Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1865-05-11
LOCAL N Ew b.

martial OF which Ma. Gen. Foster IL President,
,hs,, nnd nyOr @ "hthrop Judge Adyoeate, met a.
morning, when the case Of benjamin q. Harris,
the member OF Congress, Of Maryland, was re-
sumed. After the reading Of the minntes. Judge
Crane one Of the counsel for the accused, said
the mon Chapman and Read, tho prosecuting
witnesses In this case, had represented them
selves 10 be members Of company X, s2d Va
lreboD regiment, and eitltens Of Baltimore, Nd
There was no evidence before the court "a 10 the
character and Integrity o. the men. Judge q
said that he had been to Baltimore, aud inquired
as to the men.
Major Chapman and several Of the citizens Of
Baltimore, whom he had asked, knew nothing Of
the men. Judge c. said that he went to 0enerai
Grant's headquarters yesterday and looked at the
rolls OF company X, thirty second Va (rebe)
regiment No such names us Chapman and Read
appeared on the roll. He asked permission 10
send . subpGna for Brig. Gen. sharpe TO bring
with him the rolls Of that regiment 81
The Judge Advocate said that ample time had
been given to aecused for the purpose of bringing
testimony and his counsel. At hrst accused said
lac wanted no counsel; at a subsequent time he
expressed desire TO have counsel, which was
granted by the court. fa a
The witnesses, Chapman and Road, had repre-
scented themselves AS living In Baltimore, which
place they len some four years ago was NOT
TO be supposed that these witnesses would be
known In Baltimore now. The accused had
stated on Tuesday THAI he bad no more testimony
TO offer, and closed his defence.
Judge Crane, counsel for accused, stated that
when the Court adjourned on Tuesday he did
not know Of this testimony and he had done all
in his power 10 have all the testimohy In.
The COnrt was cleared for deiibsrution. On
re-opening, the President announced that the
Court had decided 10 allow the accused to aum-
mon Gen. Sharpe, and bring with him the rolls.
The Court then took recess for one hour
The court reassembled at one O'Clock, when
Brig. Gen. sharpe, the ofheer designated BY Gen
Grant to receive the duplicate rolls Of the men
parOled In Lees army, was called and sworn.
Gen. =. produced the rolls Of Corse's brigade,
among which were the rolls Of the s2d Virginia
rebel regiment
o. Do you dad the name Of Sergeant Richard
Chapman and Private Road a. members Of eOn-
pany X, on that roll,
appear on the roll. Had seen some syidsnee
which led him TO think one Of the men had been
pAroled. On the roll Of company X there were
the names Of one corporal and two priVAtes.
Many Of Lees men were absent, having run
away at the time Of the surrender.
IAfier they heard Of the surrender they returned
for the purpose Of being paroled. Just before tho
surrender an attempt had been made to reorgAn-
Inc Lees army, which created much confusion,
and many ofthe men aid not know what com,
mands they were with, mon Of one command
having been merged into another Many of tho
men who had left Lss'a army before the surren-
der, and who came back after the surrender for
the purpose Of being paroled, found that the com
mAnd TO which they belonged had bean paroled
aud gune homa Many Of the general oficers Of
the rebel army had left their Commands before
the surrender, Anyeomm.nding onheer was al
lowed to take up the men who returned and have
them paroled. ..r 0tub f.F
The names Of many Of the men who were pa.
rolled might not be found in the company, .regi.
ment, or brigade 10 which they belonged, but
somewhere else among the different rolls, In con-
sequence Of their coming In and being pArolsd
some time after the surrender The fact that the
names q Chapman and Head did not appear on
the rolls Of company X, thirty second Virginia
regiment, was NO evidence that they had not been
paIoled, as they might have come In afterwards
shown By the witness that the men might have
been paroled though their names did not nppeaT
on the rolls Of the sd Virginia regiment. He
thought that Il should not be taken as evidence.
The Court was cleared for delibsFation. On re-
opening, the Judge Advocate stated the Court
had decided 10 admit \ copy Of the rolls.
Harris then proceeded 10 read bis defence 10 the
Court, stating that he was no way connected with
the land or naval forces Of the United States, and
that he had not committed any offence. He had
not harbored the prisoners and II had been proven
that they did not lodge Al the house In which
they stated they had. He said that they stated
for lodging. lie being actaated By q desire 70
get rid Of them, and knowing their poverty, gave
each Of them tl to pay for lodging al the hotel,
to which he iOle them % Eetern'
APPOINTMENT or COMMITTEE follow
ing committee Of consultation was Appointed.by
the permanent Chairman, (Iion. Jokn Wiison1
In accordance with the Action of the meeting II
City Hall, Tuesday night: ~
WAshingtou-first Ward-J p. TustIn and
Fielder X, Dorsett Second WArd-0eorge II.
PlAnt aud Lewis CiephAhe Third wArd--W
A. Cook aud Hudson Taylor. Fourth Ward
z. O. Robbins Ahd 7. b. Brown. Rifth Ward
J. n. BroAdhead and Nathan Sargent sixth
ward-0eorgo, r. Wilson and VIM. DlEeh
Seventh wArd--Johh X. Elvans and Q. 8. Noyes
Georgetown--Wm. H. Tenney, @. 8. Engllsh,
7. A shinh, J. W. Decide, ,, A. MAgruder, D.
County--Devers Burr and Dr. Nichols.
This eommlttce IL requested To assemble al
League Hall, on Saturday evening, AK o'clock.
--~-s-~- 500
NAvY YARD. The gunneru' gang are en-
gagged In remoS ing all ordnance stores from the
steamers Yankee aud Dragon, thay having been
detached from the hotiliA and ordered out Oh
Acting Second Assistant RnRineoi
stephen X. COster has been detached from the
Dragon, and IL waiting orders Acting Third
Assistant Engineer John W. Clements has been
detAehed from the BaltmoFo aud OFdorea 10 the
sangus. George O.. Castell, who has been acting
"a Third Assistant Engineer on the Don for some
time past, has received the appointment a. Sec
ond Assistant
SELLING LIQUOR.-Frederiek Myers,
German tavern keeper, was arrested by Oaloor
Mlutoad, of the Klghth prsoinet, for selling
liquor on sunday. Justice Gull hhed him o20.tG
Hnghy RAgan was Arrested BY Oneer Poole, Of
the second precinct, for selling llQuOr without
license. Justice Miller aned him eaS.