMD SHADES.
B. J- WILLIAMS.
No. 16 North Sixth Street,
7ENITIAN BLINDS AND
WINDOW SHADES.
Tht luieat and toot MMrtmeat la the elt. At Bit
lowest nub prlMa
STOBE SHADES MADE AND LBTTHBID.
Cheep lot .oiled Blind, and ghtdet »pg-tm
* UNION MOWING. MACHINE,
which has been fully tested for the last four years,
it combines strenoth, durability , light- might, light*
drafts with complete efficiency in cutting grass* light
ur heavy, wet or dry, lodged or standing, and embraces
many minor conveniences not found in other machines.
Also for sale* the most complete one*horse Latcn-Momr
in the market PaSOBALL MORRIS,
„ . Sole Agent* Agricultural Warehouse*
ms-lm 11140 MARKET Strs«t.
HAS OPENED HIS
08VRANCi.
ACCIDENTS
BY THB
PHILADELPHIA.
MONDAY, MAY 15, 1865.
Prices of Thinajj-Trade fomhinaUoM*
S}hUinaUc ixtoriiou,
CPrcm the Few York TjJD* a, May 13, J
On the sth day of Soptember, 1803, gold com*
manded the same premium as it (Ud yesterday—
3l)£. Housekeepers who are careful to keep an ac
count of their outlay will discover, by turning back
to the date wo have named, that they could then
buy prime pork by the barrel at $lO 60, which to
day costs $23, Hams, which then sold bj the pound
lor 9 cents, costs now 19 cents j shoulders, formerly
5 or 6 cents per pound, are quoted at from 14 60
15 cents. In bacon, tho advance u over one hun
dred per cent.; In lard, about ninety per cent. 5 in
butter, fifty per cent., and In ohesao over eighty
per cent. In sugar, the rise Is loss marked, bat
It nevertheless approaches to twenty fir© per cent.
The comparison cannot so well ho extended to
breadstuff?, the supply and the foreign demand
being subject to fluctuations irrespective of the state
of the currency. But we may note that flour Is,
to-day, fifty per cent higher by the barrel than ft
was in Septensber, 3863, and that baiters’ bread-fa
still sold as high as whon flour was quoted at $9
and $lO, instead of sc, which is the quotation to-day.
These figures; however, glaring as tboy are, come
far short of portraying in anything liki Its reality
ibo Fvsienmic extonion. to which thi floorer class
of hi'U s ekt,epers arc treated by petty retailers. There
is scarcely an article of domestic coLsuinottoo to be
named for which the charge is nut from 80 to 100 par
cent, higher than ft would "bo .but io? illicit trids
cembitaiions, The currency has been made aa ex
cuse /or every species of extortion so tong that now,
even when its value is fast appreciating to th*fc of
»uld t the system of inordinate protLa has got such
headway, and is, in a measure, so firm!y es<*b!lshed
amoDg the class we speak of, that many begin
almost to despair of any change for the better. The
extortionists are hardly affected by exposure. A.ud
they stßnd in JHUe apparent fear of the consumers,
in their turn, combtuing for their own protection.
Strict economy and a rigid scrutiny of accounts by
the well-to do housekeepers would bo a great auxili
ary !i> the way of reform. Careless marketing of
these who can afford. It offers a high premium to
extortion and dishonesty. A bettor example from
this class Is needed In every branch 01 domestic
economy. Let us hopo that, as a partial remedy for
the evil we describe, such an example wld be more
geneially set theta it has been heretofore.
Su&rioiocß Forkknowledgh of ths Assassi-
NATION OF THE PiSKBIDBNT, Jll BbbSL SYMPA
THIZERS in England.—Tho Liverpool. Weekly Mer>
cury of the 22d of April contains an account of the
arrest by the police and trial by the courts of thirty
four persons who were engaged In cock-fighting. As
the officer entered the pit where the fight was In
progress, he heard the parties who were watching
itory out, “go Ititoofft,” “well dono “i’ll
bet £6O on lt&vis,” &o. The fight must have taken
place within two or three days after Booih com
mitted his murderous deed, and before intelligence of
it could posesbly have reached England, The
names of the parties arrested are not given, bnt it
is evident they were Southern rebels or rebel sym
pathizers. It la a singular circumstance, if they
had no knowledge Of the assassin’S work whioh. had
been assigned to Booth, that they should have usad
his name in this connection and in the way they
did. It would at least be interesting to know who
the parties were and how long they had been in
England*
The President’s 'Jfoiuh Hnd ffonumeut,
During the past week thousands of persons
have visited the tomb recently erected upon
the “ Mather lot,” in Springfield. An expres
sion of admiration has been uttered by the
throngs In regard to the beauty of the place chosen
for the lftpt resting place of our beloved President,
The grounds are enchanting in tlielr natural sim
plicity. A gentle eminence rises in ©very direction,
covered with luxuriant forest trees, which, with
prudent cultivation and needful pruning, can be
made charming. On the orows of this elevation
(about the highest ground In the city) would ba a
notable rite for the erection of such a monument as
wculd typify the lofty position, the exalted quali
ties, and the hearty appreciation of the nation for
Abraham Lincoln.
Near the northern base of this eminence the olty
has ereoted a noble tomb for the remains. It con
sists of a vault faced with marble from the quarry
at Joliet, 111.; nicely sculptured urns are placed
upon pedestals on either side. Massive iron doors
inclose its entrance, and one marble slab, a little
raised above the surface of the cemented floor,
affords just sufficient room for a Btagte coffin. The
ground above the tomb la covered with a luxuriant
growth of grass, and around and on every side forest
trees contribute a solemn shade.
If, as the Springfield Register hopes, the Presi
dent’s remains are deposited in this tomb, the
ground will soon be one of the most interesting spots
in our country.
Esglfsb Jflnnnce.
Tho debt and revenue of Great Britain for the
current financial year are estimated by Mr. Glad
stone, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, as follows s
BXPBMDITUBE.
Interest on debt ....£20,350.000
Charges on consolidated-fund 1,900,(00
Atm; 14.348,G00
N avy 10,392 000
Civil services 7,050,000
Kevenoe departments.... 4,057,000
Packet service. 842,000
£66,139,000
revenue. '
Cufit0mp,,..........
Excise....;
Stamps
Taxes..
Property tax.,
Post 0ffice..........
Crown lands
Miscellaneous
China Indemnity.,.
£70,170,000
There remaloed thus a surplus of revenue over
expenditure of £4,031,000.
Immigrants.—An official statement of the num
ber of passengers arriving In the Uoited States,
during the year 1804, from foreign countries, has
just been published in Washington. Tne recapitu
lation Ib as follows: ,
Maine 1,582
New Hampshire. 10
Massachusetts 8,955
Rhode Island 1. 64
New Y0rk........ .199,690
New Jersey 321
Pennsylvania 4,467
Maryland 2.9QS
F10rida,,..,.. 199
California 3,185
Oregon.... 807
Total
Hied on.the voyage...
A Rbwinibcbkce op thb RaßßLuoN.—Three
days after the passage of the ordinance of Secession
by Virginia, John Letcher telegraphed the mayor
of Wheeling as follows:
Richmond, April 20,186 L
To Andrew Sweeney, Mayor sf Wheeling :
Take possession of the custom house, post office,
all public buildings and public documents, in the
name of Virginia. Virginia has seceded.
John Lbtcheb, Governor.
REPLY.
Wheeling. April 21,1861.
To John Letcher , Governor of Virginia:
1 have taken possession of theeustom house, post
office, and all public buildings and public docu
ments, in the name of Abraham Lincoln, President
of the United State, whose property they are.
Andrew Swrrnst, Mayor of Wheeling.
An Alarming Feat op a Somnambulist.—
The St. Louis Democrat of Tuesday has the follow
ing. The Democrat states that it has every reason
to believe the inoldent to be perfectly true:
“ Last Saturday night two brothers named Corby,
recently from Ireland, were sleeping in a room at a
boarding house. One Of them arose from bis bed
In his sleep, raised the window, and notwithstanding
the efforts of his brother to restrain him, leaped
from the third story, striking against the railing
twenty or thirty feet below, and breaking It to
pieces. He lit on h!a feet and ran at a furious pace,
and leaped over a tenJoot fence, when he was over
taken by his friends. He appeared to be in a terri
ble etete of alarm, and imagined that he was In a
boat on the ocean, and cried out, 'The boat Is on
fire, and they are after me!’ He was at length
aroused from his sleep, and was astonished to find
that he was on the street, with only his shirt and
drawers on. The strange part of the affair is that
he was not Injured In the slightest degree by the
fall. It Is supposed that Corby was dreaming of the
burning of the ill-fated Sultana, and imagined that
he was on board.”
Not Easily Fbightbnbd.—Some blustering
fellow wrote to the editor of the Newark Advocate,
telling what he should and what he should not pub
lish, closing with the threat that If the editor did
not comply with what he said “ he would wipe out
both him and his Office." The editor replied as fol
lows : -
“ We shall make no threat in return, but would,
In all kindness, advfre them to * set their houses in
order,’take an affectionate leave of their families,
and make their peace with God, before they engage
in tbowipiog-out process, for each plays sometimes
endanger the lives of the actors."
labnoib’s Gab Engine Is now being generally.
Introduced as a motor in Paris, where a small and
handy power is wanted. The London Builder men
tions its employment for hoisting purposes, and
adds: “ The absence of a boiler in these engines Is
Astrong argument in favor of employing them,whore
steady slight power ia required. At ali events* If
they are not endowed with the abundant foroo-of k
steam-engine, yet In towns and confined streets,
where only a moderate source of power Is required
to act in a small compass, noiselessly and without
nuisance, we have seen that the required’mechani
cal effect can be accomplished without risk of ex
pioFion and consequent damage and lose of life,
either to owners or their neighbors.”
Polish Emigration to this Countby.—Po
lish emigrants are now an article much in demand.
At Paris many have been lately enlisted for the
Panama Canal expedition, while at St. Gallon, in
Switzerland, a Polish committee has been formed
with a view to enable the many emigrants roving
about In those parts to find a permanent asylum In
eome fitting locality of the United States. In ans
wer to an application from the committee, a viatu
cum of loot, will be accorded to every Polish eml
ur in by the Swiss Federal Government. lam also
t old, but cannot say for certain, that the Swiss Go
vernment have applied to the Washington authori
ties for the cession of some land to the contemplated,
colony.—Polish Letter .
Gossip on Ambbican Abt in Rome.—We loam,
through private letters received in this city, that
Mr. Story's statue of Saul, which made part of the
collection of objects of art which were sent to the
Dublin exhibition from Rome—the Saul being sue*
daily forwarded to the exhibition at the request, of
he Pope—has been sold to an English gentleman.
Sir Franolß Goldsmld, to go to his country seat at
Buckland. Sir Franois, we understand, bought the
•tatue on the strength of its reputation, vmhont
sven having seen it. The same artist has also dis
posed of his nepr statue, the Medea* to another Eng
lish purchaser. The Papal Government, we under
hand, have formed so favorable an opinion of Mr.
story’s artistic and personal edaims for distinction
chat they have made him a eavauere d’onore, or
chevalier d'houneur.
Mibb Stebbinb 1b at work on a statue of Colum
bus. Miss Hosmex’B new statue of a fawn i& very
much admired. Her statue of Benton, learn
from an Amerloan paragraph, has just arrived in
St, Louis. Mr. Gibson sends with It a eommenda
rory.note of pralsft and approbation.—ffosfaft Tran
script.
PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, MAY 15, 1865.
SHERMAN'S ARMY HOMEWARD BOUND
Passage of the 14 th, -lStli, ..17th, and 20th
Corps through Richmond, on Thurs
day and Friday.
Names of the Regiments Composing the
14th and 20th Corps Many of
them Pennsylvanians.'
The Injuries to the James River Canal not so
THE COMPANIONS OF DAVIS IN HIS
FLIGHT.
Total Disappearance of Gov. Smith.
Reported Death of General Early at
Lynchburg.
Affairs in the Shenandoah Valloy—Mails to
[Special Correspondence of The Press.]
The event of yeeterciay vas the passage through
this oily of the left wing of Sherman’s army, con
sisting of the 14th and 20th Corps, under Major
General Slocum.' CoDfit’eiablo disappointment was
experienced In its not breaking camp day before
yesterday, as officially announced, but largo throngs
assembled along the route of parade. Tho soldiers
have been camped for several days in Manchester,
which Is connected by a pontoon bridge with this
city, and many of them have availed themselves of
■■ the opportunity to Visit Richmond and observe the
points of.lnterest.
For Six long hours the dusty and conquering he
roes were marching by & given point—tho generals,
with their trappings and dashing staffs, moving
along In genuine military style; the men, with
their shining muskets and glittering brasses, keep*
Ing step to patriotic airs; the colors ribboned by
weather and shreded by the ordeal of battle; the
splendid new flags with the names of bloody fields
icrcribed; the decimated regiments, which would
flood one’s thoughts with a thousand painful recol
lections ; the excellent music, which thrilled loyal
hearts with patriotic emotions; the pontoon bridges
t&bezL ai,a.rfc and conveyed on wagons; the pack
mules carrying heavy burdens; the lopg line of am
bulances and wagons, and the emancipated freed*
men as camp followers, combined to make the whole
one of tho grandest moving spectacles of varying
Interest ever witnessed upon this continent. No
thing haß done so much towards reconciling those
rebels to obedience to the national authority as
these displays of the ability of the Government to
suppress treason, however numerous its ramifica
tions, and however formidable its proportions* The
efiect is having & salutary influence upon those who
have been boasting that they were not whipped, and
upon the fair sex, who still cherish the dream that
through some mysterious Influence, their Southern
Ccniederaey will be established.
A goodly company of ladies, with officers of every
grade, and citizens of all classes were assembled
upon the steps of the City Hall, where an excellent
view of the column was afforded. The fair ones
cheered tho brave boys by waving their handker
chiefs. Many of the colored people prepared them
selves with flowers, which they distributed to the
returning heroes*No review took place. General
Sherman, in all the pride of a successful soldier,
rode at the head of the column, which is known as
the Army of Georgia. Sruno few brigadiers crowded
the south portico of the City Hall, where, in tho ab
sence of the constellations, their Bingte stars attract
ed some attention, and caused country folks to ask
who they were. This army, like the Army of the
Potomac, is bound for Washington.
The 14th Corps, under Major General Jeff C.
Davis, hkd the advance, and the regiments moved
along in the following order;
First Divisi/m—ZHlh and 140til Ohio, 18th Ken
tucky, 74th Indiana, 17th Ohio, 82d Indiana, 31st'
and 92d Ohio, 23d Missouri, 87th Indiana, 105th
Ohio, 2d Minnesota, 75th and 101st Indiana.
Second Division—3iih and 78th Illinois, oath, 108th,
113th, and met Ohio, iasth Illinois, 52d Ohio, 85th
and 86th Illinois, 17th New York (Zouaves), loth
and 90th Illinois, 14th and 10th Michigan.
Third Division—Hi Indiana, 21at Wisconsin, 101 th
Illinois, 34th Ohio, 88th Indiana, 83d Ohio, 33th In
diana, 21st Ohio, 79th Pennsylvania, 21st Michigan,
74th Ohio, 13th Michigan, 09th Ohio, 3Sth Indiana.
The 20th Corps, and or Major General Mower,
advanced as follows: ■
£22,775,000
19,030.009
9.550,000
8,350 000
7,800 000
4,250,009
315 000
2,650,000
450,000
First Division— l 233 anil 141st New York, 6th Con
necticut, 46th. Pennsylvania, 3d Wisconsin, ad Mas
sachusetts, lSlh Now Jersey, 160th and 143 d New
York, sad Ohio, 31st Wisconsin, 101st and 821 Illi
nois.
Second Division— SBth Pennsylvania, 29Jh and 6th
Ohio, 147th Pennsylvania, 68th Ohio, 119th, 134th,
and 164th New York, 73d Pennsylvania, 33d New
Jersey, 60th, 102 d, 137th, and 149th New York, 29th
and lllth Pennsylvania.
Third Division— 7oth Indiana, 106th Illinois, 79th
Ohio, 102 d and 129th Illinois, 19th Michigan, 32d
Indiana. 22d Wisconsin, 86th Indiana, 66 th Ohio,
83d Massachusetts, 136th New York, 73d Ohio, 26th
Wisconsin.
In the present poverty of the rebels man; ways
are indulged In to raise the wind. The most recent
Is the selling! of their parole papers to botraty
jnmpers, by whleh they are enabled to desert, and
disposing or the same to that class of traitors who
refuse to take the oath, but who do not hesitate at
any subterfuge whioh affords them the opportunity
of deceiving the military authorities. The venders
generally represent that they have lost their pa*
pers and apply for duplicates. This little game
may be regarded s s checkmated, and those who
resorted to It as the meanß of livelihood, will be
obliged to return to honest Industry, or Invent some
new piece of rasoality.
There is a report In the city that General Early
died recently at Lynohbnrg, though It is not be
lieved by his friends. He was, however, at last ac
counts, suffering from rheumatism,whioh threatened
to settle In Us stomach.
PASSAGE 07 THB 16th AND 17TH COttPS.
The Amy of Tennessee, the right wing of
Thomas’ army, under Major General Howard, con
sisting of thelfith Corps, under Major General John
A. Hogan, and the 17th Corps, commanded by Maj..
Gen. F. P. Blair, Jr., Is passing through the city at
this early hour (5% A. M.) Hollih.
The new journal (the Richmond Republic) fur
nishes the following ••
THB JAMBS BIVHB AND KANAWHA CANAL.
We learn, upon Inquiry In the proper quarter, that
the injuries, to the James river and Kanawha Canal
are much ICS3 extensive than we had feared. A
gentleman who knows all abont oanals, alter in
specting the .one under consideration from Lynch
burg tolHehmond, has expressed the opinion that
one hundred men oonld put It In running order in a
week. Tho first and most Important break is at
New Canton, sixty six miles from Richmond. Be
tween that point and I.vnotiburg, distant eighty
miles, there are several smaller breaks. It has new
been six weeks slnee peace was restored to the coun
try through whioh this great feeder of our olty runs,
and yet net the first stroke of work has been struck
upon It* While the different railroad eompanles
are actively engaged In repairing their lines, Che
great canal la allowed to lie almost as Idle
and useless as a sequestered frog pond. We do not
know whether this Is owing to the supineness of the
company, or whether It grows out of the fact- that
the canal is in a great part Owned by the State
of Virginia, and that It is necessary no Important
work, should be begun on It until the State govern
ment assembles In the olty. It may be said there is
no seed of speolal work for the canal to do, there
being little produce In the country through whioh it
passes. There Is a great deal more merchantable
produoe In the oountry than is commonly believed.
It Is really astonishing how muoh has escaped the
drag, nits of the Contaderateeommlssarleeacdquar
tormastors. Almost every farmer along the.oanal
can spare some hay, corn, fodder, peas, onions, or
potatoes? to say nothing of lambs, veal, and. spring
garden truck; and, every man of them Is. fn sore
need of the almighty “ greenbacks,” which are be
coming so comfortably plentiful here. A Jew boats
are now running.on this end of the oanal, and are
bringing In small quantities of the articles men
tioned, but tho, country between New Canton and
Klehmcnd has been more closely gleaned by the
Confederate authorities and the f-'niou cavalry
during the war than that nearer Lynchburg. Bat
litherowere.no food or forage to Bpar* In all the
rich country, between Lynch burg, null Richmond,
the repair of the canal would yet do a matter of the
first Importance. It connects at Lynchburg with
the Virginia and Tennessee railroad, which tra
verses the rich and comparatively unwasted region
of Southeastern Virginia, where oattlo, beef and
bacon ua BOW to be found in superabundance.
THE SHBHAMDOAH VUER-ADUtmANCE 07 PRO
vißiaaa is btatjbtoh, and übishbohihg coua-
There Is perfect quiet In Staunton and the tar
loundlng country. The people or* protected by the
presence of teveral regiments.of Union troops from
the depredations of straggling Confederate soldiers.
The same scarcity of horses Is complained of there
ihat we have hitherto mentioned as existing In
many of the counties In Eastern Ylrginla-The
people were generally: noil supplied with animals
1 hr larmlng purposes early Is the 'spring, but they
i weve, lor the most part, stolen and carried off by
’ the horde of stragglers- that overran the country
immediately after tie surrender of General Lie,
and before the arrival o£ the United States forces’
Provisions are abundant In Augusta and the neigh
boring counties. Baeoa can be bought fora mere
song, and Hoar goes begging at five dollaraa barrel.
The openlE&af. the Central railroad to Staunton,
which is In a lair way of being 'soon accomplished,
will enable these staples to reach the brisk market
which awaits them in Richmond. Rumors of the
t vaouatlen or Riohmond reaohed Staunton within
two days after the event, bnt they were generally
discredited. It will be reoolleoted, the railroad
having been thoroughly smashed by General She
ridan a month before, there was no direct commu
nication. Pally three weeks elapsed hefore the
facts of the evacuation and subsequent surrender
were presented to the people In such shape that
they could no longer doubt the reality, and then the
news was brought by the Union troops In person.
Governor Smith, on flying from Staunton, took
the road to Lexington. He has not elnoo been
heard from.
It has been repeatedly stated In the Northern
journals that Generals Echols and Basil Buko fol
lowed the fortunes of Mr. Davis, General Ecbolß
EASTERN VIRGINIA
Extensive as feared.
Richmond.
Richmond, May 12,15C5,
THB ARMY AS IT PASSED.
THB REGIMENTS COMPOSING THE ARM?.
AVOIIHHO THE OATH.
EnrOKTBD DEATH 07 G3NEBAL EAELT.
THE 7LISHT 07 QOV. SMITH.
DID NOT GO WITH I AVIS.
Is in Richmond, and has been h»re 'or more thai a
week General Breckinridge adhered to Mr. Davis
and his followers-Norihrop, Benjamin, MaUory,
fibu ©tlMTS—S&ylug ho could not reconcile it to him.
j-eJf to desert so helpless a party, and Basil Duke,
being a Kentuckian, went with Breckinridge. The
The command ot the expedition probably devolves
either upon Breckinridge or Wade Hampton.
THE MAILS TO RICHMOND.
The order prohibiting the transmission of letters
addressed to civilians at Richmond has been re
scinded, and hereafter the malls will be regularly
transmitted. The reason assigned for the stoppage
of the other mails is, that the postmaster at Rich
mond was not prepared to do any business.
IST&'i'JC JTfc.HS*
William Robinson, awaiting trial in
caster county prison for shooting John m
Colombia, & few weeks ago, attempted to escape on
last Sunday night by breaking a hole through the
cell.in which he was confined. A prisoner in an ad
joining cell, hearing tho noise, gave the alarm,
when Robinson was recaptured. 5
A f.fcelefos was found several days since In Pitts
berg by workmen engaged In excavating the
grtutfl upon which the old Washington Hall, in
£feubtnviile, stood. It had been In the cellar, and
the bones were covered with lime, much decayed.
It was apparently the body of a boy,
A floating hotel is being built in Warren,
Warren co,, intended for tbo oil regions. It is to be
finished in the finest style, and furnished with
kitchen, diningroom, state-rooms, andmll hotel be
longings.
The Union men cf Indiana county hold their
primary election cn Saturday, the Ist day of July.
As the Crawford county system prevails in Indiana,
the election is for tho purpose of nominating a tick,
et, from State Senator down. . -
Tho Board of Relief of Chester county has
pFSscd a resolution discontinuing relief to the fami
lies of soldiers on and after July 4th, 1855, except in
special necessitous cases mado known by the respec
tive township and borough committees of relief.
Near Pittsburg the ofcijier day, a man caught
on a islirood bridge by an advancing train, in his
fright hung himself down between the sleepers to
avoid it, ciatping both arms over the rail . The poor
fellow dropped armless into the water below.
—.Two paupers who escaped from a oounty poor
house up in the oil regions ol Pennsylvania made
SIOO,COO each,' operating in oil lands, before the
overseers of the poor caught them.
The Horse exhibition of the Chester
County Agricultural Society wiU be held on tho
society’s grounds In West Chester, on Saturday,
th»mk of May,
Out of 6 ope nine hundred bills passed at the
I? st session of the Legislature only forty-seven wore
of & gereral character. The latter have just been
iESued in pamphlet form, occupying sixty-six pages.
An unknown white man was killed on the
Rto dibg Railroad cn Saturday last, opposite Ma>
n&ynnk, by being run over.
Lewis Kugler has been appointed postmaster
at L&z&rotta Station, Delaware oounty, in place of
Margaret B. Wright, resigned.
The small pox, which has been very prevalent
In many parts of tho country, has recently proved
quite serious is Southampton, Bucks county.
The Perks County Zeitung has been united to the
Lebanon Demokrat s & German paper published at
Lebanon.
Mr. Jeese H, Lord, formerly or the Hartford
Times and Post t is ediiorof the Erie (Pa ) Dispatch.
The gale of Thursday last has done consider
able mischief throughout the State.
Danville, Montour county, was visited last Fri
day evening by a hail-storm.
The Lebanon county jail Is at present without
a single prisoner.
—The Pittsburg Post clamors for new market
houses.
A very neat ohuroh has been raised and dedi
cated by the Baptist s at Corry.
HOME IVJKMB.
Ton rebel Governors of States have no States
to govern. Here is the list: Claiborne F. Jackson,
of Missouri; Isham G. Harris, of Tennessee; Thos.
O. Moore, of Loulelana; Harris Flannogan, of Ar
kansas ; John P. Pectus, of Mississippi; Joseph A«
Brown, of Georgia; Andrew Magrath, of South
Carolina; «* Extra” Billy Smith, of Virginia? a.
D. Vance, of North Carolina, and Thos. H. Watts,
of Alabama. '
Mias Della Webster, .who was Imprisoned ia
Kentucky twenty years ago- on a charge of harbor
ing escaped slaves, and h&a since been the subject
of repeated persecution from Kentuoky judges, has
offered to give one hundred •acres of laud; situated
on the Ohio river, opposite Madisohville, Indiana,
for the establifhment of a “ Lincoln College.”
Jarrett, of the Boston Theatre, has entered
Into a contract with Charles Kean, the English ac
tor, for the services of hlmself ahd wife (Ellen Troo),
for a term of twenty .five nightaln Boston, PhiiadcL
phis, and Brooklyn, and agrees to pay $2Q,000 for
that number of performances# The engagement ia
to comnience in .September next.
The American TraSt Sooioty (of Boston) an
nounced at Its meeting In New York that the re
ceipts of the society, In cash, daring the year, were
$190.948,28 1 exceeding those of the previous year
$66,233 01. The cash expenditures were *170,883.79.
A “Memorial Church” is to be erected In
Springfield, Mats.j on the point of Bound HUI.
Tablets are to be plaoed in the church containing
the names ol the Congregational ministers who
have officiated In that city.
gj—Within a woek five Methodist ohnrches have
been burnt In New Hampshire and Vermont In the
violnity of Lebanon—one eaoh at Haverhill, Swift
water, Monroe, Lyman, and one at Newport, Ver.
most.
—Theie is a great inereasa In live stock In Michi
gan. The increase of cows this year, as compared
with 1860, amounts to 20,199-j. the increase In sheep
amounts to the enormous figure of 1.655,689; and the
Increase in horses to 9,6C0.
—'When the rebel guerilla Mosby heard of Booth’s
assassination of the President, he is reported to have
exclaimed: “Now, by —! loouldtake that man
In my arms.”
The publications ol' the American Tract Soole
ty last year numbered 1,044,9C0 volumes. The re
ceipts from donations and legacies amounted to
$126,027, and from sales $296,338.
Free soup of excellent quality Is dally dealt out
to the citizens of Richmond by the United States
Christian Commission.
The season at Saratoga this Bummer promises
to be very brilliant. The hotele are said to have re
ceived great Improvements.
. The wealthiest revenue district In the Union,
according to report ot Commissioner Lewis, Is the
first district of Illinois, including Chicago.
: Connecticutds a rioher State than Massachu.
setts. There are $9BO to each Inhabitant there; only
s£3o in Massachusetts.
. A. negro girl put oxalic add In the tea she made
for a Brooklyn family, to kill another servant girl.
The family, fortunately, did not drink It.
A farmer In Brattleborosgh, Vt., has apples,
sound and fresh, grown in ISS3. They were kept In
a cellar, packed in walnut bust dust.
Mrs. Surratt IS dosoribed as more than forty,
buxom, light-haired, rosy.ohoeked, and with cold,
clear, devilish gray eyes.
—Boring the last ten years'the emigration to the
Western Territories' hasnot been less than one-half
million of souls. -
—W. E. Shepherd, one of the editors of the Oska
loosa (N. Y.) Herald, has been appointed postmaster
at that place.
—Not less than five-burglaries wore attempted
in Burlington, Vermont, on-Thursday evening last,
but all ol them proved failures.
Several cosay yachts are upon the stacks In
New York, each of whioh. will cost from $60,000 to
$60,000. j
The Ohio State billiard tournament will begin
In. Cincinnati on- Monday, May 22d, and oontlnue
all the week.
The freedmen on the Aldington estate In Wash
ington have formed themselves into a temperance
society.
The Cincinnati and Marietta Railroad earned
$360,428 69 slnoe the Ist of January.
Plenty of hay lsoffered la the Cincinnati mar
ket at from shi@lB per ten.
The.wheat.erop. In the MiamiYaUey, Ohio,
gives promise of a great harvest.
—A negro and a white wore married at
Troy a few days since.
—Michigan now yields about $7,000,000 worth of.
copper and s2,ooo,ooo,worth of iron annually.
The State census of Massachusetts Is now un
der way.
A Swedish sailor poisoned hlmßair withi&uda
num In New York, the other day.
Tho Ohloago lake-tuenel la progressing at the
Tate of twelve to fourteen feet per day.
The James River Canal Is open as far as Co
lumbia, Virginia.
Guerilla hunting near Memphis has been very
saeoessrul. Three were hnng in one day.
The Mississippi squadron is to be reduced to
26 vessels. It has been over 100.
FOREIGN ITEMS.
Lieutenant General Aotls, commandant of the
Royal Military AoademyJ of Turin,, died on the IBth
lust., after a short Illness. He entered the artillery
: as a cadet In 1816, being then Id ..years old. He de
fended pesohlera In 1848, and fought through the
' campaign of the following year.
Four men* were lately suffocated In a colliery
at Church, near Accrington, Epgland. There must
have been an explosion ot gas In tho pit, but no re
port was heard, and the bodies ef the deceased
howed no marks of burning.
Prince Napoleon hns been at Lanslebourg to
witness the trials made on the poatlon of the French
and Italian railway Already laid down. He also
visited the tunnel.
a viaduot has been constructed under the Vin
cennes Railway, beyond thoßue Montgalet, whleh
leads to a new stroet.to be opened next summer.
otho, ex-King or Greece, Is devoting hisMsnre
to the compilation,of a rtpdam Greek and German
Lexicon.
. - At the new Alexandra Theatre, fa, London,
there is to be a three months’ season of opera every
year.
The Emperor of the French has soot 40,000 f. to
the municipality of St, EtUano,lnaldof the ribbon
manufacturers of that parish.
—in London they have a college,for cooks, where
diplomas are given to assiduous students.
Miss Mulloeh, the English authoress, has just
been married to a Mr. Craig.
Mane Antoinette’s work-table sold In Paris re
cently for twelve thousand dollars!
Mario has made an immense hit as Jean of Ley
dm In the “Prophete,” at the London opera.
—Liberia has met with a great loss In the deaths
of ex-Presldent Benson and Chief Justice Drayton.
’ —One of the London papers devotes twelve
columns to a sketch of Ml felngoln’s Ute,
THE TRIAI OF THE ASSASSINS.
THE TESTIMONY NffW GI VEN IN OPEN COURT,
Roporters of the Kess Admitted, and
the Testimony Public.
All that is Prudent and Proper given to
the Public.
HAHKS OF IBS COUNBKI WHO APPEAR FOB
THE ASSASSINS,
Vassagc-at-arms between Severity .Folmsou
and Members of the Commission.
HIS RESPECT FOB THE SANCTITY
OF AN OATH QUESTIONED.
IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENTS.
THE DANGER OF PRESIDENT JOHNSON.
Minutes of the Court on Saturday.
The Appearance of the Prisoners at the Bar.
Arrest of the Mail who Ferric* Booth across the
Potomac.
How he was Tracked—How he was Cap-
WABHiweTOM, May is.—The conrt is held at the
old Penitentiary, in an upper room, white walled,
with two windows east and north. These windows
are ironed with flat bars along the wall.
On the west side, on raised seats, were Dr. Bdudd,
David O. Harold, Denis Payne, Edward Spangler,
of Ford’s Theatre, Mlohael o. Laaghlin, Atzerott,
and Samuel Arnold. Sitting outside the paling was
Mrs. Snratt, leaning an a small green balzod table.
Beyond her, on the other side of the tabls, near the
northern windows, sat the counsel for the hocused,
Thomas Ewing, son of the Ohio ex-Senator, Attor.
ney Stone, Walter S. Cox, Reverdy Johnson, Allton,
and Clamper.
Punning oast and west, beside the northern wall,
thero Is a long table, also covered with green baize.
At this sit the court.
Dr. Wudd looked calm, collected and attentive,
leaning on the railing that surrounded him as If to
relieve his wrists from the weight of the handcuffs
that ehaumbered them.
Arnold was restless, raising his hands to his hair
with a nervous twitching, and constantly varying
the direction of his looks, now glancing from face
to face, then bowing hts head on his hand, which
was supported on his knees. His handcuffs were
somewhat peenuar, not helng connected as usual by
a chain, but by a bar about eight inches in length.
Payne, dressed In gray woolen shirt and dark
pants, seemed more Intent In trying to obtain a full
view of the sunny landscape through the barred
windows, than ef confining his attention to the da.
tails of the proceedings. As he looked, a strange,
listless dreaminess pervaded Us face. His dark hair,
Irregularly parted, hung over his foroheadand often
clouded Us dark blue eyes. His tuok, somewhat
protruding lips were as If glued together. His legs
were crossed and us Ironed hands rested on tho knee
of the upper one.
Langblln was observant of every move made In
tho conrt. He leaned back, with Us head against
the wall, fully exposing his broad bnt not high fore
head, crowned with a fall, bushy head of black
heir.
Atzerott, a man some five feet six or seven inches
In height, might have boon taken, had It not been
for his manacles, as a mere speetator. He possesses
a style of face most common In Southern Germany,
though his beard and hair are of a reddish sand
color, and bis eyes light. A police officer sat beside
eaoh prisoner.
Mtb. Suratt has already been correctly described
—a stoat, buxom widow, fitting Falstafl’s Ideal
fair, fat, and forty; although it Is ascertained she is
far beyond that period of life, having nearly reached
her grand cllmaotric. She was dressed in blacki
and looked a little Unshed, but we failed to notice
that cold, cruel gleam in her gray eyes which some
of the gentlemen of the press have attributed to her.
The court engaged in the trial of the conspirators
altered one of Its rules to-day, so as to admit re
porters lot the press. Hon. Beverdy Johnson ap
peared as counsel for Mrs. Suratt, whereupon an
objection was raised to him by General Harris, and
which was withdrawn after an earnest debate on
both sides.
Hotectlve Lee and the clerk of the Kirkwood
House, and the present proprietor of the house
heretofore occupied by the Suratt family and
others, were examined with reference to this house,
and in relation to arms having been deposited there
in order to facilitate the escape of the assassins.
The court was in session until a late hour.
The first testimony taken In the oase of the several
parties arraigned was a portion of that which the
Government deems It necessary for the present to
withhold from the public. JVhen that testimony
had all been rendered, Brigadier General T, M,
Harris stated that he rose to object to the admission
of Mr. Reverdy Johnson as a oounsel pleading be
fore the Court, and that he dldthlsupon the ground
that In an opinion delivered by Mr. Johnson, that
gentleman had expressed his disregard of the sancti
ty of an oath. General Harris then stated that he
referred to the opinion expressed la a letter written
by Mr. Johnson at the time of the Maryland Con
vention, held with reference to the adoption Of the
new Constitution of that State.
Mr. Johnson replied as follows: It Is difficult to
speak to that abjection—to speak as I feel without
having that opinion before me. That opinion ean
not be tortured by any reasonable man to any such
conclusions. There is not a member of this oonrt,
either the president or the memberwho objects, that
recognizes the obligation of an oath more abso
lutely than I do; and there Is nothing In my life,
from the oommenoement to the present time, whioh
would Induce me for a moment to avoid a com
parlson, In all moral respects, between myself and
any member of this court. In this rebellion, whioh
has broken down so many moral principles, It has
been my pride to stand by the Government from
the beginning to the present moment, and to take
every obligation which the Government thought It
necessary to Impose, and to do my duty faithfully
in every department of the public service as well
as in my Individual oapaolty.
If such an objection were made In the Senate of
the United States, where I am known, ! forbear to
say how It would be treated, because I know the
terms in whioh It would he decided- I have too
leng gone through too many trials and rendered the
country such services as my, abilities enabled ms
and the voles of the people ID whoee midst I am
living, for me particularly to- tolerate, for a mo
ment, eome from whom It may, such an aspersion
on my moral oharaoter. lam .glad It Is made now
when I have arrived at that period of life when It
would be unfit to notice it In any other way; but I
repeat there is not one word of truth lu the con
struction to what hoB been given M the opinion al
ready referred to. I have it net by me, but I re
collect substantially what It is.
The convention called to form a new Constitution
for the State was called (under the authority of an
act of the Legislature of Maryland, and under that
alone. By that Legislature their proceedings were,
to be submitted to the then legal voters of the
State. The convention thought that they were au
thorized themselves to Impose not only as an autho
rity to vote what waj not Imposed by the existing
Constitution and laps, but that they had a righ t to
admit to vote those.who are prohibited from voting ,
by said confutation and taws j and I said, in com
pany with the whole barer the State, and what the.
whold bar throughout the Union would have said,
that to that extent they had usurped the. autho
rity under which aloae they were authorized to
meet, and that,, so far, the proceeding was a nullity.
They had prescribed this oath, and all the opinion
Eald, or was. intended to say, was that to take this
oath voluntarily was not a craven submission to
usurped authority, but was necessary In order to.
enable the oltlzea to protect his rights under the.
then and that there was no moral
harm In taking an oath which'the convention bad
no authority tc.impose. I make tfcno reflection on
any member of this oonrt when 1 say that, upon a
question of that description, I am. at least able
to form as. eorroot an opinion. as. any of the
gentlemen around this table. I. am here at the
nstanoe ef that lady [pointing to Mrs. Su*
rattj, whom I never saw os heard of till yester
day, she being a Maryland lady, protesting her
innocence to me j beoaug&l.deem a a right, duo to
: tho oharaoter of the profession to whioh I belong,
and of whioh yon are members, that she should not
go undefended. I was to do it voluntarily, without
compensation. Tho lampjrohlbltame from receiving
compensation; hut If R.had nqLunderstanding-faer
condition, I should nsvpr-have dreamed of refusing
upon the ground of her inahllty to nuke compen
sation. lam now volunteering to do what evidence
will justify me Iq, doing for this lady, who is now
being tried for her. Ufa. My detestation of every
one concerned in thla nefarious plot, circled out
with such fiendish malice, Is as great as
any member of this oonrt. I am not here to
proteot any one who, when the evidence la heard, I
shall deem to have been guilty—not even her* Will
he honorable member ef the court who has thought
It proper or believed it his dnty to make this objec
tion, or the President, who said that if the honorable
member had not made it he should have done so,
will they understand that lam not pleading here
for anything personal to myself 1 I stand too firmly
settled In my own convictions of honor and In my
Bense of dnty, public and private, to be alarmed at
all at any individual opinion that may be expressed.
I ask the oonrt to deelde, and I have no doubt they
shall decide as seems best to them, and If It shall be
suoh a decision as the President of the Oonrt feels
POUR CENTfI.
Inclined fo xa’iti? t can take care cf myself la iW
future.
REMAKING? Off SmOAJ>IER GBNBXAL HAWtlfi.
I trust it is aot necessaiy I should assure you nor
the eentlemari I feel Jt my duty to object
to offer as counsel before this court that r should aay
that I desire, above alt things, not teflo injustice t 9
any man s and I din assure you that, la doinj? what
I leel It n?y duty to dO, I have not frees Ifeflhenced
by any personal considerations. Though I* never
Bad the pleasure of the acquaintance of tbo gentia
man to whom I object, I have known him long as
an eminent public man of our country, of whom, I
most say, that my Imyffofislons have boon of a very
favorable character. Bat in regard to the matt# of
the objection. If my recoUdotion serves mo right, I
must obcteca that it is wen founded. Ifefla due to 1
thegoatlemen.to saythat'lhave madetiffsobjec
tion pimply from the reeolit et’lon of this letter, which
I lead perhaps nearly a year ago, and o( the effects
of that letter upon the vote of that State. No w, If
I understand the remarks or that gentlemen In ex
planation of this ‘‘thing,” I cannot cay that 3b re
moves tbedlifieul&y—from my mind, at least. 5 vn
dentawl hsm to Bay that the doctriae he taught the
people of bta Stats was that became the Oonvcnilo.n
had framed and rtiyaired the an oath a? a
quallSeaticn to. the rhrht of suffrage, whlfcl? was tra
constttutloncl attd illegal, ID his optoloß, asd tilers
tore It had no nrral banding force, a.id that people
migtt toko it aatj then go and vote without regard
to tee subject matter of that oath. II fhht dees not
jasttiy my conclusion. I confess I am uuable Co uu*
derptaod the English language.
Now, I wish tbe 3enttain»ii to understand me,
that In regard to his'ability to decide a itgal q-ves
t-ion I do not Intend to enter Into any controversy.
He remarked to the court, rather boaatlßglW, that
he 1b as well able as any member of this court to
judge in’rvgard to any legarpotnt 5 but this is not a
point of law, it is a question of ethics, and of the
morality r,r the itilug-of the sanctity of an oath
voluntarily taken, which, ! understand, he t&nttht
his people, might bo set ash eas having no f&fee,
because tbe convention had transcended Us au
thority, and dene something it had no right to do,
and that consequently they mt£&t voluntarily
this oath to entitle them to go and vote without
consldexfng It to have any blading force—and lam
much mistaken in the history of those days and is
the effect of that opinion upon the vote of that state
if it was not so considered.
A large number cast their suffrages under that
ethical doctrine taught by the gentleman against
whom X have objected ; but as X was about to re
mark, I would be sorry to do injustice to the gentle
man, or any other man, and having made my objec
tions simply from my recollection of this letter, it
Is, perhaps, due to the gentleman and the members
of this court that tbe letter itself should be submit
ted to the scrutiny of this court, I may be wrong 5
if so, none can be more ready than myself to ac
knowledge that fact.
REJOINDER OB' HR. JOHHBOIT.
My. Johnson said: Ido not Intend to make an ex
tended reply to the geniioman’B remarks. As to my
boasting abcut my competency to deoide any legal
question, the gentleman is mistaken. I said as
competent as any of the members of this court,
they not being lawyers. Now, the honorable mem
ber seems to suppose that, because I said there was
uo harm in taking an oath that I meant there would
be no ham in breaking it, if it was taken. If that
is the meaning of the terms, I am better informed
in regatd to It now than I ever was before. I have
already said to the oourt that l had no Idea of using
them lor any such purpose—that according to my
interpretation of them they admitted of no such
construction. When a gentleman Is dealing with
gentlemen, even if the words he used were liable to
misrepresentation, bis explanation of the intended
meaning of them is held to be sufficient.
I submit that amongst gentlemen—and I hope I
am not boasting that in that capacity I may con
sider myself equal to any member of this court—!
repeat when, as a gentleman, I say they were not
used lor any such design as Imputed to them, the
gentleman to whom the explanation is given will
not be disposed to repeat that they were In point of
fact used with that design. Now as to the effect
upon the people of Maiyla’id. 1 don’t know where
the honorable member is from, but he Is sot a citi
zen of cur State, I suppose.
General Karris—l am a Citizen or Western yir
glnia.
Mr. Johnson—l supposed you were not a citizen
of Maryland. I was about to say, whoever sup*
posed—and I hope he wilt send for tbe letter—that
the people of Maryland can be induced by indivi
dual opinion to take an oath in order to violate lt r ls
under a very great misapprehension. We have
had, what X regret, hundreds and hundreds of our
citizens who have left our borders and participated
in this rebellion; but hundreds and hundieda also
of these who remained have proved true to their
flag, and have evinced their loyalty upon the battle
field with their blood and with their lives; and In
the relation in which I stand to the people of Ma
ryland, I may be permitted to say, they are the
equals, morally and patriotically, of the, people of
’Western Virginia.
There were other tcpics involved in the Constitu
tion which influenced the votes of those who voted
against It, to which it is unnecessary and useless
here to refer. But X deny, and deny Implicitly, that
there was a single man who voted because of that
opinion, or who look the oath with a view to vote,
thereby to violate the obligation. But as a legal
question it is something new to me. The objection
made, if well lounded la fact, is won fotmdea in
law. Are the members of this court to measure the
moral character of every counsel who may appear
before them 1 Is that their- function? What ind.ll
- has that upon the court by which their judg.
merit could be led betray t His client may suffer
from the possible prejudice it may create in the
mlndß of the court. But how can the oourt suffer ?.
Who gives to the court the jurisdiction to deoide
upon the moral character of me counsel who may
appear before them 1 Who makes them the arbb
tore of public morality, or of my professional ino
raUty 1 \wbat authority have they under their com
mission to rule me out, or any other counsel out,
upon theground that hedeea not recognize the vali
dity of an oath, even it they fcailevod it ? But I put
myself on no such grounds. I deem myself, in all
moral respects, to be the equal of any member of
this tribunal. They may dispose of the question as
they please, it will not touch me.
BBSVOnSB OF MB. HARGIS.
The Court will unuersisnd me as not Intending to
cast any reflection upon the people of Maryland In
regard to loyalty and morality, or In regard to patri
otism, lam proud to euy that they have a good re
oord IS t-iila great contest through which Our country
has just passed. While It Is true of Maryland, lam
sorry to say It lsequally true of my State, that many
joined the rebellion, and have made for themselves a
terrible record. But the circumstances of this ease
were rather peoullar. The people or Maryland were
about to vote upon an alteration In the fundamental
law of the State, upon the adoption of a new Consti
tution—a Constitution which made Eume radical
changes In regard to the soolal status of the people of
Maryland. Slavery was about to bo blotted out; that
was the purpose, and It is an unfortunate foot that
that portion of the people Interested In the proposed
change were, as a general thing, the disloyal por
tion, and it was In reference to the effect which this
opinion expressed by the honorable gentleman in
the letter referred to had upon that vote, and upon
the action of this portion of the people, that my ob
jection was In part founded, for It did seem as though
they understood It as X did. In regard to the right
of the eourt to Inquire Into the moral standing of
counsel wo have no such right, but the order consti
tuting this court makes provision for the prisoners
or the accused having the aid of oouusel. The pro
visions in reference to that matter Is that gentlemen
shall exhibit a certificate of having taken the oath,
or shall take it In presence of the oourt.and thus
tbe obligation of an oath Is here a special question.
If It does appear that he Ignores the moral obliga
tion, and we admit him, It defeats the very provi
sions of the order, hence; X think that It Is proper
in me as a member of the conrt to fouud an objec
tion of that character upon such grounds, whether'
the objection Is sustained or not. The gentleman
disclaims any snob intention, bat that Is a taelt ad
mission that the language of that tetter may have
been unguarded, that it may have had the effect
supposed, though It was not in accordance with the
Intention of his mind in wiitiog It. It Is an unfor
tunate thing If he wrote a letter so misconstrued,
but, If It was not the Intention of the. writer, that,
Df course, must exonerate him. Ba disavows hav
ing any such Intention, and claims to t himself a mo
ral oharaoter whloh ho is not asha mod to put- In
comparison with that of any memb « of the court.
Now, it is not my purpose to measure characters
at all,but simply to bring forward, an objeotlon. I
felt It my dnty to bring, and noth' ing else, an objec
tion founded on thennderstandhe g I had of the lat
ter referred to. I. was sorry to.’nave to do It, bat X
did It In no spirit of person; ii ill will or bad
feeling. I was sorry that It sra amy duty to do such
a thing, out I could- not do mr «thing else with the
impression I bad on my mind , and he, as an honor
able gentleman, will under*! .and what X mean by
this. He understands,.too- r shat the force of con
scientious convictions most be, and that If a man
acts from principle, thls-tkd- eg will ooeaslonally Im
pose upon him some unplf meant duties. His disa
vowal of any. such- Inter .tion as I derived from
memory or his letter I ana bound to take; but this I
must lnslitupon, thatths re was some ground for the
objection. '
BBPVk Off - MB. JOHWSOW.
Mr. President,, duo 7 yard more, Ail I propose to
say Is that the order (confers no authority to refuse
me admission, on the,., grounds claimed by tbe hono
rable member, beoatf ee you have no authority to
administer the oath U, me i nave taken It lu the
Senate-of the United states, in tbe circuit court or
my State, In the' f cupreine court of the United
states, and I am. v . practitioner in all the courts In
nearly all the S’a ,tes; and It would be a little sln
fular If one who, I as a right to appear before the
upreme Court, of the land, and who belongs to the
bony that creates,) courts martial, shall not nave the
right to appear tsf ifore oourts martial.
Major G anortii Hunter. Mr. Johnson has made
an Intimation at to holding members of the ooort
personally respa jslble,
Mr. Johnson- i made no such Intimation, nor in
tended it.
Major (Sons* al Hunter. X shall say no more than
I was going ta' try. The day has passed when free
men from, tbe North were to be bullied and Insulted
by the bum.br ,g chivalry of the South.
The.oan.vt hero took a recess for half an hour, and
when it reiu rued, went Into 3eoret session, In order
to delibers te upon tbe objection so lengthily dis
cussed.
The w-m-rt being reopened, Gen. Harris stated
tbat.he dtjslred to withdraw his objeotlon, ob he
oonsldf.reil Mr. Johnson’s explanation a satisfacto
ry removal of the grounds on which the objection
waefcumied.
Mr. Johnson expressed his desire and willingness
to take t he oath, hut the Court deemed It unneces
sary, ar.d the oath was not taken.
TBB XBSTIMOHT.
A. WBee, being sworn, testified as follows:
Question. Do you,belong to the police foroe 1
Ans wer. Yes, sir, to the military polloe.
4- State whether at any time you examined the
room or Atzerott, at the Kirkwood House.
A.. Yes, sir; I was ordered byMafor O'Belrneto
go into the principal part of the building and see
how the house was situated ;.X made the examina
tion, and told him one could got from the roof to a
stairway In the. back of the building, whloh would
admit him into any part of the building; I told the
Major the olroumßtanoos.
4-When was that!
A. (Hero the witness leaked at a paper.) It was
the night, of the 15th of April. I then went, and
while tkaro a friend came to me and said there wai
a rather, susplolous-looklng min who had taken a
room thjue the day previous, and I had better go
and look. I went, and found In the register, badly
written, the name el Atzerott—E. A. Atzerott. I
mads It out; but is that nobody could make It out
unttlT asked the yroprleter, ana he madei It out on
Q. did you go alter that!
a; I went up stairs to the room, and saw one of
the clerks, and I- asked him to go up to the room
with me; found the door looked, and ho said the
party had taken the key with him; I went to one of
the proptletots. and asked if he had any objections
to my going into the room, If wa oould find a toy to
fit it; he said no; Wffxhough he tried his keys, we
oould notget In p I asked him if we might burst in
the door; he said he had no objection, and. we burst
the door open; when we week in I saw a ooat hang
on the wall,
dot Burnett here ordered a bundle to be passed
to the witness. This bundle, on being opened by the
Ootonel, was found to be a ooat, rolled in which
were, sundry small articles. , .. ~
Witness. That ooat was hanging upon the wall,
jtietin that w&y, aa yougo lily on the left-hand side >
thatfe the coat, sir* _ _ ...
Q,. state what txamioation you mado Pf tho
r °A? Well, I saw that ooat right opposite ; the bid
stood on tie right; I went towards the bed, and, un
derneath the pillow or bolster round a revolver
bound with brass. [Hero a pistel was shown to wit
ness, passing through the hands of Mr. Johnson
who remarked j 11 It is loaded, 1
Witness. 1 then went down atalre to find Major
O’Beirne, and we went up stairs to the room again.
X took the ooat down and found this book anil that
**4! inthepockets!
A, yes, sir,
vhxc wah Fxftraaa*
(PTOLIRFIBn WEEKLY. 1
TB» Win Passs Will be rant to shbMribtta hy
mail tper-Mumra la klt.em) it.—M
F!v. tor'.pt.—— ■ *—-'lO ••
Tvj .oplqs —. —9ft
Ltrt.r Club, this Ten -frill bs .b«r.*d it tb. mu
rate. til. Oft pur .OP?.
The money mnet alnmtn accompany,!** order, and
ih no instance can theee terms be deviated /mm, at
they afford very little .«?« Man the east a t paper.
to- Poatmutm r.quttt.4 tout u .cents M
tfb w.» r*M*.
49- To tb. x»tt«r-n» of the Oicbof tea or twiatr. Ml
«xtn copy of Uta piper will he ftfea.
|, Q. Look Inside Hint book and see what wan writ.
II ten in it. ■ ■. .
» A, Yes, sir. Tllere Was an aooonnt, too, on the
Ontario Bank of four hundred and fifty-five dollars:
7 then pnt my hand In the pooket again and found
thW handkerchief with the name of Mary K. Booth
on R;1 then pulled out this other handkerohlof,
aue had some difficulty la making oat the mark,
but i think It it E. E. Nelson, or P. A. Nelson, upon
It; I lYunfi this handkerchief with M. H w the oor
ner: I rot thlo new pair of ganntlets i I labelled all
these th.isgs myself, and I got these thiee bows of
Colt’s cartridges.
ft. Do (toy fit the pistol I _
A.' I nee or loaded the pistol, sir; I don’t know i I
round this p-ftce or lleorloe and this brush.
Q,—This voting was tu the back of that book s
Mr. J. Wilkes Booth, In aooount With the bank of
Ontario, four h undred and fifty dollars 1
A.—Yes, sir; I then got that spur and pair of
soeks; that Is aft I got out of ths pookets,
ft. —Do you imttember the number of the room t
A.—lt was room one hundred and twenty-six, sir.
a.—Was It over the room where Vloe President
Johnson was at thf-ftlmo I
llio witness here entered Into au explanation of
ths locality totally \ raintolllglble, but upon being
shown a plan or skeli’h .by Mr, Ben. Pittman, seem
ed to roocgnlse the k'ltuatlon of the room. This
plan, howeier, was not admitted In evidence.
Witness, 1 weht are, mil _the room, took up th«
. carpets, took out the wt ‘Ohstund, moyod the store,
ana made a thorough seat ■»*>. and thon went to the
bed again j took off the fllo tues piooe by pleoe, and,
after I came dewu undcrLCi tue sueets aud m it*
trasses,! tbcsv bowie knaves, [Hera akQlle wis
fibown the wltuesa, and handt - ’« to the various mem
bers of the court. 16 was a loni7> fltylufrfihaMd kalfe,
like that used by Bboth} atiffahaathed
is retd leather .l
Q. You dld'not b&* ix\m In the teom yourself?
A. No, sir ihb ha* to it the day before; the clerk
who was thf-.rc said bn «uml<l reoojyhlEe th« man.
CL. Go aodyet him after you have been examined, >
[ wlui or without a sunweeua; brlnrt htni at* soon ar
l you can. |[Here the--exMainatioa-Ui-chlef, wMcb. had.
\ been cnuducted by Ju/ge Bolt, AdvOcita GcueraiL
i>f the United Stotee. was cl« l se<l.)
Gross examtQsticvf— Ct- Wbatisycurbugines??
6'- JDetectlve ottedr of the Board of Enrol amt of
the Blstrict of Ooltjifitl-a, of which Mfsjor O’Bclrne
isr r»rovost marshal, • .
- mow locg have you Xolllowed the business 1
■' A, I have been Jn service over since! left Ifcw
York, on the coxwmvjjco»ktentof the war* X was ill
the s&f’ti New York Vbiuviteors. B t
Q. How long havtv Veen a detective 3a Wash*
ifikton ?
Sr. Ever since theb.irsagolAqulftgresk.lhad
bees discharged as a f ’Oltmteer trom the 95th New
York.
You mentioned a - converaatlon with some one
in reference to a euspic <otw character at the Kirk
wood Honse. Where tu d you first see the man wh»
wld you his name? ,
A, I‘flrst saw him in tb x Souse.
Q,. Viraebeaclerk? . _ • ,
.A. A sight watchman.• taink,
Q. What was his precise iaugnaßC to you?
A. He said to tue there w ac a eusploiouß, bad, v»*
loisMiodoofclng fellow ca\ne ( into the place ana took
a room, and he didn’t like t! ic appearanoe of him.
Q. Whfen was itthatptn «od had oomo and taken
a room I
A. I think It was the day l
CL. Con you say rn certain ‘
A. No, sir. I would not b J positive about it* I
think, to the best of myksi?> yledge it, was the day
before. . -
Q. Did hwdescribe his appr,i trance to you 1
A. Yes, sir, ho did.
Ct. Eepeat’hfs description.
A, I don’t think I could, ag\h ° desoribsd It to me.
I don't recollect. I think lu) said he had a gray
coat on. ...»
Q. Bare you ever seen, to ;yc ’UrknowleagP, Mr.
Atselothl
A. I don't know that I hav e ever seen him. I
have seen most ever} body kuoi 'k leg around about
WaHiipgton, I - don’t know as . ’ over saw him to
know Urn by name, I can’t say th at I have or have
not.
Q. What first brought you. to the Kirkwood
House?
A, I waß at home, eating my supper i Mr. Oan
nlngham came attar su—one o. f i ’or foroe; no, I
had goto out aftsr supper, and 11 hi rOc I mat him a
rqubrt, nom tho house i says he, 1 ' Y tea'are wanted
Immediately, at the Kirkwood £ loi lies" I wout>
and there was Major tl’Helrno: 1 I pand meu all
about there, detailed for duty to p ro '.art the Preal*
dont, or, at that time, the Vice Pre aid out.
Cl. Deeorlbe the appearance of th, so tom who gays
you the Information V
A. The man was about your bull, d i tammy be a
little heavier, but about your height -
Q. How old does he look to be?
A. Somewhere about jour sge.
ft, Whatismyage ?
A. 1 take you to he about thirty.
ft. Don’t you know his name ?
A. No, sir, I don’t.
Q. Now will you describe the relatl ve position of
Johnson’s room and the room In whl 'ch ytu foand
this coat?
The witness here entored Into a serlt is or gesticu
lations aotl oJiplanaUon3, tr»:ii which n either court,
counsels or reporters could derive' any understand
ing of bis meaning, or of the locality, hescughtto
describe.
ft. Did you find any signature of Ati erott in the
.I*olo ?
A. I did not.
ft. What made you thick It was his roi )m 1
A. Because It said so on the register; h ; woe num
ier 126.
ft. You have no other evldenoe exee pt the re
gister?
A. No, sir j I don’t knew as I have any other evi
dence.
ft. That Is all.
TUSTIUOKY OF tUWIO J. WBIOItMJ VV.
ft. State to tho court if you know , JairmNEL
ioratt.
A. Ido ;I first made his acquaintance I In t!:o fait
sixty.two, at St. Charles county, Marylai id, or la
the fall of 1869,1 should say. •
ft. Howlong were you together then ?
A. Until laoa. I renewed my acquaints not wltk.
him in January, 1883.
Q.. In this city ? ■ l
A« Yes sir.
ft . When (lid you begin to board at ths house-M
-his mother, the prisoner here?
A. On the Ist of November, I8M; '
ft. Where Is her house?
A, Oh H street,No, c«u
ft, See If that ie My. Suratt Bitting by VI }U thBM.
A. Yes, sir, that fs Mrs. Surati. '
ft, Will you state when yon first madv your ao>
qualntance with Dr. Mudd-l
A. It was on or about 18th January, 1805, ,
ft! State under what olroumstanoes.
a. I was passing down Seventh street, wlihSu
ratt, and when nearly opposite Odd Fello’ re' Hall,
some one oalledi out "Swatt,” “Suratt.” Oulook-
Ingaround Suratt recognised an old aoqi talitanow
or his, of Charles county, Maryland: he 1) Produced
Dr. Mudd to me, and Dr. Mudd lntrof tuosd Mr.
Booth, who wob In company with him, to both or
ns (-they, were- oomffiff up Seventh strei >t, and w—
were oomlcg dewu.
ftuestlon by the Court, Do 70u meat ,J, WUkOGt
Sooth ?
A. Yes, slrr.T. Wilkoußcoth.
ft. Wheredld.yougotothsn?
A. He invited us to- his. room at t he National
Hotel.
4. Whol
A. Booth;.he told us to he seated ~ and ordered
olgars and wine to the rooms for four,; and Er. Mudd
then went out to the passage and oa) ,led Booth out
and had a private aonversatlon wl th him ( Booth
and the Doctor then-aamo In and cal .led Suratt out,
leaving me alone.
4. How long!
A. Fifteen or twenty minutes.
4. Do you know the nature of the tr conversation »
A. Nop I was. sitting on a loun; ;e, near.the win
dow ; they oamoln at last, and Mu dd earns near ms
on the settee, and- apologised for .t heir private con
versation, stating he bad prlvai ia business with
Booth, wbo wished to purchase lilf j farm,
4. Did you ue any manusor! pt or any sort os
the table! ...
A. No; Booth at one time out the bcofcof an en
velope and made marks on it Wit' h a pencil,
4, Was ho writing on It t
A. I should not consider it writing, but'marks
alone; they were seated at the table in the oontre
ol the room.
Q. Did you see the marks 1
A. No, sir; just saw motion, of the uenoll; Booth
also came to me and apologised, and said he wished
to purohare Mudd’s fann;'MudU had previously
stated to jne that he did not care to Coll his farm to
Booth, as he was not willing to give him enough
for It.
4- Yon didn’t hoar a word spokop.botweon them
In regard to the farm! . . '
A. No, sir ; I did not know the nature or their
conversation at all.
4. Did I understand you to sa7 that you did not
hear any of their conversation at the table, but only
saw the motion of the pencil 1
A. Yes, sir.
4. Have you ever seen him at.Mra. Suratt’s 1
A. Ho earns there about three weeks after I
formed the acquaintance of Booth,.
4. Who did he Inquire for!
A. For Mr. Suratt, JohnH.
4. Did you over see him with. Booth there, or
only with Suratt 1
A. I have never soon him-in the house with.
Booth.
4. How often did he osjll
A. Some ten or flrteeu timed, ....
4 Whßt was the name by. which he WAS known
#>y the young ladles Of the house 1
A. They understood that he same from Fort To
bacco, and, Instead of calling him by hlsownnamo„
they gave him the nickname of Fort Tobacco,
4. Did you oversee him on the street!
A. Yes, sir; I have met- him on tbe corner or
Seventh and Pennsylvania avenue 1 it was about
the time Booth played Tetcora. in H The Apostate
Booth had given Suratt tiro complimentary tlokota
on that occasion, and we.went down and met Atze
rott ;we told him where,wo were going, and
he was going, too, and at the theatre we met David
O. Harold,
4- Do yon know Harold! Do yon see him,here!
A. Yes,sir.
Hero Harold bent' forward, and laughingly In
lined towards tho witness.
Witness. We also met anotuer gentleman, there
named Hollaban, who stopped In the house. We
met him in the. theatre, ana we reuainoAuntll tho
play was over, and the five or ue loft together, and
went together as far as the corner of Tenth and E
streets s but on turning around Suratt .noticed that
Atzerott and Harold were not following, and X wont
and found them In the restaurant adioiaiuK the
theatre, talking confidentially with Bootik. on my
approaching they separated, and tthfi, Wfi took a
drink; and there was a gentleman there whose race
I remember; ; wa left and joined tho nttyer two gen
tlemen, and wont to another restaurant to have,
some oysters. -
4. Do yon-know where Suratt left his horsss la
this city 1
A. He stated to me that he hsfltwo horses, and
that he.bept them at'Howard’s stable, on G street,
between Sixth and Seventh.
4. Did,you ever see Atzerott ihMre ?
A. Yes, sir; on the day of the ftssasslaatltfh.
4-What time was It!
A, About half-past two o’elcek,
4. What was he doing!
A. Ho seemed to be hiring, a. horse; I had been
sent by Mrs. Suratt to hlra abugg-/. W hen I got
there I sow Atzerott, and reued, what fee wanted ;ho
said he wanted to hire a harm; he a ,ked Brooks If
bo do-old have a horse, sum ha told, him he oould
, not 1 then We left,, and both or, no y vent miuu the
postoffloe; I bad a ltitw todrr M out,and after
that he went oil towards Tenth f .treat.
o. was this horse that was there Suratt’*
or Booth’s!
A. I will state thabou the T’ xeeday previous to tha
assassination I was also sent • g,the National Hotel
to sea Booth, and gat. Ms br tot Mrs. Snratt t
she wished me to delve her tbe oountry; Booth
said he hsd sold his buggy ~tut he would give me
ten dollars and! should buggy for Mrs. Su
ratt, and spoke of the nurses he kept at Brooks’
stables; I then sold th',^ 6 ta Suratt’s; he S«U they
....
4- DW Booth glve . yju aoUan ,
2: Yis^ ,ltlv *'* ert,akl
4'. To what pol.At't
tbmeattwelveV?- 8 - ! w ® lef k, at ‘•“i a ®d reached
a vh ’ . -ora that day 1
Mm. snrettw only rematned half an hours
mifN,SSr*v^ tte purpose of seeing.
a w b6 “d at r afre. snratt’s!
nation, there up to the time of the assasM-
—this interview at the National, state
whethe t Booth oallsd frequently at Mrs, Snratt’s,
ft* Yes, sir.
4- Whom did he oall to see ?
, He generally called for John H. Suratt, and
•r. his übsenoe called for Mrs. Suratt.
1 4. Were these interviews held apart or In pre
sence of some one 1
A. Always apart; I have been th company wtlH