Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1865-08-23
from the Washington Chronicle, July lsshl
The Assassination Conspirators,

from the Washington Chronicle, July 18TH
The Assassination Conspirators.
THE REBEL GENERAL HARRIS sENT TO FORT
M'uESRY, AND PROF. M~'cuLLoueH
TO A PRISON IN RICHMOND.
On Monday, at about noon, DR.. Mudd,
Spangler, Arnold and O'LaughliE were
placed on board the State Of Maine (hos-
pi,al steamer), and taken to Fortress
Monroe, in charge Of Gen. Dodge and a
guard of twenty-four men. At Fortress
| Monroe they were placed on board q gun
boat. The guard having taken with them
rations for thirty days, it is presumed
their destination is the Dry Tortugas, in
stead Of the Albany Penitentiary. The
four prisoners who are sentenced to i'm
~prisonment for life were apparently in low
spirits when informed that they were to
undergo q change of Imprisonment, and
Spangler remarked that he had a slight
idea Of the nature of life in a State prison.
On Sunday afternoon the Government
commenced to relieve Gen. Hartranft Of
the prisoners confined in the arsenal. The
rebel Gen. Harris and Prof. Mccullough
were the first removed. Harris was sent
to Fort McHenry, Baltimore, in charge of
Col. Watts and q guard Of four privates,
where he will be subjected to close con-
finement for the present. Mccullough
was put on board q Government vessel on
Sunday afternoon, in charge Of Col. Fred.
cricks, with a guard, with orders to deliver
him to the officers of Libby Prison or
Castle Thunder.
JEFF. DAVIS V SECRETARY L TO
FORT DELAWARE.
Benton H.. Harrison, who was Private
Secretary to JEFF. Davis, and who has been
confined at the arsenal during the past
few weeks. was sent by rail on Monday
morning, in charge Of Col. Rath and n
guard, to Fort Delaware, where he will be
closely confined.
CONDUCT OF THE PRISONERS.
On leaving the arsenal they thanked
General Hartranft for his kindness to them
while imprisoned there, and babe him
adieu, as did also Harris, Mccullough and
Harrison. Mccullough and Harrison ap-
peared 10 dislike the idea Of leaving,
especially as they had been treated in a
humane manner at the arsenal, and knew
not what kind Of hands they would fall
into next; but Harris tried TO put q good
face on his adverse circumstances, and
went off cracking jokes, us it is his wont
to do, apparently indifferent to his fate.
TROOPS WITHDRAWN RON II ARSENAL
THE BODIES OF THE EXECUTRD CON-
SPIRAToRs.
On Monday the guard, with the excep-
ton of the noncommissioned officers and
men of u portion Of the Twelfth, Four
tccn,h and Eighteenth Veteran Reserve
corps, was withdrawn. General Hart
ranft, General Mccall and Lieutenant
Geissinger have been relieved from duty
at the Arsenal, and the building put in
charge Of an officer Of the Veteran Re-
serves.
Yesterday the furniture Of the Court
Room was removed, and in a short time
workmen will m to pull down the
building preparatory to building an addi-
ton 10 the Arsenal to be used as work
shops.
The bodies of the executed conspirators
still remain buried in the yard, and the
scaffold has not yet been removed.
from the Montgomery Ranchero, July q
C~onfederntes in Mexico.
Major Charles Russell arrived here yes
terday morning. five days from Monterey.
From him we learn that Generals Bee and
Walker, and Colonel Luckett, of the Con-
federate States army ~(defunct), had reach
ed that city. They have taken up their
residence there with q view to ~permanence.
Captain Monot had received authority