Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1865-05-31
THE ASSASSINATION PLOT.

TRIAL OF THE AssAssINs AT WASHINGTON
The trial of the assassination conspira-
tors still continues at Washington, though
proceedings were interrupted on tuesday
and Wednesday by the grand review. The
testimony for the prosecution is not all IN
vet and the examination of the promi-
nent witnesses will occupy some days
more. and as there are then many wit
uesses to appear for the defense, the trial
will not come to close for some weeks.
The testimony offered during the week
has elected little that is strictly new,
but goes strongly to cOrroborate the evil
dence given before, and to establish the
guilt Of all the accused now on trial.
Testimony has been adduced as to the
bank accounts of Jacob Thompson and
Booth with the Ontario bank at Montreal,
and letter has been introduced as evil
dence written by southern officer to jeff
Davis, and proposing the assassination of
some of the chief men of the North. The
official endorsements on this letter show
that Davis and his cabinet considered the
proposition, but none of the public evil
dence yet offered proves how far the south
ern leaders committed themselves to this
or any other plot. The key to the rebel
cypher was discovered at Richmond and
is now in the hands Of the government
The letter found iu Booths trunk was in
this cypher, and has consequently been
read by the officers of the government, but
its contents are not yet made public
Some secret testimony has been taken du-
ring the week which is supposed to relate
more directly to the part taken in the plot
by the rebel chiefs, and several tons Of
rebel archives have been received at Wash
ington, which are being carefully exam
ined, with the expectation that they will
furnish additional testimony to the same
point. Payne is identified beyond doubt
as the would be assassin Of the Stewards,
and he has further been identified as one
of family of six brothers born in Ken
lucky, and all rascals Payne's fate
seems to be sealed, and if he is hung he
will not be the first of his family to suffer
a similar fate. The correspondents state
that some of the most important witness
es the government has yet to testify; also
that the government is in possession of a
large amount of the private correspond.
ence of jeff Davis, which clearly duplicates
him in the conspiracy. How true this is
we shall know some time Carol, the
man who furnished the canoe for Booth
to cross the Potomac after the assassina-
ton, has been arrested in Ohio and will
be taken to Washington. He manifested
the most AFFECT fear when arrested, and
exclaimed, "They will hang mel" They
will hang me !" Secretary Seward has
so far recovered as to superintend the off,
cial correspondence Of his department,
and was on the stand with the other cab
met officers during the review, Tuesday.
Frederick w. Seward is slowly recovering
and is considered out of danger. He was
not told of President Lineoln's assassina-
ton till last Tuesday.
George S. Edwards, a lawyer at Bur
lington, VT, testified that he had charge
for the government of the United States
for the trial of the st. Adams raiders in
Canada. Jacob Thompson, W. G. Cleary,
&c. G. Clay, George N. Sanders and others
were engaged in court there as confeder-
ate officers, interested i'll the defense of
the raiders as such. They were there at
different times, and Cleary was examined
as witness on the part of the defend
ants in the latter part of the case. He
represented that the raiders were
engaged in the confederate service,
and that the raid was made under
the authority of the rebel government.
The following paper was identified by
Mr.. Edwards as copy of a document
given in evidence at the trial of the raid
ers in Canada - fHaf
CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA.
War Dept, Richmond, June Is, 1864.
10 Lient. Bennett II. Young: You
have been appointed, temporarily, first
lieutenant in the provisional army for
special service You will proceed with
out delay, to the British provinces where