Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1867-04-12
FROM WASHINGTON
THE BOOTH DIARY,

Data" of the Baltimore "Sun nstot-
positively that the ''Booth diary refsrr ,es
to in the Butler-Bingham controverev ,r:i
be given to the public in few davs tn IT,
witness who took the book from the ,,eranS
of Booth and delivered it to ,Jndge HUI Tou
has been sent for to identify +ba So,, uo'
and make affidavit of such facts as orc ,-;.I'
in his knowledge relative to the mattor WI" IN
especially to state whether the eiob,anuu
leaves cut out of the diary were in IL VII
taken from Booth or not The sono ~"
| respondent states that Secretary Starto,,
| and Judge Holt have been before tho TnSi
| clary Committee and testified ms to the cor
tents OF the book, which wasalso exbibited
to the Committee that Judge Holt test,
he'd that the diary was given to him. 70.
gether with the other articles found npon
him, Immediately upon the arrival of tho
captors OF the assassin in this CITY; that tbe
book has been in the sole custody and con.
troll or Judge Holt from that time to thn
present moment; that it has not been alter
ed IN any particular, not an / dotted non II
crossed that when the book was handed to
Judge Holt the eighteen leaves were cnt
out of it that the diary commences wifi
the date of April 18th, the day of the as.
sassinatiop, and the first entry in it states
that on that day he {" Booth - had Ore.
pared a communication and sent it to tho
" National Intelligencer, giving an ac
count of the purposes Of himself and his
confederates.
The balance of tho diary consists of .
gloriication of himself, Booth, whom bc
likened to Brutus, and denunciation of his
victim, whom he calls "tyrant," Sc.
Judge Holt further testified that in his
Judgment the contents of the diary shed M
light upon the case, and therefore, even
the character of tho evidence, being state
mentS after the facts, were inadmissib!e, he
did not deem it pre- per to Offer it, and tho
only evidence on the subject offered OH the
trial of the assasSins was that of the pub
Usher of the "Intelligencer," who proved
that he had not received the communlca.
ton which Booth pretended he had sent 70
that paper, and finally, there is absolutely
no evidence of any kind that Booth ever
wrote line in the book other than that
which is now found there.
TIE REDEMPTION or SMALL COINS.
Treasurer Spinner having received froui
a party in st. Louis a remittance of one,
two and three cent coin for redemption, il
may be well to state, to prevent other par
ties from making similar mistake and be-
ing subjected to like Inconvenience, that
no provision has been made by law or 9th.
erwise FOR the redemption of United State
base metal coin OF those denominations.
and that therefore the request of the party
referred to was declined and the coin re.
tanned, subject to his direction.
The act approved May Is, 1866, makes it
lawful for the treasurer and assistant treas.
urers to redeem the five cent coin author.
lied by that act when presented in sums
of not less than one handred dollars, but
there has been no similar enactment in re-
gard to the smaller base metal coin of the
United States.
THE DIRECT TAX IN THE SOUTHERN STATES.
The following table exhibits the amount
of direct tax collected in the Southern
States, together with the apportionment to
each State under the act of June Z 1862
The statement of the amount collected also
includes the sum realized from the sales Of
property for the non-payment of taxes