Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1865-05-20
XII RA
Trial Of the ConspiiratarS
DISPATCHES FROM TlE REBELS
FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS.
BOOTH I'm CANADA.
JasOb Thompson and the Ontario Bank.
OVEN sso0,ooO TO TuOMPsOrs
CREDIT, WHICH WAS ALL
DRAWN BEVOHE THE
I4TH OF APRIL.
DISPATCHES FROM TIE REBELS
FURTHER DEyELOPMENTS.
BOOTH I'm CANADA.
Ias0b TA0mPaa ald LAs 0nIarI0 Balk.
IMPORTANT TESTIMONY,
Pull Particular Of YeDays ProosdIngs.

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The Court nsi this morning a eleven o'clock,
all the members present
Al eleven O'Clock the prisoners were brought
In, in the same order A. yesterday, and seated in
the prisoners dock, guard oeeppying = scat By
the side Of each one Of them. During the read
ing Of the testimony they sat gaming upon the
reader aud aboat the room. They were seated
In the same seats occupied By them yesterday,
HsroJd at one eud Of the bench and Arnold n the
other. Mra surratt sat u the end o. the dock.
her veil drawn over her face aud leaning her
head Arst upon the railihg and then against the
wall.
AZ eleven O'Clock the reading was commenced
By NJ. ID. N, Murphy,vko continued TO read until
Of the eoart announssd dthat tRs commisaioa would
take q receas until two o'elock. .rFt
A large number Of visitors were IN attendance,
the court room being denssly and ineonyeniehtly
crowded, many being unable 10 obtain seats. A
number Of ladies' were present this morning, aud
occupied seats in the east end Of the room. Payne
sat with his head thrown back against the wall,
isrodt presented the sanieappearanes, his william
oas ooahtenanee being instanily noticed BY the
visitors At the court
o'Laughiin aud spangler sat With their heads
down aud gazing upon the floor, both seeming to
DO sorrowfal and hopeless Arnold sat gazing
through the open window at the end Of the dock,
and occasionally glancing about the court room.
the door. Hsroid, IN the end d q he dock, and
next to Mrs, 5urratt, sat with his head against
the wall aud gazing upon those In the room. y
The various exhibits IN the case-kniyea, pis.
tolls, boots, Clothes the saddle, photographs, and
other articles which were found with the pris-
oners, aud which have been mentioned-Aro the
subjects Of much curiosity, among the visitors
During the recess Of tho. court, many ayailed
themselves Of the opportunity to inspcctthe ynri-
oun articles.
AFrERSooN SESSION.
Al ave minutes before two o'clock tn prison.
orr were brought Into Court and seated as this
morning. Al two o'clock General Hunter, the
President, called the Commission 70 order.
During the hour Of recess . large number OF
visitors, both ladies and gentlemen, arrived at
the Arsenal. II
Jadge Advocate General Holt requested that
the reading be suspended in order that the te.ti-
mony q M; Dana, Assistant Secretary Of War,
might be taken.
TEsrInosr or cnAs. A. DANA.
Mr.. Dana, having been sworn, was shown q
small instrument made Of wood, something ike
reel, with letters over u, which witness staisd
was . slphsr-key, and By turning the cylinder
one letter q substltuted Tor another: Witness
stated he found the instrument In the o1ice Of
Benjamin, the rebel Secretary o. STATE on the 9Th
q April, and sent h TO The War Department 70
sansd, ana 1nishsd at isa minutes past two
o'clock, when
nAgon 2. 2. RcKHag.
was ealisd and sworn Witness was shown the
cipher found In the trunk - =. Wilkes booth,
and -Gskea1o compare Il with the ono identified
By the Assistant Secretary Of War. Witness
stated they wers exactly the same, and that the
rebei eipher dlspatehos had been previously re-
ferred 10 him, some Of which were Of the aaina
principle a. the ones before the oonrt. Witness
hsra produced 4 number Of dispatches Of the rebel
0overnment which had been translated
Witness stated the original dispatches passed
warded. The oiphSr Of The 18th came from
Canada and went 10 Richmond; the one OF the
l9th came from Riehmond and went 10 Canada
S,sy Ss:y w;S: e: Tsn cdS .s,s ,%s as sS
them. Iwithess was here shown the translated
dispatches and identified them. They are as fol-
lows:
We again urge the immense necessity Of our
gaining Immediate advantages strain every |
nerve TOR victory. We now look upon the election
of Lincoln In November As almost certain, and
We need 70 whip his hlrolings 10 prevent It, Be
sides, with Lincoln re-elocted and hia armies vie-
torious, We need not hope ever for recognition,
much lsss the help mentiohed In oar last
holeome will explain this. Those agures Of
tho Yankee Arnies ARE correct to unit. Our
friends shall be Immediately sot to work, as you
direct
Yours Of tho 18Th lust. Ia at hand. There IL
yet time enough TO eolonlns many voters before
Novomber. blow will shortly DO stricken
here. II IL not quite time. Gen. Lcngstroet is
% attack sheridan without delay, and then move
North, As far as practicable, toward unprotected
points, This viii be made Instead Of the move
nnent before mentioned.
We will endeaVor to assist the Republicans In
collecting their ballots. be watshful And assist
him.
JonH N. wARD,
sworn--Wltneas lives Ht BryAntown; at the time
he heard the President was Aasassinated he was
informed that All the houses were 10 be searched,
M ha haam mA hal N Ia ...a
all the Inhabitants Of the village under martial
law he was under the impression that Dr. Mudd
was there, but his reeOlleeiiOn was no. clear on
that point
RoBERr NnLsoN, (ooLoRRD.)
Lives In Washington. lKnlfe shown him.l u
looks like the knife found on the Saturday
morning following the assassination, near the
middle o. the street, opposite tho Herudon House
gave II 70 another gentleman.
Crosa-examined ! Found knife between Ave
and six o'clock In the morning, when going 10
market
Nm. WILSON.
lKnife shown hin. Received this knife from
the eolored boy Nelson % Saturday, the i5th Of
April he broaght II to me In the library Of Sec
Lnur. DANA
was called and sworn, bat hothing Of Importance
was developed from his testimony, further than
that be arrived Al BryAntoWR at twenty minutes
past one o'clock, and there heard that The Presi-
Aa.LNMANA1ANN
hR. ,. y. STEWART,
sworn. Witness saw the assassin leap from the
hox thai the President occupied. lie (wltnasal
vas Aecompanied by his sister. When the as
Hasaln came from the box his face was turned
towards the audience; the witness leaped towards
the stage and exclaimed, ''stop thai man y The
man was going ~ fast ~ II was possible for him
Witness did not remenber that spAngler said it
was Booth who shot the President. ffom his po-
sition, should thlRk Booth spared tho horse on
aud for a time Lost eontrol Of him by having one
foot In the Htirrup. IL was not i've seconds from
!Ss time witness got on ne stage until he rsashsd
Witness had the impression he met spanRler
near the back door, but could not swear 10 e.
Witness recognized Booth when he Jumped from
the box; was not satisfied that the door was
closed by some one near when Booth went out
II person had heon In the position at the door
! described he esald have stopped Booth,
M. CAMPBELL,
Called and sworn, testified that he resided IN
Montreal, Canada IL anst teller of tho OntaEla
Bank. Witness was shown an account aud
stated that u Was q correct abstract from the
books Of the bank. Tho account was IN the name
q Jacob ThemPsOn. Ths account sonmsness
FriOr 70 that tlas he iels sterliae exchange to
be draHn on the rebel agents a Liverpool The
account closed April II, lsa5. The aggregate
amount 10 his credit vas egia,l7a as and bal
aaes vel 10 Ma credIt of era s30 Ne has drawn
ESQ.,, 100 durihg the last eighteen months. lie
bOnght a one time elOO.0OO sterllng exchange.
Ne drew one bill, el0o on the lst u April on the
slh u April drew filt same day drew ft,OO0;
April 9th, ThompHone got q reeept'for oIs0,OOO
kn0Wa jacob Thompson personally sluco Anrli