The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-11-25

By MT Williams-Q. When you say "the North
ether yoEds me parry vCrIns his his HiSp Pcopf q <
ofthe adpnlnslon OF South did not hear him say
hat, that Re would recOgnize them As q Congress. I
they not De the Congress IEsara him M
BY Mr. az have hSs rsS0eSs sS9 bssrc whsTs sS
remark kindred 20 that elsewhereY A, Yes nave
ysrsati9n Cannot Just say when. IL was probably
| Q. Have you beard him as any time make any re-
mark or suggestion concerning the Legality Of Con
auded to that subject frequently hts tour 70 Chi
rally reported with considerabis ACCURACY; csnnot
reo6bect @ what he sad except IN general terms but
WIN cQnsiderable accuracy do not recollect having
eIaiy never Seard hm sIiuSe 70 o the GSecuSs
make sny 9l .Re @ never heard nl
BY Mr. MarshaiiEo' Z Sndierstapd Won tn nav that
Siy Snd & should beestabishsd in some form
eTm ~ 10 DIS Presence but advised no PaEticuNr
ntSc, e. Were you present when this North Carolina
Bs cer.aip Snt Vas S read "a IN Cabinet would no!
% %naso II read was In presence Of the President and
DID you absent 70 that PLAN A. Idld not dissent
a5Rdh. a5Gm M II 4, VAS civil matter and although I was
SbSsSte PLAN do not think expressed any opinion
Horsry measure until Congress Should meet aud settle
dsyaSe tns ws0Is question @ 4 and that old make ucS
Se By am nSaoe sssTe esss eSs was q. ne
secretary sec Of War ! suppose was free 20 express
y elss ve"s; S. suppose the object was that should
d 90 not 9th think was asked my views Know that Il
to that else that Would nsSs sveo
IgaYe the President ON the Amnesty iaS
san snink have testified pretty f1y told the Prssi.
volunteer Generals aud as TO tho $4,000 clause az
too or too STRINGENT cau State whs wst
about u but not what said about t know that In.
very nne feeling ma1lfested in the South, ana /
possible, but since that there has been an syidoas
e2sngs there may have expressed views 70 the
That G there any engSsd u h
that time being lasting any longer than nntI ro.s
gress would and either rSiS that or esta6Iiss
Sfs cEGssed my mind that what being was any
70 pc me view Of Prs:ldent and Of every %
o9dy Of SDinisn slse on dlf not know q any dssnos
Ions TO have Congress rstlfy his views. M.
policy Intended 70 restore shoss GoVsppmepS Vas
RTesent once before his murder when plan was read
the plan which had been inaugurased BY MT LDeoia
twas yeS6atiSl the same think the very pspsr ps
President was the one which was cSrrisd % right
Q. What paper was thatG A. The North Carolina
O. You Understood that Mr. Lincolns plan was tam
porary, to be either confirmed or a new Governmeat
setup by Congressf A. Yes; and Understood john
Sss hs say ne
a You stated that the North Carolina proclamation
@ ~
OF no a. N s 1nsy %sfs s sn
were substantially the same, IT not the very same.
TestimOny OF L. O. Baker.
~; lafayette 9; Baker was examined on Feb: g. on
man giving information as to the troops about ths
Baker testss that he thought he received shs
sS ser ba Gn or he sDSSs tes t Ss ct %
a. hrst, not belng familiar with the signature 0f
the a0ae no osn hs %r
sS sSHs Sa 3
seeysd that there were persons In forging
Sn and 96f5 tSS. wSss
Colonel Brownines privSe ROOM in the presencs ms az
two other sons asked him was shs Psssi
70 II; Baker then went away, and returned the
ThG had Nashville shyiH anS e H
pSTens in repS o one TeoSod ahS from TSS Davis APP
fSn Ta 1E Tps an IN SptnUry from the fact that Il
poESe ESes S6s oh e aa %ake as o some
In another place he refers to PSfson BSowSiow 4.
ysTy efsr severe terms The party who handed tha
Wssihi3gton three months after had given nina
WOULD be g him the rst time the ss sstsF
in Washington that there was such q letter:
gress two or three tmes think to Tss the ol ats,
IL cay Tss TOO late had returned l amSng those who
this was IN 05i In repiyto thequestion as
err
cept that IL had been taken off Andrew JohnSonSa
table in NRshvlle the body and the sgnature oS the
letter were III In the same handwritfng the MANS
name VINO gave IL TO me John w. Adamson Mo-
~ Myrtle street, Nashville Tenn he said thai he did
nol take the letter himself that Governor BrownlovS
never disclosed the fact OF having letter ex
ceptt 20 members OF Congress and TO General Eckert
OF the war Department.; there were two Other
persons who read the letter with me, one or whom
" w.; "; ~; Wnatkins; met with Adamson. In reply to
other Johnson me sher SsioEs
or alter ne had become President, Baker saId-MrS
Lucy IL. Cobb, or Washington City ahOwed me 1,sc
letters one evening when she was brought 20 nv
hendqnarters April g. 1885, having opiticIsed ber
no busnes TO be around the White ouse am Isi &
that she had right TO be there that IL WAS i9S
the knowledge and approval OF the President ana
70 satisfy me, showed me two letters ono written nv
Mr Johnson 70 the Postm aster General asking hiI2
70 give her husband, Mr. Cobb, situatlon in
the Post Once Department. and ahother
written TO McCulloch, asking him 70 give her \
situation In the Treasury Department. be-
lieve Mrs. Cobb to be dlsreputabe woman
Or In other words, woman OF the town. In reply "a
Baker, that the President knew all about it Bskes
says she stated that for two pardons she procured
two en- IN Richmond she got 9300O that she boueht
pair Of kid gloves for Colonel Robert Johnson; took
two $500 bills put one In each glove and presented th
gloves 10 Robert Johnson. She went state thar
the President on or two occasions adj advano
asking her TO his private room at the Kirkwood
House, while he was President She STAYED m hIe
room one night all night, and another oocasion
until two In tho morning; she afterward detailed =
conversation she had Win Mr.. Johnson In which he
said he was goingto muster out radical oficers and
among them Mr.. Stanton