New-York daily tribune., 1858-07-13
THE LATE GUARD OF HONOR.

PROCEEDINGS OF THE COURT OF INQUIRY
The Court of Inquiry called by Gen. Is TO inquire
ITO the Truth Of certain chsrges affecting the honor Of
members Of the sth Regiment, while sotng IS
suad CT honor TO the remains VI the s.e President
Monroe. st the CITY Hal. met last evening At the
Arsensl in En- street corner Of Write strest Lieut..
Col. y. b. Labsu of the 55th r. giment constituted
tie Court; Major Antho3. attached to the Brigade
Staff. acted ss Judge Advocate.
Col. Geo. Lyons Of the sth Regiment, sworr, says
Capt. Burger and potion of his eommand were, on
the evening of July p directed to take charge ef the
remains of tts la.e President Monroe at the City Hall
there also detailed three from Compsoy y, two
frcm Company D. three frCu, +, tuo ttom u, snd two
from II; Cspt. Burger aud First Lieut. Brsdora OF
Company L were the ouly officers De tailed lnele
were 10 Others present n h,t night 10 my knowledse
or the morrng OF the 81 of July, Capt. Lsaoder
Buck ard Company were 70 relieve Csp. Burger
ard his command g. D O'Clock; l found nun there
when calico IN the morning. Capt Back and Lleu,s.
Gregory sId Allen were in command OF Company h.
Mr.. Sarah Tsylor, sworn, ssys-l reside at the Cty
Hall Mr.. Taylor, the keeper of tae Hib. is my hus-
bard; WAS in the City Hall on the night OF the Il
sud ornpg of the 81 of July; my apartments are on
the first 6oor very close TO toe ssircsse guard was
kept over tire remains Of exPresdent Monroe, IN the
Cover nois &c oom t1e military also occupied the hrst
part If the Court OF Common Pleas the Goyernor
room s in the middle Of the building second noof' AZ
the h. ad of the stairs tie Common Pleas, rst ptt,
!. ne uext room TO IT, on the eft-hsnd side, on the
opposite sde Of the corridor, close TO the safcsss
slept in the building all night Ietnpg AZ - cIock
and rising suppose at 81 did not hear any noise or
disturbance during the nis6t, nor IN the mornihS
visited the Governors room and the Common Pleas
room on Saturday morning; those rooms were oceu,
pied by the military at the tine; 1t wA about
oelock n hen wss in the Common Pleas room; the
military just goue; the Go nnon Pleas loom ap
peale to I've IN coed order, everything 10 ns place,
except that the chairs little bit out of orderi
I Cnrf nf On
beer sitting but think have done So the sppesr-
snce tt Is room lot any worse thsu Jury room
wou'd be, ard not "a bad, don't think; Mrs. burus
was 6b, ut 80 arrar ge the rcom whes vent up
BY Mr.. Belts, Counsel for Company C-i saw
compsny 20 away that morning-could not te what
one-before O'Clock did not see aoy marks OF IN
Il xcatior in apy Of the officers or men OF that CON-
paIy that morning; did not see any furniture broken
when went into the Courtroom nothing at all WAS
broken except tumbler, which hsd little piece
broken cut of ii the room was not al ai 10 duAp
dated couaitiOn did it le any repairs before
could be used ~ Courtroom; my room was so STU
aed that could have heard any singing or loud nose
from tie occupied by Company Z very plainly
ME-. Elzibetb Burns, sworn, says1My business On
the ID and Sd of July was cleaning the Court rooms
in the City Hall; on Saturday morning came 10 the
City Hail, about O'Clock, or little after did not
hear aly nc se or disturbance there; wss 10 No ~
Common Pleas, No. think 1t was about % oeoch
when went into the Courtroom there were soldiers
press nj q en-; they sitting dove; one OF them
Was stabdp ur did not hesr any loud and boister,
GUS conversation among them; dd not th,hk sDs .,
them We rs intoxicated; did not notice d'inh on any
f peIson lie iunhnrs was in the condition as
usual of it broken; did not nouce ANYTHING
on the carpet but pieces Of cgars anj mark, OF duty
feet; cid not clean the room en- Saturday bec,use
tie men did not wish dust to get their clothssi
cleaned it M0Lday-no, Tuesday, tae day after the
Al Of July.
BY CouSsel-Wheu first went icto tho room it
was not to my knowledge in cilapdated condition,
ard did not require any repairs before cOud De used
by the Court excep to clean Il up; | don't think the
urt hsa held IFS sSiftn L
sbythiDg br ken that would need carpenter or uason
work in consequence Of the occupancy oil tue com
papy that night, before it would be lit for the ttngs
Of the Court; il 10 about the same confN0n ~
.iuy.rcom, only 1t had been longer without being
cleaned.
BY the Court-I did not any liquor in the room
by Counsel did not see any broken bottles pitch
decsLters on the heor there vac only one gas
broken: WAS around the Hall that morning about an
hour but did not wait until the company mNched on.
Thos. H. Landon, sworn, says-l am clerk IN t1s
office of the Court Of Common Pleas; was IN the
Courtroom CT Common Pleas, Part l., on the morning
Of the Sd Of July, between and 10 O'Clock; weat
three feet into the room; 1 saw three military men
occupying tt Judges desk, and several bystanders;
i did net notice if they were military men, dif not
remain long; ore of the military men, a, near a. l
could judge, writings the others were talking TO
each other their language was not Do'sterous ana 80
lar as saw they were not drinking or cdrouslngi
took general lock at the room; could not give any
particulars as 10 furuiture the room Itel looked in
quite a dice ride rid s,ste; everything looked mus ed
and tumbled about ! did not gee any hqaG tnerei
could not swear that the Court room would have re-
aured repairs in consequence OF its occupation by the
military that night il ls now undergoing repairs but
il required repsns before | saw nosning to warrant
such statement.
BY Counsel did not any furniture that was
broken nor any broken bottles decarters or pitchers
on the floor; did rot 90 far enough intJ the room,
ard If such had been the fsc could not have seent
" illiam ii. BTogn, sworn, says-l am one Of the
Cficers Of the Court of Common Pleas; was 10 Part
j. on the morning Of the Sd of July, about hsf past
& thnk there were then four poreons In the room,
tso Of them military and two not one OF the so'-
deIs sitting 10 the Judges cr air. the other Ia the
audlerce part the thai sitting 10 the Judges
CT air dong nothiog tha, know of the room was
dry AID very much disordered; l saw no furniture
broken; there tunbler broken, one ptcher sis
ting on the ia ole, two decanters tureen, and
waiter with some tumbers on i; the tunoler was
the only article that saw broken.
By Coursel-I don't know that the dsordered state
Of tie room Of which spoke was any more than the
arrangement Of the chairs for sleeping; neither OF the
military men was Masking msudln speech or showed
any signs of intoxicstion; don't know tia. saw
compsny march off guard thst morning.
Mrs Sarah Heron sworn, ssys-On the evening OF
IL I'd took up ice water 10 the soldiers l0 O'Clock
that was the last time went up that night the sol
ders who occupied the Courtroom were sitting
there, but lot drinking while was there they we're
not bolsterous or noisy did not see sny wines .,
LIQUORS there: did DOT REGAIN in the City Hall al
night; | next ssw the room a, ) o'clock IN me morn
ing the same soldiers we're there then; they we's s.
ting and talking; none Of them were drinking eII
lot any decanters or bottles; pothlng ol tne
took up and a small one; lone OF the iafhitufs "Hs
broken: The carpet was no. stained nor inlnfeu was
there when the soldiers who had been there an my
marched out ard the fresh ones came n ths new
cOuers behaved well, tney Old not ortg 10 any 80. 'pt
or bo,,Ie. snv kind; there loud Or bo,eer)us
conversation among them; was In the room 10
until they dismissed, In ard out next entered
the room about O'Clock; dd not see any one Inefs
then: the room was in the same oordi,lon DO not
k-ow II ina room was subsequently locked s1d did