The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1866-08-08

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Beuiamin that lie returned to Washington
on the Sd of April. and then had in his nos
session a considerable amount of money in
gold: that he left for Canada and returned
again to Washington on the 18th of April5
and that his connection and complicitv wifi,
Rooth in the asea ss;notion does not admit ~
donbt 'nrasonta . n oso of conn actad taat;m a
nv ;mnI;cat;ng Davis directly in the assass;.
nation of the President which in an orGl;na
rv trial for murder would on far toward the
Conviction If the nerson .ccnsed
r. is ajso q s;onifcant @ fact that Rootb a.
the time Of fhe assass;nation had IN his MO
session tba 90 mo c;nber which wa. ,,sed hy
Reniam;n 90 annearc in tba test;m e,;ven
bv Messrs Dana and Eckart ,,nor, ti,a oS CON
, sniracv trials naoe 40 n ia IN he eure nos.
sible that Rooth MIGHT have ohta;ned II from u
.o,,,a 20 ~. ssls.l CO.. na,s...,,,,.t
uf & ~, = IN th
Z pavis ana ePen;o min ressin r S..+S;s n,,s
visit to R;chmond ana ;nd;rectly tLrougi,
Surratt. the circumstance that he Was in nos.
session of the cipher used by BENJAMIN in
the Office of Secretary of State leaves no room
to doubt that he obtained r. from Reniam;n
or Davis, and that it was the means by which
the secret correspondence between the mar
ties was carried on.
It is not unilnportant in this connection
to quote the words used by Davis. when the
despatch of John C. Breckinridee announc-
ing the assassination of President Lincoln.
was read by him. Lewis F. Bates testi6es
that Davis remarked. swell, General, 1 do
not know; lift were to be done at all it were
better that it were well done: and if the same
had been done to Andy Johnson. the beast.
and Secretary Stanton. the lob would then
be complete.n
k! These are not the words of a man who was
either grieved or surprized but rather the
unprecedented declaration of ono who
realizes that a crime which he anticipated
has been committed. but in part only and at
moment too late to save a cause already
rendered desperate by the conflicts and dis
asters of war.
The remark made by Davis upon the re-
ceipt of the intelligence that Mr.. Lincoln had
been assasssnated, is in harmony with the
conversation of his agents. Thomas, Tucker.
and others in Canada. as given by Richard
MONTGOMERY in his testimony in the 1assass;.
nation trials.n It is proper to saw that Mont
gomery. in the wear 1864 and the early part
of 1865, possessed the confidence of Thomp-
son and others and was freouentlv emn,oved
in the secret service of the rebel Government
He has been examined by the committee and
they have entire confidence in his statements
He is now emploved Inv thc Government of
the United States: and as far as the commits
tee have been able to ascertain. there is no
reason to question his integrity in all par
ticrlars. He saws in his testimony:
In conversation had with Jacob Thomp-
son in the summer of 1864. he said he had
his friends (confederates) all over the North
ern States, who were ready and willing to
90 any lengths to serve the cause of the
South. And he added, that he could, at any
time, have the tyrant Lincoln, and any other
OF his advisers that be choose, put out OF his
way he would have but TO point out the
man that he considered IN his way, and his
1rlends. as he termed them, would put him
out OF ~, ana not let MN know anything
ABOUT IL II necessary ana that tney would
lot conslaer " eFllAe cone -.or .kae
Gause 2. 7't tae Gonfeueracy. onortiy aIter Mr.
thompson .oio me Whst ne was able TO do
liePeaIed Sne conversation 70 Mr.. Clay, who
SAID 'Ihat IS so we are all devoted to our
cause, ana are ready 10 go any lensths-to
90 anythlng under the sun to serve our
cause.
speaking I events ttat occurred aiter tue
ASSASSINATION montgomery says:
nave oeen IN Cahaaa since tne assasSi-
m'I nanun. 1eW uuys ai'er ! he1 beverly
uoNei at hiohtreai, ne siiu great ueai
aoout tle w ,nSs tiat tne oouth had re-
ceived at tne nands OF MT Lincoln, ana tnat
ne deserved MS death' ana that II was pity
ne dld not meet with 1t long ago. he sand
II was TOO bad that the boys had not been
allowed to act when they wanted to. The
boys was an expression applied to the Con-
federate soldiers, and Others in their employ,
who were engaged in raids, and who were to
assaslnate the President
81 related a conversation had with Mr.
Thompson to Mr. w. C. Cleary, who is a sort
OF conhdential secretary to MIR. Thompson,
and ne told me that Booth was one OF the
parties to whom thompson had reference;
and ne SAID IN reference to the ASSASSINATION
that 1t was too bad that the whole work had
not been done, by which l understand him
10 mean that they intended to assasslnate
greater numoer than they succeeded In Kill
nng. Cleary remarked, when speaking OF
ms regret that the whole work not being
dohe, lhey nao Detter look out. we have
not done yet, and ne added that they would
never De conquered and would never give
up, Cieary =, said that Booth had been there
Lvisi.lnS !. 1s thompson Twice IN the winter
mo ~ tnousi,. ,ie lass tllne was IN december.
h;0 IL , "ou D'In .eie a., ~ sle summer IN
e,omeru cove. Tn al,,,nst o~anr. e cIun GU
ada rangino from Montreal 70 Niaasra s Ea1,s Sa
;nclnd;n1 Roth no;nts anJ aIns"at aa;IN ",
while was there. heard Tbomnson Trek,
er, and Clay certainly use threats in general
terms against officers of the Government, and
especially Mr.. Lincoln, in manner like this:
!" They had better look out for themselves, as
our people are getting exasperated. They
VIII get themselves Into trouble they little
dream OF" 8.
Tins IL is seen that there is substantial