The Portland daily press., 1867-07-22
THE sURRATr TRIAL, :.
WASHINGTON, July &c

w A5nAN0XON, uly ~.
The Surra tt trial was resumed to-day. lii4lf
DR.. Augustus Bessell was sworn.-Resides
in New York was in Elmra April 14th, 1885;
was at the Brainard House there and saw
prisoner at the bar there ON that day; fixed the
day because / left Oswego on the night ex-
press on the 18th in search of man to testify
In suit against the railway did not stop at
the Brainard House, but called ehere thinking
would take an omnibus and 90 to the depot;
as went into the Brainard House the prison..
er passed me, and he afterwards went into the
reading room, then passed up and down and
kept looking at me, and then he sat down in q
chair near me; noticed he was looking at me;
suspected the prisoner was looking after me
on the part Of railroad company, and there
fore noticed him particularly; Surratt asked
me if had been to the war; gave him no
satisfaction, as wished to avoid q converse
ton with him; merely spoke to him to see if
my suspicious were correct that he was a spy
OF the Erie Railroad Company; after leaving
while at Oswego got telegram from my wife
stating that my child was dead; I fix the date
of the 14th because my child died on that day.
By Mr.. Pierrepont.-I get no pay for this tes-
timony; was summoned yesterday; / do not
know how Mr. Bradley ascertained about me;
asked him, and he refused to tell, and said he
had been looking for some time for the man
on crutches: 1 live at 218 West Twenty-Second
street, New York, and am physician. la'
In consequence of the sudden illness of Mr.
Schneider, one Of the Jurors, at 1115 A. NJ,
the Court took recess for half an hour, the
physician in ATTENDANCE thinking he would
be well enough to resume dutil by that time.
During the cross-examination witness said
he did not prescribe for any particular class of
disease; always made the practice of medi-
cine secondary affair; have always speculat-
ed on making dollar whenever he could in a
legitimate way; had his attention called to the
prisoner by his peculiar dress looked fire.
quently at witness and came and sat down
near him; witness had some conversation with
the prisoner, which he narrated; never saw
prisoner again until to-day; saw him in the
Jail, and at once recognized him; the testimony
of witnesses from Elmira first called my atten-
ton particularly to the case; have received
nothing for testifying in this case, and expect
nothing but my expenses. E1sH
John @. Bartlett testified that there were no
piekets beyond the bridge at 7. B. on the 14th
Mr.. Bradley denied that there was any truth
in the story that he offered the witness Ho-
bart 81 500 to induce him to testify to different
state Of facts than he had sworn to- He pre-
sumed MIR. Hobart would deny it. r.9 I rI,-f,,,I
Mr.. Pierrepont said such publication had not
been instigated or brought about in any way
by the prosecution. Efz1t i-11g hi
age. ~. .'ilo -. ~ ~ =
81, John g. Reeve was recalled, and testified in
reference to his book that Surratt was in his
shop, in Montreal, on the 7th of April, 1865,
and had his measure taken; the Garibaldi was
delivered on the 9th ias l9,l4d -illsal5l
The defence asked for time to produce anoth.
er witness, Father Boucher, and it was ar
ranged that he be examined on Monday, if he
arrived from Montreal, but If not the prosecu-
ton shall put in the rebutting testimony and
the defence be considered closed. tiisE
Mr.. Bradley avowed his willingness to submit
the case without scgument and Mr.. Pierre
pont said he could tell about that when all the
testimony was in. d f--Ts.r. 5ll.4stayta On
The Court then adjourned until Monday. o i
From Central ann South Americu.
'' i-1t = l-i NEW York, July q.
The Pacific mail steamship Ocean Queen,
from Aspinwall July 18th, arrived st quarau-
tine at 80 P. M: to-day. She brings the Cali
iornia mails to June 10Th, S79 passengers and
81 ,162 $3.50 in treasure. She brings advices from
Santa Martha and Carthagena to June Doth.
The war steamer Columbia had been carried
off by order of Rays and delivered to the legit-
imatesauthorities at Magdalena.
A British cruiser from Bogota reports quiet
in the interior. Mosquera Is still prisoner
The legislative assembly of Bolivia, finding
that State alone in its support of the Mosquer-
ista party, has resolved to remain separate
from the other States, and refuses to acknowl-
edge any other power than that of Mosquera
The State of Camica, the great stronghold of
Mosquera, recognizes the new administration
of Acosta. This is considered the final blow
to the hopes Of the Mosquerists, and there is
little doubt that when the news reaches Car
thagena Bolivia will confirm to the existing
rule. li 1sa
Valparaiso dates to the 18th of june have
been received. ..5.-i.7, a..
The republic of Chill continued in state of
political disorder, and the debates in Congress
were extremely boisterous, so much SO, that on
one occasion the military were brought into
requsition to keep order. The Presidential
message failed to give general satisfaction.
Inc Geographic lines were in successful OPP
Grafton as far as Copiopa
A petition had been presented to the Gov
eminent soliciting the privilege Of LAYING q tel
egraph cable between the western coast of
South America and Europe, The petition was
made in behalf of several citizens of New
York, who proposed to establish and work a
line between Panama and some port in Chill
along the seaboard of the intermediate repub-
lie. ..a
Advices of May 4th state that the cholera
had entirely disappeared from MOntevideo,
and was visibly decreasing in Buenos Ayres.
Peru was in very unsettled condition.
Robbers infested the country, and the road
from Callao to Lima was again in possession OF
bandits, rendering it unsafe to travel even that
short distance. .--.a t.,.s| ~ t..-E.a
Congress had decreed the continuance of the
war against Spain, which was received with
DISSATISFACTION as ruinous to the commerce Of
BY the arrival of the steamship Kaikoura
advices from New South Wales Of June LIST
have been received. .aH -
The mission ship John Williams has been
lost on the South Sea Islands.
Sir John Young is likley to be succeeded in
the Governorship OF the colony by the Mar
quez of Normandy. nj : -.
Heavy floods have done great injury to the
maize crop, and much suffering has thereby
been occasioned. .a..
QuEKNsLAND-The firm of Christopher
Newton, Bros s. Co. has stopped payment
Liabilities 100000 r-E4-ts --E.a. ssr
Trade with American ports was extremely
light --t '-..