The weekly sun. (New York [N.Y.]) 1851-1869, 1865-05-27

pil BE- offer 70 rake ,rv arrangements in Richmond
o. While YOU we've IA the " ar Depa tnent did tbs
man Howell tcsch vru crphcrf 4 Ncr 'if. Pc
~ ri, 10 ,,v ~ Y "S' VI w.,
purpost OF corresponding vlih YOU {, ON Eichuonit
A., SaIr "T in'.' 70 such a,ita9een'n loi COZ
AM - ioult wss found thee | once wrote pcem
OF Lite oe, IN thii c,pher, AMI thN is the ouy
c,rgcr 10 NJ. crik,h,nk, Of the War pc0irtmrnt
Y I. hat al ',c u'' ou ever made OF the c,plcr
\. wee tr. never had = word OF correspondence
-ith u vel AMI never saw him the so,ccni tmc
until saw him IN prison. .. Was AZ, objections
he IA present ~ her convesatiouaY \ Nct ant that
heard, but they sl~ avs uithdIew theWscvcs. when
suriMt -as IN tho ptriOr he would converge with ue
70 sloui f., uiuu e.. on 50 neral iop.cs ami be- Wcud
th'n ei,c Rooths nudge, OF Roth souli si,e MIN
nud'r, Nnd thcv would ami ct up stairs ior iwu ~
three huu-', mover hal wori OF private conNer,a-
Ion Nith tncm which would not Ike thc ~otli 20
hear y. lhd Howell te0h you the c' Vhcfs
made NJ ne Of u sh.tNcr, except Won that par
tcuis' occafou, When -hOsed II 90 MI ca .ikshNnk
q That VIZ Tot an answcr to ms question he TAUGHT
You thu clphrr did he noN \. Wei, yct air. q
s,Su va. ,b,f Nf,,N hi. ge.yrI rom U,'I',.Wi,
he d.l lot tell when he had
returned from Richmond, i,csusy b -M tie net
sell acquainted with Mr.. surrstt and hi. nickname
stound the hou,e vn srChccr' be- had Teen IN The
d Ia tell Won that that MS the c,pher uscd IN Kich-
mond No. ~ Y Noa stated that TIE pusoncts
IN sour prc.cnrcy 4. rhcj spoke in my ptc,cncc on
.vur ial topics, aud they never tpptt to me VI
t.,iE private Lisincs never 'eNhrj Vi ANY IA,
would have teen the a.' man IN the World 70
have rs"cc'.t John ru lNtt ny echOoimAte and
co'ri uiOl OF tic murder OF The ius,dCnt,
NV -u-p zion. YER frat sruu-el by John surrat aud
b, thi' man tnvnc aud Booth comins 70 the housc
ul} suHlriuns see acaIu aroused 10y tlCT irOiucnt
prvmr c'nvci auonf, Dig seeing Payne all hut Att
nth towie tnive'. and b, fndiug false mou,tache
ia NV room nv su.p.ciIns weto not Ot fixed or
/
!i"a-on, Of tho War Department. and told HIM thN
Bootn VA. a secret syfr p.thizer. / mentioned
snachcs OF the conversation had heard aud said TO
nm 'NaPaln, what 30 You mink OF all TN. ~ We
then talhcd over shAt they misht p'.'ihly he at
whether they could be bcsrerr Of derpntcle.. or
hlcrkaic-unuor, on. time | saw IN the paper
NE e'P'me Of prc,idcgt LngGn freely
you think any party would attempt 10 capture the
President ~ Tie launched and tcoiei at the rea. q.
did not hear Il, bur !. VA freely discussed IN the
P,lei- II Sou viii refer " the Grui ~ OF March
casual feuar, that made rhc.e ,usriclonr wcre
aroused in my mind after the horseback ride. | re-
marked 70 Cspi uca.on that Snrrnti had colue btcS'
SUI toi hiin That what the, had teen Mi' had inii
ed. Were you on in'imste personal relations With
he pn,oncr ~ The tar' \. Not intimate relations
! met them merely hccause they BOARDED NJ Mr.. sur
matt house met Nvrroit. and was a. the theatre
9Th him. looked upon him ~ lid every one In tho
hous"' NJ gopd-hcared countfymAn. y. but yOn
were a schcomatc ~i1h john SurrAu' 4. John
surratt had been my companion for seven
yeats; = lid YOU still piot"'. TO be- =
iiend Of he when YOU save Tho Informs
tion that YOU did the War Department. A wns
his friend but vhen INV surpiciuns a. th, DANGER
Of the Government weru aToused pto,crrcd the
Government n John SurIatt did not know what
he ~, contemplating he said he was eoin4 70 ca
sAsc In cotton spccuaons and in the oil business
=. You did not knov what ho ~as contemplating I;
Why then did on forfeit our friendship 70 him
A. mover iorfeet my friendship, he forfeited lie
ilcnd'hip 10 me. y. How - by indulsus IN cot
ton ,peoulationsS a. 80 sir hy plsciny mo IN the
more OF friend to Inn. than he vas 70 me tliy Nj.
EN,ngl y Nou spoke Of resdine publication Ia
fIa linn fflth r.F..H
plot " capture the rrcedcnty 4. Yes, sir. .
Can gu not, ~ connecting that circumstance with
III nofc aeaniS .se .ims ' OF w ,hS SG' ri3e
~hotler before or after the dat OF thst publication
4 thnk q Vas after Il. would slsu stat" that
'aw IN the WSshinston kErr RLt,AS ast.tsmeut con-
corning contemplated aseaseinhiion Of ff'sidcnt
Lincoln. and Surratt once madc a remark 10 me that
II Nc succeeded in his cotton spculatons hi, country
would love him forever and has name ~ouli 20 dow TO
occNon, When they appeared 10 have come "a nom
the country Was aipr March lgthr \. Yes, ell Y
Probable rapture Of the fr,sidont male Ancr hi,
Iidcg \ ler, air, sad 10 Capt. Gleason thst sur.
and ,dSes il ~. thint .s.i 4 co mI
have been" We mentioned variety ot thingr. even
me nI,asins oP,n OF she y ,Apitol II-on would
much aoused ~ before because neither PAYNE nor
AiEcIou hai Teen At TIE hon," sine" ihe onlJ Que
Of them ho Nisitcd our hOurc vas BOOTH
rr-rIso>Y or J. T. u'rr, AZ.
q. St'e whether OF not you had conversation
vim Atzero, ia prison, iu which b, said that On tlr
uight Of the u--sssinAiou of the Ptc- lent De- had
throNn lis knife avay ia tht streets ot Washnrton
a. received Information that Ice drsir,d 10 zee me,
and Nent 70 zee him arc'tdlnsl, the prison "
IN irOnr but hal cover over li- face head. he
Told me that he hal throsu hIs KNIFE away IN the
streets Of Washington.
Crors cIami atcn by Mr.. Dai,ier Q. Did he de-.
~cfbo the knife AMI name tho place where he thrr~
u a-ayY A. lie SAID he lreN it away ius above the
lrfedon House, shich "a Oh the corner OF 9Th aud
rttcets. lie sad hsp that hir pistol wa, ~ MAhrss
Co., GcOlGetOFn,Iu posses-iOn OF young man nam
30 Csldsel lie -hih he WcAl there and houop /
morning the 10th. y bid the prisoner mention 10
you certain pscAa-e contA MIN y.'tol bow ~ kuie
' hsnsin' IN room IN She kirtnool llou. iI. 30
~ did he state who II belonged tl' \ Nc- Ne s'-i-
:. ,th e ,oaI At !he holri Licensed to lla,od tNri
object to that testimony. NauehIorl
Tfsttupsl og Rr,. W.u nplR
a. state your rc-idcnco aud profcs-ionf A | re-.
| erlde in Chicago, ami am 'lcrs mtn. y STATE
whether on recently maze visit 70 Richmond and
| ~ what time A | le., Chicago on thc yth oi Nprl
mrlnci until the !l-i. . while there, did Won ani
IN IA" Capitol the archives Of the so-ctllcd Conied.
orEic STAGE, and, iftn, IA " hat condition did,
they we've pretty generally couiu''i and scattered
about on the floor q. dad Won in common with
many otleT-, PICK up pspar- ON the hoOrY \, ie-.
| q, state whether th' p,pc-- son nos hold Ia yo.r
hand, Wa picked up In the Capitol In Richmond I'M
| der the circuInrsnc n you mcutlon 4. lts !
| picked II mp eli her la The building OIL immeiiatev
about the tuildinC, ~ Do "a. hamlet % mc b. some
one who picked It up In the rubbish aho ~ the room
u re sore Que or t"o pcis'n, IN me- they were
80 pin. down, and hen 'hoy found an hue u I'M
| ppIthhc' would pcb N ui ana P'HeiN' "
| ia some Instances the orderly who IN attend
hucc would hand me sp'uoth and you'd put u IN
my Ioctet. Having thg' COLLECTED V.i'" a number
o! thiur', they ~ re thrown in'oa common rcc'pn-
Gle. put ilto boz uun iorWa .url u CHICAGO lui
was one o. Ill" p,i"r- 90 iolui
| The paI'- referred 20 va rrhl By the JUICE Adj
| v0cttr, ns fJl.ossi
PtruFosu. ish n, 1866.
"Hs Er-suencg Jeesrsou Baris, Pr,0dt, =.
IS. H.:
"whcn Senator .rohn.on and myself v,itod ur5n
you some davr sHCr in ,h1un 20 the PROJECT OF az
uoy ing ami ha-i ius te enc ng BY means of burn
ing thor chipping, town, &C., g. there we're sC,t-
LnI Il nLnn NJ. I'm aILnrl IhAt