Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1864-11-05

Mr.. Giliet des red thai the notes BE- brought
before the court he paDer before them
ence Of J,nes, but one written ont from the
notes II vas out OF pre- cedent, too, th It a
deposition should be taken and not read over
tot person making the deposition. He In.
Sled that the no es should b. sen; 10: by some
person other Than the reporter, and be pro.
uSSeo Whhe the witness WA on the stand.
.s ne Judge Advocate argued that the notes,
~i.eh out, constituted the rrai paper be-
80 aue court, as they were not competent TO
she pnenographic notes. He, how
y sm bt""ah NO oejeeaon TO the court having
mr. Gillel, for defense, insisted that the ma
Is which weIe sworn TO weie the oniv one.
which Ihe court should take coeni,ancs -, u
demanded them that IL might oe ascsr,.;naS
whether the two papers Were similarNtha, ,ns
substance had not been changed as thew vsrs
transcribed.
The Judge Advocate was not surprssa n,
hearing The deieDse charge fraud upon the
sworn reporter OF this court sitter what he had
heard from that quarter since the trial com
menceo. DE wouiu not be surprised even TO
hear them charge the members OF this commis-
sion with improper motives ana with having
dlsgra. ed their uniform. H. lrusted that the
court would not tolerate such imputations
hereafter.
The court was cleared TO decide the point and
on It's being opened the notes were sent for and
meantime another witness was placed upon
the stand.
Cupt. JoSioh L. Cldshorn, sworn.-Testified
that LIE was born in North vans, n. Y: was
lieutenant in the e9Ih United States colored
infantry; came TO Siae agency lst of October.
saw Nor b, Cohn and O man W no signed his
name MuI ply; told them he had come 10 put in
proxy vote; Murphy made out the papers
al hlled the afidavi; 40 oath was taken; told
D'm 10 leave the papers and tt ey would be mt
in ihe local ticket; said he would take ii him.
sell; he W. ut The next day TO No. 25b + street:
no one was there to lake the oath; went again
aUout 2Itll or 26th OF last month, AMI no one
was there; lie rang The hell: he was told by a
boy lie could find him at No. III Pa. avenue
ituess then went TO No III Pennsylvania
q ue; saw Col North, John, and a man who
sieLed his lame Jones, anu others there; per-
obs were there who weIr about to 90 10 the
ircnt; they proposed to go and see Mai. Wood
and get passes to Visit the BROOKLYN; they said
II would Lot do TO let tn- authorities know
WLe'e they were going, as the Administration
woUIO have the Brooklyn moved, so that thew
NJ not get aboard OF her /, get he votes MI
Jones iold him they had To make papers out In
thai sly !e. as Ho officer wa> detailed 10 admin
is"r an OATH showed him number OF papers
already signed by officers saw no officer there;
saw thf|e pacEages, ali signed by Olenuott.
1nty haI deO the new papers to witness, aud
destroyed Others, and threw Them away; I
sign eG my name TO a biank-as also did M. M.
JCnes-as my ballot; also signed the challenge
oaib; no one took my affidavit; Col. North was
moving aOeut the room, at fTom three to ten
feet rom me; i took the vote aud sealed it up.
Cross examined by defendants-Wns born In
the town Of North Evans, New York: they
were in the back room At the time spoken OF;
think they had two desks and 4 table Colonel
North was moving about the room the writing
was done by Mr. Jones; he was In the back
room when L went there: Col. Jones said he
W ulG have some one TO fix up my papers; Mr..
JoEes filled mp the blank, 1T was put up In the
Us Ual form; II was according to nv wish, with
the exception of not being worn to; took the
paper to my room; do not know how long
had i; there; | fl ally surrendered IL to Clar-
ence Seward; l believe that Is his name; il
was rot my d. sign 10 send II away with that
kind of q vote In IT.
Mr. Clephane here prod need the shorthand
notes OF the It estimony OF Mr.. Jones, and read
it to the Court, (this deposition we have al
ready laid before our readers
Col. Ingrdhdm, Provost Marshal Of this Dis
trict, was sworn, and testified that he had an
order placed in his hands for The arrest OF four
parties, and be arrested Two of them-l;oIonel
North and, II he was not mistaken, Mr.. Cohen.
He C Csed the rooms and left Lieutenant Hunt
in charge, with instructions 10 allow no one to
enter. Afterwards, on the order of the Secre-
tary OF War, Mr.. Bradley was allowed the use
OF The front room to answer the questions of
soldiers calling there; the papers having been
removed 10 the back room, which was retained
unul Thursday, when the rooms were given
up 10 the commissioners OF the State of New
York on the same authority. Nothing was
disturbed in the rooms. After the front room
was given up, guard was kept over the back
room. The keys were delivered 10 the officer
OF the guard, who subsequently, delivered them
TO the Judge Advocate.
Litut. II. L. Hunt, Adjutant of the Provost
Marshal and aide. de- camp to Col. Wisewell,
Military Governor. Witness received instruc-
tions and accompanied Col Ingraham to the
rooms where Col North and others were placed
under arrest. He was ordered TO take possess
sion and allow nothing TO be disturbed. The
door was locked and a corporal and three men
were placed on guard. Afrer the front room
was given up The papers were removed 10 the
back Office over which the guard was placed.
A few days after few blanks Were given in
charge OF person who had authority.
The Judge Advocate asked that the court de-
eide as 10 what witness shall be SUNNI oued,
and stated that many of them were living a
n q ralt nd nnt ha
reached in less than two or three days
Mr. Mcpherson argued that the fact of the
blanks being found fn the office " as not proof
that they were to be frauduently used, and
that they were there tor purely legitimate pur-
poses. The high character of the accused pre-
clnded their use in any but an honorable way,
ard they wonid therefore call witnesses 10
prove their standing.
The court was then cleared, and on the doors
being reOpened, II WIS announced that they
had decided to summon all the witnesses on
the list. and, to allow tine, the case was post
poned to Monday, lih inst.
ALEXANDRIA From last evenings
False Report-Mrs. YeIverton, who, in con-
nection with her husband, was robbed few
nights ago by guerrillas. was in this city yes
terday, and r. ceiyed a permit from Col. Wells
10 carry outsome supplies. A short time after
she left the city it was reported that she was
smuggling out much larger amount OF goods
Than her permit called for. "A detective was
nation he found that she had not as large an
amount Of supplies as her permit called for.
OF course, she was allowed 10 proceed without
further molestation.
Two hundred and twenty deserters were for
warded TO Col. Wells, Provost Marshal Cen
eral, yesterday, from Camp Distribution This
large number Will keep the various courts
marital no " in session in this city busy for
some weeks.
On account of extreme illness in his family,
DIR. Johnston has been relieved from further
duty as q train guard and Mr.. John West de-
tailed In his stead
POLICE REPoRTs-FfrSt Prscinck-John F.
Davis was arrested by officer Cline, for stealing
a coat. He was taken before Justice Gull, whe
sent him to Jail for court
Second Precinct.-Henrv Douglass, disorderly;
50 Thomas Riley, selling liquor to minors;
$40: also, selling without license; $40. Octavia
CANT disorderly house; So John W. Doug
lass stealing cow; dismissed. Sarah Johnson,
disorderIy; 81
Third Precinet.-Samuel Tyler disorderly;
S. Brewer Follin, drunk; dismissed. Geo.
Lacey do and dsorderly 50 A.