Daily national Republican., 1865-07-07

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his life upon cast" and wassresolved 10
4 Stand The hazard OF the die.'t He speaks
Kindly o. the treatment he has received al the
hands o. the Government officials moro so than
he he'd dared TO hOpo for no denbtsjh he
would have received such treatment any
where else, or 80 much fairness; or, in his
own words, "such fair show in any civil
court6 1blsmes the rebel leaders for the fail
ure or lha thinks their treatment Of the
Fedora .fsoners called forth the wrath pf
iicavcuNnd thcIr destruction. lie says at was
all wrong,' but the leaders are responsible
In his. eyes. His blood he lays on their
heads. lie dies uncomplalninrly, but he
holds. them responsible for his death. lie is
earnestly striving to seok forgiveness Of that
Heavenly Father whom he has known SO little
OF, to what ho now knows he ought to have
known. holy man Of his religious faith Is with
him-Rev. De- GrLLETTB. Little time is left him,
but he is making the best Of that. The good gem
tleman has ministered to him since midnight He
ate heartily at breakfast this mornlng-the only
one OF the four who was able to do SO.
Herold Is attended by the Rev. DR.. olds, of
Christ Church, Navy, Yard, who visited him early
this morning, and remained twenty or thirty
minutes, when he temporarily retired and re-
turned again, since which he has not left him
The carpenters are at work tho hammers are
flying rapidly, and boards are tumbling about;
the ropes are hung the terrible paraphernalia of
Justice Is looming up In It's greatness. The work
is being tested In view Of us while We are writ
| ling-all Is confusion and bustle-the precious
moments are flying, and we must fly also to
| our task again.
HERoLD was visited by ivc Of his sisters this
morning, aud young lady friend. His mother
and two other sisters unable to attend to take
their farewell OF him; they are sick-who need
wonder The brother and son, n mere boy man
| always boy, as one witness described him, fond
OF fun and practical joking, Is about to expiate
his olfense On gallows for murder and treason.
He says he is rcpcntont, and those who know
him believe him.
He says he was first led into the conspiracy by
JoHS II. SURRATT; $50 did PAVED that he had
attended meeting Of the conspirators and
learned Of the intended assassination, when he
backed out Of it," but promised not to reveal
the terrible secret; that he would stand by BoorH
and aid him to escape after the deed was accom-.
plished that BooTH procured him the horse, and
now no Is about TO be hung "until life is extinct
for murder. He, the child Of Momus, the boy
man, the comic, practical joking boy traitor,
murderer, to be hung OH how mysterious
are the ways Of Providence. As the poet says
| Mighty science oft unfOlds
WOndrOus Inysteries--sO docs art,
But the nrmest seal that mystery holds
| Is found within the human heart. ~
| ATzERoDT, US we havo before said, is Of an un-
easy mind he is afraid he declares that he is
not prepared to die. When will he be? Who is?
Rev. DR.. BUTLER, a Lutheran minister, has kindly
miniscred to his spiritual wnuts-so has the
Rev. DR.. GILLETTE occasionally. All that man
can do for man has been done for him. Gods
intercession and forgiveness Is humbly and ear
neStly implOred. II lie will, Ne can.
| ATZBROBT was visited this morning by his
mother and brotherwhO remained with him two
hours. He was very restless all night, and slept
but little, II any; neither was he able 10 ent auy
thing at breakfast. lie says he was introduced
to the conspiracy by surratt, who come to Port
| Tobacco to purchase II boat that 1t was proposed
to him to assassnate the Vice President, but that
his conscience prevented his attempting the deed
But he, too, is to die. Example demands It.
Justice demands 1t. Mercy to thousands of other
young men who are On the brink OF temptation
and crime, demands 1t. It Is hoped that men
will be led to think of the Nervousness of crime
In a more terribly realizing sense by this exam
pie. Justice Furnishes not to revenge, but for
examples sake. May its purpose be answered.
may Its lesson be needed.
Mrs. sURRATT is attended by the Rev. Fathers
WALTER, WIgET, and PRoFEy, three estimable
gentlemen, clergymen Of the Catholic faith, who
are earnest in their efforts to sOothe her last mo-
ments and ft her for the awful presence of the
great Judge before whom she is finally to he
tried. She passed restless night, aud was un-
able to partake Of food at breakfast this morn
ing. Her daughter was with her last night and
t., aorIN t1,utn 4
| love can do for her is being done.
She visited the White House this morning
early, hoping to sec President JOHNSON and sup.
plIcato his mercy in her mothers behalf She
called upon General HANCOCK before he had risen
aud obtained the information that the executions
would not take place much before one o'clock.
She is also stated to have sought an interview
with Mr.. Secretary STANTON.
| Mrs. SURRATT declares she is as innocent of the
murder OF President LINCOLN as Mrs. LINCOLN
herself, but says nothing about other knowledge
Of the conspiracy.
yRIr OF HABEAs CORPUS IN FAVOR OF MRS.
v sURRATT.
| At about eight o'clock this morning, upon ap-
plication Of Mrs. suRRATT's counsel, AIKEN and
CLAAPIr, Justice WYLIg issued the following
writ Of hdbeds corpus:
| DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, To WIT:
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| In the matter OF Mary Z. Surratt Petition for
| habens corpus.
THR PRESIDENT or THE UNITED STATES.
| To Major Gensral Hdncock, Commanding the
| Middle DiufSfOn-Greeting:
You are hereby commanded to have the body
Of Mary L. surratt, detained under your custody,
as aforesaid, together with the day and cause
Of her being taken aud detained, by whatever
name she may be called In tho same, before the
Criminal Court OF the District OF Columbia, now
sitting at the City Hall, in the city of Washing
| ton, at the hour Of ten O'Clock In the morning.
this, the 7th day Of July 1865, to do and receive
whatever shall then and there be con nsidcred of
In this behalf and hove then and there this writ
| Witness: ANDREW WYLIR, ono Of the Justices
OF the Supreme Court Of said District, the 7th day
OF July, 1865.
(signed) r. J. MEIGs, Clerk
[RSDoRsBMENT1
| ! certify that have served Il copy of tho with
In writ of haJeds corpus on General W. s. Han
cock, this tho eth day Of July 1863 at clock
ut the Metropolitan Hotel, Washington city, D. C.
(SgnOd DAVID S. GOoDISG,
U. s. Marshal, D. C.
The writ was served upon Major General HAN
| COCK by United States Marshal GOoDISG, who
proceeded at once to consult the Attorney Gen
eral and President. The latter promptly advised
General Hancock to disregard the writ and pro-
coed at once with the execution Of Mrs. SuRRATT.
Gen. HANCOCK then informed the Marshal Of