Daily national Republican., 1865-06-10
Trial of the conspirators.
The Proceedings OF To-day
The Defence Closed Except rs 10 Payns.
ONLY ONE MORE WITNESS.

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TIE hscommissiou met this morning AZ n o'slash,
all the members present. o. ne epeuiug % the
eour the reading Of The teS,fnony lskea yester.
day was commenced BY Mr. D. y. Murphy, who
hnished at hfteen minutes past u o'eioek.
Tho prisoners were brought IA and seated In
the same order. In appearaneo they were tho
tame as heretofore described. '''a
The court room was deusoiy crowded thls
morning, many Of the seats dea gnA,sd for re-
pOrters beiug occupied BY ladies.
-r DANIEL n. MONROE, L .r
Having been called, testified that ho resided in
Charles county. Witness hoard that Edwin
Booth assassinated the Presidont on tho follow.
Ing sunday; heard It from Nj. Moore, at Bean
town. Witness knew Daniel }. Thomas by repu-
tAtion. His reputation for veraeity was not very
| good So far as witRess knew, he was very un-
truthful. Witness would not believe him on
%Sa oath The eS%nSS,y Sn,m,Ssy generally tsoaEhi Mr.
proved Of efforts to supprcss the rebellion, with
one or two exceptions Witness said he sympa-
thiHed with the Iederal Government. lie did
not approve q the manner IN which slavery Was
abolished. Witness used his in auenee for Mcssrs.
| Lincoln and Johnson At the last election.
BY Judge Bingham Witness was told By Mr.
| Moore that he heard Edwin Booth had assaasin-
atcd the President, Witness did NOT learn then
that the party bad been traced 10 Bryantown.
Witness understood the troops were there hunt
Ing for Booth.
having been sworn, tesiinod that he was the Fe-
porter and telegraphie correspondent of tho As
soelatcd Press. Was Al fgrd's Theatre on the
night OF the assassination. Witness heard some
say the assassin was Wilkes Booth, others said Il
looked dinercnt from Wilkes DOoth. Witness
arrived at the theatre i've minutes before eleven
clock. After wtness saw the ofleial Bulletin
the next morning, he became satisfied as 10 tho
man who committed the act But he was not
certain the night before who the man was. Did
not telsE rAph u was Wilkes Booth that night
nv FArHBR sToEEsTREET
having boon sworn, testified that no was the
president Of tho Frederick College, Maryland, In
1850. Witness had referred 10 his book and found
that Dr. hudd was. pupil =, the college "a 1850.
while at the college. Witness was transferred 70
Georgetown College In 1850. Thous Ut hudd was
there whom hs lcft. The pupils who lived dis
homo during the Christmas holidays. Witness
could not swear that Dr. Mudd was there In De-
cember, 1850, only from his book.
| Mr.. Ewing stated he had nothing further to
offer In the cases of Mudd, Arnold, aud spangler
Mr.. Do-ter said he could not close the ease of
Payne, because Dr. Nichols could not report
without knowing somstlling Of Paync's Antece-
dents,
Gen. Hunter said he understood DR.. Nichols
could not report until ho knew all about the an
tCoedents Of Payne.
, Mr. Cox ssld, in the case of o'LaughIIn, he
was not able To procure all the witnesses whom
ho desired, aud he Ind nothing further.
Mr. stone said he had announced that he closed
Mr. Doster said II was the eustom In the State
Of Maine wherever the question of insanity was
raised to have tho prisoner examined. lie knew
nothing Of the family Of the accused, aud he
9 allow time to have the family Of the accused
r brought here, aud medical examination made
Of Payne. %.
, Judge Bingham stated that the doctor could
7 examine tho prisoner ut any time, either to-day
/. or Tomorrow. Tho gentleman had plenty Of
time to have Payne's family brought here. II
4 application had been made by the counsel, they
. would have been sent for At any time since tho
trial has been progressing. .
$ Gen. Holt said there were few Witnesses to
support the credibiiity Of one Of tho witnesses,
5 aud a few a. TO the general conspiracy.
A Mn. EDISON,
q witness for the Government, having been called
aud sworn, testified thnt he resided In ~. Aibans,
| VI Was attorney and eOun sell0r at law. Was
In Canada acting a. counsel for the 81. Jbans
bank In the raid case. Saw Thompson, Saunders,
Clay, aud othsrs there. Heard = COW yorsaton be.
tween Saunders aud dthcrs Saunders said he
= was ignorant Of the raid before II occurred, but
Il he was satisfied with 10. lie said u would be fol
lowed NJ BY othsrs, and many cities would bo
a burned, aBd many Yankees, killed any prspGra.
tion the isrnment had made would mol prevent
" them, q II might defer their plans There
=, were - In the conversation, all strangers TO
" witness
A ,. W. wnIrPLH
having been sworn, testified that he had been 10
10 the military service of the United States; was
. pTiSOnar Of war at AhdcTsonyiilo for q months.
~ witness While there was cquAtntad with a rebel
quArteTmastoT named Hume heard him say be-
fore the election Aba Lincoln was 70 elected hC
A. would not he inaugurAtod. Aner the slesiiop h
said that they had party In tho North who
would attend 10 him and to Mr.. Seward.
"A by the Court: Witness belonged to tho 18th
:" Illinois regiment; was lieutenant; entered th,
DR. service In 1881 a. 4 private.
by Judge Holt; The prisoners died In lAFg'
10 numbers from the treatment which they received
Witness heard the rebel ofhceTs say Il WAS good
VI enough for the prisoners, thoy all ough TO die
IN There was pack of blOodhOunds kept about Oh,
camp, to catch the prisoners
COL TOmpkins said, " there were no moro wit
nesscS 10 be examined ts.day, he moved TO ad
Juurn until Monday morning, at II O'Clock.
Gen. Hunter said the court would walt unit
Monday morning, TO hear the report Of DR.. Mich
NJ OILS In regard TO the prisoner, Payne. n he VA
not ready to report by that time tho CommissioI
n would go On.
In Aud at I O'Clock the Commission AdJOurne,
until Monday morning, at II o'clock.
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,m NAVY YARD.-Tho Commodore has sp
pointed Acting Master @. Mitchell, Master PAlnte
John II. Peak, and Master Joiner Jas. W DOWninl
q rs commission to visit the outside establish
ak meutS and ascertain the rates Of pay allowed :
n the various branches Of IneehRnIesi In those es
of tabliShments 50 that the pay In the yard may b
w regulated accordingly. - ..