, 1865-07-18

L
oa'n. NV, Ind been left snd called for. Hesot:a-
| ns ht-t.e1t bpt he siEes tbs rtasou that he did
| .a,,- rom apptehenslou Of danger to his LIE.
tthe 80 In the conspiracy, has general credit be
49, nnrha,lcpeed. hls testimony be1ug uncpntra.
J,etfa m my material mailer, ht IL to be b
,inyrd end c1nEot b disbeiteyed il his tssttmonr
n substantially corroborated BY other eeliatle'
wttueseef, ID he cot eor1oborated touching
the deposit In arms by the fact that she
of which was found mon the
pe1son Of Boo,h at the time he WIZ overtAtan md
s,aiu, md which IL identified ~ the anna xhith
h.d been left with Lloyd by HEt7old, Sur1sts and
Atxerodlf is he NIT c1uobexatkd In tho fact of
TIT hrtt tute1riew with Ara. sus7su by .hs to,nt
testimony Of Ars. odut and Lewis ], Weschmarn.
each Of Whem testified land fhcJ are con raa1c,ed
by no oDc) that On Tuesday, tho 11th dsy OF
April, At untantowp. MIS-, 8usratt called Nj.
Loyd TO come to her, which he did, and ahe held
sseFff Conversation with him1 ls he not cor
fooo11ted 81 to the last conversation on TIC 14sh
Of Aptl BY the testimony Of Mrs. Odut. who
eWes1s That On ihe evening Of The i4ih dsy Of
AprA abe nw The pr1eoner, Mary E. 6ufsa1 1t
Loyds houae, approach and ho.d conversation
with hint II he not dotrohorxted in the fact. to
which he swease. that Mrs. Surrats delivered to
him nj that tine The field ellts wrapped In paper.
hy tho sworn statcment Of Wechmsnn tAat Mss.
su11att took With her, on thst oecad1on. two pack
sgte, both Of which were wrapped IN paper, and
cnc which he describes - snsll packase about
Fl ilches in dIaDeters The attempt was
made, by calling Mrs. ofut to prove
shst ro euch package waA delivered,
bnt It fnltd SIZE nest1J htatss that Mts. SurtAtt
delivered package wrapped in i paper to her
after her s..ivsl there, and before Lloyd came In.
which Was laid down In the room. But whether
it WIS fAe package about which Lloyd testincs. or
the other package Of the fro about which Wlcch-
msnn terttfies, II having been carried there t1st
dsy y MT. surra:t, does not appcar. Neither
does this witness pretend TO eay that Msa, Sur
ratt, atter she had delivered 1t 10 her, and The
witness had laid it down In the 1oou,, did not
again take 1t up 1t werc the same, and put tt1n
the lards Of Lloyd. Sic on,y knows mat she
did not rec that done; but she did see Lloyd With
\ package Ike the one she received In the roosa
teftre MIS-. Sursatt left. How It csme f.to his
pcfeesstou fht il not anlc 10 eta.e not Whist the
plckage was thst Mrs. snrratt ffss hsnded her;
nor which of tie packages 1t w4s ahe afterwar1
Hsw in the han z Of LLOYD
Bat there IL ono other fact In this case thst nuts
forever at rest the question OF the guilty. parte.
patton Of the pEi1outr, Mfs. suarrAt. Ia this coz
splscy asd murder; mn that il, that Payne, VII .
had lodged four dsya In her housewife during
a]l that time had eat nj hes t4ble, and Eto had
often coIveleed VITA her-when The gu1lt Of bis
great crime was upon him. and he knew not whsre
else he eonld 80 safely 60 to nnd co conspiratot
md he coald tru.t n-ne that WIS not lik. HIMSELF
gully, With cren tho knowledge OF hts pressuco-
under COVER Of tasEntts A1tet wandar.pg for three
dsys md nights, ekuldug before tho pursuing
omteKt OF jostce, at the hour Of midnight found
his way to the doot Of Mrs. su1r.tt ring The bell
was admitted snd upon being ssked, "Tnom do
Jon wtnl 70 eee1" replied, "Ers Sarsatt." He
wa then asked by the onj:er, Morgan, wha, he
came ut that time Of nigtt for! to winch he re-
Illed, "to dig 4 gutter in the mornloc ::
Mfs. S117at hat sent for him :" Afterwards l,e
t4ld HIS. Snrratt knew he was a Door MAJ
and casne to him." Being ssked where be lust
wo1Ecdi he replied, "sonetiaes on l etfret:''
and where he boarded? he REPLIED she had no
boarding house, sid WIS poor man, who rot b q
living I'll b the pick" which he bore upon his
shoulder, having stolen It from the eu,resca.
ments Of the Capital. Upon bang told b. the
I'll ces who, fortunately, mad prec, deo him to his
house that he would have to 70 to the provost
marshsl'e tfGce, he moved and did not an1wer ::
Wherecpon Ert. Snr1at WIS asked 10 step into the
hail an1 state whether she knew this man. Ra.e.
leg her right hand, she exclaimed, "Be!,re God.
Sir, hare OF tecn that man before; hare NOT
aiFeo him; DO not know anything aboRs him" ;"
Tho IL WIS brilliantly lighted.
II not one word had been ea:d, tho mere net of
Payne in flying to her horse for rnei e., wop, d
haFe borne W1tnefA sgsinet, A:fonR as proofs Of
Au!y VIII. But when che dsniea after hea,trp
lt declarations, that she hsd rent for b NJ o, that
Ahe had gone to him and hired him. and raj, q
God to Wltness that she had ueyer seen HIM and
knew nsthing Of him, when, in point Of f4ct, she
hao eeen him Tor four euccest1ye days In her cHu
hoase, IN tho tanne clothing which he then wore.
who can Teefst for ! moment the conclusion mat
theEe parties are &lIke guilty:
The enormity of the crime, In which Mrs.
su'1att and her son engaged. receives an H.
lnsHaton In the following facts, which ne
have derived from authentic sources; Early
IN thn year 1862. man wAs arrested by the
guard on the Nary Yard bridge, THE same
which Booth crossed In his fight to surratis-
Wiley with q pass in his pocke. from Gen.
Andrew Porter, then Provost Marshal Of The
District Of Columbia. He was sent to The
Old Capital Prison, and on being searched. a
rebel mail was found On his p.,son, which he
was conveying to Z chmond. Gan. Portar.
On hearing that uuu OF his prs'e kea was in
the Old Capitol, went to the War I. apartment
IN great heat to inquire why his pass hsd
not been respected. He vas yez5
epet d:ly silenced, ard being ca.echised iu his
:ufn as to tue manner In which his psss had
get Into the hands OF rebel m all carrier. he
admitted that 1t had been ctren 1t the soli.i-
tsticn of tho female relatives of the party In
question. Hardly had Porter been disposed
ol when the mother Of this spy aud blockade
runner apptard at tho War Department.
urging the release of her son from custody
protesting his innocence Of any disloyal fnten-
tio", and promising that he should neTer en-
gage In earring letters to Richmond again.
This appeal was made to Assistant Secretary
Watson, and was, Of course, unsuccessful.
1t WAS then addressed to Mr.. Stanton, with
like result. 4 few days later, an order
came from the President, directing TINT John
! H. SuHaH should be released from the Old
Capitol Prison, rpon his taking the oath Of
allegiance. This was the name Of the rebel
mail carrier who had been traced by the Cor
eminent detectives, and arrested With Cor
eFnmsnt pass in his pocket On the Navs Yad
bridge 1t IL presumed that the Appeals of
Azs- eurratt had prevailed upon the prrsi.
dent, after all other means OF procuring her
sons release had been exhausted,
Tie next We hear Of this i,l.omeucd pair
they are engaged in plot to asaassinate
their benctactor. One Of them has been
hanged, and the other will be hanged when
be gets his deserts.