The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-06-05

Hx- Governor FeEWoll teeti6od that be.
twsen 10 asa 1880 % the night of th<
assassinstion, be hAstsned from the thes.
ire 70 the room Of Vics Pfesidsnt Joho-
son, in order to warn him Of 1pprshssd-
ed hAnger. He had no recollectios ol
seeing Atxerodt in the hotel at the time.
I One Of the guards, called fos the De.
fenss testified that Payne said to hin hs
wished they would hang him, y hs was
tired Of life.
| Another guard testified that whom Ma.
ljor Seward was examined as witness,
and he (tbs guard tss patsing the irons
back on Payne, the latter said "They
are tracking me pretty closely. and !
want to die"
The counsel for Payne also called an
other witness 10 show that Payse vas
oonssipated for . long time. This vas
for the psrposs Of establishing symptoms
Of insanity.
Marcus P. Norton, Of Troy. NewYork,
was called for the Goversmsnt. He .es.
tilted that from the 10th Of January till
the middle Of March he stopped Il the
National Hotel. Ne knew Booth. but
not personally. He recognized two of
the prisoners Atsefodt and O'Lnughlin
-as persons he had seen with Booth ai
the hotei-ths former twice, the latter
about four times. He accidestally over.
heard . conversation between Booth and
Asssrodt. in which il was said aEuc-
reed - we'll with Johnson and with old
Buchanan, and they would get pretty we'll
sold." In the Same conversation il vas
remarked s'The c;ss Of witnesses wosld
be such that nothing could be proven
BY them" he supposed he hsd seen
DR.. Mudd once before, d the National
Hotel, when be came excitedly 70 his
{ (wituesses') room, hastily opessd it and
apolcgised, saying be thought be was in
Booths. He then went down staira-
Witness followed him, shen he returned,
aud went up stairs. Witness followed
him: when he returned and west up
stairs. This was abont ten or eleven
O'Clock. on the Sd Of March.
Jao. d. Giles was called for The &C.
oused, aud testified that be vas bar .
keeper At Rupsepsn's Hotel, and saw
O'Lsughlin il The hotel on the evening
Of tbs day preceding The assassination,
with Lieut.. Henderson and others They
we're there duriog the evening and re-
turned abou. 10 O'Clock, when witness
went out with the party, and vas with
them untii o'clock. O'Laughlin vas
in the house on Friday night al the eve
nio2, and vas there when tho news of
the assassinasion reached the hoase.
An important feet came oct toward the
close Of to-day's psoceedings-Mr. Does
ter ssying that Payn ne's real nsme ID
Powell, aud tha, he came from Florida.
Col. w. II Mccall. also in charge Of
Payne, testified 70 the constipation Of the
prisoner. He had no relief. uotiI last
evening, since the 10Th of April.
Lieut.. John w. Dempsey. one of the
party who searched Mrs. Surrsu's house,
ideati6ed Booths photograph.
James o Brien, usher at Eord's The
ater, testified that he found the key OF
box No 8 was broken some time before
the assassination that OF box No. was
unbroken. The door OF box 8 wss the
door used when the Presidential party
occupied the two boxes, aud il vas always
left open. The door leading into the
passage which separated the Two boxes
vas NOT fastened At all.
Susan Stewart, eoloTsd, testified that
she saw Or. Mndd the day after the as
sassination riding along near Mr.. Many's
barn did not see any one with him he
was coming, apparently from Bryantown.
New York, June 8.
The Tribune's correspondent from
Montgomery, Ala. details the march OF
the lst division of the 10th corps, from
Blaaely, opposite Mobile, to thAs place.
They passed through part Of The ooun-
try not visited before BY the Union
troops, and the people we're greatly ex-
cited and terrified
The wealthy planters tried to hide their
stock and supplies 10 vsin. Mules and
loads Of bacon we're dragged from The
swamps and hiding places to rsplenish
our scant commissary.
The negroes bsiIed % 40 dsliverers,
and the number tha, followed " to Mont
gomery is estimated At about 5000.
One old man, seventy-eigbt years Of
age, born in the North freeman, had,
deem kidnapped 1t fifteen years OF ago.
aud been held Ia slavery sixty -thrse years.
lie was determined. this being tbs 6rst
opHoftaaity, 70 regaia his freedom.
IA overseer shot and killed one negro
aud wounded auother for not fastening to
work after looking at some Of our soldiers
passing. The overseer's house Vas burnt
down. After removing his family he
suooeedsd ia makiog his escape.
The refugee negroes are rapidly en-
listing.
The people Of Montgomery ars very
sulien, not realisisg their being sabjuga
tsd.