St. Mary's gazette., 1865-08-17
THE IMPRISONED cONsPrRATORs
FURrnEa INCIDENTS OF rns VoyAeR 70 TIE
DKY ToRruoAs.

UkY IoRfU0Ae.
The Washington Chronicle publishes
serpe further incidents Of the voyage of
The steamer Florida from Fortress Moproe
n 'h@Dry Toigneas whore she LANDED
Muid. Spangler. O'Largh'in and Arpold.
he condemned c"nsrira'or> The nara,
tive was obfsiued from Capt Dutton. vh,
had charge cf the prisons rs. and differs in
some respects from, the one b retofore
published We quote as foil VS.:
During the voyage all The prisoners
were more Or !ess afflict"d with the sea
sickness, ard al one time half Of The guards
were u,ft for dusv DR. Mudd and Ar
no!1 w'r- paricu'srly wrefch-i Sp~ z
l-r. although quit" sick wa> given to prac-
,icsi j"kmg Finding that while sick be
could GEL from H." su-g.. -. Dr Porter q
modicum f French Brandv he ronclud-
! ed go take sick NJ various odd times. al
wa,s with pains for which rint gallei spir-
titus is supposed to be a sovereign cure;
hut bis trick was discovered and h. was,
mnrh 70 his cbsrgrin obliged to qusff Ja-
mnica ginger in place If the more palats-
BIZ beverage. He was generally quite
; saIk.tirr, a. d expressed himself az being
satisfi"d with the action Of the Military
Con mission, but continued to assert bis
Innocence Of participation 10 the crime Of
assassination. In conversation with
C'p.ain Dutton. be remarked thst he
knew nothing of Booths designs, and ,ha,
even after the murder, while Booth was
pnssing through the theatre. he w.s una
ware Of the foul deed which Rad been
Committed The 'act is, Cnptsin," said
he. Booth was,a privileged character at
F"rd's. lie had the rua pf the h.u-r q.
all times. day and night; had cccess TO
TIE dressing roo IDS. und frequently came
- tl,r rciear.xls unsunnuncs d a'd al
ways t'y The rear entrance lie was @
.r a. fsv.ri'c. e: q .p"nt In"nry freely -
v h.. never hc cam" with hi horse he el-
WAYS cc'l,d ftr &c e. groom be arimsl
and ! have merry ',n.e tl"cksd tis bo"fs
=: d ,o"e oik,5 Il. LA six for IN. !
oi': n'' cl 'se ihe 6otr tehlrG Boo h |,
: as asprine d. or sEeh you i p shep
an get tack. Is Va hnetvp. \ c:s.d
iis.ls r..lnas gar b III IL >, y re
~a~ n",hu z u, u. usl il m b 'diug ."ih'<
horse on the light Of ia" murder, for haA
dome Il twenty times hef,rc. ! didn't atr
h"v 'l.e Commission Sh'eh tried me could
Flar' d"eid. d Otherwise 10 my case. ccn-
s,dr,irg The evidence. lot ] sm DOT guilty.
81 having anything to 40 ~i,l the crime I"
Sp,"gIer VAS very lively during ,ho
"'!Ggs. ord testrsl fms ,aa rp tic lad
d, from the hold. three s,crs &. time,
h"n,iiy i,oued ss he vss He was quite
inhi'ant over b" idea that he would not
hr n rri' orer for life III com~ ut all
right--s;1 .ss-s is rot sneh long tim"
SITTER al - ssid he "You ned NOT frlici-
tate yours II on having q .hoct i'ne 4"
s,sv ep1rrl-r," lid Dr Maid II
don't inow where they are taking ua. hat
!. T il is 20 the Dry Tcr'ugas there is TO more
chsr"e for yru han for me. Nine Of us
will live ore h.n t~o v.ars
Up 10 this tire n, 4 w"rd bad beer
d-orped in refcrerc" TO the Ultimate des
.i"a'i"n If tie c n,rirstcrs hut they tad
ncc, pi'd themselves in discr- ing the pro
! bal ali;i' ct reside, G. ~ Albany. O trip
! % n. port cn the Gulf. or a su iden
; Heath hy drc~ri!c U1rnghlir wa very
r''lceht. rsrs'v entering int" conversation.
.von vr'h his f.fow prisoners
Nu - ra,ried with lin p printed c.rv
OF the evidence tduocd during his iris
aud took great ,lrssurs in prkinc it 10
pi.ces H is d,scriktd. hv oar for
| nsns es o man f good .dncati"n consid-
erahle shrs~d,,rs. and strong r+h.l proeli-
vi'i"s. He wa never of ri. quart. al
| wavs pr dered a qu".ti"r welt hct r. re
urring =" arrsc'. I'D Invariably srokc
| nf Mr>. Surrsu a having b-cn ur jusrl,
~xrcu,sd.
siudd WAS very gloomy during .hs voy-
age ard ffars were tn,ertsine
nv h;s guard that h contemplated
*nicid" lie was accordingly c'"..lv
watched, very much to bis iudigna-
tion.
Why do yop keep me 81 c'o~l,
yna-aed Z" .a;d he to thr tfheer
~ e&sre~ cf him. .Ree.r,-, said C.r,
| sin u. Il 4, an afraid ] nay l,ss
yor
How lose IT,? Tk,re is trr.lY T,
ets.ce 'or IT. to e-c-rc rcre, .snd yon g
q sn.p ct .hsi ! xon!d kiil ny. :s"-
] has is ju.t ~ta' fer; = d ,n.1 7 g.;
! ms ,.ecipt fr vnrr i"d, tr"m n e,tn-
| nanGA.t of III. ? s, 10 which y"u .r,
>",.s.chcd deem it nr duly 10 har'
y 'r";y F'P ''.ietiy va"h-
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