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TODTH TOOBTH OT**S*- teb OAI <■ * •’*® sB < . »»“"*m Tnm-nn SSI Wxsa. towMOr to «ITO* I« It** TKI-WEEKI.Y PRESS, strilrt to BEfcwrtbW*. ttn OOVLABB PH* hXtVU. to thraan- *,'iM,uaiTS^ Jclib cold to me, • Can I see you alone V I said yes, and Lieutenants Baker and Dchorty wont out of the room; he reached out hts hand and s»U, 1 1 Know who you want, and I can tell you where they arc now; they are on the road to Port Royal, about three miles from here, at the house of Mr. Garrett, and If I show you where they are now you Can get them;* I said, ( Haro you a horse? 1 ho replied ho had ; I told him to get It, and gofroady to go; I told him I had just come from there, and he setmtd for a moment to be considerably ember* yassci ; be said he thought tee came from Itichmond, but if vre had passed by G-orrea’s, he aould not tell mo whether the men were there or hot.” Thus Jebb acknowledged his belief that the parly of Union captors were Confede rate friends; and it was evidently this mistake that led to his prompt disclosure of the hiding-place of the criminals. Col. Cokgebb, acting on this hint, directed his troops to conceal their true character. When they summoned Booth to surrender Jie asked, “Who are you?” and when they refused to tell him Booth replied, “ This is hard, because it may be that lam io be Men by my friends." He must have felt in that moment of uncertainty that for him, indeed, the time had come that makes Or mars forever. No pen can describe the mingled emotions that thrilled his heart strings as he pondered whether he was about to face the expected deliverers that would bring relief, joy, and honor, or the avenging ministers of justice, who would ensure misery, disgrace, and death. The role of Atzebott is also explained. His close intimacy with Booth is fully proven, as well as his confident boast, a Short time before the assassination, of coming wealth. His own language was: ,** I am pretty near broke, though I have friends enough to give me as much money as will keep me all my life; I am going away one of these days, but I will return with as much gold as will keep me all my life-time.” Here is a self-drawn portrait of a needy vagabond indiscreetly felicitating himself upon his prospects of a large reward for an infamous crime. .Removing on or about the fatal ldth of April from his usual Washington quarters, the Pennsylvania House, to the Kirkwood Hotel, where Andiikw Johnson was then stopping, he engaged a room near that of his intended victim, in which one of his murderous -weapons, and one of Booth’s bank-books were subsequently found con cealed in his bed. On the night of the murder he called upon me of a livery-stable for his mare, and in a half-' maudlin ancl unintelligible way sßid'-r- Dlf- Ihis thing happens to night you will hear of a present;” and, talking of his steed, remarked, “ she is good upon a retreat.” Mounting her, he rode to the Kirkwood, and was seen to enter that hotel at the hour pre-arranged for the murderous car nival of the assassins—ten o’clock. Many circumstances detailed in the testimony, but too lengthy, for enumera tion here, show that Atzebott was as fully committed to the assassination of Johnson as Booth was to the murder of Lincoln, or Payne to his assault upon Sewakd. Whether the salvation of the President was caused by the bravo’s want of resolu tion, a qualm of conscience, his partial in toxication, or -to some unexpected and in surmountable obstacle to the accomplish ment of his murderous designs will proba bly never be known, unless he makes a free confession. A.tzkkott, at the house of a ■witness in the locality to which he fled, in Montgo mery county, Maryland, incidentally threw Some light on the plans of O'Lad&Hlin, the man selected to murder General Grant. ."When a false rumor of the death of our aohle Lieutenant General was under dis cussion, he sententiously observed that “if the man that was to have followed him (Grant) had followed him, it would have been done.”. At the FIRST OUTJjkeak of the war, it Will he remembered that the popular feel ing of antagonism to the leaders of the Re bellion found expression in many ways, and not a few men entertained the idea that if they could “ hang Jeff Davis on a sour apple tree” they would perform a valuable service to the nation. If, through the aid of Union men at Richmond, they had succeeded in assassinating him as Booth assassinated Lincoln at Washing ton, who can suppose, for one moment, that they would have been tried by an or dinary juryj composed in part of Union men, at the scene of the crime ? or who would have demanded for them that privi lege? or who would have pretended that they were entitled to it? Yet their claims to a civil trial, for a military offence, would have been of precisely the same character as those which are so vehemently sup ported by the antagonists of the military commission. Tee drapery that wrapped the Roman Senator added charm to his grace and seve rity to his dignity ; he trailed the. ample garment around his stalwart form with a picturesque ease that made every attitude Statuesque. The aitißt may well aigh for those ancient days when manly beauty was adorned by softening lines of sweeping dra pery, hut the recent attempt of the fugitive rebel' to assume the nearest modern ap proach to .the antique fashion has divested him of all remaining ease, grace, and dignity. Bis last “ pose” may have been picturesque, but it certainly did not rise to Statuesque grace, while his plea to his captors possessed none of that lofty elo quence which is the traditional gift of po tent, grave, and reverend seigniors. . -Magnanimity is a trait of noble minds, and an unconquerable faith in the justice of a cause and its final triumph is one of the surest means of securing victory ; but a demonstration of leniency in such cases as those now arraigned before the bar of oar country is in fact but a heedless disregard C-f consequences. Treason, and all the long catalogue of cximes which necessarily follow inits train, must lie resented by a nation even more resolutely than personal dishonor and in sult arc by the individual. In the exist ing state of society no paltry preaching of lack-a-aaisical sentimentality will free either a community or an individual from the stain of cowardice and folly if such in jury is allowed to pass unrebuked. In the present condition of our national affairs the urging of such a policy seems like the assertion of overweening confi dence, a boastful declaration that we need no defences and securities, and are able to despise all that legal machinery which is the reliance of other Governments. Let as appeal to no such spirit of demagoguism. YOL. B.—NO. 250. Testimony of “Colored People.” In running the eye over the ponderous details of the ©real Trial, now in progress at Washington, one cannot fail to be struck by the fact that some of the most important witnesses, from whom many most material facts are being elicited, belong to that class of people whom so many other people af fect to despise—-viz: tl people of color.” Several such, of both sexes, who either served as employees in the theatre, or lived in the rear of it, have sworn to facts of which they casually became cognizant, which, upon the final judgment of the Mi litary Court, cannot fail to exert an almost controlling influence. After a more than superficial reading of then- sworn state ments, we arc more than a little impressed, too, with the conviction, that they are cha racterized by marked candor and simplicity, and that no more reliable witnesses will be brought to the stand. It seems but as yesterday when these people, because of their complexion, under the old Slave Code of the District of Co lumbia (if bondmen, which they then may have been), would have been excluded from the witness-stand, even in so grave a trial as this ! Thank God, that dark hour has forever passed ! It seems to us, withal, a suggestive pro vidence, that, whilst not a solitary black man, or black woman, by remotest impli cation, is suspected of connivance at the murder of the great and good Lincoln, some of the swiftest witnesses against the authors of the damning deed have been brought to light from among the “ colored people!" Verily, the Lord God Omnipo tent reigneth! The Wab Pbess, for this week, contains accounts of all events of importance which have occurred since its last issue, including the capture of the arch-traitor Jeep Davis in his ridiculous disguise, the surrender of the rebel general Dick Taylor, and the arrest of Governor Brown, of Georgia. The foreign comments on the death of President Lincoln, comprising the prin cipal speeches in the British Parliament, and the remarks of the English and French journals, arc also given, together with a choice selection of literary matter and ge neral intelligence. END OF THE WAB. FURTHER INCIDENTS OP DAVIS’ ATTEMPTED ESCAPE. DAVIS' OPINION OF HANGING. Passage of the Georgia Ex-GoTeruor through Harrisburg. THE PENNSYLVANIA TROOPS. They are to be Mustered Out iu York or Cumberland Counties. DEPREDATIONS OF GUERILLAS IN EAST TENNESSEE. fißAYiirec a wn Doraas ov osvf ea ?ss, from Chester, !S. C.,en pew* fc/zr 2fcftor Jfei? Davis i*». Oh«ici£e ho fCEtunaJ cu: oaiHpet,!,.. 'Citaiamtioornisg hotoclt breakfast Srisk James Madjsoa Leach, ex-member or the United States Congress, and one of the body who styled themseives Confederate States Congress. Sir. Lack was reported to be -strongly In favor of re union. In passing through Lektegton Davis was Intro duced by Judge Freeman, of Mississippi!, who was travelling with him, to Dr. Dunanbury, a native of the place. The doctor Invited Pa7i3 J ; to tafeea drink of apple brandy, and he did so. A brief con versation ensued. Tho doctor remarked* **Mr Davis, our cause Is lofit. 51 Davis replied, “ Our cause may b« lost, but the principle for which wo are contending will present itself at another time. In another shape.” He meant that there would yet be a .conflict be tween the great agricultural Interest of the South and the manufacturing and commercial interests of the North and Northwest. The conversation continuing, Dr. Dtiecnbury again observed— “ The masses of the people of the South were not prepared for self-government.” To thatho replied by sajing—** Unfortunately it was so.” During the whole conversation Davis looked care worn, fatigued, and dispirited. He complained of suffering severely from neuralgia. Mr. Davis’ private secretory told a friend that one hundred and fifty thousand dollars would . cover all the specie they had with them. When Davis reached Lexlrgton he sent two despatches, in cypher, to WibDSboro, S. C* 2s is reported that one of the despatches was Intended to be got to Kirby Smith, ordering him cot to surrender. The other related to arrangements fer the escape of Davis and pa#y from the ooaat of Fiorina* JEPJ?. DAVIS ON HANGING. An officer of the United States army, whose au thority in such a case we cannot question, gives the of what he hoard Jeff, Davis say just before the breaking cut of the war. We use his words: “ l heard Mr, Davis utter the following words in a Southern town where he delivered an address in November, 1850. I did not hear the whole speech, only the words quoted, as I passed by the crowd of listeners: What! coerce a sovereign state! attempt to deprive us of our most Inestimable rights! I ‘ l Let Mr. Lincoln try it, or Mr. i >ouglas either, and we will hang them higher than Hainan, and tho only difference I should make would be that [hu. moronsly] as Mr. Lincoln Is considerably taller than Mr. Douglas, we should have to build hl3 gibbet [standing on Ms toes and reaching up his and] a loecle higher than that for Douglas.’ ” CmoiKKATi, May 18.—On the 3d Instant, Jeff Davis, after dividing his specie among his staff and personal escort, Informed those with him that they must look out for their personal safety; and taking a few trusty followers, lnoludlsg Benjamin and Breckinridge, was attempting to reach the coast When he was arrested. Davis was expected to reach Nashvi’lb last night. ailfS OP h.’lilLAF. TBHOS PH9M HABHISBUBa. HAaaieBCBG, May 18.— The rebel Governor Brown, of Georgia, passed through this city, In Charge of a military guard, this morning, hound for Washington. It Is reported that Jeff. Davis will soon pass through for alike destination. . Cikcinkati, May IB.—Basil Duke and several of Ms field officers hays surrendered to oar forces at Augusta. The Kentucky Legislature convened yesterday. The House adopted a resolution directing the com mittee on the condition of slavery to revise the slave code of the State. A committee was appointed to prepare resolutions In relaKoa to the assassina tion of Mr. Lincoln. -Despatches from NaßhvlUe say the rebel loaders, Gatewood and Champ Ferguson, are committing great depredations on tho defenceless people cf East Tennessee, Large numbers or paroled prison ers from Lee’s and Jcheston’B armies are travelling through tho country, robbing and plundering gene rally. ' Last night twenty-four hundred prisoners at Camp Chase, Ohio, had taken the oath of allegiance, and been discharged. Arrest of Dr. Blackbnro. his cmmu'aji attempt to iktboduob yei.i,ow »BVBB INTO THE NORTH. Moxtrejl, c, W., May 18.—Dr. Blaotuin, who shipped infected clothing from Bermuda, was ar rested to-day on a warrant irons Toronto for a breach of the neutrality lews. ' Letter from Foote to Secretary Stanton. MotTESAL, May 18.—Ex-Senator Foote pub lishes a long letter, addressed to Secretary Stan ton. He says he was ordered to leave the States In forty-eight hours. He Is willing to go back for trial . - sew tcbk ermr. Haw Yoas, Hayia. THE STOCK JJXOJJANGHe ebcokb board. SCO ITS Os ’SI-. O.KShI ICO tambOo-d prof SSJ£ 125OOCB«»4-20s.,...d sro i l Can E 90 snoo do n iss.lWHi 20-} d 0...,. ....--nlO. 89K 1000 D 86b, l-yeavCer.B9% liw. do *«—— 2d call 'O5O (>* M Cor HJf! 600 Erie B--- 2oX Am Gold eI6.K«« 200 Hudson Rlv E —lOOl5 If IVI aMtiaetri m 2lio * uO -■ —* aa+n ICO Can ten Co.. S«2 jHO Beading B Wi «00 MariposaM Co -- ■ 12g!,fg° do— rpn .(•••” lk)g;1500 aO»*«***Vi*- .!* SCOQulak HOo- MX I 300 do ...SdeaU. Off EVBNINO BTOOK BOARD. At Gallagher’s Evening Exchange gold was rmoted at 130?.;; New York Central, 90J£; Erie Retires A 73; Hudson, 100%; Reading, 93%; Michi gan Southern, 01%; Illinois Central, Ho;Picts bure. 04%; Book Inland, 94% -. Northwestern pro .'erred, 07% ; Fort Wayne, ; Ohio and Missis sippi certificates, 25%; Can-J-n Co., 30;Cawber lutid Coal, 39 ; Quicksilver, tfsi ; Mariposa, 12%. The stock market closed dull and geld steady. Baltimore Merkets, May 18. Fi'urdull;Howardstreet*7-t0 Wheatdroopin'---, West, rn red. $1.85. Corn deeiinlog ; sales of 0,000 bntEt. $lBO f,r white, and sl.Bl@l S 3 lor yellov. WLlsLy nominal, Provisions artmM»t. Q. By what member of the War Department? A. I was coiled on by Judge Buruott. Q, Were you arrested? A. I surrendered my sofi up on Saturday morning at eight o’clock, to Superintendent Rlchai ds, If tho Metropolitan po lice force; I stated to bia* what I know of these men, Ps.yne, Harold, Booth, vlsltiajr Mrs. Sa ra: t-s; I stated aiso whitt I knew of Joha Suratt. Cl. What was our object in doing this? A. My object wca to Rislsfc the Government. Ct* Were any threats ever made to you by any officer of the Government, if you did not : give this iuioinmtj-n ? A. iVot&taii. Q,. Were any threats ever made to you by any officer oi the Govetcmem ? A. Not at all; I read In the papers that morning a description of the areasrin oT Secretary S« ward; he was. dc -crlbod as & man who wore a long gray coat; I had swa Atzerott wearing a lo&g gray coat; I wont down to Tenih street, and met a gentleman, to whom I communicated my suspicions, and then wont and delivered myself up to Superintendent Rich' ardp, of tho Metropolitan police force, 1 and told him where this mau Paine had beou stopping, and p.1.'0 Atzerott and Harold; I was thou sent to General Augur’s offije; after leaving, that place, I met. a man who kept a stable at Thtr leerth and Estreats, who scaled that a man Ua.d been to his plaoo to hire a horse; he doscrloa.i the men as being of small stature, having black eyebrow?, and a kind ot a f mile on htt lace; he the rsmewas Harold; I then went with ofilmr Me- Dcvitt to Harold’s house, and urveuTeil photographs Of himself and Booih; < fficer McDavitt procured a photc graph of Suratt *, I related what I knew of Hv void’s habit of riding through Maryland, and that he had many there, and that the as- SfcM &fri? would pTcbauly take their course ihroash Maryland. Q,. Did you ever say, previous to your surrender ing yourself and going to tte office i f Ooi. Burnett, thatyouwerefearfulofanarrest? A. I myself had a great deal of lear. being iu the house where these people were; 1 knew that I would bo brought into pnbitc notice. Q. I am not asking what you had to fearj but What you said? t Judge Bingham. You had better allow him to answer in his own way. As for concerned my cogniz&pfla or anything wrong, I bod no fears at all: when I surrendered myetif to the Government I surrendered myself because 1 thought it to bo my duty; it whs hard for zne to do so, situated as l was with rospact-to Mrs. Suratt and family; but it was my duty, and as sach I have Bince regarded it. Q. Did you at any time during the year 1863 board at & hotel oalled tte Reynolds House ? A I did, sir. Q.. Did you btrooine acquainted there with a gen* tit man who west by the nuae of Lfc. Marie ? A, I will stato that In 1863 1 met .this* Lt. M»rie la Maryland, at a village oalled Eiinnwowap ; he was introduced to me by a clergyman, and was at that time teaching school; ns spoke French English, and Italian fluently, and his manners ware yon fas cinating; he said then he had oome from Mon treal, and that he bad been unfortunate to this country, having lost Borne five or six . thousand dol lars, the proceeds of a farm formerly owned by hftn io Gan&da; he stated also that he came to New York, embarked In a vessel to so to South America, and thattbe vessel was captured and he was thrown into Fort McHenry, from which place he was re* leased through the agency or the French Consul; the witness added that the person to whom he ro ferred, becoming destitute of means* took a situa tion on a Icrm ; that he (the witness) subsequently met him, and finally promised to do.&il ho could for him; t*o weeks alter retuiping to Glasbuig ho was called upon by Lt. Mario.: Judge Bingham then stated that there wacrno ne cessity for u»y further explanation. Q.. Did you pay bis board at the Reynolds House, or become responsible for It? Jadge Bingnam. I object to the question as being a matter oi no consequence whether the witness did or did not. Q.. Did he state to you at any time that there was no aristocracy at the North, and he wished to go South? judge Bingham. I object to that also, as it Is no matter whether he did or did not. Q.. Did he state to you that if-be could not got to the South in any other way he would join a Fede ral regiment and desert ? Juoce Bingham. I object to that, too; he Is not a witness here, Q. Do you know whether Mr. Reynolds reported eny of bis u Lt. Mario” treasonable talk or lan guage at that time to’ the War Department ? Judge Bingham.-! object .to that, tco, I would like to know what it la Introduced for. Mr. Aiken. It is introduced for the -purpose of showing that the witcessbu the stand was a sympa thizer with the Confederates'a/nd rebel?, and that he assisted this man to get away to the South. I Wff? have scvßietbJjns else to prove afterwards. The President of the tlourc The tim* for our usual recess has arrived; siio-court will now iftko & reesre udUI two o’clock- A racers was accordingly takeu; Upon the recrEembllDg of the Court; the question propounded by Mr. Eakmwoe again put,.and .TmUe Bliigismsaid that ho objected io the quojtlon on tho greund that It waa on immaterial-moetsii. that were not In evidence, and should not be art roiled Iu thl3 manner. Of what coccera was'rit wha? Reynolds jppasfrd. If the gentleman proposed to ackrthe wit- B'ife.whether he ziimself was gniHyof opy treason aid? pra j< often waa th«* sustained.- > Mr. Bakin, icasicucb asthe Judga Advocate has Informed US that he Will &0t object nr any questions test may bo allied the witness wUhrStpaci, terkts ewa conduct, I will address a. few interrogatories to that effect. Q,. Did you give notice to Lieut. Manwthnt he would probably be arrested by the Govemument ? A. No, sir; I hud no time to give such notice* Xiifut. Mario roce one morning early, and Ifcft; he afterwards enlisted In a Delaware rcgfcteut. wid was taken prisoner xnd lodgou in Castle Tnunder. Q, Are you a clerk in the War Department ? A. Ihavobren. Q,. Did you, while a clerk In the War* Depart meat, agree to communicate to any of the prisoners' at ths) tar any JnfoTEß&tioii you might obtain from that Department i a. No, sir. Q, Are you acquainted With Mr. H©WOiS? ; 'A» I have met film at Mrs. Suratt’s house. Q.. "What was Howell’s first name 1 A. TFlfien he Was at the house he gave the name of spaced?; : he refused to give me. his right came at tee house} T afterwards learned from John Suratt that his name was Augustus Howell. Q,. 'Were you intimate with him? A I Wro-intro duced to him; I rever had any conversation wifcfi him : on the contrary, I said to Captain Gleaeom of . the War Department, “ Captain, ther-tf Is a tlock- : adc-runner at our house, shall I glvo him l* agitated the question for three days, hut I thought It might b© the only time that the man mlghv be there, and I let him go. Q.. Did you over have any conversation with Howell In relation to *oing South yourself 1 A.- !•: told him that I would like to go South; that I had been a student of divinity, ana would Ufce to fcedn Richmond for tbo purpose of cantlaulng my studies.- Q,, Did he offer to roakoany arraugemeato 1a Richmond with a view to getting you a place there 1 A. No, sir. i By Mr. Olampitt: Q. Was it your desire to go to Biohmond for the purpose of continuing your Theological studies ? A. Yes, sir. Q, For what reason? [Objected to.] By Mr. Rabin: Q. While you were in the War« Department did this man, Howell, teach you-a cipher? A. Yes, sir; he shewed me- an alphabet. Q. What was the purpose of Ms teaching you the cipher? A. He stated no particular purpose. Q.. Was It not for the purpose of corresponding with you from Richmond ? A. No, sir; he made so arrangement for corresponding; the cipher alpha* bet was in my box, audno doubt was found there-;. I once wrote a poem of Doneibllow’s in this cipher, and that is the only use 2 made of It; I showed the . poem written in that cipher to Mr. Cruikshank, of the War Department. Q,. Is that ail the use you ever mad© of the cipher? A. Yes, sir \ I never had a word of corrcpondonco with Howell; and never saw him the second time until I saw him in prison. .Q,- Was any objection over made by any of these prisoners at the bar to your being present at their ' conversations?. A. Not any that I heard but they always withdrew themselves; whom Suratt wae 3q the parlor he would oenverse with me for about five minutes on general topics, and he would then gi7e Booth a zmdge, or Booth would give him a nudge, and they would go and sit up stairs for two or three hours; I never had a word of private conversa tion with them which I would not like the world to hear. Cl. Did Howell give you the key to that .cipher ? * A. Ho snowed me the oiphir or alphabet anyhow to use it- Q. He taughtyou it did he not? A. I made-no use of » whatever except on tnat particular- occasion when I showed it to Mr; CrulcksUank. Q., That was not an answer to my questmen.;, he taught you the elpber, old he -not? A, Well, yes, sir. . Cl, Now, according to the best of your recoiled* tios, bow soon was that aftor his return from Rich-- mono ? A. He had returned from New .York, and he did not tell me when he had returned frooivHtefip mond, because it was the first and only time I ever f&w the man in my life; ho was woll acquainted with Mrs. Suratt, and his nickname around the. house was Spencer; he had been at the house A-day or day and half before I mot'hlm, Q. Did he tell you that that was the cipher used In Richmond ? A. No, sir. Q.. You stated that the prisoners we?9vfreehand unreserved in their conversa-tien while =in your pre sence ? A. They spoke In my presence on general l topics, and so on; they never spoke to me of tfiair private business. Q. Do we understand you as stating,to the .court* that in &U your conversations with tuem. yoa never learned of any Intended treasonable; act or coo-' spiracy of theirs? A. I never did; b would, hast , been the last man In tbo world to have surgeon j John Suratt, my schoolmate.and companion, ot IT 0 murd«r of the President of the IlMbea States* 7 " Q- You stole that vour suspicions were arose && at one time by something you saw&t Mrs, &U&V A. My suspicions were aroused-by. John, - fl tC and by this men Payne and Booth, coming- to / house ; my suspicions were ag&2a.arouse& b,y frequent private conversatlon, f hy seeing Bay* }e Smatt with Bowie-knives, andrby finoicft a mous. tache in my room. 4UW .“ 3 Q.' Your suspicions were net aroused, t&i „ bT , thft fact of Suratt having on throe pairs of ds»- y £ 1 thought he was going to take a long tf de in the country, and perhaps he woe going Scutf L Q,, Then, as your suspicions' were a* ftll these different occasions; aad.you had' reason to be lieve that there was something in tkA * f inrt Hmt- 0 w« improper, did you communicate yo?a> . ifcfwM Department 1 A. IVljboL,]- aSe P Iw??LOT or a fixed M flefiLlte character; 153 a ™“T« r « they intended to do; I made a ooaj3- orth?Pw rlo conneot the matter of the newel”t.er l wltß jaldo^>°r *Mch you read in the Bingham pfctlo'n wafer j 6 tin«h tettal Bnd lrra ? avallt ' »• 0l " The'.' J ou *“tlmate personal relations - V B0 ?!? at “» hart A. Not Intimate I. 1 t i l ® m “h/* 1 ! because they hoarded *v?* hour©; I met Atzerctt. and was to the theatre with him; I looked upon Llm, as did every one in tko house, as a good-hearted eoantry- Q;. But you were a sohoolmate with John Surattm A-’ John Lfid be«n n.y companion for seven years. : Q- Did you stlU profess to be a friend of fits when you gave tu® lnforcaation mat jou ,did totfi« War « A. I wojj ius frltud; buti wbtfl U 7 suspicions as to the danger of the Government were aroused, I preferred the Government to John S urat?; I did net know what he waß contemplating ; hesald be was gGlsg to engage In cotton specula* tibhs and in the oil business. Q,. You did net know what he was contemplating; why then did you forfeit your friendship to him ? A- I never forfeited my friendship; he forfeited his friendohip to me. Q.. How so; by engaging In cotton speculations ? A* No, alp, bypiaolng me is the position in which lam now; 1 thick of the two I was more a friend to him than he was to me. By Mr. Ewing; Q.. You spoke of reading a pub- Ucatlon in the Tribnve t of March 19th. referring to a plot to capture tho President ? A. Yes, sir. U. Can you not, by connecting that circumstance with tho ride which these parties had in the coun- Irv, fix moTe definitely the time of that ride— whether before or after tho date of that publica tion ? A. I think it was after It; I would also state that I saw in the Washington Republican a state ment concerning a contemplated assassination of President Lincoln, and Suratt once made a remark to me that it be eucceedrd In his cotton speculation Ets country would.-lose him forever, aa»d fcig name would £0 down to'posterity forever green, Q. You think, then, that this occasion* when thoy appeared to have come In from a jrtrie la the coun try, was &oer March 19-. h ? A. Yoa, sir. Q.. Was yom remark to Oapt. Gleason respecting the probable capture of the Prebide&t in<*de after the ride 1 A. sir; 1 said to Capt. Gleason that myUoiiou?, Incomprehensible business had failed, and I added, “Let us think over what it could have been wo mentioned a variety of things, even the breaking open of the Old Capitol prifon; I would mention that after that ride my' suspicions were not so much aroused as before It, because neither Payee cot- Atzerott hod been at the houßesince; the only oce of them who visited tho house was the man Booth, CL Have you ever saen the prisoner Arnold?* A. No* &ir. Q. Did you first meet the prisoner. Dr. Samuel Mudd, on Seventh Bfrcei, opposite the Oad Fellows 1 Hail? A, 1 did. The witness further testified that Mrs. Suratt lived in the houßO ou H street, next to the corner of Sixth; and that the point on Seventh street at which t-o mot Dr. Muddwas not in a direct route from the Feontyivanla House or the National Hotel to Mrs. Suran’s. - • Be (fsamiKation of John Green&WaU. By the Judge Advocate: Q,. Iu describing the poorly diet ed mau who called at your hi use with Afre rou, on. vhG morning of the 15 new points of interest. He testified that the horse used by Atzerott on the night In question waa ap parently a small light bay uoree. He had seen At zerott have a belt containing a pistol and knife some four or five dayft before the assassination, but could not identify the weapons. He aid not see any weapons on Aizerott ou the night of the l-lsh, or the morning of the 15th. Atz&roit bad no conver sation with the man by whom he was aocompaniod at the time. Testimony of William Clemiento, By' Judge Holt: Q,. Look at that kui?a, (the knife supposed to have been thrown away by Atzerott on the night'Of tho assacrination.) and say ff you-ever bad it- is your hand before? A. Yes; on passing downFstTßfit OS tllO more lug after tte assasrim t?on, on the south ske of the street, between Eikath ai ; t! Ninth! I saw a colored man pick up fi9m v >i&iag from the gutter, about ton feet from me; as I came up, I asked him wh&t It was. and he gave the knife to me; a lady spoke to me from tne l window, and she saw the knife In the gutter, - an? gent thouolorcd man down to get It; I took it, and gave It to the chief of police; tbts w&s on the £&- ••'Ufrday lEoradcg of the assassination. , Urose-f.x&Tr inert by Mr. Do.- ter: Q.-. What time in -Th* mores***' -a. Awut rix o'clock. n Q. vVhereab'jnta precise!? on F strset was It? A,_ Ir. nent oi ureaser’s house; It lay as If It had’been Thrown wcber tho carrlage-step. Examination of J. 8. HcYhail. By Judge Holt: Q,. State whether or not you had & conversation with Atzerott in prison, to which he said os tho sight of the assassination of tee Presi dent ho. had thrown his knife away in the streets of Wfeelticgtozh (Question objected to by Mr. Doster on ike ground that the confession of the witness was under duress, j Cf. Lnder whateirourostances was the statement mauetovou? A. I received In formation that he (jreired to see zne, and I went to see him - according ly ; I found him to a cell m prison in irons. Mr. Dostbr argued that the condition of the pri soner was such as to intimidate him, and to make Ola cos !*sr-ion under such circumstances Improper to be given as evidcace, and cited many atituoricics to sustain Ms objections. The witness staled that he w&s Provost General of the State of Maryland, which fact Atzerott knew. Wilutpg further stated that a brothoMuriaw of Atr ■**4rott was on hiaforcr, and a brctheil was tempora rily on bis.fores also. Both of them repeatedly de sired the%itoe£S to see Mz»rott, and he-west chore with the permission of tho Secretary of War, sim ply at their instance. The prisoner waa in Irons and had no cover over his face or The objec tion of the counsel was not sustained by the . Witness then answered the question askod in the fjriTtmtlve, - • - , Oroßs-esamined by Mr. Doatcr.—Q, That was ail hopartd? A. I did not say that; ! answered the qnsHton, yes. Qi- Did ho describe the knife or natne.the place where he threw it away ? He said*- he. threw It away, just above .the Herndon Hceae, which is oa the corner of Ninth and F streets. - . Cf. Did he alto say where his pistol waa t A. He stated that it was at Matthews & Co., Georgetown, In possession cf a yosuur man nv.moi .Oaldwell. I asked. • Mm whether ho had heard of the. murder of the P resident; he raid yos, and remarks! what an awlti i thing it was; after that I went to bed, and whe a. I awoke, about seven o’clock, ho was gone. / (£. Did yon see his arms ? A. Not there; when he occupied* oom No. 511 saw him hove a knife and revolver, j Q. How P ong before the aseafislaatton? A. I thlßk It w&l'. the Sunday before, or SauUay a week; I could no' t be positive; the bowie-knife had ft sheath. {i\ knife was shown to witness-] I could not swear' that was the knife, but it was a knife about tfcar t size. Q.. Stat o under what circumstances ycu saw the arms? / He went out and left toe knife on his bed; Ito ok It and put it under my pillow; when he casein he asked, kS Xiuke> did you see my knife?” he said te wanted that, and remarked, “If one I xi 'll have the otherl- handed it to him, and hi i won tout. 7 xnd. ho havo a pistol ? A. Yes, he always oar* Ned.* .fcat around Ms waist* ‘ , Of by Mr. Doster s Cl- Did yon know the - prisoner Atherott before you met him at the f'W House ? A'* Yes, sir. f l. Did you speak about the assassination of the 3ft eside&t itnxnedl&telyjc& going into the room that a oMjyfig? A. No, he was lu bed-when I came,right v pposite, and It was some five or ten minutes before / X spoke, to him. . .. ... Q.kDid he say anything more than that it was an av fot thing 1. A.l believe that is all, Q. Wo3 be undressed? A. He was In bed; Ido not know whether he was undressed or not. Cl. You mention the prisoner calling you Duke; were'?o£ on l&tiznate terms with him? A. Yes; that was the only name I ever heard him call me. Q. Did votue* him after this affair ? A. No, sir. q. \yhen ha said that if this failed the other vcculd not, what else aid he say 1 A. I do not koow; this was a week or ten days before the assassination. Q,. At tbo time ycu heard the words had you boon foinkirg with the prisoner? Yes; wo had two or three drinks while wo were lying & bed. q, Were these remarks made after these drinks ? A. Yes. Q. Wbftt kina of a rinks were those 1 A. Whisky cocktails, I believe. - CL. Do yen remember anything else that was said la that Interview 1 No; that was about all, leslimony of Wohlilngloa Briscoe, By Judge Holt: Q,. On the night of the 14th of April did you geo the prisoner, Atzerott, and if so at what hour? A. I did see Mm; he got into the street car at sixth street, and rode towards tho ravy yard ; it was between half-past eleven and twelve o’olncli. Ct. What did he say ? A, He did not recognise me at all; after awhile hashed him if he hod heard of the news; ho said he had; ho then asked me to let him sleep In the store with mo. Q> "Where was your store 1 A. Down at the navy yard si told him I could not let him sloop there. Q,. what was Me manner 1 A< He seemed to be excited. Q. Did he urge you, or seem to to very anxious to sleep with you 1 A. Yes; he asked me three times, Q, What became ef Mm? A. He rode down as far as I old, got out when I did, and ?.a**kedjne again; the gentleman with me Old not Invite him' to stop, and of course I had no right to do so. Q. How long had you known him? A, Som© se ven or eight years, 4 ■ Q,. Did he then express his determination to go anywhereelse? A. He said be was going hack to what was formerly the “Kiramel 51 Houso, now the » Pennsylvania” House, to O street, Orosfrcxamlned by Mr. DOStor: Q. Did you no tice the precise time when you met Atzerottthat evening f A, No; but I think it was about half bast eleven or twelve o’clock. Q,. What time was it when he left you that eve- Mug, as near as you can tell? A. Near 12 otelock; he stepped at the corner of J and Garrison streets, near tee navy yard, to wait until a car came back. d» What was Mb manner; did he appear to be disturbed? a. I judged from Ms manner that he was a little excited. ,Q,« Had he been drinking? A. X hardly know; Idid not notice particularly. TeMlmonyofßov. Br.W.H. Byder. Examined by Jud(M Holt: ft. State yirar rest deuce and profession t A. I reside in Ohw&go, and am a clergyman. . ft. state,whether you recently mpAe a visit late Jilchmord, and at what time? a. I iefcOahng i on ike 9th of April, and arrived in Riomnond on tne 14th, where I remained until the 2Ut. Q.. While there, did you find In the Capitol the archives of the so-calloa Confederate Stales, and i so, iu what condition ? A. I did. They were prety generally cohlused, and scattered about on tuo floor. Q,. Did you, In common with others, pick up pa per« from the floor ? A. Yes. Cf. State whether the paper you now hold In your rand was ptekod up to the capital at Rtchmoud un der the circuit)stances you mention? a, Yes; i picked Hup either to the building or immediately uncut the building, or it was handed to xue by Borne ope who picked it up in tbe rubbish about the room; there were one or two persons with, me; they were Stooptog down, and when they found anything of importance, they would pick it up and preserve it; in toice instances the orderly who was in attend ance would hand me something, and I would put It to my pocket; having thuß collected quite a number ol things, ttoy were thrown into a common recepta cle and put up in a box and forwarded to Chicago; this was one oi the papers found. The paper referred to wes read by the Judge Ad vocate, »e lcilowa: , „ „ ** RtoHMonu, Feb. 11.1865. M ms Excellency JcJTcreon Davis, President u, S. A,: u When Senator Johnson, of Mlasoari, and my self waited upon you, gome days since, la rela tion to the projebt of annoying end harrasstog the enemy by means of tmrniog their ship ping, towns, eta., etc, there were several ru marks made by you upon the subject thvt 1 was not fully prepared to answer, bat which, upon subsequent conference with parties pro posing the enterprise, 1 find cannot apply as objections to the scheme. First, the oomoudtlble material consists of several preparations, and not pc e alone, and can be used without exposing the party using them to the least danger of detection WLaiever- The preparations arc not iu tirs hands ot Mr. Daniel, but are in the hands of Professor McCullough, and are known but to him and other party, as 1 understand. Second, there no itccßtiiy for se&diog persons in the mili tary service into the enemy’s-country, but the work may be done by agenta, and, in most cases,, by pereox.B Ignorant oi the facts, and therefore Innocent agents. I hive seen enough of tho oifec'.s that can be produced to satisfy me that to most caecs, without any danger to the parties engaged, and to others but very slight, that: First. We can first burn every vessel that leaves a foreign port for the United Si&teß. Second We can uum every transport that leaves the harbor of New York or other Northern ports with supplies for the armies of the enemy In tho Scuta. Third. Barn every tram post find ganboet oc tne Mississippi river, as well &s Uevatuue the country of the enemy, and ha his people with terror and 'a. lam not alone U this opinion, but many other gentlemen are as fully and thoroughly impressed with the conviction as I am. 1 betieve we have the means at our command, If promptly appropriated and energetically applied, to demoralize the Northern people in a very short time. I\r the purpose oi s&ti&lyiiigyour mind upon tho subject, x respoco fully but earnestly request that you will have an Interview with General Harris, formerly a mem ber ol Congress from Missouri, who* I- trink, is able, by conclusive proofs, to convince you that what 1 have suggested Is perfectly feasible and practicable. The deep interest I led for the buo< ct’fg of oar cause In this struggle, and the con viction of the importance of availing ourselves of ovory element of defence, must be my excuse for wrl’icg you, and requesting you to invite General Harris to see you. If you should see proper to do so, please signify to me the time when it will be convenient lor you to sec him. I am, respectfully, your obedient servant, W. S. o’La.hm. On the back or the letter are two eud«ws< meats, tbe fim being “Hon. W, S. Q’Ldim, Richmond, February 12, i»SS. iu relation to plans and means of burnisg the enemy’s shipping, &o. Prepara tions are to tho flaccid oi Pzofeesor McCullough, and are known to only o&e party. He asks the President to hawp&n Interview with General Har ris. formerly M. O. from Missouri, oa the subject.” The oihetf is, “Tbe Secretary of Stato, at hia oon> vei/ience, will please see General Harris, end leavn what plun he has for overcoming the difficulty here, tofore experienced. J, 1). 20th Fenxunry, 1865. Received February 17, 1865 ” Yefitimuiiyof John Potts. Examined by Judge Holt: Q.. State your occupa tion- A. I&m older cleric in the War Department, and have been bo ior twenty years. QAre you perlectly familiar with the flafid- Writtou of Jefferson Davis ? A. I am. Q, Look on the endorsements signed J. D., and see If it is in his handwriiicg. a. In my belief, it I*. Testimony of Nathan Biee, Examined by Judge Holt: Q. State if you are acquainted with tbe handwriting of Jefferson Da vis ? A. I am; while he was Secretary of War I had to sign requisitions, and of course his hand writing eame before me every day. Q,. Look at the latter just read, and see If the en dorsement Is to the hanuwrittag of Jefferson Davis ? A. 1 BhcuW thiuk it was. (l- Ycu had ample opportunity of becoming ac* onalated with his handwritten ? A. Yes; I would generally have from ten to twenty-five signatures before me every day, sometimes signed in my pre sence. Vesflinony of Ben. Josfeua T. Owen* Examined by Jud-j-e Holt: Q.. l)o you know Pro fegtor McCullough? A. I haver known a sestto. man who has been designated as Professor MoUul* leugh. Dsupposb, for twenty years; he was profes sor of chemistry at Princeton Ooliesre, and profes sor of mathematics at Jeffb?sonoc*Jege, in Penn evtoauia, where J- graduated, about 1839 or 1840; if my recollection Ferre* m© right be was an assayor ar ibe Mint is Philadelphia. Q. DJ you know where he has brva daring the rebellion: ? A. He has been in Richmond In the service cf the Confederates; T may say his father was one of the Comptrollers to Washington; his name was Hugh; thr same name as the present SeereteiT'Ofthe-Treasury* Q,. Did -he have s>me distinction as a.chota!st? A. Yc-s, ho was perhaps more dhttagaished as a ! chemist ihhn any other way. • CF Was tt to that capacity th&t he waß OTiployed to ree Conleuerate service, as you understood? A. I do not inow, Oerreral Hunter hero remarked, durtogrhls expe dition Up th? valley he*received a letter from CttO- Cuiloch, to which he sotted th&t-Ae had been only a captai n during- the whole war, and that he was anxious ior promotion. ' The Judge Advocate General remarked thfrletter it??li wt ulo be desirable to go on record as a part of the history of tbe transaction. General Hunter said ho had given the loiter to a b?other»in-law, at Frinoeton, and that he .would saraMbr it. •» TtstimoDj? of Abram B. OHa» By Judge Holt: Q> State whechar or not, on ttie morning or tlie 15ta of April, you visited Ford’s Thea ire, and inspected what f Js known as the Fre- a. X WBB engaged on the 15th. in taklDg the depositions of several -witnesses; on Son* day 100 ieth 1 vUlted the theatre. q, State the examination which -yon made and the condition to which you found the President’s box, doonyeto. A. The first incident to atten tion vras called was the Incision in tho wall prepared to receive a brace, the other ead oi which was to rest on the handls of the door 5 the brace itself was not there 5 1 refer to the door acrosa Iho passage leading to the box; it crosses Id at an angle with the waU, and a brace fitting against the w&U and press-. tog against the door would fasten the door very se curely*, I looked for the remains of the plastering that had been out from the wall la making the inci sion, but s.B fas as X could discern, they had all been removed*, it was said to me that the pistol was discharged through-the .panel of the doorthe entrance to this passage Is somewhat dark I procured a light and examined very carefully the hole through the door I discovered ftt cncc that that hole had been made by some small instruments first, and cat out by some sharp instrument like a penknife 5 I thought I remarked the evidence of a sharp knife used In oie&rina out every obstacle to looking through the door j iHfccn discovered that the clasp whlchfastened the first door lor the box was made wita a movable partition,to be used as boxes,and therofore with H-rioors 5.1 Bay that the upper screw holding the clasp bad been loosened in such a way that when the door was locked, by putting my forfiag«r aaalnsc it, X oould open the door; I desired to ascer tain *.he vxiiCt position of the JPresideni’B chair, and lor that purpose procured Miss Harris to accompany me. having understood sho was in the bos on that occasion; she located the chair as nearly as she rscolleoted where it was placed on the evening, and in seating myself In the chair, and closing that door, a person could place his ©ye near the hole, anu itwouln be about mlaway from the baseofthe crown $ 1 directed mylrqairles to ascertain the precise time of tfco 'occurrence, as there was some uncertainty as to whether the attack on Mr. Seward, and the as sassination of the President, was by one or more ■ persons. Q. DM yon sae the bar that hail been placed 0 "aloft the door, or had it bean removed! A. It bad been removed by some one; you could see the Indentation in the panel of the door where the braes bad been put In very well; it web qu'.'.e perceptible where the brace had been; a braced!xeo in the wall, and placed against the panel of the door, would have been very diffioultto remove from the outside; I don’t think It could have been removed without breaking the door; in faot, the more pressure that was mace on the door the more secure it would be. G. Did the bole bear evidence of having been re cently made IA. Yes, it was a freshly-out hole— aa fresh, apparently, as if It bad been made that in- St £?. t ’can yon describe the chair in which the Presi dent sat? A. It was a large high-back obair—an arm-chair, standing on oaßtors; I thought I oould discern where his head rested, and, although the covering itself was red, the marks oi several dropl of blood cohid be seen. Oioßs-eaamined by Mr, Doster: ef. Will you state whether the civil courts or this District are Euppcsed to sit by oensent of, and to earryoutthe will of Lieutenant General Grant. A. I really do not know of any one who supposes that; at leasthe has given me no lnlbrmatlon on the subjeot. A panto of a minute or two here ooourretl, during which the members of the court conversed with each other in a low tone. Mr. Doster satd, “As there seems to bo considerable objection to the (idea tion, I desire to state why It was asked.” Tho president o! the court said—' 11 No objection was made to the question, and It has been answered, and no explanation is, therofore, necessary.” ge Examination or Major Kntlibun. By Judge Holt: a. Did you go to the outside door after the Bbot had been fired m the President’s box, and exemlne how it was closed ! A. I did, for the purpose of calling medloai aid. (i Ih w bat condition did you find it 1 A. I found the door boned, so that people who were knocking or. the outside OOUld not get in. Q. Did you make an attempt to remove t&O bar 1 A. I did remove It, with difficulty. Q., was that after you had received a stab from theafsaEsint A. It was. Q- Ib that (bar exhibited to witness) blood on the bsr from your arm 1 A. I am not able to say, but my wound was blooding freely at the time. Q,. In what condition did you find the bar 1 A, It appeared to bo resting against the moulding of the ( cor, and I think it oould not have been loosened tut by any pushing from the outside. (J. Did you notice the ohair on whloh the Presi dent sat in particular! A. I did not, except that it was a large, easy chair, covered with damask elotu. o, Do you not know whether it had rockers or net? A. My impiesslon is that it had. Q,, Is that the bar the door was closed with t A. lam not able to say whether it is or not; my lm ptession is that It was a different piece of wood. Testimony of Isaac Isqnelt, By Judge Holt: Q. Did you find that bar in Ford’s Theatre, and if so under what olroumstanoes, tusd when 1 A. After we had oarrled the President out, I went to the box with several others ; this bar war lying on tbe floor inside the first door going to the box ; I took it up, and stood about there for some time, and took it home with me. Cl. There has been a piece sawed off j do you know anything in reference to that 1 A. Yea ; there was an officer stopping at the house whero 1 was boarding, Who wanted a piece ef the bar to take away with him, and it WAS sawed off, but he did not finally taka it away, ; Q. Are the spots of blood upon it t A. Yes, they were fresh at that time. Be-JExamlnation of Joe I.emmons, col’d. By Judge Holt: Q,. Did you see persons engaged In decorating the President’s box on the afternoon of the day ef the murder 1 A. Yes; Mr. Harry Ford and another gentleman, I do not know his name exactly, were up there fixing It; Mr. Ford told me to go over to his room and get a rocking chair, bring it down, and put it in the President's box; I done so; I carried the obair Into the Presi dent’s box, set it down and went away; that Is all I know. Q, Had it been there before! A. Not this season. Q. Whs the back of this ohair you brought down, high or low] A. A high-backed cushioned ohair. d. Did you see the prisoner, Edward Spangler, 9Bthe«goaetyAt &, Then wu nffoqe la thereout FOUR CENTS. Harry Ford andtlis other gentleman, who had bade fixing it, ard started to come down. Q. Was Spangler on tfce stage that evening T A. Tee; be was obliged to be there all the time; he worked there altogether, the Bamo as 1 did; ho had nothing to call him away, excepting when ho went to his boarding house; he was not thereon the Stage when the chair was carried into the bos. Gross-examination by Mr. q, Yon did not see Mr. Spangler on the stage, did yon ?• A. No; I did not notice him parttenl&rly; £ had been there fo Jong I hardly ever noticed gentlemen so particularly. Cl. Ahd you do hot know but What he might have had sonsetbingto call htm away just that time ? A No, sir; Ido not. q. Who was this other gentleman in the box with Harry Ford l A. I may be mistakes, bat I think his some is Buckingham. q, Was he employed about the theatre? A. He stayed there at night for to take tickets; he was a cooikeeper in front of the house; £ think he was belplsgHnrry Ford to fix the private box. Q. At what heur in the evening? A. A little slur three o’clock; £ should th*nk It might have been later or footer; I had been out in tho city taking bills around; L was about going on the fly ; £ took my meals wherever £ could, and when he ofilled me I set down my meal and went and got the chstr, • q. Did you see Spangler as y&tt went to the box at all ? A. No ; not when £ went to tho box, nor when I CBme away. q. ) escribe the chair? A. There is no chair In 1 rre like It; it was one of those htgh-baoked chairs with a high red cushion on it covered with satin ; the Inst season when they got It it was in the private box, but Mr. Ford told me to take it out of the box and carry it up to hts room. q. Was the furniture there manufactured for the box and wab it of the same character as the chair ? A. Yes; a sofa and some other chairs; it was not my business to be looking in this place, and I never noticed only when I was sentj the sofa was oovered, 1 think, with the same material; £ do not know whether the furniture was bought as the property of the strgvur \he private box. By Judge Holt: Did you take a larper chair out of tlta box at the time you put this one la ? A, Ho, sir. Feexemluatlou of John J. Toffuy. By Judgo Holt; q. Since you were ox&minel yesterday, stale wlatncr you have been to » stabl? and saw the horse ofwhlonyou were speaking? A. Yes; 1 found”him on the corner of Seventeenth and 1 streets. q. Did you recognise him as the horse you took up with the s&ddJoaad bridle, under the cJrcum etaiices you mentioned in your, testimony? A. Y*f, Blr. By the Conrt: Q, Is there anything peculiar about tb&t horse or which you were speaking? A. Yes; I found him cn the corner Of Seventeenth sad 1 streets Q. Did you recognize him as the horse you took up with the saddle and bridle under the circum stances you mentioned in your testimony ? A. Yes, sir. By the court: q. Is there anything peculiar about that horse wiioh enables you to recognize him? A* Yes; hts being blind in the right eye. lestimony ofWm. Baton, Examined by Judge Holt: q. State whether or cot, alter the assassination of the President, you went 'to the room of J, Wilkes B3oth, at the National Hotel, and opened hts trunk. A. I did go there that game evening, under the authority of the pro- Toitmanhal. q. What did you do on arriving there? A. I fouid J. Wilkes Booth’s room; I was shown to it by tho book-keeper; I took charge of what things were In bis trunk i the pipers were taken to thu provost marshal’* ©ffioo and handed over to Lieut. Terry ; I placed them In his hands. Testimony of Llent. Terry* By Judge Holt: q. State whether you are at tached to tbo office ot the provost marshal of this CM? ? A. Yes; of Col. Ingraham’s office. q. State whether or not, alter the assassination, the witness Eaten placid in your hands e&rt&ia papers, which he represented to havo taken ircinthetiookof J. WllkfS Booth? A. He did. q. State whether the letter you hold in your hands was one of those papers ? A. Yes, sir; the envelope was addressed to “J. Wilkes Booth, N*'> tlosal .Hotel, Washington, D C.,” and post marked, seemingly, “ Baltimore, MO., March goth.” The letter was read by Uol. Burnett to the Court ae follows: Hoobstown. Baltimore Co., March 21.1805. Dsau John : Was business so important that you could not remain in Baltimore till I saw you? I c&zr.e In ss soon as I could, and found you had gone to Washington. I called, also, to see Mike, but learned from his mother he had gone out with you and hao sot returned. I concluded, therefore, he had gone with _ycu« How lnoonsioeme you. have been. When I left you, you stated we would not meet for a month or so; therefore I made op* plication for employment, an answer to which shall receive during the week. I told my parents I had ceased with you. Can I then, under existing circumstances, come as you request? You know lull well the Government suspicions something Is going on there; therefore the undertaking la becoming more complicated. Wby not, for the present dosiat, for various reasons, which, if you look Into, yon o&n readily see, without my making any mention thereof. You nor anyone oe n censure me for my present course. You have been its cause, for how can I now come after telling them I had lelt you ? Suspicion rests upon me now from my whole-family, and even*parties in the coun try. 1 will be compiled to leave home anyhow, and how soon I caie not. No, not one was more in for the enterprise than myself, and today would be there, had yon not done as you have; by this I moan tho manner of processing. X am, as you well know, in need; 1 am, you may say, in rags; wboreos, to-day. I ought to be well clothed. I do not feel right, stivibt&g about without means, and from appear ances a btggar. I feel my dependence, but even this was forgotten, for I was one with you. Timas more propitious will arrive i yet do not > rashly or in haste. I would prefer your first way. Go and see how It will he taken tai r.i. >■ i--4, and ere long I. shalVne better to again to assist you. I dislike writing; would sooner verbally make known my views; yes you sow waiting, o&usos me thus to proceed. Do rutrin anger peruse this. Weigh aIM hare ':ald; and, ja? a raUor&l man and a friend, yoa cannot censor© nor upbraid my conduct. 1 slncrely trust this, nor aught else that should or may occur, will ever oolite, rate our former friendship. Write me to Baltimore, as l expfeSt to be in about Wednesday or Thursday; or, If you can possibly comeon, I wiU truly meet you in Baltimore, at B corner. “laobsoribe myself your friend. “Sax,” Testiueny of William BloVhalL , Q. Are yon acquainted with the handwriting of the prisoner Samuel Arnold? A'. lam. • Q, will you look at this letter and say it it is in his handwriting) A. Yes, sir. ■ By Hr. Gone: Q.. How did you become acquainted with bis handwriting; state that first! A. He once placed In my hands a. written statement. 4. ’What instrument did he place in your hands 5 A. A confession. . „ a. When did he write HI A On the 18th of April. Q. Where t A. In the bade room of Marshal Me- Phall’s office. , Q, Where Is that) A. On West Fayette street, near Holliday, in Baltimore; the paper was handed to tne, and bv me to the marshal; oi its arrival in Washington'! did not know anything, only I was Informed cf Its haying been handed to the Secretary of War. Q. And that was a paper pnrportlr g to be a state ment of all that he knew of this affair) A. Yes, sir. Testimony of Marshal MePhnlt. Q,, State whether you are acquainted with the handwriting of the prisoner, Samuel Arnold 1 A. Only by reeeiying a letter from him, which was handed me by hts father, and dated the 12th, at For. trees Monroe. The letter being then shown, tie witness said, "Yes, this looks like It; this Is the letter.” Q. whose handwriting Is that endorsement on the back 1 A. I should think It was Mr. Arnold’s. Q, Have yon looked at the body of the latter! A. No* sir. Q. You looked at the handwriting) A. No, sir. q.. vo yon think it is his 1 A. Ido sir. - * Exominetlon of Uttlohm Sewnftn. Q. Are yon acquainted with the handwriting or the prisoner Arnold 1 A. No, sir. Q.. Bo you know him 1 A. Yes, sir. q, qym you state whether or not sometime last fall you were present when he received a letter In which money was enclosed; If the money was ex hibited to you, and what was the character of this letter! A. On the Oth or 12th of September there was a letter brought to him; there was in Biino Twenty or fifty dollars. I don’t recollect which: I remarked be was flush, or had money, and having read the letter, he handed it over to me and 1 read some half-dozen lines, bnt I did not under stand it; It was very ambiguous In its language, and I asked him what it meant; ho said It was something big. and I would soon see in the papers, or something to that effect. Issilmeny of Klhau J. Borner. Q,. Will you state whether or not some days after the assassination of the Frasldeiit, you arrested the pus oner Samuel Arnold! A. On the morning of the 17th of April last Mr. Allen and myself arrested him at Fortiees Monroe. 0,. Did yon find any armß In his possession l A. Yes, Blr, we took them In tho room at tha back of the store in which he slept; we searched his per* sen and a carpet bag and got a piste 1; he said he had another pistol and a knife also at Ms father’s place near the Hookstown road. Q. What kind of a pistol was that you found! A. A Colt’s pistol. •* Q. Was It like that [showing the witness a pis. tol) 1 A. No, sir, not like that, bnt he said he left a pis tol like that at his father’s. By Mr. Ewing : Q,. Didn’t he say he left a knife and a pistol at Hookstown I and what else did ha say! A. He made a verbal statement to ns at For tress Monroe; there was a letter given us by his rather to give to him when we arrested him; and alter we handed hlzn the letter, and he had laid it, I ashed him If hewasgoing toglve us thestase/uonc, and he gave-us one, together with tho names of oor tain men connected with the abduction. or,rather with the kidnapping, of Abraham Lincoln. . Mr. Core here roßo,.and objected to any confession made by tho prisoner, that would or might tend to any evidence against any others of the accused. Mr. Ewing and Mr. Cose had a lengthy argument, which finally resulted In a ruling by the court admitting as evidence the statement of the witness, of tho whole conversation that took place at the time re- IfeTTfed to. The witness then continued, and said the prtsonor had stated to him that about two weeks previous to his going to Fortress Monroe he was at a meeting held at the “Liohten ” House; 1 asked him who at tended the meeting, and he gave mo the names, (here the witness took out a paper, and read there from.) J.W. Booth, M. O’Laughlla, G. W, Atze rett, John Suratt, and a man with an alias ofMoso by, and a email mail Whose name 1 couldn’t re collect. 4, Did yon say whether he was present at the meeting himself! A. Yos, sir; I asked him If ho corresponded with Booth; he said first that ho did not; then 1 mentioned to him a letter published iu the Sunday American, where there was given a statement of a letter found in J. Wilkes Booth’s trunk; and 1 mentioned to him that the letter was mailed at Hookstown, and signed “Sam;” then he said that he had written that letter; and that even ing we brought him to Baltimore; I asked him if Wilkes Booth was acquainted any, In St; Mary’s or Charles counties; and he said ho had letters ot Introduction to Dr. Mudd and Dr. Cluean; I asked Who he got them from, and he said he did not knew; we proceeded to Baltimore, and 1 lolt him in the office of the provost marshal, < Q,. Did he not state to yon any description or what took place at the meeting. A. Yes; IreooUeothU saying that Booth got angry at him because he said U the thing was net done that week he would withdraw; and that Booth then said he ought to be shot, and he replied it took two to play at that game. Q. Did he not say to you that he then withdrew from the arrangement, and accepted a position with John W. Walton at Fortress Monroel Ad,Yes, sir. Q. Did he state the exact date when that meeting was held at Washington 1 A, He may have done 80, bnt I don’t recollect It. . q. Did he tell you that ho had S?«n Booth since that night) A. I don’t rocoUeot whether he Baja H Q m^e b saldto“ou.tten, that after that time he baa'nmhmg further to do with the conspiracy. A. Y n’ where he went then 7 A. He went tn Fortress Monroe, and aooepted the position under W n l( Did he say what time he aooepted It IA. The ist day of April or the last day of I am act certain Which. niE war x-mxcaai (PUBLISH JS WBBKLT.I mv u r»i» will be lent to ntMwrtlwn W HSU (POI kB idTIBH) ti IV JIV« .OtiM, - "li' ft* T.mw>lt» I.i.i'ii , 11111.11M.8* «* Lu.« Clobl th.B TIB Will M AUIM at the HUH MU. *B.OQ Mt HH, Th» monw mutt alxaavr ueoomvaM) Me outer, «M ih ho (nptano. can that torvte to dtoioteA ftooo, H ttoV agard. terv lut U toon than tto oott if vapor, *»■ rntmutu, u. tmumM4 t« Ml m annti M tn r««. 19-1 ’® “*• "i'lki Club at ten «i twenty. rn extro w,/ OI °*« »»»•* wiu b* d VnL Q. Dia hob Ot mi’this Interview n at OHuttarH *2Sfif rtST*’ bBtBe “ SUUI 8fc O Did he sav ABh been the a'inember oM? W»«W abflaot tEe Hearts of the Oj. the North to hate an ti- Bomethlng to lhat effcot j t bi* P art wa! to be la the oo®! S r tkinShSi ’ that he waß to oatoh tha wbieh - ttoA««SSf A ««■* Llnoolalii to Wrt whltlnar ft letter toSiofth, o? l? y toXtof fm%, to oon. ttone in’the plot? A, There w, HA£2i-55" 01 talking, end 1 don’t reeolleet all» tJI JJJW q. Don’t you reoolleofc his eaylhi St io his father’s bouse twice after fcb* t^S him to go on with the com piracy? a » Ttw not recollect th&t. ' . q. Did he say anything as to when ithearmabj* loised? A. X asked him where hep thearmßf end be said Booth ?ot the amp for the V p^ol e party* q. Didn’t he ray Booth told him when to left the oonspireoy to toil the arms ? A • Yob, sit • q. Towhatnrmfl WPS ho tfc*n aiiugipfv * did yea ar deratand him os referring ia the arms At tltfl/ft* tier’s heuse, to the one pistol? A. Bjolli told hint to sell the arms. q. Did you undirstand him to mean nHat the Vlftol was part of the arias that he bad at his £*■ tier’s honf.e, the same arms? A. Yes, sir. By Mr. Ccxe .* Did he stste to you that thfet wa« the first and only mnettog ho - ever, attended 1 A. No, sir; It w&s the first meeting from what he told me. q. Did be tel) you thattloraofftlog.cametotUd cosciuFion that the plot was irapractioable ? A* Hf eald be eld. Q. Did bo toll yon tint they did; didn’t he tvf tbftt lit pebeme lull tbtoufth booWM they all oon eldered It ltnpraetlOrt '.le T ft. Ho only Oola that U* individually pnnflde>eil it so. Hy Judite Hilt: (1. Hid I un’evutand you tor pay that the net tltgltseli bad determine l to abfttt. don tto attack on tbo Prosiuimt 1 A. IMo. Blr; only bln self. ' ’ Q. liitnte vhetber yen found a rone in bis oarnot* bag at Fortress Monroe 1 A-. X do ■ not rooiHoot pry. 4: Did bo not tell yon wbat tbo ilite of tbo meet ing wasl A. Ho may have, but I'dciPt reooili.ots It wpß a week or two be'ore ho vrenf to X'ortrOM Menrne ;,be might have said tbrbe weeks. By Mr. Aiken: Whs tto name orblrs. Soratt mentioned to you by Arnold 1 A. No. sir, not to my reeolleotlon. By Mr, E-ing: nid you osamlao bS oarpot-bW p.t Fortrcpp Monroe 1 A, >os. Bir, Q. Von found no rope there t A. iaon't raaolleot any. Q. Did be not say to yon that Booth bad ft lettat or lntr eduction to Mr. tiueon, or Dr. Mtlrtil t A, Jfo, elr; I understood him to suy and. Dr. Mudd, Q. Which pr. Mudd 1' a. Xlioro 10 Only the one. I think. In Charles county. By Mr. stone: Did he speak of Mr. Q,uoen. or D(. Mudd 1 A. Dr. Queen, and Dr. Mttddl Testimony or Mr. Thomas. Q.. State whether or not you are acquainted wltll ti t prisoner at tbe bar, Dr. Mudnl A I a®, sir. Q. Stato whether or not, some weeks olnoo, be* fore tbe assassination of tke President, .yea saw hi« and bad a conversation with him 1 A, Yes, str. Q. Wbere.dld It occur I A. At Mr. Downey's. Cl- In that noaversatlon did he speak of the Pr». eldent of tbe Ijnltrd States 1 A. He Said that the Pjeeldent of the United States was an Abolitionist, and that the whole Cabinet were suoh, and that the Sooth would not bo sublngsted under Abolition doctrine; he said the whole Cabinet would ba hilled within six or seven weeks, and every Union man In Baltltnoro; he made a remark to me that I Wop no better tban they were. Q. Was be violtnv In Die manner? A. Hrf was noiynnch raolted 0.. Did you hare any oonversotion with hie about, politics 1 A. I made the remark that the war would soon be over; that South Carolina and Blobmoad were token, and we would soou hate peace; tuen bw went on stating that the South never would bb'Sub jugated ; that the Pr. indent and Cabinet were all Abolitionists, and would be killed, and every Union man In tbe State o! Maryland. . Cross-examination by Air, Stone t. Q,, Hew far U your place irom Dr. Mudd 1 A. About a mllo and a half. . . ■ 4, Did you see him frequently? A. Not very. C;. Was Mr. Downey present whin you had thU conversation 1 A. I believe he was out, sir, Q,. Hew long did he remain out? A. lannot ahle to say precisely. Q, Did yon have any conversation with Dr. MUdd buoie Mr. Downey loft the Hipm? A. X believe X had. Q.. He left while you were oonvorslng? A, Ta% 4- How did that conversation oommence? A> It 0, cciLimenced aboat the war; I Bald the war would coot), he ovtiT f and that I waa glad to Bee It. q,. Had ■you bees dlßouadug the question of «K* emptlsg persons from military service? At Nd| Blr. a. Nothing was said about that? A» Not ft word. d. when did this OMmreftUon ooourl A* Serna* time In March ; is t he latter part of March. Q, What waeFftld after Downey’s return 1 JL* I c; ked hixu» as he b»tf taken the oath of allegiance, whether he considered it binding; he said he was n loyal man, hut he did hot consider the oath bind* in 'ft' Q. Had yon met Mm at Downey’s any other tint* inriDft the year? A> That was the only time, Bit* Ci. How lor* did you remain there that day t Aa lalf or three quarters of an hour, perhaps. (£. was not Dr. Mudd’s manner jooose 1 A, No, q. Did he seem to ba la earliest ? &, it Is impoa. „ltil« fir me to say whether he was or not . ct-JWd H-teavo any pert'.>ua-«ioprwstoß upon yew lsihdl A, Mo,sirs I didn’t suppose, such atnlßfr could come to pass; I want home and repeated what he sold, and we all laughed at It i I thought that the man had more sense than to use suoh an expre*. slon. Ci. Did Mudd look as if he really holloved it him* sell? A. When ho first sal o It, I couldn't tMak that he meant It, hut after the President was ti led, and Booth had been at his house, I thought that IN meant it. _ _ Q. Did h« tell you how the President and tho Oo> bluet were to be hilled 7 A. No, Blr. Q. If you had supposed that there was any eon. splrocy would yon not hove given the Information to tho authorities l A. I did. , 4. Who tol A. To everybody j. saw. Cl. Can you name any one you told it tol A; Yes, sir; I told It to my brother; I tDtil It to Vfat* son; 1 told it to many persons In WoodvlIIe; I told It to old Petor Wood. ; 4. Bnt did you give any Information to any onr fn authority) A. 1 wrote to Uol. Holland about It, the Provost Marshal of tho Fifth Gonffresslonal die triot in Maryland. Cl. When) A. One week after he said it. Q Did you got an answer) A. No, Sir; and I came to the conclusion that the colonel never- re ceived my letter. „ Cl, You arc sure the conversation you have a*- tslled is all that occurred 1 A, Yes, sir. 4, Who left first) A. We left about the sanM ‘'cf." Did you go together) A, No; I went homo, and he went to his house, 1 gjieas. „ &. When Mr. Downey returned didn't Dr. Mnddl csy to him that you have boon calling the rebel amy our army 1 A. No, sir, nothing of tho sort. d. Did you mention this eonvsrsitlon to you* , brother before the assassination 1 A. Yes. sir. 4. To which of your brothers! A. To Dr. John C TbomaSs Q. Did yon mention It to Mr. Watson beroro the assassination) A. Yos, sir. Cl. What is his full name 1 A. Lemuel 1\ atton. 4* You spoke of Blr. Wood; was It Peter Wood, Sr. l A. Yes, the old man sir, „ 4- Did ;»u mention it to him before or after to* assassination ) A. After, sir. , ■Q. Mr. Downer didn’t seem to think anything of this talk of Dr. Mudd's. A. I told you he v'ao not there at the time, sir, and when 1 mentioned It to him he tald he was glad he did net hear anything about it. Testimony of John ffifCPl*' O. Look at that paper and state if you have seen it beloro 1 Ilsio tho witness read thef following tele “'ll? if. o'LmgUin, Ko. 67 N. Prefer street, Conf ine; e, Mil.: ■ i . ' „ _ " Don’t you fear to neglect your butlnoss. Yotf had better come at onee. J Booth.” Q, state whether you are a telegranbio operator in this city) A. lam a clerk In the office. 4. Stats whother this d japatoh was sent at tha time ol its date. A. Yes, sir, it was, but the year should bols«6, andnotlSCl; that’s one of the old printed forms. • Q. Do you know the hrkd.wrltlng of John WHIMS Booth 1 A. Yes, sir; I saw him write that. Oioss-cxatelned by Mi> Cop—ft “ Don’t you fear to negioct year business, you had bOtieroomiat onco l” Osn you toil rae whathehlblß Is a question or a command 1 , . Objected to, and th». question ijas’waived. B. O. Btcsvart. Q,, Stato whether you .are n,telegraphic operator in this city 7 A. Dos, Blr; at the Metropolitan Hotel. , 0.. Look at this,despatch, and state whether yon have any knowledge of Ite having been sent 1 A. Yes; I sent it myself. Tha witness reads! “March 27, ISSi.-M. O’Laughitn, No. 69 Exeter street.. BoltlmoM, Md,: Get word to ham, and ooma on, with or without him, oh Wednesday morning. We soil that day, sure, Don’t Jail, „ “J. Wilkss BOOTH." Q. Is this last March, or last Marob a year ago t A. Last March; that is one of the old forms, Q. Did you know this man 1 A. No, sir. Korea photograph of John Wilkes Booth wag shown to ibe witness, who, on eeelnglt, said “ That’s tho lean that sent It.” cross, osemiasd hy;mr. oop»: Q. You know It was sent in March. 1806 1 A. Yes, Sir, Q. It is dated 1604) A. That’S, one Of the Old forme, bnt I remember it was sent.this year. 4. Is that your endorsement on it) A. Yes, sir. Cl. How long have you been an operator at tha Metropolitan Hotel 1 A. About ten months. By Judge Holt: Q, Yoawcro not there In Mar oh, 1864 ) A. No, sir. Tho examination of this witness being concluded, the oonrt adjourned till 10o’clockto-morrow monte ing. Xhs Am>t or n llhicaio Jfnrclinitt and his Daughters forDlHloyiilcy. On Tuesday evening - a detachment of military ana police visited tho residence of H. H. Forsyth, No. 363 Huron street, for the purpose of arresting that gentleman and other members of his family. Complaints had- been mode to General B. J. Sweet, commandant of this post, by promt tout citizens, that on the day following the ausMri nation of President Lincoln a gray bet* dcred with groan, was displayed Itom one or the windows of Mr. Forsyth's rosldsnoe, and a pic ture of Booth, the assassin, surrounded with a leu. rel wreath, was hung up In the parlor. Owing to the frequenoy of these complaints, and to avert th» threatened destruction of the Hopso, CJenwral S jeej ordered the arrest of tho 80 if”“,° h f the picture. Upononterlngthe hop.se Mr. Forsyth was found to ba too ODwell to bo romov«d, but b» t»n damrhtcrs were taken to Damp Douglas. Tha ffiotu A oould not be found. The young ladles wera not dotatoed by General Sweet, and retimed to this oily- It is reported that the arrest of N, r - Fo£ e»’th is only postponed until his recovery. Friend* if So partleS accused deny that gray was exhibited, as onarged, and aver that Ik was a gray window-curtain with a bj“e bordor that was hnng out of the window. . T b*S’also.deny that Booth’s portrait was exhibited as oomplainoa ot.—Chicago Journal. . TATB hpmbbu of the London Timet it U PtaUdtliat previous to the assasslnaUon of Abr»- iiamLlncoln" the Americans were eagerly debating whether the seceded states were out of the Union m- in it. and an aoute legal controversy had arisen nn this speculative point'; one party maintaining that, as no state had the power of leaving tha Colon, the Union had never been broken; tha ether, that the Union had been broken, and that tha States must be rceetved into It anew. But; said tho president, ’that question is bad as a basis of con troversy, and gooa for nothing at all. We alt agset that the seoeded States, so called, are out of thete proper practical relation with the Union, and tha tele object of the Government, civil end military, in regard to these States Is to again get them Into that proper practical relation. I believe It is not only possible, bnt, in fact, easier, to da this.without deciding, or even considering, whether those Statwr have ever been opt of the Union, than with it. H BW4RWH9’’ 1