The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1865-05-20
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says Of the visit of the Military Committee
to the theatre: It was found that the as
sassin ran, after falling on the stage to ge
out of the building, = distance OF ninety
feet. The passage was six feet wide ane
entirely unobstructed, aud is on leve
I with the ground in the rear OF the building
so the assassin had no steps to ascend o.
descend. There Is a narrow hall leading
from the sta &c on the south side of the the
atre ON Tenth street, on which the building
, fronts. 1t was at the front door of this hal
. that Booth, Spangler and another man
whose name is not yet in evidence, wer.
engaged in the mysterious whisperings ant
ton of Sergeant James NJ. Dye, as detailed
by him in his testimony yesterday.
Every thing remains undistufbed inside
, the building. just AZ It was at the time o
|. the assassination, except that the chair OF
which Mr.. Lincoln sat when he was shot
has been taken away, and the blue da(
which hung in front of the box and IL
which Booths spur caught, has been 70
moved.
The President has respited Milligan arG
Bowles, the Indiana conspirators.
A Washington special says u delegation
of twenty citizens from all parts of NORTH
Carolina, invited by the President to con
fer with him on the reconstruction of s
loyal State government, have arrived
They report great destruction in the State
No horses, mules, tools or seeds tor plant
ing the crops.
| The government has been advised thai
the authorities OF Nassau extended coast
ing facilities to the Stonewall which are
refused United States ships.
The testimony before the military com
mission to-day shows the whole plan TO,
the capture of Booth, making it apparent
that We have the best detective system in
the world.
Gen. Sherman is very bitter against the
authors Of the assaults upon him.
A letter from JEFF. Davis, found on J.
Wilkes Booths body, amply iustifies the
charge of conspiring to murder made
gainst him.
The Posts special says jeff Davis will
probably not be tried with the assassins at
the penitentisry. It is not yet determined
whether he will he arraigned for murder
or treason. II the former, he will have u
separate trial.
The Commercials Washington special
says Gen. Sherman is expected in Wash
enough to transact come necessary official
businesses. He will depart ut once on II
brief visit to his family in Ohio.
1t has been fiually decided that the
grand review shall take place on Tuesday
or Wednesday next.
The troops OF the armies Of Sherman
| and Meade are now marching through
Washington.
" NEW York, May lS.-The Heruid's $
Washington correspondent says the q,les-
| ton which has long been agitAted to
Who is responsible for the cruel treatment
of our prisoners confined in Libby and
other prisons in the South, may now be
considered as definitely settled, throC gu
no less a person than Ex-Rebel Senator
Foote.
| 1tappears that Mr.. Foote war q ,nember
of the committee in the Senate 20 examine
into the treatment of the prisoners, and
the reports Of their harsh usage and star
vation-his story, as tod by his own reia.
tives, shows a deeper intention than has
been generally supposed, aud fastens upon
JEDI. Davis and his Cabinet crime both
startling and appalling in its details. Mr..
Foote, it is said, states that the investiga-
ton showed conclusive evidence that it
was decided in Cabinet meeting TO reduce
the rations served out to the prisoners that
| it should SO weaken their constitutions in
connection with the confinement that 1t
would destroy them as soldiers, and make
them when exchanged worthless.
| Senator Foote determined to report these
facts to the Senate, but the balance of the
committee overruled him, and suppressed
tho facts. My informant further states
that it was on this point that the quarrel
between Davis and Foote broke out Afresh,
which resulted in the latter leaving Rich
mond, and seeking some secluded spo,
I where such horrible deeds were not com.
mitted.
Here then is the evidence conclusive OF
JEFF. Davis and his associates guilt m the
diAbolical deed Of starving our prisoners, u
deed which makes the most stoical person
shudcer to contemplate; Men who viii
coolly ind deliberately plan scheme like
that will conspire to assassinate Presi-
dent, or any other person. 1t is a fitting
sequel that the authors Of such deeds
should end their career IN cOwardly
manner, dressed in petticoats. No wOndei
JEFF. Davis cloven foot revealed who he
was.
OIe of the Herald's correspondents. wri'
ting from Gen. Kilpatrick'e cavalry camp
the planters of the surrounding country
are greatly troubled regarding an ausicf
pated scarcity Of hands to perform the
necessary agricultural labor, and destgu
visiting the North to procure laborers.
They say that the negroes, now that they
; are free, are unavailable, aud that the pool
!, whites are too lazy tn work.
The dissolution Of the rebel armies thre1
loose upon North Carolina ~ we'll - othel
States thousands Of disorderly characters
. who roam through the country plunderinl
} friends and foes indiscriminately, causing
: . reign of terror.
. This condition Of things has been to ,
great extent terminated by the .judiciou
distribution at various points Of detsch
ments Of national troops.
The 7stLuae's dispatch from Raleigh
18th, says tae number Of Johnston's army
which were pare led atGreenshoro has beer
swe.led BY the addition OF large portion
. If Whs~ler's command and others, re
. ceived by Major Wa'cott ut Charlotte, an,
. new amount. to sc ST.. Among these ar
!, \ 81 general officers.
: The Is1b.ne' Washington dispatch say
. the Presidents forthcoming amnesty proc
{ lamation il already in typo, and the proc
sheets have been under confederation 70
, several days BY the Cabinet.
{ Il u understood that It will prefer tn
, oath Of allegiance to Ill who have servet
!. in the rebel armies up toa certain grade
T when accepted, to constitute full chang
{ and pardon. 1t IL also stated that the fdl
{ scope and the limitations Of General
lGrant and Shermans' terms Of amnest.
j. are to be deferred to while those officer
b who shall have been convicted OF the hor
rible cruelties perpetrated upon our pria