The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-12-21

Il scsefai eases, 1sSiIy fseEke5 1Ssss5( llsS.
The Iegtslatnre Of Kent1ekT has pos,popea The
time iN the election &C uniied atatea Senaios
rom tnat siate q the Slst Of JanSasy. !
o! ven hsads y demands 9 court Of inquiry into III
conduct Of the recent advance acr,,ss ths Rapida.
ana the sudden retreat across that sivcr
Gold Was qoqtedin New York Tuesday at l4ok.
LOCAL MATTERs.
EzapstHas;on Of As~ Rpttssson Al,a,a. eo,,.
NSsed.-The third days examination al Nrs
Mary Caroline Allan, wife Of Patterson Al
Ian, OF this city, for alleged reasonable cor.
respondence with the enemy, took place be-
Tore g. =. Commissioner Wdh. +. Wataon e,..-
saturday morning last at hAlcf,ost e,eve.
O'Clock the accused entered the Court.ron,n
leaning n.S6n the arm of her husband. She
wore black alpaca dress, of the flnest fer
ture, and over that black Grape shawl, With
that provoking brown veil over her face.
which was not lifted during the whole Of
the time she was present In Court. The
counsel for the defence and prosecuting Al.
torney having arrived, Commissioner Vat.
son eignjfed his readiness to go on with the
business of the day.
Gen. Winder being questioned az to the
time when Philips (the lame man who Mrs.
Allan asserted had given her servant man
John letter marked can in the Second
Market, addressed to Rev. Morgan Dix, Of
New York, was arrested by him upon eus-
picion OF being disloyal to the South, and .
corresPondentof The New Y, rk Herald, re
piled that he believed il was on the 18th of
February, 1862; but couldnot positively GER
tify to It. There being no evidence against
Phillips, he was Immediately discharged -
Gen. W. was then informed that there would
be NO further use for him. when he took his
departure, apparently much, pleased at the
opportunity Of doing So
Mrs. Moses D; Hoge, being again called to
the stand, testified that she was present at
part Of the interview which took place ct
her house between Gen. Winder and Mrs.
Allan Soon after introducing them she
left the parl0r, bnt In afew minutes was In
formed that Nrs. Allan was talking in 90
loud and excited manner as to attract the
attention Of persons in tho street: went
again into the parlor where Gen. W. and the
accused were; Mrs. Allan appealed to her TO
know whether she believed she could be
guilty of indictiDg such letter a. that
Mrs. FL replied that she di6 not think the
accused had written 1t. Mrs. A. then said.
II would not have written such q letter
about Mr. Hoge, whom have always re-
garded as my best friend. I swear never
wrote that letter, nor do know anything of
its contents," Subsequently she was rTes-
ent at an interview between Mr. r. H. Ay-
lett and Mrs. Allan; she denied positively
to Mr.. A. all knowledge OF the letter ad.
forth the envelope addressed to ssMiss
Haynes" which covered the one to Dix,
together with the noto accompanying It
which she had sent to Dr. Powell, Mrs Al
Ian recollected 1t, but solemnly protested
against knowing anything of its contents |:
she had enclosed 1t In an envelope to '4Miss
Haynes" but knew nothing Of what was in
Dix's letter she (the accused) had a eight
acquaintance with Dix-met with him once
In foreign country.
Lit. Leonard Nackall was then called to
testify as to the similarity Of the handwriting
Of the letter signed 'tSanta Trinita" to that
Of Phillips, the man who it Is said sent the
letter to Mrs Allan through tho hands Of her
Servant. After close examination, the wit
ness was satisfied the writing was not Phil.
hps's; P.'s chirogrsphy Was fine, like the
Specimen exhibited. re will be recolleetetl
that Mr. Mcmahon testified on Friday direct
ly the reverse az to P.'s style Of writing. He
pronounced It Ofa ."spfawlIng, unstylish''
character; wide, and letters far apart, while
"Santa Trinita's" was compact and well
written p. did not write "back hand, "
nor did he (the witness) think he could dis.
guise one with so much regularity as the one
before him; "back hand" was difficult to
disguise any great length of time. Did not
consider himself an expert In such matters,
but from his knowledge OF Phillips's hand.
the one attributed to him by Mrs. Allan's
servant.
DR. Powell was again called by the Attor.
ney for the Government, but Mr.. Lyons,
counsel for the defence, objected to the right
OF Mr. Aylett's again making witness OF
him, unless for the purpose OF rebutting evil
dence. He read authority of law to justify
his objection, and appealed to the Commis.
sionert to sustain him in his position. In con.
sideration Of the fact, however, that, on Z
previous occasion when'Dr r. was . witness
notification that at some other stage of the
trial the witness would again be called up,
and there being NO objection from the coun.
sci for the defence, he (the Commlssioner)
took the silence of Mr.. Lyons as assonting ia
the arrangement, and therefore, while he ac-
knowledged the legal authority a good
against permitting the witness 70 reappear,
yet common understanding ct the opening
Ofthe examination warranted him iu consent
ing to the desire Of the prosecuting attorney
to r0rexamine the witness.
DR.. Powell was then asked whether heWAs
acquainted with Mrs. --, Of ---, . sister
or near relative Of Mn. Allan, and what we're
tho relations between them He fDr. r.
knew her very we'll, and did mot think thcJ
were 10 any way friendly towards each ether;
hal heard Mrs. Allan express heteelf very
unklndly towards her.
DR.. 0rebe knew PHILIPPE; had called to u
tend lady professionally at p request.
Saw him frequently In the year 1669. but bad
no recollection Of having ssea him since.
At this stage Of the proceedings confer
sides, when 4 was agreed thsk = there wofl
several other witnesses yet 70 be examined
sOme Of whom wero not iu the city, ane
in consideration also Of the near approach
to tho Chriatmpe holldays, Il would b
best to adjourn further exom1notten Oyei
TO- the l2fh day of Jsnuary, 1884 Tha
Commlaoiouer agreeing 20 this arrange
msnt, the Court aecogd1ngiy adjourned e
that day.
fAs interesting Ia connsction With this ex
animation. We ouhi0iu the warrant Of AyTeoe
notes from Nrs. Allan 70 DR.. Powell, and III
intercepted letter, {"A,s) slgne4 @4aati
TFinita, !" which led to the auest q the ac
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