The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-02-19

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| Pooth becamo known not only tor the first
time to the country, but for tho first time to
his relatives who are few, and TO his friends
WHO ara MANY. Sinoo then the secluded room
in the first OF tho warehouses in the military
buildings on the old arsenal ground has been
visited BY may hundreds OF people, actuated
| by oil the mingled motives whlch run between
and connect curiosity ana anecuo1. i0-day,
on tho 18th OF February. the BODY or Booth
was finlI;y taken up by order Of tile President
of the United States, and the order reads as
WARDEpAETl1ENT, WASHINGTON.
ebruar, Is. 1869. F. NJ.
m gr,ondier.G General Ramsey Commanding at Ar.
| senal:
Ihc President directs that you give over the boly
| of John Wilkes 9TH to The bearer, MIR John Il
Weaver sexton of Christ's church 3, more, to be
by him taken in charge for proper per- rcin'efnen1'
| TS;onedl E. D. TOWNSEND,
Assistant adju,ant-ueneral.
This order was issued by the deputy at P.
| NJ: the order of Mr.. johnson, on which IL was
based, was issued at P. NJ; ut Z. NJ. MIR.
takers of this CITY, drove into the Arsenal
grounds; and at p. NJ. the little one-horse ex-
press wagon they came in bore out white plne
case smelllng Of earth and covered with conf
mon stable blanket. In that case was the body
of Booth, and with it the men drove to MARI d.
Harveys place OH F-s'reet. There the pine box
was oncased in another larger lnne box aud to-
night it left under Charge OF Mr.. Weaver Ill the
train for Baltimore. He has been INSTRUCTED d
by Edwi Booth, now playing in his own thea
tire IN New York TO keep the body in his (Wea-
ycrs) house, No. % Favette-street, Baltimore,
during tonight, TO place the rem llnS N rose
wood coffin. and with cutlre privacy to bury
tbom alongside Of his father, Junus Brutus
Booth in Grernmount Cemetery, Tomorrow,
at II o'clock. II is hardly necessary to narrate
The mode. time and manner OF Booths mid
hight burial. Br, fly. Lc was inferred with u
secrecy Which smackod of the Inqulsiiinn, at
the dead of night, under the flgstone floor Of
room III the warehouse OIL the arsenal
grounds Only Stanton, Holt and Baker were
present in addition 10 the file OF soldiers who
dug the grave. Rumor mas it tnat tnesc SOL
diers only dug the grave and were then
marched off, and that the hands OF Stanton
Holt and Blker bore i'll the body Of
tho victim Of Boston Corbctt, shovelled
III and le.cled down tho earth, and re-
place, the stone flooring. However this may
be, it is certain that the ME OF Soldiers were ut
once exchanged into regiment on duty on
the p!aius, and that Inanv and very strong rea-
sons Sere gwen to these men to suppress the
scene at which tue Secretary OF War Dictated
as head sexton upon the remains OF q man
hunted to Virginia barn burnt out OF IL as q
rat, aud shot By n, crazy reiisio-manic IN the
SPINAL chord. Since then no direct effort has
been made till last week by the Booth family to
got the body OF the young st, though 1 beileve
REQUESTS were made and baroarOusly refused
to s.ve over to Edwin Booth tho snirts shoes
and stockings winch Stanton held, I'LL Grant
went lulo the War Department., al nferins,
whou tho trunk was handed OvUr. O1 last
Friday John L. Weaver presented letter from
Edwin Booth TO Andrew Johnson, simply re-
qncstiug tho custody OF his brothers body.
aud it was grartol. ~ De ote told, TO-
dav, and the expedition with which the
orl+r -fftesad has be- already indicated.
I was present this afternoon ut Cne arsenal,
with aless.s. Weaver Mari, and Harvey: aud
tho evnts which occurred were 30 brlct and
purely official that it repaired the associations
or the tinIo u III plice, IN tho memory OF al
the tragedies there eliminating. TO enforce the
suggestiveue.s if not the historical lmportan %
OF the scene even OH the most lmpresslDle
mind As said. tho gentlemen entrusted with
tho reception Of tho rema'ns arrived at the ar
sena yard at p NJ, Mr.. Weaver bearing the
order TO General Ramsey, delivered it to Can
tain f. a. Phipps, OF the Ordnance Corps, OH
Ger OF the day in charge. Mr.. Woaver's lnter-
view with Captain Palpps lasted some fiftcon
minutes ip the latter's utico. At the cad OF
That time the Captain aud AIR. Weaver re-
appeared. Tic rest OF tho party, including
your correspondent, followed them to two
p0nQeruuS iron QOOrs, WHICH uofoldlleu VI
one another, and which w"ro oponcd by
Mr. rapso, the civilian superintendent Of
the warehouse. The doors wero exactly
as those OF o vault. Enterng into tie
warehouse we found that before the varied
contents of the long room stretching ahead
could be scanned, short turn TO the lcfO
brought us 10 the sluc room under the h0or
o. which was first buried Booth. and subse-
uuentv tho rest ut the con ,pira ors, as they
IIa1 at mn [ "a N
w re, tho Anderso1vlle jllor. rue room is i
rectange, about forty by twenty fcot. md
about twenty iceG high also. l. is lined with
shelves running up aud across so as 10 form
vcrv many square pigeon holes. which arc
filled with boxes. bottles, too.s and other odls
ana cuds iLcu1lug pieces OF rope, small
chains and lniny otner articles. Right iu the
centre oi the room tile Ordinary Il IgStouo floor
Il2 b I'll been taken up, aud tho gaps left by
the dlsintermeut of Mrs. Suctat on Monday
last. aud Of uarn'd on Sunday nisht, had not
been ii led up. Tue earth was hcapcd IN on
both sid ) The p.cuiarlCy ot tbs sriycs is
that they arc no graves. q sin ;lo trench, tive
feet deep fifteen feet 10 e. aud Six feet w.do.
has ned the u:ly boxes which contained III ur-
j II tho boiics OF airs. Surratt, Captain Wnz,
Lewis Payne alias Pu Gil, G orse A. Az erodc.
David l.. Harold, and joan Wllkcs Booth.
Mrs. SlrratL's uiSn. crIneLL eft the tx,s hold
lug W.gz, anI PL. U, aud Az -erout quite ylsi-
bic. uarold's cxdumatlIu las nlIht, ot which
hereafter would have revealed the Dux hudllg
) ,o:u, lad iIuL tue latler been JieroI uD Iln-
niedlaicy aftrrwarJ. In tni, y sort uf extra
ID,ioriauct: WIS g.vcn TO tie lcia icr. His
trienus remains were left for tie tllc exposed.
His were cartacd over us quick as tho sue
ccelug dls.ntcrllGni5 ceveL!cI tnrm u.iti the
word came lu nave niniS1li DJrd1 to cJnsccrat-
ed gruuild. Tue party Once III tue rJom. Cap
Ltiu Pnipps cnurtcausiy and quietly Informed
Us Ot the relative position or tho rehiaius OF
each OF tho icaI. Tho SIP ctItUrS @cro oly
tlroc uuIertLkGrs, military Cifl;er. anu Il
journa.ls5, but u splc tba Hardness which Tue
familiarity Will catistrupIc5 and death may Do
supposed 10 work upon SUCH uiu"s, tncrc was
s4mslhlnS cfso;enairy, aud sadIieos, aud a~ ul-
hess AT tausc srLves whlcl toned Lno VOICE to
los uticranco, Induced ,ch nan 10 rc'uOfc his
hat, and made cJnv:r5 tion DcSn With and end
on tue .nCrrsC ntc4. Slilcs o( the ciSo. AS
much OF respect as could D1 vas piii To tic
presencc OF the dead. III five miaUies u file OF
soldiers cluic in, ani, III re.poHso ID all or,ler
vi Laptain Plip3s, tc.: 10 work at ibc unbucial.
3 OH lay last Vi the S4rI1s u ticEInS. Tu
get !; hnnIL Was necessary, Ii ;he treHrh be
pursued IT its OK sting Ope.:nc, u ;Gkc up AT
z,lodJ and Payne. Ina' vas lrlcd, but the
work Il WAS scu iuu:id wuud ciI.tuSa tho day
H.; ;h. uiIu til. soldiers were ut""fsi lu cJnc out
vi filc Iri.yc, ti:ON DtcA thc i3ht M Il i';Ie OF
Tie cartn upun Tx. cuiiil5 so.calicd, oi zsrodt
aad WIrz. just Visible, and 10 opch tilc trench
from lis fiir,hc: anu 81 i orelcu buoth ulr> CT
is. Tue wvrk ;uiS Z ILL. Dj.n IL t.
less. a,.d lad cc.au!n d ah llJnr pf very
precious time Z :c sn.ll r., however, with II
80, lc uf digging m,ich lc'nac ic them ls of
Tic Oil I'm. uIinel,o . o.nLG l.; itccl minutes
threw in aJLub IiIrGc tJu5 oi eIr,n. and III
for,, live minutes l.lurc !.li Gu; al ,rouad the
Booth box 80 thu. 1t VAS pJicI u " DJx
looks inse tied ul,.ur LIS tTo njs. IL c;llne ~
ne surlacc-ihe u Kin Il to.!.l sialc OF p e.