The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-05-22
Sunday Night Report.
re A1Ssssiaasasa 9rsaf.

| Washington, May 20.
| The cosFt did not s1set ill Al o'clocl
-an hour later than usual.
The resdisg of the ssssinosy " ysstsr
Day being very voluminous, vas lnot CON
pIeted till 2:l6-an hour recess having
been tsken for dinnee.
The Assistant Secretary Of War-Mr
DAna-was svora, and identified the reb
u eypher arrangement which he tool
from the room 10 R'chmood. formerly 90
cupied BY the rsbsl Secretary lBesjsnia
on the 9Th day Of April. Tie cop p.lvsnc,
reel 70 be tursed 70 . 70 substitute
me set Of letters Of th, alphabet for th.
other.
Msjor Exert was sworn. A cyphe1
Sas exhibited 70 hiU, fouad 10 lhe iruni
OF ]. Wilkes Booth. lie compsrs dit Wit
he BscjsmiS. and said il vas the same
kisd of rebsi e5phers. u oshsr parties
shst had isilen into his hands. nd they
we're on the same principle, although The
key word may be different. The situes,
furnished the raeslstio0 Of the cypher
lated October 18th. IL b 10 thi{ eject
1--WE sgain urge our gsiaisg i8osdiste
dvsntags-sttain every nerve Tor victory
We nov look upon the re-electiyd Of Lio-
colo as almost certain. and se need to whip
the hireIings to prevsos IL i: bessdes, with
Lioc lls re elected. sud bis arasies victo
rsoss, W need Dos hops even for recogni.
lion. much less The help wentiooed 10 our
last. uoIoombs viii explain shis. Oar
friend shall be immediately sst u york. .,
yoa dlrect.''
This CIPHER sas 10 reply to pn9 Of the
|0ih The corrcr p ,odence was cafried on
yes ween Richmond and Cal. n.ds. Several
rebel cyphsr dispatches. which had fallen
.ato The hands Of our var dep srsmea,,
nave been referred 70 him (Epkeft) for
Elimination, s,me Of which wers The same
- this and waded on the same principle
R=bsi dispatches Of the 18th snd i9sh
4 October last we're 10 hts possession aad
~ere deciphessd oo the same priocipis,
Il houxh the ksy-word was different.
The foliosing translation vas ,hea
read
October 10Th. l864.-Your letter Of The
q h inst. l. st hasd. There is yet men
aoush % coiooize masy voters before
Novsnbes. A blow Will shortly be struck
mere =. 0ol qaiie time. L,Dzstrest is to
attack Sherman without delay, and then
move north .. fast - practicable towards
anprosscssd pins. This will be made
,nstesd of shs movement before msotion-
d. He sili sndsavos 70 assist the repab-
',csns 10 eul.sotiag their ballots. b, faith
ful sod assiss him.
Tee original vas sent to ito address
The cyphes on the 18th OF y ,.ober came
from C,nsda and went to Richmoad, and
tha, OF the 10 b came from Richmond and
vent to Canada.
Geo. Hamilton tes,ifi ID that be was "a
niliar uith the hasd writis. Of Wm. q.
Oidhan. A paper handed him va. tss-
ufed to 8 beng IN OlJham's hani-
writing Hamilton also testified to- being
present when Oldham Was elected =
member Of the rebel Congress BY the
Texas Legislature. and had seen many
documents 10 prin. introduced by Ola
,sm into the rebel Senate vas Tor
msriy member Of Congress fsoos Texas
Tie identified letter from O.dhul To JEFF
Davis iu relation 70 p'an for barping
-hspping, asd did kaos the Mccullough
nen.i,ned ID the letter
Surgeon Gessfal Barnes testified that
he n.ade sn exsmination OF the body oi
i;,oth. and on the ieit side Of the neck
cas- . scar occssioned by the opeta,ien
pertor ned BY the doctor for the " b ,vsl
D inaorst thrse inches below the esr.
Frsbk HoiE testi6 d that he lived one
half nils ffem B.ydtown. Charles Z iunty,
Nsr, land; vas there S4tariay as q b. m !.
liter the murder OF the Pfeside,,,| saw
Dr.. Maid there bctweea and 4 p1ci,ck
10 . air; din knov whether the oldlers
rom Washington had arrived there then;
lefs the store aboat dark; did No, 1otice
,shen Or. Madd left; did not klo,w q
hat time of the Presidents assassi nation,
did pot hear of is until the roads were
guarded, liltIe before night.
T. A. Ward testified that he lived near
b yduuwn; was 10 B,yd,own the ds,
after the assassination. About O'clock
observed > military escort, With lieut..
Murray. producing great excitement
,houg hi houses sotd BE- searched. aud a-
my wife was alo1e | went home. after
wards vent back u Blydtowa, whsa L..
Dana hsd plasedis under martial lsw.
NJ. Stesass ihsn explainsd the vou.e
tsken b. Bsosh i ssospibg from the d.
tsv he e1knnn
.crSos- -ex1missd --Wkes I got cut Of
,he door ! person was II shs saddle Blean
inx 6sfeasd, the lsfs fees spparsslly in
IN aairrDp. III vas lpaisg 10 sh9 lef,
Tbs hosss sas having DE walk il ! sust
of 4nDtion, making appsrsstly circie;
sas getting bis horse ulder control for y
furwsrd moveme ut. Ny opinion il that
a. he got his foot toto the stirrap he start
ed his horse. when having the rein dfawa,
on one srde did not It once make .
straight forward movement. 80
by Judge Hois = Every person that
came under my nosios . went thfoueh
The s.ags seemed greatly sgitated and IT,
eral.y bewildersi. except the pe.saI pear
tho dor, Who aid nos sssm % Be nader
the same excitement.
By ". Esisg /. esemed = II il took
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