, 1865-09-01
FROM WASHINGTON.


FROM WASHINGTON.
.rhc Fafe Of tscnrv VTcrz-Iats Second
DcncrtIou-The slayer of Booth and
His Appearance In Court-Tbc Trial
Of JcT DaTi<-Mr. John Wilson aud
his New Dnsfes-soneIninS ABOUT
:. New FaPef.
Correspondence o. tns thleago Anoune!
"Asnss' a"s.u,' 1s.
ese. 1hsts w. ~. ~ 81, "s s,nns ~ ~ ~
ing OIL plts ~ uuu',,ea H." =. w.. ~ - .sat ~ 49, ~
deserving o. pts, usa, - 80. t.a1 49, ~
That ne will mafcn 10 such aooln Us met ING
mud fate eeems to have decrced that he shal
re.cl, his end throueh such apernyatin. vaya
.. ~. .:-.;.s = a.. ,-.T ~,
as eannos wv aes1.Ao - one Va eae sAe'A-asSo' ~,
less and mnuman torture ol :andefsonSlte"
1never saw bnt one man more cast down with
when he ,sns Deserted on Tuesday last ,,v bfs
caunse1. Hughes. Denver & Peck: and that
one man vas Henry Werz when he was a
se@ouu N'1n1' -. ~" 'Aas Ia, r.ss.s ~ ~ -.
eeanse''- nHses Ano Ss'saae. u1at,tes
as he may be, one cannot help wishing
TINT, in the ends Of Justice, he
had had, from the beginning, as allie
connse1 as tbe country cou,d r3rc. Had hte
as.. na,,nsa1 49, ssso.,ea h,6 th,-a ,~a.,s
nisl eounse1 ~. oesciteu nnn; tAe1e "ou'o
have been some handsome legal 1ousts before,
and perhaps with, The military. commission.
That his fate In The hands of his second cnun-
soI ,rou,d he ,nst wb,t to.;,o, ,,os ,,,,,,.,,t
~. "ID4o y. susS "NAt 49, a-' u'runs =,
was, ! Iememoe'' sefS eonnaen1ty Predicted
In the beginning by men who knew the So
called lawyer Baker. He Is q fellow Of inI1-
mite corceit vcrr moderate oh;,tIea mud The
- -e..,. ,-s..-r ,,..1 tAs
ieas. possao,e sno".euse w o. 4ah-~so utt'e, in-
deed, tllat Judge Nylie threatened less than
SIX months ago to strike his name from the
list OF members of the bar qualified to appear
before tho Criminal Court Of the District.
That he would force himself into wran.le
with the Court aad the judge Advocate was
expected by those who Ind seen his manner
in the civil courts.. That the President OF the
Commission and tbe Judce Advocate would
bear as much from him as they have, no one
supposed possible. From suci friend; As he
was even Wcrz mlght well prsy dclivcraac;..
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0osIoS eoNbE11.
The sensation of the day ut the court room
IVES the appearance Of Boston -Eorhett, the
cxccutioner Of Wilkes Booth. ] saw at Con-
pil'e, In New York, one day, picture Of half
score Of the old English Roandheads, and
this Corbett Is Of such face and manner that
nc mlght nave s!epre1 OH from tnat r,etule,
Wse "s1,ed - a. % fas ,cs1, @ nn;tc s;cI AMI has ns
,,nt ~ vacnrerod IL fni1nnas ~ Nost, hnt
nthofs;sr i,e ,s rnnci, 1ite he 1,c3nrrs ~ him
one srrs IN ali the sl,nn win3oms The won.
% Ser T. not + that h. a shnuid shnnt Rnoth Int
oi,aaoa ~ ~ 1n,n4 81 "a M ~anIty an5 ~
Cal,tatta. rof aS ~ az ~ s s,;tos ees ,lsa, uuu ~,
w. W. ,15 70. h non1a ~" ana ,paa
;I =, ~ ~ s,,.nr Vi aa saa "a
~ ,,t s,.saS1. ~, snp.S o. w
passive, out aCIHe'y uut aSg1es1aSc!y oDsll'
Ia pa. a.l " ' n,,1 ~ .,at,,. o ~ ~
ouL ssa5 TIE M u.u enA "h5sh6l ni, w"
mo1stasne' l a III ,. ~ nnnitstaha"ls ~ h9auu. u.
n.ao, 9n1 alese aEssne sppeas iliuen =.
lne ola Eanan nsnnooo y nlm: lie nc
snpe1eu 1 W Ssi -, " pssts scnovi5nl 5,Ii.y WY
Mne1 r uEa9 uls s"I3 .lo!a tne HN1ess-
s.aaaa d at ~ .tin- - ~ sus 70 ~ ,.i.
Iua cnsSa I.ea ~ - NJ Asn tHI
,a. 10 ~ aate part , " ~, us io9s Iu9
Estu E 4i.eo. - taas NeI. nnu us "ao.e
alr ~ LILLY "tn - ~ 1p!m..5 linn 'ne ~ :,
- uos. ~ ~ auatte. ,.i t4s conneIl ~
t toI aeisnee a.se coM1 90 notnthE WIN nun. hs
sat ~ ~ :. ~ sps ~ o. ene & 4s ~
go n3 T., ri arss pai.ar a.a seneaa ~,
ioss tan ae w. 49, rna,niaa ~ te nn,1+rv "
and persons to be hated. The cool and Oh.
stinate way In which he snubbed them vas
amusing and refreshing :;
ruR TRIAL OF JrFF. DAy1s.
E,,+r ,ft11o ,,1,f,a anna ,ne hera s+.-+. ,,e
49, ;,,at Tar na.y. :. e - ~ h.r,,sbt '.e Is
ssol3 4Hat "ee. DA'5 - ~ pI ..e. nuuSot ~
,s,s1 ~, ilat3re ..,1;1 ,,r+ Sh,e s,n., ~.
;nst M mncb fnnndation ns ,hs
1nther md nefther has inst any At MI. i
| i,aye such information ns warranfs me in "a =,
| inos in most T,neitiye terms thnt tFe onrsfi6n
;s Hal ;1as hrtc hut vevc recart}r h-o,srI,t
I
rcsncct to IT 1tas I,f1, reached. NnrenSrr
nm ncrsnodcd that the norsorsnbs r nnrn,r. IN,
to g,re the views nf he President anH mem. ,.
MSs of The Cabinet arc mostly snecn1a.Iye:
and n the case of one Cahinet offcer hara
,nositive inow}edee Tint his views are er.
narar9aiIs in question. !. snccnlattne 'rtn m
iI,r rrohah;li.irs ~ an carir 4rfaI # necd. n
h. bornc Il, mind That t;arS-nmrnt f. IN ms
session of most nf fhc secref arcl;ves or III,
1a1e soznalicd Confeders:y. Thcsc nrcc5ons
documcuts have been in Washington some
Mnrn ,,,,on o' t1,s War Donartmens tl1s t,,e3r ~
| examination has iarlly let beenn, H. III.
Eer md r,ia clerks Eiil hovsrn- soon ~
| veil at work upon them. in his rooms inst
| ttst fthe Dcnattment,
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! There have been m unusual number Of para,
graphs nbout what the friends Of Mr. John
Wilson pomponsly term the s'Execnttve Bu.
rean:n I have no reason for suppostng tlat
Mr.. Wilson, who, Of course, Is we'll known in
Cticago, Is q fool; hut I do know that many
are Such efforts as some Of them have made
| during the last Elk months 10 ret him puaed
into prominence By the press are, pm glad t.
believe, Of very 1urc parallel even 10 Washing
ton, which, as you well enough know, IL not
any way remarkable either for virtue or mod
esty; Certain @ newspapers Which the runners
iof Af. hnson conia command tor long
time cndcavoted TO pull him into the Assist
ant secfctafyauip o1 tne 4reasufy ana an
ems 1,o,fcro Ts eifLsr I'M ~ xydrr,1i ~.
soon have. tbat important post. The t.nInf
| fulIcd. however; md then tIey endeayorcd tf
| huff lin into tho Secretnryship Of the Iuteri
or, viii. such eucccss thai l presume some
| peraous supposed he would ret that position
Tint gaue also failed. only 10 he followed by
the new game 10 put. him into; the charge q
Now tic garno Is 10 pud him into thc charrs
of the Executive Bureau There hasn't
been any important Office In tl.c eftt OF tht
President during the last eix MONTHS fol
which be hasn't Ecen lavisllly putled through
ccrtain ncwspapess I am glad to believe
t1at Nj. Wilson himself hasli't had 1nucl, te
do with tlis nasty business. There Is no suct
Thing Us an Executive Burcau, and the Presi
dent can't mskc Que Tic CLERKS at tbt
White House arc men detailed from the Wa,
and Treasury Departments. Il the Presi
dent wants &1r. Wilson there, q
course he win be detailed from the Treasury
younger men arc aud Ii be goes there hs
will nnqucstionablv he chief clerk, with {
higher and more responsible range of lutic.
tlar auy clerk now there has THIS Is al
there is Of can be of the pompous stExccut{yf
Hurean',-thc charge Of the routine work o
tue White House, 50 that TIT Prcs1leut al1G
his sccrt1aries may have the more time fol
-,-r,,a..pru
|
/ lhcTe Is consldefaose talk, IN 4olct Wat
and among few men, about starting llvt
independent newspaper here mis- 1all-out
which shhll be IN sympathy "Hn Inc ePl7t