The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1865-06-06

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slso. Cahnsl Steele lfen kenigeky
YoBsn saia 10 me. swe base some-
lhiaa of marh more importance than
snf fssas be told me 3 wss otter
min.d ,bst SOD Aba" shoald never
be- snaugutstsd ibs, ibcY hsd plenty
Of friends Ia Washington, aad called
Mr.. Liue0.a "a damned old lyraHi
"a rwafd saw Gcacge y sandeu
and Colonel Steele iag ,her Colonel
steele said. eIb damned old ,yfart
viii serve smother term. il he Is elect
"a Sanders sad, st llc same i6me,
.he would keep himseif close Il ie
did serve smother term 10 Montreal,
10 February lasl heard Sanders
name 4 number OF persons ready and
wiliiug to remove the President, tie
Vice Prc..d. 10, the Cabinet and some
81 lhe leading generals % iae United
States. aud he added lhat there was
any amount Of money % accomplish
ihn purpose meaning the assassiuA
tion 81 these person be- ihea read .
letter which I'm said he had received
from the President u eur Coafrden
cy-n,eanibs J~llcrson Davis-and
which lpter jHJ.bcd him ia mskIua
any arrangements chat ba coil to ag.
ccanplish such object there wss "a
meeting At that time 81 these rebels,
and letter was read % them. the
Substance 81 which was, tbat ii ile
Souibrrnefs ia ,ae Canadas and the
States wefc wiliiag to bc governed hy
fach a fsraui rs lincoln, be DAVIS
did got wish % recognize them %
friends, and that BE- approved Of thr
propo itien 10 AssassnNe him C8l-
onel Steele read The letter also Cap-
tain Scott, George Young md iiil-
al rebels, this meeting was about the
middle 81 last Febrnarg at b meet.
ing Sanders named some o. The per.
sons Who we're 10 accomplish the as
sasEualion, and among thcm be ram.
ed J W Booth, whom h8d seen 10
Montreal IN Os,ob,r he also named
Geoge Carprr, Charles. Caldwell
Randall and Harrison ] hoard Sur
ra't's name slsa mentioned sod llar-
oil tbtre gas person named uhum
tie, call i rl1g roaacsy;" saw
Harold IL Toronto Sanders said
Booth Was hyar aud soul 81 The mat.
tr. he was cousin IA lirnle, who
was hanged III Now York he added
that il they could dispose Of Lincoln
i, would DC an easy nal,er 10 dispose
If Ma Jabusou 10 som o DIS drunk
vn rc,-lriss; thar IT they could dis
I,osr Of tl,c President Wee President
nui Cabiutt, and lhal II Mr.. Seward
colli he disposed 81, it would satisfy
the people North, ard that a peace
could BE- obtained fhal they had en-
deavcrei 10 bng about a war with
Eugland, but Mr. Seward through his
energy and sagacily, had thwaflcd
their efforts, aud Tor tbal fcaeou they
determined n ga lid % liim On the
9th or Gu Of Apiil last met llarpcr.
Who said that liey were going to the
States "a kick up tile dtunticst row,
ouch as had nevet bun heard Of = lie
added ihat il ! did not hear Of the
death Ut Old Abe, tic Wee President,
ard oi General DIX Ia less dian ten
DAYS, | might pat hHn d0an as a
damueh fool. That was oi the 9Th OF
April. lie mentioned tie name OF
Bo@h a one OF their friends there ,
he said they hnd plcaly OF friends IN
Washington. aud ibal fifteen or tween
y were going he lad started 70 20
10 Washington as etdy as tbe 9Th, to-
eelhrr with others | communicated
this fac, on the l0ih OF April TO a jus.
iicc Of tie peace named Davidson, who,
after the assassination, communicated
IL to The government Harper re-
turned 20 Canada after the assass.ua.
zion | had a conversation with e..
G. Clay IN Toronto, in February hast
hr spoke Of the letter Ut Davis, which
Sanders exhibited be eeel 70 un-
der.iaud the character d the letter
perfectly, aud said he thgaahl the end
would justify the means Surratt WIS
pointed on, 10 ne 10 Toronto, laA
Februery. | think | saw Booth
there two or three anes, and sal al
table with him once az tAe ~. Law
renee. with Sanders, Scott and Steele ;
they we're conyersing wth Booth, and
drinking vine wilh him al sander
expense; saw Harold 10 Canada
n February
II elll 10 30 harm about now, %
call 10 mind Tie language of Mr.
Stephens, In the Iniied States