, 1865-03-18

OF SeiKd mad Ea1led from Victoria. Other vessels
are preparing to follow. The cosst1na trade Of
eQaHl terms.
Severe weather still checks mining operations
In the north.
Tho" St. Alban% Case.
!, MONTREAL Friday. March 17.-1t Is expected
thnt the Court Will resume its Eittfn: In the St.
Adams raiders case on Monday.
FROM c1KC1ssATl.-:
THE CHICAGO CONSPIRACY
Testimony OF John Phelps, John Ten
hon and Patrick DooleY.
> CINCINNATI. March Is.
Tie consent OF the Commission in open court
wae rivcd to leave Of absence already granted
ty Grn Hooker to, ccl: sHooneE. L va a. nndes,
4 TESTIMONY OF JOIN ruELrs.
Ircetde in ogle county, Illinois. hare lived
IN Ansin Texas was tSrs y tI ne M o. 1sl.
during the time Mr. Shanks was arrested. Know
his reputation only by heateay, which was that 1t
was l'sd. I did. not know Of any other person
there by the name OF Shanks.
cRosg EXAMINATION. :,
first saw him In MY Dig goods establishment,
whe1 he cane IN for sorne little matter OF b1st-
| ncss; the tune might hnvc been either IN 1s57-s9,
Int am not certain When. am getting o1d and
cannot keep the TINE III my head. l oon't know
,l,.l i would know him II should gee hin, now.
got lscs ~ Texas in 1883 or 1860. heard moth
| sIrclr nan who sid anything aeainst him, but I
think they al teck him to be guilty Of tho forge
IS. don't II collect ever hearing anything said
&. 10 you Know Of uny appropriation having
Msu made By the Government to par the expenses
Of tho a'Ecst Of shanksf
y. hare Lever examlne1 tho records to knuw,
| but laEc always nndeFstood there was.
TESTIMONY OF JOIN 7EAuux<r
live tn Chicago, and am brother-in-law ia
Chat. Walsh never belonged to any secret OF
political secretly, and never took IN acive part in
politics. Iwns at homo the Monday before the
election. 3irs. r ala4 stayed at our house on Sun
day afternoon and night end until after 10 O'Clock
on Monday o.eht, when mJ>y2anEer M brother, WI.
Mes1csc w:r, and was gone There about two years.
He vent there from Gnnaua and returned to his
ts1oly IL ut1sa, Ny Yosk; 1n.et Dr. Aver at tho
siost tine pier Mr ws,sss arrcst fo had neyss
scca lin before, and did not know who he
was. 1e said he vented to apelk to me,
Walsh asked him b name, bnt be said that was a.
not material 10 me. lie asked what We were going
to do TOR Charley Walsh: I said NO should se.ile
aood en 10 SS S ss t1f To1a DO
by force, and sald he had two hundred men to take
part in it. l opposed h1e plan and told him
meua % h:s5 "a aaa sa oTs aous Of + & he Ds
crnts on the matter, and said he wanted Mr. Nc
comas and olhc15 to come to some room and sec
him privately. We made an arrangement th1t
Ehould Inform him BY leaving stick on the pllt-
form. whether McConas would have IN interview
v1h him. went to sec Mt. McCouas, b1t he
sid be was bothered with detectives too much,
and would not have anything to do with me.
CHossExA1uSAT1oK.
Q.-Did you know d.. Aver was trying to t1ad
out whether. sou were in the scheme au1 one ot
1hs paIty th.fw fweEc going to carry out the plot1
he e d. had n9: snaw s
persons a! thst time about what thought og do.
ine, bnt no discussions about NY plan escepswlth
Q.-iou sag Mr. Walsh was in the Mexican ra,;
Eas not Jea Davis, aad Bragg, md others there
ws:1 aace esFs hss sss9 e ss IT,; letters from
ten,fe M n'ss IT sss8s 5sssd ~ y he nS aaa
slept with him, ard he ought to know him
To JuHge Atsocate-I wac convicted In Deeeu-
Pr + n ~ 1 wen Sg,,t to S,ss prsea
renber Of December, 1859. snd was with him st =
gether atout four weeks. l don't rcco!1cct cyer
having seen linn since.
-Es1Eo1T OF PATRICK pooLEY.
: Ny residence Is in Chicago; an bakc- be-
loneed to the lllani or Sons Of Liberty; was Sec;
Ettary: became member In September or Octp-
ber, lsss: ! have met Judge Norris there and
retary on the 27d Of August 1sG4. There We
about $50 members cn1y In Chicago. was reg
ular attendant at The meetings aiser my elcct,on
which ime IVES only present twice or three
times. I also served a form OF six months as
Secretary e I before ny elsstien in August: lave
dozen times. 1nevcr-hcafd him speak in refer
enc. TO the prisoners at Camp Douglas, or thufr
1pfstSs release; There never W.: aay project tn
epeak in reference to the oojects OF tie Order.
DE aver sqokc Immediately before him, an said
&c had heard eertain representations about the
give notice that he would saver his con-
nectfon with Il. and 50 he Tunted to hear 1:s
object stated. The Judge eaid the Order was to
the Loynl Leagues, and to aid II the election Of
the Democratic candidate foz President, Gen. BIC
G1clls1, ! asked hin, II he inlorscd Mcclellan.
should no>s support him, because he had been
nominated by the Convention. lie said not q
word in reference to the rebels At Camp Dougl1s.
Dr. Aver then said he indorsed all the JudgS had
said. and that al tue lovers Of their country
should abide By it. Doolittle was bo.stfrous, aud
hts speeches were received with dieplecsure. Dr..
4r. Alexander was also severe on the acts Of tho
Government NE. Sirawn made the most violent
fpecGhcs Of any In the Order. have heard Judge
gated po"crs+ such rs suspend1ns the writ Of h0.
Itas COZ pug. Iut he always considered the mem
hers to be law-abld'n..
Hh''e N h!s Office on the 18th day Of Sovcmber.
He told me would be arrested, and had better
get awaE that night. told him had nothing to
toward Ee. He said he krer that, but mr. s-reat
you'd give rnc much trouble, and i might have to
defrEd myself. Twas arrested about hall an hour
afterssaru. as soon us had got home. WAS con-
@ aEcs 7Lui the testimony Of The prosecution WAS
ncSer say Gren.ell IL the meetings Of the Or.
Ger. c: G. Strawn was The Bslsadies Of tho Order;
Mr. Walsh was not. There was 1noney raised for
the protection Of the polls. 1 made come collec.
t!cil* snrng the Order. was instructed to give
When was paroied wus simply cnsrrca rot
tG is}k T1 aoy person IN reference to this ta,
heard Dr.. Aver ask us all to sus, ,cat some
Eian TO release these prisoners: He proposed
Plan to release them by taklng them oat or camp
idea, and 60 did the o.hcrs va were there At thc
meeting, which was held in his office. heard
Dooiit,la say that he had been to Washington.
He told me he was detective, but cid not say
Nh1t for.
cEoss-ExAaxA71oy.
poo>ittle's speeches were generally bo5sterous
peoee eoe e as Il
wur. Aiter lis speech, Mr. saawn came to me
iii. 9Dbse as no o Fl
slx 1ehcl prisoners u Camp Douglas. 10 spoke q
F. e ut Eng us asaH
henrd Judge Mor1iss,y ,anythang about the rebel
WIS mid, nnd eometfmea harsh In his speeches:
70 speaking against the opposite rarty he some
times calleo 1hen Aholitloutsis, and said they
could present bold front, bur cot1ld not be dc.
At eny taa t,ne Il # henss he was an cid nan.
adjourned
C1Hc1xyA714 March Fitzpatrick Doo]ey. m
s-examfnation this morning, admitted that "a
Secretary OF the Society Of the ultri, be mas in,
etIueted by some members to destroy The records
Of the Society, and did Co. He had collected some
hundreds OF dollars for the purchase OF arms. In
antwer 10 Mr. Heryey the witness eatd, II was
told by the Judge Advocate that II did anything
to asej.t the defense in procuring Witnesses, I
cate asked Il he had not saM yesterday that all
that VAS required Of HIN Was not to talk on the
suhjset. The witness replied no; Whercnpon m
e.c Getting scene eueued between the Judge Adyo-
ra,e and counsel for the accused. Us TO which
should have the attention Of tho witness, during
1hfch the Judge Advocate said: - WILL 1ttend 70
The defense protested against such
intimidation Of u witness. After order was re.
:tored, tie w1tncas 1e-aftmed tue statement TINT
Jacob Hull was next called. he had been IN t1e
Confederate ecfAtce. but had taken the oath or al.
eciance. His brother, Geo. " Hull. who haa
cstfico against Greufell, was in bad health and
mind impaired. BE had told witness he had re-
;enee Fga:nst Grenfc1l
obadiah jackson has Just been called.
From the South.
Eruu = =. &1A fnnt