Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1866-08-02

| buried at Fort Monroe.
Private William Jackson Co A, 1st C, died Nov f.
buried at Fortress Monroe.
Private W Jollie Co G, 18th c. died Nov H. 1864
Private @ r eeey, co a. N c. died Nov G. 1864 buried
Private Daniel Ward, Co G, c, died Nov g. 1864,
buried at Fort Monroe.
Private Plum Co l. 45th c. died Nov H. 1864 buried
E. sth c, died Oct go 1864,
Private Drum, Co T, SD n c, died Nov q 1864,
Private Jacob Holder Co G, 9TH c, died Nov s. 1864,
buried at Fort Monroe
Brite Isaac Thorpe Co H. 43d G, died Nov T. 1864.
Sergeant Thomas Green, Co D, 55th c. died Nov -.
1863, buried at Fort Monroe.
Case of jefferson Davis Congress-The Report
the Subject
The Committee on the Judiciary to whom was
referred the resolutions of the House of Repre-
sentatives of April 9Th and April Both, 1866 in
structng the committee to inquire into the nature
OF the evidence duplicating Jefferson Davis and
others II the assassination of President Lincoln
and also whether any legislation is necessary in
or02r to bring such persons to a speedy and i'm
partie.l trial, if it should appear that there was
probable cause to believe that said persons, or
any of them, guilty of melting, concerning
or procuring the assassination of the late Pres-
dent of the United Stetes, and also whether any
legislation is necessary in order to bring said per
sons to a speedy and impartial trial for the crime
OF treason, submitted report to the House Fri
day. The report is very long and contains num-
Der of letters and documents belonging to the of
fetal records of the late Confederacy now in pos
session of the War Department, relating to what
was termed the ''secret service of the Confed-
eracy. We take from the Baltimore SIN the fol-
lowing summary of the report:
With regard to the trial of Davis the commit
tee are of the opinion that there obstacles
to speedy and impartial trial which can be re-
moved by Legislation. The evidence in possession
of the committee connecting JEFF. Davis with the
assassination of President Lincoln justiies the
committee in saying that there is probable cause
to believe that he privy to the measures which
led to the commission of the deed, but the nves-
legations which have been made by the War De
partment and by the committee have not resulted
in placing the Government in possession of all the
facts in the case. The committee are OF the Opin-
ion that further investigation will result in full
development of the whole transaction. The Y
animation OF the captured rebel archives, though
not complete, has gone far enough to throw light
upon the general policy of the rebel authorities,
which in many particulars involed total disre-
gard of international law and the usages of civil
liked war;
The committee in this connection give q de-
tailed history of the course pursued by the Con-
federate Government towards slaves found in the
ranks of the Union army. Most of this is taken
from the published orders of the Rebel War De-
partment
The summing up of this part Of the report the
committee says -
"The declarations made, and the acts done in
pursuance of the declarations are conclusive
proofs of the brutal and malignant feelings by
and rendered it not only possible, but probable,
that they would at once engage IN projects for
the destruction of the chief men of the Repub
lie
A considerable portion of the report of the COM
mittee is devoted to the evidence in the of
c.. c. Clay Jr. Clays letter to President John
son, dated November ODD, 1865, is quoted, where
in he denies having been in Canada at the time of
| the assassination. This the committee say is
shown to be falsehoOd, according to the evil
dence before them They say the falsity of the
statement goes far to show that he has some rea-
son for attempting to conceal the fact to the
time when he left Canada and nasmuch the
statement made in order to relieve himself
from the charge contained IN the President pro-
clamatiOn 1t has a strong tendency to connect him
of completely in the deed number of letters are
produced to show that Clay in Canada at the
time, and also that he the originator of the
various raids the northern border of the United
States. The first allusiOn in point of time made
to the presence of Clay in the South amOngall the
papers In possession of the government yet
amined is a letter dated at Richmond March g.
1865, and written by H. L. Clay to G. G. Clay, Jr
The statement of Clay that he has never known
any of the persons accused and convicted of par
ticipating in the assassination of President Lin
coin is shown to be false by the evidence before
the committee Clay, while in Canada, acted I'M
der the following commission
RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, April q, 1S64-HOn. &.
G. Clay Jr., &c, &c.-Sir COntiding special trust
in your zeal, discretion and patriotism, L here
by direct you to proceed at once to Canada, there
to carry out such instructions you have received
from me verbally, in such manner shall seem
most likely to conduce to the furtherance Of the
interest of the Confederate States of America,
which have been entrusted to you.
Very respectfully and truly yours,
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
The committee say it is we'll established by let
tiers and documents derived from rebel sources
that Clay under this commission instrument
tai in organizing and executing, with more or less
success the raids upon the cities and towns along
the border, the plans for the introduction of pes
thence, the organization of cOnspiracies tc hber
ate the prisoners confined in Camp Douglas, Chi
cagO, to destroy commerce on the rivers, lakes
and ocean, and finally to thwart and overthrow
the Government by melting a new rebellion IN the
North It is also ascertained that Jacob IhOmp-
son, Beverly Tucker, George n. Sanders, W. G.
Clearly Bennett II. Young and r. J. Stewart were
all employed in Canada secret agents for the
Confederate authorities.
In proof of this, the committee produced
large number of letters, orders and dispatches
which passed between these men and the officers
of the Confederate Government at Richmond,
showing that they were acting directly under It's
authority, and that they received orders to make
the raids and other offensive demonstrations on
the Northern borders of the United States
Testimony taken at the trial of the assassins
together with that taken by the committee, justl
tes them IL the inference that the murder of Pres
ident Lincoln was procured by the of money
furnished by the Richmond Government. The
remarks said to have been made by Davis, on the
receipt of the intelligence of the death OF Presl
dent Lincoln, is in harmony with the converse
ton of his agents, Thompson, Tucker and Others
as given by Richard Montgomery, a witness who
was before the committee, and also a witness in
the trial of the conspirators
Thompson told Montgomery, in 1864, that he
could have the tyrant Lincoln put out OF the way