, 1865-06-06
A THREATENING LETTER Re-
cElVED Blythe PRESIDENT,
Subscriptions to the 7-3o Loan
s1,o13,e5o.
JEFF. DAVIS STILL AT
FORTRESS MONROE.
e.
Gold Closed 1876 IA. :
TIE TKIAL Of TafE A5SAS.
SINS.
Evidence Of Ye1,crday-An In portn1t
Letter Brought Uuts

The t1ial Of the cs.aselns to-day was not re-
ralkAb1e Tor the development OF important facts
OF Interesting incidents. The Eesther being In
tentely hot, the crowd Hae not 30 crushing Is It
has been for several days past tthe close Of the
regular Eeasiou, the court room was closed, and
the comm'ssicn s,t fora short time with closed
tooss. Rrnor g.yes several reasons for the brief
eee1et reeston. One ID that the Commis.l N hsa
under consideration the p.opriety Of excluding
Now York Hor'd .Eho shall' hereafter present
h2se hl;se On behalf OF ths' psRss 1hat
he publication On FFa1a. 1.tt N de FORD Of i
nuo.t libellous ard blaeksuardish article, pufpor
Ibis city The a1tltle. pt1fen,ly s,9seEz each
member Of the Commission, aud hcaps wholesale
tlaag ppon them az; 1hs Ho'1d Vi. not repre-.
Another cause assigned for the seasiou With
tloeed door, IL The publication OF Friday LAST In
,he Cincinnati Commercial, s1o copied f.on them
1sken IL teezet session On f. 1ss.
WAsa1xo1os, 1nne 5.-1he record OF IL: pse:
ros
tbe Fifteenth stree: q. S: Ptesb, te:ian colorcd
este HolL TIC Testimony af hi. witness wy
to the effect that hs wra we'll acquainted With ].
Leeds Jenklns; knew hts general r.pE tssion to BE-
and previous to that period be had pretended to
he m fasor Of the Union; hsd known him to be
open aud on'spoken n his 'ympatby With the fe.
onef Dr. sap.url A. Madd. Atom ths 1T Of -
Of March, while coming to Washington. The pris-
oosE patee Elsss coming 10 The ssme dirs tton;
pesthe1 e,~ hun return nor En:~ Where " ttopped
On TIC cYosr examination tbs following esl.
del e ~ss adoueed Have been acquainted w.,h
1s9 So0t Il Isl, tn
h1m . hy pocrtte; knew fpn. hts actions
hist be r. opposed to ;,ss H. g. GoTetn.
bett,1e thsr 'hc South would succeed, ,ana The
country wou 70 to ruin; gid not hrsr him use
s. se q
Sion o. Tie el-ction. in Maryland; knew him to
dr. to keep Un,on zen from voting, In conse.
Qnenee OF which he was srra:sed.
I.B. RoBEr q TfaTHoEr.
-Towu1ey B. Robey testified A. follows: Have
known J. leets J. nk1ns several years; from my
knowledge Of hls u1ifosm conduct ind conversa'
| ton hare kuoHn him to be one Of the most dis
| his haired OF the Gosernraent; heard hin curke
the Prt eldsn! of the United statcs and say - old
| CToss EInnfnfd-1 have known Af, jenkins
fopr o. nTe YEAR,: knew him to be Ca{o9 mn,
he e1 ss 1s9o "
had held ss slave; nerer heard OF any a.t:npt
on bis part to lecase Union Totes: on one ocea;;
|
my init against III. jenkins. b1. b md com
! menced sutt nca.nss andrew O. RobcJ, the w.t.
mesa son for alleged false imprisonment.
JOHN H. 1uoxrsox's TJ111xoNI.
Joho u. Thonpson testified. I have known
hi. jenkins ,nan5 Yea =; four ye,rs age. be WIS
reported loyal; for The last two years and half
hta alleged dlsioyalsy vas open and ous.poken; be
throughout the rebellion; HEttess had nyed In
tho fimlly OF MI. Surratt two yearr, and from
n eonvs.tsnoas of that lsay. wh:ea we're tn'er!-
GToss-<4amin<d-1a 1sG1 and 1860, Nz. jenkins
was cO1Edefed ul1On Inan In IS be Was NOT
Witness ne!er head Of hi. coming to Waehlrg
ton at SOY tine to procure votes Of Union cltze1r.
I jenkins lafted Gn1on dag IN 1861. whcu he had q
| hesrd him say that be hsted the Government,
bpt had not hearo him etste any his ha1*.
| In regard 70 The emancipation policy IN the State
cs.e be Was for;ed to hcht, be ss,d BE- YOU'D 70
! with the South.
| 1t the fuetance OF tho to1rEel for DR.. Mndd.
! Wm. B. EvIns WIS recalled aud &es,'d I'd that Re.
| Var acquakted with Dr.. Mud; aaw nj u at the
Cathol,e church u: BE4auto m, In Der sapet 1851;
on The ttrett End at the hotels. and Inst winter 1t
| Mre. Surr.tt't borse; coulo hot ny wha: tine
nole.s be referred to hts joa1na; Was ~. nafas &;
In. went to prayer u,retitg Al hit church, where
| ! ftw Dr. Hucd entering A1s. Snrra:t4 heu e..
lie YES dressed 10 dark clothes end Eoft :slt bat
I
/ The road near Waahtncton, to nv vile only; the
TACT Of teeine him going in'o nte. S1rretta house
! mentioned TO ny 5s!h.E-in-la~:l 1o!d secret
commission under the doFe1nment, anu I'm dc-
MSS TlsxtE 4cpp's 7Es-1xox1.
M!ss Fannie Mudd examined s,y NJ Wing; The
vhc1eabou'e during portion OF the lime from
| The LIST 10 the oth Of March ft.t On the list my
sn ai q ee
| March he came to the house from hls barn, where
he bad been Al ripptng toosc % At II Or II o'clock
u nn,i i1e % oe1oeF eben f "' be o wen. s~.y W. snt
returned ahout four o'clock with Tome medicine
for my sister; % ,he ~ q March r. Ls came t.
con papy with Dr.. Blan'o1d. am confident ~
nccused was not absent from the house durlrg the
f 81 - s M 5s sat 3t,is ar o efe1 sns ls hio! %s
h1othcs's house i''queusly;. never heard oi
soun a. snrratt heine there; hestd ol Booth be-
10 1851, thrte gentlemen ttopood among. the
plies aropud my n'osber'a honao-jtrry Dyer,
Auo1tw GWynn md IN Gwynn
| Mss KKNA NrDps TESTIMONY.
| bs.ps Emma Mud Was examined hr Mf. Ewing
anu TESTIFIED. She hired At the house Of Dr.
Mudd's f,t9eE s3e eortohofascs ne tettiuon.
b b tween ,he mt and 1ita oi March. Never kne1
fouse saw Dr. ii. rile 10 BfyantoWn The satu..
| dsy alter the assas=lnatpn aid return about two
| hour Inter.
Tuos. Du1Et's TESTIMONY.
Thos. Dutel testifsd hc Eyed In W:sh'p$ton
md whlle recently n Aorehead c1t5: y: w. T.
The letler wns floating in the wsi;;r. near ths
wharf Saa 5saa - An4 &
=; .es e0ni !. ~ il ~'fh iii. ss nex, IL, Il
yse sts sR S'.pt i III il the se 81
Grsy, ere thi'; Red shoes showed laek Of n.Fs.
in Eeward's tase, but he fe1l back IN good order
Jchn<Sn must sons o:S c5SSk ss, hss hss,beF' ei'
9Th nd ,eS ~, vii H. h.ve md 10 nd Susa1ity e1is
he he fruits Of orr l.bors. We hada h!ee msetiai y
pror1smsse s % 10 he letter: ri. ras a. 1.id 70:
tic taic exit Of old L. AlwiJs bshfni 1tEt &c,
fea Eox io,c.,ad Fl H. sp 4 ,ss ,ss seas H.
pen w1a a'tos'' 9pon esrr51ns a. iii proe1smms mi
effect. No. two VIII e,rc y6u tais: lis . .
ds1sa 'bs; r. more letters fa. n ae - 1eht r.,
nam:, man: md send By q ae oour fiand. who 4
nese; w.at y9a = witt q at nos III III
~as o IL she5e ~ ns eo
.. sncre sesterd,y. r. atd rot pot there. You
folks are We and have heard Aon you- Don
, TIe ssttnes. knew nothing Of the per.on I
! | ~hum the letter ~ss addres.ed; Esd he kre
!, | ruth.r: OF the key 10 the cipher, but tina. the
: commence aita the date aid scgBn 10 make 1t ou
= had no aequa'rtsnce With the cipher It'll ne raE
tn " F5.hfZ Etohs Tie .JettcE Old mol eecn to 4a1
: been 1org in the wafer. :"
J 5AxEe FERUusnH's g TESTIMONY,
Ia-ts Fcscusnn testified be Was with the IL
witn. e. when The letter wss fl,uhd- Ferguson "a
! + II fft& anu called attfnt IN t0 It 49,.
) f. xA1on BAhR's TESTIMONY.
NrIc1 John L. Barr testified that Atzerodt CALI
, | 1t f1{s thpp In thu 18th OF April. Tncy ,ook re
j ersl drinks tnpe'hrt. auu thrn Atzeraut tuo1 b
1orte ont Of Tnpe's slahle, md rude amsf.
= EE1rY wAsu16o7FoS't TEST HoSY.
III. r1$n ta1
= testimony Of Fanuie and Emma Mndd, re:ative
Dr.. ii = move tents he'w.sn 'be 1T md 9th
i N>rrh: lever XIV John s1'rttt TO pc thef
t Wines itoueht Dr. MUD Last lr.afasled
q | lnne On ,hc "a Vi Msrch.