The sun., 1864-10-29

person " the accuse 1, from the Sheriff OF Albany,
Y;
The fol owing le,tcrs are part cf the evidence;
suruirrs OrrIcx, ALBASy, OCT Il.
Z. noNoHvr. faq. Baltimore.
HcI~ sir Your telegraph of the 10Th, and also
vour letters of the 10Th and nth inst, came 10
hand in iue course 81 mail. l answered your scle-
yrrph by s'ndins Ed. Newcom,N and You have Of
course w. NE answer tcioro this timc. Hoe DO
yon iikeUf saw Mr.. Cagvcr and showed him |
your telegraph. lie does not want TO spare I>rncv.
II you want more help will send some os. As |
70 sen In. the proxies, yru had better send them |
by Nj. Wallace. He slwnys calls at the state |
Agency when coming this way. sepd them fas,
as you can get them, hrst 10 me- All IL well here
AMI We are confident 1f complete success. II is
unnecessary 20 saw that all here hsve entire conf
dcnee in your SIX II and ability, and hope you
will like your help. Please keep me advised
Yours II. CnoNpELL
Next was read the letter IRON Maxton to Ferry.
Tho following from pouohue to l.. Newcomb WAS
also read
ALBAsy, Oct. II, 1864
Ny Dsar I'd II arrived here yesterday morn
ing. aud to-day have called upon Cssger, Crom-
dell, Waterman and Othcrs. They arc well sats-
fed with our efforts In the cause. ! aru 10 be sen,
away Again On Wednesday afternoon. ] do not
know where I am 10 te sent, will ask that you
be attached to nay personal staff. have told Gag
ger that you were good msn. Remain about
Baltimore aud Washington until you hear from
mc or shcrd Cromiell See what you do aud
sdviso our people here. In hasis. your Friend.
DoNUHIr.
A. the conclusion " the reading Of the letters,
tho examination Of tho proxies &e.. the exAmina-
ton u Wood was resumed
Witness said: Newcosb remark ed In Ferry's
Office that II would take the abolition papers throe
mouths to d scuss frauds when the election was
over. When he arrived in New York, ho intended
TO call ut the WORLD Office and give them some
points. All w.rc telling their achievements In
ing done sharp tricks in his dis
trct. In Absny he could always secure
any majority that was necessary for his
candidate He used ''marrow-fst tcteta" which
which would become sspsratsd on being forced
through the aperture ~ the baliot-boS. He was
Inspector ~ elect ouS always had sharp clerks.
They made the po-socks containing names Of
voters tally with the tickets whom counted, by
quickly writing down the number Of names 10
correspond with the number Of tickets In the mar
row-ia,s
The prisoner objected to tho detailing q what be
said about hmaef II hsd nothing "a do with the
caee under confederation.
The Jud 20 Advocate Srgued thst II was necessary
20 prove the sInri' which pronp,ci tho forgery
with Which H., pr s1uer Was chsrgcd It should
he shown thst ho hal bccn engagcd In similar
practices .elUrc.
Tue Cour, ac,,dcl that the evidence was aimis-
sllle
punahue, tie prisoner, croasexnrnined the wit
uctS Who, IA ansS e. ,O has quesons, replied sub
..ntal'y as io.'o"h:
D1nuhue sisIucd tho names nt the request ~
w uci, " ba sent " ID u Parsons, Clinton County,
n. !. Had frcu ,nuhuc sign several powers Of
a'ornCl, IN me- ui which tho blsnks were all MI
uI, mo n oti cr1 crlv partially. 8. he supposed
thM when CAPT M"Dcl,nou tcld him at Fort Henry
q nt the,o hal VII " "ch"ckor playing" with the
soldier yr'O tli foul Hay was going On some
whore, ~ hc determined 70 ferret 1t out
Judge Aivo"ai. hcrc c,hibitcd to- the Court Is
completed p-axicf, s,gucd &C = Arthur, Captain
anil A A 4 - = u ~ s.sIHsI &C + Aftl.uT, Girst
Lieut.. Go. }. ott 4 Y. Cavalry. Donohuc admitted
that ho had vrttss tre namo but disclGimed having
snythng to do with afixiug rank and utle Of tho
thirty -hvo which had been done by Ferry. Other
pack ages were furnished with other forged sigma
lures
Tine Records Of the War Department, were search
al to find the names OF tho ''psncrs," but without
success.
WAS DEPARTMENT,
ApJrrAST GEsFRAL's OyvioK, wAu,issTos,
Oototer 70, lsG+.
Major General l. Wallace, baltimore;
There is no Captain II Smith, of the 9th New
York a, fur IVA the reccruls here show Is there
n Captain n. :. Carr, A. A. q. The foregoing IL
sent to you at the request oi 3. Benedict TreA-
suIy Department.
(SlsLoi,l THosAs NJ NIscksI, a. a. q.
Edward Nswcornh Of Albany, also an agent Of
New York, spponted by Governor Seymour, and
party TO tho fraud. wss slso sworn and exam
ined at great length, His evidence was substan-
italy IN support Of the foregoing witness.
The prisoner, in his defence, denied that he had
signed but fictitious name, and that he legally
ought to be tried in New York. He appeaicd
strongly 70 the clcmcncy Of the Court, alleging ,ha,
this his frat arraignrnent in . court of Justice,
that his wife and family fel, deeply regarding his
situation, tina, he WAS young msn and hsd scted
tho,Ightlessly.
The Judge AivccA,n then addressed the Cour, As
follows;
II appears in uis case that the defendant Dons-
hue, Jr., . Young man connected with the New
York Central Railroad, road 10 thoss who live In
the city OF Now York almost synonymous With
treason, has for the past two or three years been
engaged in one OF the most gigantic frauds ever at
tempted 10 lie Ierpetrated ON tits nation fraud
which, II il shall be successful, will, IN my opinion,
have produced disruption Of our entire country,
aud our war for the preservation q the Union viii
| bc IrArtcally at AL end, and futile. II apIsars
| from the evidence OF the two witnesses produccd
| before you that on one occasion, whom Republic
| can happened to hear something that was sad by
| one u tie 5tnte Agents Of the State OF New York.
u The effect that frauds were being perpctr,ted he
went to the Once Of the State Agent IN this city,
ana found the said State Agent willing and really
| H. make false votes and prudenty represent
| ing luscf u.s. ono ol the party they were
| working Tor, he gained their confidence, and
was allowed 10 the working Of their party
1t appears tia! tho regular blanks for soldiers
| forced. The names OF the officers purporting 10
| swear the soldiers are written out by one party,
| and the name OF tho soldier who cast his vote by
! another, ana third ills up the blanks These are
then lett either sealed uL.calcd, with the cleo
toIN ticket oi tho party which they cpresent and
| as the FIRST witness testified to you, several dry
| goods boxcs full Of such votes have already loft
| the city OF Washington lie cones to this city
! How does this statement stand as compared with
that Of h!s aocpup!ce Ward Newcomb and OF the
| first vi ness, M. WOODY Wa It they who induced
| him ~ commit this fraud, did he them2 Does