Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1865-09-26
Trial Of Henry Whz.!
TESTIMONY FOR THE GOVERNMENT.
EVIDENCE FOR THE DEFENCE.
The Prisoner Receives Money and Letters
Through His Counsel.
TUESDAY, SEPT. 20, 1865.
UNITED STATES MILITARY COMMISSION

o o,olook-ail the members present, the Judge Ad-
Soc..o. snd tho oo,p.sl for tbe aceused
,',u Suu NV x-.,'. 49, 80, =, -.
The prisoner was proush' in.o court " 'ou
minutes past II, looking better. He Immediately
laid down on the sofa
Tbe ,e.dIns of tba testimony having been CON
" Wv
oiuaeo- a....#., .rL.
Col CHfPnAN said he had Two or three Wit
nesses present for the Government, and asked
leaye 10 sxamiue than at this time.
DIN. NJ ". hhnsh
having been sworn, testined that he has been IN
charge OF sanitary matters In FLORIDA, SeorHia,
and the Carolinas during the pastfour years has
been so employed from early In January, lso2
was stationed at Beaufort, south carolina VIII
ness had forwarded sanitary stores to the pris-
oners at Andersonville, and identihed memo
randum OF goods so FORWARDED 10 the prisoners,
as follows: w.. .......
STORES SENT TO PRISONERS AT ANDERsoNVILLB,
GEORGIA; -,
ooo2 wool shirts oesS Wool drawers S4sl woo, oi
socks; 30 pillow cases $3.50 handkerchieis; 0Ol
cotton shirts; ll2s cotton drawers; 2lOO blouses
4I30 wool pants l0SD wool hats 1850 oyercohts
1885 blankets 272 quilts; 2l2O prs. shoes; llO
cotton coats; lte vests; 40 cotton pants 6J4
wrappers os jackets ~ oyeraiis' sII prs. SIP, P
pers; 9l47 towels 21s bed sacks l22 combs; 100
% nh cups ookss YIN warsL ,n wv ips, iooo
4osh pounos couee, ,ooo Pounus ioSv y,
Poun9s Soin suaoni 1A pounus tohs'VesS y, -, :,
pounds onoeoiatejs boxes lemon yuloej pwaIrel w
I ~ naNd u.
eoooai ,aoV parIsis peeI s,eas PaPer, euNeioPSe'
&c. pepper ana mussIui ! p0N yea, ~ pouhus. t
hhiy IN tne montn oi 1uiy wtness Wro,e'o ,'' 'nc
authorites OF Oharieston JSil' asking tney
would receive supplies Tor the Union prisoners
IN ohhrles.on JaiI. Ihey repnea tney wpulu, 1, ana
goods were Iorwarded 10 tnem az the ohatleston
Jm,. AterWa.as gooos were sen. 10 Anuerson , n
vine escaped prisoners ron Anaersohylle .o,u !,
Oh the desninte condluon OF lhe hndersohVine ~
prisonets. had Iecelvea large numpers Si iet
ters tor prisoners AZ Andersonyiile. oreenpaeks,
gold, silver and postage stamps were enclosed In
,no i0"Srs ms .. & nuo1i " roe n ~ roiy W..
t ~ ~, 20 ~ 49,, =, avnhap,,o
%e Sasmasaas na., ~ hnSarsonwtIia SaassJ
~ sona nros,sions In NoSambar
conu nup,stoas p,osts W,,un.D L., ,onnonooa
in s aI ,I, "io 80 -. ~. Io.h -
BS21s W a sS, s ao2us Wy ,Vsu VI
ayisus A. .s iS soIs .nSIi n, 81. $500 Th
'ons ~ ,.'n.s Si..,pag a., ;ss onJ ,aro 70
sTs rr'S rI ~ 49, 4 ~ ~ nt - IIarn,,,iio
So,,siSy, - - -. ,o,,is saaaIwa thn,, an ~
on, " re oO, by mouru Tha nonts
par " Lne oYniSueiato y. ,, siiu
S ~ ,hn " yutsna "a @ nh, th
anu anu sS,u my Sar,iia Te'" Hau nououO' '"'
Coi CbInman bsrs caIisd attept,on to n Ietter
l Cn'pn,sn nerg oaeu ,h soaaID1 Iev as,o
VI VII. I aSho"ieuB'ns '"' 'e''ip' VI i"s'
A"oun' vi soouS'
j. D. JONES
testified that for the past four years he had been
employed In the rebel war department. opened
the letters for the secretary. The report OF O1i,
Chandler was sent into the once OF witness ne
M Ieeu Pai' W ~, NJ - - 81 ~ J.. y ~ = ~ st.', a..
ness mes, was IN hlchm0nd during NE reign OF oen
Wlnder as ffoYosLharsnM ne was gene,hy
tt ,oohou upon ny, ~ S'd rhara ,usa an
49, ses ,,sI ~ ~, .a,un., ana ras, .Iamnr
,nsda a,saiost Nm Ua bsS srsarsrs sontsrsnres
EIa.n,Ina oe,.a Ia mas s,s,aInad Sv nnvis All
hHeou,e n, onee; ne MA , ,y ~ All a.
pIn'as @ aSost spot aa ra,aiaaa ins osr.n hY
twN yavS' benjamin was unpopular us 'e''o'af' VI
war .,.....
rhiLif coshhi EN-
!esnhed that ne was aetectiye omcsr uhuer uen.
Winderi was special detective under MIN any
important matters such as detectives had to per
form were entrusted TO witness. The relations
between Winder and Davis were very friendly
and the greatest conhdence existed between them
When Gen Bragg made an enort 70 nave MIN re-
lieved, Davis was his lWinder y friend. when
an order came renewing WlhdeT from duty ~ tue
war pePara%%ont % In % kShm0hd ne oGok shS S1aG,
was sntirsIy unnsesssspy and nneSiled for, Ne
was then made CommissaIy General Of prison.
srs Witness continnsJ viii him nntIi be die5
Cross -Rxaminsd Tho order 10 W s Windor
to Law out the Andersonyille prison was from the
War Department; BY Gen, Winder and approved
by the War Department. Witness saw The pa
mar INT aid moi read ~, heard the General and
Eant Winder disenssin1 N sejdon was then
sieeretary Of War Witness was in Gen. Wind
dis ONCE at that time. Gen, Wipder went to
Asdersony yiIIeiu June or July, His son, W. s.
Wipder. want there some time before him had
head Windet saw he Ind oflcial business with
Daxis
n, ,pwp,,yy
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ioshheu .na' "o "ss u, soUn ~ 'uo ivoo. a. ~ ~
anu anu insPoe'V, " aos sP'as ~ 'ho " ,n'
.'t"I. enhet"gI nsu s"o pison hosR Rha araI a' nn
'In,o ., ~ hn.vt,T SnS :, n, ~
~ oo,nnaDs oansS,,w M ,aOts ,vora ia So
@ % III rDi,noo ' ~ e, ,opd o ha o,ItaS ISM
sncS wss srcsodInsIX had Tha Goors were dSrt
SUI" @ VIZ, sIst MI oau, ~ ~ I 81, =,
Su S roiy n A., ..n ei a., w. W M ~ O.t "
aoJP aoSP nootIas Sona,t%snt "a Gsdrv SnDnIiaF
uu SUI ,his LII ,ha.a ~ IIpnaod
aaw ,ins W. WbI,a ,ras g., chr" anu wU
msSas Hsry fnil rsnort tor tha Madissi piraciop
~ s.,o ~ ~, .n5 ,ntfo,',a ronost N. WIZ In
or ,xItnoss Dr Wbita was ass,rnsJ h. anotbsr
nosi,,nn Nv which ho was promoteS ehnnt tha
H. W. a. - 80 maJa ppmi.sass' narn.ai 80
i.n.n ae'' wa NN 'N"" VI
,, =,
Col Ohipinah mere announced thAt TINS was all
to day.
Mr. Baker said he was not ready TO go on, but
so. He would open to the Court what they ex-
pected to prove by their defence.
Gen. Wallace. You are not required to do that
by the rule, sir. II Is not customary.
For the Defence.
The first witness called was the Rev. Father
Hamilton. Col. Chapman said for the past fort
night the prisoner had been closely guarded in
order to prevent him receiving anything clandesN
timely; 30 much so that the interviews with his
wife were permitted In the presence Of an officer
only. Recently letters have been brought over
by the prisoner and handed to his counsel, Mr..
SchAde, who has delivered them to the wife Of the
accused, and replies brought to the prisoner. The
other day Mr.. Schade was seen to hand a letter
and money to the accused. This morning another
1oIf hal haan hrn, htNU Uirxa md h.n Aal