, 1865-06-04

d1e[Rtchce fr0m Mchn 0nd, and when .heY
weie 1.ao BY rhomp=on; I believe there
Carroll. Of Tennessee. then ss.d hs
VISA .norr sn1 Gus that Mr. johnson should
b. killed than any one elec. lie said: .'If the
Damn 4 11:ck-1Oust: was not i'll, d by somebo
dy" he would kill b u hiIns.i:. He referred TO
E:ct. .Prctid. ut Johnson. His expression WAS
aeord of contempt ior tallor; Il means i
ts,ut's isrse. Btuth IVES known In C1uada
t,y ,he t.ickt.ame Of" Pet" thknk hsve
flea,d Thompson 10 cali HIN, certainly
Cl'Bty. Kennedy, VITO tired the city Of NeT.
York. AID YES executed. WAS spok-n Of as
harh r pe.fn M d hat de, d By dukaoruy Of
liz rttd GoH1Tntnt, undtT TIC direction Of
1HoMpson. Til trds communicated to me By
IEo4.f,t1m Ria.t!E tt III csuveseation In bis
ptettlce. Thor.p paau 81: d Kennedy deserved
to lie lsEgea, nnd he Was aeyil,tn glad b.
WA hapetu, tot lie WIS stupid fellow, aod
had uabfgto ,bit gs very badly. :.
lame. Is. M+rr.tt 1eatded-1 am j physi-
CHM. and havr hren IL Iasada about Sc4r;
In Octobes and Nc. emher last, vas N Toron'
to :; met Geerye Young there, rebel rom
k.n,ucky a'so C.'sonsl Sc. 1e, from Ken
lucky. Young said ~ mt, "we Lave sune-
thiLE Cf mnuh mole importance than auy
rnts." lie told me 1t was dntvrmiurd thai
"Old Abe should never TT inaugurated; that
they bud Fl nty of tricnds In Washlu.ton.
upd casifd Mr, L'n DIN "a damuei cid IT,
rant" latt1vsrds saw George n. Saud=is
and Colonel Steele together. Colonsl Steele
eaid, s1ht damned I'D tyrant never will
serve aDo!her Il I'll II be ise:ectc1." Sanders
ealo at The SAME t1nr, he wnuld keep
himself mighty close il be dii ecrve uuoth:r
tenn" In Mthtrtai, In February las :, I
LeaIl Sahd.Is latnr uumtrr OF peEsoCs
r.ady and willing to remove the prtai1tut,
Vice tte,it chi, the CaGine: aud some Of the
IL, dlng Grsrss.is Of the United States and
he edaeo teal thert wusany a,nount 1t mooeY
10 uctomr!fsll this pnrposs', n, anlng the a.
fascination Of tAetc persons. He then read
litter, which h. said be hid received from the
President Of our Coufederacy, msautnr Jeifrr-
sop Davis. and which letter justified. him In
making any arrangements that be- could to
accomplish such object. There Tas a meet.
itE at thar time OF these rebels, and letter
was read Il; II ii. thc substance OF WITCH
wss, Tat II .ac Southernes III the G anadas
III the States wetc willing to begoyetned By
such 1y1apr as Lincoln, be {Oav.s) did not
uieh 10 Itctg gpize them as friends, and that
lie approved II the proposition to as.assina'e
h.m. Colonel Steele 1cad the letter. also
Captain Scott, George Yuung and Hdl, all
rebels. This meeting Has about the mid
Gle Of last February. 1t the meeting San
accomplish the assassination, and among
them he named ]. w. Booth. whom lad
setn in Atont:eai In October He also nar1rd
G,GIEe Harper, ChAtlcs Caldwell, Rsudai.
atd Ia1rlA,.n. Ha'eld went by the name OF
Hanisen. beard surratt 5namt mrnllcued,
euu HarIcld. There was = person named
whom they called "Plug Tooacco." I saw
Harold in Toronto. Ssndc.s said Booth was
heart apd soul IN this luo ter he WIS cou-
Sin to Bealt, Who was hsngrd IL New York.
He aided. II al II The, could dispose Of Lin.
coin, It wuu.d be 81 easy matter 10 dispose Of
that Il they could dispose of the President,
Wee President aud Cabit ct, and that it Mr..
Sewn.d cs MD be disposed ol, it would entisfy
the people Ntrth, nud that pace could BE-
obtained that thty had endcaysred to bring
as,cut 4 war With Ergla1d, but Mr. Seward,
through lis cue ~ aud sagneity, had thwart-
cd tlclg efforts, und lor that reason they
wsnttl to get rid ii him.
On The 5lh Gr Glib tf April last met uas-
PER, who said that they were going to the
States 10 ''k!ck up the damned:st TOW, such
Us bud nj ycr htcn heard Of !" he addea that If
did not hear Of the dtath OF Old Abe, the
Vice-presidtut, and Of General Dix, in less
than len dnys, might put him down as
dsmut fool. That Was on the 9Th of April.
lie mentioned the name. Of Booth as ooc OF
their friends there: he said they had
plenty # friends In Washington, and that
lttetn or twenty were going. He had start
cd TO 20 to Washington as early rs the 6tn,
1nct on ,hc 10Th Of April to q justice Of the
place, nhmsd Davids ., who, alter the nssus-
t.ut tin. communicated It to the Govern
mint. Harper returned to Canada attcr the
assassination. I had conversation with G.
Z. Clay in Toronto, In February last; be
sFeke u i.e se'tes 9! UaSss, wien sanders
Eao e3hhittd; ne SEEMED 70 unde1stA And the
thought the end would Justly the means.
| Su11att was pointed ont to nc in Toronto,
last Fehruaty. think. I saw Buo'h ,hcrr
two or thu lines, and sal at table with him
saee. AZ 1Le -. ha~n nce, HiLn sanders,
| Sco,i sna Steele; meg Eete conssrsing %sth
Hoo1n, ing ollpAnE WIN nlm al saaoG,s e1'
enauge' 1 1ea" aaf1oio IN tanada, III teufu'
a1y;
| hlenasa Montgomery tesllhed-1 Knew ia
cob 1non}'sun, Clsmcnt G. Clay, whom
| haye met III Canada number Of timcs since
the SIMMER oi lsC4 up TO this time; also
/ Gcorgc y Sahdcrs. j. F. Holcombe, Beverley
Tucker, ". c. Cle1ry, Harrington, uicEs
md others, Under fictitious nRm@a Thomp
knn had several nam. s-one WAS Carson
Clay was Holt. nna Lacy, and Tracy Jacob
Thompson said be had friends Of the Conita
e'nSy nj over the So;thern states
"HmE 10 50 any lene1ns, ana tha'
Lc conid, nj any lime, have Inc ~
~ wv "a w nay nat nts i!'guos NY
I'LL IT,. g. ". n.aI, ~, =. s.Ine anu .ua! y @oalo q
Gone 1of !nc st:. cause OF tne C9htsoeTaeS. II
January, asuo, Thompson sa'o, " Montteai
~ Iat opns.op ' 'h naa ucsn n7ae @ 20 MN L
iu ~ mt tee me'tu ~ - ete 'stsats ilnso,o, sun
wlan a aIu ,d sone = ".ne's 'aa. nc Ear
& hf nen ,,, "nv aus - mssc solo, uaslns msn
aoie ~ tSsso'c 10y "a antsn1e lae{ "ou1o aho;r
,ln',,taa .uns taa' ~ H.. "as IL lasn[ ~, u ~
roipsi,'out H. lad ~. nctfsa ~. 1ls aos"e
~ p;.,,,,. r,1 ,t". a.s ~.
er,,+;r.- ,h.,H ~ ,,E; enaS ~ nla s.sn :. on,.
,'s his's .unn ~ ~ ,.i IL ~ Mou't
sou, to hayc thr1n PiUe III tyrsnts1 ki1ed u, I,
Tho,nre,,n f1,st 4niy rnc '9I''G cia rat Ns
said :hat he ,sas really dcrotei - onr 3.uss "a'
and r, nir T., ~ any is,'o,hs ~ H." +h:'
,nmirr III. snn IN snr,. II hare snsn p,rni; ~
|hr n,ikon, r. rnn,hrr of t,mes h. t'.,r,a
aUc 1T thr Falls. in tIr snmmer n ~ az.
nlto Mt The Ouetn's HoIcl. in Torontf,, Ia,
ada West. where / conyerssd win lin 49,
had Ind an interview with Wr. 'rhom,,sou
several Others had sought an interyicw viii
was eli St led, and had been refused. o,
leaving Tlou,nson,s rom. Isaw Pavnt. n H.
passa.r way. 1trar fhe door. with t,cmcnt {, 4
| tIay. talkfnr 10 him III. Cfsv sfnnnsd ma
ard i:nIsird his couyer.ation Tith tnis ma N
| IN an nnde, rome. When h. i,,tt me ha sr,1
swat f;,r mr. Il vii, Teiurn" IT. soon IN ~ sH,u ~
lack. and lad. me ennd.hv,,. nnI ass,,f
whr,r he co,i1 se,. W., ara, 1.-TWO ~.
hin. md annoin1,d a mes,ine Isn,rc ~ =
this nan Pa,pe In Clsy's ahsahse. ans ;kt,
ly,u who he was. Hcs.fd N(lh rm c,ns
dian," wl.,sh WIS to say. aon't wish yo,, !,
ak me- nnythnr mnr;. m.nt,one3 ~ 49, :,
10 Cfay wl,n fnc, MIN ,f1.r . t;n,,. ~, 49,
ask, Eha, did i,e say" 1aiI , H., IVA w.
Civ answered sThat,s ~ bc i C.naa;;an na; ~!
snd ,ano,,,i ,,a 49, a. ~ .Aa,an'
"Canaduuris an exnr,!s .ion for thc;- i,,ann. at
ana he ..Hn,,ne1 ~ ~ W. ,ue,1 ',enas
n,arcoe.. ~ -. ,aa,. ~ y inat tns:
hav,, h."n ~ caosa s Innaea.a. e;nna ~ uatate
ton .w d,vs .5s.@ 1nst % p,r.iS .as =, sina INA
NJ M,nt.,.'1 r., sa;d M i'onin .a.Af
his drath jono onc~. t,,n; :, T. u.aa ~, =
~ s,aa ny. ~ aie s n"s ago.; ana maj u was tot
80, ~. ~ Nv ngS cefu a.,o"ea u =
h,d "n..1.'a,t "aa ~ i1e ;,f wv ~ ", u