Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1865-06-28
FRIDAY, JUNE D.


Witnesses for the government, were moi
20 be believed.
FRIDAY, JUNE ,.
A number ofwitnesses were examined
to-day by the court martial trying the as
estimation ccuspirators, and considera-
,ls additional amount of testimony wat
aiken, The only facts Of particular i'm
prtqnCe ELECTED, however, were contain
ID inthe evidence of Mr.. Charles A. Dana,
ate Assistant Secretary Of War, who was
,ccalled by the prosecution. He Identi-
led the letters, already published, picked
30 in a Third avenue car in this city, last
.a.l by lady. These letters, il will be
remember, related to the movements and
plans of the aSsRss inalion Cunspirators,
and alluded to the lot to murder the Pres
ilent having fallen to Booth. These let
;ers were given by tho lady finding them
70 General Dix, and By HIM cent to the
War Department. Mr.. Dana stated that
he took these letters TO President Lincoln,
who looked Rt them without making any
particular remark. owing to the fact that
numerous similar communications had
previously come to the notice of The gov
rrnueut. II was evident, however, that
Mr.. Lincoln attached more Importance TO
those letters than to previous ones, Us M,
Dona subsequently found them in an en-
yelope on which was wrtten,in the hand
writing of the President, the word As
sassinatiun." The counsel for the accus-
ed again produced witnesses with the de
sign of inyalidating the testimony of those
giving evidence for the prosecution.
Among them was sister OF Dr. Mudd.
one witness stated that on the learning
of tie assassination DR.. Mvdd suggested
that the people Of his neigbborhood
ought to raise a home guard 20 assist in
preventing the escape OF the assassins.
A number of persons suspected OF com
plicty in the conspiracy and several wit
nes:ess in the case were yesterday releas-
cd from confinement in the on Capitol
ptisop.
SATURDAY, JUNE ~,
In the trial to-day, the defense had in
troduced few witnesses, portion OF the
evidence Of whom was Designed further to
impair the character and statements of
DanielJ. Thomas, the strong witness
against DR.. Mudd, The counsel for
Spanger and Arnold announced that so
}er az those two prisoners were concerned,
she case for the delense was closed. The
counsel fer P&yae requested a further
postponoment TO enable DR.. Nichols t. re-
port en- the question Of his sanity, and al
so to enable tho accused to have the ben
eft Of the testimony OF his father, Rev
Mr.. Powell, of Florida, who had not yel
arrived. The President Of the court an
uounced that till eleven o'clock on Mon
Say would be allowed for DR.. Nichols re
mort, but that, as much delay had already
been caused tr the non-aPpearance ofthC
Tepeyasd gentleman from Florida, The
court could not wait for him much long
er. Several witnesses were called by the
prosecution, one of whom, Mr.. Henry q
Edison, orSt. Adams, VI, who was or 9 Of
the counsei in the examination OF tht
St. hlo,ns raiders in Canada, testified tc
expressions he had heard George n San
ders give utterance TO- Sanders said he
Has pleased with the ST. Alo0ns raid, ans
Chat il would ba followed by numerou:
others of much more formidable charac
Ter that there we're organizations ready
to burn uud sHUk buffalo and other vitiv-
and that the government, though it nigh
deter these mOnstrous yillGDIos, could no
prevent them Lieutenant John l.. Rip
pie, Of the Ihirty-ninth Illinois regiment
testified that while he was prisoner a
Andersonyile, Georgia he heard Conlel
crate officers say that President Lincoh
would never lie inaugeraled, and tina
they nad party in the North WHO woul,
attend 10 Mes3ys. Lincoln and Seward
This witnes also gave additional tostimon,
regarding the treatment Of imprisone,
Eoldjers at Andersonyille,
NoSDAr, JUNE y,
The mos. important evidence oAere
before the court martial to day, wos tha
duplicating the Confederate authorities il
the explosion OF the ordance boat at Cit.
Point last August. At the time Of tn
explosion, the news Of which sent n thri
Of horror through the community, it wa
supposed that percussion shell had bee
carelessIy dropped by some person COZ
nected with the boat but the testmon
OF Assistant Adjutant General Townsen,
giving the official report Of the perso
who had been placed on detached servic
by the Confederate authorities for tn
very purpose, is conclusive evidence th,
II was caused by q torpedo. Witnesses i
favor Of At1erott an q Laughin were in
iroluccd, one witness teslifying Ihst Ga
latter was with HIM on the night Of til
18th of April, and therefore could nc
have beeu at Secretary Stanton's, as la
previously been testified. Richard Mon
gomery was re-examincd rs to a lettC
from ClementC G. Clay, and witnesses wei