, 1865-01-29

Otho1H and myteIt, Know Iacrc W4s az $500
ssp'o o1p' eetss s% e ass :" hosss hf
stayed with thc lcst Of hie friends n room @ ivs,
hink hf hyVs oni1 s,s seps ore d. Two sh dc
moved n v away ,cioro thc Convention ad}ournhd. l
think Walke VIII ,m 1nesa heoq Gnss HE nss
tbc nroieei did nnt n,act his vews; and no SHOULD
withdraw. / Think he announced bis intention to
q The ST. re seo un: is sr.o. 70
inow ibat tic vent hack TO- Kentucky indeed,
| thought that hcfe.urncd to Canada I 1don't know
thst6e first vent to canads and from thence TO
Krntucky. don't remember ever heurfn. An
dcrsou decline to n ,ke cartridges. uc may1 1aye
heen In Tho room Nhen we wczo asked .to render
wus lle only ono who volunteered. fae1 pretty
euro That Anderson slept in room 168 at The Rich
mead fs ns nlght a! events think e
WIS brought In for Anderson and he gave it to
some one else. We arEived there on the Sunday
md believed he moved ou Tuesday orWednes-
ofthc consention. Iremember in Canada having
aeunsersation wtthhfm III which he said that he
Was going to Chicago With the enterprise, 90 that
do not remember his s0ying that he would 70 to
convince Them that he was not Federal spy. I
remember he WIS annoyed that neither his friends
stood that hs came to Chicago 10 join in the con
Jy ;1yaos z. s. M1.*en ta eeAa.r g, ma,.a and
member any Of the: hr.t Incidents OF my lite, or
whether. ~hsn waa born, my mother was On q
dee sos Rsisos@Wei, s!ei SIR, when did ypa drst
Hatntis-1 think. .tr, frs. came to1ny senses
on the 10Th Of last October, when took the oath
g. elleg'snee to ne Government Of tho United
t0nftan<d.Sl recollect living in Paris county,
~, when was i've or atx ycars old, and also
ago. This psse' Ma;ssy % vas t my en ho@o y9aai yTat
February, 16GQ. when had Just taken out my u
censc to PRACTISE the law: / took tho license in
ayear @ @osea ct1n III eoua Rf aa
On TIC ID Of Nay, 1891, entered 10 Confederate
lad no colonel, captain, lieutsnant or eommie-
kioEcd officer, because we were NOT organized.
We inst wcse sent to Baton Rouge, where I waz
5ssnf &C. ncf e kao 0 a st eon.,sRs dAabey abs
charge Of the attachment to which belonged. 1 d.
heaane9 hodns III posoa Jon aati u h. Ell 81
September, 1861, when received my discharge.
lad APPLIED ior discharge, 10 order to be able
to raiBs 4 regiment for the Confederate service,
end tnis application on :he Isco@msndat!on q
Gen. 1wiggs was Forwarded to Richmond and
granted. on proceeding 70 Richmond, however,
Judah ?. Benjamin, then acting Secretary of War.
II failed to obtain. the appointment 1 then pro-
essdsd to boll,agiota and sEain caltstea IN The
wards was transferred to the detachment Of ar.
tillcry Of Mayor Graves. He appointed nc Ser
on aae Maen me- NJ va; Sb o Ss
there ranlll The diyision was ordered to Fort
peneeSn pss 5 81 ~ s Msa Taa 09aSS{ WS{e M e! 'sa sna
turcd and paroled: 4 afterwards reported on
~ parole and In April, 1s02; was sent 10 Camp
cs ons whs,e cnstnsd ho9n en as general
went TO Vtckshurg and helped to raise Confedcr-
ate battery Of s. men, OF rather collect them from
thc exchanged prtsoners, which battery, With Col.
Andcftons old regiment was sent 10 Chattanooga.
In the course Of the next month or IT weeks We
moved to Knoxville, then with Breckjnridge went
towards Cumberland Gap u rclicve Bragg, but
is62 stopped there iii tho battle of Murtices:
oES ,s,v A5 tS 1sont '{%ss ths h of AP1
lhe 1Et Of juno. i then went to Louisville, Ecxt
to Henry county, KY, next 70 Carrolton, then back
to Cincinnati nd k9 from theTe to WindSor G. ":
Windsor lived. except when on vlsit to Toronto
or Chicago, until October, when took the oats,.
aied u On the 1sh h Of for
rlIcation 70 the Secretary OF WaE never tooE part
il any raid except Tho intended one 70 Chicago.
not ia Confederate soldier IL Canada d W6o has ' not m
conceived five thousand raids. I knew that sev-
era1 were contemplated, but never learned Of any
Of tho st. A1bsns raid two months before it was
extcutcd. even hrforc knew Of the enterprise TO
LuICaEO, 0nL IuOaEnla It QaQ DGE0 given up. /
also heard Of iht Lake Erle conspiracy but never
joined any of tue deliberations, and did not think
It would be. consnn,mated: ! even heard them
At the time lie Detnett: Taid was as contenplatcd,
which was before the Chicago one, I was in favor
Of It myself: To glrc 9ou an idea Of its magni-
eight of Us, wheneser ons oi us got funds rom q
home, would treat the other to bottle Of some-
thing at his room. On some such occasion We
| ;t s91es ss saa Ss M ss t.
Euls In the fasbor [contlnued huchterl
ED ed place Place . he city under & 2 contribution;
where else md do likewise. fconunued mcr1i'
ment;} Among the projectors of these bombastic
eReSRs e'op %s.s epe M MSs .a Moun myte Y
constituted The whole force nhoawcre to attack,
capture and fort1iy Detroit last year. On one Or
casion Moifatt was 70 raanufaetnre come docu
tkorlues, and retl them to Cspt Hill at Detroit
That was the only wsy they thonght Of raising
| posed TO capture the city. One Of these papers
was written by Anderson and professcd to be ar
9sasE s % iFe9 (an ideal pcEsonsee} Cant; Brown q
of the sTorces Another was Wfitten M n7p ~ me'naT
porting to bo an order from the rebel Secretary Q
War, for me to report to Capt Brown. and thirt
Brown, giving nc oFdeEs after had reported L
| him.
Col. Wisewcll wished to know If they vert
investigating tho Detroit raid or the Chicago
one.
The Judge Advocate said he certainly dis
scented to this mode Of examination, but llat
not objected q he had wished to avoid argu
Judge Wilson proposed to show TINT the
Witness was engaged in pretended raid on
DETROIT, and had forged papers to frighten tht
sum Of money, which he tL) and hfs confede
rates bad received, because he held tint tht
same force who proposed TO raid OIL Detroit
constituted tho whole number Of men OF tht
Chicago conspiracy, which like the other va.
The Judge Advocate urged that tho t1ct o.
the witnesses' connection with former Qulx
otic enterprises vas no cause why It should bt
supposed that the Chicago conspiracy va:
also chimcra. All knew that conspisac,
seemingly insignificant had moved to culml
nation at st. Albanb TINT banks had beer
York had been saved from destruction hy tn,
intetposition Of Divine Providence, whose all
seeing eye, he held, had btcscrved the peace
tul citizens Of Chicago. He had been severely
handled the other day for presuming TO "ltc
t lure Erey hairs" andhe may be 50 now, but
&c would ever speak when he felt It TO be hi.
duty, lct Ills words cut who'thcy may. Tht
Detroit conspiracy had nothing to do Wit,
the Chicago one, and the examination In re
gari to It was therefore collateral and illegal
Judge Wilson thought 1t was perfectly legn
20 20 ask any question concerning the crcdlblli
On de1ibe1ation, .thc court sustained th,
objections OF Major Burnett and then ad
1ousneo. .HARR1E @. G.
c1scHsAT1, Jan. %.
The Military Commission aeneaged In til,
tFial Of the Chicago conspirators came 10 or
Her . this morning lot In the rotupda Of the Court
House IN this city, pursuant to adjournment
e. fselt the sesnssg ssge Advocates the accused ani
Col. .Dehart had seen In tho Cincinnati Ga
;aie statement that the previous day Judge
Mhson "in forcible Language succcedcd Il
|: seriously damaging the character Of the wit
ncss" That was M assumption which a re
porter had no right to make. He though
the Court should object to the appearance 0
such conclusions.
Col. Murray, Col. Heath and other mem
bera Of the Commission expressed. simIla
reporters shall In future refrain from maxim,
any comments upon the action Of: the Court
Mr. Langhorn, the witness, wished Il
make personal explanation to the, Court
regarding some portion. Of the evidence b,
had giyen the day before, but at the anggea
until the conclusion Of the cross-axauina
tior, which VAS continued 81 follows:
= Gf2ss- E1nmaH<d BY Nr. dsoy, on .behaif Q
1Ment to Walshts house, I saw On enteung, hi
vile md daughters and son. do not know th
MINES Of the dauehlet1, though Was introduces
to Them. one was about nineteen years Of age
and the other about fourtasn. l do not noR th
name Of his son, but recognized the 1nang ma
who was arrested and placed IN Camp Douels
last November, as the ssme. i hare also see
him IN this city during the tTial. about the cous
House. Al Camp Douglas believe told Colone
the cycnng in qusst1on. The young msn fhe