The weekly sun. (New York [N.Y.]) 1851-1869, 1865-06-17


,he army 4 certain manp CT mol ccmp~n..r,-p &.
liutLin re old not puI ans ar,auni he ,n,. ,nt
hpr,'.i i, i. ,.' 70 " edmond thAt hospital vss
n sb,. 40 1r, Wv. ls6t The Gre occurred At
y a,e -tcih"f or no, YOU h.,e b,sp al R,chmopd'
26tL g.. 81 tn Edmond from the 10Th 10 tho
Min tbe :, Stu.t, 800 aud then hsd An iu'orviev
Tbotr.s .t.iary " War and jefferson D.vie Mr..
In com . 'hs. uillinrham sud myself won't lhere
"a ~ ~tru With boat burning, aud put IN ciAms
b. .lNuCs \ Scddon, to whom I -as introduced
; = Css Seldom sad he had thtosn up thst
htnj.min. se~cut e. W benjamin aud prcsenIci
our paFts to him De ocked At the papcrs, and asked
mc 'hrthcr W. iu 81. LOUIS. told him wSc no
Ak.d nt Il ! lng~ aIiythlIg about the papers I
,old him ! did that believed they .crc
me- to be fieht; NJ Gstl that hal ,ren rsr'
resented H. him hy Nj Nascs ~ being ali risht: be-
,od ne 20 sal n'An the noit day With Nj CLARK
hsd lett to lcf Davis, and he ~anted 70 fno-
whether We would no, take sJOovo and sign receip,
then Nr. pillineham we n claim this ding Al
l"uisvil he wanted statement Of that thins. ve
~ 'e,L 4 rosi tina, Mr. Dillingham; hal been hired
hy ,rn Hiehcp Pom AMI sent to Louisville expressly
10 and 'isnei NJ 1i'n"haa E .' n.me j., ,h.,'
~" s,ycn to MI Clatk, NJ. Cl.k took II over 70 Mr.
~, f.'''" do~u ~ god, and tl5,GU on dcpuet 10
= I~l MN tour months aitct~ srd, provided these
,. G., tot iAA~Vu and sslu ia roid IN Kichnond-
be DRAFT 90 .ot cshcd At Columbia aud brought
On that day did youf \ ~. cir While thaSo NJ
BENJAMIN ,aid ,ht " nayi. wanted 70 see me /
seut ln, pr. Davis VII BENJAMIN and myself sat
there AID tsiGcd; TIE. Conversation turned on a
bridge bsirr"n Nashville aud Chaitanoogs - tho
toned u hrt below NJ psy,. Nod ma III
kne. whefo u ~M Told him III. tut did MOI,
what thcusht shout dcnroyiuf that ltidse III,
they had teen thinking about having tia, hr,drs
de-ftuNed told MIN ] did not kro- What 10 think
about II lie said had better stndy "A over ann
toll nun ! thoueht y could De done, ami NJ. Hcuis-
mini think II waa Mr. HenJnmiu made the remark
thai he would siye four hundred THOUSAND dollars Il
that bridge 80 destroyed, aud vantcd to tno- II
would NOS have snything to do with IT, unio.. tho
So.9 there, aud ths, nobody should '@Sd
Il should Ia done. Then the conservation msued on
%. burning of steamboats, l told Nj Davis that /
did not think II Of any us to burn stesmbo ate and
be said he VA eoiug to have that stopped. then
told him that the beet way 10 stop II would DO TO ,aie
meilstsiy; that there we're men wing about the
south whose papers would nun out, aud that they
would come bach 70 ret then, renewed, and that {.
ought not to be done. lo said that shat suggested
would IT, done saw the noit day published order
reveking those p,p.rr q These pntcfs were PERMITS
OF authority u do this ~Vrk woTe theyH A. Ics sir
Y NJ iia,is ND I condemn vi hat had boon done.
done. v did YOU come TO any undo fstnnJInT .hont
rates In tersid " the destruction Of the bridge A
W. cnuo to an ing that We uer. IN receiva
four hundred Thousand dollars Tor doing a: s,tci
Mr. Davis whether IL made any difference where tho
.oi1 ~, done he said It did not that Iliuoi. would
do; that " would includ. ,nythiur pertaining to
OuNrtciinhAi"fr stores tor tho army, aud that II
ought a. he NJ near ~hcuntn's hass posshle that
sherman Wa the man who doing them more
harm than any one else Al that time. q. those men
hon yon ha'" NAMED, harIott aud Others, we're In
the ConicioIHt" rcrvicof A. Yes air they ali be
lon ed t. secret ORGANIZATION II Foos by ,he name
Of the q, A. h organization the order Of American
hnighH. q. wiz you say whether you we're also
number NJ that ODD NoulnCei not Aurwci, II by 60
doing you Will criniiuN'o yOufsrlf The witness made
no reply; . 10 J"u remember the position which
hHfnit held 10 'ho assucruon. A. Understood he
held me tnritnu ut Acknowledgement u the Ht.te Of
lUiuuis ! could mo- rsy Wh'' her OF the ~. A
FaniSuion, ot NJ ~" S"u- ui liberty.
liy tho t1uu-Q Va tho steamer Itawatha ono
oi the number Of those butucif 4 Shewas
rrsusosY w Jnus VARttY
An Hc'iuAubi with the uti-ouet. pr Mndd m.
rina'.ou met him about Nv yatds from my house,
when TIE sad tn me that thcfu terrible news
ttHt tho PIE Ildeut had been killed, and that Mr.
SeNali and his son had been assassinsf.d by man
named Npvl" Drith's name moutipnei
how. uni he SAID he DID not know which Of tbs
vctHation tops place shortly after rundnwn on the
18Th he -nid nothing about two men having hUen Al
his hou," ! saw tooth NJ tie chntch there lsS
tall, and asked his name when | was told II va
ltooth, ana al the time If tho conversation hav,
stated With the pri-nner asked him, when Booth
name vAs mentioned, Whsther n tho came Bootk
VINO had been down there before. snd he ssld In die
not know
Cu.s-eIamlned by Mr.. Ewing The converatlon
have mentioned wa commenced nv The prisoner h.
SAID b" had got the ners tT0m BrynntuWu, -hero h,
had been
Mr.. Henry Burden Wa then introduced, VII,
srotr u" would not believe Lawyer Norton oath
Mr.. horton IL the Gentleman vhO testified that m
ssW w. Mudi ~ the National Hotel tho day bofop
the ihAuyhtntion Ihr CUurt then aiinurned.