Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1865-05-25
: FRoH1 WASHINGTON.
lspseIaI DIspatehes.


4IPPEARANcs OF THE AIIidHD AaaAss1Hs.
As day after day of the trial goes by, and
the evidence makes it certain to the un--
happy people who have been concerned in
the assassination plot that-their condemna-
don to death liz certain,; most Of them have
lost all their 6rst air of bravad6, and COW.
dr before the looming future, Mrs. Suratt.
energetic, swilful, MASCULINE :as abe look
even now, day by day, tdroops, and has d1 4
ring the past two or three days given .eyery
mark Of her Thorough appreciati6D of her
9wfql condition. n Q'Laughlin, miserable
telloW1 has sunk all the little manhood he
over possessed, and grows paler day by
SIlgs az 54 is is ~ .oE'G. !.
gradually vanishing, TO be replsced BY
Keen and anxious interest, and so It may
be said of al thefest, Payne alone excepted.
He sitsiu the Box every day, marked prom
inent among them all. OF iron build and
tnblenchfqg face, he is the centre OF OBJ
servation for every stranger who enters
the court room. he is cool, calm, collect
ed-the only one who acts in anything
Ike hardy way-marke kedly differing from
his felloWsf who appear weak, detected,
Gowardly criminals! i-g. !. ). - ~ (. =
There is something extraordinary about
'AoAAS yum Sn1S
ingly, and sits like some animated statue,
seemingly not as much interested as the
spectators, who stand for hours eagerly lis
tenfug to the evidence. It is held by many
that he is deficient ia intellect but thers is
no proof of the fact to be found upon his
front. His eyes are bright, while defiant,
without malice; his face is not uuprepos.
sessing, and exhibits many traits of intel.
hRence.l Z His desperation and skin are
s6oWnin the lblood-thirsty manner Of his
attaCkuon Secretary Seward. es i
1t is expected that the prosecution will
very soon close their case, but it is not
known how much time will be sRalloW ed
up in the defence. Ihear thatat least two
hundred witnesses have been called to sup
port it.
yAoS'J0 .sHBRNLAH.
Hon. John Sherman, brother of General
Sherman, is now in this city. he intro.
ducedlthe General tosfhe Committee on The
COndnGtldf Tie War, hhd, while F1aturhly
taking great interest in his case, is most
earnest in his efforts to- promote the best
feeling between the Government aud the
indignant soldier. Senator. Sherman had
IN Interview of several ihours on Saturday
evening with the Secretary of War, whose
earnest friend he alwsys, hsa, 2eenr and is.
There is no trmer or stronger supporter OF
President Johnson's Adminisaatio than
DIN Shetmah, and Hone upoh whom be
can more safely rely Ia the great civil eon-
tests before us.
MAJOR GENERALssHBRIhHS W q
Major General Sherman appeared before
the Committee on the Conduolot the War
this moruing, and gave his testimony
st length, presenting the fun report of his
campaign, and entered into an elaborate
series, OfansweFs sonthe issues growing out
Of the celebrated convention with Joe
Johnston, and in response to the nine
susWers Of Secretary Stanton to his SOCIAL.
ed agreement With that oficeF. The report
Of General Sherman will soon appear, and
with it the statement of his case on the
subject alluded 70, Gen: Sherman exhib.
its.l great feeling. and seema- resolved 5to
stand aloof from Secretary Stanton end
General Halleck. Secretary Stanton beatt
from EStoHssto1s mess Of b ding dohs moth.
/ ing more than his duty Al. an hour when
/ the whole country was agonized at the barC
suspicion that the, great gcampsignB and
| services of General SHERMAN had ended
i In what 9tiaHthata moment looked
4 like most injurious compromise
With the 1f6eA4 General Sherman's cours,
! was not obi ected TO Alone by Presfden
johnson and lie SsOrstafy lof War, bot by
every loyal peWspapar aud every loyal
/ maA throughout the country aud much 81
this feeling took public form, and at ths
time. the prompts ipcisive and essential se3
1 plantations of what looked like the purpos,
of Gen. Sherman aset foftH in Stauton't
reply, Was seized upon by. the public q
the assurance that the sGoEeInment i q
\ Washings0ns was not blind 70 its duties
IeWoufd now seem from Gen. ShsrmknI
1 defence that be smsant al toF the besi
that be faithfully obeyUd the orders of Ii
4 President, He started the pnrsnit of Jef
Davis. Iaaesd his Ftlsdds 81 lsiEhaE tidt bu
for his GFrauE emsnts Davis would hotiEay
been taksh Cen Sherman VIM hGye ID
fun benefit Of lhis entire. statement, "a;
|. while ftEtss 70 6esFegretted that he refuse
to see the, necessities Of the case tha