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MONDAY, MAY 29, 1865.
The War iu Texas.
All the rebel armies east of the Missis
sippi have formally surrendered. An offi
cial order has directed our generals to
hang any roving • bands of guerillas who
are found in anns after the first of June.
Eo completely is bur triumph acknow
ledged, that order has already been re
stored in many parts of the South as com
pletely as if the halcyon days of peace had
■never been disturbed. Correspondents
write that they can travel in Virginia
with as much safety and security as in
any portion of the free States.
West of the Mississippi, however, Kirby
Smith was, at last advices, persistently
maintaining a hostile attitude, and it is re
ported that he is about to form an alliance
With Maximilian for mutual defence and
protection. This rumor should be received
with many grains of allowance. It seems
clear that during the last stages of the flight
of Davis he telegraphed to Smith to refuse
to surrender, and that he cheered his few
remaining partizans by the wild hope that
he would be able to reach Texas, and, once
there, so strengthen his waning fortunes by
a union with the Mexican Emperor, hacked
by France, that he could again endow the
rebellion with gigantic proportions. From
these foolish dreams he was speedily
aroused by his capture, and it is probable
that when the redoutable Smith finds that
the last rational motive for prolonging the
war has been thus destroyed, he will imi
tate the example of Leb, Johnston, and
Taylor.
Maximilian has probably too much
good sense to court the ruin of his rieketty
Umpire by a union with the remnant of
the Confederate army. He may take some
Of Smith’s soldiers to fight his own battles,
bat he has no troops to spare to sustain the
last of the, rebel generals. Our invincible
Sheridan-has been entrusted with the
finishing stroke of the war, and, backed as
he is by the powerful forces set free by the
close of the contest east of the Mississippi,
Kibby Smite has only to choose between
a precipitate flight into Mexico, the dis
banding of his forces, an unconditional
surrender, or the destruction of his army
on a sanguinary battle-field.
Illustrious Visitors.
In the old almanacs, which professed to
be prophetically weather-wise, the predic
tions for each month (avoiding the daily
particularity of Murphy, which allowed
_ the people to test him by subsequent facts),
Used to dribble down* the page in a narrow
streamlet of type thus: Expect some wet
weather about this time; if not, it will bo
atjterwm. It would be perfectly safe, in
the. maker of an almanac in the present
■ine, to make the prophecy for May de
clare that about this time the Mew York
Herald might be expected to contain the
aiual number of columns setting forth, with
eaptandum headings, the coming glo
jles and expenditures of the various popu
lar watering-places. On Saturday, true to
is custom, our spirited contemporary be
gin with Saratoga, lauding the virtues of
k waters and the glories of its new Opera-
Irase, (operas and ballets in the dog
lys !) its embiyo boulevard and its actual
>tels; its races and its drives, its modes
' access and its means of egress; and so
■ a, down to the estimate thq,t five million
ollars will be expended by visitors, this
lason, for health and recreation, which,
of course, doeß not include the purchases
- # ladies for jewels, ornaments, &c., nor
tie special equipages of extravagant gen
emen,” nor, it might have been added,
ie money dropped into the gaping mouths
xi'-hungry rooks by easily-to-be-plucked
ugeons, during the exciting and rather
jangerous occupation generally known as
I fighting the tiger.”
I Among the attractive headings of this
lively article are two, which certainly have
a tendency to “flutter the Volsciaus” of
fashion. One advertJfes “ A Spring Wi
ow worth a Millionbut it required two
r three reperusals to discover that this splen
id promise merely referred to a lady who
wns Congress Spring. The other catch
ig announcement was “ The Prince Im
srial of France Expected," and the very
icond sentence in the article runs thus:
The Prince Imperial of France has been
ivited and is expected about the middle
f the season.” Invited ? By whom?
xpected? On what grounds? To un
erstand the malicious pleasantry of this
vnard, for it is nothing less—to appreciate
ie manner in which the writer must have
luckled over the words as they dropped
om his pen upon the ruled paper, one
mst understand the simple fact, that the
‘rince Imperial of France, who rejoices in
tie name of Mapolbon-Eusenb-Louis
ban-Joseph, and whom our blooming
idles are supposed to be on the eve of
ushing to Saratoga to set their caps at, is
irecisely nine years old.
The probability, therefore, of his ac
iepting an invitation to visit Saratoga,
(where he “ is expected about the middle of
(the season,” may readily be estimated.
(The truth is, Bomebody on the Herald has
[got Prince Imperial on the brain. A few
weeks ago, lie slipped a paragraph into
Hie Paris correspondence of that paper an
nouncing that the little boy was coming to
make a grand tour through the United
' States, accompanied with a great suite,
and now, he will have it that the child is
to spend part of this summer at Saratoga.
As we do not see why any New York
papers should have a claim or monopoly
in announcing the purposes and movements
Df illustrious foreigners, we have to men
tion, on the very best authority, that, on
the very day when the Prince Imperial
arrives at Saratoga, a young gentleman
named Ki,isiAHG, a year older than the,
little French boy, and known as Emperor
of China, will certainly arrive 'at Cape
May, and -that the Prince of Wales’ only
Son (Albert, born in January, 1864), will
as certainly appear in Atlantic City or
Long Branch. They have .been as much
**invited” to, and “expected” at these
places as the child of France has been by
the hotel-keepers and water-owners of Sa
ratoga. The Chinese Emperor and the
English Prince respect etiquette so much
that they will not arrive at the Atlantic
Catering-places one hour before the little
French Prince reaches Saratoga. They
Cill probably remain to eat their Thanks
giving Dinner, in the fall, at Washington
; Heights, New York.
I A Chancellor’s illegal'taw.
The church-yard Clown in “Hamlet”
had a much higher opinion of “ crowner’s
, ’quest law” than we are likely to have of
i Chancery law as laid down by Lord West
.bury, who, as Chancellor of England is
legally “keeper” of Queen Victoria's
conscience. His Lordship is under a cloud
»t present, on account of having been de
lected in the most wholesale nepotism ever
practiced in England, except by the late
Earl GhEV and the present Earl Russell,
ind has not only put as many Bethells into
lucrnive offices as fast as they became
vacant, but has ‘even assisted to make
vacancies by induing actual occupants to
resign, by helping them to retiring pensions,
When he ought to have subjected them to
a criminal prosecution for fraud.and pecu
ation. This has lately been made public
5y an exposure °f what is called “The
flo D p mdfi Scandal »” lately investigated by
House of Lords, with a significant vote
censure upon, hia Lordship, the official
YOL. 8-NO. 252.
Speaker of that branch of the British
Legislature.
It is as impossible as absurd to think of
disposing of that case in a few sentences.
So, we pass it by and come to the mere per
sonality of Lord Wkstbdry himself. On
the death of Lord Campbell, in' June,
1861, his office as Lord Chancellor of Eng
land was given to Sir Richard Bethell,
then Attorney General, and one of the
best equity lawyers at the English bar.
Lord Campbell, who was a good Nisi
Frius advocate, was not a good Chief Jus
tice, and ought not to have accepted the
Chancellorship, as he did, at the advanced
age of eighty—for he knew nothing of
Equity. For the last four years, Lord
Westbury, olim Bethell, has, on the
whole, given satisfaction, in Chancery, to
the bar and the public. He has not been
so successful, in his unaccustomed role of
Speaker of the House of Lords, in Which
capacity, apparently taking Lord Thub.
low for Ms exemplar, he has been so saucy,
petulant, tempestuous, ill mannered, con
temptuous, and even brow beating, that, as
Faddy would say, he has “ conciliated to
wards himself a. great deal of personal ha
tred." The recent rumor, which may be
true in a few weeks, of his having resigned
office, or having received a Cabinet hint
that he ought to resign it, gave great satis
faction, no doubt, to the numerous noble
Lords whom it has been his plrnure to
annoy.
As Cabinet Minister, he had necessarily
taken part in the various deliberations of.
his colleagues upon questions arising out of
the rebellion in the United States. Whether
be favored the cause of law and order, or
the cause of treason and rebellion, never
has been indicated. Nor, in the House of
Lords, has he delivered, as far as we recol
lect, one sentence showing what his senti
ments On the subject were. Last month,
however, when the rebellion was ended, he
delivered a judgment in the Court of Chan
cery which shows one of two things—either
that Lord Westbury has sympathies which
distort his opinions, or that his ideas of in
ternational law are vague, incorrect, and
irrational.
Mr. Perry, one of the Commissioners
of Bankruptcy in Liverpool, had a case
brought before him which arose out of a
contract between two persons who had
jointly entered into one of those blockade
running speculations by which Rebellion
Was supplied with the means of continued
resistance. British law was set at defiance,
the law of nations treated as waste paper,
and the repeated proclamations of Queen
Victobta wholly repudiated. The Com
missioner decided that this contract, which
had reference to the munitions of waT for
“the so-called Southern Confederation,"
was an offence against international law ,
and therefore not valid.
This decision was appealed against, be
fore Lord Chancellor WESTBURY, who
gave his judgment on the 22d of April.
He ruled that Commissioner Perry was
wrong at iaw. Belligerents, he said, had
no right to impose, or require the neutral
Government to impose, restrictions on
commerce. A belligerent had the power
to seize a neutral ship carrying contraband
of war; but beyond this,‘international law
did not go—the right to trade and the right
to sieze being coexistent. The Queen's
proclamation had been appealed to; but
that document, his Lordship remarked,
merely declared that the provisions of the
foreign enlistment act would be enforced,
and warned her Majesty’s subjects against
the consequences of seizure.
This judgment virtually declares, then,
that it iB lawful for two or more British
subjects to make a contract, the object of
wMch was to do an unlawful act, or series
of ,acts, to evade and, violate the law of
England and of nations, and practically,
by disobeying it, to treat their Queen’s
proclamations as worthless. We take leave
to suggest that, when some future biogra
pher completes the “ Lives of the Chan
cellors” who succeeded Eldon (where
Lord Campbell’s lively work, more amu
sing than accurate, ends), he must, if he
adhere to truth, declare that this decision
of Lord Westbuky’s is one which, not
being to “hold water," shows a weak
place in his legal armor of proof. The
law has been declared to be the perfection
of reason and experience, but Lord Wbst
bury’s decision is at variance, altogether,
with common sense. He ought to read his
Blackstone his law has evidently
rusted.
General Thomas Francis Meagher.
After having served more than four years In the
service, General Meagher has retired from it, and
his resignation, frankly and gracefully offered, has
been accepted by the Secretary or WaT In a man
ner at once complimentary and cordial. T. F.
Meagher entered the service In April, 1861, as
captain In the New York 89th, having raised a
company. He served under Colonel (afterwards
Brigadier General Corcoran, and behaved with
the gallantry of his race at the battle of Ball
Bun. Soon after, he raised the Irish Brigade
in NOW York—a loroe or 3,c00 men—and was
commissioned as Brigadier General In February.
1862. HIS brigade . went through a great deal of
Btrvlce— so much, Indeed, that after the battle o f
Cbanoellorsvllle, It was reduced to the numerical
strength of a mare battalion, and he felt nnable to
make such a handful of men, however brave, do
the duty and lnour the responsibility of a brigade.
Scon, however, his original commission was received.
General Mesgher was assigned, by the order of the
Secretary of War, to oommand the troops known
as the Corcoran Legion. Owing to a conflict be
tween General Halteck and the orders of the War
Department, General Meagher, Instead of com
manding the Corcoran Leglcn, was ordered to the
Army of the West; and having reported at Nash
vlileto General Sherman, was placed in command
at Chattanooga, which, being the main key of Ten
nesre and Georgia, ho held with two hundred guns
and a large force, whilst the rebel General Hood lay
between Chattanooga and Nashville. After the de
feat and dispersion of Hood’s army, which was driven
hack, disoomflted and ntterlly rented, beyond the
Tennessee river, General Meagher was ordered by
Major General Thomas, the hero of the battles be
lore Nashville, to take the officers and men belong
ing to the 15th and the 17th Corps by the nearest
route to rejoin General Sherman’s army on tho
Atlastioslde. This he did, and nearly seven thou
sand troops were by him delivered over at Newborn,
North Carolina. He was then relieved from far
ther duty in that department, and reported to the
Adjutant General that he had discharged the duties
confided to him. After the surrender of the rebel.
Generals Lee and Johnston, General Meagher,
feeling that his obligations' as a'soldier were for the
time honorably oancelled, tendered his resignation,
which, as we have already Intimated, has been ac
cepted in a hind sued complimentary manner. ,
American Literature at Oxford.
Our readers will probably remember that a col
lection oi books of Amerjean authors was presented
to Professor Goldwln Smith on. jds departure from
this country in November, The contributors to this
token or literary appreciation of the man and his
frierd’y feeling towards our Republic, will be gratl
fled by learning from tbe following letter reoelvM
with the malls ol the Cuba, that these volumes have
been eligibly placed In the library of University
College, Oxford:
... Oxxord, May 6. 1535.
HUBBY T. TTOKBBXAif, Esq.—My dear sir • I
have the pleasure ol announclrg the safe arrival of
the books, and, at the same time, of renewing the
expression of my gratitude to the kind donors. 8
1 trust the disposition I have made or the ccllec.
tion will meet with approbation, it seemed to me
that my own little study would scarcely be a fitting
receptacle, and that, If placed there, the books
would hardly answer the purposes which the donors
had partly In view—of diffusing a knowledge of
American literature and eharaeter. A new library
las recently been built at University College,lor
which lam a Fellow. I have obtained the percus
sion of the College to place the books In this library,
where they will occupy a range of shelves by them
selves. They win remain my property.while I live,
and will he as easily accessible!to me as If they
stood In my own house; at my death they will pass
to the College.
These specimens of the latest fruits of tbe Anglo-
Saxon Intellect, will, I trust, be thought not Inap
propriately placed In a college whloh is dedicated
to tbe memory of Alfred, its reputed founder, and
tho founder of the intellectual greatness of onrraoe,
The Masters and Fellows of Unieeralty College
desire me to express to the donors ol the books the
great pleasure which tbey feel in receiving the col
lection into their keeping.
Men of all parties in this University, profoundly
share the grief and horror whloh filled the whole
English nation at the tidings of the President’s
murder. The necessarily formal laagnage of the
address which we have unanimously voted Is but
a cold expression of the general emotion.
I am, my dear six, very faithfully yours,
Goidwih Smith.
Tub Triumph op Emaboipatioh.— m a speech
made by Mr. P. Taylor, a member of the British
Parliament,ln St. James Hall, London,he said;
“It has been the pleasure of God that Abraham
Lincoln should die for these principles ’’—the prin
ciples of Emancipation—“not that In dying he
should be the Bymbolol their defeat, but that.he
should be the symbol of their triumph."
WASHINGTON.
Washington, May 31,1805.
GENERAL SHERMAN.
There is tbs best authority for saying that Hen.
Shbbhan never refused to obey the summons of
tie Committee en the Conduct of the War, and
that he never received notice tustll Friday, and he
will be examined to-morrow. His official report,
fully explaining bis arrangement with General
Johnston, bas been on file m the War Department
for some days. No doubt It will soon be published,
and upon tbls be rests bis defence against all slan
deross Imputations. He knew nothing of Score,
tary Stanton’s reasons, General Hallkok’s order,
or the clamors against him, until he passed Gape
Henry, ten days ago, and then made his report,
under a full sense that be bad been treated with
Injustice. It may here be stated that General
Sbebman refused to reoognize the rebel State
authorities until after bis first Interview with Gen.
Johnston, when he received the order of General
Wbitzbu, Issued while President Lincoln was In
Richmond, recognising the rebel StateantUorltlos
of Virginia. He notified Johnston that he would
-pursue the same eourse as to the other rebel autho
rltles. W Ith regard to the question of slavery, he has
repeatedly lecognlzed the validity of the emancipa
tion proclamation and laws of Congress on kindred
subjects, and did not deem It necessary, In order to
render them valid, that he should so state in the
Gonventlon. As for the trade, it was all to our ad
vantage. While it was pending twelve miles or,
railroad was built, the roads were repaired, and sup
plies transported, and Gen. Wilson was moving to
occupy strategic points in the South In order to
prevent the escape of J*»» Davis. It Is stated
that Gen. Sherman, in answer to a remonstrance
from a friend as to his former hostility to newspaper
correspondents In bis army, mentioned as an in
stance of the evil effects of premature dis
closures, that In bis march through North and
South Carolina he was feigning to march
on Raleigh, and so made- Johnston believe,
although bis real destination was Goldsboro, where
he could procure his supplies; bat while the move
ment was in fall and successful operation John
eioh learned, through Northern papers, that the
War Department was sending supplies to Golds
boro, via Morehead City. Instead of defending
Raleigh, Jobnston, through this information,
massed bis army and attacked Shbrman at Ben
tcnvllle, and though Johnston was repulsed, the
Union army lost 1,400 men. New York papers,
containing the information, were found In John
ston's headquarters.
THIS REVIEW.
Troops In very large numbers oontinuo to arrive
here, preparatory to the grand review. Gen. Ous
ter’s cavalry brigade passed through Washington
to-day, to their quarters in the suburbs, The Army
of the Potomac Is the first to he reviewed on Tues
day. Some of the corps will commence moving
from camp as early as half past three o’clook In the
morning, in order to reach in good season their de*
signaled positions.'
THE TRIAL OP THE ASSASSINS.
It la probable that the remaining witnesses for the
prosecution In the conspiracy trial will all be ex
amined to-morrow. Rbvhbdy Johnson is pre
paring an argument denying the jurisdiction of the,
military court to try theßO cases. The oounsel for,
the defence say they will have two hundred wit
nesses, whose testimony will be cumulative on cer
tain prominent points.
SURRENDER OP THE REBEL FLEET IN THE
TOMBIGBEE.
The Navy Deparment this morning received a com
munineatlon from Acting Roar Admiral Thatoheb,
under date of May 6th, off Mobile, In which, be says:
“ I have the honor to inform the Department that
<n the night of the 4th Inst. I received written pro
positions from Commodore Ebbnezeb Farr and,
commanding the Confederate foreps in these waters,
to surrender to me all the rebel naval foroes, offi
cers, men, and public property yet afioat under his
command, and now bioofaaded In the Tomblgbee
river, and desiring a meeting with, me to arrange
forms of surrender to the United States. I accord
ingly met Commodore Fabbanh at OitronvUle, a
point about twenty five miles above Mobile, and ac
cepted his proposal on the same basis as granted to
Genera! Richard Tati.only Major Gen. Caney,
the latter having taken place at the same point and
time, General Oanbt being present. Some days
will elapse before all the arrangements will be com
pleted for the reception of the Confederate officers,
men, and property, when further details with copies
of all correspondence and the written agreement
will he officially made known to the Department.”
THE HANSEATIC REPUBLIC.
The charge d£ affairee oi the Hanseatic Republic
made an official visit to the President yesterday tb
assure him, in their behalf, of the universal sorrow
and sympathy felt for the Amcrloan nation In the
lose It has sustained by the assassination of Abba
ham Lincoln.
NATIONAL BANK AT NORFOLK.
The Exchange National Bank of Norrolk has
been organized at Norfolk, Virginia, with a oapital
of $260,000, and is a designated Government depo
sitory and financial agent of the United States.
John Jav Knox, the popular disbursing officer of
the Treasury Department, has accepted the cash-
Itrehlp ol the Institution, and will Boon enter upon
his duties.
RESIGNATION OF THE ASSISANT SECRETARY
or.wAß.
It Is stated that Mr. c. a. Dana has resigned the
Assistant Secretaryship of War, and Major EcehßT
hag been appointed his successor. Major Eckbbt
has, during the war, filled the arduous position of
Chief of the Telegraphic Bureau of the War De
partment.
THE FORTHCOMING AMNESTY PBOCLA-
MATION.
AU the main matures of the new amnesty procla
mation have been agreed upon, but the details have
not yet been perfected, It will apply to all who did
not avail.themselves of that signed by President
Lincoln, and will be more strict in its provisions.
RUMORED RECALL OF GENERAL BANES.
It is positively stated to-night that the President
iics sent an order to New Orleans for the reealljof
General Banes.
PERSONAL.
General Shbbman, In company with General
Gbant, paid a visit to President Johnson yester
day.
The rebel Governor Vanob, of North Carolina,
who was arrested a few days ago at the.house of
his father-in-law, In Buncomb oounty, North Caro
lina, by a detachment cf Kilpatrick's cavalry,
under command of Captain Hates, on orders, It Is
understood, received from Washington, arrived to
day on the steamer Charlotte Yanderbllt,lnoharge
of an officer and a strong military guard. Vanok
18 a SUB Molting man, but bold and defiant in his
manner. He has been committed to the Old Oapl
tol prison.
W. W. Holdbn.M. S. Mason, W. E. Richard
son, J. P. H. Russ, J. G. Williams and Robbbt
P. Dice, arrived In Washington this morning, from
Raleigh, North Carolina. Their object Is to confer
with President Johnson In relation to the Interests
of the loyal peoele of North Carolina, and the re
organization of their State government.
CHARLESTON.
New York. May 21.—The steamer Arago arrived
here last night, from Charleston, s. O. Among hot
passengers are fifty paroled prisoners, Including
Basil Duke.
A meeting was held In Charleston on the 10th
Instant, hut through a triple contest for the master;
between the chivalry, the poor whites, and the ne
groes, it came to naught. The next day Chief
Justice Chase arrived, and was waited upon by
crowds of people, to all of whom he respectfully and
attentively listened, making to them a speeoh of
considerable length, but his views did not seem to
fully meet those of either of the conflicting parties,
in the evening a grand entertainment was given to
the Chief Justice, and the day following he left for
Hilton Head.
It Is said that Governor Magrath, of South Caro
lina, and Wade Hampton are both at Columbia, en
gaged In conscripting all the males for the con
tinuation of the war.
MEXICO.
Disaffection Among’ the French—Maxi-
milian’s Troops not to he Trusted.
New Yonk, May 20.—The steamer Evening star,
from New Orleans on the 13th, arrived at this port
this morning. Her advices have been anticipated
t>y telegraph from Cairo.
, T h* papers contain some Mexican news. When
Colonel Towhklsky Went out to attack .the Libe
rals, at Nava, the greater part of his cavalry de
serted when ordered to charge. He fired apon them
with his Infantry, and commenced retreating, bnt
he fell into an amlmsh and was killed. The remain
der of his troops surrendered Immediately.
The Liberals had marched within eight miles of
Pledras Negras.
Maximilian’s native troops cannot be trusted, A
’ alter from Kio Grande city says: A new revolution
S breaking but on the frontier. Both the Oortl
a asses have joined their forces with Leon, at Oa
juargo, and are expected to attack Matamoros.
The steamer Constitution arrived at New Or
sons, from Annapolis, with five hundred paroled
■vbel soldiers.
DUKE SWIH AWD SONORA.
The'New Orleans lYus Pella, of the 13th instant,
as the following:
“A gentleman, who has recently arrived IntMs
ity from Havana, Informs ns that he met ex-Sena
or Gwln, of California, at that plaoe, and was
-hewn Indubitable evidence that Sonora has been
t ded to France by Maximilian. Mr. Gwln also
..owed our Informant, whose veracity la beyond
meftior, his patent of nobility, as Dnke of the
r rflDCii Province o( Sonora, signed by tins EfiipMM
the French, and hearing the seal of France.”
New York, May 20.—The steamer Mississippi,
rem New Orleans on the 12th, and Hey west on the
6th Instant, has arrived. The Sand Key and Key
West lights were not lighted, In consequence of the
am Stonewall being at Havana, taking in ammu
itlon, and being expected to come into Key West,
he Powhatan was sent over to Havana, also the
Ariel and Bale, to keep the Stonewall from coming
ut. Great excitement prevailed at Key .West In
■-gard to the matter.
Mawages Haas, of Grover’s Theatre, Washing
on, D. 0., announces In the Chronicle, of that city,
bat he has decided upon Wednesday night, May
rith, as the occasion of the benefit ifor the Lincoln
Mcnument Fond. He promises that a bill of.rare
'.(tractions will be produoed.’
PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, MAY 22, 1865.
THE (APTIHE OF JEFF DAVIS.
STEPHENS, THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE
CONFEDERACY, AISO A PRISONER.
Their Arrival at Fortress Monroe,
with their Suite.
THE PREPARATIONS FOR TEES RECEPTION,
The fascinates Hermetically Sealed,
aud Intercourse Impossible,
akother account of the
ARCH REBEL’S CAPTUSJE.
The Whole of the Rebel Archives
in the Hands of our
Government.
Fortress Monroe, May 20.— Jefferson DavfS;.
late of the sc-oalled Southern Confederacy, with his
family, staff-officers, Ac., captured by a portion of’
General Wilson’s command, arrived here to-day,
12 o'clock, from HlltOh Head, S, Of, on board the*
sleamer Wm. H. Clyde, convoyed by the U. S. gun
boat Tueoarora, Commodore Fralley.
Colonel Pritchard, of the Michigan cavalry, whe ■
made the capture of the Important prisoners, with
a strong guard of his men, accompanied the rebel
party on the steamer Clyde northward to this place,
aud ;on reaching here Immediately telegraphed to
Washington for instructions regarding the disposal
of his charge. At this writing such Is the strict
secrecy observed, not only as to the presence of the
prisoners, but also aB to their future movements,
that It IB Impossible to form even an opinion regard
ing the Intentions of the Government. The steamer
Clyde etui remains away out more than three miles
from here, seemingly anchored, and Colonel Frltf
chard Is probably the only one who has yet some
ashore from her.
The gunboat Tuscarora anchored In the Roads
about two o’clock this afternoon, but nothing can be
gleaned from her officers in relation to the party on
the Clyde. Rumors have been continually flying
about this afternoon to the effect that the steamer
Clyde ran in close to the beach about fonr o'clock,
P. M., and landed Davis and others on the beach,
abcut one mile from the fort, and from there were
marched into the sally-port cf the water-battery, In
order to escape the gaze of the carious.
Four P. M.—The steamer Clyde has just shipped
her anchor In the Roads, and there now-scorns no
doubt but that Jeff Davis must have been landed
somewhere along the beach. No communication
whatever Is allowed with the steamer, and It Is more
'than probable that the larger portion of the party
still remain on board. The officer in charge awaits
instructions from Washington.
About a week since Colonel Brewer ton, of the En
gineer Corps, received orders by telegraph, from
Major General Barnard, to Immediately have va
cated a row of easemates Inside the fort for the ac
commodation of prisoners of State. The work on
the casemates, transforming them Into cells, for
which they are admirably adapted, was at onoe com
menced. The work has progressed very fast, and
the oasemates, which onoe communicated one with
the other, are now hermetloally sealed up by walls
of brick, so that the intercourse of tbelr various in
mates Is not destined to be of a very convivial cha
racter. strong Iron bars and other substantial ar
rangements of a similar material enclose the win
dows and doors, completely rendering futile any at
tempt at escape or rescue, If such a thing as the lat
ter Bhimld be thought of. A wide moatenolrcles the
fort, on the bank of which, in the Immediate vicini
ty of the doomed rebels, a strong guard of sentinels
will tread their rounds.
Every device Which precaution and a deslra to
meet the wishes of the Government and the people
should suggest will assuredly be adopted to ensure
still further the close custody of the most Impor
tant prisoners captured during the war. That the
Government, in thus selecting Fortress Monroe,
V»., to be the place of confinement and double
trial of Jeff Davis and others of the defnnot Confe
deracy, has acted In a most wise and judicious man
ner the majority of thepeople will no doubt admit.
It was here, In Its immediate vicinity, that the.
first dark scenes of the rebellion were enacted; and
what moTe fitting finale should be given it, than
that its President, with his Immediate followers,
Ehould be tried, eonvloted and punished on the soil
of that State where, on numberless battle-fields, so
many noble,-martyred men have given up their
-lives so willingly to aid tbe grand consummation.
THB CAPTURED TRAITORS AT HOBTRUBB KONBOB.
Fortress Monroe, May 20.—Since writing the
despatch of yesterday, it has been definitely ascer
tained that Jeff Davis and party are stiff on board
the steamer William P. Clyde, anohored In Hump,
ton Roads. After tacking In and out of the harbor
for more than three honrs, the Clyde finally came
to anchor In the roads at 5 P. M. yesterday, and
since then has been awaiting Instructions from
Washington. As soon as the Clyde arrived yester
day a telegram was sent to Major Generel Halleck,
at Richmond, announcing the arrival of the prison
ers, but for some reason Gen. Halleck did not re
ceive tbe despateh until late In the evening, when
It was found to be too dark to attempt the passage
of the obstructions In the Jameß river, and conse
quently Gen. Haiiook only reached here at twelve
o’clook to-day. *
It Is presumed that the delay ooeaslond In mak.
Ing a disposal of the clderant rebel President and
others, was, through a deference to the opinion of
Major General Halleck, as commander of the de
partment.
The work upon the casemates Inside the fort,
transferring them into cells, duly Ironed and sub
stantially secured for the accommodation of the
prisoners, la progressing very rapidly towards com
pletion. AU last night the heavy clang of the
blacksmith’s hammer, mingled with the noise of
thecarpentet’B tools, and the clear sharp ring of the
bricklayer’s trowel was heard, and everything be
tokened the active movements of the men engaged
In the woik, and that In a few days, at the furthest,
they could bo in readiness for the reception of pri
soners.
The illustrious prisoners sow on board tie Steam
er JWm. P. Clyde, as she lays anchored about
three miles out Is the stream, comprise the follow
ing persons: Jtff Davis, Mrs. Jeff Davis and four
children, and her brother, and sister, Alex. H.
Stevens, who surrendered himself to our o&valry
'while at his home near Atlanta, and|who Is In ex
tremely feeble health, Clement C. Clay and wife,
and General Wheeler and staff, and a Colonel
Johnson, besides manyothers of Importance though
of lesser note.
Col. Pritchard, of the 4th Mlojilgan Cavalry, with
a guard ot 80 men, accompany the prisoners.
Governor Vance, or North Carolina, arrived here
last evening from Newborn, N. 0.,v1& Norfolk, Ya.,
under a gnard. He Is now In the Fortress, and will,
doubtless, meet the fate destined for the prisoners
In the steamer Clyde.
Colonel H. B. Treat, of Gen. Scofield's staff, ar
lived here at a late hour last evening from New
bern, N. C.,ln the steamer John Tracey, via the
Chesapeake and Albemarle Canal, with about five
tons of archives and documents pertaining to the
late Southern Confederacy, captured a few days
since, by a portion of our forces, at Charlotte,
vllle, N. O.
it will be remembered that when Genera) Bee’s
army left Etebmond, Va., the rebel archives were
immediately consigned to the flames. A large por
tion of their doouments relating to the proceedings
of their Congress and Government were packed up,
and the most Important sent to Oharlottsvtlle,
N. c., for safe keeping, little dreaming that with
all their deep-laid plots and secrecy they would so
speedily fall Into the hands of our Government.
These archives, eto., most undoubtedly possess the
lntensert.lnterest, and will prove the greatest tro
phies captured during the war. They an Is charge
of Colonel Treat, and a strong guard to whose care
they were entrusted by General Schofield, and on
reaching here had them Immediately transferred to
. the steamer Martha 'Washington and sent to Wash,
ington.
THB PEOPLB IN THB PABTT,
Baltimobb, May 20.—A letter from on board the
steam gunboat Tnscapcra, at Fortnss Monroe, to
the Baltimore American, says that the party brought
there includes Jeff. Davis and family, consisting of
tis wife, a small son and two daughters, together
with Alexander H. Stephens, O. C. Olay, Colonel
Wm. Eeagan, General Wheeler, the- rebel raider,
anti fifteen or sixteen other officers.
The letter concludes with the statemeutthat "We
leave for the Potomac In a few hours."
AJUraiKG INCIDENTS.
[Special Corre.pond.nce of the New Tork Herald.)
The ruse perpetrated by Jeff Davis to get away.
From the guard throws entirely into the shade any
thing of the sort on record. When the guard went
t<e the tent occupied by defuuat royalty, they were'
met by Mrs. Davls en dishabille, with
“ Please, gentlemen, don’t disturb the privacy of
ladles before they havo time to dress."
'* AH right, madam,” said the corporal,« we will
wait till you have on your duds."
Presently there appeared at the tent doorman
rstenslble old lady, with a bnoket on her arm, es
corted by Mrs. Davis and her Bister.
“ Please let my old mother go to the spring for
tone water to wash in!" said Mrs. Jeff., tu a plead
ing tone.
It strikes me your mother wears very big boots,"
said the gnard. as he hoisted the old lady’s dress
with his sabre, and discovered a pair of nnmber
thirteen calf-skins.
“And whiskers, too,” said the sergeant, as ha
pulled the hood from her face; and lo l Jeff. Davis,
in all his littleness, stood before them.
A " Spencer" was Immediately polntedathls ear,
and he was marohed baok to the tent and plaeed In
durance vile. “ How are the mighty fallen I" The
great leader of the Confederacy trying to escape
the clutches of justloe in his wife’s petticoats l
One more incident Is all that time and spaoe will
permit me to 7 mention. The soldier Immediately
went to searching Davis, to see what valuables he
cculd find on his person, and besides an amount of
speole found a fine silver-mounted revolver, a pre
sent froma London maauiactuilsg oompany, While
he wbs searohlng, private seoretary Harrison same
up, and In a very Indignant tone, said:
“ Alb t you asbamed to treat our President so 1”
“President-hell,” said the soldier. •• What’s he
President of”? ,
THE SPECIE STORY A HOAX—BOTPHENTS TO
EUROPE,
The story that Jeff Davis had with him such an
enormous amount of specie Is either s hoax, or else
he hsffleft It behind at Washington, which Is very
probable. Tbeie was only about eight thousand
dollars found with them, aa far as known, although
several boxes have not been searched. They were
brought along, however, and will be dellvorad into
tbe hands of the authorities at Washington. There
were found- upon the person of Postmaster' General
Kfngan pagers showing a large amount of spans
shipped for tendon, and these will also be delivered
to the authorities by Colonel Pritchard.
EN BOUTS POR WASHINGTON.
Colonel Pritchard Immediately formed his lines,
placing the prisoners In their own wagons arsd am
bulances, and started for Maor n. The parties were
all sullen, but the ladles tried their skill at repartee
several times, snd the men strained themselves to
besareastlo. Divis remark* d to-Colonel Pritchard
that, hod they not been taken by surprise, they
would not have surrendered without a fight.
“Youwere In a'vory bad predicament to fight
when I saw you, dressed In yonr wife’s morning
gown,” dryly said the' Colonel ; and Davis had no
more to say.
When on the road they received a oopy of Presi
dent Johnson’s proclamation, offering one hundred
thousand dollars reward for Davis. Colonel Pritch
ard read It, and seat it »y an orderly to Davis; He
road it, and as he read ha trembled like Belshazzar,
when he read the handwriting on the wall. His
hands dropped to his side, and with a groan he let
tbe limner ol his doom fall upon tbe floor. Hts wife
picked It up, read It aloud, aud then the entire
party burst into tears, and gave vent to the most
bitter lamentations.
NEW YORK GOT.
New York, May 21.
GEN. SHBBIt AN GCTHG WJiST,
the Herald's Washington correspondence says that
Major General Sheridan has been assigned to the
command of all the forces west of the Mississippi,
and soon after the review of our forces in Washing
ton he wilt be sent there to wipe out Kirby Smith.
eTBAMBSe FOB BUBQ-PB.
Tbe steamers Hina, Frffi, America aud City of
Dublin sailed for Europe yesterday, taking over
: two million dollars In specie and nearly 1,000 pas.
sengers.
COTTON.
: Two thousand bales of Government cotton, con
signed to Simeon Draper, arrived 1 here to day from
Charleston. At tbe auction sale of five thousand
; bales of cotton from Savannah, to-day, the prlees
'obtained were atj4@4B>sc. in gold, for fair to In
terior.
VIBE AT HIB I.o*B TBBATBH,
Afire occurred to-night InNiblo’sTheatre, con
fined to the carpenter’s room. The Metropolitan
Hotel was slightly damaged by water. The busi
ness of the theatre and hotel Will hot be Interfered
with In the least.
THE EVENING STOCK BOARD.
At Gallagher’s Evening Exchange gold closed at
130.&;. New York Cemral, 90}£; Erie,- Xljf» Hudson
River. 1001. i; Reading, 02%; Michigan Central,
106; Michigan Southern, 60X l Pittsburg, 83 % ; Rook
Island, 04 Hi Northwestern, 2f%.;.Northwestern
preftned, 67%; Fort Wayne, 68K; Canton, 36X1
Cumberland. 37%; Quicksilver, 54%.
Tbe stock market was very dull, and there were
but few transactions. Gold was firm, and stood at
the olese of the report at 130%.
SHIP NEWS.
Arrived—Ships John Bright, Liverpool; Adler,
Bremen. Barks Harry Booth, Zaza;: Volanjr, Car
denas; Almera Coombs, Matanzjs. Brigs Nellie
Hunt, River Platte; AUaretta, Oienfuegos; Ohar
bofsio, Trinidad do Cuba; Hydra. Zaza; Ouprera,
Trinidad de Cuba; Florence, Manzantlla; Ella, To
bacco. Schr Gen Burnside, Baracoa.
Arrived, United States steamer Wyalnslng, from
Hatteras Inlet, N. Oj ship FlglUu Maggtore, Car
diff;: barks Pursuit, Key West. Rajah, Rio; Hamp.
ton, Matanzas; brigs Fannie. Butler, do.: Brlttan
nla, do.; Slmooe, Cardenas; Helene, Oarthagena.
The Behel Gen. Forrest not Hilled.
Cairo, HI., May 20.—General Forrest Issued an
address to his troops, on the oth, announcing the
surrender of Dick Taylor, earnestly advising them
to lay aside all feeling of animosity and revenge,
and cheerfully submit to the powers that be; go
home, be good oltlzens, and use their best exertions
to preserve peace and order.
The Memphis Bulletin denies the story of For
rest’s death.
Government ste»ra«»loil
St. Louis, May 20.—'The steamer McCombs, with
a regiment of oavalry for Kansas City, and heavily
laden with Government freight, was sunk in the
Missouri river yeßterday. No lives were lost. The
boat and cargo proved a total loss. Thelrvalne has
not yet been ascertained.
Tbe Case of l>r. Blackburn.
TOEOKTO, C. W-i May 20.— Dr. Blackburn, of yel
low fever notoriety, to-day gave ball to the amount
of $6,C00, The ease was adjourned to enable the
prosecution to have time to procure further evi
dence.
Von'Arrival of itae China.
Halifax, N. S., May 21, u P. M.—There are eo
signs as yet of thearrlval of the China from Liver
pooL The weather Is fine.
Staii> News.
Boston, May 21.—Arrived, ship Commodcro,
Shields; barks George Bell, Oaglalarl; Levanter,
Ardrossan; brig Vlctorle, Port au Prince.
Suratt’s Escape to Canada— The Burling.
ton (Yt) Timet Says: “ The evldencs of Welchman,
at the trial of the assassins, makes publlo a tact for
seme time known In this seetlen, that Suratt ar
rived at Montreal April 6th, and returned, to the
States on the 12th, returning again on the 16th, and
engaged rooms at the St. Lawrence Hall. He left
the St. Lawrence that night at half past 10, and:
was seen to leave the house. of a Mr. Butterfield
(Porterfield t) in company with three others in a
wagon. Some three weeks since a handkerchief,
plainly marked ‘J. H. Surratte,’ was picked up by
the watchman in the passenger depot of the Ver
mont Central Railroad, at this place. It was un
doubtedly dropped by the assassin on his way to
Canada.”
A Speaking Evidence or Jew’ Davis Bar
barlty.—William Y. Ripley, Esq., of Rutland, Vt.,
has in his possession an ingentously.oontrived tor
pedo, made to exaotly resemble a large lump of
coal. This was the artful contrivance employed
with SO much success by the rebels In blowing, up
our transports on the Mississippi, ao d it is suspeoted
that the awful disaster of the Sultana was accom
plished by one of these diabolical things. The one
In the possMßlon of Mr. Ripley was sent to Mm
frem Richmond by his bob. Brevet Brigadier Gene
ral E H. Ripley, and wot found in the private cabinet
of Jefferson Davis after his flight from the olty.
More Ways than One or Rbobuitinq our
Armies.— Theodere Tilton was not very gallant to
the' Chicago ladles In his address there lately. He
told of two soldiers In Grant’s army, lying beneath
their blankets, looking up at the stars In a Virginia
sky. SaysJaok;
“ What made yougo into the army, Tom 1”
“Well,” replied Tom, “I had no wife, and I love
war. What made you go to the war, Jack v
“Well,” he replied, “I had a trite, and loved
peace, so I went to the war.”
He doubted not that among the fair faces he saw
before him many had contributed to swell the ranks
of the army In both ways.
A Hash Blino.—A relic of considerable antiquity
has reoently been brought from Panama to Now
York. It IS ft hand of bone or ivory, somewhat
iflughly carved, taken quite recently from the rulfiS
of anoltnt Panama. It is known to some antiquari
ans of New York, that a few very remarkable an
tique works have been dltcovered In the long slnoe
destroyed portion of the old town above named ;
works which show conclusively that art, even In Its
Btateefdecadence,wasnotwhollywtthout Its votaries
even Id 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 belongs to an
age widely separated from the time In which It was
created, and shows besides the existence of a culti
vation and refinement not formerly supposed to be
lon gto 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 whloh would
del’ght the bean of an antiquary. The present
owner, we understand, Intends to present It to the
Sanitary Fair, soon to be opened In Ohioago. It Is
a valuable contribution, ana most attract more than
a little attention from the curious In historical mat
ters.
A EBtlC OP Southben BaebAßTS*.—Among
the Blohmond trophies In possession of the 6th
Corps of the Army of the Potomao is the famous
Bueslau bloodhound Hero, formerly owned by one
of the keepers of Castle Thunder, at Blohmond,
and kept there as one of the preventives against
prisoners escaping. He belongs to the tribe of
"heavy dogs,” seven feet long from the tip of his
nose to the end of his tall, Is three feet eight Inches
tall, measuring from.the foreshoulders down, and
weighs one hundred and seventy-elght pounds. On
two occasions, before he was three years old, ha
whipped two bears on Belle Island. A royal Bengal
conldhardly give afiercer growl. At first he had an
Intense dislike—the result of his traitorous teach
ings no doubt—to one of onr blue soldier’s uni
forms; but he is rapidly overcoming this dislike,
and dally gives indication of growing tolerance of
Union soldiers and Union sentiment.
Education in Gbbat bbitain and Ibbdand.—
The vote tor publlo education this year Is to bs
693,0781. for Great Britain, and 329,6831. for Ireland
—an Increase of 8,8131. In the latter vote, and a de
crease of 12,8261. In the former. The number of day
scholars Individually examined in England under
the revised bode in the year ending the Slat Of Au
gust, 1864, was 923,713 out of 794,387, the average
number attending the schools visited, or 66 per
cent. The number of night scholars mdividaaily ex
amined, out of 29,981 attending, was 15,627, or
6014 per cent. The percentage of failure was
as follows: In reading, 11-87 per cent.; in
writing, 13-98; In arithmetic, 2369. In Scotland,
where also the inspection and examination of schools
has been oondneted slnoe Maroh, 1864, according to
the revised code, the percentage of failures was In
reading, 10 89 per cent, ;In writing, 28.6; in arithme
tic, 33.4. The percentage of day scholars In England
over teniyears of age to those over six was 39.49 upon
the whole number examined i hut the children who
were both over ten and presented for examination
above Standard 111, was only 16 peroent., and who
passed without failure only 11-12 per cent, of the
whole number examined; these two last percent
ages are slight improvements ovar the correepon sing
ones In 1863, whloh were Ills and 10.00 peroent.
The estimates for dayscholars In elementary schools
In England In the financial y ear 1869-66 Is for 897,513,
at 9s. 3d. eaoh. The oaloulatlon Is based on the
actual average number (844,222) in attendance In
aided elementary schools In the year 1(64, with 9 per
cent, allowed lor Increase np to,the end of 1865, and
5 per cent again for the threeremaining months of
the financial year. The grant per head In the year
ending Slst August, 1864, was os. upon the average
number In attendance, against Bs. id. In 1863, and
allowance la now made for a further Increase as the
rehools become better prepared for examination. The
estimate for night scholars is 40,000, at 7s. 0(1. In the
elementary day schools visited by her Majesty’s in
spectors of schools In Groat Britain, In 1864, 1,333,-
291 children were found present; the number In 1363
was 1,092,741. The number of certificated teachers
actually serving In aided schools was lo.isG In 1863,
and 10, 809 in 1864; of assistant teachers 461 in 1863,
and 688 In 1864; of pupil-teachers 14,180 In 1863, and
12,161 in 1864. The number of students la training
colleges was 2,701, at the end of 1864; the number
resident for 1869, Is about 2,493. The estimate con
tains charges for 64 Inspectors of schools, and 20 in
spectors’ assistants, the same as last year ,—Engluh
Journal.
Thb Wobh Nuibanob oh Oub Tbbbs.—That
ooal oil will oause Instant death to these pests is
proved beyond all doubt. A brush of stiff leathers
made, ana portions of the trees smeared with the
ell, In addition to plaoingasmall quantity on the
nests, and death ensnes. The effoot of the oil on the
pesta seems mlraenlons, one. toneh of the deadly
substance to the nests spreading desolation in all
directions.
THE ASSASSINS.
TESTIMONY OF ASSISTANT
SECRETARY DANA.
THE OFFICIAL SECRET CIPHER OF
THE REBELS.
Despatches in that Character Found
in Booth’s Trunk,
HOW TK2 CONFEDERACY INTENDED TO
INTERFERE IN NORTHERN .
ELECTIONS.
TtyetK MIIANS' BY WHICH NORTHERN
CITIES WXBE TO BE BDKNED.
Wlat the Rebels Intended to Gain
by Arson and Devastation.
SPMGLER’S COMPLICITY IN BOOTH’S
ESCAPE.
HI» ABILITY TO PREVENT IT IP
HE WOULD.
JACOB THOMPSON, THE FINANCAL AGENT OF
THE REBELS,. IN CANADA.
He Keeps an Extensive Account with
thevliank of Ontario, Canada,
He Braw»'$00,000 frem Mareh Ist to the Date
of the Assassination.
Wliat Was it For? Was it for
tlie Payment of Assassins ?
BOOTH'S ACCOUNT WITH
THE BANK.
Washington, May 20.
Tho first , witness examined to-day was Assistant
Secretary of. War Dana, as follows:
Q. State what position you oooupy In the Govern
ment 1 A«. lam Assistant Seoretary of War.
Q.. Look at the Instrument before yon, and state
If you have ever seen It before 1 A. I took It out of
the otflso.of Mr. Benjamin, the rebel Seoretary of
State, In Biohmond; I arrived In Richmond on
Wednesday, the 6th, and went into his office, where
this was found, and brought it away with mo, or
rather X sent If to Major Eokert, of the War De
partment ; I saw It was the key to an offlolal cypher;
there were many papers and things lying around
there, and as this seemed to be interesting, I took It
away.
q. Lid you find it in a (rank? A, Wo. sir;
Benjamin’s office consisted of a series of throe or
four rooms (I think four), Benjamin’s personal
office being the Innermost of all; this was In tho
room next to his, oooupled by his confidential score
tary or. assistant; most of the articles had been
taken away; the record had been taken away, but
Mound several interesting documents-this amongst
them.
By the Court; Q. I should like to know theob.
jCCt Of the Instrument ! A, It is a key to a cipher,
by whioh certain Utters or the alphabet can be used
for other letters, and by using these pointers such
. a cipher can he translated or plain writing be turned
into olpber by interpretation. [Horn—The ma
: chine is about a foot long and eight lnoheshlgh,
and consists of a oyllnder of wood, whioh has a
paper envelope encircled with letters. Thlscylin.
der revolves la pivot hoics at eaoh end, and a bar
across the top- contains wooden Indices pointing
down to the letters.}
Testimony of Major Hctaert.
Q. Look af that cipher, and state if It was found
in the trunk of J. Wilkes Booth; compare it with
tbls other cipher of Which Assistant Seoretary Dana
has just spoken, and state whether or not they are
the samel They are the same, Sir.
Q. You are somewhat familiar; are yon not, with
these things 1 A. Yes, sir.
Q. You have no doubt as to these being the
tame 1 A. Hone at all, sir.
Q. State whether or not cipher despatches have
from time to time fallen Into the hands of the War
Department, and been referred to you for examine,
tlonl A. The; have, sir.
Q. State whether they were the lame cipher as
this 7A. Some of them were, sir; the; were worked
on the same principle.
Q. 1 speak now of the despatches of the 13th and
lllh of October last ; have you them now In your
possession 1 A. I have, sir.
Q, These are the translations 7 A. Yes, sir.
Q. Have you the originals 7 A. Ho, Blr, I have
copies.
Q. State whether they arc written In the samo
cipher of which you have spoken 7 A. I think they
are; they may be different in the key word but the
principle is tho samo. ,
Q, Have yon translated them 7 A. The clerks
have.
Q. Were they worked out without any knowledge
ol this instrument at the time 7 A. Yes, sir.
Q.. Are these translations of those despatches 1
A. Yes, sir.
The following were then road:
Octobxsl3.— We again urse the immenic nscossilr
of our gaining Immediate advantages; strain, evary
nerve for victory. We now look upon the re election
or Lincoln In November as almost certain, and we need
to wblp bis hirelings to prevent it. Besides, with Lin
coln re- elected, and his armies Victorians, we need not
hope even for recognition, much less the help mention
ed in our last. Holcombe will explain thle. Those
flturee of the Yankee armies are correct to a unit. Our
friend shall be Immediately set to work ae you dl*
net.
October 10, 1864. —Your letter oi the ISth Instant Is at
hand. There is yet time enough to colonize manx voters
before November. Ablcw will shortly be stricken here;
It la not qnite time. General Longstreet istoastaok
Sheridan withont delay, and then move Berth as far u
practicable towards unprotected points. This will be
made Instead of tho movement before mentioned. He
will endeavor to amlst the Republicans in collecting
their ballots. Be watchful, and assist him.
Q. State whether the original was sent to its ad
dress 7 A Yes, sir.
Q. From what direction did the cypher of the lath
come 7 A. It <vune from Canada, and went to Rich
mend.
o, From what direction did the cypher of tho ldth
oozte 1 As It came frem Richmond, and wont to
Canada.
Testimony of General Hamilton.
Q.. State whether yon are familiar with the hand
wilting of H. S. Oldham t A. Yes, sir; as familiar
as I am with that of any man living.
Q,. State whether that (handlngUm a paper) Is
In his handwriting or not 7 A. Yes, sir.
The following Is the paper handed to the witness -.
Kichhoxd, Feb. 11. 1885.
Bie Excellency frjTerstm Ponte, President Confide*
rate States of America;
V/Lon Senator Johnson and myself waited upon you,
tome days sines. In relation to the project ot annojins
and hartattlng the enemy by means ot burninf their
•lapping, t&wnSi &g. , &c, q ther« weft ssTsftl remarks
made by you upon the subject that I was not fully pre>
paxed to answers but which,upon eubeequeutcoofereace
with the parties proposing the euterprise> I And cauuot
apply a» objections to the scheme: . ...
First, The combustible material soßslsts of several
preparations, and not one alone, and can be aeed with*
ont exposing the party using them to the least danger or
detection whatever. The preparations are not in the
hands of Hr. Daniel, but are la the hands of Professor
McCullough, and are known hat to him asa one other
Dsitv. as X understand it.
fieeond. Thete is no necessity for sending persons in
tie military eerviee Into the enemr e Country; hut the
work may be done hy agents, and inimost cues by per
sins ignorant of the facts, and therefore innocent
**jn!ave sten enongh of the effects that ean ba produced
to satisfy me that Inmost esses, whhont any danger to
the parties en gaged, and in others but very slight, we can:
1. Bdtu every vessel that leaves a foreign port for the
United States. i. We can born every transport that
leaves the harbor of Jfew York or other Hoithern ports
with supplies for the armies of the enemy iu the youth.
8. Burn es ery transport and gunboat on the Mississippi
river, as well as devastate the country And fill his peo
ple with Urror and consternation.
Ism not alone in this opinion; but many other gen
tl<m«n are as folly and thoroughly Impressed with the
conviction as I am. 1 believe we have the means at our
command, if promptly appropriated and energetlßally
applied, to demoralize the Northern people in a very
short time, for the purpose of satisfying your mind on
the subject, I respectfully but earnestly request that
youwlil have an Interview with Qeaeral Hants, for-,
merly a member of Coatress from Missouri, who, I
think. Is able, by conclusive proofs, to convince you
that what I nave suggested u perfectly feasible and
practicable. ~ „ , ,
The deep Interest 1 feel for the sucosse of our cause In
this straggler with the. conviction of the Importance of
availing ourselves of every element of defence,must be
my excute for writing you and requesting you to invite
General Harris to see you. If you should, see proper to
do so, please signify the time when it will ba conve
nient for you to see him. . , .
lam. respectfully, your obedient j|
On the back of the letter are the two endorsements,
the first being “Hon. W. S. Oldham, JUohmond. Be
biulxylS, 1665.” ‘
Q. BUtc whether or not at the ame of writing it
he was a member of the Senate of the 80-oallea uon
federate States from Texaß 7 A. I was present when
he was elected by the rebel of Texas to
a seat In the Senate of the so-called Confederacy j
since then I know It aa a matter of pnblto .hfetory;
l have seen many speeches, resolutions, and bills
Introduced by him Into that Senate and published
in the pnbllo prints.
q. yon are a eltlien or Texas, formerly a mem
ber or Congress from there 1 A- Yes, sir.
q, do yon know the MoOnllongh mentioned In
ibat letter 1 A. No, sir.
Testimony of Snrgson General Barnes.
Q,. State to the couit whether or not yon made an
examination of the body of Booth after his death 1
Yds sir.
in,. Deeoribe to the court the sear which la alleged
to have been on the nook and the k®"" 4 '
aocc of the body 1 A, On thu lolfc Blue of tu stoic
-.here was a soar, oeo&stoned by an operation per
formed by Dr. May for the removal of a tumor; it
looked like the soar from a born rather than an in
olBion.
0.. How near the ear was it 7 A, Three inches
telow the ear.
Testimony of Frants Blolce.
q, where do yon live t A, ta Charles oounty.
Q,, in the townoroonntryt A. In|th* oountry,
sir.
q. How far from Bryantownl A. About hair a
mile. ..
Q. "Were you there on the Saturday after the mnr
dert A. I wee there on Saturday evening, about 4
o’oloek; as near as I ean eome to the tune it was
between 3 and 4,
Q, Did you see Dr. Mudd there 1 A. Yea, sir.
Q. What time do you think that was 7 A. Be
tween? wniMl*’
FOUR CENTS.
Q. Where did yon see him! A. He o&melnto‘ *
store while I was there.
Q. State'Whether tbe soldiers had arrived from
Washington then! A. I don’t know, sir, whether
they had or not.
Q. Were youaround about the town! A. I was
in the store when he came In; 1 did not take muoh'
notice.
Q. What time' did yon leave the store 7 A, About
just before night.
Q. When did he start 7 A. I didn’t see him when
he started I dHil’t t.«bo much notice ol him.
By the court: Q,- Was the report of the Presi
dent’s assassination In Bryantown at that time!
A. I don’t know, olt.'
O, Did you hear it 7 A- No, sir; I didn't near
until Ihe loads worffgtiardsttf; that was a Uttle before
night.
Q, Yon heard It before yow left Bryan town 7 A.
Oh, yes, sir. .
Testimony of J r H. Ward.
Q.. State where yon llvol t A- Near Bryaatown,
Charles county.
Cl, state whether you were Mum on the afternoon
of the day following the mUrdorof the President!
A. I war; I live in the suburbs’ of the Tillage; I
went as soon as I finished nay dtnter, and arrlTed
there about one o’clock; and' as scon as I arrived I
observed the military were- in town, with Cleat.
Murray, and perceived a groat excitement, not
only with the military, bat with the people, and I
Imagined t hey were going to search the houses ; am
my wife waa alone, l went home lost she should be
alarmed; a nigger came soon afterwards and said—
Objected to.
Wltrei s. I must explain tho facts because I know
but Utile; 1 left him and wont to tho village; Lien
tenant Dana had put the village under martial i aw
asa tUe people irere excited &boot getting borne.
<l. Did you see Dr. Mudd t A. I can’t say, the ex
citement was so great; I can’t say I saw the Dootor.
Q- Wtftt Is your opinion, to the best of your recol
lection, about year having soon Dr. Muudl A. I
would not like to say positively, but Itoccuroto mo
irem faint memory that he was there ;-the excite
ment has been so great ever since that time that I
cannot eay positively.
tt. Yon sav the military were there and the people
were much excited, and yon returned homehow
long did yon remain at home 1 A. About three quar
ters of an hour.
Q.. Did you then hear of the assassination of the
President! A. Yes, sir.
Q.. Did yoa hear who the assassin was 1 A. Yes,
sir. Broth; some gave him the name of Bcose.
Q, Did yon hear it everywhere spoken of! .A.
Yes, sir, at Bryantown I did.
Q. What time do you suppose you heard it 7 A.
It was, 1 think, between one and two o’clock; it was
a cloudy day, and I never paid any particular at
tention, bnt I think It was one or two o’clock.!
tt. What time did yon leave Bryantown 7' A. I
could not gtve you the precise lime; It was between
two and three o’clock that I left the second time ; it
was then I found the military, and In a few minutes
they told me that the President had been assassi
nated, and I came book.
ti Yon say some said It was Booth and some said
it waa Boose, that was spoken by some soldiers with
whom the English language was not conversant 1
A. They would call him Borth, Booths, and Boose;
those who could speak audibly said It was Booth;
those who had an amalgamation ol the languages
said it was Booths.
Q, Where were you when you first heard the Pre
sident was assassinated 7 A. At home; I wanted to
tell you It was through the authority or the darkey.
<4, Who was the darkey 1 A. tiharleg BlolOfi, tht
brother of the fellow whose testimony haß just been
taken. ' -
Q.. Did you ask him who assassinated the Presi
dent 7 A. I have no knowledge of asking him, and
I think he never told me.
Q. In what direction from the centre or the town
do yon live! A. I live In the eastern direction,
principally In tho suburbs,
Q. On the road between Pine Town and Dr.
Mudd 7 A. I live close to the road leading to Bry
antown.
Q. My question Is do you live near or on tho road
between Bryantown and Dr. Mndd’s 7 A. No, sir.
tt- Is It y cur Impression that you saw Dr. Mudd
in the town! A. My impression Is If it be Dr.
Mudd that I saw, I saw him get on his horse ; bnt I
could not swear that It was Dr. Mudd.
, tt- Did you see the face of this person! A. No,
Blr, not that I know of; but I could tell him by a
side or a back view.
Q. How olose were you to him 7 A, About ten
or twenty yards, standing on the poroh of the store.
tt You are only able to swear to a faint impres
sion! A. Yes, bit.
Cl. Wbat was the colcr of the horse this man was
going to 7 A. I don’t know.
Q. Do you know tho horse Dr. Mudd usually
rides 1 I nave seen him on a great many horses,
and there were a great many horses collected there;
Ibave seen him ride a hay horse.
tt. Did you see Dr. Mudd when you first went
Into town 7 A. I think not.
tt. Was it immediately on your arrival, on the
second time 7 A. Yes, sir.
tt- Were you personally acquainted with Dr.
Muddl A. I have boon for two years and five
months, before that I had no personal acquaintance
with him.
Testimony or lleutsuimt Dsns.
Q. State whether or not, on the day following the
President’s assassination, you were in pursuit of the
assasslEß at Brayntown 7 A. Yes, Sir.
tt- State what hour you arrived there on that
day! A. I sent an advance guard of four men; tiiey
arrived there twenty minutes or half an • hour be
fore I did; I arrived there very near one o’clock that
afternoon, Saturday afternoon.
tt- State whether, on yonr arrival, the-sews of the
assassination was spread all around there, A. Yes,
sir.
Q. Was there any person mentioned-as the as,
sasslnl Was J. wanes 80-«j’•.£•'*“;> «“•«“<»
some of the citizens asked -veil I knew far certain
tt was he; as early as a o’olook It
v?as known th&t tko web assassinated)
and who the assassin was! ... ~
q. Are you acaualntedj”** l prisoner at tbe
bar, Dr. Mudd 7 A. No, , . ..
tt- Have yon any knq" rl «' 1 K« whether you met
him on that occasion 7 if No, Blr.
Testimony or BobeTt Nelson (Coloured.)
Cl. Do yon live In Washington ?■ A. Yes, sir; I
did Uve In Virginia. s . , . . -
q, Look at that knife- and state whether you
found It lp the street, an? 1* so, when and where 7
A. It looks like the one I found opposite to Seore
taty £*w*rd’ff«"
Q. When did yen find It there! A. The Satur
day morning after tbe Secretary was stabbed.
Q.. Did yon find it on the pavement or In the mid
dle of the street 7 A, In tho middle ot the street-
Q.. Who did you glva It tol A. Sr. Wilson.
Cross-examination.—Q,. You say It was the same
one? A. I said It was like It.
(i- It was not In a shoath 1 A. No, It was not In
a sheath at all.
Q. Was It In the Btreet or the gutter 1 A. It was
lB tbs noddle of the street.
Q.. Eight in front of the door 7 A. Yes, sir.
Q. What time of day was It 7 A. Early In the
morning; I was going to market; it was about five
or sir, lthink.
Testimony of Dr. Wilson.
Cl. Doctor, look at that knife, and state whether
or not It Is the knife yon reoelved from an; onel A.
This Is the knife I received from the oolored boy,
just come from tbe stand, on Saturday, about ten
o’clock In the day.
Q. On the 16th of April 7 A. Yes, sir.
(1. Where did he give It to yon 7 A. In the libra
ry of Mr. Seward; In the Seward library; he
brought In the door and handed it to me.
Testimony of Col. J. B. Stewart.
q, state to the Oonrt whether or not yon were at
Ford’s Theatre on the night of the assassination 1
lv&0>
Q, Dl’d you see the assassin jump from the box 7
A. I did, at about 10% o’olook; I was sitting In the
front ohalr near the orchestra, on theright hand side;
there are two aisles to theorehestra. and my aide was
on tbe corner, on the left hand, right under, and
bringing me Immediately next to the muslo stand;
at the report of the plßtol I was startled; I was
speaking to my sister, my head being turned to the
left; I glanced back to the stage; anexolamatlonwas
made and a man leaped from the President’s box,
lighting on the stage; he came down with his back
slightly towards the audlanee, but as ho was rising
his face came fully In view; I rose and attempted to
leap on the stage; I made two or three steps on tbe
ratling to the right, after alighting from where I
sat, and keeping my attention on the man who had
alighted upon the stage and who had jumped from
the President’s box; when I reaohed the stage, on
looking to the left I pereolved he had disappeared
on the left hand egress;. I exclaimed, “Stop that
man," and then went past the length of the stage,
and turning to the right, was at a distance 6f twenty
leet from the door; bnt the door was slammed to, I
ran and got to the door very quick, but en coming
to tbe door I swung It round the wrong way, but I
remedied that and passed oat; as I approoohed the
door, alter 1 had last said “Stop that man," some
one said “He has gone, on a horse;” and I heard
the trsmplng ol a horse; when I got oat ofjthe door
I perceived a man monntlng a horse; he was at
that Instant barely mounted; the moon wasj ust
beginning to rise, and I could see him better; the
horse was moving as though prematurely spurred
in mounting; I ran In the dlreotion to whloh the
horse was heading, atabout eight or ten feet from
the head of the horse, and the rider brought him
around to the right again; the horse’s feet were
rattling violently on the stones; I crossed In the
same direction, and was new en the rlghtikaud
side of the horse,bnt hB was gaining on me; when
about two-thirds of the way out of the alley, he
brought the horse forward, and swept to the left of
F street; I commanded him to stop; It all ooouplcd
but two seconds. '
Q,, You found the door dosed; did yon see any
body about the door 7 A. I did.
Q. One or more persons! A. I passed several in
the passage, one or two men, perhaps five persons
altogether; but near the door on the right-hand
side 1 passed a person standing, who seemed In the
net of turning; Inotioed everything: my mind Is
impressed with all that occurred, and I saw a per
son there who didn’t seem to be moving about,
Cl. Look at the prisoners and see If you recognize
the man. A. I see hot one faoe that would reooll
him to my mind.
Q. Which one? A. That one.
By the court: Stand up, Spangler. Witness:
That one looks mote like the man than any other
there.
Q.. Describe hfa appearance.
Mr. Stewart here placed himself In an attitude, In
order to show the court the position in which he had
seen the man, which was a three-tourtha view.
Witness.-1 didn’t observe so far as to have a otear
impression o t his visage; ha was turning from the
door towards me. „ .. ~
Cross-examination: Q. Was it the passage-way
between the scene and the green-room about two
and a half feet In width through which Booth ran 1
A. I don’t know where the green-room is; I never
was then, bnt If I had a plan of the building I
could point It out. . . .
Assistant Judge Advocate Barnett then handed
to Mr. Stewart a plan ot the theatre, by whloh he
explained the rente taken by Booth and by himself,
and on whloh he marked the exaot spot where he
saw the man alluded to In the latter part of his ex
amination In ehlef. ~ s
o. when yen got out of the door, the person was
just rung Into his saddle 7 A. Ha was In his sad
dle, lean tux forward; his left foot, apparently, was
In the stirrup; he was leaning to the left; the horse
was laaving the walk In a sort or motion making
apparently a circle; he was sumplently mounted to
go with the horse without being unbalanced; he was
getting the horse nnder control for a forward move
ment.
Cl, Yon aonid not say, then, that he had just got
Into the saddle 7 A. He was balancing hlmselfra
the saddle; I would form an opinion, from his posi
tion and tbe motion of his horse, that the moment
he got his foot lute one stlrrnp, ho started the horse,
who, having the rein drawn on one side mere than
the other, did not at once make a straight forward
movement. '
By Judge Holt:—Q. I understood you to say that
all the persons you met within the passage as you
approaohed oxhlolted great excitement, except tais
particular man. A. Every person that came under
my notloe In the brief space of not oyer two or turoe
seconds as I ran through the stage toward the door
were greatly agitated, and seemed literally bowll
dered. except the person near tbe door, who did not
seem to be nnder the same excitement.
P‘»'• ,thßr byMOldent
mdeslraif and that It was by design was solved by
man jumping on tbe stage; my Impression was
?hen be oameDom the President’s box that the
SJkatdent had been assassinated; I was so much
Sder that Impression that, though I had not beard
uword after the person on the horse had gone off, I
inflamed the people In the alley there that the per.
son who went off on that horse had shot the Presl
deci‘' you say you saw only the profile of tiffs pwo»
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In the passsge7 A. The profile and full face as he
reseed around. ■ , „
By Judge Holt: Did you vocogntio Booth when
JOB saw him On the stage? A. Ob, yes; after I
went out and returned I woke my family home, and
Immediately ran down the street towards the homo
of Secretary Stanton, but finding persons had been
, here, I turned and went rapidly back to the police
•V \t!on: found Capt, Elohards, superintendent of
mi, tee: gave him my name and what Information I
bad and said to blta I thought I knew who It was j
I bat,' inown Booth before br sight; some two years
before I was Introduced to him one evening at the
Metro ‘•’’Man Hotel; then I hod seen him on the
stsgeA ut I noticed him more during the past winter
at the ht'tel; I was two evenings with some ladles
at a hop at tho National Hotel, and noticed this
gentleman letrarely moving about the parlor j every
person except the one I have mentioned scorned to
be perfectly bewildered on the stage; I felt very
muoh vexed a l ‘ his getting-away.
By tbe Gon ft; Q. How long was It after you
heard tbe doc f slam until you saw this man ba
lancing himsel fln the saddle! A. Not more tkas
while 1 was mak two Bteps. _
Cl. Are you sat, 'Sued that that tho door was olosed
by some other pei 'son than the one who wont out of
the door 1 A. I o °uld not possibly be satisfied of
that; there was no thing to preclude the possibility
that the door was 010 88 db7 . BBotll "tmself.
q, At® you satisfli w that tuo person you saw In*
fide the door was \t i' ®K! s?*
posed) to liar® intern, ’ptodtlie exit of Booth 1 A.
B Q ° From Ms* manner,’ M Wfts eool enough to have
done it 1 At He showed no agitation like the other
Mr! d Ewtei<! Q T\ T trenot the other persons
you have spoken of eiso in'* position to have Into r
mpted the exit of Boot»h A.. 0» yea* at least at
ti» moment I eaw them e\ person I mot QOUla
have obstructed tty ttOM&lti except, oje .pweott.who
waa three or five feet off to \ ,h ? t that WAS thd
person I described who seeniv sd tone passing offs
Qj. Then the person you spe 'akof nearest the door
waß ft> no better position to ha voobstruotod the pas
sage of Booth then any of tht ’ others, so far as you
know 7 A, None whatever.
By the court: Q., Gould this n u® nearest the door
have opened It and gone out boi ore you wont 7 A,
Yes; the door was immediately within the control
of the person who stood there. t
By Mr, Ewing: Q, Do you k. low whether any
person on the stage, or in the pass axe as you went
out, knew that the assassination f*d been com
mitted! A.I cannot soy that; 1 ''My acted very
muoh like people astounded at som ethlng that had
just ocourred,
Tesflmony of Robert A, Ct totpbell,
Examined by judge Holt: a. St, »te whore you
reside! A. Montreal, Canada. .
Q. Are jon or not oonuwtod with {he Ontario
Rank of that city 7 A. I am, as first tt 'Her,
Cl. Look upon that aooount, and stat. * whether or
rot It, Is a correot abstract Irom tbe hawks of that
bank! A. It Ib ; I examined It belbrc I ifMue away.
tt. 'What Is ltl A. It Is the 00, count or Jacob
Thompson with tho Ontario Bank, Atontreal.
O. State on what day the acoono t commences 7
A. The account commences May ao, rset;'prior to
that, however, he left sterling exoha) ige drawn on
the rebel agents at Liverpool or Lend, on for colloo
tlon; as soon as agents advised us of the bills being
paid, (be proceeds were placed to hli< credit-; the
first advices we had was May 30, and t< wo thousand
pounds storlii g was tho amount.
tt. State when the aoconnt closed. A. The ac
count closed April U, 1665.
Q, State the aggregate amount of creci’lt, and the
aggregate amount drawn. A. I’h4 aggregate
amount of credit was <64 687 383 j there is new a
balance due Mm of abont $173 30.
tt. Has he drawn lately to any oonslde rable ex
tent? A. He has drawn $300,000 very nearly slnec
March 1; he bought at one time $lOO,OlO In sterling
exchange.
tt, State the amount drawn out between tbe Ist
and loth ol April 1 A. The first entry in April It
on the 4tfa, a very small check ol $100; there is •
deposit receipt under date of Oth of April, of
1180,000, whloh was to he paid when presented; on
the Bth of April, he purchased A4tosxchange, and
also -£4,000.01, the same date; on the 24th of Marsh
he purchased .£lOO,OOO.
tt. You know Jacob Thompson personally? A.
Yes; 1 know him.
Q.. State whether or not since the 14th of April
last he has lett Montreal 7 A. Ho has; I heard him
say myself he waß going away, and I know he has
not been seen in the bank lately; one of the last
transaotfons was a check given to a hotel keeper
for, as 1 supposed, hoard; he said he was going
overland by Halifax enroute to Europe,
tt- Uan you fix the date of that ? A. I oould net j
since then he has disappeared from Montreal.
tt. How long was this before navigation opened t
A. I think abont two weeks; I know I thought it
strange he was going overland when, by watting
two week*, he oould have taken a steamer.
tt- He was known and recognized as the agent of
the Confederate States! A. Hfs aooount was simply
with Jacob Thompson; we did not know what ha
was; by newpaper report ho was the financial agent
of the rebels; we know that he bought Southern
sterling exchange bills on their agents in the old
country; a part of the time he resided In Upper
Candda, and a part of the time In Montreal.
tt Have you known him to be oonneoted with
other money transactions with other banks In Cana
da 7 A. 0 yes 1 1 knew of one transaction of arty
thousand with Niagara District Bank at St. Catha
rines ; that was a ohock drawn to tho order of Mr.
G. G. Glay, and deposited by him In Niagara Dis
trict Bank; that bank sent It to us, and we put It
to their credit; the date of that was August 10th,
1864.
tt- Did you know J. Wilkes Booth, the actor! A,
1 did : I had one or two transactions with him.
Q. How often did yoa see him In Canada! A. 1
oould not say, I may have seen him a dozen times;
* v«n»«z*iK*.» sHatlnAtlp htaa tUttffl,
tt. Did he have a small accuuot at your bank 7 A.
Yes, bo has still to his eiedlt four hundred and odd
dollars.
tt. Have you any knowledge how that credit
arose! A. It was from a deposit that did not go
through my hands, but through tho hands of
another receiving toller. The memorandum says
check drawn on Merchants' Bank by Davis, 265 and
ten twenty-dollar bills.
Q. Who was Davis, the person referred to as
drawing the oheok 7 A. He was a broker lu Mon
treal, and I am not snre whether he was Introduced
by Davis, or by T. O. Martin from the States, some
where from Klohmond or Baltimore; when Booth
came into the bank he purchased a Mil of exchange
for slxty-one penaCsanu some odd shillings; be said
be was going to run the blockade; he asma whether,
in ease he should be captured, his captors could
make use of tbe exchange; I Bald no. not unless he
endorsed tbe bill; be then said he would take three
hundred dollars’ worth, for whloh I think he paid
American gold; these arc the only two transactions
be had with us.
Q,, Look at these bills of exchange taken from
the body of Booth and say whether these are the
ones you refer to 7 A. They are Oatarlo. Bank
bills; there Is no doubt about that.
0., state whether or not these drafts were in*
tended for ueo In the States, or for general disburse
ment 7 a. We can never tell that,’ we never ask
our customers any questions t ebooks are generally
made payable to bearer, but In certain Instances
tbe word “bearer” Is scored out and "order’’ put
over; Mr. Thompson, besides these sterling ex
change transactions, has bought from ns several
times United States currenoy (greenbacks )
Q. In large sums 7 A. He bonght on August 25th
fifteen thousand dollars In greenbacks; July 14 th,
thirteen thousand one hundred and twenty-four dot.
lars; that was the amount In gold; I could not say
what was the amount In greenbacks; at that time I
think exchange was about fifty-five.
Q. Did any of these transactions oconr during the
past spring 7 A. On tbe Hth of Marsh he bought
one thousand dollars at 4111, for whloh he.pold five
hundred and fifty-three donors lu gold j he bqught
several drafts in New York.
The Judge Advocate General stated that there
was only one other witness he desired to examine
to-day. He was a very Important witness ; but for
the same reasons stated in another lnstanee, It was
not desirable that his examination should be public.
The Court was therenpon cleared, and the re
mainder of Its deliberations for the day were in se
cret session.
Mobtautt m Pabis.—Offlclol reports raeently
published show that the mortality is decreasing in
Paris, according as large sewers are constructed
end wide streets ran through the narrow over
crowded quarters ol the old olty. On making a
minute search Into the records of Paris, It has been
discovered that at the commencement of the
eighteenth century, from tbe year 1709 to 1719, un
der Louis XIV., the mortality was 1 In 28: and
under Louis XV., from 1702 to 1702, It was still I in
3a Inhabitants. From 1536 to 1841 it was lln 30; In
1840, 1 In 371 hi ISOI,I inSS: in 1800, l in 39; and
at the present time it is lin 40 Inhabitants, The rt>
suit is, that at piesent there are 4,702 less deaths lu
Paris than there were In the year isti. A writer
who has devoted his time to statistics observes that
the well-being of the population will serve for the
measure of the mortality, and that mortality di
minishes sens.bly In every country where the con
dition of the population Is Improved. It Is to be
.remarked with respeot to the late Improvements In
Paris that of 8,200 bouses taken down to make way
for new streets, 8.000 were situate In parishes where,
In consequence of the overcrowding of the inhabi
tants, oou aglous diseases oommltteagreat ravages.
These 8,260 houses, moreover, have been replaced
by 24,947 new buildings more spaolout and well
oalonlated to diminish mortality among theoeou
piers. Another improvement to which the decrease
of mortality In Paris may be attributed is tbe num
ber of public gardons opened within a few years.
On thesist of December, 1853, there were only 840
acieß of boulevards and the publlo gardens, planted
with 69.125 trees. In 1863 there were 770 acres open
to tbe public, planted with 168,460 trees,. The large
sewers have likewise tended to decrease the mor
tality. In 1840 there were only 88,280 yards ol
sewerage; at present there are 360,000 yards.
There Is another oause to whloh the improvement
In the Banltar; condition of this olty may he attri
buted, and that Is tbe reforms In the management
of the hospitals. In 1818, nnder Philippe le Bet,
tbe deaths In the H6tel Dleu amounted to 80 a
day, and not very long slnoe four, and even si*
patients wtto piao«d in one bea 1a tnftt boiplt&l*
All that is now changed, and the deaths in the
H6tel Dleu are in proportion to the-mortality In
other parts of Paris. The mortality Will b* for*
ther diminished when the new hospital IS com
pleted, of whloh the snperficles will oover 22,000
yards. It will contain 710 beds in IB halls, contain
ing six beds eaob; 19, containing six beds eaoh;
three, from 10 to 12 beds; and 84 rooms containing
from one to two beds, all supplied with 100 cable
metiec of fresh air by the boor for eaoh bed.
The supply of fresh water, moreover, so necessa
ry for the salubrity of a town, has bsen greatly In
creased in Paris. In 1840 there were only 66 000
cubic metres of pure water distributed every 24
hours. At present there are 188,834 distributed,
which are to be Increased to 800,000 onbto metres
when the waters of the Buys shall have been
brought to Paris,
Watbb Pbbssdbb,—"Water may be used under
pressure In an engine constructed upon tne s»o»e
plan as the steam engine, but though efbhhfujoal of
power, the lnelastlo nature of *h« fluid preoludes
quickness and ease of J O !P'?JS“*5f
San*Franoteco <?allfornia, by wMclUhese
be surmounted. An engine exLlbttet at
the late Industrial Fair received the first premium,
>< The ortactpal feature In the Invention consists
in mods water as an expansive agent, which is acj
IninHshed bv a beautiful and simple mechanical
do“?i, viz: tht application of air chambers and
comcensatlng sir valves at each
.mitartins an elasticity to the water bv that means
■Saving It a similar a® llo ®i'S.^dimhargeoftha
of this kind? irteran investigation or the principles
of this engine we find that, as an eoonomlzer to the
of water. It surpasses any known water-wheel,
SltlSi turbine or rotary, and wo would reqommed li
•n nraferenoe to any other water motor where clean
water at a high elevation oan he had."—Boston
'lramcript, _
•Which was Dead 7—The KolnUehe Zeiiuny, ene
or the leading papers In Germany, finding Its news ■
frequently taken without acknowledgment by acon
temporary, determined reoentiy to pnnlsh the offen
der in a somewhat original manner. Having re
oelved telegraphlo Information of Mr. Oobden’S
death and or Mr. Btlgut having been present when
that event took plane. It announced la the “ex
change" copy intended lor Its contemporary, and,
of course, in that copy alone, that Mr. Bright had
succumbed, Mid that Mr, Oobden had received the
last adleux of his friend. The bait woe swallowed
whole. Not only did the newspaper ‘bus boaxed
announce tbe deetb of tbe ntetnoer from BlfflUfiS*
bft]D| but It added e eketoh of blB oaxeer._
Pdbiioatiohs RacfßtvßD.—From Mr. J. J. Kra
mer. 408 Chestnut street, we have the following
publications of May «: London A'e«» of W#’M,
Illuftrctcd London News, and Jllutlretei Newt of Out.
Worth