The Portland daily press., 1865-05-26

WASHINGTON, NAV g.
/ Official intelligence has been received offha
surrender o. tne ,S.oneWall to the Spanish an-
President johnson. removed his bns,nesa og
fee from the Treasury Department, .ss,,.a
Executivel Mansion, which was, for t. 4 frat
time since President Liueoln's ASSASSINATION.
to day thrown open to visitors.
Secretary Seward, supported by Sc, wants
and accompanied by his daughter. yisItsd the
President this morning. The latter giyino
him an audience in the blue room below stairs
Ex-Gov. Letcher arrived here TO-DAY. and
was committed to the Old Capitol prison
Harrison, Jen Davis Private Secretary, has
also been brought here and securely lodged IN
prison. ,7si9Aa ~ ~ as' = ,s.sl7
The waterproof cloak, hood and shawl.
worn by Jen. Davis, were presented to the
War Department to-day, by Col Pritchard =
The Colonel stated that under his female an
parel Davis wore a full suit of drab and a pair
of cavalry boots. sizi aiai olol lsnaa8 baSs 81
The Secretary of War, in the name of the
people and the President, returned thanks "a
Col Pritchard for the gallantry and activity
exhibited by him, remarking that upon the re-
ceipt OF his report. the reward offered for the
apprehension of Davis, would be distributed
to the men, who are properly entitled to it,
and medal OF honor awarded to each one
who participated in the capture,
= This morning, at the conspiracy trial. a
witness was called, who testified that on the
18th of April he searched the baggage of Ar
mold short distance from Fortress Monroe
and found papers, clothing and navy revolt
yer. The Court here produced the pistol,
which the witness identified. IL was loaded
then as at the time the Court ordered the pis-
toll TO be discharged Netting sea Il sais 81 a
Z Two other witnesses testified as to the
ahnpFin0 had trnQf m nf ot0lx r,rio k<kl
in the hospital and at Libby prison. They
were told BY Maj. Turner, the keeper of Libby
prison, that the. treatment was good enough
for Yankees. Out Of forty sick men brought
in twelve died the first night. The weakness
and emaciation Of the prisoners was owing to
the bad character and insuficiency of food.
They were told that the bad treatment was in
the way Of retaliation on the ground that the
rebel prisoners had been treated worse than
the Union prisoners. egsaln ses f iHsa5e
Another witness testified that the Libby
prison was mined, and Maj. Turner informed
him he had seen Gen. Windor on the subject
The fuse was ready for the mine at the time
O.. Kilpatrick's raid. qa beti' 4 DIV stsas q 3
Another witness was called when the Judge
Advocate General asked him whether Arnold
was ever in the rebel service. Mr.. Ewing OBJ
jected to the question. The Judge Advocats
General briefly argued that sinterrogating was
pertinent, as history had proved. The assas-
sination was manifestly political ofiense and
was the sequence of disloyalty. When the
Court decided that the question should be an
swered the witness then replied that he saw
Arnold in rebel uniform in Richmond in the
beginning of the war. 8. 80 ~, ,,..
Three colored persons testified as to their
acquaintance with DIR. Mudd, and said bis con-
duct showed him to be rebel sympathizer,
and stated that he had assisted the rebel SOL
diers. 'A@ '7'H sa' Ees ~ @,shsafl g
A young man from Georgetown tsstified
that on the morning after the assassination he
loaned Atzerott ten dollars, the latter leaving
with him revolver as security The pistol
was produced which witness Identified. It
had been loaded ever sincea q 10 zoe4 .ssasie vsd