out, Raying, that one of the men accused him of betraying them,.and threatened to shoot him. Baker had previously ea'led "out to the men in the barn, that one of the Garrets was coming into get their anus, and they must deliver. After Garrett mine our. 1 Juicer t-»ld the men in the barn if they did not surrender in five minutes, lie would fire the barn. Booth asked who they were, aud was told ho knew who they were, and they must come out. Bjoth said give ua a little time to consid er. In ten or fifteen minutes be again usked who wo were. I told liaker not to let hitn know who we were. If he should take us for rebels wo would take aiivan tage ol it, but would not lie to him. Ba ker told him it made no difference who wo were, he must come out The bal ance of Conger's testimony is an account of the shoOtirgand death of Booth, and oimildr to the account published. lie identified Harold as the mail he took out. On cro.-s examination Golouel Conger said Booth said of llaiold, "Here is a man who wants to come out," and I think, adJ od, "who had nothing to do with it."— After that Harold cimo out. The testimony of Sergeant Boston Cor bett was next given; Booth called out, '1 doclare before my Maker, this mm (Uar old) is innocent." Corbett recognized Harold as the man taken out of the barn. His testimony as to the s 1 noting of J. \\ . Booth discovered nothing not already known. John Fletcher testified—l was foreman of Nay lot's stable; knew the prisoner Atzerott; ho can e to the s able on the 3d of April with another gentleman, and with twu horses. They put up the hor ses. The other gentleman said he was going to Philadelphia, and would leave the horses in A tzerott's care to sell. Have never seen that man since. Wo kopt the horses at the stable, and sold one on the 12th. Atzerott took the other horse, a brown one, away. Ilccame in then with a dark bay mare. Said be had sold the other horse in Montgomery county, and bought this mare, saddle and bridle. He wished to put the mare up, which I did. At half pa.it six o'clock he came for the inaic. lie was away three quarters of an hour and returned. Tol I lnc not to take the bridle and saddle off. and asked it' 1 could keep the stable open till ten. I told him ye-*. At ten o'clock he came for the marc. We went alid took a drink, and when we returned he said: "It anything happened to night yon will hear a ferment." i thought f>6 was half tight and paid no attention to him He mounted the mire. I renurkc I I would not like to vide that nine; she looked too skittish." lie said, ".Sue is good on a retreat." I spoke to him of the other man, meaning Harold. "Oh, he says, ' he jvill be ba k altera while." 1 followed hitl> to tenth street and re turned to the stable, 1 had Mispicions that Harold uas not going to bring the horse back. 1 went to l ith street, and came on l'eunsylvania Avenue towards Wil- Hard's. Saw Harold riding the horse I hired him. 1 started towards him to take the horse. 1 suspected he saw me, tor he began to move the horse away a little. 1 said, "You got off that horse, cow; you have had liiui ling enough."— He put spurs i::to the horse and went up 14th street 1 kept .-dgllt of him as far as First street. I then returned to the • able, saddled a horse for myself, went .tlong the Avenue and down K street, and turned down ninth street to Pennsylva nia avenue. Went along the Avenue and passed the south side of the capitol, and met a gentleman coming down, and asked him did luJ sea any man riding on horseback, lie told me yes, he saw two. "They were going very fast. "I follow ed till I came to the uavy yard bridge, and found they had crossed it. I ask« 1 the sergcut it' I could cross. lie said yes, but I could not come back. I ceiue back to the city. When I got to the sta ble the foreman told me the President was shot. Witness also gave the particulars of Harold's liiriug the horse at 4 o'clock, and bis stating to him he could not have him later than eight or uiue o'clock. On cross-examination, be statad ho fctiew Atzqrott lived down at T. 8., in Maryland, and followed him for the pur pose of finding Harold. John Green wait, keeper of the Penn sylvania House, testified : He was ac quainted with Atzerott, and had seen J. Wilkes Booth. They had an interview at his house. Atzerott bad said to him he was pretty near broke, though he had friends enough t give him as much mo ney as would keep him all bis life, lam going away one of these days, lut will soon return with as much money as will keep me all my life. Saw him on Satur day morning the 4th; I think between three a..d four o'clock. I had gone t> my room, when the servant called togeta five dollar bill changed, an I told me there was a man named Az r tt aud another man there. They to»k a rojin together. At *er«itt, he stated, was about register n; his name. Toe other mm ha t the ap pcaranee of a laboring man, i>ut had uii a broadcloth coat, much worn lie gave the name of Sam. Thompson, lie goi up about live aud lett the huu-c. asking the way to the railroad. Alzeiott lot' ehortly after, saying to the servant, -'1 .have business." Iu March 1 saw At2e iDtt have a revolver he bought. There •volvcr was shown witness, which he said was similar, but could nut say it was the one. On cross-examination, witness pointed to Spanker ne having resemblance to the man Thompson, though the latter had a moustache, which the prisoner did not have, and his hair was longer and his complexion darker. Witness never saw O'Laugblin beforiho trial. John I*. Co vie. one of the proprietors of the Nat to *.crl Intel!ijtncer, testified to knowing Booth slightly.'and that that pa per never received the statement alleged to have been made by Booth, that on the night before the assassination he wrote a long article, and left it for the editors of that paper, setting forth his reasons for the crime. Hczekiah Metz. a resident of Mont gmnery county. Maryland, recognized At serott, who ate dinner at his house on the Sunday alter the assassination. There was some conTereatiou about Gcu. Grant having Veen shot, as it was rumored on th« cars, and fee remarked : "II the man wh» was to hav« follqprtd him, bad fol htm, it would havo been so." Nothing was said about the assassin. Atzerott was kuown in his vicinity as Andrew At wood. Sergeant 0. W. Gimmill testified to the particulars'of the arrest of Atzerott. He niado no enquiry as to iti cause.— When asked if he had enything to do with the assassination he said no. John J. Cleher was re-called, and tes tified tlia'. the horse picked up in the street on the night of the assassination, and now ia Angler's stablo, was the one ho had left to Atzerott. Thomas I<. Gardner testified to a dark bay one-eyed horse, now in the Govern ment stables, os having been sold by his uncle to Booth, in the latter part of No vember. Booth came to his uncle s house with Dr. Mudd, and their horses were near together. Lieut. J J. Poffey testified to finding a horso on the night ot the 11 th of April, about three qu irtcrs of a mile east ot' the Capitol. It was a large bay horse, blind of one eye. Identiaed the saddle found on him. WASHINGTON, May 20. SECRET SESSION, The conclusion of to-day's session of the Military Commission for the trial of the assassins, was with closed doors. .Upon suggestion of the Judge Advocate, who stated that ho bad one witness whom be desired to put upon the staud, as to whose testimony there existed the same reasons for sitting with closed doors as applied to the evidence given on Friday ot last week. There arc several additional witnesses to bp called for the prosecution on- Monday next, and the probability is that the tes timony for the defence will not be com menced before Tuesday next. VEIIV LITTLE PROGRESS Has been tnade to-day in developing facts effecting the prisoners at the bar. Some thing further, rather vague and uncer tain, was elicited as to BPANOLER'S COMPLICITY WITH BOOTH At the time of the assassination, ami some important facts were brought out, -bow ing that as early sis one o'clock on Satur day afternoon, the day utter the assassin ation, it was generally well known at "ry antown that the President had been shot, aud that the.murderer was Bilcth. It was also shown that Dr. Mudd was in Bryantowii during that afternoon ami as the place was guarded by soldiers, the cit zeus were mindi excited. 'J he irresisti ble inference is. that .Mudd must have heard the general report, and must have known thot afternoon that Booth was the assassin. This fact being established, goes to prove GUILTY KNOWLEDGE ON THE I'AHT OF MUDD, And shows that he was endeavoring to as sist the assassinsin their escape ; notwith standing his protestations a few hours af terward that he knew nothing of the oc currence until he heard of it atcliuroh on Sunday, the 10th of April. A great portion of the session was ta ken up by the testimony of J. B. Stew aat, who gave an ACCOUNT OP BOOTH'S ESCAPE From the theatre, with more particularity than has heretofore been drawn out, but no material pertinent fact was elicited in bis examination, save probably establish ing that somebody was likely assisting the assassin in the rear door, and probably closed it for him,'to prevent or retard pur suit. The theory of the prosecution is that Spangler was that somebody. Much interest was manifested iu the evidence which disclosed THE COMMUNICATION IN CIPHER, The one from Canada and the other from Richmond. This testimony, like that of fered day before yesterday, showing that •Jeff. Davis entertained Oldham's diaboli cal proposition, does not appear as direct ly belonging to.the case on trial, but its relevancy wili be made more apparent us the crse progresses. Again, this morning, the court room was crowded most uncomfortably. The proportion of female auditors was greater than on any previous day. KIRBY SMITH ASSASSINATED. Acting Muster naslibiirneSliof NEW ORLEANS, May 15, via CAIRO, May 24. 1865. —The True Delta yesterday published a report that Kirby Smith had been assassinated by Major McKec, with wnom he h;id a difficulty, growing out of a cotton speculation. The samepaperthis evening says the report is confirmed by a rebel soldiet from Jackson. Acting Master Alfred Washburne, of the steamship Port lloyaH while riding in a carriage was shut, and killed by a sintry on l.evce street. The telegraph between New Orleans and New York will be c ouple,ed iu three or four days, tin inly {zip being betwoen Montgomery an I Oj>ei n- is The first direct mail from .Mobile to N York will leave tiday on the steamer 11. Island. The steamer St. John was burned neai Mobile 011 the loih. The boat and bag gage is a total loss. A large side wheel steamer, supposed to be the Guiding Star, with her machin ery damaged. was weatherbound off Flor ida light. The was boarded by the gun boat Cherokee, all well. Cotton quiet at 44@45c for low mid dling.' THE REBEL GENERAL FORE ,T. STORY OF HIS DEATH DENIED. OBDEB TO HIS TBOOPS. CAIRO, May 19. General Forest issued orders to his troops on the the surren der of Dick Taylor, atjfl earnestly advis ing them to'.lay aside :iL feeling of ani mosity and revenge, and sub mit to the powers that be; go'Tiyme, be good citizens, and use their best to restore peace and order. The Memphis BulUtin dentes the story of Forrest's death. —Buffalo is pleased—the creeasioo be ing the first locomotive just completed j r» jgsgr- The. Largest Circulation oj any Paper4n the County. THOMAS ROBINSON, - - Editor. M. W. SPKAIt. Publisher. BUTLERPI WEn\F,SI>AV MAY 17 1B«5. " Liberty and Union, Now and Forever, One and •nseparable."—D. Webtter. OOtJNH CONVENTION. lUpiiblit'itiiExeriitlTefoniiiiit toe Hooms. Pursuant to public notice, the Commit tee met in the Court House in the boro. of Butler, on Saturday- the 15tli ilist. Tlios. llobiuson having the chair, called the meeting to order, and, after some pre liminary business, the vacancy in the se cretaryship, caused by the absence of J. I). Me.Junkin, Esq., was filled, and the County Convention agreed upon : That the Republican voters of Butler county be invited to meet at the usual places of voting in the varions election districts throughout the county, on Sat urday, the lOth of I line next, between the hours of 1 and 7 o'clock, P. M., of said day, and vote by ballot for the fol lowing candidates: I hie person for State Senator; two per sons for Assembly ; one person for' Cou nty Surveyor; one person for County Com missioner ; one person for County Treas urer ; one person for County Auditor; one person for District Attorney. The result ol said election to be sea'ed up and con veyed to Butler by the person chosen by each district its return Judge, to be by him laid before the Convention, which i> ■ qui el to meet in Butler, on Mnndny. the 12th of June, at one o'clock. I'. M , which convention shall open and count the vote, and dec'arc the person having the highest number of votes the candi date in each c.ne respectively. And it is further agreed, that the so!- diets in the various departments of the Union service be invited to hold their election on Saturday, the! 5 I of June, at whatever time may be most convenient for them, and that the result be certified to John 11. Cratty, Secretary, at Butler, to be bv him laid before the convent on, to be by it counted a? the votes of the several districts shall be counted—each Company or part of a company, to send with the a "legate amount of their vote, a list ol the names of the voters. Said convention to have all power necessary to discharge all business legitimately brought before them. Tll OS. ROBINSON, Pres't. JOHN 11. CHATTY, See. (■rami Review. This (Wednesday) is the day of the grand review. There is much specula tion just now as to what portion of the army will be sent home. This we sup pose will loon be set at rest. 'I lure is no need for an army in the east. Those, therefore, that are not sent to Texas, where there may still be some trouble, will most likely bo discharged. We trust that this may be the happy lot of all the volunteer forces. Before the Citizen reaches its readers again, we hope to be able to announce definitely the disposi tion made by alt. Let our friends at home rest contented, and assured, that the government will not require the services of any a day longer than the interest of all requires. Jeff. Davis. The inquiry in every bodies mouth seems lo be, ''what will bo done with Davis? Strange it is that although lives have been sacrificed in this war, by the thousands and tens of thousands, still there seems to be a doubt (or at least the frequent inquiry would seem to say so) a< to whether, after all, the government would have courage enough to hang a single one if the leaders in the once pow erful. but now prostrated rebellion. In' thi- particular we do not share the gen eral feeling. We have not the shadow of a doubt, but that Davis and any other of the political leadcts that may fall iu to'thc hands of the government will be require tto pay the penalty of their ne farious crimes 1 The Tribune and oth ers of similar sentiments to the contrary notwithstsJliding. It is not likely that so vigorous a search will be made for many Others as was made for Davis, although wo have no doubt that Breekenridge, llhett, Benjamin and a few others will be looked lor. Ihcre is another class however, who, although they were more injurious to us than the tire-eaters, still dont seem to be subjects for such severe censure, amongst this class may be named Stepheus of Georgia, Foot of Tennessee, and Gen. Me. These men had nothing to do directly with bringing in the rebel lion; but had not the nerve to withstand the ap|icatß that were so artfulljuuade to their state pride, and finally went with their states: Xhey did our cause much harm—more perhaps because of their alleged nonwrvudvo position, still their lives will lnirdly be required, but while the extreme penalty will not possibly be inflicted upon theui, we trust the country will be made too hotfor them—they have no right by remaining here to insult the cause they sought in vain to destroy. Kntlonal l»el>tsand I'.S.Sloeks. The creation of national debts is not a modern improvement, but the ability of a great nation to provide for a great debt, and to make it the most convenient and best form of personal property, is a moi ern wonder. The debt of Great ISritian was begun by raising a million sterling by loan in 161)2, an 1 when her great eoi.test with Louis XIV. was terminated, the deot had reached fifty millions. Many Statesmen and economists were then alarm ed at the great burden which had been imposed upon the industry of the country, but when the war of Austrian succession had swelled this amount to eighty mill ions, Macaulay says that historians and orators pronounced the case to be des peratc. But when war agaiu broke out and the national debt was rapidly carried up to one hundred and forty millions, men of theory and business both* pronounced that the fatal day had certainly arrived. David Hume said that, although, by tax ing its energies to the utmost, the coun try might possibly live through it, the ex periment must never be repeated,—even a small increase might be fatal. Gran ville said the nation must sink under it uuless some portion of the load was borno by the American Colonies, and the at tempt to impose this load produced the war ofthis revolution, and, instead of ili miiiithiitff, added another hundred mill ions to the burden. Again, says Macau lav, was Kugland given over, but agaiu she WAS ni' re prosperous than ever bo fore. But when at the close of her iS'a polecnic wars in 1816, this debt had been swelled up to the enormous sum of over eight hundred millions sterling, or four thousand three hundred million dollars, or nearly one half the entire property of the United Kingdom, the stoutest heart the firmest believer in national progress and national development, might well have been appalled. But in the very face of this mountain of obligation,—to say nothing of her vastfeulonial possessions —the property of the British nation lias more than trbeled. and her debt is now a charge of but 1-5 per cent, against it. All that great liritian hai done in paying her debt, we shall do, and more, with ours. We have vast territories untouch ed by the •plow, mines of all piecious uielals of which we have hardly opened the doors, a population full of life, ener gy, enterprise and industry, and the accu mulated wealth of money and labor of the old countries pouring into the lap of our giant and ever-to-be united republic. Du ring fiercest and most exhausting of all possible wars, wo have lem nstra ed Dur national strength—and all the world over national strength is but another name for national credit. "Asgood as 1 nited States Stocks" will soon be synonymous the world .over w th "as good as British (Jon sols." For our part, we think a U. S. Treasury note, bearing seven