Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1865-07-15

tiA ~ nuWooi , MuO SvuSOltu nim WIN "
mnders Of the pardon that awaits repent.
an, and contrite hearts. The Scriptures
were also read to him at frequent intervals
Atzefott, yompfetely BESIDE blnseff WITH
dismay aud tekf, tdffefei sibdisctibable sg /
louy tbrooghouttbe weary watches Of the
uight aud eouidstsks no. uod rishmrnt IN
Gle e'hosning. Wesk and shrinking with
horror 'atiqbe sihoughts Of the doom that
awaited him, he lev viuceds the spirit OF a,he
letSven that possessedp him isnd led aosa Abe
Pwfetcbed complicity Gtbat has brought him
soo tbeo tallowss 1siLRe his soriu, es2 in
ctltne,s he was conforted with abe presence
ofs9mihisser Of the GospelI aud epdeavored
assweH as his aears would permit,qto draw
lthtrefrom the comfort they .manifestly de-
rived from such ministratiou.a 30 o. s9slq :
-. sTATEMrSrs OF 1HE rftsoSERs = soc, .
Mrs Surrait made no copfcision of gnili,
but, lii is said. told her spiritual advisers
that she had DO part in this plot 10 murder
ibe President! .tShe had phopcdo up to al
most the hour nef her execution that her
sen.en would be ,respited. ns not eommu.
ted, and she had sPpateBnly ieH sight aofl
her ownin,erest 10 deep solieitude ofef her
kdsnghter, Of whom she constantly talked,
and repeatedly, rtrautically and with wiring
ing of hands, asked ''What will become
oflher+-H what will be lAuna's faish r. lspm
OF Payne. informed Colonel Dodds who had
speeislscbsrge of the prisorers,s tha,,se Ear
as he knew. Mrs. ,Surratt had nothing to
do with The plot for sssqssina tiop, "a i Ger
taiplynshe ahad never said s,word 10 him on
the sui jcct, nor had any Of his co conspir-
Fstors mentioned ber in coapeet ion With The
lmatter.u She mas have keawn what was
kgong on, hut 10 him, she never disclosed
her know ledge by word or ACT. That i'm
mediatcly after be bad made the murder
oos attack upon Seward. he felt be bad
done W tong. ands be bad wandered ARGUED
and s!eptmin ,ibe WOODS, that night, fFe
queutly feeling iacliuedd to- come TO- the
city and give himselfn up. That wheu, 6u.
ally ahes was, by 7hupgeri and loss Of rest
dtiSenii,oi Mrs.1 Surratt's house. he had
doubts about his /, reception o there and
.wbelbee che would not deliver him up TO
blhe officers ,ofsIhe iawsfus, punisbmenl,----
aColouel Dodd, who has been constantly in
feonversatioD with sPsynea recently says
the lattehd has perero,y aried from. one
sraightfoTward, = GpnSstant story, claiming
bat all simes that be was informed and be-
blieved that be. was acting .uuder an order
from the JEebel euthoriiies., aud did snqt
therefore. originally view biz. act as a uur
ltdeIops assault, 30, ,.. -,ia,, ,y. ~ ....-
b. Harold say So in thes original plot, to him
was rassigseds the duty o6rshutting Of the
gas in .thestheaire, aud be- had at once, re-
nhearsedo the, wo' k with Bootb THAT, how
lever, on the, night Of the nssassinalion, he
was only Irsqnired to be 10 waiIipg near The
Navy yard bridge 10 assist Booth 70 escape
sslAiZgoit made o asatement 10 friends who
we're with him on The, morning of tbs ex
ecution that be- toe X a-room-at the XII l.
twood II ofse on Thursday, IN order to. ge,
ta pass from Vice president J ohuson TO 90
tt6i 'Ricbmond.6 Booth wasitoll lease the
Richmond theatre ard fhel President vas
no be- invited o.laItend it, when visiting
Richmond, aud captured 1there.s Harold
1ibrought'the pisret and ;kuifu TO abe srcom
about half pastatwo 6'ciccso oa Friday 'He
| (Aizefott said lie uid not have apy bling
| TO Go with The murder UfJobnsop,s when
Booth Said tha, HaroIdI ed2moi e Courage
than A zerott, aud lie wansed A. zerottsto
be with Harold lo'urge himto doityi There
was q amteiihg at a reStautaDt aboutrthe
middle OF lMsfcb, al " lIict Jvbh Sscratt,
OTanghlipSBoo,h, Arnold, Pay de5 Harold
,.nd himself iweie present, 81 lien;a planuo
capture the Presideatr~aS dkcbsseda gkey
bad heard the Presidents vas ltosDvisit o
[tamp and they proposed 10 capture him.
coach aud oil, dive lbrengh Longeld 6elds
%" L B." where ibe coach wss to be left
| md fresh horses were TO be got, a0dqhe
party would proceed to the ri9trsto lake
boat. q HafoId took d buggy tof'tr Ba1in
,n,icipai ION that Mr. l. ncoln ouid he cap
uied, and 5e was 10 60 with tie partyio
he river: Slavery had pat him on the
side Of the South. He had heai di, preach
ed 10 the chnrch that The eatse Of God
vas npon The slaves. for they were turned
black, He always hated tie higger1 aud
felt that they should De keptin ignorance
He had not received any money Ky from
Booth, although be bad ,heeu 8 promised
bthat ifs they were successful they should
never ant. that they would beIJhopoped
bthroughout the Septh. ansi that they could
SECURE an exchange of prisoners, Q nd, the
recognition efdiheb Gssledsrasy-sl, q lsy
i ., THE LA,r seRsf or arE.s1q sdi
I79r- ..b32gSJ9u 3di 10 dsfF bsss7t0ya
Duriog the foTepeoso an At, mpl was
made tostay the execation 9ifo Mrs SprIstt
rbs a he issperpf aiw!it of Aqbsqs corpus, =
! BY specisl order of President, Johpsop, The
writ ,was suspended. aud abe prisoner not
given ppsi 5Tbe ieopnsel fo5 PAy9e and A.
zsFelt also applied for wit pf hfGbeas for-
pas i9 tbeiH cssss. cbnt were Ielusrd upon
the ground that . similar writ 10 Mrs. Snr.
iFalps case had been disregaded. . gbs.
h.. Eprylin the morsing nuperops, guards
were stationed along Fonr aid q hall
street, from Pennsylvania Avenue south
aud around the arsoel grounds. The 4
end lst Regiments of Ha6coct's Corps,
aida large desacbmebt OF Ibe '60h Ohio,
lAwere niafched"to the prison. The II st
! Hanceek's Regiment was stationed in
ftbe sou' b yafdp The s4sh upon the walls aud
sptbe doors, aud the 60lhsaObioH aaround
the outside. The gaIlo~s,q (which y as
4 erected by wos kmen from the ssrsenai. " as
completed by III o'eIoek in tke' Shornibe
three upAghts holding the hoors shove
wbich rises tot tier Wese q sileo The, uusiob,