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FOB THE TREATMENT OF ACUTE AND
CHRONIC DISEASES,
Electrical investigation has proved that the human
'lbody acts on the principle of the ealvanicbattery. The
train, mucous and serous membranes, the Bhl& f tissues,
=am} flalds, constitute, .the negative and positive forces;
and every action, whether mental or physical, la the
•Jesuit of these antagonistic forces. Digestion, respira
tion, circulation, secretion, and excretion are due solely
lo Electrical influence. There is a polar attlou esta
blished throughout the-nervous Bystem which connects
Vrlih every part of the body,establishing and preserving
n proper balance of the electrical element, which con
stitutes health, and a disturbance of which causes dis
ease. There are strictly but two conditions of disease—
- one of inflammation, or positive; the other weak debili
fated, negalive; and as‘Electricity contains these two
• conditions in-the action of the positive and negative
currents, all we have to do is to neutralize the disease
-and restore proper healthy action.
“We do m. t wish to convey the impression that we cure
all diseases in all-conditions. We cannot care consump*
-lion after th* lungs are all destroyed; yet we doa«sart
and are prepared to .practically demonstrate that bun-'
■Sleds of oases of almost every form of chronic disease,
Jrononncofi Incurable bj- tie bent medical '
of!the Konntry, have been radically ccbbd, some of
them in an incredibly short time, by our Electrical
- treatment. Its great superiority over other practices in
the cure of disease is also attestedin the fact that, within
the past five years, over fourteen thousand patients
'have been treated at this office, suffering from almost
©very form and condition of disetse common to hu-
SQ&nity, and in nearly a’l eases a benefit or perfect cure
-has been effected. Therefore, with these FACTS to
prove our theory and treatment of disease, we are will
ing to undertake any of the following diseases, with
©very hope and prospect of Buceess, with very many
others not here enumerated:
I, Diseases of the Brain and Nervous System ~Epi
lepsy, Chorea or .St, Titus* Dance, Paralysis (Hemiple
*ia and Paraplegia), Keuralgla,Hysteria, Nervousness,
Palpitation of the Heart, Lock-jaw, etc,, etc.; also,
.diseases of the Eye and Ear.
9. Organs and Tissues connected with the Digestive
'System.— Sore Throat, Dyapepsia, Diarrhoea, Dysen
tery, Obstinate Constipation, Haemorrhoids or Piles,
Bilious, Flatulent, and Pa’nter’e Colic, and all affec<
Jons of the Liver and Spleen.
S. Respiratory Organs.— Catarrh, Cough, Influenza,
Asthma (when not caused by organic disease of the
heart), Bronchitis, Pleurisy, Pleurodynia 'or Bheuma
llsm of the Chest, Consumption in the early stages.
4. Fibrous and Sfuscular System,
Gout. X.uinhA«A. Stiff Nash. £»inal nip
Dlstais. Oamefi, Jlumi*.
6. Urinary ana Genital Organs, —Gravel, Diabetes,
ftfid Sidney Complaints, Impoteacs and Semiaal Weak
ness. The latter complaints never fail to yield rapidly
lo this treatment. .
6. Diseases Peculiar to. Females —Uterine Com
plaint*, involvirg a mal position, &sProlapsus. Ante*
version, Eekroversion, Inflammation, Ulceration, and
various other Affections of the Womb and Qmies,
2*alnfiil, Suppressed, Scanty, or Profuse Menstruation*.
Xencorrhcea. :
To LADIES ire can recommend this treatment as one
of TJSVAEIED SUCCESS, Almost innumerable cases
lave come under treatment at our office.;who can testify
to this fact. Mrs. S. A. FULTON, a lady of great expe
dience and'ability, has entire charge of the Ladies*
department, and all delicacy ■will he used toward those
Who entrust themselves to hit care. In female diseases,
as mentioned in the above list, with others not msn
iioned, she has had a large Experience, and can con
fidently promise the most gratifying results.
TO THE AFFLICTED,
The treatment is mild and gentle, producing no shock
or unpleasant sensation whatever. Our professional
Intercourse with the afflicted will ever be characterized
l>y perfect candor and honesty, and those whose com
plaints are incnrable, or do not admit of amelioration,
Will be frankly told so, and not accepted for treatment.
It matters not'what- may be your complaiat, oi bow
lons' you £t*nr© twfferefl, cr ioir much ©rfrna* course
oi treatment yon may have been •objected to, or what
disappointments you have experienced; if the system is
Hot worn out, if sufficient vitality remains for reaction,
jthere is a fair prospect of recovery.
REFERENCES,
The diseased and all interested are referred to the
following-named gentlemen, who have been treated,
nnd witnessed our treatment on others, at No. 1220
.Walnut street:
A. J. Pleasontoc, brigadier general, Fhiladslpht*;
A. Fleasonton, major general, fit. Louis;W B. Smith,
Mo. 1022 Hanover street, Philadelphia; Geo. Douglass,
South Pifth street; William H. Sbriver, Haines
atreet, Germantown; L. O. Siockton, No. 206 Market
atreet, Philadelphia; Charles H. Grigg, N 05.219 and 221
Church alley; Emanuel Bay, No. 707 Sansora street,
attorney at law; H, Craig, No. 1725 Arch street, No, 138
Broad street; Robert D. Work, No. 61 North Third
atreet; A. G. Croll, northeast comer Tenth and Market
streets; George Giant* No, 610 Chestnut street; H. T.
Desilver, 80. 1736 Chestnut street; Ed. McSfallon, No.,
3227 Front street, with many others.
Consultation free.- Descriptive circulars of cure*
effected, with numerous references, can bo had by
Application at the office. . All letters addressed to
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SATURDAY, MAY 20, 1865.
WASHINGTON.
. , Washington, May is, 1865.
~ ■- Of Methodist Clergymen hn.vavlsitoti
dv bishop Simpson* Mar
an^5 ormal Bp e«ches wefe ©xohaßged. .
.Q©nerais Geaht, Mbadb, Shebidan, OusTas,
Mbksitt, Blair, Howard, and others, are here
to-day.
Gov. Brown, of Georgia, arrived here during
the night, under arrest.
FULLY EXONERATED.
G. A, Hrndrrson, formerly chief of the Keqnisi
tlon Bureau, who was suponded from his duties by
Secretary Chabr, has, after a thorough examina
tion by Solicitor Jordan of all the charges made
against him, been honorably exonerated from them,
and was to-day restored to his former position in the
office of the Secretary of the Treasury.
RECOVERED MACHINERY.
To-day the steamer John Brooks arrived from
City Point with a large lot of machinery .used in the
Richmond armory by the rebelß, and which had been
stolen by them at Harper’s Perry. This machinery
was all packed in boxes by the rebels, and was ready
for removal from Richmond. The boxes all bore the
mark or Richmond, O. S. Armory,- and it was, doubt
less, the intention of the rebels to run them into
North O&roihaa, ? as thoy svoro u-il, UIrOCtVU £»sgp Rl
ror, Ni-O.
RECOVERY OF SECRETARY SEWARD.
Secretary Shward, for tbe first time since the at
tempted assassination, went to the State Depart'
ment to-day, and gave an audience to one of the
members of the French Legation,
I’k® symptoms, of Frbdrrior W* Seward con*
tinue to Improve,
RUSSIAN CONDOLENCE,
Bt. Du Stoeckl, the Bnsslan Minister, recently
read to the President the eloquent Instructions of
Prince Gobtchakow, the Minister of Foreign Af
fairs at St. Petersburg, of which, the subjoined- Is a
translation:
St. Pbtbksbubo, April 16,1565.—5ir: The tele
graph has brought us the hows of the double crime
by t whlch the President ol the United States has
fallen a victim and Mr. Seward barely escaped.
The blow which has struct Mr. Lisoonw, at thß
very moment .when he seemed aboutto harvest the
.ruits ef his energy nnd persevciance, has been
deeply felt in Russia, Because of tho absence of
the Emperor, I am not in a position to receive and
transmit to you the sentiments of his Imperial Ma
jesty. Being acquainted, nevertheless, with tho3e
which our august master entertains toward the
the United States of America-, it'is easy for me to
tealizQtoadvftßfla tbh impression whiaa the news
jr jfcasiKHvug wime win cause ms impariai Males*
ty to experience. I have hastened to testify to GC
neral Clay the earnest and cordial sympathy of the
Imperial Cabinet with the Federal Government.
Please to express this in the warmest terms to Pre
sident Johbsow, adding thereto onr most sincere
wishes that this new and grievous trial may not im
pede the onward march of the American people
toward tbe re-establishment of the Union and of
that concord which arc the sources of Its power and
of its prosperity.
Beoelve, sir, the assurance of my vary distin
guished consideration. G oit T C il ako w,
To his Excellency,‘Mi Stobokl.
[Special Despatch to The Press.!
THKJJRBAT ÜBViRW.
Washington,, May 19.—Eyery preparation is
being made for the grand parade and reviewto.take
place on Tuesday and Wednesday of nest week, A
platform is being erected for General Q-rant, In
front of the Execaiivo Mansion, from which point
he will review an army that has .made the name of
freedom Immortal, The Engineer Bureau received
orders this morning to lay a pontoon' bridge across
the Potomac, below' the aqueduct at Georgetown,,
to facilitate the march of the troops to this side of
the river on the occasion of the grand review. The
armies will. cross the Potomac and march Into
Washington In three columns, viz: One column
across the Long Bridge', another across the aqua
flnafc, and the third mjmm Uu *&&Aaaa Lrll 8 0.
END OF THE WAR,
VIRGINIA AB!B NDETH CAHOIINA.
Preparations to Restore tkese States
to the Union,
neral lownrd. Commissioner of Kcfngces,
freedmon, and Abandoned lands,
OPERATIONS OP THE -CONFISCATION
: LAW IN TENNESSEE.
Conflict or Autiiiority between tne Courts
and Governor Brownlow.
FKEPARATIOKS IN - WASHINGTON FOR THE
GREAT REVIEW.
HOW THE CONQUERING ARMIES WILL
ENTER THE CITY.
SHERMAN TO HAVE ARRIVED AT ALEX
ANDRIA YESTERDAY, -
Washington, May 10 -Ex-Governor Swan, of
North Carolina; W. W. Holden, editor of the Ra.
leigh Standard , and other prominent Unionists in
North Carolina, will he here next week, in obedi
ence to the request of President Johnson, to consult
on the early civil-restoration of that State to the
Union. •
IMPORTANT APPOINTMENT,
Washington, May 10.— General 0?d. Howard
announces that lie has, in. obedience to orders, on*
tered upon the duties of Commissioner of Refugees,
aans AbanOonoa aianagj ailU QGUUIUdes a§
follows;
<• While it shall be my object to secure as much
uniformity as possible Jn the matter of employment
and instruction of frseamen. I earnesly solicit co
operation from all officers and agents whose position
or duty renders it possible for them to aid me. The
negro should understand that he is really free, but
on no account, if able to work, should he harbor
the thought that the Government will support him
in idleness.” * .
SHBEHAS’S AESIY.
Tke right wing of General Sherman’s army, coin.
Branded by General Logan, was expected to arrive
at Alexandria, Virginia, to-day. The 14th and ISth
Corps, commanded by General Slocum, arrived In
the vicinity of Alexandria yesterday.
THE POTOJIAO FLOTILLA.
The vessels of the Potomac flotilla which the Go
vernment have no fnrthernsa for, numbering over
twenty, are arriving at the yard, Their stores and
guns are being removed, and their ere ws transferred :
-to other vessels or to the mould loft.
OFEBATIOKS OF TBB OOXFieCATION LAW IK
TENNESSEE.
Oisoiss att, May 18.— The Commercial's' Nash
ville despatch says there is a prospect of a oonfliot
letween the Judicial and Executive powers in Ten
nessee. Governor Brownlow, as the special agent
of the Treasury Department, acting under written
orders from that DsDUttmant sentsd aui jam*
abandoned property belonging to disloyal persons,
who were in the Southern Oonfedwaey. Judge
Trigg, at a preceding term of the oourt, ordered a
tenant of the Treasury Department to be dispos
sessed of a farm which he had rented from Governor
Brownlow, and the property to he restored to the
owner, General Lincoln, on Governor Brownlow’s
application, enioroed the oontraot, and Judge
Trigg’s order was disregarded.
On Tuesday, Judge Trigg, at Knoxville, de-
livered a charge to the Grand Jury, In which he
directed them,in strong language, to lisdlotGov.
Brownlow for satisfaction in the premises. Judge
Trigg is understood to be hostile to the confiscation
law.
THE SOUTHWEST.
The of Alabama—Taylor’s
Paroled Men lawless—The- Captures
by the Pall of Mobile—The Crevasse In
the Mississippi—Commercial Mews.
Nnw OEI.BAKS, May 18, via Oaiko, May is—
Generals Canby and Osterhaus arrived from Mobile
yesterday.
The paroled men And Officers of Dlok Taylor’s
army are overrunning the country near Mobile.
Thirteen steamers, the rebel rams Nashville and
Mary Ann, have arrived at Mobile from the Tom.
blgbee river, where they were taken by the rebels
on the evacuation of Mobile. They, with other
steamers, with the blockade-runner Heroine as the
flag-ship of the'officer in charge, are expected here
tonight. --
It Is feared that the blockade-runners Bed Gaunt
left, Mary and Virginia, and the steamer Natchez,
will not get down the river, as they are above De
mopolle, and the river Is falling.-
Gideon J. Pillow has been captured near Selma,
but was afraid to go home on account of the gue
rillas.
The steamboat Manhattan was burned at, the
ISed. St DIBM ’ SEd 80mB of the Eii PP iB S was in-
VMM Of'um ’ ln 00nBea -«a'08 of'the ere
from’the 1 n £ w 00Tars an immense area
from the Bed river to Donaldsonvllle and the Gulf
extending from thirty to fifty miles, and the tohal
. . J*" . BQfferln K> ‘fie destruction of property
beibg-beyond description. - v 1 ’
; Cotton holders demand an advance, with no
sides; white clarified sugar 18 K cents, stook ofsu
gar in the bonded warehouses, 95,233 boxes and l ios
hhds. The total of Louisiana sugar in the city is
estimated at-10,000 hhds.; total Cuba, molasses la
the bonded warehouses, 2,093 batiolsl
THE TRIAL.
Yesterday’s Proceedings,
MOKE EVIBENGI OF SmOEEH’S
CDMPHGETY.
Tbe Pari be took in the’Preparations
for the Murder an&Eseape,
PAYEE’S ATTACK ON SEOEE
TAEY SEWAED,
His Metbod of Obtaining Eulraare to
lbe Sick Chamber.
HIS STHEIJOTII AJ73>
His Encounter witli Frederick Seward
and Sergeant Robinson,
ME NATCEE OP THE ’WOMBS OF Ml
MESSRS. SEWARDS,
Testimony of Col. X Bf. Taylor.
By Judge Holt: Q,. State whether.you are con
nected with the provost marshal’s office at Wash
ington 1 A. No. air; lam on duty at the headquar
ters of the department at Washington.
. Q,. Look at that paper marked No. 7, and state
whether you ever before had It in yeur hands, and
from whom you received It l .
The paper referred to was one taken from the
trunk of 3 . Wilkes Bootb, aiici in, regard, to wbiob.
thfl YfltofiSS, Lieut, Tyne!, testified that it was writ,
svft ;s tftv vjpisw si ms voßioaerate Btatoo,
A;-1 have Had it mmy hands ; I received It from
Lieut. Tyrrel, an ofiicer on duty in the provost mar
shal’s office, on the night of the 14th of April: I
gave it Col. Wells on the 15th.
Q,. You received. It from Lieut. Tyrrel as one of
the papers found In the trunk of J. Wilkes Booth 1
A. Yes, sir, for which I had sent him.
Testimony of Charles Stoscli. '
By Judge Advocate Holt: q. Do you recognize
the prisoner, Edward Spangler! A, I do. not
know him personally; X was het present at his
arrest. v . :
Cl, Did you go to his house after his arrest 1 A,
Yes, sir, xr.
4. What did you find there 1 A. A carpet bag,
in which was a pieoe of rope, which I measured
afterwards and found to be eighty-one feet In
length; the twist appeared to have been taken out
of ft; there was nothing else In the carpßt-bag'ex
cept some blank paper and a dirty shirt collar.
Q.. Where was that carpet-bag with the rope left 1
A. At the house where Spangler took his meals, on
the northwest comer of Seventh ami H streets.
Q. When was it left 1 A. That Ido nbt know.
Q.. Who were with you when you took the rope 1
A. Two of the military of the provost marshal’s
force; Ido not know their names.
Q.. You did not see Spangler himself there ? A.
I did not; I was to go wtth the other officers to se
cure the papers, and we missed him; consequently
I was not there when he was arrested,
Q, Bad the carpet-bag been opened! A. No,
sir ; we made out to open it with some Iteyg we
ffitikd. s - *
' Ofoss-esamihsa by Mf. EwltlgQ. Whore Is it®
house at whioh you found the carpet-bag r A. It
Is situated on the northwest corner of Seventh
street and H street. •
Q. Who gave It to you 1 -A, We took It when wo
'found it belonged to Spangler. ,
Q. Wbo was there t A. A man who was commonly
called “ Jake,” who worked at the theatre In com
pany with Spangler; this man told ms that was
Spangler’s carpet-bag, and that was all Spangler
bad at the house.
Q.- What persons wore living or staying In the
house; did you see? A. There were a eoaple of
persons, boarders, I presume; I did not know any
of the parties. • • ' ■ • .
U In what room did you find the carpet-bag ?
A. In a bed-room up stairs.
Q,. In.what part of.the housol A. As near as I
can judge,'it was on the south side of the house ;
that is, the roam faced the south.
Q. Describe the room. A. It was right near
where Jake kept his trunk. ;
The Commission reassembled at 2 o’clock.
Testimony of tJDas. H, Itoscli, dontinned.
Q.. Look at,that coil of rope, and state whether or
not It is the same whioh you round in Spangler’s
carpet-bag? A [Looking at the rope,] I believe
and am satisfied that it is.
Q.- W.bat did you -do wlfcb the monkey wrench 7
A. I round no monkey wrenoh; I would here beg
loave of the Court to correct so much of my testi
mony as refers to the locality which I stated: upon
reflection, l am Aonvincea that the house was on
the northeast oorner or Seventh ana H streets • the
sssm was »n th* isjsbJ iiaa?. 1 ■
Q,. "What was the number of the room There
was no number, "
Testimony or William Baton continued,
. Q,. State to the court whether you arrested the
prisoner, Edward Spangler, and on what day. A.
I arrested him ;I do not recollect the day; it 'was
the week after the assassination.
Q,. Where did you arrest him ? A. Inahouseon
Seventh street, near the Patent Office; it must have
been on the southeast corner of Seventh Btreet
and 11.
Q,. Do you know whose house it was ? A. I do
not. «
Cl. Did yon And any weapons in his possession ?
A. No, sir, I did not search him.
Q,. Was It his boarding-house ?, A. I think it
was,
Q, Who was with him? A. There were some la
dles In the house,
Testimony of Wm. Wallace.
By the Judge Advocate: Cl. State whether or not,
some time after the assassination of the President,
you arrested the prisoner, O’Laughlln, A, I did:
on the 17th April. ’
-Q.. Where ? A. At the house of a family named
Bailey, In High street, Baltimore.
„ Cl. Was that his boarding-house? A. I think not:
I think his boarding-house, or the house where he
Stopped, was that of bis' brother-in-law, No. 57 Exe
ter street,
Q.. Did you ask him why he was there Instead of
his boarding-house? A. I did; he said that when
i e ar ’J v etl In toivn on .Saturday lie was told that
the officers had been looking for him, and that he
went away to the house of a friend of his, where he
stopped onSaturday or Sunday night- - /
Q. Did he askyou what you had arrested him ior ’
A.H9igsemeato understand what it was for.
„ ha ask you m au In regard to the Oaiisel
A. JNOtiiing that oeours fco my mind at preseafc,
Q.. Did he speak of the assassination of th.a Presi
dent at all. A, He spoke of it as being a very bad
affair.
. Q. DM you find any arms In his possession ? A.
No, sir; we searched him and found none wias
ever, .
Cross- examined by Mr. Coxe: Q., Did the brother
in-law of the prisoner send for the prisoner, or wo
with you to arrest him. .
Judge Bingham ojected to the question.
Mr, Cose stated that the. object was to show that
the brother-in-law of the prisoner went after him vo
luntarily.
Judge Bingham replied that the question was not
properly a portion 01 the cross-examination, but was
altogether new matter. What the prisoner said to
his brother-in-law had not been offered in evidence,
and, in addition to that, It had been shown that the
prisoner had lesolved not to be taken at home, and
was golDg to change hfs boarding house.
Hr. Coxe. The object of tie I pre
sume, is to show that the purpose of the prisoner,
in changing his lodgings, was to avoid arrest, the
witness having testified that the prisoner was found
elsewhere, I desire toask.hlm whether ho found
the prisoner at the his (the prisoner’s!
brother-in-law. *'
The objection waß overruled, the Commission de
ciding that the question, should be answered.
. A. The prisoner’s brother-in-law, Mr. Mallsbv, I
am well acquainted with; he was recommended to
me on Sunday evening as being a good Union man.
as one in whom I could place confidence: he knew
I was looking for Hr. O’Laughlinil told him T
lilxa . Ao egoist met j* Ire aresd tLtfct-G aayfilUoa" AV
could do to assist mo h« would do ; that If ho couldgot
uny information concerning the prisoner he would
impart it to me; that on Sunday evening or Mon
day morning he came to mo and told me that he
thought- if I went with . him we* could ' find
U’Laughlin; I then went with him and arrested
he prisoner.
Q. Did the prisoner say anything , about haying
received any Information a 3 to whether the detect
lives had been at his house 5 A. I think he said
that when he got to his house, on Saturday after
noon, he heard that they had been there.
Q.. Did he protest his innocence of the crime I A
He said he knew nothing whatever about It.
Q. BJd he say he could Bhow his inaoeenoe by the
versons with whom he had been ln company 1 A,
He said he could account for his whereabouts all
the time that he was ln Washington through parties
who were there with him.
Q,, Did he say he left home after being advised
that detectives were there alter him? A. Ido not
remember that he said so..
Testimony of Inuies Gifford.
By the Judge. Advocate: Q,. State whether you
have been connected with-Ford’s Theatre, in this
city, and in what capacity. A. I have been In the
capacity of builder. -
Q. You were the carpenter of the building ? A.
Yes, sir. . .. - . ■ ■
Q.-Dld yon occupy that position on the 14th and
15th of April last? A. Yes, sir.
Cl. Did you observe the President’s box on that
day ? A. No, sir, I was not In It,
_ c l- y« u recollect having seen any one In It?
A. Well, ! Baw Mr. Harry Clay. Ford in It at one
time, and Mr. Keybold. -
Q. Any one elEe? A. No, sir.
Q,. Did yon observe a large rocking-chair, which
was in the President’s box on -the day of the 14th?
A. I did not notice it on the 14th; -
Q.. When did you see it 1 A. I saw itonthofol
low lug .Sunday, ln the box.
Q.. Do you know when It was placed in the box,
and by whom ? A. Ido not.
Q. Do you know whether It was ever there be
fore? A. . I do not think it has been there before
during this season; I saw It last season.
Q.. Do you knowwho took It away? A. No, Blr.
Cl- Do you know whether the stage scenes remain
cow as they were on the morning of the assassina
tion? ...
The witness’ reply was somewhat inaudible at the
reporter’s desk, but he was understood to say that,
with the exception of a slight disarrangement which
r ad been made by order oi the Secretary of War ln
< rder to “ecuie a view of the stage, the scenes were
<n the same position as on the morning of the assas
sination.
Q. Have you examined the wall In the President’s
wx? A. Yes, sir. -
Q,. When did you examine it? A. I think It was
n Monday morning after the assassination when I
first saw it.
a. You had not seen It before 1 A. No, sir.
: Q,. When had you been In the box last ? A, I can
not state positively ; I judge It was within a week?
: Q.. Do you think that if the mortice had been
there you would have observed -if ? A. ; Yes, sh\ I
should think so.
Q.. Had it the appearance of having been very re
cently made ? A. It looked so to mo.
Q. By what Instrument would you suppose ft to
Wabhihotow, Mayl9.
Testimony orairs. SXartha Murray,
By Judge Holt: Q. Look at the prisoners at the bar
andsesir you can recognize any of them? A. I have
not seen any of them, unless it i* that gentleman (point*
Ing to Payne, who was directed to stand up); he has
the same appearance of a maa-I saw.
Q. Was the person of whom you speak a boarder at
your house ? A. Yes, sir, r
Q. Oncerwhatnamedidhepass? A I did-nothear
any name; when Mr. McDevitt came to the house after
wards X showed him the name on the book which X
thought was entered when he came there, and flXr. Me*
Devitt eut the name out of the nook: I cannot remem
ber wbat the name was.
_Q.-HowJong.did ho remain there? A. He came on
Friday and leit on Friday two weeks afterwards.
_you keep the Herndon ffouße/do y<?u not? A ( Hjr
L&»likbd Jo*,- ' * - ...
, Q- ms fte Friday Oh Which he left the I4tk of April
J? s » the day the President was killed.
Q What time in the day did he leave? A, About 4
o’clock: we had dinner at half past 4; this gentleman
paid he was going away, and wanted to aettlehis bill,
and wished dinner before the regular elcner hour; !
a&vo orders to have an early dinner given him; L never
saw anj thing farther concerning him. .
. Q. Did be coice to your house as an invalid. A. No;
.he said he came from the cars about 11 or 12 o’clock.
Q. Did be come alone or with other*? A. fie came
alone. •
Q Would you le able to recognize any person who
vhited hum? Look at tlie prisoners. A. fifo: Ido not
see any one I coaid recognize; X never noticed any one,
bat one evening, when.at the supper table, this gentle*
wan came in; ihad finished ay sapper and got up, and
atlhsufie y &ny fQrt]tter Ration; I.left him sitting
Q. Had any one spoken to you for a room for this man
fceior* he came? A.2fo, not to my knowledge; some
gentlemen have spoken to me for rooms, bntldonot
recollest any one speaking for this man.
Q. Do you remember whether John H. Suratt called
at your hcm&o? A ido not know him; I never heard of
him till this circumstance.
Oross-examtned by Mr. Dostar; Q. State- to ike court
the location of the Herndon- House. A, It is on tne
corner oppoiiie Ihe Patent Office.
Testimony of TVm, B. Welles, Colored.
;By Judge Holt: Q. State whether or hot on the 14 th of
April last you were living in the house of Hr." Seward.
Secretary of State, and; if so in what capacity ? A. I
was in the capacity of a waiter.
Q. Look at*the prisoners at the bar, and sse if von
r« cognize elther_of them? A. Yes; I recognize that
man (pointing to Payne).
Jid he attempt to come into the fconoa tf Mil
™i***¥ a *» i ™*™*Qt Apru? a Heaia,
U Mate the circumstances conneciad. with hi* en .
h‘ Wil8 h. Ji6 etmd he rang the
heJL and! went to the door, and this man came mhe
and Baid ft was madt*
cine from Dr. Verdi; he said he was sent by Dr. Verdi
with particular directions how he was to take the'
medicine, and he said he must go up* I told Mm
thBa repeated * the words
over a good while, totting me he must scotm --mnst
see him, must tee him;’ ’ i told htm he coold not -roup,
tost It was against my orders, that if he would clva me
the medicine I would tell him how to take ft fi he
would leave me the directions; he said that would not
no, and started to go up; and itndtn ghe wottS renal
started pait Mm and went np the amira before him; I
askeo him to excuse me; I thought he would say that I
reinsert toxet Mm come up: I thought porhans h« m*2ht
“ fc d , tttt lb wonl telf Mr. 1 :
toward that I tn«d toetop him; he said **all right-”
1 noticed that hl« stop was very heavy, and T l*k^d
him not to walk w) heavy, he would dlkS?bM?s^
Y* rd ’ Mr. Seward on the steps outside the
door, and had some conversation with him tn tb« u»n
Q. if yon heard that conversation state it? a ft a
said to Mr.Fied, Seward that he waVud Lt'm-
Seward; Mr. Tred. Seward told him thit he could not
see him; he acid that hi* father wa* asleep.at that time '
to give him the medicine and he would take it to Ms
lather; tbatwould not do; he said “ he muatseehim
he mnsteee him;’.’ Mr. Fred, said: " Yto
him, you cannot see him;” he kept oh saying M? mutt
tee him; Mr. Fred, says; 14 1 am the proprietor- here—*
I am Mr Seward a son, if you cannot leave it with me
y** eftubot : eave it ail { ” he had a little more 13k and
holding the little package in his hand: Mr.
>r€d.. would not let him see him any wav * ha
the steps as if to go /own. and !
ec L*j*? do Y> n before him; 1 had gone about three
tf?vvr V d v. tl:i r, ne l- art) ? lad sa Do not walk go
ind S;««£ T M5 e iP n S' 1 « ta Jh* a around he jumped back
*trßok Mr. Frederick Seward, and by the time; I
bad turned clear around Mr. Frederick had fallen and
“mSS” 1 * fefiftntf? 11 * 1 ra ? dow h stairs andcafled,
d £ .*«“>TvkLv. AW6 ? , ’ tot door and cried “Mur-
X then ran down to Geu. Augur*» headquarter,
at the corner; I saw so suard there, and ran . k»
aiid l foiSiw!^ Ho r^' l6 i ft had come out of the building
f «Li^ d got fiDOUt half way back to the
ouse when 1 saw the man ron out and *et nn v,?=
horter he had on a light overcoat ana na bat lint
K * kd a be ‘ I’B.h'b 1 ’ B . h 'b he came into th* house-
X.lad not teen Ms horse at ail befcw “ iuSd
w...‘k?. £ o!aiels Thera he Is settinsr ;, TS
■i«“ a?far*as l»te“t
smsa™* np v “ ~: n s
Ssgtfißii S:
K iirn^XS s moMte,iwlth ■“*«« I ’took tt
Q. How many times did he strike him ? a t
Wri? 1 )? tWs ®“! B , ay anything as he struck Mm ? A
h ! Just “aid“f Mm .
hni fay, d "“ Wm OT ? r the head; that is all I heari
Verdi Mr ’ family physician ?
a \ n f« yon in talking to yon ? A No,
sto him > .»? nci ,t 0 ? a sha oMy kept saying, ‘ • Mtfit
ifme“ ’ 4 walked very slowly forward aU the
4 ih *‘ ka ° w
>'™. came oat did yon yon observe any per/:
aUI) 1 U docr or Pavement ?A. Ho, eir; no one
an® oiHrTe tis hom ? A ‘ 1 did not see
Q. Bow far from Mm were ton at any time after he
PHILADELPHIA, SATPHDAY, MAY 20, 1865,
: have been madel A. I should think IS was' made
by a, knife. '
: Q- Would It not require a good while make if
; with a knife! It is quite a large mortice. A. It
■ . would require a man some fifteen minutes.-I should -
judge. ■ -
Q.- If the three doors of tbe place -were all closed,
IC .' , J 0U W Jave been entirely dark thore, would it
notj A. Yes, sir. -
Q;. Do you not think that one or more of” those
doors must have been opened when this mortice was
made! A. It might have been so j some light
wonld Save been required, I should thick.
G,. Would not such an operation, made with as
open door, be likely to. attract the attention of pert
wns connected with the theatre I A. It a Knife waef <
used..it . 1/..Li..0 1«. was .....1.1...
ttss wouifl Sfentasiiibils. 1 . J
q. What were the uuttss or the prisoner, spang,
ler.l A. He worked on She-stage, made scenery,
fixed op the stage, etc.
Q.. -Was the decoration' of this box within the line
OfbisduUesl A- NO, sir: thefre was a gentioman
tberebj the name of BeyboM; who' was an uphol
sterer, whose duty it was to deoorafe the box, but
he had astiif neckjsohe told toe afterwards; when
I asked him if 1 did not see him la-tae Box, he said,
“ Yes; but 1 dld-noFdecdrate it.”'
Q.. Where were you at the moment of the assassß
nation of the President t A. I was standing about
ten feet from tbe centra of the big lanSpy. just at the
edge of the platform.
r Q,, On tbe stage! A. No, sir;• Mr- front of the .
bouse, outside; I came out to the frent-of the house
after having been In about three or four-minutes.
.Q. You allude to the' front ‘part oFthe theatre!
A. Yos, sir.
Q.. Had you been behind thescenes 1 < Ai Yes.sir.
q. How long before! A, About twessv.mlnutes
beiore. • '
Q.. While .there did you see the prlstoor!' Span tr
ier? A. Yes, sir. . ’ < ®
, ;Q.. What iwas he ,doing? A. He waseu-the left
hand Bide; I came out before the curtain.had-went
up j he was Trailing to transaot hlrtuslhesß.iwMah
was scene shifting. . J ' _i
, 0.. Was it not usual for the passage way which
leads to the back door to be kept entirely tree ofob.
.frailest pswv was wingpiayoaT A, The
ouisiae passage was always kept x'rae ; ;tUe on
traaees were more or lees fiUed with chairs anemia
bles, though that depended on what was-being
played ; sometimes, as in pieces where a large num
her of teats were used, the passages became jam
med up. •
Q,. Do you know who made the mortice ou the
bar which v?a3 found there ? A. Ido not.
Cross-examined by Mr. Ewing : A paper, which
purported to he a plan of the Interior of the theatre-,
was shown to the witness, with the request that he
should Btate whether it was correctly drawn. The
- witness pointed out 1 that it was deficient In several
particulars.
Q.. State whether the passage-way across the
stage to the outer door was ordinarily obstructed
rtuing the play? A. Only by people when there
was a large company on the stage; there was never
any chairs, tables, or scenery la the way.
Q.. Was it not necessary to,keepthe passage-way
clear in order to allow the actors and actresses to:
pass without obstruction from the dressing-room
to the stage ? A- Yes, sir,
Q,. How is the hack-door, the small one, usually
left? A. It is usually left open after the perform
ance is over. -
Q.. Bo you mean that It is swinging, open, or
merely unlocked 1 A, Left unlocked; the Only
door that is left open is the door leading to the side
of the house.
State .what.-poEliion Mr. Spangler occupied;
but inn the performance? A. His business was on
tli«. Jelt tsiui ei<i«s o t fctxe stage, the tight h&ad from.'
Use anditßS*. . . s
Cl- Was that on the side of the President’s box?
a. y 68. .
*O,l State at what time during the performance
you were on the stage that night? A. I was on tae.
stage tißtil the curtain went, up; when it was
lowered I came around on the stage to see that;
t every thing was right;
O* State at what times during the evening when
you came on. the stage between the acts you saw
Mr, Spangler ? - I could not state the time exactly;
I judge that the last time I saw him was about
half-past nine o’clock,
Q/. State whether .you saw film each time ? A.
Yes, sir, each time, '
Q,, Re was your subordinate, was he not ? A.
Yes, sir.
0.. State where you were during that play when ’
you were not on the stage ? A. I was in the front of
the house; I walked down to D street and Tenth to
look at a big lamp which I had put up there; during
the performance of the first act I walked up to the
corner of Tenth street and F, and took a glass of
ale; during the second act and during the third act
I did not leave the house at all. v ■*
Q,. You were then in front of the theatre part of
the time between the second and third act ? A, I
was on the stage between the acta.
Q,« Where were you during the performance of the
second act ? A. To the best of my knowledge I was
then in the front.
Q.. All the time? A. Not all the time. .
Q.. How much of the time 1 A. Well, I do not
know f I walked is and-||ajid. m&ylft. ‘
misaxtr-es, asd WsJiMkcl otit, - '
Cl- State whether or not you saw the prisoner,
apangler, at any time during that play in front of
the theatre? A. I did not; X do not think he
could have been In front; of the theatre with
out my knowing it, because the scenes would
have gone wrong if he had left the stage.
V ,Q . Did you ever steSpanarler wear a moustache? A.
a 2: B jr; he nev*r wore one since l knew him
x Q. J)o you know how he was dressed that evening?
A- so, sir; I did apt take any notice of him
Q. Bow was he dressed ordinarily? a. About the
same as he is now.
Q. Was not the “ American Oousin ’ 5 a play in which
. tbe feenes were shifted a good, deal? A They were
what we call plain scenes; there was not much shifting;
I believe there were some five or six scenes in. each
act. •
Q. Then Spangler*** preßence.theve would have been
lndispenesble the perfomance? A, Yes. sir;- If-ho
had not been there the scene would not have gone
on. •
Q. . JMd-you hear Booth call Spangler that night? ' A.
No, tir.
Q. What had Spanglar to do with Booth? Nothing
that I know of; Booth was rather friendly, and every
body about the house was friendly withliim; he had a
winning way about Mm that would make every parson
like him; he was a good natured. j wlai kind of man.
Q- Was he not very much in the habit of frequenting
the theatre ? A. Sometimes I would see him there for a ;
weeh; then he womd go off, and X would not see him
for a couple of weeks. - -
Q. Bid he not have access to the theatre as one of the
employees would have ? A. Yes, sir.
Q. He had access by the back entrance at any time ?
A. Xes, sir, at any time when the employees might go
in..-
Q.: Day ana sight ? a, At anytime whett tha house
W&B Dot looted tid. . ■ ■
«.«•»,, ?'rt*s FMg t w a b?ii »jtr msga nr Booth?,
A. Jaafspreared so; he need to so down and help fiat
Booth's hoieei; i have teen him myself once or twice.
fixing up th e horse.
_Q. Waathai hole in the wall cut into the brick? A.
Up, sir, Ibelievhnot; 10 the best of my knowledge it
was cut in only an Inch - .
Q And it could have been done with a pen-kaife? A.
Yes, sir, I think it miiht have been done with a pen
knife . . ‘ . : ■ - -
The witness was then shown the stick or bar found
in the President’s box, which, however, he failed to
identify in any manner.
Q How long would it have taken with an ordinary
pocket knife to cut the hole in the wall of which you
havenpoken? A. I suppose that a man latent upon
mischief would have done it in ten or fifteen'minutes;
after the face of the plaster, was once broken it could be
accomplished very easily.
,Q. I believ© yon stated that you did not know how
the lock ir the doer of. the President's box came to be
made loose? A. Ido not know.
Q Winn did yon first'hear that the President was
comingtothe theatre on that evening? A. I heard it
between 11 and 12 o’clock on that day.
G. Do you know whether he was invited to the thea
tre?: Ay Tdo not. ' ' -
-Wa. heyisited by other, while there? A I ex
he was. ...
, *otiß.edbishorfe! A, Imust bavebaan abontas far
. t 0 that door? aboutitwenty feet.
«f» of. ! Ms boras? A. Kb *«-•
f £ orae ’ ye *l air ® llt i h « ild not appear ivba
v or,e ’ a P d h«did not appear ta be xoiug
from Sfa“l*eih *r® ° 1 ” WBet ’ ““ ,ilea be * ot *»*F.
, Cros»v*2kjni ne at)y Kr. DoSter: Q. 1 How old are you-?'
Mil iwenty IOW eiactly; rsekoa bstweeh nineteen
jHcwloSy bed you been atMr. Seward’s? A. Nias
Jear| BaTe TcbX!yet boBn t 0 »?i>ofl ; ? A Yes, four or five
was man etandin* whea
CSA a A tk -I*crasTS!’i*tloJ!l,lth 1 * cras TS!’ i * tloJ!1,lt h hlnrr A. He was jaet
- o' a^A a<,o . r < i;sla4 closed the^door.
' cTsadklie ti Aay.
i 1 -MS'— v- -A- -Kw, ho- -*ld mil hsad it to son,
r. Q. YoßEaykialHWq'i.ik id yon? Jl Be "HA not
» TC’Dfhute baa *very fine voice He cginein.
3fou r «ougaixe thHtTnaaasrneprlsAerat
bar; htkte what themje, about.theriacthat resem-
the man yon s3w;that ntiht. ; A. I noticed Ms
PHHtaiooHS. aHfi'hi* boots that Mcht: hs w&«
■ Mr - nearly five minutes; ha had
beevy bootß, black yams, light overcoat; and
* »3^nhat;.Ms face was-very.7ed at the tlhi-o he came
Id; Ik had vciycoarto black hair. - " me
-Ue Have you seeathe ss2»e„bcotß A
aegy the aip ht they.captuffd him- * r
yott-'seen qtfi.e- aswe ‘dothea on MM? A. I
jmve **ea the fiarae'pantaloont ;lxe had cm black panta-
Q. A3d wotild yoa iafer from the fast that be wofe
hi*fttce^ iBtliatifc thesameman? A, No; Xknow
■ Q points about his /ace besides hi* huirdid
yourotice? a. I noticed wfam he talked ha Kind of
fftE ea 'ks2°ri3eif of his lip and»nowed a wrinkle in hi*
#Sr«^nL%?t hie teeth were-tery tight; I haowhim
the moment! saw him.
a h % tfc3 £ a wh«i you re-cognized him the Srst
s“e?, A ;vS?« d^ n H ullt tixo *'' 1 noticed the
JaiMnr of htifilp that I had seemwhea he was talking
Wi*h me,- “
B ! e “ P l '® prisoner tiefore, sines tie
oa m& '
Howdid,7ot?rhapren to so there to see him? iL
•They sent-for me, to the hoase; Mr. Webster and »n
-dtaer'igatlemansame forme. -
.-\%•• What did they.then sav to- you? A. 'They
sS2fi% nt U Mr: WeWer
-«*OT flight siace
,“® thwif happened, and I asked him to« ask Mr. Web
siei to come up to my room ;I was of getting up a.fc
Sl g i^ZJ e£ K z<>t flfld-MLW Mr. Webeter, he told me
m? 4o ffh ■down to Gen. Augur s*;! went down
:; *i£?. s ivJ£ e v ® ry bright in the ball at the
tlSt iiVft*E® to y li « ht 14 w a » at Mr. 88ward s
■ »£?+?v*w sl old them, it was not light in onr-hall,
that ihe bareer did not give but very little light: they !
!™ e A^ e w^r n t kind of a looking man the one was who
Seward; I told teem he had*black hair,
:vis.i] pr *" R i?** vosce * very rail, fend broad across the
KSI42&® ; tb®*? about twenty or thirty gentle
4bs>y brought in one man and-asked me if
f ® ?V?* the one, ana then brought in another $ neither
looked like hint and 1 told them No; they then opened
the middle doGr andUua man came walkings; at the
dooT the light was turned np very high- as soon as I
saw him T.put my finger right on his lace and aaid “ I
know him—ih&twfis the man *’• • A
i«S; ?L d e ll l3er of n } B two men they showed you before
ether Iwhjskersinaii? 1 whjskers inaii? A ’ So ’ one iiad moustaches, the
Q- -Were they a* tall as this man? A. No; they were
khorf j iliey .dmn t look as tail as this man.
, t « Bad yon at that house heard of any rewardfor the
apprehension of the supposed murdei or of Mr Seward?
: re*; 1 had heard of » rawatd for-the different ones,
but i had not heard of, a reward offered for. this cue,
aj&tthayepQt yet; I saw a bill potted up the nest aoin
ngfiem.irom Gen. Augur's headquarters, offering a
reward, but not for thie man,'
H Y offer you money before this man's ap
prehension? A No, sir.
--■'S' &d anybody threaten yon? A. No, sir,
ben the prisoner struck. Mr, Seward, and you
wratdowu stairs;did you and an* tMA±&v* feu*®?. ll_.■
ji?Hfie?»sß»ieirftßfreei the aoonraaoloiadll noat
down, opened the door, and kept on down to the cor
ner. _\ .
had ihe bores when he rode
away ? A. It reemee as lr be went very slow at first,
h m tul L 6 Kot t 0 1 street, then he
went off. at a rapid rate.
Testimony or Geo. F. Kobinson,
, .Br Jndneßolt: Q. Slate whether or not, on the mrht
' n&e Sy?n Mr. C Bfwa?d r “*"• ? & Ia att “ d “"' as
. Q look at the prisoners here, and see if yon recOr
•nf2e eitner of them a* having been at u&t house r hat
c'ffDpy?- A. I seeone of tberawlu> looks like him, ike
one inbis shirt, (poinfcirgto Payne). “ *
, the circumstances attending the encounter
fc i B r£ €J,< £ n '•■'whom, you speak and Mr.
The first I s&w of him I heard a scalding
•**. ihe hall; I opened the door to sec what the trouble
*08; as I opened the door he stood close up to it: as
soon as it was opened wide enough he struck me and
knocked me ptooabiy down, and then rushed ud to the
bed of Mr. Seward, struck him and maimed him: as
scon asl could get on my feet I endeavored'to haul
-him off the bed, and he turned on mo; in the souille:
.there was a man came into the room who clutched him*
'between the two of uswegot him to the door, or by the
idoor; when he clench ed P his hand round my neck
knocked me down, broke away from the other mam
and rushed down stairs. .* -
-5k uM*strike you with? A. He-struck
at tb ? lßSl time; the first time with a knife.
; Q-Did he stab you, and, if so, whore? a. Yes, here
(pointing to about the centre of his forehead).
a3‘ . d i£ S x S^T anything when he struck you ? A. He
did not, that 1 heard. • ”
ft be pass immediately to tha bed of Mr. Seward
nrcc tenociseuyoud°TVfl7 ■Ar&fidtdt
S' a J'°s- tee lm'*trike fiir. SeTpard ? Jl. I did.
T «, With ihs mine weapon ha Btrnck jon with? A.
« A. I caw him cut twloa.
U Did he eeeia to be cutiing at his head, or where’
A, Be .Muck beyond the head ana nech the first timel
then he struck Mm in the neck. .. -
DoEcrlbe how he held the hntfo ? - A. He held It in
this way (ridtiin the hand which-held the Saifs, polnt
mir downwards). .
Q. Did -it seem to be a lario knife ? rA. It did.
Q. Did he say anythin, at all after etabbiag him ? A.
Bot that I heard.
ii Q . ; 'Pi a -'Shwve wound that: had been in
nloteo t A. J did.
Q, Look at this knife and; sci If it is the same one
"ft 4 l? his hand f A :It was about the lsn,th of that;
>t-locked as though it might not ba as-wlde as that: but
X oaireaw it in motion. - r --•* .* w k
of the wounds lafllciod on
Mr/ oeward.; A. There was one cutting his face down
on the left side, . and .another one cutting hisneek ba*
low; X think they were bclh made by the same blow
he waa Bitting probably up in bed at the time, his head
reclining to that the lame blow might have made both;
the other cut wason the opposite side of the neck; there
•were three; wounds in all; it was all bloody when 1
saw it; X do not know but there may- have been more.
h was Mr. Seward in bed at the time? .A. He
WEB. ■ .
Q. From what cause ? A, He had been twown from.
his carriage.
Q. Were his limbs broken ? A. I was told tbat one of
his arms was bi*oken aud his jaw fractured.
Q. 'While alriking him, did Mr. Seward get out of his
stabs A ' fie Ea - Di&^-tted and received ihe
Q. Bid be, during the struggle, Jbll from the b9d dr
remftiß ia bod t A, He rolled out afier*wB had left the
beflj xphenl oame Mcll Ifeiuii is vti IslQj .
.noori. y v i •
,Q- Yon say that this men, during tbo wboJe of this
bloody work, madinoremark at ailiihat he said no
thiDg ?, A. I did not hear him make any remark
Q. When be.came out of the rowm had Frederick
feward risen from the fUor or. was he still lying •? a.
l did not see Mr. Frederick Sewardarouud at all.
Q. Where was he when this man came out? A. The
first I *»w of Mr. Frederick ho was in the room stand*
mgup; be had come inside the door.
' Q. You say he knocked you down when 'he came icto
the room; what did he strike you with? - A. I supoosa
witha knife; he struck me the last time with his fist;
struck me arm ar : my neck aad lst go ana
Q. Pid he immediately go down atairs? A. He did,
t r oUseeMsencounter with Major Seward? A.
.1 Ola not esc that .
. 9.AA er ,£e left wa* anything picked np which he
left behind.? A. There wai arevolver and hi* hat. *
~ Q- Book at this revolver and *ee if *you recognizs it a*
tbeonehe, left? a. I snotUd judge it was; I did not
notice this mit (poinhng to the rammer).
-Q 1 understn.ad.the Mr. Seward you speak of to -be
the Secretary of State, and the house you speak of to be
in Waihiig:on city? A. Yes, sir
Q. Do you recognize this as the hat that was picked
up? [A light brown felt alouch hat was shown. Gan. -
Wallace requested that the hat produced might be tried’
on. Payne. It" was handed to Payne’s guard, who
placed is on Ms head, to-the evident amusement of
Payne himself. 3
Gen- Wallace said, ‘‘Does it fit loosely ?H The
guard replied, ‘‘No, it fits tight. ’*
; Kr. Doster, Payne’s counsel. It Is too small for him-
I suould eay. CL&ughter. 3*
Testimony -of Major Ai XF. Seward.
Sxamined by Judge Holt: Q- State whether you are
the son of Wm. H. Seward, Secretary of State? A. I
am his son.
Q Were you or not at his honse on the night of the
14)h of April last. A. I was. .
J*i "WiU you state whether or not that night any oa6
n m priwaeifi M the bar made hla aDcsaraxiog it that
Deuce
A Yes, I saw this large man who has no coat on,
Payne. ■. • .
Q. atate sirenmstances attending your meeting
W ith him that evening. A, I retired to-bad about 7’
o clock on th« ni#ht of the 14th, with the underitand
ing that I would be calD.d st li o’clock to set up with
my • father; I very shortly fell asleep, and so remained
BMj l waked by the screams of my sister; ijunped out
of bed end ran into my father's room in my shirt and
drawers; the gas in the zoom had been shut down ra
ther low, and 1 saw what appeared to be two men, one
trying to hold the other; my first impression was that
SoJt, * h * d become delirioua, and that the nurse
to him; I went up and took hold of
fV® 1 * .J®* at once from Mb size and the etragsle
that it was not my father; it then struck me that the
nurse had become delirious and was striking abont the
.room at random; knowing the delicate state of my fa
s^ eh X endeavored to shove the person X 7 had
hold of to the door with the intention of putting him
™ 2L?' ® ro P m » while I was puihlng him he struck
*3^,* 02r , tlineu over the head with whatever he
k* B hand: I supposed it at the time to bs a
-.-bat'tie ora decanter hehadseized from the table;.du
ving this time he repeatedwlth intensely strong voice*
1. am mad, I am madon reaching the hall he gave
a sudden turn and breaking away from me disappeared
down itairs; wniie fh the vicinity of ihs-door of ay
lather’s room as X was pushing him out, when he came
opposite, the light in the hall shone on him, and I saw
him distinctly; X saw that he was a very large man"
with dark straight hair, smooth face, and no beard;-
I noticed ihe expreision of his countenance; I then went
intomyroom and gotmv pietol, which had to be taken
oufc fiom the bottom or my carpet-bag j I then went
down stairs, intending to shoot the person if he. at
tempted to return; while standing at the door the ser
vant* boy came back and said the man had ridden off on
horseback ; I then realized, for the first time that the
men was an assassin, who had -entered the house for
t)a Bnypaia a!
<i lid jon riiea retnrD to yom hther'i room? A. I
eßps-oso it. wm & -r© minutes bc/cre I got back; .there w*s
quite & crowd collected at ike door; 1 went for a doctor,
aE ?, “ ati ? mr»n£omentB to keep the crowd out; it mty
not have been three minuteo.
a State whether you examined the number and cha
-5» ct I r **? Wounds given your father aud brother, Fred;
Seward ?. a Mo, sir, I did not examine them,that
nifht; I was beaten very badly myself; alter my father’s
wound* had. been dressed,.andafter my own had been
bandaged, 1 went in and saw my rather; he had one very
large gash on his right check, besides a cut|on.hH throat •
on the right side, and one under hi* leftaranldidiuofc
wound; I did not. know that
nigbt how badfiy he was hurt; the i next day he. was in*
sensible, and so remained, and It was four or five days
bmore I saw-wbat his .wounds were. •
Q. whai did you then discoTer? A. There weretw.o
vrouads about here (pointing to the left side of the
head, over the ear); after the piece of the skall had
been taken out.it left the brain expos d
; Q_ Han he received any stab at all from the knifo?
a. never saw anj thing of: my brother 7 during the
Q, jptd the wound inc icatethat a knife had been
pßed ? A. X thoaght myself it was done by a knife, but
tne buj aeon seemed-to think it was done by the ham
mer of the pifctol; it was such a wound as I would have
6n P p o*ed might have been dot e with a inlfe.
a* * Did yon eee a piatoi picked up.ln that room?' A. I
X know there was one picked up.
% T™ l «®e any article of clothing ? Yea; a hat.
r Hu ??? ld ? A Ye*;
Jam quite certain that is the hat; leawthe hat after it
had been picked up and put in a bureau- drawer; it was
*en out and shown to me the. next day; I did not see
it that night:
Q. And you aav you -supposed it to havei been the
nurse ? A. Yee; I had no idea who the "man wan untli
be was out of the house.
Q. You eay thaf you were struck with a knife ? Ai
The surgeons think itwas with a knife I was struck; I
sunpoßfed at the time it was with a bottle or a decanter:
that the nurse had become delirious, and was striking
at random.
ti Q. Do you feel entirely satisfied that the prisoner at
the bar Is the same man ? A. Ido.
. CroeE-exainmed by Mr. Dob ter: Q. Be good enough
to state whether this is-the first time you have seen
A - No; Xsawhim on
fc °A d -nft Monjtortbe dft3; after he was taken.
Q. Did you identify him then? A. Yes.
i- *tete the Circumstances, A. He was
X took hold of him the
same way I did in the room as>d looked up in his face;
he had the name features, with his size, his proportions,
bis smooth face, and no beard, that I noticed, and
when he was made to repeat the words “lam mad; I
f/sMensity 1 reco * nized tbe same voice, varying only
Testimony oT Biehard C, \
Examined by Judge Bolt: Q State.whether or not,
on the ITth or 18th of April last, you were in the service
offt« floTBrnffi»iit, ud, if so. in what capacity. A. jt
am in.the service of the War Department, acting unde?
the orders of Colonel Olcntt.
Q. State whether on one or both of these days you
had posseision oi the house of the prisoner, Mrs. Su
ralt?: A, Yes. :• . . , ■
_Q, Slate where that house is. A. 80. 548 H street,
city of Washington. r ’
. Q. State whether or not you took posseailon of the
house, and vi hat-assumed fch«re? A. About twenty
minutes past eleven o’clock, on the evening of thel7tn
i ” com i a BY J with other, officers,^went to the
house of Mrs for the purpoee of seizing the
papers that might be found, and of arresting the inmates
uf the house ; after we had besn at the honaa about ten
minutes, and Msjor Smith, Captain Wanserakercb, and
feoxtie other officera had arrested the inmates of the
house, who were in. the parlor all ready to come out;
1 bad sent an officer for a carriage to take them away,
when I he&xd & &lteck and a ring at the door at the esm*
time; -fkerch and, my self Trent to-the
door and opsned ill tho prboser Fayne came id;
he had a pickaxe - Js , his handi.he.had on a gray
®oat, gray-vest,*' paats, a hat made out
tbe sleevesoiSa 'ebTri), 1 jndgci; |aa soon as he
c ame SE, and inmadlatefy fCloflßd the doGjyhetaid, M I
guese I am-mUiake*y'.'c«&K- I, *‘ Who do you want to
Eee?’.' te replied. ‘>^ rs I, on are
right; walk! a:” hetookafsea t; “Jsald, “What did
son coma here for this time of ?’ * he *aid he came
a gutter; that ftjvSffirafcO had sent for Mia; f
■=■ him wbeh, and he','said in jthe morning; Jacked
where he last and he said somewhere on
- 'him whore he b oarded; he eakt he
■■ boarding- house; that he was a poor man.- and -
pained His living with iharpickax's'in Jsls hand; l apfeed
! aoe 6 ' es ! l be-fsiMi “Hothin* aSall,
comewmei; BOmstlmes one daiia*. and ■ojaetiiais asa
ffU^.s-ntsrfr wur;" ••irjTß'.jon. any mow?"
» * * cent; I ssked Mm whVhe'c&are at this
nigM-;-he e&d he came to seewhen is was to ba dot 20
neqonJd commerce early in fie morafirar" I raid, have'
yonhad bo prerion* acquaintance with affro. aiuattjhw
tf?l^? ; A^L d, y} vi l y didabe saiect yo® for this work; -
? G knew he wiswbrkinsfa'ihat neigh
borhood*;, that 2e was a poor mac and'sheeame to him;
I askcd'him how old he was,ana he slid sOtmt twenty:
I where hB was from'; he aaid'-fresi Fanqnier
eouDt7', < Va..; previc-ue to this be had'pnDed’ out an oath
of ajJegiKnce, hauded.it to me, and oaid that-will show
yon who i-am; : it contained the name of* Louie Payne,
- W 7» Ta * ’ l *»ked.him if lie was from the
bomb; 26 wad he was? I asked him when ho loft there;
he said two months »co in February; i asked' Mm why
he left ; he #aid he Had to leave or go into ih‘e'army,that
• £?.Wt lsed:t^ ea * tt \ Ms Jlvin * with thepiokaite f laiked
j“s\i f kffrmltt read; he wid nor X asked him if he
name Write 5 taid *ould manage to write hie own
ji ihhpickaxe he had on Ms shoulder? fpro-
A * Ye5 ’ I then told him-he would
provost marshal and explain? he
but did not answer; the-car*
a .r,l' r w iTed *° take: up the women; they were
pent ©ff, and Payne was also tsken away in charge ©f
oft core; Major insUh f 'Capt&inWani»erekerch» and mr
self remained to search for papers; we did not loave till
3 o’clock the next morning.
Q. Did Mrs. Sfardtt leave the: house before Payne
cgmeor afterwarder. h- They were preparing to-leave,
and were in theuarlrtr; ; Mm Surafct was directed t<vgat
; the bonnets-ard shUWIs of tie others, bo thas there'
; should be no commuaieaticii with each other; she-did
60. endihay wera isatiaady to so. and had sinrud u
: wv vpsaeff *fle door I mat they passaS out
as Payne came in . ji-wuh.wm
Q. Then she did net ses him before she left? A.
she must have seen him- as she passed out; I heard no
conversation in retard to it.
a ®*\ h l e what papers yon. found there, A. I found
Be l er l ? apM l and P^olojnph*.
-•; Didjpuino these photographs of J. Wilkes Booth?’
r *?,vr h * next.xaoriktsc-I was shown & photograph of
J Wilkes Booth taken from his house, found bshind a
picture; we found photographs of .Jeff Davis, Alex. H.
fe.ephens, and of Beauregard; we also feund a card pic- =
’S^J rk ffc th *« a S poil ? l: “ Thc B will It ever be with tjr
ra^t s “ t A, 6 roijhty 6ie ’ ’
Ur will you give the name of the man who found the
cfjJooih? A, I think it was Lieutenant
:Ai^ e, i ra ', or afterwards at the provost mar
shalr.t> oiuce? A. About 3 o’clock In the morning 1 got
b f d b l en fchwe * Shd.had been taken
to tbeOJd Capitol prison before Suy arrival. •
Q "Did you hear Mi a. Suratt eay anything in regard
to the prisoner Payne, at any time T L 2 To? s •
. Cross examination by Mr. Aiken; Q. Have you not
been in the habit of reeing exhibited about the city, in •
thop windows, the photographs- of J Wilkes Booth ?
A* J, ne T? ? one oi them bsfore the assassination, of
the President. «
ft: Ha-veyoc not (eon photo«raplia of Jcfi' DaTi., and
otterpromtneiit leader, of the rebellion, exhibited in
atop wlHaewsf A. I aever hai- oae of them ia my
hands aattl I foard them at this houa©.: - -
. P o you aot it now thai they haye heea bo exhibited ?
A. X havonot seen any since the rebelifon. ‘ 1
. Q. Were not those. photo*raj>hs:6f which you spa&k
found in a. travelling- sack? , a. 2fo> I am positive of
i% w<s l e &ti 7 of ft?'-Plwt9n»Rliß-fraai in that has:?
tixe-y -"Era fottod ia por;f»iio» and tbs aan
tBlcPifi€fi.
Qe. Statcif Mrs.Scratt made any remains 111 regard to
Fuyne. A. as she passed out, it now comes to my re
collection that she made some remark to Major Kmith,
but I did not hoar whai it was. -
Q. Did you, examine the which was
tsk«n from the'house?- A. 80, sir; I took the travel
ling bag> but.did not examine it; we had no key to
Q. Did you examine U afteryou left the house ? Were
not the photographs of Jeff Davis and A.,H. Stephens
tonnd ia that bar? A. JKo; I eawitopenedatthenro
vo&t marehal’a oftce, and H contained nothU-g.
Ixamlnatiou of Major SmltU.
_ By Judge-Holt: Q. State whether you were at Mr*.
Suratt’a house on the night of her arrasi? A. Ye-, I
was m charge of the paitj who. took poseesslonof sue
house . . i ■
Q Did you see Mm. Suratt after the arrest of the
prisoner Paine? A. Yes. ■•••-
Q, CT Did you make any inquiry of her In regard to
him? A. After queitlouing Payne in regard to his oc
cupation, and as to what business he had ac the house
that night, he said he was a laborer, and that he same
there to dig a gutter at the requestor Mre. Suratt; r
stepped to. the door of the parlor and said, Mrs. Suratt.
will yon step here for a moment? Mrs. Suratt came
there, and said I, do you know this man? ghe said,
raising her right hand, “Before God. I do not know
tni*man,and have ntver seen him ; ! , I then placed Payne
under arrest, considering him a suspicious character,
.and that I should send Mm to General Augur’s head-
Quarrers for examination/
Was he eianding in full view of her when she
made this remark? -A. Yes.
You refer to Mr*. Snratt, at the bar 9
(Mm. Suratt raised her-veil) A. Yes. me oar.
, ciM,.|ixumMd'te Mt Aiip: q.'lliflyMcsaffllaa
■U. taJce ? . M T s Snraifcfs I rosJ*a »
Is w liere, irat did sot sss it ssiuiiiftdd. . :.
Q Did yoo fins any pfiotostapfiß tlisra ? A. I did: a
Knu.kor of them. ’
„ Q .SfwlatPerßODß? A. Vaiioua persoae; it is Im
pp»mble to toll who they were.
Q Did yon find a pltotoerapD in’that house of Jeff
Darn or Alexander H: StophoEs? A. Ido not remem-
•Q Aie yon aware or not that it is a common thins far
photofsiapheaa and treepers of book-shops to adrartise
and sell photographs: of the loaders of the rebam in ?
A. tamnot; Ihavonotgiyensnck matters my attsn
won.
Q. Haye yon not seen snchthings?.- A.-I cannot ear
that I have- - - - . -
Q. Have you not seen these photographs* in the pos
session of persons supposed io be loyal? A. Yes, a
great many, but only those who obtained them since
ibis trial: - . . ‘ -‘r v v.
* : -^ re not Aware, that iUs a. common, thing for
the photoerapt* of eminent actors to be publiahed and
scattered broadcast over the land ? A, lam of eminent
actors.*.
Q. State distinctly where these photograph* were
found?, iu They were fonnd in Mrs..Suratt’s house;
. some, of them were found-in a photographic album,
Ijing on the mantelpiece, in the front parlor; they
were pictures of oifferent people with whom I bad no
acquaintance at all. .
What wa* transpiring in the house at the time
airs, fcuiattis&de ihe assertion you speak of in regard
to the knowledte of F&yne? A. The man Payne had
inat come in at the front door; I was questioning him at
the time in regard to what his profession was, if he bad
‘ any, and what business he had at that house at that
- time of night. * ,
• Q How was Pcyne' dressed that night? A. He had
on a gray coat, black psnts. and a rather fine nair d
, boots; he had on his head what seemed t<) be a gray
shirt sleßTeiirhioli was haDiinr oy,r ona mso .
P*“Ja*oon* .mio hia POOtB? 'A.
rolled up over Ihe top of one leg only*.
- .9, Beaidnotßiiite yon at tto HmeasJjsinia sran
hio appearance, din he? A. Motpartica
• Hid appearance was aot in aay wife Eenteel, was
, it? A. Notatall."
Q. Are you of the opinion that anyone would: recog
nize a person in that garb, as the same person he had
seen beforedrestedas a gentleman?, A. Icertanlv am
CA worsted knit shirt. «!eeve was here pro
duced, and identified by witness as the one Payne wore
on hisheac the night of his arreet. ]
Q. What remark did yon make to Mrs. Suratt -as Von
were leaving the house? A. lmadenone.
Q Did you lay anything to her about being raadr?
A. I said nothing at all; I eaid get ready.
Q. what was her attitude at that time? A She was
Beatedat a chair in the front parlor.
Q. Was she not kneeling? A/She was not.
. Q. .who was present at the time ol the asseveration
eho made that she did not know Payne? A. Cantain
Wernm and Hirsch,: subordinates in the Department
-P?Z Jy-P A th^ E v a l l the »“«k.Bhe made to yon about
heSJng A ‘ all the remark ehe madb in my
Q Mrs. Suratt did not attempt to evade the question
her, .did-she? , A* No,, her answer was
i A*^£ s it 3i * ht hall at the time ? A. Yes. very .
light: the gas was turned on full head. - y
. 0. Did Mrs. Surattexpreas any surprise or deep feel- *
in* at her arrest?.. A. No. sir: she did not ask even for
fee]lM»fal? BalMßteas ■ ' 8 ex J ,Mssed fi»:onrpriBe.or
Q, How man,Pß«ons were arrested together?- A.
Mre. Suratt, Mise Suratt, : Miee Fitzpatrick, aud Hise
Jenkins, *
Q: Was there no inquiry made of you as to the cause
of tho arrest?.-A. *one whoever; when I came there
I went up tee steps and rang ihe be-1: Mr*. Surttt
opened the window and said, “I* that you, Kirby?”
the reply was that it was not Kirby, but open tha door j
she opened the door; I came into the hall and said.
■•AreyouMrz SuraW?” ah? repJM, **l* mt *i “Th#
•witlvwy o# htr. K irastf” i added. aTtO. ttte
mother of John H. Snralt, Jr. V * sha replied, * ’ I am*’'
Isatd, '■ I have come to anast yon, and am'in you?
hoUEC, and take you to General Augur’a- for exemtoa-
H OJI; ,L* 1 1 f r * e *ray dirty iack coat was produced aud.
identified by witueeß ee worn by Payne the night of Ms
an est •
Qr Sow do you know that coat to be the one Payne
had on? A. By ihe way any one would recognize such
E£ article from memory.
Q. "What marks about it do yon recogaizo? A The
color and general look of the coat/
9i y? 1 1. fTiL,pe t3ae coat he had on was not what is
called Confederate gray ? A. lam very sure, as X said
before, this is the coat. , •
Q Then.are jou cerlain it was not a Confederate,
gray-coat Payne -had .on when you arrested,him ? A.
Ihavesaid I am c«rtain this i* the coat.
Q- Will you answer my question? A. I have al
mmj. testified on that point, and I'do', not* know
whether i am called upon to-tes;ify three- or four
timet. ' - -
Another coat, smaller, cleaner, and a brighter grey,
was produced. t. - '
; That is the coat, sir; Irecognlze.it by the
; buttene; thatwaa all : that was.wanting .in the other
■ coat; it was hard in the light in which I was standing
to tell. .
, By Mr. Aiken: Or If you should see a gentleman
oresssd in black with a while neckcloth representing
himeeli as a- Baptist preacher, and two months after l
11 yoa were to see the same man dressed as you have de
jcribtd Fayne to be witk a dtrty shirt sleeve on his
kead. a pickaxe in Ms hand and hie pantaloons stuffed
into hie bools, presenting himself aa a laborer, do you'
think you would immediately recognize him as the
same person ? A. If I was very familiar with his coun
tenance I should.
Q You could recollect that, but you could not rocol*
lecta coityon had only »een. a short: tl~m« before, nor
distinguish it from another so Oiffereat-in appearance
as median? A. Itii venrMrd talamomhaii; aans.*
onem»y well SnOTT > the CQI93T Of % CO&5 89811 lathe
Jiijihi time.
Testimony of Surgeon General Barnes.
Examined by Jadss Holi: Q. State wbetber or not
on the night of the 14th Si April last you .were eaUed to
see Mr. Seward, Secretary of State, and If so, in what
condition you four d Mm? A. On the night of the 14th of
April, within a few, minutes of ll.e'ciock. I went to
Mr, Seward s house; upon reaching, there I found the
• Secretary wounded in three places, and Mr. Frederick
insensible, and very badly wounded in the
head; the rest of the family laid not see, as I was oc
cupied with them : •
Q Describe the wounds of each- of the gentlemen,
A. Mr. Seward was wounded by a gashiu the right
cheek, passing around tbe angle of the jaw dby a stab in
-the right side of the neck, passftigiato the large muscle;
and by a stab on the left Bide. of the neck, passing into
the body of the same muscle; Frederick Seward was
Buffering from a fracture of the cranium in twoplacss;
he was bleeding profusely, almost pulseless, and un
able to articulate. •
Q How did tY e wound seem to have been inflicted on
the head? -A. By some blunt instrument, v sueh as the
butt of a pistol, a bludgeon, or something of the kind.
Q. Whatwa* the condition of Mr, Seward, Secretary
of State, before that time?* A. He was progressing
very favorably; he was recovering from a shock re
ceived ten days previously, and was getting along very
well; his right arm bad been broken close. to the
shoulder, and his jaw fractured; but his most serious
injury on the first occasion was from tbe concussion
. D Doyou kn*w whether a pistol was picked up in
the chamber of Mr Seward that night? A. Hot while
I was there, and I have never seen the pistol
. Q- Were the wounds of Mr. Seward very dangerous
jn their obaraoter ?■ A. Yery dangerous and he li Btill
suffering from them •
Tcstim«ii, or Thomas Price.
Stale to the conrt whether or not, on the 14th of
1, yon picked up, somewhere in the yioinity of this
a coat. A, Hot on th« 14th; I did on Sunday, tho
: Q Wlieiica!? A. Inapiec6 - of woods fcetwMo Ban
ker Bill and Fort Saratoga.
Q. Would you recognize that coat again? A. Yes.
sir. I think 1 would. : .
Here two coats were handed to the witness, one of
dark home- spun Confederate grey,the other of a checked
cream-color somewhat akin to the shade so often affact
,d liy gamblnis, .
Q, Book at these two ooati, and see if either is tha
ove youpltilLaiuyl A. This i» the coat CholdScx m
Uellihter-colored one ) “-a -j.
Q. Did yon discover any traces of Mood on the alseye?
A j. 05, sir.
P &l l SSMl» l h^^ dtEe ?’ lfc
,on p^d f UnDTi i^toVuhreelttL° f W “ dB whe ”
. ? n other side of tbe Eastern branch?
teink* fi *he east side of tie Eastern branch, I should
Q, On any road? A. There is a road rune from one
road to another through this piece of woods, and on the
eastern side of this road I found this coat.
Q.. Did I understand yon to say that hloodTwas upon
it when you lotnd it? A. Yes, sir: that’s how I recog
nize it. ... ~ -
Cross-examined by Mr. Doster: Q. When did you
find that coat; state the exaet time? A, Sometime
about 2 o’clock, on the 16th of April. -
Q. Lying in the road ? .A. There is a kind, ofa path,
I should think it a road for drawing wood; the grase
bad grown over it, and on a.turn that was in the road 1.
found the coat. ; - .
Q. What direction i. that from W««Mnitoa"olty? A,
There ia a valley rnna In the direction of Harwood Hos
pital. andtMa at; ip of woodsliesin that Talley.
Q It is northeast, then ? A. Yes, sir.
Q. I nndersiand the branch to ran east from Wash
ington—was it east of that, on the other side of the
branch? A, Hp t on this side,
FOm GENTS.
Jls-lEsanJifiatfcas of Sfr. Rosclf.
Q - Were yon orewnt when Jho prleoner, Payne;- was
searched ? A Tab, sir,
./k hook ait these articles *bd' ray .whether all o r say
PI found upon his person? (The witness*
identified thy articles shown hiroVcOnßistlsg of a pocSet
coipb, a neediecaee, a tooth and hair brnah, and other
c T sa * tbey'wenr handed by the pri*
toma' - r ’ topeca, and Hr, Simpeon handed them*
themam* bl * ®‘* n tt * 74l « Fayne? A,'- Tee, sir, that’s
• &s*!&£s!££" of
Q- Do ion recognize these boots? Ar- tar «?».- a«
£ho»e he had on-wh*n polled off|£»y *f’«S
t\*MU*m**V>m *ita«4s«gircleaufajun&S wh
wswumj »Ull U»U IUJiH
./_ XcvstiraoW:** ofsS„ a. Clary*,"- -
Q 1 book at these boo*r, and’stata if yon discover *« v
name- written therein ? A.- I-had these bootsrestart V
and child discover wrtfrcfsn ißena; it had nearivdK’
-from the effect- of-tto acid with t
; bn.uglr? St out.' 1
; ’ -§• waBjir?;-X It»ppeare«tebe J.'W. Bectfe
Q Was it perfectly distinct? A. 2fo, sir; the t* W
waft distinct,-but tI&AWt wan'obscure when I first T *l
ceived it: Je was merely a black mark; the Writing- -ctH*
covmd, asii I lonnd ft ’ one eOat of ink covered otrer
»np)her, and 1 tcok o#v ne coat of the ink. v% * r
sfjihs J TV. was.dlitlnctjwas the IM f TO ,
ol n J£i’- 6 . to , 3 ’ ,aT<i bib. doubt ?- M Vary little doubt
«. is jcur bdsif«ss? A Pi-iutic* and em
tH'Partment. .
; Croti-ekamined by m. X»oater:- Q! Ton state you
had tome donutsssto tbeTa.xne being’Boolli? a. Ih%d
fs“fvblblett^o^ h,W ” PSrt ° f «“ B b ««
oralrUttS? you *”* - ? f i:tou!£ ® ff «*» “Wm*
Q. How dfd' you-seperßte 16, upper and lower costs ?
uidcr the s cld at6r S> r * li; “* ! “ a uppsneat disappeared,
s**“ rtjiMf A, At the moment the
0< “®l «ostdlsaDpeats the innerim,r beiina+o show
«. Did you" have- any Idea wht'-t wastib purpose in
glvngtlie.-hoats-to yo®» A. He, si’r. . iwposem
Q. Who save then! to you ? A'. S!r. Heals; Assistant
Stcretoiv of thff&eEsc-ry......
i ® ? 2 $- ** e
long to? A Tea, sir.
• £ Jill 0 ™ *°oe |S»e nw* them ti. 1 io
in t v Blooci r followed waethfl’iofiseTg i
natu I discoTexed aS-tbeend
. it possible to restore’shat name by &ity process ?
i. Bynoneihatlhnowof. ,
Q. But do you thiokubat, tsho it altogether, there is
a reae.-nable doubt that is was the name of J. Wilkie .
Booth ? A. r entertain very little doubt abottyt it;
taougn I can’t swear-positively to such a thing. '
Teetimony of Mr. Jortlan.
: _ 8-. St_ate whether or not'you were associated witloMA
• « -# Jn la° feXamtaaiion of the name upon that boot,'
:. Bnd- ; ]f mvdescribe the process and the result? av I
"J!* P nl X Tf - a u f ste “ to look at it after It had undergone
wbat cf emical astion. it waeanbjectedto; I looked* at
‘he mat kg, and came to the coneiusionthatthenamo’
written there was A W. Booth
«. Did you esamiue it through * Ilau? A Yes, sir.
- tirote- examined; by Mr. Boster: 6. Bid you know
Wlo the boot came from r i._ Ho, sir; tho Assistant'
l;?„w„ T v cfn6d m ?> B d said, “I have something cu-
to show yon. M
Q. -Whatday was-that? A- Yesterday,'
+is?‘v^ a 8 tte »Mhe .distinctly-legible? A, I don’t
th A ' a A p 5 T A^ f tbtf a 8 quite distinct.
The first letter was quite dia
lerter not to much so, and tno third
charseie?* -I®** distinct,q-nite as clear in its
jf*-.t Wel " Bt f 9l ® ts ®{ s after- the B. cim f A’lfo, sir; I
totay they were distinct, but sufflcisnUr
«“io indicate what it was.
Q. How I wUI a?k yon what you thought that name
SsUn g ltWaS the of ft ™y
tie gentlemen of the Treasury Department in
iTiti _ 1 i a J OB n S°lM>a witiL criminal
*!5 1 ili&ei i«lngli«a r J al Ike reporters’desk.
t 0 ieave we public urns formed as to
tfc e habits of the treasury in this particular, i
H 'Did yon come to the conclusion as to what the
™Sf a / e J on Auew whose the boot was aap*
pcsedtobe? A. Tea,sir.
T«stimoßy. of Hr, M6rBli.
i J?lJ 00 S at and state whether you made an
tw« B ascertain what name was written
d- It was shown to me by Mr. Yields, the As
sistent Secretary of the Treaenry; I examined it and
thought Iconld make out at first the letters A., J, or J,
then A, W, and ih as the last letters; then I thought I
made out a B as a capital; that in ail I could make out
t n a first examination; then. I thought I could make
3 S tter J s if I T was aot satisfied about
hut about the B and th I was.
sin Dl<l TOn examine it through a glass? A. 2fb»
„ % In the ioter-veniae space was there room for one
or iwolctters? A. FOrt-wo or three; but that would
? on iow taey were wiftea; ttwaa fcbout half aa
Be- examination ofW.H. Wells,colored.
proceedings of the court were here delayed by an
fsalf Holt to remove the- fetters from
the hands of Payne in order that he might pat on both
airegdy spoken of in this record. When
unfettered he rose, and there was a hush
every eye was directed towards
« x P r es»iona of admiration and ab
nil Za dl ? tuctly £«***-. Abhorrence at his
resi or .supposed crime, and admiiailon for his fine
F;?*.VL ai development -His faca slightly flashed and
Jl s 8 . ftß imittfitaTT unite reve&kd the
iJi? y> il" * rb ? eJr ’* *<* -sfteica tae cozaran poyhad ai
•lsd4<l ih Mfe bHvloiis Usilnsony. Ee flLTafc pat on the
c«at el Confederate ir&y, and oyer it drew *he larjr-r
cream colored one. The hat was then handed to him
snd he pufc i on, and . turning toward? the young
negro, bent his dark*blue eiesseatchirigly upon him
judge £oit then said to the hoy: Do you recornizs
£ » .y es ’ eir, but he had.a white collar on,
end looked quite nice, and he had. one comer of that
wV° J er e S®’ turned down like; 1 tell yon Ms eyes
i°°J“4 P re -Here.tfce hoy shook Me head, as
he added Ob! heknowi me well enough.” Is spite
cm t ifA ol s m Al m ?° n&llo l o l the words, the home ypo
|ltiveness or the boy evoked a Jangh, to whichPavna
himself replied by a renewal of Ms old emK
Fe-examiuation of Hr. Robinson.
this witnsse was being looked for, the Judge
aaia * 4 ‘l wish thU witness also to see
the prisoner in Ms present dress, that he maysive his
'W l * 'g l ****” l ®'aan or not’*
s taD d, Mr. Eobinson said he is more
like the man than he was before; I stouid.thinh thathe
is, but yet lam not sure about it. y
tiXv? 011 d * state precisely the hour when this
r+ 5 occurred inyour previoua examination? A.
It was not far from 10 0 clock. *- •>
aft»r. W * S 11 berore or aftBr 10 ?A - 1 thiat It might be
„ q ;JBo yon know whether the pistol that was Picked
wBB loaded.or not ? A.. It was loaded.
. Q, Did yon examine it? A. Yes. sir.
\ P? 8 & r lore seked that Murray be recalled,
£” which U>» court consented in order that she might
haye anopportnnity of seeing Payne with the coat and
MI i* w»« fonad, however, that Mrs. Murray had
ieit tne court-room. .
Testimony of Jacob Bitterspack.
uSt!“ j? SPaasisr, «>e BrisoMrafc
n BMP*™ ,A- Where I did. on the cor.
of Seventh, and G streets.
8 Who him ? A Ido not know.
H . Wbat in the name of the house ? A. It has none.
ana there Is no number to it W |
X- S£°?. WJJS , U '-, A *lr. Ford.
Q. Who lives in that bouse? A. Mrs. Scott
Were you presentwMn he was arrested? A. No,
."Who occupied the room with him? A He never
there; he just got his meals in the house.
Q. Hid he no room in the house? A. So. air.
Q.Did T you see the rope ihsiwas taken tiers? A.
F°* *i?iv 3 “I* kaewhe had a valise there; he used to
the detectives came and asked if he had
any tMng there, and I said nothing but the valise.
X' it was Spangler's? a. Yes. sir.
o' Wh!2 be tak ? there A. I don't know.
«. When did yon giyaitto the detectives? A. On
Monday, the 18thcf April. •
thiktre?* I° n Yes mmollly C * Ued “ Jik3 ” about the
Test imony of Capt. w. Mr Wittmershereta.
__Q. State Whether or not, on-the ISth of April, you
weie at the house of the prisoner, Mm. Suratt, in this
Cl £j ?_A. Ho, sir ; I was thereon the night of tie 17th
, Q Were you present when she and Payne met? A, I
was present.
Q. hid you or did you not hear Major Smith address
any rema k to her, or make any inquiry of her in re
gara to Payne? A. He asked her if she knew Payne.
Q W*b she in the presence of Payne ? A. She saw
him.
Q What did she say ? A. She held up her hands in
this position, andsaid: * * Bo help me Hod I never saw
him before, and I know nothing of Mm. ” ~
« I i l^ 0 l ,)Ii rBcl)gni s ePa y M » then, as the msn? A
'j hat is the znan yonder.
Q. And iel that woman there Mis. Snratt ? A. I can
not see her faee.
_ Judge Advocate Bingham then requested that Mrs.
?® d * t® her. face, which had the very
f / f 1 u 8 ? 1 of att l ac , li “f ‘“i? ft? lii?? <tS tim (ipso:
, Mf" 1 *h*h<mae. Lot, a 1l« met tb« aluaca
r aa<i .F* 1611 recited “ Yas.
coouy !uui ,iowjy r ® iaeB4
.CroM-examinadby Mr. Aiken: Q. Dtdyon njikaany
B ™ci of the pramuts while there ? A. I diS. ■
<3. What did yon find ? A. I fonnd a number of pho
ca^& '** huliet-moulds, and come percussion
a Q V Ih.tvhich room did yon And the percussion caps ?
f ■ Suratt’sroom, on the lower door, andlalso
fonnd there the biUlet moulds
_Q. Were the caps lying loose about in the room? A.
They were in one of the buieau drawers, and the bul
let-mould was on top of the war iroba.
. Q. Was this room on the first floor? A. It was the
bsck parlor on the first floor. , .
_Q. What was the photograph you found there ? A.
There were a number found there, but I don’t know i
whose likenesses they were.
Md y°ullnd:any «f.D»Ti«’-or Stephens there,, or
any of the rebel leaders? A. Yea, nut not exactly
photographs? they were lithographs, carte de .vlsites
m the same style a» photographs.
• t»* Are you aware .that dealers expose these for sale
throughout the country ?
A. I have seen them in Baltimore, eighteen months
>go, hnt. they -were prohibited to be sold by the com
manding general at that time. ~
Q Have you not seen photographs of the leader* of
the 1 ebellion In the hands of persons known to be
loval? A. JSot frequently.
Q. Well, did you ever seefchem? A. Perhaps I did.
. Q. Have you ever seen photographs of Booth in the
hands of loyal men? A. Only In the hand.of those
Who took an intereet in having him arrested
Q Is H vot a common thing for photographs of emi
nent actors to be exposed for- sale ? A I thiak It Is.
Q. Whereabouts were you when Mrs. Suratt made
-hit observation ? A. She' was standing in the parlor,
m ar the hall door
ft Wist remark did Ton make tolsr whan fou war*
roßfix toianeiierfrojn wie house? A. Tne remarn was
made by Major Smith, not me: he had sent for a cab,
and when he said lie was ready to take her away, ads
requested him to waitawMle. and she knelt and prayed
alitiie; shekneU dovm. butwhether she prayed or not
lenn’t say. .
Q. How was Payne dressed when he came in. A- He
was dressed in a dark coat, and pants that seemed to be
black 5 he had a close fitting head dress, apparently a
ihirt sleeve 0* the lower part of a pair of drawers,
closely fitting around his head, and hanging down on*
the bide tix or seven inches.
Q. Is that the article? A. It looks very-much like it;
it* 101 l of mud to Ms knees. .
a. Bo you think yon would recosnite thseoat la had
on if yon should fiseifc iinow. A. Yes ’ •
Q. Bo i’ou recognize it&ow; is that I* b en&*V a t
think it was longer and darker! vu * 6 A * 1
Payna-s hat was.thsn placed upon his head and his
overcoatremorod, when the witnesssaid, "ThaPa tha
coat* and that a the way he had the lead-drea* on
thatlsttJm&E 19r0U,cco 80128 ‘‘heman?. A. Yes, sir,
7 0Tl , Pjould seeaperson dressed In
neck lonkiSi/ilv^fn. 17 . “white cravat about hie
thrM wi?k?*«fts2 a .i?^ ptutml s l * t « F * and Hen .so him
recognize KS h “j2“*
h^fa^tmwWLdt.k 1 d9elal6 Id “’*
•ri»iv»«£/# i?** 011 recognize & person in such a
chauge of garh ina dim gaslight?- A. If I were asked
at him and Identify him, I think I would; the
ESS®?? ?ad taken no particular pains to dismiss him
'"•this face looked as It is now, and 1 wonld reeoemza
him u he put another coat cn and tOYsredhinueif with
mnd. •'•■■
r Q. there another remark made to yon by Mrs.
Su?att*ith reference to Payne? A, Ufo* sir, even the
one menfciFned was not made to iaa. -••• . _
, 0, Bid you see a black bag there? A. Yes, sir;l
hare seen it; it was not opened in my presence; we had
do means of opening it. and we had it sent to the pro
vost marshal’s office to be opened there.
Q. Of yonr own khoyledge do you know anything
’ °Byj£lfe Holt the bullet-moulds on
the top of the wardrobe, in Mrs. Suratt’s room? A.
' Q.’ When' Mrs. Suratt looked at Payne was there
licbtemonghforher tosee ,him? A.. Where he ttood
that place was not only lighted by the hall light, but
also by the light from the parlors. - .
By Mr. Aiken: <3. Hare you ©Ter had any percussion
caps in your possession J . ra.
-q, Have you eyer had any ballet moulds ? A. I don’t
think I ever had. .
O. Isn’t it a common thing for people to keep them in
these times ? A. I don’t know,
testimony of Xdent. John W- Dempsey.
Q Did you erer see this picture before ? -
[Thepleiure was a colored miniature, representiar
three female figure*, generally styled “Spring, Sum
mer, and Autumn, ”3 * ***
WHICH WAS Dead I-The Kolniscke Zeitung, one
Smnorarv ™oS 0W , lßaglneilt b ? a MH
temporary, determined recently to punish the ofFen.
£«£. » somewhat original mannSri Haring r£
that event iISJf heen Present when
to °? P la . ce ! 14 announced to the “ex
change” copy Intended for Its contemporary, and
of course, in that copy alone, that Mr.*Bright hal
lasc i adimx^ I bi?fri%’ o rS£ a ®S bad reoelyed the
le w x f f Tlie halt was swaHowed
Whole. Not only did the newspaper thus hoaxed
announoe the death of the member from Btrmlng
ham, hot it added a sketch of his career* 6
jcnia - WAB
(PCBLISHE) WEEKLY. 1
™ WAI ?*Bes Wl h, sent to nSutiUH •»
T,a — **
So WUI at Uu mam
"zxir’' mh
- 4HT Yo.tm*.t,r, *re rwmesUd in 07 * Bwr -
RaTishn* *•••■• •«» m
« i ioth,«tti^u»oftt»ciub 8 n W | Wtw^
«tt» »opy of the psper will be «jy«.
CALIFORNIA.
Arrest Bf Disloyalists—Railroad and Fi-
nancial News*
Sak FKt®oisooi Hay 18.—Arrest* of treason
1 brawler* and those who rejoice over the assassina*
i. tioa of President tincote continue. .
Jeff. Dayla in sfflgy thi* morning by the
ipyal men.
' The steamship sailed for Panama
to-day, with the Kails and ptfflSegggjg foj if aw
«w sst ®Ksff m flimimm pw, ot wfiioa
goes to New _
From XotslsTiaie*^
Itovigzhii&f May 19i—IHr. Mc&rsth yfas shoe
and kiiicdjjn Shelbyville ais morning by a negro
soldier of dapt. Iterts’ eSlbphny.' MeQTath-and
two or three’other* insolent# objeoted tc rds oo;n
-panoy by nogrb troops of th 6 TJnited States'renden
veur, and daring, ttt altercation the shootag io»k
place.
The R ashviKe'Dnfts» says thV rebel Gea. Ben,
: hui has turned over aB his raen s some TOO. with their
!- arlns «ad faorwMe ths TJnitea States.' The men
were paroled. -
Foraonal
011 tUEEEDITH:.
T , ? DOAH * May r?-.—An immense'meeting of
union men in this cicyi mfsiimously pafeed resold
icas denouncing the- men whose represahtatfbn? ■
caused the removal o 5 General Metodsth fromtha
command of this diEtrJstrsiamplng theEPas unwor
thy of belief, and the w*st snemles of the Union
cause, and opponents tc-the-restoration 'or peace.
Also, thanfcjpg (Jea, Meroditti lor Mg patristic poll.
s Ji,aort sr&ijtjf rroßraent jotmsDn toreiaitßUhlm.
in coiumsnd, TborcsolutXms aisspledgo ah earnest
support so the present Administration, atiniiar
meetings are being held thraughout the dlatitt.
aacEyrioN or otk; tboka's.
CTxoiNr,*ATr, May is.—lVXajor General Thomas
visited the Merchants’ Exoishuge yeaterdav: and
was enthusiastically received. He has returned to
Louisville. ; ■-■ vv
- „ D ®ATB: 03KTHB BEBBL GBK3ftln SOnEEBT.
■ 18.—-The nramphfi A-yis-Sas r«l
-knitd” 1 r ® l ? a “ 831 tha * the rebel General Forrest ira*
by fonr ° rMs ®mi men, to
to be she? b w ° f SiS ° rtbelr eonra.le ß , ordered
hT Forrest the-day bofdra, for &d!ttog.
Snot bXve C ’ •
Jgyg PADIS AT* WAfIQ-T^
May 18.—A despatch from Hesaea
-a, says that Jeff Davis arrived at trao'on cn Mon'
day,.and was sent te Augusta with * ctesngguarl
S^Sinah 106 b 0 W “ he takon t 0 Fortreg3‘Monrob,via
Jeff Davis,
EOSI2 KOBE FACTS COMCEBNINO JrtS'ATTEKPTBO
EBBATB-HIB WIEB SAID HOT TO HAVE WITB
■ Hfewiiere we print anotber romor'oonoerßlnr
the whereabouts of Jeff Dayls in his route toward,
Washington. It is a matter of nneartalhty still,
and it seems as if the authorities desire if should re
main so. While he xemalns In tho shadows It Is still
interesting to read of the incidents of his iieglra;
The Washington correspondent of the Hew Tort
Daily Kewa professes to have information not before
published. He Fays his informant was attached to
General Basil Duke’s command, and left-Aueusta
?„ CO A Tgi f,’ Z n t ?°„ b2tb , lnst - Ha kw JefferstnfSvfe
da April 16, at Charlotte, Horth Oarollna, and was
then informed by one of the President’s ald-da*
camps that he had bronght less than one million ■
of .dollars in-coin from Kiohmond. This money
was paid to the soldiers, by order of Davis, each
private In Basil Duke’s command A
Leaving Chariotfo on
Cabinet, the party reached-
HSw 8 * 0 ?; C f r “ ll " a (Seorgfi 1} the SL
At that point Mr. Davis suggested the
propriety of die party separating, which was done.
Gen. Breckinridge and Mr. Beniamin going t 2
gether, l and Mr: Davis was accompanied only bv
Tr 6 w_.E« £e ' Tt . 1 a s a a!ds > Colonels W. Preston,
Johnston, and Dubblck, and JPrlvate Secretary
Harrison. - Mrs. Davis was not with her husband.
having gone to Mississippi a month or more pre**
vious. My informant did not see or hear of her an
to the time they reached Angesta. Is Is therefore
unlikely that she was with Mr. Davis at the time
CBPtnre, In the opinion of thto offlaev. Dacia -
« f cj, vHort w sraae capture, as he geemiMiy
travelled at leisure. Ha to kayo said.
In reference to the allegation that he was con
ceined lathe assassination of Mr. Lincoln, that he
challerged an Investigation.
HKW YOBS CISTS.
SHIPMENT OP SPECIE TO EITEOPB,
The shipment of -speoie to Europe to-morrow la
estimated at between one and two millions.
thh cojonsarojtßß of iKTamwAn nßVEmra.
It Is rumored that Commissioner of Internal
Keveßue .Lewis has resigned and his position boea
tendered to WBllam Orton, of this city, -
TH2S STOCK BXCHAH-aa;
SECOND BOABD.
VB I S 100 Erie 70Ti
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-SCOU S 656-20 - c l 03« ICOO d 0...... - J 0&
?SCM d0.......n Iss.lOSKi 400 do. jog
IC SS 8 * .. *&: 100 do 70«
Sto pomh Cos! pref-.. 37j£ ioo do JO
500 MariposaM C 0... 13X 200, do -TMt
3S?. ul J kM i: O “ «X 300 d0.....™«5M. 70K
IWHedsonEivK ...100JI 2jo do 70S
,» s I5 eaK — go, 6CO Heading A mli
ISstfcT:- IP 500 40
KBTW TOBK STOCKS,
Gallagher’s Evening Exchange—Gold, IsiMi
New York Central, 88K; Erie, ; Hudson, 100 ;
Beaeirg, 92j^; Michigan Southern, 60^-j.MlcMgan
CentraU IBM; Plttgbnia. t&k < Roat island osk*
womwsstem prsrencfl, oT>i; fort Wayne, mKi
Canton, f Camberland, ss>4 j - QuleiiSHver, Siw,
Gold was very active and firm. Stocks active.
-Erie very ranch excited and very large transactions.
F xplosion of a locemetlvs.
Chicago, May 19.—A freight locomotive on the
Chicago, Alton, and St. Louis Railroad exploded
yeßterday afternoon, instantly killing the engineer
fireman, and brakesman. , ’
Ship Hews.
May 19.—Arrived—Brig Princeton, from
Philadelphia,
Baltimore Markets, May 19.
Plour Inactive and heavy. Wheat steady. Corn
dull; yellow, $l.BO. Groceries quiet.--Whisky very
dull at $2.02. -
Feoh ms Oil Rfgioks.—A disgusted news
paper-correspondent In the oil regions writes to a
Olnolnnatl paper from Oil City:
; “It Is really astonishing to what Indignities the
people who are hunting oil will submit. The hotels
are crowded and dirty. The street Is one aaaol
dHutodmud, which tbe struggling horses.splash-and
splatter all over the nooses and people. It is worth
the price of a good suit of clothes to -promenada-
Main street In Oil City for two days. But ell seekers
do more than this. They go on foot up the creek -to
the ‘oil diggings,’over such roads as they never- ,
before walked on. And here, too, they are sujeoted
to the same splashing process that prevails oh tha
streets of the city. Tne road Is but a continuation of
the streets In all respects, and the pedestrian finds
every tired horse or mule on the way, just In the act
of stumbling ovm bam* M-Maa rials, it ihA ABtUil
momßßt when Ms blundering foot aausoatter.most
of the dilated mad, Tho result of thl3 state of things,
is apparent. Thousands who come to see are satis
fined—no, disgusted—with the first night, and rush,
away by the morning train. It requires the impetus
of a sure prospect of gain to Induce one to remain,
more than a day, while only, those who. are making,
a 1 pile’ will consent to live here.”
Goyebsobb in TBOUBLK.—Vaace. of North Caro
lina. is en route to Washington; Brown, of Georgia,
arrived night before last; Smith of. Virginia, Is
hiding in the western part of that State; Magrath,
of South Oarollna, Is probably captuved - ere this j
the Florida Governor committed suicide; Olarke,
or Mississippi, is trying to bring the State back Into
the Union; Watts, of Alabama, has not- been heard
from recently; Allen, of Louisiana,.will probably
fly to Mexico with his brethren from Tennessee,
Missouri, Arkansas, and Texas. V
Tjbb Atfsteian Taeipp,— CopiessOf- the newly
proposed tariff Tor Austria,. which. Irns - bees ■ sub
mitted to the Relchsrath, have been.transmitted to
.the : various Chambers -of Commerce abroad- The
proposed rates of duty are lower than those at pre
sent in existence, but sttil. these rates, in many In
stance, are regarded as too. high to admit of much
increase in the direct commerolal. intercourse be
tween Austria and other countries. On cotton yarns
and iron manufactures in particular the rates in
the new tariffare much higher than those at present
imposed upon similar productions from the Zoll
verein, though this preference wIU ceaaa on the Ist
. „ lE Englaod the proposed t&rlffls still re
fiuuwsfessi.ii— „f
the principal charges In florins percent«
w . BlffarentM duly in
h«W Present favorofthe
Cotton yarn. „aj,...... Z fM^
80, ao: bleached... .—. „.. 6. 00 10. SB 2 SSH
Vo. do manifold—10.5 D 2.62}*
Cotton goods middle fine—4s OO 78,75 45.00
worstedyarn. iray 4.60- 6.25 5.25
80. do. dyed or manifold. ..10 00 IS .15 13 15
Worsted goods, middle fine-45 00 75 75 45.03
Iron, wrought and rails—. 1.50 aOO LOO
80. plates and T-iron—.—. 260 4.20 ' 1.60
Bo, manufactured common.- 450 525 3.C0
80. do. due.—”-—--12 00 15 75 4.75
AII abb Helic.— A relic of considerable antiquity
has reoently been brought from Panama to New
York. It Is a hand of bone or Ivory, somewhat
roughly carved, taken quite recently from the ruins
of ancient Panama. It Is known to some antiquari
ans of. New. York, that a few very remarkable an
tique works have been discovered In tke long since
destroyed portion of .the old town’ above named j
works which, show conclusively that art, even In Its
state of decadence, was not wholly without Its votaries
even in the early day when Panama was destroyed.
The hand (of Iron or bone), rough as It is, displays
something of the symetry in art that belong to an
ago widely separated from the time in which It was
created, and shows besides the existence of a culti
vation and refinement sot formerly supposed to be
long to the days of which It Is a relic. Though not,
large in else, and soiled with its long Imprisonment
In the earth, this hand is a curiosity which would
delight the heart of an antiquary. The present
owner, we understand, Intends to present It to the
Sanitary Pair, soon to bo opened in Chicago. It la
a valuable contribution, and must attract more than,
a little attention from the curious In historical mat
ters. ■ ■. .
Laobb Bibb ahd the Pittsbubg Colleotob
tllB oases of the thlr
tuoworlee in Allegheny City andKeserve town-
Y ora sei2ed the United Stateß ool
b®e,n effected, by the owners of the
a S recin K to pay the taxes alleged to be
..°' ?er s ln ent, and the costs incurred In the,
Pm? cc< i tboll . or the cases. The following Is the
amount, exclusive of costs of prosecution, assessed
on each; Sebastian Haid, $2,193 74, includinga .
fine of $5OO ; King& Ober, $2,054, including a fine
of *sooj 81. Teohndy, s64f 63 ; J. Gipperish & 00.,
5530; Lutz & Walz, $1,849 95 ; John Hookswender,
$196.60 ; Anthony Hoffman, $427.56 ; Conrad Bber
hardt, $1,849.10 ; Haokieman S Go., $3,163.41; Ben*
& Sledle, $2,313.73 1 Philip Gerst (not libeled),
$343.75 : Julius Welssert, $39410 ; Beohard Kyra,
$468 00. The brewers have notified their customers
that they are about to increase the wholesale price
of beer, in order to cover the loss sustained by them.
In these prosecutions. The. saloon-keepers state
that they will not pay the advanoe demanded, and
from present appearances the beverage will be a
scarce oommodlty this season, —Pittsburg Com
mercial. .
U. S. Maubbal.— Benajah. Deacon, Esq,, has
been rc-appolnted by President Johnson, as 11. S.
marshal for the State of New Jersey. This Is the
first appointment of the kind made by the Presi
dent. Mr. Beacon was sworn Into office by Ms Hon.
Judge Field, at Trenton, and has, therefore, re
entered fully is (he discharge of bis Official duties.
KbwYoek, MaylO.