, 1866-12-25

LIE AHuLFcal -Niaf71< publishes q long
statement respecting Surratt And Ste Marie,
which evidently has been y. enarea by some
one who WAS intimately acquainted With the
two men, and with the mode In which sur-
fatt Was received, concealed, and At last sent
out Of the country. VIC copy those parts Of
1t which rclate to the persons themselves;
" The name of Sursatt's denounccr in Rome is
Henry benjamin Sic Mnrie, not Ludger, rs
We stated yesterday. We must add that he
WAS not discharged from the Ranquc du Poo
pie; 6Tt. on the contrary, 1eit 1t Of bis own
to the Chief Of the Office. a few days amer he
nau ieil the Education Office, he sent back
portion OF TIE money which he had carried
sMaE nv and his relations have paid the balance.
SIC Maria belongs to an excellent family. who
no doubt deeply regret tho echo which Ills
name, has lccciyed from these late incidents;
but whose honor cannot be affected by the
alterations, no n,atter what, OF one or its
membeff; me- :, Ste Mart- went. 10 the United
timore, and he obtained letters Of recon.
mtndatton for Washington. It was there
That he knew Surratt. The latter indeed OBJ
tatncd for him the place Of schoolmaster In a
yllsge named Texas In Maryland, and il
Is under the title Of sehoolmastcr that le
Is spoken Of 10 the despatch Of General King.
iie afterward took service Oh board OF the
Stale OF Georgia, and then IN tho army OF tho
North At the conclusion of murderons
engagement, be WAS left for dead on the
aelu OF battle, aud In endeavosiug to es-
cape nc fell into the hands of the Eonfcder-
ase tTuors, who sent Linn on to Richmond.
There hc furnished Mr.. Scddon some valu-
able information Us to tue conduct Of several
fndssiduals who did not hesitate, under au
exterior q zeal and patriotism, to deceive
and rob the Government. This conduct Of
Sic Marie concilIated Tor him the favor Of
the Govesnmetlt at Richmond, which pro-
cafcd tor him the means Of going on to Mas
sau and thence to Liverpool. Amer some
time spent In F rance and Belgium, he re-
Sr,sii tSfncd to 1 csnada: In the course Of last
a4ohtrcai on hoard Of q French merchant
vessel; he lived some time at Narsellles,
then at Atacclo In Corsica, and aftcrwari
proceeded to Rome, where he took service
As to sur1att, this is what We learn Of his
itiueray since the l4th of April. Bciure
that date he had made several voyages from
Washington 10 Canada ns the bearer OF
dispatches addressed to the agent Of the
the end Of Lent he was in Canada, aud on
Palm Sunday be was at mass in the PARISH |
church at Montreal lie wrote to hts mother
an account. Of that ccremoncy, which has
been published In several Of the American
papers. On Thursday. april 18th, he set ont
for Washington +; IN the evening he was Ut |
E!mira, in the State Of New York. where be |
passed the night. His name may be seen on |
the register of tue hotel; On Saturday
ed " iii tbe assassination OF Lincoln. Seeing
his nnue Oh the list of persons accused !
OF the crime he resolved to tty, and took the !
road back to Canada. The cars were detaiu. !
ca at st. Ahans, here be Ind to pass the
ket,hapdkcschicf, on which WIS his name,
tensions He reached Montreal on Munday
evening; HIS friends counseled him to pro-
coed TO Europe. which he did BY one OF the
1irst steamers which LEFT from Quebec. He
!tnatned some time at Blrkenhead, near
Liverpool, where. In the autumn, he met Mr..
cameron, the celebrated bearer OF ofdcspatehe.,
Intending to prove that Young and hls
companions wera resuaarly commissioned
by the Confederate Government. Such
arc the accounts communicated to us by |
person In whom we have full confidence. 4
Mf. Potter, therefore, must have been mis-
nounced that he had lett for England only in
the month Of septcmber. 1t vas Cameron
who lett Canada for Liverpool At that time.
and las Mr.. Potter says of Sunalt) had
pat sed the sunme. with priest-aot Of the
district OF Qnebec-wherc he Is now sinee
hla return from Europe three or four weeks
ago: There Is long history Of q confession
nade hy surratt during the voyage to per-
pleasure Of talking. live are to believe the
he even nvo@ed that Jefferson |
Davis and Nine. Snrratt made part In the
plot which had for its object the assasstna-
Persons who knew surratt well at the
time Of his passing through Montreal aud |
who talked with him at length respecting
the Incidents Of the COM piracy, have always
heard him repeat the same version of |
which the subject had been transmitted to
ue., There vas really conspiracy At Wash-
pgton, but 1t was intended to carry OF Mr..
Lincoln, not to kill him. They wished to
carry him of to Richmond In order to e1-
,han"e him against all the prisoners msde
II this conspiracy Booth WAS looked upon
With favor At Washington, and his relations
xere those Of perfect gentleman, which
:Ir1ains LIS connections with Surratt,
Who himself belongs to family in M excel
ent position 1t was while Sur:ntt WAS at
Montreal that the project was modified.
SOON had discovered the impassibiltty of ;,
aErfins of Lincoln, aud had offered to as
~ him. saTatt knew nothing of this
IVY resolution before he SAW from the news-
- TO Mr. johnson md Jefferson Davis. Sur
sa sat oao not cesse to protest their complete
gnozanse OF the crime or Booth. Their
I,ato9s aea nesss essn e a'1 mentioned by the
innocence Is now acknowledged by nli
, 10 hare studied without passion tho detaiis
! neF trial, surratt did not cease to declarc ,
th,ei' nat rs new nothing of tho conspiracy 10
,.tN5 ~ s a>1uufeu hef 10 hAve pafticd-
ateo, no more Than ofthe crime which she
FAs made 10 t1ptate On the scstfbld. snrrnft
las on several occAsions made proof OF too .
nnsh intelligence, ability, and ftial yepera-
aoo TO make 1t possible that wa ahould be- ,
aeye IN this pretended confession Of the snilt
u hls mother, which Is mentioned in the oia-
,I.l dispatches ,,
1t WAS in Liverpool that surratt took the
lame Of Watson, Which WAS cn the false
passport procured fer him by friend. His
-eal name Is John Harrison SurrAtt. Soma,
imes be mentioned himself only By hls TWO
and several Of his letters, ereu hs.
orc his flight, were signed John Hafrl.on.
1t was not untn August that he enlisted 10