Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-05-18

ncers aou prvateS 10 the late reoel service Wnc
have consented TO the murder and starvation ol
our men when prisoners Of var.
l. IL is understood that the president agreed With
the delegation. and will proceed to act upon
their representations by directing that testimony
be e ken On the subject
The Tribune's Washington special writes as
follows:
The counsel defending the conspirstors to
be paid, il paid at all, by money raised in bsti-
more for the purpose
| On visit to The theste-, close inspection of
the excavation behind the door in which bar
was inserted to prevent ingress while the assas-
sin doing his work revealed the fact that it
bad been made some time before and concealed.
Neatly fitting pieces of wall paper were pasted
| over IL. Nothing has been changed 10 the thea
ire since the assassination. The stage scenery
for the American Cousin is set just as IL was
left. with red curtained recess in the centre,
used by Asa Trenchard
| On cross examination, Jets said Booth was
not present when Harold said We the assss
sins of the president. He and Bainbridge came
up after and was much agitated and did not in
tend telling it. few minutes after his FIRST
remark Harold said. yonder is the man, J 4,
Wilkes Booth who killed the president
Lieut.. Col Conger testified 10 finding Jett in
the hotel in Bowling Green in bed. BE put on
his clothes. | asked him where were the two me1
who came with him across the river from Port
Royal. Jett said can see you alone; | said
yes. Lieuts Baker and Doberty went out OF the
room. Jett said know who you want. | can
tell where they are now. They are on the road
10 Port Royal, about three miles from there, at
| the house OF Mrs. Garrett / will get them |
told him / had just come from there, and he
seemed Tor few moments considerably embar-
raised. aud said be thought we came from Rich
mond, but if we had passed by CARROTS be could
not where the men were told him it did not
make any difference we could go back.
| Just before We got to the house, Jutt, who
was riding with me, said we are near, We 60
through the gate. let stop aud look around
Jutt went with Lieut.. Baker and myself to hnd
the gate: ], then went back for the cavalry and
We returned very rapidly and guard was station
cd around the building; when | went TO the house
| Lieut.. Baker WAS telling someone 10 strike a
! light and come out the first individual saw was
said TO have been Garrett,
| | said to him Z" " here are the men who stopped
at your housed" They have gone to the
woods He then commenced to tell me they
! came there without consent. l said Il don {
want any long stories from YOU; just want TO
know where the men have gone" he com
menced to tell me the same thing over AGAIN
told one man TO bring me lsriat, and threat
ened TO hang the TO a tree unless he told
what he knew.
One of his came in and said If l would
not hurt him the old man would tell me what
wanted TO know. He said the men were in the
barn, and went there and heard some one walk
ing around in the barn, aud told young Garrett
TO 90 and bring out their arms He made some
objections, but Lieut.. Baker said he must 60.
DE went 10 and came out, saying Que OF the men
| accused him OF betrayng them, and threatened
TO shoot him Lieut. Baker had previously
called out to the men in the barn that one OF the
CARROTS coming in to get their arms.
Baker told the men that If they did not sur
render in five minutes, he would fire the barn.
Booth then asked who we were, and was told we
knew who they were and they must come out.
Booth said, give US little time onsder-ten
fifteen minutes. He asked who we were. L
told Baker not 10 let him know; il he should
take US for rebels, we would take advantage OF
it, but would not lie to him. Baker told tNIp
il make no difference who We were, he must
come out.
The balance of Conger's testimony is
count of the shooting and death of Booth, siml-
lar TO the accounts already published. He den-
tilted Harold the man he took out,
examination. Conger said Booth said OF Har-
rold, here IL man no wants to come out, and
| | think he added, who had nothing TO do with it,
| After that Harold come out.
The testimony of Sergeant Boston Corbett
was next given Booth called out: 81 declare be
fore my Maker, this man Harold is innocent;
| Corbett recognized Harold as the man taken out
OF the barn. His testimony as to the shooting
| of Booth discovered nothing not already known
John Fletcher testified that he was the fore
man at MAYORS stable, and new the prisoner at
| Surott He came TO the stable the Sd of
! April with another gentleman and two horses.
! They put up the horses The other gentleman
said he going to Philadelphia. and would
leave the horses in AtZerOtt's care to sell. Have
never seen him since We kept the horses at
the stable, and sold one of them.
| Atzeroth took the other horse, brown one,
away; didn't see him again till 10 clock, on the
18th; came in with dark bay mare and said he
had sold the other horse and bought this mare
and bride; he wished to put up the mare. which
| did, at half past six he came for the mare; he
was away for three qaurters OF an hour, and
returned and told me not to take the saddle and
bride off, and he asked if could keep the stable
open till 10 o'clock.
| told him yes. At 10 o'clock he came for
more; we went andtook drink, and when we
returned said if anything happened to night you
will hear. l thought him hslf-tght and paid no
attention to him. He mounted the mare, and
thought l would like to ride that mare.
WASHINGTON, May II.
A general order has been issued from the war
| department follows: All the forces of the
enemy east of the Mississippi river having been
Gully surrendered by their proper commanding
officers to the army fthe United States. under
the agreement of parole and disbandment, and
there being no authorized troops of the
enemy east of the Mississippi river, it is ordered
that from and after the first day of June. 1865,
any and ali such persons found in arms against
the United States. or who may commit acts of
hostility against it, east ofthe Miss river, will
be regarded guerillas and punished with death.
Strict enforcement aud the execution of this
order is especially eDjoined upon the command
ing officers OF the United States forces within
! the tribunal limits.
! The AdI't Gen has been directed to commence
mastering honorably out OF the service all gener-
al and field and staff officers who are unemploy-
Ell and whose services no longer needed.
ADJUrANr GENERALS OFFIcEl
| ARLINGTON, May II.
To General Dix:
The review of the gallant armies assem-
bling around Washington, will take place here
on Tuesday and " ednesday of next week
! +. NJ STANTON,