FERSONIAN
Seuotcii to foixtks, itcrttture, aigriotlture, Sdtntt, Moxaliti), aixb eucral lateffigeria.
VOL. 24.
STROUDSBttRGr, MONROE COUNTY, PA JUNE 15 1865;
NO. iSs
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WELCOME HOME.
The night of war has ended now,
The day breaks bright and clear,
And friendly greetings come to us
From nations far and near;
Our noble country's valient men
Have happy days in store ;
And proud wives wait with with happy hearts
To meet them at the door.
Oh, smile, fond mother, on thy child,
And press its cheek to thine,
For soon around his father's neck
Those little arms shall twine.
"He's coming home, he's coming home,"
You whisper night and day ;
And, oh, I pray no blighting news
May steal this hope away.
God speed the feet now marching back
To homes of peace and love;
God bless the cripples limping by
With blue coats stained with blood.
I'd rather grasp those hard brown hands
And feel them clasp my own,
Than touch the royal palm of him
Who sits upon a throne.
. Deep grief we feel for missing ones,
Long absent from our side;
For thousands of our martyred friends,
Who fought, and bled, and died.
But with kind words and loving hearts
Lets greet all qack that come,
And give the soldiers far and near
A hearty welcome home.
A Charleston Beauty.
The following is an extract from the
letter of a naval officer on board one of
the U. S. gunboats near Charleston, S.
C. : i
I saw an angel a few days ago, in the j
rhapc of a beautiful young lady, who
came on board with her father to take
tho. natli. Without excenlion. she was
the most beautiful beinir that I ever had
the pleasure to feast my eyes upon. When
I saw her come alongside, being officer
ol the deck. 1 rusheu to the gangway,
and was very attentive in seeing her safe
over the side, and waiting upon her on
the quarter deck. Iler father was enga
ged with the captain, and I took the op
portunity to engage in conversation with
the charmer. I found her rather uiod
tst and diffident, not having j-et made
iter debut in society, out she urn very..
well. 1 was at this time chewing tobacco,
whirh of course was very tuigallant on
my part. She noticed it, and what do
jou thiuk ? Why she remarked that
"she had not been able to obtain any to
bacco for a real long time, and as for
snuff she had not had a dip she didn't
know when." I, having a good sized piece
in ray pocket, offered it to her, when, with
fparkling eyes and a beam of joy and
dctfpht upon her countenance, she ask
ed "if she should have the whole of it."
I answered with a smile, "certainly,"
when she took a good sized quid and
commenced chewing and spitting with
the gusto of an able seaman, llow my
idea of beauty vanished ! Only a few
minutes before I was enchanted, and you
tn better imagine my thoughts and
feelings after that, than I can write them.
I suppose this seems rather queer to you;
Imt many of the poor whites are just like
her, although her father was very well
c5 in lands and stock. -
Preparing in Time.
A young lady of wealthy parentage, a
Hedging from one of oiir boarding schools,
1 type of modern elegance, was recntly
otuted by the silken tie of matrimony to
gem of a beau. The mammas and pa
pas on both sides being surrounded by
all the concomitants of luxury, and many
in agreeable little paraphernalia bespeak
lDg the possession of the "dust," dctcrniin
d to get a "fine establishment" for the
"foed" in a mansion on Walnut St.
, A few days after this, a school compan
lonof our be'rpttre called upon her and was
prised to fiod so many servants about
nousc
by, Mary," said she, what in the name
sense have you so many people aroniffd I
i0Q
Oh!" replied madam, "wc haven't! b commissl0ned , and every man!
j more thin we want. There is but I Q-ould eugae in it would be. I had
onfiii. ... :j irn0WUIU.. ft.. w" r. r ...
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pns. one house-keeper, and a child s ;
"wit. uuu t:ii;iniiit-i uiLLiu. htv
. "Ha ! Ha !" laughed her friend, "what akiu- of the rejoicing in the States o-
o jou want with I child's aurse ? Oh, ! urrender if Lee and the capture !
tot is too funny." I If IMcamond. Cleary said they would I
"Well w. w'f v smmftdite SJr ?t , ' ,7 ., w F rt.fi i
ha. but thn. when wc were married !
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viarles said we would need one andyouig before the assassination". He
dow its not always best to leave things knew j wag jn tbe SCcrct of the conspira-
nD"l the last moment." i Cy. it was to thatie referred. The a$-
, w , - Isassination was spoken of among us as
, A chap in St. Joseph knows how to 'commonly as the weather.
tt , 1 i-i. r Knfnv fW Sunders asked me it 1
7Tuoici. no Keens a lot 01 uivj
11 !
S" in ins houso. and then crets nis maic
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rivers iu love -with them, no says,
"wracrs in love -with t
'wcy don't eat anything.'
vthinir."
The Rebel'Leaders.
THEIR COMPLICITY IN THE AS
SASSINATION. VERY IMPORTANT SUPPRESSED TES-
TIMONY,
The Murder of our Principal Men Ar
ranged in Canada. The Murders to
receive Commissions from IticJimondJ
Booth SpcciaVi Authorized A
ficheme to cut the Crotcn Dam. An
other to Poison our Reservoirs. As
p founding Revelations.
The following is the testimony, hither
to suppressed relative to the Rebel lead
ers, taken at the association trial at Wash
ington
banutord Canover testified as follows : I
I am a native of New-York; have resided
in Canada since October last ; was con
scripted into the Conffidnr.-irn nrmv. firm
detailed to service in the War Depart-,
mentof the Confederacv. at Richmond j
under James A. Seddon. Secrntarv of
War; while in Canada was intimately ac-
quainted with G. N. Sanders, Jacob
Thompson, Dr. Blackburn, Tucker, Wm.fmatter directly to the Government, for
C. Cleary, -Capt. Castleman, Mr. Cameron,
1 orterbeld, Capt. Magruder, and others ;
I also knew Clement C. Clay, aud Gen.
Carrol of Tennessee; I knew Mr. Surratt,
ialso, and J. W. Booth, and visited these
gentlemen in Cauada ; saw Surratt there
on several occasions, last April, m Mr.
-r , mi , .
jacoD -inouipson s room, also in company
with George N. Sanders, aud other Reb
els in Canada : Surratt is about five feet
nine or ten inches high, a fair-complex-ioned
man with light hair; I saw him a
bout the Gth or 7th of April, with Thomp
son, Sanders and"Booth ; at that time he
delivered to Thompson in his room, in my
presence, dispatches from Richmond to
Thompson, from Rcujamin and from Jef
ferson Davis ; the latter either a cipher
dispatch or a letter. Rcnjamin was Sec
retary of State of the Confederacy. Pre
vious to this, Thompson conversed with
me upon the subject of a ploS to assassi
nate President Lincoln and his CaWBbt,
which I gave notice, before the assassi
nation, in the 2iew York Tribune, the
paper for which I corresponded. I had j
been invited by Mr. Thompson to parti
cipate in that enterprise. When Surratt
delivered these dispatches from Davis,
Xhompsou laid his hand upon the papers
iaatI saitI referring to the
assassination
and to the assent of the Rebel authori
ties. "This makes it all riht." The dis
patches spoke of the persons to be assas
sinated : Mr. Lincoln, Mr. Johnson, the
Secretary of Yt'ar, the Secretary of State,
Judge Chase and Gen. Grant. Mr.Thomp
son said on that occasion, or on the day
before that interview, that the assassina
tion proposed would leave the Govern
ment of the United States entirely with
out a head ; that there was no provision
in the United States by which they could
elect another President. Mr. Welles was
also uamed, but Mr. Thompson said it was
not worth while to kill him ; he was of
no couscqucnce. My first interview with
Thompson on this subject of assassination
was in the early part of February, in
Thompson's room in St. Lawrence Hall,
Montreal. lie then spoke of a raid on
Ogdensburg, New York, it was abandon
ed, but that was because the United States
Government received intimation of it, he
said he would have to drop it for a time,
but added, "We'll catch them aBleepyet,"
and to me he said. "There is a better op
portunity" to immortalize yourself, and
save your country' meaning the confed
eracy. 1 told them I was ready to save
the country, and asked them what was
to be done ; he said "some of our
boys are going to play a grand joke on
Abe and Andy' which he said was to
kill them ; his words were remove them
from office," and he said that the killing
of a tyrant was no murder; that he had
commissions for this work from the Reb
el authorities, and conferred one ou Booth,
or would confer one ; that everybody en
gaged in this enterprise would be com
missioned, and it tiiey escaped to uanaua
was a blank commission filled up and cou-
1 ferred by Mr. Clay, as it came from Rich-
mond, it was only signed "James A. Sed
don, Secretary of War "Mr. Thompson
called me to examine these blanks so that
! I might testify to the genuineness ot aeu-
don's signature in the case or Uennett
IT t, TnHra Kmifh ThO Siomn-
ture was gCUUiue. Di a subsequent con-
vprsation. after the first referred to in
U-,.-.., 'Pl,.mnenii mn that Booth
nnnirnmtinn mir n ivm. ij. v.iu.iiv. ull i
VUUIUliJav.vu 1UW1 Ilk". V j j -
tj,e jay bcforc 0r the day of the assassi-
r two. T think this was
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they could not be successfully claimed sooner, they might have saved a great,
under the Extradition Treaty; I know many necks. This was said a few weeks
that Thompson and the others held these ! go. Thompson, Sanders, CastlerMn aid!
commissions in blank, they commissioned General Carroll wore present. They had
i v fi,n si- AlKnno r,;,W if.larms concealed, and a large number ot
a lizzie or it mat ne- was uespemw uuu)Umu i""Ji'""-" rw
reckless, and lie was afraid that thc-whole
thing would be a failure. I communica
ted to the Tribune the intended raid on
St. Albans and the proposed assassination
of the President; but they refused to pub
lish the letter. I did this' in March last,
as to the President's assassination : also
? ruary, I think certainly before
the 4th of March. Surratt delivered the
dispatches in Thompson's room four or
five days before the assassination. The
whole conversation showed that Surratt
was one of the conspirators to take the
President's life. That was the substance
j of the conversation. It was also under
stood that there was plenty of money
when there was anything to be done.
The conversation indicated that Surratt
had a very few days before left Richmond
that he was "just from Richmond."
While I was in Canada, I was a cor
respondent for the Tribune, and received
no compensation except from the Tribune
T 1 -l r
x jmve not receiveu one cent irom our
own Government, nor the promise.
mi - 1 r
o-iiey never supposed 1 was a corres
Ponjent for any paper ; I only saidl was
seeking items: they supposed I was a
Kebel and I was in their confidence : the
i Pr0Psed Ogdensburg raid was printed in
the Tribune ; I did not communicate this
wiu reason mac x supposea tne commu
nication in tho Tribune would be seen by
the Government omcials. and I did not
choose to have the information go to tho
Government directly from me ; I reques
ted Mr. Gay, of the Tribune to give the
information to the Government, and I be
lieve he did so. Tsaw Surratt in Cana
da three or four days in succession in A
pril last. I had conversation with him
personally about Richmond. I was in
troduced to him personally by San
ders. I was expected to participate with
these in the raid on Ogdensburg ; I nev
er received any pay from them for any
services. I heard the capture of the
President talked of in February. When
Mr. Thorn psou first suggested the assas
sination to me, I asked him if it would
meet with the approbation of the Govern
ment at Richmond ; he said he thought
it would, but he would know in a few
days. This was carlv in Februarv.
Thompson did not say in April, when
these dispatches were delivered, that this
was the first approval they had received
of this plot from Richmond, but I know
of no others ; I only inferred that that
was the first approval ; Thompson said,
in his conversation with me, that killing
a tyrant in such a case was no murder,
and asked me if I had read a letter called
"Killing, no Murder," addressed by Ti
tus to Oliver Cromwell ; this was in Feb
ruary ; Mr. Hamlin was also named in
February as one of the "victims of this
scheme; in April, the persons before nam
ed were mentioned, but Mr. Hamlin was
omitted, and Vice-President Johnson put
in his place ; I ran the blockade from
Richmond ; these commissious were all
blank but the signature; they were to be
given a cover, so that in case of detection,
the parties employed could claim that
they were Rebel soldiers, aud would,
therefore, claim to be treated as prison
ers of war ; it was understood that they
would be protected as such ; Thompson
said if the men who were engaged in this
enterprise were detected and executed,
The Confederate Government would re
taliate ; that it was no murder, only kill
ing ; I thiuk booth was specially commis
sioned for this purpose; I saw Booth in
Cauada in the latter part of October, with
Sanders, at Mr. Thompson's, at the St.
Lawrence Hall, where he was strutting a
bout, dissipating aud playing billiards ; I.
have heard these men talk of the burn
ing of New York, and- other enterprises
which they have under consideration
next.
There was a proposition before" the a
gents of these rebels in Canada to destroy
the Croton Dam by which the city of
New York is supplied with water. It
was supposed it- would not only damage
manufactures, but distress the p6bple
generally. Mr. Thompson remarked that
there was plenty of force', and the' city
would be destroyed by a general confla
gration, and if they had thought of this
men conceaicu, in imcagu suuiu uigut
hundred for the purpose of releasing the
rebel prisoners there. The Dr. Black
burn, charged at Nassau with importing
yellow fever into this country, is the same
person referred to by me as intimate with
Thompson in Canada; J saw him in com
pany him, G. N. Sanders, Louis
Sanders, Castleman, Wm. Cleary, Por
terficld, Capt. Magruder, and a number
of other Rebels ot less note ; Jilackburn
was recognized there as an agent of the
Confederate States, and so represented
himself : in January last Dr. Blackburn
employed a person named Cameron to ac-
compapy .mm, jar tne purpoo ui juuu-
ma n . .1 T I 1
dicing yellow fever into the , Nort fern
cities to Wit : the cities of New ork,
Philadelphia, and Washington j. he went
from Montreal to Bermuda, about a year
ago last fall, for th6 purpose ot gettin
the clothing luicctcu witn yenow icvui ,
I saw him after his return, in Canada,
nnd Imard Jacob Thompson and Wm. G.
P . '. n . -I .... 11 C .
i Cleary Say that they favored his scheme
and was. much intcrestca in it ; ima waa
last January. N
About the same time it was
proposed
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to destroy the Urotofi Vum,
. -ai. .i,n mwr.
drvb'irSj and made ii Calculation of the a
niount of poisondus matter it would re
quire to impregnate the water, so as to
make, an ordinary draught poisonous and
deadly. He Had the capacity of "the re s
df V difs, and the amount of water general
ly kept in them. Strychnine, arsenic,
prussic acid, and a number of other things
I do not remember, were named. Mr.
Thompson feared it would be impossible
to collect so large a quantity of poisonous
matter without suspicion, and leading to
detection. Thompson approved of the en
terprise, and discussed it freely. Mr.
Cleary did the same ; it was also spoken
of" by a Mr Montrose A. Pallen, of Mis
sissippi, and by a person who had been a
medical Purveyor in the Rebel army :
John 'Cameron, who lived in Montreal,
told me that he was offered large compen
sation : I think Mr. Thompson was tho
money agent for all the other rgents : I
think they all drew on him for all the
money they required, I know some of
them did ; when Thompson said it would
be difficult to collect so much poison with
out detection. Pallen and others thought
it could be managed in Europe ; Pallen
is a physician, I think I have heard Har
ris also mentioned in connection with the
pestilence importation ; I think he lived
in Toronto, there were other parties in
Montreal that Blackburn employed, or
endeavored to employ, but I do not re
member their names.
I saw Dr. Stewart Robinson, a doctor
of divinity, residing in Toronto ; he edi
ted a paper in Kentucky; I have seen
him with Thompson and Blackburn, and
he was present when some ot these
schemes were discussed, he approved
them ; he said anything that could be
-done under heaven would iustifv them
under the circumstances; he appeared up
on very intimate terms with Blackburn
and Thompson, three or four days after
tho assassination of the President, I saw
John H. Surratt in Canada, with Porter-
field, a Southern Rebel, now declared a
British subject by the Canadian Parlia
ment; I learned immediately afterward
that Surratt was suspected, was pursued,
and had decamped ; I had a knowledge
that Jeff Davis was the head of the so
called Confederate States, was called its
President, and had control of its civil ad
ministration. Gen. Carroll was present
when Surratt brought the dispatches from
Richmond, and when they were read by
Thompson, I believehcre were one or
two others : Gen. Carroll of Tennessee
then said he was more anxious that Mr.
Johnson should be killed than any one
else ; he said : "If the damned pricklousc
was not killed by somebody" he would
kill him himselt; he referred to Vice
President Johnson ; his expression was a
word of contempt for a tailor ; it means a
tailor s louse f Booth was known in Can
ada by the nickname af "Hot," I have
heard Thompson so name him, certainly
Cleary; Kennedy, who fired the city ot
New York and was executed, was spoken
of as having performed that deed by au
thority of the Rebel Government, under
the direction of Thompson ; this was com
municated to me by Thompson himself,
or in conversation in his presence; Thomp
son said Kenedy deserved to be hanged,
and he was devilish glad he was hanged,
for he was a stupid fellow, and had man
aged things very badly.
James B. Merritt testified I am a
physician, and have been in Canada about
a year; in October and November last
was in Toronto; met George Young there;
a Rebel from Kentucky, also, Col. Steele,
from Kentucky; Young said tome, "We
have somethiug of much more importance
than any raids ;" he told me it was deter
mined that "Old Abe" should never be
inaugurated, that they had plenty of
friends in Washington, and called Mr.
Lincoln "a damned old tyrant ;" I after
ward saw George N. Sanders and Col.
Steele together ; Col. Steele said, "The
damned old tyrant never will serve anoth
er term, if he is elected ;" sanders said at
the same time, "He would keep himself
mighty close if he did serve another term;"
in Montreal, in February last, I heard
Sanders name a number of persons ready
and willing to remove the Prenident,
Vice-President, the Cabinet, and somo of
the leading Generals of the United States;
and he added that there was any amount
of moVdy fo accomplish this purpose,
meaning the assassination of these per
sons ; he then read a letter, which he said
he had received from the President of our
Confederacy, meaning Jefferson Davis,
a:nd which letter justified him in making
any arrangements that ho could, to accom
plish such object : there was a meeting
at mac time ui uiusu xvuuuia, uu a rouwi
was read to them, the substance of which
was, that if the Sbu'fho'rricrs in the Cana
das and the States were willing to bo' gov
erned by such a tyrant as Lincoln, he
(Davis) did not wish to recognize them
as friends, and that he approved of the
proposition to assassinate him ; Col. Steele"
read tho letter, also Capt. Scott, George
Young and Hill', alt Rebdls ; this meeting"
jtvas about the middlo of last February; at
the meeting Sanders named somo of the
persons who were to accomplish' the' as-
sassioation, and among them he named
J. W. Booth, whom I had seen in Mon
treal in October ; he also named George
Harper, Charles Caldwell, Randall and'
Harrison; Harrold wont by the name of
Harrison ; I hoard Surra'tt's name also
mentioned, and Harfrold"; there was a
person named whom they called "Plug
Tobacco," I saw Harrold iu Toronto, San-
dcrs said Booth was heart and soul in tnia
matter, he wa3 a cousin to Beale, who
iwas hanged in' New York;- he added that
if they could dispose of Lincoln it would
be an easy matter to dispose of Mr. John-
son in some of his drunken revdlfies ; that
if they could dispose of the President,,
Vice-President aud Cabinet, and that if
Mr. Seward could be disposed of it would
satisfy the people North, and that a peace
could be obtained, that they had endeav-
ored to bring about a war with England,
but Mr. Seward, through his energy and
SaSacitV. had tllW.irfnrl flimr nfFni-rc onfl
for that reason they wanted to get rid of villc, and received a reply, which I car-hil?-
ried hack. I came through Washington
On the 5th or 6th of April last, Tmct each time, and delivered the dispatches'
Harper, who said that they were going- to the United States Government reooiv-
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vu me ouii.es w "kick up iue aamneaest
row, such as had never been heard of ; he
added that if I did not hear of the death
of Old Abe, the Vice-President and of
Gen.Dix, in less than ten days, I might
put him down as a damned fool ; that was
on the 6th of April; he mentioned the
name of Booth as ouc of their friends
there ; he said they had plenty of friends
in Washington, and that fifteen or twenty
were going. He had started to go to
Washington as early as the 8th, together
with.others ; I communicated this fact on
the 10th of April to a justice of the peace,
named-Davidson, who, after the assassina-
tion, communicated it to the Government:
Harper returned to Canada after the as-
sassination ; I had a conversation with C.
C. Clay in February last ; he spoke of the
letter of Davis, which Sanders had exhibi-
ted ; he seemed to understand the charac-
terofthe letter perfectly, and said he
thought the end would justify the means;
Surratt was pointed out to me inTorornto,
last February, I think ; I saw Booth there
two or three times, and sat at table with
him once, at the St. Lawrence, with San
ders, Scott and Steele ; they were con
versing with Booth, and drinking wine
with him at Sanders's expense ; I saw
Harrold in Canada, in February.
Richard Montgomery testified I knew
Jacob Thompson, Clement C. Clay, whom
1 have met iu uanada a number of times
since the Summer of 1864 up to this time;
also, George N. Sanders, J. P. Holcombe,
juoveriey Tucker, w. U. Uleary, Jtlarrmsr-
ton, Hicks, and others, under fictitious
names ; Thompson had several names ;
one was Carson , Clay was Holt, and La
cy, and Tracy ; .Jacob Thompson said he
had friends of the Confederacy all over
the Northern States, filling to go any
lengths, and that he could, at any time,"
have the tyrant Lincoln, and any of his
advisers, put out of the way ; that his
friends would not consider it a crime, and
that it would be done for the cause of
the Confederacy : in January, 1865,
Thompson said, at Montreal, that a pro
position had been made to him to rid the
world of the tyrants, Lincolu, Stanton,
Grant, and some others ; that he knew
the men who made it were bold, daring
men, able to execute anything they would
undertake ; that he was in favor of the
proposition, but deferred his answer un
till he had consulted his Government al
Richmond ; that he was then only wait
ing their approval. He thought it would
be a blessing to the people, both North
and South, to have them (tho tyrants)
killed. In the Summer of 1864 I repea
ted what Mr. Thompson first told me to
C. C. Clay, who said that he wasr really
devoted to our causof smd rcaily to go
any lengths, to do anything under the
sun to save it. I have seen Payne, the
prisoner, a number of times in Canadtt,
about the Falls, in the Summer of 1864,
and also at the Queen's Hotel, at Toronto,
Canada West, where I conversed with
him. I had had an interview with Mr.
Thompson ; several others had sought an
interview while I was closeted, and had
been refused. On' leaving Thompson's
room, I saw Payne fn the passage-way,
near the door, with Clement C. Clay talk
ing to him , Mr Clay stopped me, and
finished his conversation with this man
in an undertone. When ho' left mo, he
said "Waitjor me ; I will roturn." Ho
Boon came back and bado me good-bye,
and asked where he could see me after a
time. I told him, and appointed a meet
ing. I spoke to this man' Paytfe" in Clay's
absence, and asked hini who he was. Ho
said, "Oh, I'm a Canadian" which was
to any, I don't wish you to ask me any
thing more. I mentioned him to Clay
when 1 met him after a timo. Clay asked,-
"WhatdYd he say?" I told him,
and Clay ttiswered, "That's so; ho is a
Canadian," and laughed. He added.
"We" trust him." "Canadian", is an ex
pression for their friends, an J his conduct
was an indication that their intercourse
was of a very confidential nature.
I have been in Canada since the assas
sination ; a few days after, 1 met Beverly
Tucker at
it Montreal". He. said "Mr. Jjin-
coin deserved
hf death long ago." that
"it was a pity ho
did noE die long: ago
and that "it was too bad the boys had not
been allowed' fo go when they wanted
to'." He referred 'to tho men whb were
to assassinate him'. - i ,
I had a! conversation with' Wm. C.
-Cleary, and told him' what Mr. Thomp
son Said in January. He said that Booth
was one of tho parties to whom Thomp
son had referred ; ho said also that it was
too bad', that tlio whole work had not'
been dono, referring to the assassination.
Clcary'j Who wasa conhdantot Mr. lhomp
son. told me so'. Thompson said Cleary
son.
was a very close-mouthed man. Cleary
also said that "th'oy had better ltAok'out,
we have not done yet." He remarked that
they would never bo conquered ; would
never give up.- He also said that Booth
had visited Thompson in the Whiter and
; in the Summer. These parties knew
-thiy word" suspected of the assassination
a feX7 days - after, and were destroying a
great many papers, so they told ide,
I acted as a Government detective in
Canada, and assumed the name of JameV
.Thompson, though I never registered it
but always some other name. My whole
object was to serve the Government. I
saw this cipher (found among Booth's"
effects) in Mr. Clay's house, at St. Caih-
erine's, in the Summer of 1864. I car-
ca tne dispatch at Uordonsville from a
man in tho Rebel State Department, from
their State ; I carried this paper to Thomp-
son, Clay, Cleary, &c, represented them-
selves in the service of the Confederate
Government, Received this dispatch ir
Octoborlast. Clay claimed to rcpra3mt
the War Department; they approved the;,
burning of our Northern chics, and they
represented themselves as having full
powers from the Rebel Government to
act, without roferring their project to'
Richmond ; Thompson and Clay both said1
so ; the attempt to burn New-York City
I know they were engaged in, and went
to Washington three davs before it han-
pened to communicate it ; they approved
also, of the St. Albans raid ; iu regarcf
to raiding, Mr. Clay had the funds ; hcr
said he had always plenty of money to pay
for anything that was worth paying for
I know they deposited in different banks
Clay said not to tell Sanders what they
intrusted to me ; he said that he was a"
very good man to do their dirty work ;
that he associated with men that they
could not associate with ; that he was'
very usefull in that way ; I inferred from
Beverly Tucker's words that they had de
layed the assassination, waiting the ap- "
proval from Richmond.
At a recent election a merchant presen-
tea nimseit at the polls, accompanied by
a well known physician, when, with a
view to avoid taking his turn in the long;
row ui voters, inc pnysician interceded.
for his friend, and reauested that tho-'
crowed would give him the head of the'
line, on the ground of being under medi
cal treatment. The merchant looked as'
if he was in the prime of health, when
Fred Walter penetrating the dodge, spoke
out :
"I say, doctor, is that man under your
treatment?"
"Yes, sir," said .the doctor, with es-t
quisite politeness, "he is now under my
treatment ?" ,
"Then, gentlemen," exclaimed Fred?
"let the man vote at once ; he'll never
have an other chance."'
When the rebels began this fight they
thought they had us, and it was a safe"
thing. ";Now they are in the same fix:'
with the men who caught a bear. Two
men were hunting, and a bear come von
them so suddenly that they dropped their
heels. One of them climbed a tree, and.
the other man'aged to get the bear by tho
tail, and ran round and round as the bear
turned arnd fried to get him. At length
the man cried out to his friend in the.
tree, "I say, John, come down and help I"
"Help? What can I do?" "Why, helpl
ine let go of this-bear 1"
Diptheria
Do not forget that in this and other.
s6rc throat diseases, tho slow eating of
pure ice, broken inb small pieces, and"
for hours at a time, is among tho very,
best remedies. It should bo begun afc'
onco, as soon as the soreness appears, and
a bad! attack may thus be prevented.
. e-
A man with an Cri'orraously largo mouth1
called ou a dentist' to get a tooth drawn.
After the dentist had prepared his instru
ment, apd was about to commenco opera
tions', the man began to strain and stretch'
his mouth, till ho got it to a frightful,
width. "Stay, sir," said the dentist.:
"Don't trouble yourself to stretch your
mouth any wider, fori intend to stand oh
tho outsido of it to draw your tooth."
We learn" from Washington that slncp'
the caving-in of the rebellion, tho "rolia"
blc geuthFman" aud the "intelligent con
traband" have entered into partnership
and gone into the oil business. "Jeff
Davis' coachman" will act as busincsa
manager of the new firm.
Just So. An editor haying read in
another paper that there is a tobacoo,"
which, if a man smokes or chews wiltf
make nim forget that he owes a shilling;
in tho world, innocently concludes that'
many of his .subscribers havo been furn
ished with the same article.
An Irishman, who had been finod Bey
era! weeks in succession for gettiug drunk,'
coolly proposed to tho judgo that ho,
should takd him by the year at a reduoe'd
rate.
A sword, coating 750, has been pur
chased by the frecdmcn at Fortress Mon
ro for presentation to Gen. Butler, in
token of services' rendered them while in
command in that Department.
T
Dr. Benjamin Franklin observes: -"Tho
oyes of others are the eyes that ru'j
in us., tt all but myself were blind,)"'
neither want fine clothes ndr nnc furni-5
ture." : '
Gen Sherman is the most gallant man
we know of cause why? He rushed.av
cross tHb country to SaVe Aiiua-I