Smyrna times., 1865-07-05

Judge Advocate Bingham on Wednesday,
in an able argument reviewed in all points the
evidence taken before the Military C0mmiss-
ion, and cOntcndcd that jeff DaHs wa. IA par
ty to the conspiracy ior the mnrder Of Preei-
dent Lincoln and his advisers" the procurcr
OF assassination. In concluding his argument
the Judge Advocate said by all the testimony
III the case it was. in HIS judgement, made as
clear as amy transaction could be shown by hu-
man testimony. thatJ Wilkes Booth and John
IL. Surratt, and the several accused, Harold,
AtZerodt. PAYNE. q Laughlin., Arnold. Mrs.
Surratt and MUdd did with intent to aid the
Rebellion and to subyert the Constitution and
laws Of the United States. combine, confede-
rate and cOnspirC with jefferson Davis George
\. Saunders, Beverly Tucker, Jacob Thomp-
son, VIM G. Clay, Clement G.. Clay, George
Harper, George Young. and others unknown,
to murder Abraham Lincoln, Andrew j Johnson
William II. Seward, and Ulysses s. Grant ;
and that Jefferson Davis, the chief Of this re
bellIon, was the in>tlgator and procurcr. through
his accredited agents in Canada, Of this treas
enable conspiracy.
| New RULE FOR GRANTING PARDONS. BY
direction Of the President, Attorney General
Speed has prepared circular on the subiect
of granting PaIuUiiS 10 Unc igaunT TeDCs, viii, h
VIII relieve the President from the great amount
| OF labor To which he has been subjected recent
ly III examining into the scores Of cases Of thi,
character This circular is directed to each
Provisional Governor, and it authorizes each
! one OF them to receive applications for pardon
from persons residing within his jurisdiction
and collect testimony and examine into all the
facts IN each case, and report the same to the
President for his final action. The special
points on which the information is desired arc
First, is the petitioner, frcm such information
as the GOvernOr can obtain, likely to be a pea
ceable and useful citizen in the future. Sec
ond, has any proceedings been instituted against
his property under the con6scation acts
| Third, is any property belonging to him now
III possession of the United States authorities
as abandoned property or otherwise Itis sta
ted that large number of appl cations for par
don have accumulated on the President ; table,
which he Is unable personally 10 act on.
The PLAGUE IN RUSsIA-Tne epidemic at
st. Petersburg does not seem to be diminish
ing. by the last accounts the number of per-
sons suffering from it amounts from three hun
dred to three hundred and fifty daily, and the
number of deaths to about ninety. Onthc 23l
OF May there were four thousand four hundred
and thirty patients in the hospitals, three hun
dred and slxty-four new ones were admitted.
Two hundred and tittythrcG were sent away
cured, and nnety-Seven died The United
States Consul at Port Malone writes to the
Acting Secretary Of State, under date of MAY
81, that the Russian plague is extending west
ward more rapidly than is generally supposed
Some OF the faculty call it contagious, and 9th
ers do not. The disease is said to be the same
as that which visited London over a century
ago Ihe consul suggests that all cargoes ar
irving in &c United States from Russian or
Turkish ports be subjected to rigid scrutiny
before landing, especially bedding, clothing,
rags, &c.
=, 1HE TRIAL OF THE CoNsp!RAToRs. The
New ork Times publishes the following items,
Whlch VIII give the reader some idea Of the
immense Immense labor which has devolved upon the
Military Commission:
Total number Of witnesses suhpenaed. 463
number OF witnesses examined, 36l number |
examined, including recalls, 422 number sub |
Penaeu Tor prosecution, 2i7 number actually
.33c 93S,iilIcu' I9o number subpcnaed for defense
$50 number actually examined. 1863: total
number of pages of testimony. illegal cap, |
t,?Oo making solid pile of manuscript some
Ihlhg over twGnty-six inches high the argu
lents wi vii make; in addition, 700. The vast
mass ol the dispositions, &c, taken by three |
JGGge advocates, Col Burnett, Col Foster and
Ooi' Olc0tt, prior to the opening OF the case,
tve short hand writers fortnight,
anu VIII take two experienced clerks SIX weeks
to brief and file away.
INCREASED SOUTHERN REPRESENTATIONS -
We cannot have things lust as we want them
even in n revolution. New Enganders have
discovered that after waiting thirty years to re-
duce Southern political power in our govern
mcnt, the rebellion ends in giving twelve, or
some count it fourteen more representatives in
Congress for The two-ffths Of the negro popu-
lation now freed but hitherto not counted in
the representation. This is entirely opposite
to what was desired. There is no way to helm
it, except by giving the negroes the right to
vote when it is expected that they will ail vote
against the former shareholders, President
Johnson seems to be of different onin;on
He thinks that the negro vote might be con'
trolled entirel y by the landowners omnIoving
he negroes, just as they always kept the E"oS S
White vote IN subieetion to their wishes. If his
'iew Is the correct one, the controlling white
gro suffrage for it will be for them M rle"nt ;" or"