St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1867-07-12

were driven in different directions Sur
ratt Slid he was driven TO the foot OF the
island of Montreal, where he crossed the
St- Lawrence, and was piIoted by 4 boy
10 4 small town called Laboise: he staid
there some two weeks In the house of a
person named Charles Bouche he told
me that one lay the priest bein. absent.
he WAS lying on Z sofa in the priest
bedroom, and between the bedroom and
slttlng-roOm there was place Tor stove.
and under tine stove WAS a trap-door. and
one oi the female servants being desirouS
OF seeing who the priest WAS concealin-.
put her head above the trap-loor. and
Nurratt frightened her off a runner then
cot out that the priest was keeping a
womal IN hls room. and the priest then
told Surrait that he could conceal him
nn longer, and Surrait went TO Montreal
AMI w;i> concealed by Priest la Pierre
for four months in Il dark room. and he
never lett Ii eNcep. late at n.,"hi 10 take
a stroll On >hipboarl; the prisoners APP
pearamce ami conduct was gcnilemanlv.
but lie WAS very nervous. especially when
any one came behind him On the
evening before landing at Londonderry.
b-tween and II O'Clock. | MAS called
ont AMI passed the prisoner on what i
called The after square. lie WAS all
dressed ready 10 so ashore: he had pre-
viou>ly asked mv advice about landing.
and wouli "ive him no advice. and he
>.lid he would 90 on 10 Liverpool
WIS surprised 10 s-c an evident intention
OF landing II Londonderry. After some
conversation. | told the prisoner he had
been telling me a good deal. and | ex-
pressed doubts oi ms travelling under his
correct name, and asked him TO give
ms hi ri-llt name. IIe looked around.
ami then whispered in my ear, MY
name i Surrati''
Surrait Went ashore Twenty-Five or
thirty minutes aiterward. Before .oinr
ashore, the prisoner asked for a drink /.
| woke the har-hecpcr. ami W. al three
took q drink. IL / the custom in Eng
land AMI on board ships for the lar
keepers lo help a customer To- the drink
asked Tor, and not 10 place a Iecanter
before linn; hut IN this instance the bar
hcrp-r put tiic bottle up. AMI Surrati
poured ont aTi drank l.llt :. iumLler Of
raw brandy | then treated. and the
har-kr-p"r treated. anl Surr-itt at each
time took the same quantity, the prs
oner then l;In'ic,i. and the ship Went on
4" Liverpool | next saw the prisoner
on the "Wednesday following. II my own
h".-c im Birkcnhc;ld . remember Sur
ri; tell;m. me one dav that lie. Booth.
AMI others riannel the abduction ol
abraham Lincoln. but had io abandon
it.
Cro~~-cXaminarion ly Mr. Mcrric.--
| 10 mu; remember anv iav Smrl.,it a.aye
.-.-. --.~,l. ----..-s-...- ..-3..a. /.
~.,ii l.r Ma Ia Richmond the week be-
fore II irll. and when h. said he wa~ in
Washington the ,lav nt the assassination.
lie merely told me ihe ahiuclion plan
ial failed SurrIii ;oii me lac wa> in
Richmond. and that la wa> In Montreal
til. week oi The ASSASSINATION. ami lie
received 4 letter from Booth while in
Montreal. direciin- him 10 return To-
" Na>hIn-;on-;llai II had hccn lee. -S>..ry
10 rllIn-- their plans. and act promptly.
llr 'lii nni TIL mc what chang, ot plans
liza; lr;;cr referred IL. he lcit imrnoli-
a'-lv a,irrwarl, ami sand hc reached
kinir;, un ;hc Thursday l,e;or, the a>-
-..--iilaii"n. H. s;il h. fclr.ra,,llel
iram Elmir-s To- l;ooih nj New York. 10
know if hc GHooihi had zone 10 WaSll-
in-i"n- lie i'll not >av whether lie
wrui further than Elmira or not. All
r,Incml,c- hi- >ayim. about ~. .Alicin>
w:.> that i.c wa> There Il frw ,lavs after
the assassination The prisoner, toll NE
AL that iayc related but le never told
mc ANYTHING connoci,-l with the Incl
len,- of the assassination in Washing
ton. nor iii lie ever SAY that he MIS- In
Washington on tlc day OF the a>>:l>-ir,.a-
liun- made .lii,lavii> 10 these iaci~ in
Liverpool the LAY AFTER landed
Henry Benjamin ~. Marie sworn ana
examined
In lNC", ia April, MS in the l'..pal
states al Nalaicra: il i about forty
mile, from Rome; was soldier Of the
Palal army. ami IN the 9TH company
they were c.sli-l the rapal Zonarc~.
lIhe dress Worn ly Nurraii was exhibit
cLl That i the dress worn bv the lou
aves S;lw the prisoner there AMI knew
linn; ihinh the time refer 10 w:i< the
lth or 18th "i April about the 18Th
or 18th oi June lS''0. saw the prisoner
ag;ln; h. came (" my quarters with iwo
other Louave>. named Dilrrt and la
bgiu. and We four took a walk. wc
took the roal to Naples: We had SOME
conversation al that time. and WAS oc-
c;I>icnally speaking 10 INV companions
IN Frcnch ami 10 Scrrait in English
a~ke'l the prisoner how he GOT oLt from
Washington. ami he told me that he LEFT
the NIGHT OF, the ASSASSINATION or the next
morning. AMI sad he WAS - DISGUISED
that 10 one could recognize him aS an
American, AMI that he WAS disguised a.
an Engli-hman with n scarf over hi-
shoulders.
The History Of HdriB,iIian.
The ioilowiu. i> sketch of the life OF
MaNimiii;In. who. there is no doubt. wa,
shot bv the Mexican liberals. June 10: