Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1865-06-08

the lnformatlon TO the Government, and
believe he did so Igaw Surratt in Canad
three or four days in succession in April las
elithad coaversation with him, PERSONALLY
: abodt Riehmond. i was Introduced 70 hi
) by Sanders was expected 10 participat
with these lrebelsin the raid On Ogdensbprt
never received any pay from them fos an
services; II heard tie captife lof the Pres
dent talked ofSin February. When Nj
q ihompson first suggested tFe assassination
, me, asked him If It would meet with the az
. probation Of The Governmeht at Richmond
be said he thought it wonld. but he woul
j ,1kuow ihfaaatfewd dayaq This Shseafly inFel
ruary.
u . Thompson did not say u April, when thes
dispatches Ycrc delivered, that, this was tn
I first approval they had 'hcdived Of this sple
from Richmond, but kpw Of no others
:; ;tonly inferred that that Wis thefirs approval
B Thompson said; in his conversation with me
!, THAT killing tyrant in such 10 ease was NJ
a murder. and asked me il / had read lette
called Killing,no Murder" addressed b.
Titus to Oliver Cromwell This was in Feb
= ruary, MIR, Hamlin w,g also named in Feb
ruary as, one OF, the victims of this scheme
In April the person. before named wer,
r. mentioned, but Mr. H,mlin was omitted anc
u Vice President Johhion put d, his place. 4
!, ran the. blockade Eom Richmond. d Thes,
commissions were ali blank but the sigma
tmei they were II be given as cover, sc
thatlin case of detection, the parties employ
ed could claim that they were rebel soldiers
and would, therefore, claim ito be treated as
prisoners Of war 1T was understood that
they would be protected as such. Thompson
said 1t the men who we're engaged in this en-
terprisc were detected and executed, the Con
fedefate Government would retaliate; that ii
was no murder, only killing. il think Booth
was specially commissioned for this purpose.
saw Booth in. Canads in 1.-The latter part Of
October, with 6Sandery at Mr.. Thompson's s,
at the st, Lawrence Fall, where he was strut
ting about: dssipatint and playing billiards.
l have heard these men talk of the burning
of New York, and ,ther enterprises which
they have under onsaeration now!ysd .Ii
There was proportion before the agents
of these rebels in Canada, TO DESTROY the en,o.
ton dam, BY which neacity Of Ne:y " Tort ~, :
supplied with water. h was s,nnosea = i.as,,s y
not only damage nhnsac,nrep b,,. ! ;s.,a nDaa
the people eeneralll MI iTbSunsos N.s' ss
l.marked that .,,ers Ill ,lsn,u of eaian
III Tie cit; would he desrogad ~ - aana. @ any anu
Aaorat;on md ;f AZ, hd :, seIetas co.-
sooner thay m;,bt ~ bro @ sarad inougas y tills
necks This was sail a few weeks ogo-
Thompson, Sanders, tastlemar ana GencraI
Carroll were present. Thev Ind arn,s con.
cealcd and q large number of mon eoncoaiad ~, oI
in Chicago eaht bundred~for the
I i1,VT 'S% sAAS
+ The DR.. Blackburn charged at Nassau With
Importing yellow feve into this country is
the same person refersd n hv mo 1. ;n,;1,nto 70
with Thompson. in Gnada saws b;n, =,
company with him. q, N Sandaro .on;a -
Sanders, Castleman. Nm. @ Clarv Porter,
field, Cant. Mapruder and a anpmbcr of othar1
rebels Of less note. Blackburn was rocon
nized there rs an atent Of tbe ConfeiersSfs
States and so represtofed himself In lam.
ary last, Dr. BIacklarn emnloyed a nerson
named Cameron 10 ,tconnanv him fnr tba
purpose of INTRODUCING yellow fever into the
Northern cities, To vt: tho c;t;es Of Nan,
York Philadelpbia dnd Wasb;noton He
went from Montreal I, Bermuda a6on, q WOO.
ago last fall, for the purpose Of rettinc tbo
clothing infected viii yellow fcyer saw
him after his return in Canada and beard
Jacob Thompson ondWm G Cleary sov that
they favored his scheme and were much in.
terested in it. This VAS last Jaanary,
About tbe son,e ,;ra :. ,,os ,,o,oJ d. !.
strovtbe Croton Don1nr M. Gih.rsra ~, " ~
to noison tbo rasorrnl.s - nanIa p.opo'u
ton Of the amount os nn;sonons % % n,St.nr S =
would require to immGnate the water So as
10 make nm ord;,,rv {ronml,, no;snn., so "1
deadly. He had t6o Ian na,;tv or H. 49, sna
voirs, and tbc amount IL water aT isv,
i i them. Slrvchn;nc orscm;c sy nruss;c a5 nGa'
and number Of otbcrlh;nos dd rn, S,' ro,,on no,
b,r wcrc named MI TLounso f,,.nn :.
would he i.nnoss;ble to.olloct sn ion,a aoateu II
titv of posonons matte, ] w;thout qaan
Isadint, to detection TLomnsom w n,rni;a,a , aa
The eniernrisn and da,nssod i f.dpnI, pH oo"ea W.
Cleary ala thn snme IT. ,Sos ~ o,sa mesy W.T.
by Mr., NTontrosa palIer ID ne m;as;aS; pGMGn -
md bv a nerson wbo h,d haan " aa;ai pp.'
vovor in tho rehel ormS Iohn 'ran,,,ne,,. pI. L
lived in Montreal told ~. that hn1,,,os hu, "a,y Wy
aroe comnenoation All, NJ. M TL oneleu
was the mnneyed AGENT fot II tbn o,har pson
think thew all drew m i'm for oil T ,ha ~,
" thew reonired Tknov Soma m G of thon, v nG Ia
When Ihomnson said ;ttvonlJ NO ,I;a;nni. % t' ~
,ollcct 90 mncb no;son uithont,a aatoot;r,, Daf ~
on and otborS tho.oht. ] loouid - ou, II a
n Eurone pollen e. a nbrs;c;on " Il i th;ri'
,ave heard Harris also pan.;onna 3, .ann
inn with Tho nevt;lence ;s,nor,a,;ar Gn .h:SI
~ lived in Tdronto Tlaro i .a..on .ninh
les in Montreal that lIIackhurn omrloipad UneL p