Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1864-11-15


auth OriZing the Mayor to contract with Messrs.
| Clark and Morrison to build a sewer; resoiu-
| non requesting Water Registrar to inform the
bUaid what amount our w, was paid for the water
wagon. BY Mr.. Rheem-to lay gutter on east
eide Of 23d street, between E and F streets.
The following were reported and passed -
By Mr.. Ferguson, ways and means, ALDER
mems bill increasing compensation OF garbage
| man. By Mr.. Larner-AldermeH's bill for
| sewer in 7th street, from II to L, with amend
ment; for deficiency in appropriation for gra-
ding and graveling North Capitol street, from
New York avenue to ] street.
and tSe .o,UWng Wefs rspos.ea On Nv
ly, (claims)-Bin for the relief Of o. X. Harris.
Mr.. Stephens, tpelice)-Petition OF Mrs. Har-
old, and bill prohibiting the sale OF newspapers
| on Sunday. A bill for the same purpose had
| been previously passed
| The following bills were received from the
| side of street south, from 4th to 9Th; to lay
plank footwalk across street north, on the
| west side OF Sd street west passed. 10 repair
| d street south, from New Jersey avenue to
Canal street; TO enlarge and pave alley In square
| i29; referred. Adjourned.
THE TRIAL OF MEssRs. NORTH, JONES, AND
COIN charged with manufacturing soldiers
BOG us ba lots, was resumed yesterday morning
by the military commission, which assem- hled,
pursuant to adjournment, at their rooms, on +
street, between Thirteenth and Four eenth
streets. All the n embers OF the commis sion
were present. MAJOR General Abner Double
day, United States volunteers, president, and
Colonel John A. Foster, l75th New York vol
unteers, the Judge Advocate.
The prisoners, Colonel Samuel North, Mar
vim H Jones, and Levi Cohn, were broug MT into
let, and John u. Mcpherson, Esqs., of this city,
| together with Colonel W. "A. Beach, of Troy,
| New York, who was introduced to the court
| by Mr.. Gillet, appeared as counsel for the pris
| oners.
Mayor 7heophilus Gaines was sworn, and de-
| posed as follows Am Judge Advocate of the
| pod army corps, in the Department of Washing
| ton; went to the office of the New York State
| Agency about the 1st OF November; found the
| rooIls locked; saw In the rear room a number
| OF blank affidavits and powers of attorney,
| signed Lewis !. Ottentot, captain, company Z,
| 179th New York volunteers; believed the pa
pers produced were those found in the room;
| also saw several large packages said to contain
| soldiers votes, which " ere atterward given to
| the three commissioners from the State OF New
YORK. The books produced and other papers
Colonel Foster took possession of were those
produced in court
ross.examined by counsel for defence -
| Gould not say whether the papers in court
| were all that were found in Col North's office.
| the papers were all signed; he noticed the
| name, but put no mark upon them; cannot pos
| itively say those were the papers, but a bundle
| of papers was found containing that signature.
| They were in the back room, witness thought,
| in one OF the drawers on the south side of the
room; there were two drawers; the papers
might have been on the table; he could not say
| positively whether or not; he was not willing
| to locate the papers In any particular part OF
| the room; Col. roster was ltn MIN during the
| examination; Mr.. Dana came in once, soon
! after the examination; also, Mr.. Sands, of the
War Department., and another young man. he
| could not say the papers present were all
| that were found in the room; he had no doubt
the papers present were found in that room.
The witness was dismissed from the stand,
| whether the identity of the bundle of papers
| had been proven, he was recalled, and, ex-
| amining the papers separately, identified more
| than half of them as being the papers taken
from the New York State agency by Colonel
| Foster.
Witness thought there was no doubt about
| the bundle being the same; he did not know
| the handwriting of any of the indi viduals, and
only remember them by the characters;
saw three gentlemen who were there-Judges
Parker and Allen, and Mr. Kelly-who repre-
sented themselves as commissioners from New
York; they took an inventory of the papers
that might be needed in this case; the young
man who was there offered his services; the
Assistant Secretary of War wanted the COM
missioners to have all the papers not connect
ed with the case, and receipt TO be taken
therefor; Capt. Ottenot's signature he saw so
often thai he readily recognised It.
Colonel roSter was sworn and deposed as fol-
lows:-He was .rdge Advocate OF that court
he went TO the office of the New York State
agency in the company OF the last witness
MAJOR Gaines), about the 1st of November.
by order of the Secretary of War. He found
num- ber OF papers, from which he selected
those he deemed most important, wrapped
them up, and brought them away with him.
The bundle present he identified as being the
same he took from the office in question.
Cross-examined by Mr.. Giilet.-He went
there on the verbal order OF Assistant Secre-
tary OF War Dana; could not say positively
what day it was; it might have been the last
day of October.
Henry Carer, corporal of the Veteran Re-
serve Corps, testified that he had charge of q
guard on the Both of October at the office OF the
New York State Agency. He was instructed
to keep the rear room entirely closed and al
low no one to enter; he was also instructed not
to allow any person except those having au-
thority to enter the front room; he kept the key
of the back room all the time he was on guard.
CrCss-examined: He was quite sure NO one
entered during the time he held the KEY. On
Monday, tall, elderly gentleman, connected
with the State Agency, was allowed to enter
the front room by authority.
". H. Strong also testified: Am member Of
the Veteran Reserve Corps; he relieved last
witness from duty, and received from him the
key of the back room, with nstru ctions to allow
no one to enter but Col. 1ngraham Mr. Dana,
and Colonel Foster. The former and latter.
named gentlemen, accompanied by Major
Gaines and a clerk in the War Department,
entered W htle he was on duty, but no other
person. No ore had charge Of the guard but
the last witness and himself.
Charles III. Palmer, Il captain in the 9th New
York heavy artillery, was nextexamined. He
testified as follows:
He was a captain; his regiment was stationed
near Wtnche was In the city the latter part
OF October Mr. Jones came to him at the Kirk
wood, and wanted MIN TO go to the New York
Agency to take the dispositions of New York
soldiers; went to the office; stayed there some
time; saw Mr. Jones, Col. North, and Mr..
Cohn there; witness asked how long it would
be before he could commence work was told
he could commence in half an hour; Mr.. Jones
brought out several bundles of envelopes, and
" anted him to sign his name to them, which
W ness refused TO do, and told him it was not
the eight way to do it; Jones gotimpatient, and
seemed to insist on his doing 1t, as did another
man Nv hom he could not recognize as being
present IN court; there were none but Mcclellan
tickets there seeing it was one.sided affair,
he left the office.
Cross.examined by Colonel Beach:-It was
on SATURDAY.: there were eight or ten persons
in the room. he did not know others than those
designated; he was not willing to swear posi-
tiyely that Colonel North was there, had not
seen him since; had no conversation with him
then; he was walking about the room; did
not observe that Colonel North did any
thing: had conversations with several persons;
did not know their names; was there nalf an
hour; the first thing occurred was, Mr. Jones
wanted him to sign the blanks; he Jones) was
sitting by a table in the front of the room; he