The weekly sun. (New York [N.Y.]) 1851-1869, 1865-05-20
Friday, Way n.
From Washington.
Trial Of the Con-pirators-wh nv the Court
sits With closed Doors The Men Con-
posing 1t--nrs. Surrnu's Aspccts-Davis
& Co. linndbilied-Thc Mexican EniGrs-
ton Movement
tCorr"p nt,nrv q The SUM


tCorrs'p n f,nc, u the SufD |
wsHus0roS, NAV 10th, 1866.
The trial Of the confpiratoIs in the n.assi nation
plot. which farly commenced here to-day, " IL an
nounoed will he conducted Nth CLOSED doors aud
therefore shall IL unable 10 give you such full A.
COUNT Of tho trial AZ you desired should send YOU
There has boon much dissatisfaction expressed At the
course adopted by tho Military Commission which
conducts the trial, and the obnoxious term, "sar
Chsmbcr Court has been applied To It.
This however, | am satisfied IL all wrong The
reSson, Why the trial Ia not oren good
and sufficient the most forchlc hcins that there
is lagc number Of Witnesses to he examined, aud il
the paper. should publish the testimony taken, other
-ltnc'ses not yet examined, would learn wha, their
predecessors had testified, thus interfering with the
ends Of Justice There -N no way to defeat thi, sort
Of thing, hut To cit with closed doors Attorney ten
er Speed Ia relation TO the LEGALITY OF th act holds
that the President IL the actual veil a. virtual
Commander OF the Army AMI Navy In time Of war,
and that the murder Of Mr. Lincoln was committed at
u military pu-t. garrisoncd and under the command
OF military Governor. Tho Cour, consists Of the
follcving officers
Major Gcneral Hunter, President be- accompanied
Nj lincoln To Wa.hinstnu IA 1861, aud returned 10
Major ten. Lew Wallace, Of Indiana. Commander
Of ,h" lrp.rtment OF Man land; one of our most gal
Major ten. Poster. u New Hampshire; general
vho.c hraNey In the field has made his nam" house
MAJOR ten Ksuiz- the brilliant cavalry cfhccr
BRIG Ged. Aikcn..Chicf q. ". of the Cavalry de-
psitment oi tennessee shrewd Judge NJ men.
Brir Gen. Howe, on" ct tho guard of honor that
ten tornrtock, VI Gen. Grants stall another close
| Judge NJ men.
| Col q, ndorin Of the sth H. Cavalry
| ten. HARM. of The Army Of the Potomac.
| BiiE ton. Jo-eph Host, Judsc Advocate and Re
cordef.
The room In which tho court ,it IL plain, shit--
wvhrd pri.on-iko apartment In the Arpeud Build
ING shout 30 by a. feet In .iac. stairway has been
opcued In the north side OF this rom, and doursss
| have ,ccn cut la tie stone partition between the
| Arsenal building aud the celia by which tho prison.
ors asc brought In thcir hcads still mullled In
padded hoods, 10 prevent them from buttinr their
hisius Out. Tiry pls.ci Ia the rrisonors' dol
one At time. Tho dock stands against the west all
Of the room, platform about foot high, and sur
| rounded by plain railing. The court siis nj n long
pine table covorcI with olcloth ON the tOuth side o
the roon, with the President Mt the head aud the
.ludec Advocate ut the foot. Their other tahl,N
for the prironcu counsel and the 90, nent report
| cr- Though no portion Of the evidence Ia nov per-
mittci to be made known, tho reporters carefully
prHot, Ing IT, and II will be laid before the public
| when the result Ia reached. Every pnnon engaged
in tho Court IL sworn Ia keep ecrrt what trans
| pires until allowed by "nuthority" to diVulgs what
they hc,r on the trial Some OF tho counsel selected
by the various prisoners Of oyN regulations,
and some are not. NOno Of them male their appear
at the Court to-da' and II IL ,housht here that
none Of them viii tho loyal ones from their
| avrrlon to serving IN such . cause the dis
| oyal from fears for their safety, perhaps,
and from their ave nion to the oath OF allegiance
| Mr.. Surratrs choice Hon, Reverdy johnson, sona
tor from Maryland has, understand gone to Pitts
| burgh on other business This woman, who 10 70 all
Appearances the uglie.t prisoner In the whole lot
| carries her head higher than her male companions ia
general do. she only second to Booth In activity
the nisht Of the murder, passing sround from man
| 20 man. and informing them Of the plans laid, and
| even going down into MARYLAND n geo that the Gc-
completes had arranged the maer Of stopping plares
~ Booth and Harold 70 make their eacape She
! ia a tall, stout woman, aud her faeo hesrs
| al the indications Of vlIenest temper
when aToused, with ugly expression about the
mouth. and In her hard, cold fray eycf. Her two
daughtors who we're arrested with her as wrote you
at the time have t-on released, It being evident that
they knew nothing about tho horrible conspiracy.
One OF them Annie, IL sick, and II Ia thought she
will not live il dead. have not positively ascer-
tanned her death yet. Their father IA dead. Their
brother John Who wa, to have murdered Secretary
stanton, He'd without making the attempt.
lat Saturday, man who IL believed to be young
surratt was arrested the farm Of Col w. II Boyd
some distance out Of Washington. lie came out of a
dense swamp in that vicinity, and asked a colored
boy the way 10 Now Yorh, The boy did net know,
and the supposed Surratt asked him II there we're
"any soldiers up at that house, mesning Col lioyd's
The hoy paid there wers none and the man went up
toward tho house, and on tho way met Mrs. Hoyd,
| who, when che learned his errand, called her hus
band. Col lloyd came out, and At once susPectins
| the man, invited him 70 come in and have supper