New Orleans daily crescent., 1866-06-19

bureau of military Justice ~ and though the in
renutyo a committee of investigation improvfsed
bv radical Couoress has been brought to bear on
the qsestiop it i still involved In that shadowyi
eleors.phirh seems to invest everything which is
sssc7satef with the actions of Joseph Holt Like
tbs 7,r;a clare which Milton describes as flaming
4H,,.,,,l, tbn raaons Of Satan the records of MIR
rr-7s,s bnrsan nnnear to show
4,lyo Erht but rather darkness visEen
and ts.peealliar genius seems only to find its ap
garotrfate direotion when he can
Discover SIGHTS Of woe
he sspns Pp u PeTeT dWeii geiT' '"'o
We are Induced to comment upon the very cues
tionable uanner which he and tie committee seem
10 have chosen to collect testimony on this sab-
ieot. in consequence of certsin outgivings Of a
Washington correspondent Of the New York
World. The New York papers state. in aZsEdiur
To the charges If Mr.. Dayjss eompHcitr in the
,g,.s,o+,, MA +bot tI,is ,crraer le7+ sb r.s
assHS-'a'oi 80 &c ~ ,o''9
Ihaa gross sJsteil y lA''uas auu peisu-J nave
heeR gesorted to to prove Davis and Otifers eon
spirstorg in the matter ara backsrp his assertions
NJ t.la4 startla ari ,,o ara f,,riTse Iii, III
o5 va w ~ WIZ "a 'o@ ~
testimony III seems iaat many OF the witnesses
testified under assumed'1ames and that no such
p-sona as fbe nstensitle and recer4se8 witnesses
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eAs9'' III ~1di1oh n 'i'' ii0 9I"k zee " "iAS ~
Cepn0ry, Fho was the principal WlSness and de-
ta5tive in the case, was asked tc proceed to New
y,rl-g,n5 orocura eo-rtl,oratiy,a evidence nf bis
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% cNl sl"teth9nts, "Ae" nc h"A r.@ef1g"SiJ '0'un,
teeTed to FURNISH he gave tine eAoeF who was With
hiH the.s1ip in New York, and has actually run
er-s,, az Il snnposaE IN avoid . rrnseontion far
iIss IL -. - ira.s ~
eeJatSa atu +ids NY Neeh Ao't" Iloll ~ Ilo "a
licer OF committee ffor several weeks. other wit
nesaes fave come forward and confessed to having
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AiiSse ptooeeaitss oe4ute Vao Nuilhituee' "IiEi,
it aun5erstood, Sre under the inspiration OF the
| 3hief Of the bureau of military Justice are ca
/, f, rt;-s,y g7lar, .ra 4, 60 ~ a ea,ra+ i,r,,;,;
80
tt9 y WHICH, iEe pai es stst WHOM II Is sou9 ~
i hnd'testmony are not admitted, and therefore
| have no means OF refuting the statements how
| e7rar ealse improhabIa or abznr5 4Tav NAV, he
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Ahs1s Nlii' II eF0I vhey @te PeAH!ltSeu ~ SET
the ught, go torth to the world, entitled
to sndh credit as they may receive from the en-
arsa7,a nj f +l,a 90 ard F tho biaf n +l
t,.g.,s ,a;t,4o..,, s,,a.ia.
netteu y Aiit''aiy Jus'ice' as tue aFerlheutS OF
these paFhes VII therefore constitute the sole
basis on which to found afbelief in the stories
which they may, mt forth altar a vaar,s incrha.
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~ 70 PAopo4 'l'U 'ie u"li' silouu hho" soine
tmng OF the means they have adopted to arrive
at the truth, and the character of the witnesses
sgbpus thpST rply hRHe ihla
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y %ousu seGM iLoii 1he s'ateAnents III the ne"
I ork press the evidence is so fimsy that not
even the radical committee, Though acting under
the impulseg of uassion. wonla have the temarttv
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0"7c S'A A'pu'"V'iA "P'A 'il0 9''tohen's VI
| shoh Witnesses asfhaVe Appeared to sustain the
charges insuguzated in the bureau of military ius
lice. Mr. HoIt,s ingenuity great as IT undopbte5rr
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lo' - 's'O ~ ue fiS'is
some new MODE Oh sustaining TIE position he has
assumed on this question.
The Reverend Stuart Robinson, of Huntsville
Il, ono ~ 4hs r,os+ 7is+i,,tr;t.,5 5;.;,o, :; ~
F." 'AS VI sD' us'i'ls e's'tsu uifiues III 1le
country iu an SoaFess recently 'dehYered at ST.
Louis, throws good deal of light upon the pro-
csedings had in this case Abiding to the attempt
of Mr. HoF+ in connection with ca-tai, of,o,, 80
Il l'li '''lli 3'lier par
1iea " IL u the cohspFScy, " AoDlh-
son remarked
Suddenly liars anS perinrers were at a premium
government agents were out in search Of tham
and they became the hsroessof tha hour < i \
The result was the famous 'ssuppressed testaon -,
in the bureau of military instiee AZ a
matter of literary curiosity have looked over the
witehcraft trials and treason triaIsof the dark and
bloody times in England, to compare with these
proceedings in the bureau of military justice and
hesitate not to give the Judgment that golibility
rnore voracious on the part of the recipients Of
ths testimony lawlessneRG more outrageous on the
psrt OF those who patbeksd and draw pnt tba +ae
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