VHE PKEBS, PUBLISHED DAILY (SUNDAYS EXCEPTED) BT JOBS W. FOKNKY. omoi Ha 111 SOUTH POUBTH HTEBBT. TER DAMP PRESS, To CHr StbsariUß, l« T» w ““* * ** rtnIH ; K *,TMH Ousts psh WEE*. pmhle to the Ouilu Hiliai t’ Stllxeribera out of tts «lt», Bill r. . FU UnßXi tOTm OotLAES ASX> PIPTT OSTO nwßlx MoaTHI: TWO DOLLABB A*D TwBSTT-riTl cSt, m n»> Hosthb. IfITMUbIT to advaaee for a« h— ordoroi. igg. AdTUUMKnU lnoortoa at (he aroal rate*. 11l TW-WEEKI.T PRESS, ■•nod to saliMTUran, Im Doi&abb pb» A*»ni< to aiTuiM- g)i « * BBT GOODS JOBBERS. JAMES, K3NT, BANTEB, * 00., IMPOSTERS AND JOBBERS;' yi ff. Y ®OO D S * m Mitt H> Worth Third Street, PHILADELPHIA. MAt|L Prffttt, t’ftttUMftt, DelaSneß* Alpacas, fttsB« Fanoy Drow Good#* jottonade*, Brown and Bleached SWJJJ?**’ oeclmi. Brown and Bleached Sturunja, etrlrea, Omteh Chambras, nteohs, Omlßh Tweeds, emgtutoUh Flannels, piapen, Linens, FURNISHING GOOD^^ TffglTl ooopg, HOTIOHS. *•.» *«• fta r™_ nIHPHTI AND tfa*CliOTHB. 1865: r ino. 1865. OXJEEN ECHO M.IEL9, GERMANTOWN, FA. STCALLUM Sa CO., isanufacxurers and importers op CAHFETBVGB . > r>TT. CLOTH, MATTINGS, <Ro. VFHOIJSSAUI BJUfABTHBIT, goo CHESTNUT STREET, RETAIL DEPARTMENT, »ia CWESTHTTT BTRKBT. MERCHANT TAILORS. gDWARD F. KELLY, JOHN KELLY, TAILORS, 81* CHESTNUT STREET, uii now in sronn A COMPLETE OP SPRING GOODS. ■hi-tt DREGS AND CHEMICALS. AMD ECLECTIC DRUGS. bobertT. hanoe. 739 MARKET STREET, PHILADELPHIA. Would call tbe attontlon of Draggle!., Conntrr Mar- Shante, andothara, to hla atock of ROOTS, HERBS, AND BARKS. A full line of BOTAHIOAL PBEPaSaTIOSS, W. 8. HSBfiBLL & GO? % GORGSNTEAEBD S&tfEDXB3,&e.. At a liberal discount to the trade, - _ _ _ Citalogo&fl fnmlehed on application. my9»3mlp & SMITE, WHOLESALE Drag, mint, end Glass Sealers, Pronriotora ef thePenMTlvaaiaPalnt and Color Work*, Hanuhatnrera of BEST WHITE LEAD! BEST UNO, PURE LIBERTY DEAD, Uaramasaod for WMtenaaa, Fine Gloss, Durabllltr. Pirmnosa, and Eronneu of gnrfa**. PURS LIBERTY LEAD—WaiwmUd to eOTU more aufato for tamo welakt than anr othor. nr it. in ror will hats no othbai PURE LIBERTY ZINO, BoloaUd Zina. (ronnd In Seined Llnaood OU.nnwnaled In analltr, alwara tha aame. PURE XJBEBTT ZENO. WarnnM to do more and hotter work at a (Iren toot than any other. GET TEE BEST! Store and Ofiw-Ko. 137 North THIRD BtiMti PHILADELPHIA. aahlC-3m* JJOBEKT SHOEMAKER A CO., IT. B. Ooraw of fourth and rage Street*, PHILADELPHIA, WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS. UIPOBTBEB AND DNALBKB IN FOKEIGN AND DOMESTIC WINDOW AND PLATE GLABS. MAinnrAOTUBBBB OB ffHin TBSU AND SINO PAINTS. PUTTY. *O. A.&BNTB 908 ¥HI OILBBBATRD FRENCH ZINC FAINTS. Dttlan and euißßor* an»lled »t falD-ta VEST LOW FBIOEB YOB GASH. GENTS’ FURNISHING GOODS. 1?INE SHIRT MA.NUFACTORY. ■*- Tie BUbKilbere would Invite atteatloß to their IMFBOYBB CTJJ OF S3I&T& ivUeh they make Especially in their business. Also* ““‘hoFbLtils'loß QENTLBMBW’B WB4E. J. W. SOOTT & OCX. GEHTLEMBB'S FtJBNISBIKa STOEB, ujuwjiuhmo 81* CHESTHUT Street., Pour aoore below the Coatineatal. HOPBE-FPBNISHEVG GOODS, cnh REFRIGERATORS, «nn OUU WATSBOOOLBBB. GUV “"""“bhimb, agfiPTO^jj^airsd^iM* iJHE « EXCELBIO R” HAMS ABB THB BEST at THE WORLD. J, H. MICHESER & €O., OBHEBAL FBOTISIOS DBALEBS, A V ]> GUKB&a or THB OBLSBBATBD “ EXCELSIOR ” SUGAR-CURED HA.IHS, TONGUES, AND BEEF, Nos. 143 and 144 N. FRONT ST., Batwean Arch and Race itreets, Philada. The iuitly celebrated “BXCBL8IOB" HAMS are rued by J. H. M. A Co. (la a style peculiar to them- Oalves), expreesly for FAMILY USB; are of delleloue jar or; free from the unpleasant taste of ealt, ana are pronounced by epicures superior to any now offered for gala. mhas-fmwsm JgLINDS AND SHADES. B. J. WILLIAMS. No. 16 Notllt Sixth Street, MAS VP ACT USSR OV ybnitian blinds and WINDOW SHADES. Tfc« Incest utd flunk Miortmeat la th» city at tin tovut am sriw>. BTOBB BHABIB HADE AHD LETTBRED. Ch«»s lot tollofl Blind t *nfl BltadM. jjjNGLISH BROWN STOUT, SCOTCH AXJ3. IK RON -UIB SLABS. ALBERT <3. ROBERTS, 931LX8 I* TIN OSOCKEIKB. Goner of ILlVß*T|ljtt4 VIN Sta. Q.OLD'B PATENT IMPROVED STE A; WATER-HEATING APPARATUS 108 WABHIffa ni VEHTILATIHG PUBLIC BUILD' IBGS ud PBIVATB BESIDBMOBS, KAStTFAOTPBSD BI THE uhok smi wno water-heating OF PENNSYLVANIA. *JAMES P. WOOD A CO., *1 South FOURTH Stroot. ~ B. M. FELTWELL, Sup’t. wa-gmfp .WILLIAM EVANS, JR., l Uv . »5» SOUTH FBOBT BTBEBT, Wholesale and Be tail Dealer in zinc, and colons, AHEEIOAK AKD FOBHIOH WUJDO W SLABS, - OP ALT. OBSCSIFTIOSS, . AT LOWBST MkBBBT BATES. - AmllforPATaaTOLABSLETTERS. aM ante T H E SCIENCE OP MEDICINE for i ( ; 1 L nrl! ,' i Hand simple, pnm, majestic; bavin. too* Induction for Its pillar. troth alone for its KATtnuo® 0 "‘tpd HELHBOLD'B QBHUIKE PBBPa- KATIOBS, established overlB reus. YOL. B.— NO. 248. CURTAIN GOODS. E. WALRAYEN, MASONIOHALL, 119 CHESTNUT STREET, HAS OPENED HIS SPRING STOCK WINDOW SHADES, OP BNTIESLY NEW DESIGNS; DACE CURTAINS. IN NEW AND BICH FATTEBNB. NOTTINGHAM CURTAINS, INTENDED ESPECIALLY TOB SLEEPING BOOBS, BELOW GOLD RATES. apSfptf 1026 CHESTNUT BTREET. J 026. CURTAIL STORE. jIURTAINS, CORNICES, AND SHADES, ) C. M. STOUT So CO., felS-fmwia RETAIL. DRY GOODS. pEACE AND PROSPERITY PRICEB. EYRE & LANBELL, FOURTH AND ARCH, IMPORTERS, JOBBERS, AND RETAILERS OP FINE DRY ROODS. &p26‘Wgm2m QLOBSY BLACK MOHAIRS. PBARD SHADES ALPACAS. TOURISTS’ DRESS GOODS. BLACK WOOL DELAINES. BLACK MANTILLA SILKS. WHITE AND BUFF PICIUE. COOPER & CONARD, myB-tf S. E. cor. NINTH and MABKBT Street,. M OUBNING MILLINERY. mys-lm 988 CHESTNUT Street. UIHOICE STOCK OF DRESS GOODS. O Silk GRENADINEB, snparb atylea. Bpring POPLINS; lateat atyioa. Plaid and Wain LhBOS. Blaak and Brown VALENCIAS. CHALL^DB LAINES. Sprin,SHAWLS, in variety & gTOKEB*, No. 703 ARCH Street. 5. B.—tfQ deeen Ladles 1 Bleached HOBS, at 12}£ cento per fair.- ___J cayl _ CPRING DREBS GOODS, OF NEW D STYLES, OPENING DAILY. Spring styles Valencia*. Spring atylcaPoU do Cheyroa. Spring at, lea of Poplins. Sommer Poplins. Splendid Organdies. AVrcales, ia araat variety. Hew Htylei of Piqnea. Spring CoIOW do Lalnea. Spring Colors Mohaira. , New atrloa of mie tf 36 g&nth SBCOWP Street CHBTLAND SHAWLS, IN EVERY O variety. A. & H. MYBBB, royS-lm oaG CHESTNUT Street. ■DLACK AND FIGURED SILKS. X> A. 4 H. MYSBS, mySim 938 CHESTNUT Street. SPECIAL NOTICE. O SELLING OFF ENTIRE STOCK TO CLOSE BUSINESS!' „ GOOIVWILL AND FIXTURES FOB BALE. TBOENLBY AND CHIBM. We invite epeclal attention to the above auuouneemeu. We have a Large Stock. We are Selling Cheap Every yard Is to be closed out on or before the Ist day Of September. Silks and Dress Goode. Cloths, Cassimeres, and Linen Goods. Shawls. Cloaks Skirts, Hdkfs.&c,, &e. UatHni sad MKtat «ri«| myU- to Cor, of EIGHTH and SPRING GARDES. MANTILLAS, ALL STYLES FOR JjX mourning. A> & H. MYBBB, mT 6-lm 936 OHBSTfIOT Street CLACK ALPACAS AT 50, 02. 75, 88c., £/ and $l. Aleo, magnidcent Blaek Mohaira, $1.16* $1.35, sland $L 60 Lupin’s Black Wool Delaines, 65 cts, . __ Double-width Black Wool Delaines, $1.13 to $1,75. Lupin’s plain colors Delaines, 62cts. Pearl Tints Alpacas and Mohairs. _ . . ,„ , . Tourists 7 plain, mined, plaid* and striped Mohairs, lo Jta«t Jaconets Satin Plaids aid stripes, Blid-ejo Liuon, Swiss Muslins, Bril -11 White'and Buff Pique by tbe plow or yard, food stock, good qualities. Lawns, Printed Cambrics, Ginghams, «C. Muslins by the sieoo „ GOSiBDi miB-tf B. B. tor. KIRTH and MABKBt Streets. in RAT MATERIALS FOR TRAVEL \jr LING DBBS6E3. A. St H. MY BBS, mra-lm 936 CHBBTNPT Street. T7IGURED SILK GRENADINES, x of the best qualities ancUtyloi, In Black and Gray Grounds. 66c to $1.60 . . . Travel!inc*Dr«M Goods, in every variety. New Dress Good*, in great variety. HaudsomoO B h«e ( «m.. p »X6A !)KsiLKg> PRICES Merrimao, Spr.xne- and Pietflo Prints, 25». 10 4 Waltham and Poporill *l. jnyB.tr Kos H 3 and 715 Borth TENTH Street. GRENADINE BAREGES, ALL widths. A. & H. MYBBS, myBlm oae CHB3TSQT street. JJEW »KIKT FOR ISO 5 THB GREATEST IHYEKTION OP THE AGE IN HOOP SKIRTS. J, W. BBADLET’S New Patent DUPLEX ELLIPTIC (or double) BPBIHG SKIRT. _ . T „ ' wests’ BEaDLET-A CAST (iats J L&J. O. Wsßt). SOLETEOPBIETOiiS and M4.MUFAOTORBBB. 9T CHAMBBBB and T 9 and 81 BEADS Greets, flew 'J oyk. THIS INVENTION consists of Duplex (or two) El* LIFTIO Steel Springs. Ingeniously BKAH>BD tightly and firmly together, edge to ecqb, making the TouaasaT, most FLEXIBLE, ELASTIC. RBCt DURABLE SPRING GW need. The; seldom bend or break, like tbe Single Springs, and consequently preserve their prefect and beautiful Shape twice as lon* as any other skirt THIS WONDERFUL FLEXIBILITY and great COMFORT &ttd Pleasure to any Lady wearing the Duplex Elliptic Skirt will he experienced particularly in all crowded Assemblies. Operas. Carriages. Railroad Oars, Church Pews Armchairs, for Proms? ade sad House Dress, as the Skirt can be folded when in use to occu py a «maU place as easily as a Silk or Muslin Dress. A Lady having enjoved the pleasure, comfort, and freat convenience of wearing the Duplex Elliptic tebl> Spring Skirt for a single day will never after ward wlllttigly dispense with theirusa For Children, Misses, and Young Ladies they are bupbbior to all Others. THEY are the heat quality in every part, and un questionably the LIGHTEST, most DW=tTQ AWT.tt,COMFORT - able and economical Skirt ever made, iOB BALB in all first- class Storhs in this city. and throughout the unitf.d States, Havana de Cuba. Mexico. South America, and the West Indies. jariNQtJiEE fob thb duplbx elliptic FK)BT, myS-2m HOOP SKIRTS. £OQ UZO. HOPKINS* "OWN MAKS” OF ECOP SKIRTS, the beßt assortment and lest quality and styles in Ihe city Gore Trails, all lemtlfi. and Eizes, from 18 to 66 serlngs, from *1 75 to *4. Plain S.lrts, all tbe new shape, and etzss. from 19 to 60 spring., from *1.40 to *3. Sk its of extri he.vy steel and extra tape, from- 20 to 86 .prints, from *t.9o to *2 76 Piß.es’ and Cblldrsn’s, of every grade, from 6 to 36 Spridas, from 4 to 8 cent, per soring; Ihay have no f<ius* Ageits for the New Flexible skirt, the most pliable Hoop Skirt raado, and fall, equal to the Duplex fLiptic Skirt, and at much lower prices. Also, eon* ,’auly on band, fall Hues of low-priced New Pork Skirts, kid-padded and metallic; faslened-16 .prince, 86c.; 20 springs, *t; 26 springs, *1.16; 30 springs, #1 26; and 40 spring., *1.60. skirts made to order, altered, sod repaired, at 688 ARCH Street. myl2 lm* MILUNEBT. Imu I have rcw o»«a a xa&cnificeut ansortment of SFBINO MIILINBBY AND STRAW GOODS. Which I offer, wholesale and retail, at the lowest Gros do Naples In all colors; the more desirable and scarce colors, auch as buff, pearl, rose pink, 4c.. in an assortment of shades. BeS White. Black, andOol“»JOi«w». m Ribbons of every Bhade, narrow and wide, to match m isench Flowers, tha finest goods, prettiest stylos, at reasonable pri«s. HiTa BOSHKTa We effer every new shape in every yariety of material. Wide White Lsc.B, Barhes, Maltnes of ovary quality. The best Trench and New York Bonnet I frames, and aveiy other article required la making or trimming a bouuetG.-hat. « .. Also, a hasdsojat liue of the belt quality Grenadine Veil*, all colors . . : ■ Orders from the country promptly and awamely at* tended to. N. WEYIm. _ Ho. T2G CHSBTND 1 * Street, ap29-Im Baoeeuorto M. Bemhelm. ENFEEBLED AND DELICATE CON. of both H 1.., us. HKLHBOLD’f sXTBJiCT BUCHU. it will gin bri.k aai aserg.U. leeUnis asd uubla yon to Utn wall. WEDNESDAY, MAY 17, 1805. The New Exodus. It is a.subjectof grave complaint in Eng land that, even as early as the beginning of April, emigration from tbe mining dis tricts had commenced. This time, the exodus is not that of the poor agriculturists of Ireland, but of the skilled and compara tively independent miners of South Wales, where the earth holds vaßt treasures of iron, coal, and copper. “It is beginning,” The Times says, “tobe of frequent occurrence for forty or fifty hands to leave at eyery pay day from the principal iron and coal works of the district.” A few emigrate to Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and other colonics, but at least ninety per cent, are bound for the Northern States. It must be confessed that ninety per cent, is a pretty respectable average of immigra tion. We can afford to receive it. There is room enough in this vast and now reuni ting empire for as many millions of able bodied, well-conducted, iudustrious, ener getic, and intelligent emigrants as the Old World can spare us. There, under harsh laws and scanty wages, the working classes do little better than merely vege tate; here, where law reigns supreme, where education is gratuitous, where labor is highly paid, where talent finds its level, where invention reaps its reward, where' religious faith is not set up as the test of a man’s capacity for exercising every right ■ of citizenship, it is not surprising that so many emigrants thrive and send home for their relations and friends to follow in their wake. We have room for them, but we must decline, once for all, to receive such ticket-of-leave men as lately came to New York, under the sanction and at the ex pense of the public authorities in England. They will certainly be detected on their arrival, and as certainly sent back to their native land. The Times, still commenting on the exo dus of the miners from South Wales (an unusually intelligent and almost scientific class of citizens), says “the great induce ment to leave the land of their birth is the reported high wages to be received in the States, and pamphlets and American news papers are industriously circulated among the working classes, giving a glowing ac count of the state of the country. Unfor tunately, a great number of the miners be lieve the statements made, despite the warnings addressed to them by even Ame ricans citizens of position, such as the Mayor of New York, who has pub licly condemned the proceedings of the American Emigrant Society in inducing emigrants to come over with no other object than to secure cheap labor for the capitalist.” This is only partly true. High wages constitute only one out of many inducements to settle in this country. The laborer who comes hither and settles here at once receives the protec tion of equal laws and participates in equal rights. Pass a very few years, and, if it so please him, he may be admitted to the most extended rights of citizenship—to vote at elections, to hold office, and, in a word, to be the Sovereign freeman to which, under scarcely any possible condi tions in his own land, he could ever have aspired. As for any opinion expressed by the Mayor of New York against emigra tion to this country, the Times would not have quoted it if it had realized how little is thought of that “ citizen of position,” within his own civic jurisdiction, and out of it. His Worship does not bear the re putation of being quite a Solon, and we Venture to predict that, if he should visit London, after his fellow-fcttizens,, at the next election, unanimously vote him out of office, the Modern Babylon may be dis turbed by no apprehension' that his' bril liancy will set the River Thames on fire. As for the capitalist desiring to- secure “cheap labor,” that is one of the inevita ble circumstances of industry and money. The great principle is to buy in the cheap est and sell in the dearest market. La bor is as much a commodity as food or clothing, and the more skilled it is, the higher price it brings. But, even were wages so much reduced here as to become “ cheap,” the emigrant who received them would still receive, together with the social and political advantages we have enume rated, three or four times as much as, under any circumstances, he could have obtained in the old country. This is a simple fact, nnd it gets publicitated abroad through the letters from emigrants to the father land which they have left. Now that peace again shows the olive-branch, we may ex pect, in the year 1865-’6O, a greater immi gration from Europe than ever took place before. Again we say, we have room, and food, and employment for them all. A. Batch or Novels. One of tbe best novels of the day Is " Kata Ken ned;,” forming the 252 d number of Harper’s libra ry or Select Novels—the best series of modern fiction ever published. The heroine, a beautiful and high ly Intelligent young lady, but self-willed and proud, whose better nature Is developed by romantlo but not Improbable olroumstances, Is one of the most natural of her class, and her wooing and her wed ding are brought about In a very charming manner. It Is some time since we have read any work of fic tion even nearly as good as this, .Received from J. B. litppincott & 00. In Harper’s Weekly, one of the most loyal as well as the most able public j curnalß, a new story called "Half a bullion of Money,” by Amelia B. Ed wardEj author of “Barbara’s History,” has boen commenced this month, and will be carried on to the dose, without interruption or abridgement. As far as It has gone, three weekly instalments having appeared, it Is abundantly clever and interesting. •> At Anchor,” published by IK Appleton & 00,, and received from Ashmead & Evans, is a story of onr olvll war, and thongh well-written, Is too impro bable to be accepted by novel readers. A Southern man, wealthy and well educated, goes Into the re bellion with all his heart, despite the remonstrances of his Northern wife, gets a commission In the rebel army, Is wounded, reported dead, taken prisoner, returns to the North, enlists In our army, becomes a sergeant, is wounded severely, and returns to his wife again, to he as happy as he can desire. The book Is sometimes carelessly worded: << When I write Carl,” is bad grammar, and “ War was inau gurated" is a clumsy, round-about way of saying that war had been begfti or commenced. Hr. Oarleton, of New York, has become an exten sive novel publisher. Ho brings out new works of notion in batches of three at a time. “ St. Phillips,’’ by the author of “ Kutledge,” Is so well written that we regret the wind-up of the tale is not more proba ble. Tbe death of Julian, so tacitly accepted by the pnhlle, after he had murdered his old school-fellow, is among the nnllkely parts of the story, and poeti cal justice Is scarcely meted oat by making Chris tine, the heroine, marry her sister’s former husband. On the other hand, all the characters are wen drawn, and dearly placed before the reader. The clergymen, the mysterious doctor, the lady of fashion who will manage everything and everybody, the miller and his family, and the unhappy, misdirected Julian, have their lights and shades so accurately and artistically represented that we ltke the hook a little better than we onght. The author has a few pet phrases which are not quite cor rect— “Every good-looking man In the room had asked her to,” and 11 Mrs. Sherman told them to,” are cases in point,—“ Hovers and Think ers,” by Howes Gordon, Is a novel which has considerably more strong than feeble points. It partly is a story of the war, and some of the mill tary scenes are extremely spirited. The story, which ends tragically, may be characterized as rather serlouß than religious, and Earnest Acton, the hero, is a truly noble Christian man—represent ing a class which is happily increasing among ns. Here we would gladly olose, hut the book has some flagrant faults whloh we mast point out. There Is In it some remarkably heavy badinage, in which a gushing yonng lafly swears “ Upon my soul,”speaks of her brother as “Captain Bnb,” and declares that her own “ mouth opens easily to chatter or to kiss ”—onr previous experience being that people do not usually open their mouths for the latter purpose. But the Introduction of an Impossible Irishman, who rejoices in the name of Jerry Kay, is the great blot of the book. The author has Invented for him a sort of patois which certainly is not Hiber nian ; and, attempting to Indicate the Irish brogue by misspelling, falls, ntterly and ludloreusly. Besides, this Paddy Is made to use words of the meaning or 'which he could not have any knowledge. A mere, uneducated Irishman does not say “ Dtbrlver. kape yer eyes roound Üboout ye,” because he would simply say « Driver, 6 eep jour eyes round about you,” certainly never converting deep into dupe. Neither would lie say PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 17, 1865. “ dthreesht" Instead of “dressed,” nor " wiolent,” which Is Uoobneylsh, for “violent,” nor“ael” for “ eel," nor “nlsohe” for 11 nice”—nor, euppoßlng that he did epeak as this author makes him, would this oweet of all low bogtrotters speak of “ the ran* oontry uv th’ avenln’,” nor of a lady’s haying “ a punohaug" for a gentleman, simply because snoh a man as Jerry Kay, who is made to mispronounce the commoneet words, eculd not know the meaning of rencontre and penchant. We repeat, for the hun dredth time, that the only propeT way in which a low Irishman can he Introduced Into a novel Is, not by absurdly trying to Imitate his brogue , but by hitting off Ms idiom. The au thor or “Lovers and Thinkers” evidently knows no more of the real Paddy than ol the King of Tlm buotoo's ohlef butler.—" Mary Brandegde,” though not Improved by ihe introduction of a good deal of negro patois, Is a readable, clever book, Unfortu nately, most of Its characters are very so-so folks. The heroine is a most intolerable ffirt, and a liar to boot; her aunt, Mrs. Berkeley, Is a virago; and her cousin, Hlnda, no better than she should be. Still, It seems a natural story, as If the author had taken her characters ftom life and her incidents Rom actual events. Ic Is given to the world as an auto biography, “ edited by Uuyler Fine,” and suggestive little paragraphs have gone the rounds of the news papers to the effect that the boob Is “from the pen of the young lady who claims to have created Miss Flora MoFllmsey, who had “nothing to wear.” This Is disingenuous. No lady has a right claim to the lively satire entitled “Nothing to Wear,” whloh was written solely by Mr. William Allen Butler, of New York, and first published In 1857. We have received Mr. Carleton’s books from T. B. Peterson & Brothers. The gentleman who has written much and well In the Home Journal , with the rum deplume of “ Barry Gray,” (not to be abandoned until he Is In hts Cojjin 1) has collected a series of sketches which Charmed the readers of that paper, some years ago, and, with additions aud revision, published them la a book whloh he ealle “ My Married Life at Hillside.” It Is printed at the Riverside press, neatly illus trated by McNevln, (who uses the graphotype pro cess, whloh much resembles Palmer’s glyphography, used over twenty yeare ago, in Loudon,) and pub llshed by Hurd &'Houghton. This Is as pretty ,to lock at as It is pleasant to read. Barry Gray’s marital experiences are related In a very agreeable manner, reminding us, without being at all imita tive, of the quaint style of Irving and the quietly suggestive manner of “Ik Marvel.” We learn with satisfaction that Barry Gray will bring out a com panion volume, during this summer, entitled “Ma trimonial Infelicities, With an occasional fellolty by way of contrast.” This, also, or great part of It, appeared In the Home Journal. Hard be Hough too, New York, have commenced publishing “ The Blverslde Irving,” a new and neat cabinet edition, In 16mo, volumes, with steel vig nette, on entirely new type. The first volume Is “Tales of a Traveller.” It is beautifully printed! neatly bound, portable, readable, and low-priced. “ Braoebrldge Hall” will be tho next volume. Re celved from Ashmead 4 Evans. T. B. Peterson A Brothers have jnst published four novels. “ Love and Money,” by J. B. Jones, lea story of American life, with a rather Intricate plot, In which authorship 18 » good deal mixed up a well-written romance, “The Dlvoroed Wife,” and « A Year After Marriage,” from, we believe, the first part of a collection of novelettes by T. S. Arthur, a writer of great ability, who always In culcates a good moral, and Is deservedly popular. “The Fallen Angel”-Is a translation of a French romanoe of Alexander Dwpas. The plot Is singu lar, and the characters are all well-drawn. The heroine Is a sort of “ Travlata,” and the story Is good of Its class—(AM, however, with undoubted ability, is not pood. . Frederic A. Brady, Now York, has sent us a leash of novels. “A Young Gin’s confession,” placed before us In an English translation, is the very latest of George Sand’s writings. It Is popular In Paris, and will find numerous readers here. It is one of the most unexceptionable of Its author’s composi tions, and gtVCS a lively sketch of French provincial life. “The Old Love and the New,” by Mrs. Grey, Is an Intensely English story, whloh, unfortunately, does not end well. “ Peroy; or, Fortune’s Frolios,” by Mrs. Gore, Is a tale or love and authorship— rather sketchy, but amusing. If Mrs. Gore’s novels are to be reprinted, why not pnbllsh “Mrs. Army_ tage,” the best of them 1 Becelved from T. B. Pel terson & Brothers. “Florence Macarthy,” one of Lady Morgan’s Irish stories, has been republished, In one 12mo. volume, by 1). 4 J. Sadller & 00., New York. It Is oharacterls ttc of the author, and “racy of the soli.” Well printed, on good paper, and neatly bound, this book is suited for the parlor, the boudoir, or the library. It is a standard work of recognised merit. ONE OF THE LINCOLN MEMORIALS. A most Interesting volume, of 882 pages, 12ra0., has just been published by J. E. Tilton & Co., Bos ton, and contains twenty-four sermons preached In Boston, on the Death of President Lincoln, together with the funeral services In the east room of the Exe cutive Mansion at Washington—namely, the Epis copal burial service, the prayer by Bishop Simpson, the sermon by the Bev. Dr. Gurley, and the dosing prayer by the Bev. Dr. Gray. One of the best of the sermons In this collection Is by the Bev. E. B. Webb, and was preached the next day after the death of Mr. Lincoln. The Idea of thus collecting these funeral sermons is excellent, and we learn that the publishers are usable to fill all orders received, so great Is the demand. They wilt send single copies, however, postage-tree, on receipt of $B. Our Historical Society la collecting the funeral sermonß preached In this olty, on the came mournful occa sion, and we think It wonld pay to print them In a volume like tMs. President Lincoln as a Practical In- ventor. In the Washington correspondence of the itorfon Daily Advertiser of Monday last, we find the follow ing Tory interesting statement, as showing one of the steps by which the Mississippi Flat Boatman grew Intellectually to the full development of his powers as one of the greatest men of his period. It la more than valuable, and may serve to demon strate the fact thht Abraham Lincoln was one of the few exceptional men who could not fall to have ultimately out out his path to distinction, determi nately, In some one of the practical paths of life: “ Occupying an ordinary and commonplace posi tion in one of the showcases In the large nail of the Patent Office, is one little model which in ages to come will be prized as at once one of the most curious, and one of the most sacred relics In that vast museum of unique and prloeleß3 things. This is a plain and simple model of a steamboat roughly fashioned in wood by the hand of Abraham Lincoln. It bears date in 1849, when the inventor was known simply as a successful lawyer and rißlng politician of Central lilinolß. Neither his practice nor his politics took up so much of his time as to prevent jim from giving much attention to contrivances which he hoped might be of benefit to the world and ol profit to himself. *• The design of this invention 18 BUggeBtlV6 Of OUO phase of Abraham Lincoln’s early life, when he went up and down the Mississippi as a flat-boatman, and became familiar with some' of the dangers and in* conveniences attending the navigation of the West ern rivers. It is an attempt to make it an easy matter to transport vessels over shoals and snags and sawyers. The main Idea is thatof an apparatus resembling a noseless bellows, placed on each side of the hull of the craft just below the water line, and worked by an odd but not complicated system of ropes, valves, and pulleys. When the keel of the vessel grates against the sand or obstruction, these bellows are to be filled with air—and thus buoyed up, the ship is expected to float lightly and gaily over the shoal which would otherwise have proved a serious interruption to her voyage. The model, which is about eighteen or twenty inches long, and has the air of having been whittled with a knife out .of a shingle and a cigar box, Is built without any elaboration or ornament, or any extra apparatus be yond that seoessary to show the operation of buoying th» steamer over the obstructions. Herein it differs from very many of the models which: share with it the shelter of the Immense halls Of the Patent Gffico, and which ate fashioned, with wonderful nicety and exquisite finish, as If much of the labor, and thought, and affection of a lifetime had been devoted to their construction. This Is a model of a different kind; carved, as one might imagine a retired railsplitter would whittle, strongly, hut not smoothly, and evidently made with a view solely to convey, hy the simplest possible means, to the mlads of the patent authorities an Idea of the purpose and plan of the simple invention. The label on the steamer’s deck informs us that the patent was ob tained—but we do not learn that the navigation of the Western rivers was revolutionized by tms qualat conception. The modest little model has reposed here sixteen years, and since It found Its resting place here on the shelf, the shrewd Inventor has found it his task to guide the ship of state over shoals more perilous and obstructions more obstinate than any prophet dreamed of when Abraham Lincoln wrote his bold autograph on the prow of this miniature steamer. • “ id the adjoining haU of the Patent Office rest the camp chest, the uniform, the staff of Washing ton, the printing press ot Franklin, the mantle of Jackeos. There hangs the Declaration of Inde pendence. To this final and fitting rating place, and out of Its present surroundings of impractica ble dish-washing machines, amazing arrangements lor stopping runaway horses, and original ideas for the improvement of children’s rattles, we may trust this speolmen of the handiwork and Ingenuity of the man who saved his country and gave up his life in theiruitlon of tho task, may presently be removed.” Three Titus. To the Editors of the N. I'. Evening Post: That we may know what dependence hereafter to place In the oracular utterances of the great Ooofc ney Thunderer, let us here quote Borne of Its fulml nations at three different periods of the war: [From the London [From the London [From the London Tiiiies of Hot. : Times of Sept. Times of April SB. m 3 11UM3 M| 19.1885 3 " "It is evident* “The public “The cataslro oo the smallest will admit that phe seems com rtJltction that the they have not plete and la all H.uth, even if been misguided t nUed, could newby our comments, culatedto impress resist tot three We said that the laonttß the- great- North could never J y preponderating subdue the Kouth, strength of the and the North has North,” {now proclaimed (the same con cm * I sion. ’' In tho beautiful consistency of oracles is there not food for an lma The Gathbrbes op Curiosities,— The Boston Transcript says that “ curiosity hunters are as do St] UCtlve as locusts,' Ww to the tree under which, the stump on which., or the bouse In which an? me morable event of the late war has ocourred* Eve rything within hailing distance will be, If it has not already been, gobbled up by these relentless hunt ers lor relics. The tree under which Grant and Pemberton met near Vicksburg has been totally ob literated, even to the roots, by the reife gatherers. The last illustration of the merciless character of thcEe people Is furnished by Intelligence from North Carolina. A Mr. Bennett owned an unpretending cottage where Generals Sherman and Johnston met to arrange the terms of capitulation of the rebel army. The table on which the memoranda were written has been out to fragments, and is in the bands of the soldiers. The house will unquestiona bly be carried off piecemeal. Alter the cottage, fence and trees will go, and In due time there will be an excavation to mark the spot where the disap pearing Bennett cottage now standß, Bennett’s name will go Into history, hut his house and fucal w* &R the o&Mjww v* ooriosity hwteu.” THE ASSASSINS. Important Private Testi- mony on Friday. The Northern “Sons of Liberty” and “Knights of the Golden Circle” Known in the Confederacy. Particulars of the Pacts Given Copy of the Letter Talking of “ the Cup, Kow Clay, Sanders, Holcomb, and Thompson arc Implicated in the Harder, Booth’s Intimates Among the Rebels-. Ihe Interest ’I hey Took In the Murder. Inducements Held Out in the Confede- racy to Attract Assassins. Some of the Eebel Officers Very Anxious for the Murder, Davis Works Toward it Through a Begolation OaUed'o Detached Service.” Attempt of Booth to Enlist Accesso - lies in bis Plot, The Murder to have Taken Place on CONTINUATION OF THE TESTI MONY OF MONDAY The Terrible Finale to all the Preparations in Ford’s Theatre. Entry of Booth into the Box—The Pistol Shot HIB LEAP FROM IT AND PASSAGE His Escape and the Probable Connection of Spangler with it. THE PROCEEDINGS or FRIDAY. Testimony of Henry Tan SteinacKer. By Judge Advocate Holt: Q,. Have you or not for several loafs been In tbe military service of tbe so-called Confederate States l A, Yes, sir, I have been. Q.. In what capacity 7 A. I was employed in the’ Topographical Department, ranhipg as engineer officer, with the pay of an engineer officer. Q.. On whose staff 1 A. The staff of General Edward Johnson. Q, Were you or not in the State of Virginia In the summer Of 1863, and at what point i a. Ween we came back from Pennsylvania, after the battle of Gettysburg, I was ordered with another engineer lieutenant, who was very sick, to oonvey him to hts home at Stanoton, In the Valley of Virginia; and from there I took my way back to find the army again; and near Harrisonburg, twenty-five miles from Staunton, at Swift Bun Gap, I was overtaken by three citizens, with whom I got better acquainted, after having ridden awhile with them; and I found ihrmout, to belong to Maryland. The name of one Stas Booth, and the other one’s name was Shepherd. Q,. Do yon remember the features of Booth 1 A. I do rot remember the features of all of them. Q. Look at that photograph. [Handing to the wuntsa a photograph of- J. Wilkes Booth.] v A. There Is a resemblance, but the race was fuller. Q./You think It Is the same person, but he had a fuller face than this 1 A. I believe it Is. Q. ’Dld yon learn at that time that It was John Willies Booth, the actor 7 A. I heard the other gentlemen call him Booth; I thought first ltwasa nickname, but afterwards i found that it was Booth. "' o, Cf. ! How far did you ride with those persons 7 A. We (fayed at the tavern at the foot of the mountain until the next day; there I got better acquainted with them. Q,.' How long were you together 7 How many hotuS do you suppose 7 A. Eighteen or twenty bCUIB. Q., Did you have any free conversations In regard to piblle affairs while you were with him! A. Yes, sir. i Q.. Will you state what Booth said to you In re gard to any contemplated purpose of attack upon ihe President of the united States 7 State all that he said. A. I was asked by Booth and by those ethers, too, what I thought of the probable success of the Confederacy, and I told them that after such ablate as we had then got from Gettysburg, I be lieved it looked rather gloomy; and then Booth told me “ that is nonesense; if we only act onr part right the Confederacy will gain their Inde pendence; old Abe Lincoln must go up the spout, and the Confederacy will gam their independence anyhowthat was the expression at the time. Q. What did you understand by the expression, he ” must go up the spout,” from all that Booth said 7 A. It was a common expression, meaning he mast be killed; that I understood always. ft. Did he state under what olronmstanoes that would beefesne necessary 7 A. He said so soon as the Uorirfiferaoy was near giving out, so soon as tbsy were nearly whipped, that must be done; that wdnld be the final resource to gain the Independence ol.the Confederacy. U,. Dldpthe citizens who were with him engage In conversation 1 A. Yes, sir. Q,. Did they seem to assent to his sentiments ? A. Certainly. Q,. Did not Booth know that you were a Confede rate soldier 1 A. Yes, sir; they asked, when they overtook me on the road, where I was going to; I told them I belonged to General Edward Johnson’s staff, and was going to the army, coming from Staunton. . „ q. At what point did you arrive together 1 A. I don’t know the name of the place jit is near the foot of the Swift Run Gap. Q,. Did you meet there a number of Confederate officers- 1 speak of the end of your ride—with the Stonewall brigade? A. Yes, sir; that was about three or four days afterwards }. they went from me the next day 5 . my horse could not keep up with the other horses;. they were splendidly mounted, and my horse was nearly broken down, so they went on; three or four days afterwards I was called to some of the regimental camps and told that same stran gers, friends of mine, wanted to see me; I did not know who It waswhen I came to camp I found those three citizens, and was introduced by Captain Randolph personally, formally to Booth and Ste phens. Q,. Was that the Stonewall brigade ? A. It was at the camp of the 2d Virginia Regiment. Q,. Do you or do you not know whether there was a secret meeting 02 rebel office on that occasion 1 A. That evening there was a secret meeting, where 1 was not admitted. Q,. Did they state to you the purpose of that meet ing, and what conclusion they reached 1 a. some officer afterwards, who was about the meeting, stated to me what was the purpose of it. ty, Was Booth in that meeting ? I believe so; they were all In together. €t. What did he state to you was the determina tion and purpose of that meeting? A. The pur pose cf the meeting! was, as I was informed, af terwards, to gend certain officers on detached ser vice to Canada and the borders, and to deliver pri soners, to lay Northern cities In ashes, and, finally, to get alter the members of the Cabinet ana kill the President; that was the main purpose 5 I heard that more than a thousand times, but never so much as at the time when I was informed it was the pur pose of the meeting; I always considered it common braggsdocla before. Q. What was the name of the officer who gave you this account of the proceedings of the meeting? A. Lieutenant CookWiU, Q.. To what portion of the scrvloe did he belong, do you know 1 A. To the 2d Virginia Regiment, I believe, and the same company that Captain Beall belonged to—the captain who was executed at Go vernor’s Island* Q,. Was anything said as to what part Captain Beall—the one afterwards executed—was to play in these movements at the North? A. OookerUltold me Beall was on detached service, and we would hear of him. Q. cockerill was a member of that meeting, I understood you to say ? A. Yes, sir, Q, Did yon, while there, see Booth, and Oocserill associated together? A. I did not see them parti cularly ; I saw them all in a crowd tegether. Q. Boothwas assocl&'ingwlth&li the officers r A. He was aesoclattog with a great many of them. Q. Did ypu know of any other secret association or meeting, having similar objects, at any tuna to the service with whloh you have been connected 1 A. I heard of the existence of secret orders for cer tain purposes to assist the Confederacy; I neaia one name very frequently called, the name ol one order, the «Golden Circle,” and several tlmos I heard the name of the “Sons of Liberty.” Q,, How many years do you state you were In the Confederate service? A. riot quite three years. Q,. State whether, during the last year or two— since the reverses of the Confederacy have com menced—it has not been freely and frequently ejc-u’cV !u l he rebel service, as an object finally to be accomplished, the assassination of the President of the United States. A. Yes, sir; I heard that very often. , .. Q,. Have you not heard It spoken of freely In the streets of Hlohmond, among those connected with the Rebel Government ? A. Yes, sir* Q. About what time—when is the latest you can now recall having heard declarations of that sort at Richmond? A. At the'time after the battle of ChancellorsvUle, when I do not know what general it was, but believe It was General Kilpatrick, who was on a raid near Richmond; at that time I heard it; I was in Richmond on a furlough at the same Whenever and Wherever spoken of, do I un derstand you to say that this sentiment of the ne cessity of the assassination of the President of the United States was generally assented to in the ser vice 3 A. Yeß, sir* . q. The “detached service” of which you speak, on which these parties were to be sent, you say re lated to Canada and the destruction of the North ern cities along the Canada frontier? A. It was outside of the Confederate lines—either here, In the Northern citteßi or In-Canada. . .. Q. D<d you understand that the "detached service wa* to be performed In that direction alone toe Canswa frontier end fis our Northern cities? A. This do t ached service" was a nickname in the Confederate army for such purpose. - , Q. It meant that #ort of warfare? A. Yea, sir. Q You > volte of laying the Northern cities tn ashes, did sr6n understand that that was the jnode In which that WVlarf was tv be eondupled, by firing OUT «lttw ? people wlthaftel lngtbattb© work is accomplished, and that the civil war is really at aa end.” 7 these prophetic nense laugh 1 Übblh Brook. Briefly Yesterday. the Knife, the Bullet,” Inauguration Bay. ACROSS THE STAGE. A. Yes, trii*; by Sting tbe titles down and retting - tne people dlafatiufled with the war, and by that meant to Mini forward a resolution amongst the people In the north; that was the purpose. Do cross txamln&tlon. The Jndge Adroonte offered In evidence* without ob jection, the pkfitojrAPh of J. Wilkes Booth, shows to the witness Van Btelnackar. It is .attached to this re*- cord aid marked Exhibit Not Testimony of Mm. HAry Hudspeth* . the JadM Advocate: Q. Where do you reside? A rv A U ! F 1 * ID i H*w York. «rjLi.!J. l ? iyoU6ta ‘ evlj ht her< >rnotin the month of sTo riding in the railroad ears of flew York city, the Third avenue cars*and whether you ob sfived that there were two men In tbe cars that at tracted you* attention one of whom, on J saving the curs, -dropped a letter which yon picked up? A, 1 was fcd 4v CltT; there were two gentlemen S *l®* wetein or not when I got In I sm not confident; 1 cverheavdibeir con verration; thev wpstoarßeßtly; one of th*m said he would leave for Washington the day alter to morrow, and the ?L her w. 8 & oiEff 10 £«wbor*h. or flewbem. thafcnight; they left the car; the man that was sitting near me poshed bis lat forward,- and with that pushed hts wbUkers at the same time—they were Mae whiskers; tbe front face was much t arker than it was under the Whißreri. Q W«# be a young man? A. He was young. Q. Do you think you would recognize his features again? A. 1 think I should. 4 [Exhibiting to the witness the photograph of Booth. Exhibitflo, 1. ] Look at that, and say whether it recalls him to you ? A. The faee is the sane; he had a *car on his light cheek, the cheek or neck? A. It was somi tbirg like a bite, scar the jawbone. Q. Did you judge from his conversation that he was < Baa 9/ education and culture ? A. He was ft man of education, and the other was not; the other’s name was Johnson. . Q Fid you observe Ms bands ? Pid he seem to have been a man who had Jed a life of ease or not? A. The hand that was ungloved was ver? beautiful; the other band had a gauntlet on; they exchanged letters In the care: theonewho had fftlie whiskers pat back the let tere in his pocket, and I saw a pistol in hie belt. Q. Pid any of the conversation fall on tout ears ? NVere you able tohesr it ? A, I overheard him say he would leave for Washington the dey after to-morrow. Q. That is the one who had the ungloved hand and false whiskers? A. Yet; and the other was very angry because it had sot falUn on him to goto Washington; he had been sent for to aome place by a messenger. Q Yon say he seemed very angry because It had not fallen to bis lot to go to Washington Instead of the other? A. Yes sir; 1 had letters of my own to post at the flase&U'Street Post Office; one of them left about Twenty-eixth or Twenty-seventh street, and as he left 1 moved up into bis place; the cor was crowded; my daughter said that X bad dropped one of myleteeze; she pleked apmsthing up and gave It to me; when X went dewn to the broker’s, whert I was going with some gold, I went to Itake ent my pocket-book, and I saw envelope with two letters in it : I thought it Of ini* ,pbrtance because of tbe conversation. & Are yon certain it Is the envelope with the letters dropped by oee of these men? A. It must have bean, L s ?s . them . exchange letters, and there was no one else at that seat. Q Mae it picked npatthepolit wkeißtkeT W«,»lt tlz* ? A. Y.s; jub*. at the end of my dreea. y.. Wunld yoa recognize the envelope if yon were to ss* it ? A. Yes, sir. Q [Exhibiting an envelope with two letters. 3 Look at that, and tee if ills the same envelope and letter. A. It is tbe same . Q. Were both letters in that envelope as you now bavelbem? A. Yes, sir. The letters were then presented and read to the Oom mlstion as follows: . “Dear Louis: ■Thetime has at last oome that we have all so wished for, and mpon von everything de* pends. As U was decided before yon left, we were to cast lots. Accordingly, we did so, and yon are to be tho Charlotte Cord ay of the nineteenth century. When yon remember the fearful, solemn vow that was taken by us, you will feel there is no drawback. Abe must die. and now. Yen c*n choose yonr weapons The suu, the knife, tbe bullet. The cup failed u« once, and might again. Johnson, who will «?e fife; has bien like an enraged demon since the meeting became it has not f sl im upon him to rid the world of the monster. He says the blood of bis gray-haired father and his noble brother call upon him for revenge, and revenge he will have. H he cannot wreak it upon the fountain head he will upon some of the blood thirsty generals, Butler would suit him. As our plans were &U concocted and Weil arranged we separated, and as I am wrltlng-on my way t o Detroit—l will only Bay that all rests upon you You know where to fled your friends. Your disguises are so perfect and complete, that without one, knew your fact, no police telegraphic despatch WOtUd catch you. The Englieh gentleman, Ifarcourt, must not act hastily. Aemember, be has ten days. Strike for your home, strike for your country; bide your time, but strike sore. Oet introduced, congratulate him. listen to his stories; net many mote will the brute tell to earthly friends. Do anything bat fall, and meet us at tbe appointed place within the fortnight- Enclose tL]» note together with one of poor Leenea. I will give the res son for this when we moot. Keturn by John son. I wish I could go to you, but duty culls me to tbe West; jon will probably bear from me in Washington. ISaundere Is doing us no good in Canada. * 4 Believe me, your brother in love. r«,L x x , A.a. "CHA&LESSELBY. ’* ['lhe oiiginal of tbe foregoing Is attached to this re cord, end marked Exhibit So. 1. ] t# . „ •*Sr Loom, Oct. 21, 1864. ■‘Bbabest Hcsbaiib: Whvdo you uoi come homa ? Yea left MS for ten days only, and yon kayo boon from homo more than two weeks. In tbat long time only mnt me one abort note—a few eold word,—and a check for money, whlcbldldnot require. What has oome over >an ?, Hava you forgotten your wife oud child ? Baby call, far Et pa until my heart aches. We are so lonelu Without yon. X lave written to yon again and again, and, a. a last reeourea. yesterday wrote to Charlie, beg amg mm to tee you and tell you to come home, iam BO 111. notable to lta.l my r<»m; if I was I Would go to you wherever you were. If in this world, Mamma says 1 must not write any more, as 1 am too weak. ■Louie, darling, oo not etoy away any longer from your bt&it-brelenwlfe. LBBBBi. ■> [The original of the foregoing Junaed to this ro eord, and marked Ixhifatt ifo 3. Q. At what time in Dovember did you pick up this envelopo and these letters? A. The day Gen Butler left JKew York; I cannot toll the precise date, but Gen. Scott told me he had left that morning. Q. Was that after th e Presidential election in Novem ber? A Yes ilr. ft, What did you do with these letters after you ex emlned them and found their character? A. I took them firrt to Gen. Scott who asked me to read them to him; he said ho thoneht it woa of great importance, and asked me to take it to Gen. Dlx; l aid so, and gave it to Gen Dir. G Yon say ihe men exchanged lettera. Which was giving letters to the other—the large or the small man ? A, They exchanged twice; the larger one gave them to the one next to him, and he handed them bock, and they were exchanged again, Q Did you .eem.re than one? A. Yes-sir. Q. The smaller one, or educated one, said he would ’.^? 6fcr Wsshingon tho second day after? A. Yes; ‘ ‘ tie oay after to-morrow. * ’ No orose-exemination. Testimony or William E. Wheeler. By the Judge AdTOcate: Q. Where do you reside? -A. -Mv home is in Chicopee, Massachusetts Q Were you in Canada during the last antamn. A. Yes, eir, Q At what point In Canada? A. Montreal. 0. Did you meat there citizens or the Halted States from .ho Southern States ? A I met some 0. Will yeu mention some whom you met there, and when ? A. The only one there that I know the name to wm! to was Ur. Booth. Q. Bo you mean John Wilkes Booth, the aotar? A. Yes sif 41 Q.' Where did you meet him ? A* I vra« etas dine la front ot tbe fet. L&wreiiaeH&fl, Montreal, and saw him go across from a broker’s office on the opposite side* Q. 'Whattimevp&ftthat? a. I cannot say tbe day ex* Rctly, but it vras in October or flovember last. Q Did yon see any others who were pointed ont to you by seme? A. There was anotberman who came across with him; who be was I do not know, and have never beard his name; I ipoke to Mr. Booth when be came across, and him if be was going to open tbe theatre there; be said no, be was not, ana left me directly and enteredintoconversationwlthatbtrd man who was there, and sometime after that, as I was walk• iug along with a gentleman, be pointed him cat to me as George Sander*. Q. Yon saw Sasder* and Booth in conversation to gether? A. Yes, sir. Q. Yon did not see Clement 0. Clay or Jacob Thomp son ? A. flo, sir, not to know them. Q. Yon bad met Booth before and knew him? A. I bad seen him play on tbe stage in Springfield,•-Massa cbueetis fio cross* examination* Testimony of John Deveney. By the Judge Advocate; Q. Where do you reside? A. 1 am Hying in Washington at present; my home is in Philadelphia; at least my father lives there. Q, Were you. during the past autumn or winter. In Canada? A. I was. „ Q At what point? A. At Montreal. Q. In what month were you there? A I went over therein July, and lelt there on the 3d or 4th of Febru ary ; I forget which, - Q. Were you, or not. acquainted with John Wilkes Booth? A. Very well. „ Q. Bid jou meet him there? A Idid. q. in company with whom did you see him there? A. The flint rime 1 saw him in Canada I saw him stand ing in the St. Lawrence Hotel, Montreal, talking with George N. Sandora . „ Q Can you tell about what time that was ? A. I can not teJl you the month; hot from what 1 have Been In the papers I am constrained to believe it was in Octo ber ; but I am not willing to sweat it was that month. Q. Did they, ot not, c«em tj be intimate? A. They seemed to be talking very confidentially. • Q. Were they drinking together? A Yes; 1 saw them 10 into Rowley’s ana have a drink together. Q. You mean George N, Sanders? A Yea; George N. Senders, who ue*d to be the Navy Agent at New Yolk. Q. Die you left in Canada at the same Urns Jacob Thompson, 01 Mtesistippi, who was DecretaiT oi the in terior under the administration of President Buchanan? A I saw Mr. Thompson. Mr Olay, Mr. Tucker, and several others. They were pointed out tome, but I was not acquainted with those gentleman. . Q lon Clement 0. Ciay, of Alabama, formerly United States Senator ? A. That was the man ; 1 mean him; I presume he was the man sJhe"wae pointed out to me as that person- , _ Q D;d yon have conversations with Booth? A, Yes, I spoke to him; I asked him what he was doing there; I&skedhlm, Are you going to play here?" knowing that he was an actor; he said no, he was not: said I, •‘Whatareyongoingtodo?" said he. * I just came here on a visit, a pleasure trip; I saw in the papers afterwaroe that he had been trying to make an engage ment wiih Buckland, ot the Theatre Royal there; oat I do net believe it. - . Q. You lay yon saw him talking to Clay, Sanders, Holcomb, and Thompson? A I believe i did; I am not vary positive that I saw him talking to those par ties, but 1 did see him talk to ganders; that 1 can swear to, because I wsb standing up a» ainst a pillar in the hotel, and it was right in the hotel; Sanders was lean ing agairst a pillar and Sooth standing in front of him Q Yon Bay you have seen UlO othrrs With Bander*? A. Yes. sir; I aonotimowthatlsawthem there stand ing miking to banders that day. bat I have seen those other men with Bandera at different times talking to hl a * And wilh Booth? A I will not say that; I saw Booth talking to Sanders, though; of that 1 am positive, became those two wore standing together when l came up; 1 just came from the post office, which is opposite the hotels I came over and eaw them taUcinglhere s I was bQiprised to see him. and that is what mate ma take jmtli.alar notice W It; I thombt, a, a matter of con. ee, he came there te.play. Q, W hen was the next time you eaw Booth ? A. The next time I saw Booth was on the steps oft he Kirkwood House, in this citv, the night of the 14th of April, a few xuiunte* befoie five, or between five and six o’clook, Q What occurred then? a. He was solus Into the loteUl w&« standing talking to CaU*n. I tniiik, who works in one of the departments, he was formerly a sergeant of cavalry. 1 think; I said to Dalian, 44 1 would ilie to go n|» toWTlUara » Hotel, and see if we can see General Grant;" I had never seen him; »aid I, " Will you come and go,along ?” he said, "No; I hare got an engagement to be here at five o’clock, to meet some person;" ao I did not go, but went into the hotel, saying, * ‘ 1 wonder what time it ta now; it must be lime lor your friend to omo, if he is comixfl wentin, and found it was five, or afew mi xutet* cf it.and said 1, "1 guess you can so now; thafcen carement ienp;” he taid, "No, I will waltalitile long er ’ just then Booth pasted me going into the hotel, and turned around and spoks to me; I asked him when he came from Canada, for 1 did not know he had left there; he said he had been back some time, and was going to stay heie some time, and would see me again; i asked, " Ar* yon going to play here again?" 6 aid he, "No, I am not going to play again; lamia the oil business; . ' 1 laughed and joked at that, It being a common johe to talk about the til business; a few minutes afterwards 1 saw him coming down street on horseback, on a bay bOttet i took paitlcular notice what kind of a looking rig he hat on the horse; I do HOt know Wbftt made me do It; the next 1 saw him 1 beard the speech and law him jump out of the box of the theatre, and when he fell he fell on onehand and one knee, and I recognized him 5 he fell with his face towards Ihe andlenoe; l sa’.d, ■ • He 1. John Wilk.a Booth, and ho ha. shot the Proel cent;” I made that remark right there; that 1» the laet I ereneair ot him, when ho wee tanning across tho Bt ?fyon ear you are certain yon saw him and Sander, drinking together, ae well as talking? A. lee, eir. I did; Xam .nre of It; Sandora «ar she never .aw him. but Sane ere tells a lie, because he did aeehim; 1 saw him ta Crots examined by Mr, Aiken: Q. How loaf have yon resided in thiecitv? A. I have been off and on lie.. i ot a year or two; 1 wae formerly an otiicer in the army. 4th Maryland Bailment, as lieutenant In com pany a; I was m the employ ofAdams Express Com pany a great many years, and worked with them in Washington for »ome lime. , . . Q. Are ion acquainted with any of the prisoners? A. HM gy e ° 1 ac^ aiatea with John H. Bnratt? A. No, sir; I never saw him la my life, to my know leby‘the Court: «. tWhy did yon say it wasi John Wlikeß Booth, and that he had shot the President ? A. I did not know Mr. Lincoln hod been »hot but it fl*shed on m> mind when Booth jumped out of that box that hehifddoße Boch athiuir, because 1 knew the Presi dent was in the box; i*awhim*g iu, aadlheatd the iilalol ehet, a»*d the words "Bio Semper Tyrannist” and I knew from my school boy knowledge that WAS the motto of the State of Virginia. A . , , By the Judge Advocate: Q. Yon say Booth shouted “SicSemper Ti/runnis?’' A 1 heard the words In tbebi x; I this k it was Booth gold that; I heard the words before 1 *aw the man. q Bad be bis knife in hie hand as be went across the stage? A. He had. Q. Did be make any remark ae he crossed the stage? L. It is *atd he did. trat 1 did not notice It; the excite ment wateo gnat that I did not not'ce it; I can safely •wear that 1 fcld not hear any remark; at least, I can not call to mind that I did. Testimony of Lieut. Gen- V- B* Grant. Lieutenant General Ulysses 8. Grant, a witness eaUed ■cr the prosecution, being duly sworn, testified asfol ‘ly tho Jodie Advocate; Q, WIU rtm «taM irhttfcw FOUR CENTS. you areacacßlnted with Jacob Thomson, formerly Se cretary of'the Inferior uader President rsacuanan's *.d -■ ministration? A. Imetbim once; U&twas wheuth® si my was lying opposite Vicksburg, at what is called ; Mllliken’s Bend and Yonntf's Point; a little boat was discovered coming op on the opposite shore, apparently fcnrieptittonsly, try lac to avoid detection, and a little tug was east out from the navy to pick It up. trues they got to It they found a little white flag alleging out of the stern of the row boat, and Jacob Thompson in it: they brought him to Admiral PoTfer’a flag ship, and I was cent for and met him; Ido notreaolleet now the ostensible business he had: there seemed to be nothing Important at sit in the visit; but he pretended to bo under a flag or truce, and, therefore, he had to be al low«tjto gobfcck stain. Q. Whm wasthatr A. Icannot aay whether It was in January or February, 1883? H was the first flag of trcce we bud, though. <t Did be profees to be, and seem to be. In the mill (try service of the rebels? A. Ho astd be had been of fered a eommiasion— anything that he wanted; bnt knowing that ho wasnet a military man, he preferred having something more like a civil appointment, and he had taken the place of aa tnipector general In the rebel service. Q. Did be then hold tbaiposltion ? A. That was what be said; thafche'was an inspector general, or assistant istpe«tor general, With thor»nk or lieutenant colonel, I think he said. _ <i. The Military Department of Washington, as it is spoken of In military parlance, embraces the city of Washington, does it not, and did It not during the past year? a. Yes, sir. Q. And all the defences of the city ? A. Yes, air; and on the other Hide of the river, and Alexandria. Q. It embraces-all the fortifications on both sides? A Yes. eir, Q I have In my band a copy of your commission as Lieutenant Oeterta of the of the United States, bearing fiats the 4th day of March, 1804 Will yon state whether oi not sinco"tnst time you' have continued to be in command* under that commission, of the armies t»f the United States?" A. I have. . [The Judge Advocate offered in evidence, without ob* jection. the commissions Lieutenant General Grant, dated March 4.1864, accompanied by General Orders Co 88, March, which are appended to the record,marked Ex-Li bit No. 6.) Croce examined by Mr. Aiken: Q. Arc you aware that the civu courts are in operation in this city—all of them? A. Yes, sir. Q. How far towards Baltimore does the Department of Washing; on extend? A. 1 could not sayexaotiyto what point; any troops that belong to General Augur's command, however, that be sends out to any point would necessarily remain under his commands he com&ands the Department of Washington. Q 1b any portion of the Elate o? Maryland in the De* paitment or Washington? A. Oh, yes, sir: martial law* x believe, extends to all the territory south of the railroad that runs across from Annapolis running south to the Fotomscanti the Chesapeake. Cross- examined by Mr* Ewing: Q. By virtue of what orler dees martial law extend couth of Annapoli*? A, I sever saw the order; it is just limply an under standing- q. nu juct an understanding? A. Yes, sir. just au understanding that it does exist, Q You have never seen any order? A. Ho, sir a. And do not know that inch an order exists? A. Ho, sir, I have never seen the order. Testimony or Ssmuel P, Jones' (blind). By the Judge Advocate: Q Have you resided In Eichmond atany time during the war? A. I have. Q. State any eonversatton you may have heard there, to which officers of the rebel Government were parties, in regard to tbe contemplated assassination of the Presi dent of the United States? A. The nearest 1 know anythisg- to that point among the officers there la their common conversation in camp, as' I would go about amongst them, and their conversations would be of this nature; that all aueplcioned persons, or those kin-3 of people they were not certain were of their'way of thinking, they would hush up as soon as they came near them; but after 1 found out what I could leamii reference- to these things they were desperately< ennious that any such thing as this should be aecom* plithed. Q. Will you state any particular occasion? A. In a general way 1 have beard sums offered, to be paid With a Confederate sum* tor any person or persons to go P orth and assassinate the President. Q Do you remember any occasion when any inch offers were made* or any amount named, and by waat kind of officers? A. At this moment 1 cannot fell you the particular names of shoulder-straps, &«, Q. Do yon remember any occasion-come dinner oc casion? A. lean tell you this: I heard a citizen make the remark once that he would give from his private purse WO.COO. in addition to the Confederate amount, to have the President aafaetinated—to bring him to Btch moed. dead or alive, for proof. Q. Whatvf ss meant by that phrase, ** in addition to LbeCon/edmte&mount?” A. X know nothisg about that, hhYJUvre than the way they would expiees it; I should Judge, from drawing ah inference, that there was any amount offered by the Government, in that trashy paper, to assassinate any officials chat were hin dering theii came, and even I have beard It down as It w as a private or citizen; for instance. If it is not di sussing from the purpose, I know of a Kentuckian, bnt cannot tell you the name now, that was patting up at the Exchange Hotel, or, otherwise, Ballard House— they belong to the same property, and are connected by a bridge over Franklin sweet; be was Arrested under suspicion of being a spy; I oan tell you the name now— me name was Webster, if I remember rightly; I al ways supposed* from what 1 understood, that he came down to buy goods; but they took him as a spy, and hung him; whether It was in reference to this assassi nation 1 cannot say. Q. I understood you to say that it was a subject of general conversation among the rebel officers? a. It was; the rebel officers as they would be siccing around their tent doors, would be conversing on such a subject a good deal; they would be saying they would like to see bis bead brought there, dead or alive, and they should think It could be done; and I have heard such things stated as that they had certain persons under taking it. Testimony of Ifemae! Knapp Cheater* By the Judge advocate -. a Yoar profession is that of an actor? a. Yss, air. • •• Q. Bave you known J Wilkes Booth a good many ytari ? A. I have known him about ten or eleven years aince I first met him. Q Qnile Intimately. 1 suppose? A. For about six or seven years. Intimately. Q. Can you recall a conversation which you are sup posed to have had with him in November last in Hew York ? A. Yes, sir. Q. What time in tbe month was it? A I think it was In Hovember that 1 bad a conversation with him. Q What time in Hovember? State about the period of time. A. 1 emtot think of the txact date, but it was in tbe early portion of Hovember; one day we were In conversation, and I asked Him why he was not act ing, and he tola me that he did not intend to act in this poiticn of ibe country again; that he had taken his wardrobe to Canada, and intended to run the blockade. Q. Did you meet him after that* and have «ome con versation with him in regard to oil speculations or was it at the same A. Ho. sir: the next time I met him was about the time we were'to play “Julias Coj sar, ’' which we did play on the 30th of Hovember* and It was either on the 24ch or 20th that be asked me to take a walk with him, or asked if 1 knew some costu mers, where he might get some dresses for htg ch aracter in that play; and I asked him where his own wardrobe was. Q. Was that in the city of Hew York? A. Yes; I ne ver had any conversation with him relative to this affair out of Hew York; he said it was still in Canada, in ?barsa of a friend, and 1 think he said named Martin; 1 win iMtfcba positive, but I think he said in Montreal: he did not &y inj-okut t» m* at all about the oil buai*: ness then, that I remember. Q Did he not ask you how you would"nxevo u.»*a. the oil business with Mm? A. Hot in the oil. basiaslfr he never mentioned that. ■ , „ , »■ Q He told you he had a big speculation on hand? A 1 es, sir. Q. Did he ask you tO gO in With Mm? A. Yes. sir; i met him, and he was talking with some friends, and thty were joking with him about the affair; I met him on Broadway; after he left Ahem, he said he had a bet ter speculation than that on band, and one they would not lxogh at; some time after that I met him again, and be again talked of this speculation, and asked me bow 1 would like to go in with him; I told him I was with out means, that l oould not; and he said it did not mat ter, he always liked me, and would famish the means; the next time l heard from him he was in Washington. Q State ihe whole of the conversation In which he urged yon to go Into this speculation in Hew York. A. Ar well as 1 can remember, I wMI tell you from ba ginxing toendshelefk toe then In Hew York, and I re ceived several letters from him from Washington, tell ing me he wae ipeculatlng in farms in lower Maryland, and was sure to coin ro ney,that I must go in wlthhlmin Virginia, and till! telling me that 1 musijtin him; that it paid Yery little attention to it; then about the letter part of December or early in January, 1 will* not be positive which it was, but late in December or early in January, he came to Hew York and came to my jhouse; I then lived at Ho. 46 Grove street; he asked me to take a walk with Mm; l did so; we went oni and went to a saloon known as the House of Lords, on Houston street; we remained there a considerable time, I sup pose an hour, rating »nd drinking; he had often men tioned tils affair, that Is, his speculation, bnt would never esy wbat it wae; If I Would ask him what it was he would say he would tell me by-and-by: we left there and wetft to another saloon under the Bevere House, and cat some oysters; we then started up Broadway; 1 thought it was time io go home, and my way was down Bl9ecker street—that if, up Broadway from the corner of Houston—and 2 had to tarn down Bleacher street to get to Grove etieet; I bade Mm good night; he asked me to walk a piece further up the street with him, and Idld so; I walked a square- that ts, to Fourth street, or next street; he asked me to walk np there with him, and I did so; he atked me to walk up Fourth street because Broadway was crowded; he said Fourth street was not so fall of people eb Broadway, and he wanted to lell me about that speculation; I walked up there with him, and when we got into an unfrequented portion of the street, he stopped, and told me then ;th he was in a large conspiracy to capture tbe heads ~of the Government, including tbe Pre sident, and convey them to Richmond; I asked him if that was what he wished me to go la* he said it -was $ i told him I could not do it, that it was an impossibility; only to think of my family; he said he bad two or three thousand dollars that he could leave them; I still said I could not do it; he arced Hand talked with me for, I suppose, twenty minutes or half an hour, and I still refnsed; he then told me that at least I would not betray him, and said I dare not; he said he could implicate me in the affair, anyhow; he said that the party were sworn together, and that if I attempted to betray them 1 would he hunted down through life, and talked some more about the affair; X cannot remember It now; bnt still urging me, saying l bad better go in; I tola Mm no, and bade Mm good night, and Iwjnthome. , A • , , , Q. Did he indicate to you what part he wished you to play in carrying out this conspiracy ? A Yes, sir. Q What did he say? A. That I was to open the back door of the theatre at a signal. , q Did he in dlcate st what theatre this was to occur ? A. Yes; he told me Ford's Theatre, became it musk be seme one acquainted or connected with the theatre who could take port in it _ q Ford’s Theatre in Washington? A Yes, eir. Q, Did he urge.you upon the ground that It was an easy affair, and that you would have very little to do ? A. Yes, he said that: that woe all I would have to do, hfMid; he said the tiling was sure to succeed. <T What preparations did he aay, it »nv. t W been mafic toward the conspiracy? A. Ho tolu me that everything wae in readiness; that it was sure to sac coed, for there were parties on the other side ready to •O'Operafe with them, .. .. ... , . _ Q Did you understand from him that the rebel Go vernment was sanctioning what he was doing? A He never told me that. ' I .^. G Wbatdo you mean by parties on the other tide ? A. I Imagined that they were on the other side, but he did not eay who they were: I mean that they were thCfcepeople;heBsidontheoiher side # q. Did he mention the probable number of persons engaged in the conspiracy,? a He said there were from fifty toa hundred; he said that when ho first mentioned the affair to me. Q Did lie -write to yon; A. He wrote .boot this ep?cnt.ii<m. end then he wrote to me .gate i that mast have been In January. ... , . Q Have joathoteletter*? A. I never kept my let ter. ; every Snaday L devote to answering my corre .vondente, end generally de.lror tbeir letier. then. Q Hid be or not make yon any remittance with a view of enabling you to come to Washington?-.a. o& ves, sir; after I had declined going* had refnied him, 1 got a letter from him staling that 1 must come; this *as tue letter in which he told me it w;is sure to Eaccawa; I wrote back that it was impoielbte; I would not come ; then, by return mall, l think. I got another letter with $5O enclosed, saying 1 must come, and must be sure to be these by Saturday night; I did not go; I had not been out of Hew York since last summer. , m ft Q. Can you remember the time you received the last letter, with the $6O in it? A. That was in January, I q You say he said he bed one thousand dollars to leave to your family? A. That was before, at the first ‘tSK.. *1 the lime la « at y«n lb. fir»t ftfiy dol larß, mention any m»re? A In the letter he did not. Q. Did he speak of having plenty of funds for the pur pose?' A, Hot in his letter. ... Q. Dldhe in bis conversation? a. inhls sonversation after he came to Hew York again. > q Whai did he esy then ? A. When he cam® to Hew York he called on me again, and asked me to taken walk with Mm, and I did so; he told me that he had been trying io get another party io join Mm* name* John Matthews, and when he told Mm what he wanted to do, that the men was very much frightened, indeed, axd would not join him, and he said he would not have cared if he had sacrificed him; 1 told Mm I did not think it w&s right to speak In that manner; he said no, he was a coward, and was not fit to live; he then asked , me again to join him; he told me I must do so; he said that there was plenty of money iu the affair; that if I would do it I would never want again as long as I lived; that I would never want for money; he said that the President and some of the heads of the Government, came, to the theatre very frequently during Mr. Forrwit sen- ? Elements; Istlli urgtd him not to mention the atttir o me: to think of my poor family; he said he would provide for my going with Mm; i still refund; h« said he would ruin me in the profession if I did uotgo* I told him X could not help that; and begged of_Mm.no*■ JJ. mention the affair to me; when he mv go, he said he honored jny mother and respected my m«, and t«ld m« to »»»• Sim toe tronbi. me about it no “PXf i,ot allotr me to ‘Sow*™-:toit then wm plenty <*r money f \ th WblodWtoi.m.t’tonv.t.auon <*.o,? A. Iliat, 1 o'ra’ii'he'bavo any oonvereatlon with you at a later. Q J)ldBe“»v- “”r u olli |R w oppoitunl-,* p *:J o v , at , lf»d > for ,, too l ««:aMtnatlon of the Preiidejt? Zh ,e £. h fJL& of that? A. Tee, sir; on Triday,, on week* preview to the weMsUatlon, he wae ln.*,w ■'* & k Vhat did he eay then f A. We were In -.he House of Xorde at the time, littin* at a table, end hua n3t been to.re ion* before he e*<3aimed, etrielD,* the table, > > vvhst en excellent ohanee I had to kill the President, if I had wished, on Inauguration day i" that waeall he sa to bwh*V*P^»li*«b»«w*tii l A. , ibecb! was ntmm (FUBZ3BHID WXIKLT.I TOWaaran* will be M,l to nbeeribenH, mall (p.r annum In ad ranee) at—-,. Ml Tlvaeonle.^— M ~.HO M J?"!? S? b «Ten will be Aunt «t Uu mm fate, M<vv per sopy % “twuve ooeomjvne* Me order. *M tk*n tfont oerv UttU more than toe eoef of papir. M"Toetaiaetere are .miimM toaet Marat,OS Tsa Wax ranee. M- To the *etter-n, of toe Club of Ua or twenty, m «ztra copy of to. mu win be mtu. raid! be wae aa near the President on that day as he wa* to that is all he estd. C A-lan you tell at what time In February, he eetd It would be necessary, to, send, io Hiehmond for money r A. bo. el'l l cannot ieH positively. Cross-,taemlned by Mr. Clampltt: Q. Dldhe men tion any iVnmei of those who were nonnested with nltn in his Elan as .ommnnloated to you In reference to the aesassinetlitu of Mr. Lincoln f A. 10. sir] not that 1 aJ Q. & To? nsVer heard him mention say names f A. I n Cross-«am!n’*d by Mr. Swing; Q. Do I understand . yon to say that he spoke to you or a plan to assassin ate toe President and to capturehim f A. To capture him. Q. Did he ear anythin* to you no to how he would gitUmoff? A. Ho. Q- Ac w where ho* would* kakc blur? A. To JEUcb mend Q. By what route? A* HefiM not far. q. Be iptice of there being ptraons os “the other eM«?“ A. Yes, eir. Q, Did he u>e jast tiaply that expression* or did- he explain what be meiai by the “ether side? r WhM 7 Sl u hid to mean? a. He did not ex -1111116 SOat,t <!. Aorose the river? A. Across He Fotomac Q. Dldhe say nothing to jonas to to. means he half movliod or proposed to provide for conducting the’ President Ib ft er he should br sal zed? A. Bo„etrt en 1 one oosaeron he )old me.that howas aelline off horse*, alter he had teld me that he ‘had given an this pro- J6Ct. Q. When did he say to you thvt ha had abandoned tieideßofcapshil*.shePiesld.n!* A, InFebruaryd think Q. Did he mtj why he had abandoned It? A. He Mid the tails'had fallen through owing to aome or the parties backing ont. Q. Onwhetdny waeltthntbe said to you what aa excellent chance a* hw* for killing too President ? A. That waa on a Friday <m* week prerlotw to the assnsol uatioo. Q. Ou whatduyofipsUwAs (halt A. The 7ih, Q Did he say asTthitig to you as to hts then ester taining, orhnvlißg Wore that the parpoec toa6Bai<sin&tetbeP.?esldepc? A. Ho, sir. Q. Did hs BarEvyiMbßtoyou then as to Why ht dltf not aisasclnate-tbe Fresldent? A. Ho. sir; that was the only exclamation he made use of relative to It. ..Q* Mate Ms exact words it you can? A; He sail * ‘ Wh&t an excellent nhance I had, If I wisbed, to kill the President oa icausuration day; 1 was on - the stand as close to him nearly m I am to yofl 1 * That fe as near hit language as I can give. Q Mate bow far he explained to you his project for capturing the President in tbo theatre* A. X believe I have stated as far %% l know. Q. Did he ever indicate h.>w he expected to ret him from the box to the stage without being caught? a. Ho,slr.- Q. Did he say hovra&nywere to help him In seitlux the President ? A Ho,-sir. Q, Did he name any oilier officials who were to bo seized, besides the-President? A. Ho; the only time he told me. he said-“the? heads of the Government, in cludl»ffthoFietident/ ,> . _ _ , a By tac Judge advocate: fik. I llttddffltOOd you to stjr that be stated that thg'partioni&r efiterpriss of captaring the President and heads of the Government had been given opi and that* in consequence* he was selling off the horns ho had bought m the purpose? A, z«e, sir. Q. He did not state to you what mode of proceeding had Deen sahsttiafeu for that, but simply that that one had been given up ? A. He told me they had given op tbe affair. Q That It had fallen through? A. Yes* sir. The Commlsslan then adjourned until to-morrow. Saturday morning, Hay 13. at 10 o’clock. , [The proceedings of gatarday were published In yes terday's edition. 3 CONTISUATIOH OJP HOBDAY’S PBO CKEDSNGS. Testimony of Captain Yheo. SfcUoverni By Judge Haiti Q.i Did JOH JtB?W J, WUke* Booth 1 A. I knew him by sight. . Q. Did you see him on the night of the Msakiltut* tlcn or the President 1 A. The. Q. Besorlbe whae yon saw on that oooaslon. A. I was sitting m a chair In the little aldle by the wall leading towards tbe door of the President’s box, on the night ol the murder, when a man came In who disturbed me In my seat, canting me to push my seat forward to permit him to pass; he then stepped about two or three feet from where I was, and stood leisurely, taking a turvey of the house; I looked at him because, he happened to come almost In my line of sight; ho took a small paok at visiting cards from his pocket, and selecting one, replaced the others] he handed the card to tbe President’s messenger, who wae sitting Just below j Whether the messenger took the card Into the bog) or, alter loosing, allowed him to go In, I do not know, but in & moment or two 1 saw him go Into the box and dose the door of the lobby leading to the box. ft. Did you see him after the pistol was fired 1 A. Yes, I saw the body of a man desoend from the front of tbe box to the stage, and he was out of sight in a moment; in another moment he reap peared and strode aoross the stage, and as ho passed I saw the gleaming blade of a dagger In his right hand. Q.. Was it a large weapon he held In hie hand, A. Yob, the blade I should suppose to be five or six Inches In length from the length of the gleam I saw. ft. Did you see whether It. was Booth! A. I know Booth, but I did not reoogntse him. Testimony or major Henry B. Ratbbua. By Judgo Holt: ft. Pleaso state to the oourt whether or not you were In the box with the Presi dent on the night of the assassination. A. Yes, ft. State all the olroumstßnoes that oame under your observation In connection with that assassina tion. a. With the permission of the oourc, I win Say that I prepared a little statement at the time, whioh I would like to road In proforeUO* to giving tbe testimony here; It was mads when the detail, were fresh In my mind. [Permission having been given, witness thereupon read the statement to the court. Xhle has heretofore been published.] ft. You did not know Booth yourself! A. No. ft. Oould you recognize him from this photo graph 1 A.. I should be unable to recognise him as tbe men In the box; Imyself have seen him on the stage some time since. By the court: ft. What dtstanoe was the assassin from tbe Preeloent when yun first saw him! A- The distance from whore the Prat Went was sitting wae font or five feet, to the best of my recoueoticn; this man was standing between hlm and tbe door. By Judge Holt: Booh at that weapon and see If 'lt Is abont snob a one as appeared' to be need by Booth that night. A. 1 think It might have made a wound similar to the one 1 received; I oonld not recognise the knife; I simply saw the gleam. By Colonel Burnett: ft. Did yon notice how the blade was held In the hand of the assassin 1 A. Yes; the blade was held flat and horizontal; the entry or the wound would indicate It oame with a sweeping blow from above. Testimony ofWm. WltlUM, Jr. Examination by Judge Holt: ft, Do yon belong to the orohestra of FoH’a Theatre 1 A. Yes. ft. Werefjou there the night of' the assassination; —'Tho PrMldent? A. Yes. A. YeaT > '" w « J. WUkes Booth there that night T oatld&Al 80Eg I Dad composed; l wanted to seeift wL&tifiOfitume tfiey going to. clog it; I IdAfnfiff from* the manager that they would sing it In top costtme they wore at the close of the piece 5 after that I was returning under tbe stage to the orches tra, when I heard the report of a pistol; I was as tonished that a pistol should be fired-while playlnflr the “American Cousin ; M I never heard one before ; just then I met a man running before mo; I stop ped, completely paralyzed; I did not know what w&s the matter; he hit me on thQ'legr, turned me round, and mado two cuts at me, one on the nook, and one on the Bide; as he went past me, I said, than is *Wilkes Booth; with that he made a rush for tha door, and out he went; jußt then 1 heard the cry that the Presldont was killed, and l saw him in tha box, oppaiently dead. Q.. which way did he go out of the theatre 1 A, Out of the back doer. CroiS’examination by Hr. Swing: k Q Are yon ac quainted with tbe prisoner* Bpaitgler? A. £ have krown him ever since I bave been ln-tbe theatre. Q Did yon see him that night ? -A. No* sir: Ido not recollect seeing him that night; I only happened to go or tfceetsge tones themmattr. . _ q, .Which «id« of the stage did yon goon? A. Tha liihthacd Side facial the audience* farthest from tha FmifienV* box.. . Q. Whstw&i it© position of thloman ? A. His po sition omht to have been there when the scene W&S to be changed right in the centre oftho<stßge; Me business waa to change tbe scenes, and he ought to have beea right beMne the scenes. Q. on which tide? A. Ido not know os Which side Ms position was . . Q. Do you know whether the passage through whioh. Booth passed out o! the door is generally obstructed ? A. Sometimes there area great many persons there sa that you cannot pass, but that night everything Beamed to be clear; I met nobody that night until I met Wilkte Booth. Q, Were they plaviug a piece requiring much shlfti&g oflbeiceues? a. I think at that point of the play it could sot be many minutes before the scene would re qoire to be chanced. , Q. Was it a tune when the way, in tbs ordi nary course of tbiugs. would have been obstructed ? A. home oft he setoremighthavebeen there waiting to go on the next scene, [Witness heredesorlbsd at length, the various localities in connection with the stage. J Q Did you ever tee- Spangler wear a moustache r A. Ko; I have always /esu him os he appears HOW 11 do not think! ever * awhtm.. with a m oust ash®. Q. How long have you known him ? A, &ve? Since Fcrd’s Theatre haft been going on, nearly two years. ByJnfiieFoU: Q.la there not a tide way by which the theatre enn he entand-without passing in from the frost? A. 80, not at I know of; there is one little pas srgo where the actors and actresses get In* bat tbatu the Irort way. i Q That is used exclusively by the actors ? A. Yet, sir* it was u«od when, the theatre wu first opened by actors when they wanted to goont to take a drink with* out being observed. . _ By the Court: When you met Booth on the stage as he was passing, ont, oould you seethe door as &• wtnlout ? A. Yes. tir. , ~ .. . (i Was there any doorkeeper standing there that you could see? A 1 did not see any. „„, . , Q, Wa» the door open?- A. 80, I think not. Q Was there anything to obstruct his passage out? Q W»i that not an unusual state of things? A. It seemed strange iowasunuftual. <- , * Q Was theie any check at ail at the door as he went ont? At fln, it seemed to me after hs gave me the blow that knocked me down, and la which hs «mt very hear going under* he mace ohe plunge ftddWMh 00 Q* Was it yonr Impressson that the door was opinbfi fouhltn or tout htioponsd it hiinrelf ? A. Idon tkttpw; £ tried it myself, to see If it could he opened so easily; It surprised me. Q. Waa it your impression that seme one assisted hire ingoing out, by opening the door? A. I did not see sjiybcoyj.lonlyeaw him go out. , k Q. Do tut r.cones stand at thlß time just as they were loft* or have they heea changed? A. I really da not Q Do you ssy there is no passage out of the thitatre except in front? A. Ho; yon have to golf omthe Alley round>and come In front. Se. examination of Stabler. By Judge Holt: Q, State to the oonrt whethor since your exaiainatlon yon have besn to a stable In the city and found the hQTRerefMMd to? A. Yes, I have, il. Do von recognize that as, the horsa you referral to? A* Yes, feat is the hay horse that Atnaroti tMK away on the 29th of March, tthd brought baok somu dftye aftoiwardn for safe, Bythfc Court: Q. That wbb the horse hoM at your stable ao the Bnratthor*,e? A. Yes, until | Booth paid the livery* and took him away. Q Where is he kept now? A. On the soraer of Se vrntep|thandletreetß „ . Q Whose stable is it? A. A Government stable, br Mr. Dobter. ~ . Q Are you the owner of the place where these horsee. lion of livery horses* the hit-lag to ptrilea* and a geae ral oveitigh . _ gnrattownad J:sie horses? A I suppose he did; he brought them there in Me naste,an(L. P a bbv toet «omolu)dy elee paUf.toeU- Very? a> When *beywerelakca,away fin&Uy Booth pl q ‘uw you not «ey Soratt til j, tije llvart 1 At P*r iatt P «id down to q when Booth settled the mUI did lie claim the horse aii Q I *DW he Ztate vrlo they Mlenged ta el toal tlme? W H?gaye the order of Bu<*t6 to, pay Stf-the horses WA tfl Q° »oy*tliiß have Mat deesrlbed Vtt sold from jontsUMe? X Ho, not stid; he was brought there Jft H’rery t ou the Viu or Baroh Booth paid th# livery March Slat: and some aft si wards kuerott brought tt«o£etf*Sid e!l yoni swe this horselast, before Jo-day? A. About the 4th of April, when he was brought 7& Have you. e-wn ’that horse In the possession of At zeiott since theAWne? A Apt Blnce he was brought theie to seJl. iresiiiOAny off Joe Simms (Colored)* Birsmipe 4by the Judge idvocftte*. q. Whateontteo lio&have you at lord’s Theatre? A I have worked there tw d years; I went then when I first came to WaiMi .gion. .G , v /tie you there the night the President was aesfte- a. 1 was up at the fly where they hangup the r,ttiftaioB. . Q Did you res Booth there that evening? A* I saw there between 0 and 6 o’clock. . , .... . Butt -where yon saw him and what he aid? A. When I saW him he cam® in on b*«k part of the stage; he ww out and went into a rcstaarant b*»td® the thtatre; F saw him so more that night untU after the performance commeoc* d; during th® performance t heard a pistol fiieo and looked immediately to eee What it waa; I saw him jtmp from the private box on to the stage and make his escape aoross the stage 1 1 saw no m <L*Who was with him when he went noon? a There wo* no one; Mr, Hpaniler was staod lu* ont tu ftoul. *»d he Invited him » HrUnlx. Q. letoletoe xoeu here, pointlnf to Bpenfle,? A- Y cf' «*<l »>• Wf T 't em 19o ' feev went in to lake a drink* that is all I heard, - CPilm wSwtlwkw fc»«a«e w? DMK «ft*
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