New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-05-21

Unable to read or write. she carried always in heraprcn
large number of otters. and other memoranda, from
warded search. Yet she could. If by intuition or me
Inspiration Of hor ov place her hand upon an OF tae
documents she desired 20 use and repeat thor contents
Aud whenever she found an interested listener 10 HcF
rournfu story she would select the particular uocuoh1
sLe wanted aud give its statements.
Affcrcxl austug the subject, sho would et IN inuslns
mood cazb into Vacancy for several moments, and then
Start nom Lcr pvcy gather mp her treasure oi manu-
.cripts nnl eXcIimiBg My poor Con- must go ana
dhutr she would start again on her journey among
he re iinmts Of the Union army. $500,
when the money which WA gwen her, ara earhcd Oy
fine scveres toll gone she woulS get back 10 Troy
oers nor pure by daily lasor, and return to tho
hunt for "COH," along new pain o advenJur, Oh Will
lad suddenly fallen of hope from some quarter re-
specting the absent boy. .,u
Thus month after month passed away ana inc nndylns
love Of l5mOthcr for the imbccle child over who's" u
steady STEPS and aBlcss Wanderngs sho had waUHeI
with fon6nes5 intensineo py ne SetS s at the
hear. of the great and bloody war ,
Poor Con her lips when shc sought Driei ana
restless sleep and at the dawn Of day when she resumed
the travel which would have no pause until darAe''
While She was roaming At will followed by the sympa
timing interest Of the President, and tho hunDiet Oincai
" BrGE,U ~ nLraRI JrsrcE WAR DEPARTMENT June 1885
SEA e; I ESsI1a OF YORK Volunteers has Dee" '''''''
Among the papes s case letter Of you to the MAJOR Of the
company 5 s GTe, a. nave .e ted, asUTe hat
in h ompin unlr :, assumed rae s,' instead o. b 0As %
r. pleased furnish WITH ,ny poofth, be in
possession Of referred to which mar otherwise thro"
II e.r,bf that Shy ne Information you The should
Your o''l'f % WV " Wi,runor
Major and Judge Advocate Tor JoIseAi General.
To Col e. G B,SYR. Special Agent War Department
Mr Tro, this bureau h twice called Office on this sub
But all efforts 10 find Cornelius Garvin in vain.
Several the mother seemed 20 be near him. but inc
Joy the prospect of meeting him soon faded before
cruel disappointment 49,
doubtless tre for further tidngs TO this hour, be
leve, have been received OF his fate.
The following is tho Generals account Of the first
conspracy to assassnatc President Lincoln:
In the month % January, 1861. a gentleman holding
position IN this city which made him proper agent TO
the information was waited upon by lady, VINO
stated him her suspicious or knowledSc-whcnce de
Mr. Lincoln when on his way from his E0me, IN iuln0is
10 Washington 10 be inaugurated rs President. The
active parties of them, in the business, were I'M
dcrstoOd he in Baltimore AT all events the gentle
daiion 10 make IL his duty satisfy himself whether 1t
might be correct He accordingly employed detective
officer man who had in his profession become notable
for his sagaety and success 10 go 10 Baltimore anu adopt
bis own detect the parties to and plan of the
conspiracy The officer went 10 Baltimore, and opened
an office ~ sort OF broker or agent, under an
assumed name. Being supplied with neediui funds no
made occasions 10 become acquainted with certain
of SCcssiOni and by degrees was on free ana
easy terms with them. lie took each man ia his
with Others created" and seconded diss!plons
in ways than need he expressly stated until ne
had secured enough OF their confidence to be familiar
with the particulars OF their schemes Meanwhile IT. had
been asccrlincd that ON The Inc OF me bhinote hn
erai other tectyes were employed by the chief TO dis
cover fine rpose of tho.c ORGANIZATIONS and disguised
~ laborcrsor farm hands they got themselves mustered
n. one OF he military companies proved 70 DE loyal IN
is purpose another. under pretcnse of being prepared
10 guard ore or nero OF the bridges north Of Baltimore.
designed for quite an opposite purpose IL wiz DC
remembered that time before Mr.. Lincoln set ont
from his FOR Washington his intended route thher
was published part OF The programme was that he
should visit Harrisburg aud Philadelphia. We bcueNe
that Mr.. Lincoln not advised especially OF any per
sonal danger until he was about to 90 TO HaIshts'
he was urged TO proceed without delay 70 Washington
He replied however that he had promised the people ot
Harrisburg 20 answer Their INVITATION anu he WOnd 40
40 II IL cost him his life. lie accordingly visited Harms
burg on the ed ~ February. lsG II was intended he
should rest there that cNc'hs but unnri Ir nSs,
ment Of the gcut.rmur,' another arrangement VS.
more ana Wa,hIon lrft ri iOI o'clock the evening
II was determined that Mr Lincoln should 60 secretly
to do So special train was provided 20 brng Inn So
cretly FROM harrisburg 10 Philadelphia AFTER dark, IN
the former city when 10 presumed he had retired To
his hotel he accordingly took the special train ana came
Philadelphia. Meanwhile. IN anticipation of ms com,
ing the gentleman had insured the detention or the
Philadelphia and Baltimore train. under the pretense
that parcel Of important documents for one 9t te "
partmcnts Ia Washington must BE- dispatched by ~ but
he sinTtnc Of that train By similar representation
the connecting train from Baltimore TO Washington was
aso detained Owing 10 the late hour AZ when the spe
anticipated. reach tins city until after the usual
and Baltimore tms MI InnSoa VA Z, nag i
inore formidable bundle ~ old railroad reports had
been made up IN the Office OF the Philadelphia and Balt
charge or ON the arrival OF the Harrisburg train Mr.
Wa driven TO the depot at Broad and Princ.sts The
officer made some osieniatous hustle arriving with his
parcel FOR which the train was detained. and passing
through the depot entered the cars MI Lincoln IN his
company As MI Lincoln passed through the gate. tho
attending 10 remarked Old fellow. It's well fOr you
the train detained tonight, You wouldn't have
gone In H." No aboard the train but the agent OF
the company aud the officer knew Of Mr. Lncolns being
IN H. lie conducted Ia sleeping ear and thus was
KEEP our pI VI, way Vl Voser 10 Sr1 asr,st
the circuit broken, To be unhed when It would be
safe to do The plan Of the consplratos 10 break
Baltimore,
time Of Mr.. Lncolns anticipated approach on tho fol
page Of the train TO assassnate him In the Hence
the extra precaulon above mentioned, regarding the tel
egraph In due time the train with Mr. Lincoln reached
Washington, and he being safe there the officer pre-
yiOusly instructed, sent dispatch 10 the gentleman
that tho parcel 81 documents had been delivered" The
public aud, above ALL the cOnspTators, awokc on the
morning OF the th Ia be astonshed with the intelligence
that Mr. Lincoln had arrived IN Washington. IL may be
well To mention here that the story Of his disguise in
Scotch cap and cloak was untrue He wore his ordi-
gused
On one OCCASION" he adds, Il carried to Mr..
Lincoln two anonymous communications in which
he was threatened with assassination. In n laugh
ing joking manner he remarked, Well, Baker,
what do they want to kill me for III they kill me,
they will run the risk of getting worse man,
The narrative of the pursuit of Booth and his
accompces is given in the words of a correspondent
of a newspaper, and need not he repeated. But the
following statement about Mrs. SurTatt Is new
During my visits to the prisoners before their
execution Mrs SuTdH confessed 10 me her completely
Nth the conspraors so far the intended abduction
was concerned but affirmed that she reluctantly yeded
10 the urging Of Booth in aiding The plot Of assassination
lie insisted that her oath of fidelity bound her TO
the fatal end of the conspiracy
The following passage sets at rest the dispute as to
the final disposition of Booths body
In order establish the identity of the bodyof the as
sassln beyond all question: tho Secretary OF War directed
me 10 summon number OF witnesses residing in the City
Washington, who had previously known the murderer
10 the assassination Of the Pres
ident Booth had had tunor cdrbuHce cut from his