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Show v 3nd Arnold Continues His Confession of plot Which Ended in Assassination I of President Lincoln. at He Was Never a Member of the Knights of the rele Did Servo Four Months in the Confederate Tel!s of Another Meeting With Booth in Which the the Chief Magistrate Was Discussed. lltililmire 1 ill 1ij Spe- Sit lake week ) I (1 1 Willi tlon rum- Hiustloiud . nlibli "nil 1 th Ciin- Ml! t 111 tli nssas- li W liilc 1 i) i! I the nn !l entire lv nf Al- i r Ml b) li urlng upon , 01 111 Writing" , i lenill , wlillc Arnoia th. ln Toi-, Toi-, i f l lntri It h thtioln , ii indd nnd ,i under ,ihlch j iilit heielnnftci Iptlon of hit , ,, I'rnl tli tli rt Mi" statement tinning also i i tli minor ile- u,1r not ai nrinngcd i In li wen not uii 10m nml whut i . di tiiit or Co. .1 ' I and 1 am 83 in til" Itch I 1 iiout fui months Murium regiment, In t inn in) I ii nR 11 u n of lll-liealth il md nbnut rep- ! i s I md ugiln re- n r i v from in) h u bi I nrmy i ntcred ' I fnllnned tho ) I lint Olil not nif h link Whin i. to i 1 W'lnehettei t i'EI h nml niul Immc- from : tn Aurustu, rl I ha 1 n brother ' t Tu'Iihninu Tenn , f Ma frresboro and n n h -lork with i Julius Maui lie I u. Ian oukr naa 181101 ' jm lit of cltl- i bt In 1 cniplo)mriH ib' n Ire und mining lr lent Tonnes- I1! m September, 1 63 J li. i I tn Augusta, t ' r iiftcritnrd nb- yw II ti MaJ Ilrlde- 11 In Vugustn, Qa In 1 irriln, thrnUKh u 'ct- ir r ous Illness of ' n ii j poslMon, anJ, i a ) uin,or hrothr. I ' the ollleo of the k i a t Anrutta oi i look the r gu- ' ' I liinund, trl"d to ' InJor'a ollleo M ' ' in tiiulil not, he no piiKHeH grunted 1 'i" ii rot i pits from tj a i n Htnunlon, but 'h fl i lib I then i 1 Hup Into tho n chrou b l,uray into i am oie, I ho Pnto- Ji iiboi hit a Port' ' n of lln.llinore, 1 'ii nit In tho latter ' ' ' li unii my In- I I i ii" iia to ictum ' .uilinl I oiiml ' he uii was In nnch a 11 i I in hei ngnlrr "m red hei Hfi. MLL1LS0 IIOOTil. '" win nml ii hat did tour arrival home until t mi fither's In Haiti-wuthr Haiti-wuthr 'i, in Hnol.stovtn, fill tli month of June mi' I as luted him on " '' ' llm I learned 1 it" that an expedition ""t ' ih 1 nltid States , "l I fill II llll III! 1 1 "'lit tohlns to join ' in U ffi 1 j, .Minn I thinl abo u the loth 1 'lluet to St ratil. 1 not nn lie there at ii unl thud of uniting i in Hit won ilrim-1 ilrim-1 ii I upon i elm n-'' n-'' i purchasing my 1 it ii.iKon und toM 1 ' ullli lint nieann to ' II idilHed mo ' I'n to return, 1 I Hnltlinoro porno ' a hit tlino until I niu on nt my roi II nitntlon to jou till tint he HIIW 1 ' I'm oi w hi mea V ' 'I ie luti tided to J i infill in ti nt hln ' ' nlnif tht unr? i hit he iiPiitiMiuth ' ' i ii huh I think" ' l l mi. I think It ;.' ' unt iljimtaiit-. iljimtaiit-. ' ' i the pa tin noine "' "hi 'ir Alnuli, IttCI "" out rnnvei Ration u h ilHlthiB the Mouth Wnn.l u, ,, tint ho ji0 ItllllH li i li m,ii that he had I "ni when j ou wan him " einhii dm i knoii " iiiinir uih reoilj. I 'it (r. iniuliaeod, J?( had enraged pin- k !J. fl "' 'f 'I' !'"' ' "W mo trik had o S 'i,i'M f ,n l",a, ,J,lt " "ot Srmli fi' ,' loinemallon will, iin the n, f,w n",;l, ,l "'! hat he I no ",llr ' ""kU to " mentioned ' "It MrjJDH f ONNI.CTIOV .otJ.)r,si,,'n,Si:! $&!" 1"'0,h "--A lie told me ho had n lettir nf In. ttTn,!", ,0 Dr Wn or'i l,n l , l i " l,,' "Ult nlll,'i " "aid bo had betn ,! ,hp mii.i10 hood to , nrrhaM hoe, i, i ,' d'l die lew J1','"' Vinl '" lll; tlni that nine ''Thi i'"01" men"' "' """'' ii nl o", fomo ,"" '" Januari. ih.' i.i,T '1M ,IU,u,h l""le to nbdut tin. rc,lici i fiom the SoldlerH llm, lib . h, ln,cn,lrV '"I" him Mini, i..ii.,rta''1 "ncl ,lrh,! lllm ,,"n tn tho J iMth when did ou beeoine m. ffiHu "" ,lul,ma' ""''. i!?ptb,' A A iniiii of the name of l'unU 0 let ailei. the la. tend?,, ?, nd "on e ",,"0 name, I .,, rc,0lcnc0 our i.l"n ' nn Knl'8, "f i -1?'.'' ."",n r iui nnvihlntr nb-iiit hln belnir able to procure th" L? the IT "' ""ono connected Mill, the A Sn lie tnld he had tried to pio-euro pio-euro u man In Neil Yo.k to turn off the ',' t,ia ,Ii0tli Inform u that Bur-rult Bur-rult lias In the sen lee nt the fonfed-"riite fonfed-"riite Ooiernnitnt, or iwi In the fecrcti 1L !." feiBoim Koine to or lonilng from Itahniond ' A He neier did Q Did oii knon lion many horcei Hooth had at the time lio nald his broth-ei broth-ei mine to aec him" A- He hid tluee. I nccr saw hli brothei p Did Jiooth BURRnt any method bj which the President lould be decoicd Into an uppei box? A. Ho ncier did NO 1IKWAUD TOIt IHED. , Q Did you heir iinj or the concpira-I concpira-I tore or nni ot: er person or perron, sptal. or a reiiord hailnir been offered foi the niwiBBlnntlon of 1'rcsldent Lincoln, Lin-coln, or that a renaid Mould be glicn In cako ho ii mi killed or abducted? A. Neicr did And neei read tint any reitard iias.oltered for Ills nsfatsl. nation Q IIom Mas It piopooed to capture tho Pienldent upon the 17th of March? A. To el70 him and hl carriage Mas the Intention ind to drlio him round by Mnj of niadenHburg- to Surrattaillle or T. I!, there to meet llerold and con. e him to the Potomac It hud been decided for the first attempt, that ropes urn- to be stretched 0CJ0S3 the load for the purpose of trlpplnir up the hoiws In iac of pursuit. This mob only th my first romersatlon Mlth Hooth at It rnum'a hotel CJ Did ou ride to Mrs fltirratt's house on .March nth? A. I did not, I did not knon- nheie her hou,e Mns or that she lived In Wishlngtnn, I neer saw or heard of her until the day of our trial. tj Were theie any othir persona nt the theater grounds (hospltil or er. cainpmtnt) on the 19th of March that ncie expecting to nrtlst In kidnaping tho Prctdent other than those m.n- 1 lot: til In jour Btalement? A. Thei e m era none to my knon ledgt. I am pos'tlie there verc no others, i Do )ou know Mlth Mhom O I-iughlln deposited the box 'Contain-hiir 'Contain-hiir tho carbines? A I do not I could not recall tho . name icn If I should heir It. Q Did jou cier hear Ilooth say anj-thing anj-thing about liuls P. Welehinau? I A. lie said he had learned thiough Wclcliincn the number of prison that there mho on both sldts I think he said those held by the United Btules ninounted to 25 000 or 30000 Q On March Slat, Mhen OLnughlln called otV"U nnd requested you to go to Mnslilnglon Mlth htm, did he Inform jou tint ISooth Mlshcd to see jou? A, Ho did not. HOW THE SpTII PELT. Q. When jou san Ilooth on March 31st, did ho rlvo you to understand thnt Surralt nould consult Mlth the nuthori-ties nuthori-ties i Itichinond and ascertain how they felt toward the abduction scheme? A. He said nothing In regnrd to It, hut said tho Mholo scheme lias abon-daned abon-daned ( What did Atzerodt sny about tha nbduollon Mhen ou met him tit llm depot on Match "Hrt? A I snM Atzerodt but n fn moments. mo-ments. Ho sild that Ilooth had pro-lined pro-lined n bo ut the theater that night, ami that the abduction would roimi oft that night. That Is all that pisied between be-tween us Q. Did Ilooth cier say to J-ou whether nn nthei parlies In Washington or elsewheio knen ot tho nhduitlon plot' A Hi neier mentlnnd to mn that an pcrion or pirsons kneu of It or m i ro connected with It other than the parties lie. mil nt dautlcr'B upon the ei oiling of March IB, 1WI ( Did 5u ever hear Hooth say an-thing an-thing against Andrew Johnon? A Vevei did. o' vn H cier contemplated by the coTisplrnlors to abduct nny nKinber of tho Cabinet or any Government ofllclnl othei than the PresMcnt? A. It neicr Mas o DM Ilooth ever mention anj thing to jou nliotit the St. Albairs laid V 1, biiI.1 that he was clthei going to i I coming from Canada at the tlino t ..ccuned This he told mo. on his ar-rlnil ar-rlnil In llaltlmoie. lie did "?11.,1"11 mnto that he mi" connected with It. Ti Were jou eier In the scent ser-vlio ser-vlio of tho Confederate Ooieinient? A 1 neier nas not cioiiDnN' cinci.r: knioiit. o Did yo- eier belong to the Order of the Knights of the no Wen Circle, or any secret society of any kind? "( belonged to tho Knights of' tho (lolilcn Circle or any uecrot so-rlrtv so-rlrtv of any kind Q. Did Ilooth admlnlitcr any oath of jrcren to jou nt nn tin. In relation to the ontnnplatel induction' A He did W Ho lou knon o! nn other luutlrs , being smirn to 8rei I A I do not 'J- What did O'LnuRhlh, Inform jou snout Hooth haling n roinmlslon In the I Confedeiate unite' AI t J-aughlln told me thit ilooth i lH h. "ld lnla hla luothei hi held a I cnmmlsMou In the Onnrlcratt nnnj , I J,. J h", ,obJe't In telling this nas to i prcient his hrolhcr' rrom Insisting upon going home 'Ihe brother that he ii-ferred ii-ferred to l uppoinl to be Junius llru- I Mll, to add that I am not certain whether the Utter I recelied from Hooth contilnlng the Jin nns dated from the oil region ui fiom Ne "ioik .'.W " "lioii do berebi cerlirs that Ihe foiegoliig Is i true mil toneit inpj of n atateireiit iflldaiit questloiH and onsiiers thereto made bj Samuel ro,1',1 in.,1,, "'liuoiii taken before me this 3rd diy of Du ember, lsil? .. . W II or.KASOX, otarj publh and rommlsloner appointed ap-pointed bj the CoiiRresilonal committee commit-tee to iniestlgnte Into the pirtluilirs loncernlng the nssnsslnutlon of Pies-Ident Pies-Ident Iliu-oln The life storj of Samuel 1! Arnold iimulned unrecorded foi minj Jens . nrter his pardon bv Pieslileiit Johnson ' sale roi that inrtton set donii In his I Ktntement Iminedlnteli nftei niust In i lie i.tllce of .Marshal Mi Pbnll In II il- ' tlmore In that made before II OleoBon notarj public at Du Torlu- , gas In IJM and In viltlntsi lomplled rroni testimony adduced ut his trlil In ' the eurlj nlm-tles .Mr Arnold began mint he act W the true atorv of his I entire connection Mlth the Lincoln eon- ' ;uiiii nnl it. Bitbkeriu nt emits With Mini ui, si2i,t ami ,nnm i iliani-es tin ininusiil.it Is as folloiis Tmntj-tlie )wr lino rolled around since mj lcturn tn mj nutlie Mate i , nw inan During that p rlod 1 bale sllenllj borni both inv roirms and the lnmy iwongs thinst ti,i tro b oier-zealous oier-zealous Mrlters I declined to be Inter-1 Inter-1 oved by coriespondenls of the me , abiding mj ovn time to glw to the publle nns nnd all fails which I pos- I sessed, k'tonlnz that when I dlso It would como unler my nun hind and eieijthlng nouM be truthfullj trail- i wrlbed I feel It m ilutv not link to I nijielf but In mv couiitrj it Inruv, to come bcroro the public nnd io glic, na , ftii ns my knon ledge extends, in on- I tbentlc at count of eieij part taken, and cierj pint knoMn during m connection con-nection with John VillkeH lloith The standatd fiom which tin history nf tho rountrs Is nt present mule up Is lomplled fiom that military Inquliil-lion, Inquliil-lion, termed n mllltarj roinmlsslon, held at Washington D C, In the jeal IS6-1, or which I Mill deal as I puisuo my subjc, t. I was born In the. District of Columbia Colum-bia of respectnhle parcnlngi. At birth there Mere Tour traits nf diaracter which grew stionget as age progressed. They Mere honor, honistj, triithfui. ness and will poiwr It required nellhei Ian nor tutelogo to engiurt them In m nntine, n they Mere part and parcel ot mj being nt birth. I Through llfi, enn to my old age, they hno been Just as stiong and linn as In my south. I jleld to no one In this last lountrj, pie-emliienie In theso ciunllllciitlons. My pirents weio Chris-tlans Chris-tlans who Impressed these lrtues on my nilnll, beside my pi-eieptois were men of high standing within my natlie Htnte. who both looked attir my spiritual spir-itual Meirare nn 1 to the objenance and obedlenco to tho governing laws ot the countrj. As a joulh I was wild only to enjoy the pleasures of life, which I mint say wile boimtirul from joutli to middle ace. No wish of the heait but was gratllled and life during that Jierlod was one vast sea of pleasure There was nothing ilclnus In mj nnture, but I w is tlnn an I decided In nil the walks of life, neier allowing nrjone tn Impose Im-pose upon me. From my birth, which occiirrel In 1WI. I had neicr v'olated a law of the land noi had I vlolited any when arrested In 1S although It Is so rerordid that I did Let the public disprove dis-prove my abortion WAU CIIANOKD miCNDSHIP. Tnte nccompinled me In all my wan-darings wan-darings Throuf.li 111 health and a bro-kin-doin conBiltui on I leturned from the flout h In the enilj pirt of 1SC I came ostenslbli to see my mother, who won lery 111. Ti restoic her to health I promised In remain, nnd I found thnt she gtadunlly began to Improie. Mj sojouin at home vu not a bed of roses. It was bejond my mind's conception to belleie, nnuh less to feel, that the na-tuie na-tuie of man or the feelings of the hu-han hu-han heait coull undergo so varied a chunge, through ilill war, as I became the witness uf until brought Into direct di-rect contact Mltlt tho Mlde estrangement estrange-ment It Mas productiie of among thoe with whom from earliest jears the fhmest friendship nnd association had exlstod, uninoied, unchanged and unbroken. un-broken. It wb a sorroiilng sight to behold the hand so fiequently pressed In friendship's warm grasp, hang cold nnd listless by tho side of Uiooe whom tho heart had ever cherished as one's warmest friends. W here In former j cars all had been friendliness, behold, changed to hatred and bitter animosity, ready nnd willing to act In concert with those whose Inward dispositions delighted de-lighted In rcllllng and persecuting their fillonmnn Thnt all these marked and woeful changes hale been sien and bitterly and sadlj felt, my marred life and raiKed frame .bear witness of, supei Induced, nnd, In Ita greatest meas. ure. brought to Its present stage Ihrouch'arts of baest meaunets by my fellow -man. tlniblo to cone against the swelling tide uf persecution that set In upon lne I fioin eveiy nlilc, possessing srtrlt that lould noi would not biook taunting taunt-ing Insult nor tumtly submit to every Indignity the passion of the hour felt disposed to Impose and Io exact, I determined de-termined to soier mssclt from thoso tn whose midst I could not dnell In pence and bapplniss (owing to the difference of political sintlment and ilews), and endeaioi, If poHslble, to find In a land among stringers thnt Just Inherltnme, i denkd me 111 rny own natlie State. i.nrT nuT to rtETunv. j Kery gift of nntute at my mmmand i was bioucht Into reqiilslilo., o stay nnd soften tho ei II passions engendered bv tho war. rmltloss and unavailing wore all my effuits and the only course left me to adopt nnd put sue was to seek a inoio congenial clime. Thla roilvo was lurrlid Into exeiutlon during the summei of 18ri, undei the most trjlnjr circumstances, but was ahnttllved nn-ccbsIij nn-ccbsIij or a piliate nature icry much ngulnst my liiclliiatlon, compelling me through f 'e of surrounding!, to return re-turn to m nome ugaln In tho month of July. This destiny oier which I had no controlling agency, nor tho povier to inert, forced misfortune and suffeilng upon mi. After my return I was leiy guarded In both actions and speech, studiously molding entering Into political politi-cal dlscussloiiH, although nt periods they veto forced u,on me, I left the city, Bolng to my father's country uiiini mm iwamtmmmmmmm home In ltaltmiore rountj near Hcoks ' kOiin and there reinit,u ! In r Hi inetil and happy ontentmrnt tinai nation lould lonjuie up no sneiter lifs than this quiet coiimr' tolltude nnd for oier a month I w is trulj linppi The pleasures of the past resumed their fcrmer stntus In nn nuttie I Hied oier again the halcion das passed there when iace reigned thmui'hout the land e er the rude tni-rfn tni-rfn ot war marshaled foes to deluge this fair land In blooj and ruin and I was allured under the fale hope Into tin belief thnt It wa-t lupt Iness Hut sixin l found It was not to The hearts learnings muld not be etllled, again retleness took possession nf m being and the benrt bounded to life again In the element or erelteimnt in whlih foi three long jeirs li hid run llot a rvTHFt l jomvm It nns durliiK my sojouin thm uihiii a blight and beautiful morning dining din-ing ilther the month of August oi Heptimbir lMI, the nionntonj of a cnuntrj llfj becoming leiy teillous nnd Insipid, that I com ludrd that a short Mslt to the iltv of Ililtltimre would be leneRclil 111 Its ifferts nlilili thought wns forthwith acceded to ind mrrled liuiueJIatily Into eieeiitlou I theie being no pinna nr nny objeit gni- ruing my actions other than to re Heir tl, dull moiiotonv nnlurnll) In I lestlng n rountij life The niomlng of mv irilial In the rll I una prln Ipally ociupled 111 Ihe pur- I suit of r I ensure, anominnled b a reiv , selected aiqiiatntanees nnd rriends i Toiiaid noon I nlurnel to the resl- I di in e of my father who wns residing ut that period 111 the city, when from I a youngir brothei who hid nisi been a schoolmate of John W Itnoih I learned thnt Hooth dcslml lilt In call upon hln, nt th" Ilnrnum hotel at which place he was slopping At this leilnd 1 I new nothing nf John Wilkes Ilooth i ,olltlcii sentl-minti sentl-minti nni I art I the lemotest Idea of the lesult which would follow the I Islt I merelj mlleil upon hhn as n cnin-imiilon cnin-imiilon and friend of mj bojhood, whleli nns most nntiiiiil I hod not seen Hooth rime IS51 when we parted with me nnnther at school Separated from one iliinthtr, mn loinilnni called us to dlueiuit pursuits mil he, as tin In-dlildiml, In-dlildiml, like the mans tint clusteied iinuml schoolboy dns innlshed fiom the eicrjilay scenes of mj life As li" becHine cmlnciit In his piofesslnu inemoij bi ought hint back but winner wi-nner mt from ISM until thit latter part ot 1SC4. Mi:r.TIN'i'3 WITH HOOTH The I Islt was midc according to hla lequiid and for the first time In thirteen thir-teen jcais we looked upon inch oilier. Fatal that meeting to me, for through It the Iron was cnlired deep luti m soul nnd caused lue to lone conrldeinii In the humiin rare. I found Hooth possessed u' wonderful iwwer In ron-lersatlon, ron-lersatlon, and becnin" perfectlj Infatuated Infat-uated with his soclil manners and bearing Instead ot gazing upon the countenance ot the mild nnd timid schoolmite of former jears, I beheld a deep. thinking m in of Ihe world be t fore me, with highly distinguishing mirks of braut. Intelligence and i,cn- I lleminlj rellnement, different from Hie , common older or man, and one poa- ' rrsslng an unlutirruptcd flon of con- i icrsatlonol poner. In which nil the characteristics of different natures were combined Hooth Inilted me to his loom, where the current Items of the times Men) f-iely talkel oici, Intel mlngltd Willi ercapods of schoolboj dijs It was not until Mlrhnel O Uiughllii, ono nt bis earliest friends and associates In jouth. had arrlicd and wus Introduced that the subject, which no doubt wns jppermost In his coursing thoughts, was dhcloscd, and from all thit t rould then glenn, and subsequently. It Is mj flini conilctlon and billet that It was nn enterprise created, or at least hud lis Its nilgln. In 1 tooth's own ilslon-ury ilslon-ury mind, nnd totalis dlsconneited with any person or persons In the senile of the Confidirate States (loitrnment. Hooth a object was to undertake the abduction of Abraham Lincoln, convej him to Hlchmond, turn him oier tn the Confederate Htatea Government, to b held ns a hostage for the txihungo of prlf oners, ns tho United States Ooi-ernment Ooi-ernment had refused to exchange them. Hj" so doing It would strengthen tho foice of the Confederate army ami be the means of tilling up o omo extent their dpletod ranks He pictured In most glowing terms how easy It could be accomplished. THi: PLANS OUTLINED Often Abraham Lincoln, attended 1) no one except his cnirlagu driver ils-lted ils-lted the bejpltnl oier the Aincostia. bridge. He proposed to lmrrrvi'i nun on one of these ilslts, lake him, coaih-man coaih-man and all, drlio through the lower counties ot Maryland, place him In n boat, cross the Pntoime to Virginia nnd thence cnniey him Io Illihinond Eierythlng wns prepared for this end, boat purchased and moored, tn be moicd at n moment's notice, nnd a boitmau In valtlng constant)! at hln bidding. When the brain was to a great ex-that ex-that clouded by dilnk, and reason. In a measure, had Inst Ha poner of concentrating con-centrating thought, O Laughlln and myself entered Into the enterpiisu with Ilooth, after taking an oath to secrecj and good faith The undertaking was for tho sole purpose of bringing about nn exchnngo of prisoners. The contemplated con-templated design within Itself wus purely humane and patrlotlo In Its principles, I old ot all umbitlonB, aspirations as-pirations or acgrandlzemmt, und legitimate legiti-mate na an net of war. There waa no iloleuce contemplated In the execution of the design other than the stlzuie uf the bodj or person of Abrulmm Lincoln and his conveyance convey-ance to Hlchmond, Vn , ns has already been set forth, as ilolence would hsvo been In flat contradiction to his mowed purpose and the object to be attained. When I entered Into the combination with him, my condition prevented me from Riling It Its proper consideration, considera-tion, otherwise I neicr would hao been mixed up In the affnlr. j NO MKKCnNAIir MOTIVE. I Men often do things upon the spur of the moment which thej neier would ' halo done had they carefully looked Into and welched the subject under dlsiusslon Of course, hud the attempt at-tempt been In.nle und we should hnie provid successful, or we had been tut. en ' or captured during its undertaking the consequences attending It would have I been nf n lery serious nature Thero wus no proielllng foice brought to bear, neither was assent to his ptopo-sltlen ptopo-sltlen pbtnlnid under promise of pay or reward No, It Was the fiec outrnui-Ing outrnui-Ing of each lenrt, stripped of all mercc-nntj mercc-nntj mollies or thought, which Impelled Im-pelled the action of iach The enterprise b lug deemed feasible and piiiluctliu ot good, we Jointly entered en-tered Into the plan ns an net of honorable honor-able purpose, humanity nnd patriotism being the binding links to nerie us In the accomplishment of the design, 'I hut was my first acquaintance with Mlchae) O'Liiuglilln, and lie three Ilooth, O Lnughlln and mjself, complied com-plied at that Iitrlod tho only persons engaged In the nffulr. The entire afternoon af-ternoon was spent In company with Hooth, discussing measure s to hi adopted adopt-ed for the further nice ot his new-born n' iprise It iius al ulated to i nom pllb tTit. undtrtakli g before the coming 1 ticn in tin month of Xoirmbtr El i ri thing tuMtii, been arrange i sa-isfuctorll), sa-isfuctorll), dutlea wire npHrtloned for each to pcrfntm without delns and ne parted c-otnpan with one nrothcr to meet agiln it n certain appointed time TUP 0N DIW VI1IT .t Wilkes Poot'i e rw d js liter tailed for his home In the Not Hi fin the purpose of Fettling anil nnntiglng ill hit claims etc. nnd to dlspo? of lis piopeitv nnd iiossesslons Fiitlsfiu-torllj Fiitlsfiu-torllj u himself, theme Intemlliig lis-1 lis-1 1 1 tit, Canada isleuelbl for the I ut poae ot shlpplnr bis watilrobo b th nai nf N'i.'Smu to the Cimfe deinti Stntes pur tioslng on Ids reluiii fiom Ciuinli the I urchisc of nil tequlred nrtlclet mcl d to inir nut tin entci prist t thlB pilnt Mr Mnohl ileal with the niiiiemeniii if Hooth nf 1 minus onier'atkms ind with the puuhnse of llu nuns, ele ns detailed 111 the avium Muleiilent t il.en before W II (llinsou the nolurj publli on Deceinbet I lvi,7 After iletulllng the chlllge nf plan to nbduct Llneoln finni th tliealu bemuse be-muse of his haling censt I to ilslt the f-oldlers' home Mi rnold writes 1'ierj pTpirntlon ns fur as tenon n nt this pel lod hid been cinnpletisl .nnl wieli wnt hfd n fin as iinillcnblc lie mniements or Ltmnlii being cnu-tlous cnu-tlous not to draw the nttiiitlon nnl atnuse the suspicions ur llu numerous lionles nt detec tiles nnd spies who nt 'hat time thionred cur) thoniughfare or the eltj of Wushlngtnn Mr Llneoln Lln-eoln during the month nf Jiinnrj pild scleral ilslis In the theatir, mil had il been HootUs Intention to haw ns-saKsluiti'd ns-saKsluiti'd htm in this time he cnuld hale nrtompllslied It with the same esse then that he did nt a I Hi i period lu rnct, tminj liiMiiutcs preseuted theiiisehes nrur fiom the liittrcuurse of i clouded cli or u theutei when In tciitll hale done so, and pel haps none voull hale been able to hale dlsmi-eied dlsmi-eied whose hand it was that stunk the blow WAS V .MONOMVNLU After detailing hit flint mietlng Willi John II tnirott Mr Amollsiys J Wilkes Hnuth If 1 nny bn nlloiwd io PHSt mi opinion inlslit hnio bien Justl ternud u mnnnmiinlnr on the sulijeii I.'ich day he was becoming Impressed more with the Idei of nt-tf nt-tf inpllng tli nliilttrtlon fnim tho then ter nnd notblni- that could be nd-nineed nd-nineed uroi our part tending to establish es-tablish lis utt. r linprnetli'ftblllts hud the slightest weight oi Influence toivurd reinoilng his erroneous Impressions It seemed to be his nnlj thought by day and, from his rnm creation, his fie-quent fie-quent diem by night Ambition tho curse or the world was rast becoming the lending star In his destln destroying In Its onMiud march ' the belter feelingt of hla nature. Ner-lOiis Ner-lOiis Irritiblllly dlsplajel Itself on mime mi-me rout oitaslonH In quick and short resionsea Mhen Information Mas nsked, more espeilally so when combatting agilnst his mode of procedure Prom this time on his determination to carry out his plan of ubd ictlon at the theater gren stronger upon him dally, until II absorbed ciciy other thoupht of his mind und naught could bo brought to beni to moie nr change him front1 this newly contemplated manner of inrrj-Ing inrrj-Ing It out To mo It seemed like the height of madness, nnd would but lead to the snciltlrc of us nil, without ohlnlnlng the object for w I1 h ne combined together. The braiesl heart, surrounded by foes, looks cigerly around for sumo opening of eiiape before he comment rs n Hon Thus It nns nlth me. conscious of the f'ict that falluro would be followed b nnest by thu (Internment of the United Slates, trial befoie n mllltury tribunal on the sretlflc charge of being spies, which would mine than probably con-slfcii con-slfcii eiich to an Ignominious death. All of this wns brouajit to bear upon him, and conicced oier, without producing the slightest effeit In ihanglng his resolve. re-solve. OPPOHTIINITIES WASTED, On two occaslona most faioratile opportunities op-portunities precunei themselies. ihlch. If nooth had energetically moled In the ptrmlrea. nr had bad a desire other than ntumptlng It nt tho tin iter, I nm perfectlj ronlldent that It would hue proien suicessrul beyond be-yond a doubt There were occasions before I became acquainted with the fact that othei s than Hurratt nnd our-selies, our-selies, already el en of, nero connected con-nected with the enterprise Tho President Pres-ident passed our the Eastern ltrniich bildge, nirompnnleil onl bj his touch-linn touch-linn and a stnglo guest nlthln the carriage. car-riage. To what tiolnt he went beyon 1 was not kroiin his moiements Inning been oierlooked onl so fur na tn ns-certain ns-certain tho fact thnt he had passed oier the n.er. Information wnt Immediately eon-lejcd eon-lejcd to Hooth of theie occur rem en He pild hut slight nttentlon to tha niatlei on account, as he said, of the pressuro of business at the time, and thus the only nnd the most fuiorable o t oituliltli i were rermltted to pass bv without It may bo truly spoken, the slightest nntlce belli? taken of them by him. It became Ini) ossible under these circumstances tn frel like continuing In the alfiilr. it hen Inaction nnd inattention inatten-tion were becoming the ruling elements, delay te ullng to cuuso our positions dally to become more Insecure. The month or January had passed and as jet nothing hid been accomplished, accom-plished, rebruary ushered Itaiinn, only to bo a repetition of tho former month, ns Hooth, through riotous living liv-ing nnd dissipation, wns compelled to Ilslt the city of New Voile for the purpose pur-pose of replenishing hla squandered means Ills absence continued nenrlj the entire month caused by tho great difficulty experlencej In borrbwlng money. His ilslt did not extend beyond be-yond the city of New York, neither dll he go for nny other purpose than that nboie itateel, nhlch fact was mide kn nn to me on hit -clurn to Washington, Wash-ington, on or about the 51th day of Prbrunrj, 18C5 "oas" mv nnrusno Duilnr my whole connection with Ilooth there was but one ilslt made to Canada by him, this occurring nt nr about the time of the St, Alban'a raid. In which he was not concirned, his ilslt there being as before .atcd for the purpose of shipping hi until-lobe until-lobe by way of Nassau to Ihe Lonfed-irate Lonfed-irate Slates In his i Islt In New York In the month of februnry he tried to Induce n man by the name of Samuel Chester to engage en-gage In lho enterprise, he being, ns Hooth said, under obligations to him "Ih" pirt allotted for him to perfoim was the tuinlntiorr ot the gas on the nlzht In queatlonV to that In Ihe darkness dark-ness emeloplui; tho house and confusion con-fusion created theiefrom, the abduction abduc-tion could bo made a success. Many things combining ciued him to fall In this. Ch-ste- would lake no part In It, nnd Itoolh determined to nttempt It without the asslstanco of nny others, other than those already connected with the aftalr During the entire mouth of Pchrunrj tre project was at n standstill und I seldom sel-dom met nooth For the first time my situation dunned uimn me and began to be felt dieply. Here I was without any kind ot employment, unnderlng from plnee to place In my Idleness, making frequent ilslts to Unltlmorc, watched, mmmmmmmmmm no tlnubt nnd in) footsteps dogged b the elm eminent ileteetUes nnd spies nhti in iHtlnua in j sought to obtam some i lue ns to m bitslnets and hon engaged This heCntne Insupportable, ns 1 filt eier) ee wus nntrulng my moieiiients thiiebj' making m position posi-tion lirj lnsicurc Vftcr the Pnsldentlil election Hooth workid eneuitluilli In the affair nnd had complete! all his arrangements so hi ii'ormcd O Witighllu ftnd Injseir lie nns ntwajs busj and In motion, lulling terV limited time to hoi I con-lers.ulon con-lers.ulon I una liimnnie. eieu at this late date, that there were in others, beioinl those sikeit of befoie, Mho lute onneetcd ulth the affair Prisurets were now being exchmged nnd the purpoi for nhlch enili hud bound bliiisilf tn the other and Tor n hull months or IiIkii und time had been ixpended had been iiiecimi llshrd i tt he still Inslatid upon rail) lug out the ubiluitliii Piililotlsm had eon icrged Into heiirlleas nuibltlou on his pnrt nnd I linked lioli him us a mad-man mad-man nnd icsolnd If the pinjict neu not spe-dlti, txfeutcd to seii-r m eon nee Hon nlth hlni Mi rnold next reiltes nt lenegth ua deliilled In bis anorn sliituninl before lllenBon In lir.7, of the meeting of the inusplratois at Holler's saloon and there inciting far the tli tt time I cult Paine (leorge A Atrerodt and Dilld 11 llerold who with Arnold, Hooth 0 Lnughlln und Surrutt in idr up the parti of conspirators thnt gnthficd In the prliate parlm ot the shIooii to ells cuss the iibdiiitiou Arnold says nt this ikiIM thnt when Ilooth outllnnl the plant that his tiudlenre wus seem InglJ tarrltvl nnnj with his ilslonarj Idens Some ten remarks of nu oh. J tllonnhle cliaiiulir stnrled it Unglh) tllst iistlnn The fuit that the stisi It Ions or the (lot eminent had peemlngli been unused from the fait that double stockadis wcie bilng er"i teil nt the bi I l,i e rotslng the l'listeni Hritnih on the Prince (It urges side nf the rlitr, nhlch made the' undei taking mure dllllcutt eitn If slice ess ei-onned the effotts nt the theater wns tutkid oier nnd Arnold ndvnnciil the Ideu of the utlir liupracllinbllitj of the whole plan SIT.LLHOPVD HY HOOTH He then says I stool not nlone jet rone seemed In tnnsldcr It In lis prot cr lUht, thej being completed spellbound 1i the iitternnces of Hooth not looking look-ing ut the const quencct which wnull follow After nrguing In greit length, In fact until the subject became ix-halirtid ix-halirtid ind before unj rinsonuble de-clslnn de-clslnn could bo itrlied nt nr rendend It iiilmlniled In u icry exciting and ilolent conlrniers) betiiceii Hooth nnd mjsilf, tho others sltentlj looking nn when Ilooth, In his rashness nnd madness, mad-ness, flndlng that he cnuld not mi entire ent-ire from my purpose nnd firm stnnd takin In the manner of Its accomplishment, accomplish-ment, threatened to shoot me, or wonls to that elTect At this time It looked crj much na it the meeting woull be dlssoltcd with serious consequences attending It, iib two stubborn natures hud met, und one nf us nu decided a character as the other when deemlnr the position assumed as-sumed ua right Honeier, It was finally settled and compromised with-out with-out resorting to shooting, after nhlch, In the presence of the entire compunj, 1 rtnted m" determination and. firm reesolie to seier in) conneelloii with the affair In tuso It tins not curried nut during the week, stating, nlso, (lenllemen you hate nuugiit to fenr from lne In the m ttter, as I never would betray jou " The result c to nttempt to carry off the President from the hospital or encampment en-campment on Seventh street, where the ehltf executive fulled to nppear after the consplratom had arrlicd on the acme on horwbaik. Is dealt with ngnln by Arnold ut this point. The plan was to take the carriage of the President and all sealed within It, drlte it around bj naj' of Hladensburg, thence through the loner counties In tho direction of Port lobnccn crosa the river nt or ntnr thnt point, und thence onwnrd to Illrh. month A QUIXOTIC UNDEHTAKINfl, Commenting on this plan, Mr, Arnold Ar-nold says: "The most Quixotic nnd ilslouary undertaking that eier cnteiid n sane man h brain. I looked upon him ns demented, hut inado no objection, stating that we would he reudf nt the appointed time. Of nil the Ideas existing In n mini's brain, Ihla w ua the most foolhardy ever advanced, und we cnneluded that It was done to t-y tho nerie of his associates. We looked upon him ar u madman, yet could oifcr no objection, from the fuct thnt ire hud git en our word to usslst him In It during the utile, O Lkughllu, Payne and Arnold rode pan of tho i.i) to the city In compiui), und Hooth und buiralt went on out the road What bet an e of Atzerodt I urn limbic to atnte, and Herol 1 wus nnt prtsent, he haling been St nt to T. It o. Surrattavllle wllh Hooth'a home nnd buggy, conioing tho box containing the two cirhlnea nnd other minor articles. About H o'clock that same evening O Lnughlln nnd mjself met Ilooth mid Surrutt back In the National Na-tional hotel, nt the stuble where our horses hud been placed at livery, nnd from Hint day 1 neicr Ban John II, Hurratt until I met him a clerk at the Norfolk line of steamers In Ilaltlmorc, some ten jenrs ago. The Interval allotted for carrying out the scheme expired, nnd O'laiURhlln and nuself severed all connection nlth Hooth a ml his confederates, and, In fact, tho general Ideu of ihe entire purty wns Unit the project was entirely en-tirely ubandonod, and we returned to out respectlie homes In Hnltlmore on Mulch .'0, IH',3. STILL ANOTHEIt APPEAL, Tint n few diys had elapsed before nooth was again soliciting my Assistance Assist-ance to which I paid not the slightest attention On 'Match 2I, 16C3 as he returned re-turned fiom New York to the ilty ot Washington, h" stoppid In Haltlmo' culled at my father's to see me, but 1 wns In the lountry. So he left a etti for me, and I found that he desired to try it once more, nnd If unsuccessful, to forever abandon It Ah requested, I called nt Hirnum's hotel, but found he hud departed I, therefore, concluded con-cluded that he hid ,one to Washington, Washing-ton, which caused the penning nf the communication uf March 27th, which plated ho fatal lu Its beatings In my lespectlie cubc The motile of the letter was to pre. tent If possible, his undei tuklng. Whether ho lift this lelttr In his trunk to betru) me. In my Innocence. Into the hands uf the Government, through malice or forgelfulnesa, I cannot fathom, fath-om, nevertheless, It accomplished Its end, and fiom this fait wus forced to become a witness against mjself. The tilp wllh O'Laiithlln to Wash-lngton Wash-lngton to get money from Hooth, owing ow-ing O Laughlln, Is dealt with nt length He says. We hart an InterileiV with Ilooth nt the National hotel, and the scheme was entirely abanlnncd. During Dur-ing the lonversatlon Hooth Informed us that ho hud leninul through l.uvvls J Welchmin, with whom ho was on the most friendly terms nnd from whom he derlied nil Information re-Utlng re-Utlng to the, number of prisoners held by the United Stntes Government, that John II. Surra tt had accompantci a lad) to Hlchmond owing to the c ip- vH Hire of the person b) llu I nlted Statei jH aulhorltle who Ind bein In the habit of ferr)lnj pnrllet neroa tho rlier 'iH and It nn, thiough this iliciimstnnco ' -.Vmt alone that the "erilces of Surratt were !tH oft end IbBi HAD IIP HUT DONE SO JftJH Among the last words uttered by 'ai'M Hooth on thit occasion were tint he jl I Intended returning to hit profession SB upon tie stnge nnl that he hid glien JolS up forcier his project This was the iSfill last Intcrtlow I etcr hid nnd the last tffiiiil lime I eier met him, nnd I hate net i . ion nor heard from htm since or all 4wm the otturs conneiletl nlth tin affair t 'iSfKiM neier tin or hend fiomtnny nfter 3,W Marih 17 lsir, excepting Mzerodt JttiM whom I act Iilenlnllv inn upon March TS list nn my ilslt to Washington W I, Wti r rteillng tilth his Siuirlng nnrk I nt Old Point Comfo Mr UnoM tolls I of the receipt or the news or Lincoln - jf nstifsinuilnn In the rnllonlng words 9, m On the 13th if April 1'S3 about 13 il 9 o'cloik noon whilst seated In tho $ countlng-ionnis nt Mr Wharton's nt 15G U Old I'ol nt Comfort Vn It beenme ru- iiiJB I mored tint Ahrnhim Llmoln hid be, n tiS I nssasslnittd the evening preceding r a M whilst milking along ivnns)lianin m 9f Hemic In Washington The mime nf ffl the person peinitrntlng the ded ins JJf M unknown In fuct. the icjmrt wis so fin Migui lint but fen persons credited It. I il Tonnrd etenlng other dlsnutrlies nr- H riling nmioiiiiiid the iiptnislnutlnii nf ' i Ml Sewnrd nnd nth, i ollklnla nf the mLg (lot cr intent The meitcrt cxrltiment tBl preinlled II It was not until the following- dm it I that ntl) clue had he n nbtntned tn the ., J pel rnri who luul rtnninlttcd the tlee i, 19 whin the public mind bet nine gradual 1 'A ly Impressed with the Idea that Jnhu ,1 W Itoolh s wus the gulli) luul Hint 1 3i struck the blow This news startled tV lne feeling assured Hint in) former I eomiectloii nnd lutlniai) wllh Ilooth H J nnuld lead to in) in rest nnd to le ta eteri suspected 1 felt nns utmost equli- 'I 3 nlent to dentil 'H f Hail I bun dlfreiinll) sltuiled, nr if bct?n where I felt thnt the Iiw wouhl IB R haie piotectcd me, I would hate sur- S K rendered injelf (In my entire Innn- M l reined into Ihe hinds of the (lovcrn- I 6 ment: but ns It wns, I detei mined to 1 E' let nffnlrs imrsiie their own rourse, nnd B t quietly ns possible, to til) mlnd'ti ex- 9 cited condition, await my turrest II H TWO DETECTIVES AUUIVE tt L On April 17th, whilst seated In the K I sloie tun Ooitrnmttit tlctectltet nr- W.v rlttel and Inqul-id foi me, I unit from , M i the olllce and met them, when n letter km Y was huntted mo by nne of them, pur JR f porting to bine been lent from my SI) . futher. In which II was htated tint i HtV f communication written to John Wllket fiC 81 Health, March 27tli hud been found IK I within Hooth' trunk, which seemed to KB J connect mu In some way with the tlced TjB rummltted nnd ndtlslug me to state nil IV I 1 knew loncernlng It H I After perusing It, the detectives fw nsked whether 1 Inteiuleil to comply H with the request of my father I stated I )cs, nnd told them th it I knew nothing II I concerning It nor nns I at any tlnv JH.Z In nny mnnner lonneiled with Hooth hSi or others it beiame necessary from MHl Hooth s betii)ul of me (no matter US I tihethcr It emutiatttl from inallco or HI forgetfulness) to become a wittiest 19 f. against nuself. and I wan force 1 tn IV I acknowledge that I had been at onti ! period engaged wtlh Honth In n schime V to nttempt tho abduction nf Abraham EM . Lincoln, but that I wns totally rilacon- I j nected with hhn nr any cither person i 1 jj nt thit period In nny unlawful under- a a taking. f. it I tint then imked by the dilettlut j lj If tho cominunlcntlnn found lu Hooth'M I Jtl trunk wns written by me. I desired to 9 I! be Informed of Home of lis ennt-nts nr H. Jn)i cxprejslnns. where headed fiom nml I v when dated. They gave mo tho desired Hit1 Information where dated from nml m (j hoiv signed when, without hesitation, ft t or denial, I ackunttledgcd It wat 19 penned by me. I did not deny writing Hfi , It, na utvom by Horner, when a wit- 9m nfs on the stand, neither toulil It bn li cxpecttd that ackno Ale lament would H I be mndc to n communlciitlnn before Its B ( lontents wire lu u meiiBiitu miicle D, ' know t nn It wns Just ns likely to have I hem written b) hoi icoric else ua in)- 8 self. H J OTHEIl NAMES MENTIONED. U 1 The detectives were the llnil to men 1 i I lion the names of O'Lnughlln, Hurratt S and Atzerodt, nnd'I was Informed that ', - OLuut.hlln hud glien hluisilt up. k,l iendlng that suspicion hud contend II Itself upon those with whom I had I I 1 been nssoclatid, In conjunction with II my belilijnl b) Hooth, I deemed It nu- I I ressury in Justice not only to m)silf, I I but to those tilth whom I hid been I I rormtrly lonnectid to stale tin whole I J truth, us embodied In the statement I made on the IStli or April In Murahal I M,iPhnll olllce, In Hnlllmoie. j I After my acknowledgment to the foregoing facts I nut taken Into the J back part ot the storehouse, mv person V and baggage searched and pioperty of 1 , u pilvalc nature ennllscated, which to hi? this da has neier been returned, al- njl though I have repeatedly nulled Us res- IS i titutlon. There wns nothing found et IIS . a compiomlslng nature among my cr- feels, because I hail no correspondence III with an) one during the time, that I was DI! emplnved by Mr, Wharton. If) I tvus then turned oier tn the mill- Ui tary authorities, tonteyid to a prison pB pen, wiere I remained during lho best H part of the day without a morsel ot 9t food anil quizzed by some of the In- hm males, who seeired to bo inld of both ill reason und sensa. In tho nrternnou I fill nun brought biforo the provost marshal If jl at Portress Monroe, when I remalnetl HjO In tho presence or Its military tllgnl- HB ttliy for upttardi ot haif tin hour and IU was Iheiiia come) til tn me suumboiit, i'H arriving In lho ilty of Hiltlmoio lie ,m next morning, and confined in the of- . M tile of Protost Mirsh il McPhnll, where H I remained for the most pnrt of the W clay. !' While, there I was Heated humanely, Ivft and the requirements ot nituie weie ;ji fully proilded Aftir sending for my TMf father and seeing 111 til. I made my 'K written statcmint, lequistlng tint I fflaj should make It lu duplicate form to that ho should bo tho possessor of n vf lopy. Tho requist wna denied, why, ajr tauvonl) be learned through the then w Stcretury of War und the Judge Adio- ISlI cate-aeneiat ot the United Stntis. tpU 'HLINDED I1Y HOLD. 9 'Tla a useless tisk, I feel, to attempt W to control i rt testimony udducrd upon fl my trlil, us emanating from urbal stutemeu.s madd by me, ns win sscs B; weri bllnled by tho amount of glltl r- lug gold, ns their rew ltd lirge sums hilling bun offend foi the npprehen- slon of nny on, suspected of being con- - nectetl with the cilnie I pronounce m the little that nit adduced ngnlnst me, ' I thiough u delectiie, as raise In Its Im- I ptesslons ind perintlvo nt truth, many j j norda being transposed and olhcis j added, m itcrlall) changing the whole i: tenor of Its meaning U , Hut or this, at this time. I hate f- I nnught to du Let the record of thit I I Infamous pioceedlng stand, In ull Its ' branches, with Its false sn earing, sub- ' ordliatlon of perjury, Its hireling wit- '. nesses a tottering monument of In- fimy, commimnrallng the corruptness and baseness of the hour. I ileal alone with truth, acts of hem tlemi Inhuman-It), Inhuman-It), cr Jelly nnd tyranny mete 1 me by tho Goiernment of the United Suites, brore any ihirge ns jit hud been i i : J HHHHiaHHrVfl r ' 1 ' "' 'u,, lt" th ' HHHHi BfiH moa ' I'dUW HIKI Ai II !' lvf whilst I was under "' KwaHll WttMf 'h, - i l.tntol) of ml Woolo) mi HtiVWlw U BafS? ti itt I wis (onduoted upon prlnd KDHBI mtf'JwM 1 1 01 hu umlty und kindness It HHMi MtffJS. v n n t until I was turned over to the HssHHbi KllltS, I cim.nl or Hie cm unanUIng olfl. er at HB iJJl IMr I Ion V IM ry that harsh and trud HHHHHi IK LuH) I tm isuits wire icsorted to fiom nraeis 1HD, ! i .1 iubt eimmillng fiom hdwln M LHHHHj liH! F mtnn HuclnrjutHnr I n placed HHHoHf 39 W 1 n a I nhnnic and fllthv (ell lirnndid HHHHii flt 191 liv nusii. Iuti p h felon lobbed of in BM'i M HJ II rlv r sling unlcr tho grave charge HHHHWli HHHT ,f im' ln"lt' ,"'1 ln ,h """"" ,m" HnHHwi HMH' ""n : Alnihim Lincoln Bmi1i! HHHO A ' "NFr I"""TJ;J rrtmoN'iiK HrJ SKni HH ni',v "r K '" ,a" autllclcnt tortu e Hill' Wj 11 HH I "" '' I' n-" 1 Au.lKo nature JfjVaDHEL lh " " dlltlonil lets of lnnii-Hl lnnii-Hl ' ? tliIHHU h I"1 u',n "" There tup sH V I 3 II fttfBHsl l 11)1 n nnfeduate prlsnnei of HI itMliil HTHr in vlng n. or the small tells H'Hlriie'l sTJeHt ' '' ' "" one In third I wni con-HKlii con-HKlii 11 HH i II I I i OKnl.d Ilia olie we lint -HI, wjflt iwl rHV I I ii in rtla ind tumpanlnns rmm Hit!1!'!'- ilfi' l?Hj) '! '' ' '""' n" '"'' "" """ S 1' jflJ!' MH 1 I I j IK-e sergeant of th. guild to h, i llis iffilHj ' ' r lf """ H nnl forthwith 1 iJi'l ill. sIiSl'S ih i,k " '""" my ceH brought be- '))'' 51 K JFIpS Ii ' ii i nf he occupied miefull) HI JiLii 1 1'? ffivil e I I ilil" making some hnlf losen Hl'llri i33 JAM" (.1 i c n nil tiKmv conveyed to the Hl")w 13 ffl? 5f) Ii " ' "t 'he lomiimnillrn orn er HTiiW H iSJ ifJafi it imtirfrnf In hln henrt r m Hst ,3''H Si Tie' ' ' ' 'nilnn an lae In Hie matter HWSJ! i8 M w'fm', h ' l '" ' rttt" ehmiceil na I my- Hl IfflS a rili'r'ki 0l1''' ".'inedto llaplenae hlr ir HTiltl Ail yt 18' tl -n- itftenuird mo be a i rlterloi itf.iHit5if f; IS i ' "' b Hlifl!nr4 3)lla ' " iln? hl orderlj who naa In nt- Hlil,' '1iU 'jSl?VI t i ' m c I urn" lommltted to hla HI Til' ?'!& ll'ltfflr ' '"'' onlu.te.1 to the iruarilhouee HHji'LlBill.- .llltiil Ktr r I I in 1 thoroughly aearrhe I airiilti HlF'J t?jpi4"flb ' '" "' W1 lnt" luntteon henenth Hll!lly-Slfl'ldfinil' t'i urlnik of the fort hill Hl'ftl I ';U.Wi Jll JTV ' " I null mid foil while lint u Hll'lUr J 513 iiftM.l- ' '" "a! ' 01111 I'onctrne rnd left Hit lu 10 ! iM4 i ' "' ith myneir In total ditrknena Hll'i"a)if?)J "&;1 u ill. in It. litt the 'lump ullirj HloWSi- SK' ?S.' " ' mil "f lOM'rlnitof an) rtoairlp- ll9'lM I "ful ' ,r lemith or nbne Irfirklni; upon Hlflj'tf i!a ")Wv 'I i '"J."! "U'e of my nuarrtlnn or HtMTJ'lilJjIitiiKS l' r '" th ,1,"r "Pn 1 ' "ttemplei "BiJ'SHW1 "' r I III fa. e hut round It a al ifflj.lliaf ' ' '' nl u" " nlhPI' from Ittl! Mlfifl i l h l.ul little mull he expelled Slil I'' ITfi ! " "Jldlir rery Inrh I r. - 1 J 111! iinl ' " "' I 'di'ik.t be rurnlfhcd me to tnil f i!!j irVji l l nn-.ir nmi whlih re iiet ai Hl'ltiTO "v'lf lin t"ll mn.! lied villi 111 th. HIT ,T lit 'Ijiri t r" r hl lr "" limlr "r Tl" ",l1"" Hli!' r 1 f''JilifVl lot flion ii akr 1 on their runty HlSj'H TIM M5; h"- - t .. i iimiln l.m.l nhutlliii; t ,(j; Jh!JS on i. m of Hunt leavInK n HUH I i IPtHlJJlx f "' "I" ""'' '""' I'ti'l.' ' Mi. HHHii hYi'ifl'l "1 "'" "ftr in th. ahni' of bread HUH lit ii Hhf nil. )iri nn n-pmcil b th aerKeanf HHMi'U.1 ifT.M'il It belnc Imi'iKKlble to pen.trate tht HHC3? r! J iS'wb ' ikn "" n ' Wl" """ wn "'""" n HBv)'i5I S3f'll h i tin I Ilk. unto a bmiire atuttie HhmI. vIlISK1 i Ui-f Kuud before uiy Iroii-doored Hm4i-' ili 3&MH nr-i'Tii i:s roit ncni im.i.ows HhHuIIi IbIUIrIf ( n.ilnh iu jMiaon head mil foot HMV$K.'n HHPllL In i ut rits un.l i.ilMiiiua ttptlka flanrTill IKsifiM fl " ' ' '' '" ontuet ulth m bod) HBa'tft 111 Val I i.i n". viap,i4 In uleep out of HBn.l'l. iR'' WV"bl vt lib at mlltilKlit I mta rudel) HHwil't, 111 WttiiiM '"' u l,n UKlu R"1" u" kiiardhoune HbP-.T R" litnl ill mil. .in lies niyulf In .iilk HBSj1 : !!! j 'i Jill ' " hiii pi Iru.I hi audi miMinentM HiBl'i! I UJlJ " i I utt ily loufotiiu'el Intteiultcl to HHwila iU' ! ! i I ' '1nnl ltlP fciiriotindliH'H aa to thee HB.fUIrSkl ''.I -'.F ' rlui u Hi lie I thought lite du HBX(!ift lit , i 1 !,J! It I'r nch IteMilutlon with ll.t HBilii It JI i U y ! J ' u in. I Imbaioila luui.lei" uom HHai'lv.!i I'l.'-'IiV ' ""K '" " dialled In the ltd ublk, HH llliii M'iflS I " ' lll,lt ' "" ""ii taken out to be HH 'L&jill 8 "'Ml ' lt li. r vhot or Iiuiik rnlloua and In- HH lift iill '''iiit : illfliielit to ins futi ulth in) imuiil HH' llJk i StmML 1,ilKl ' ''" "''' 'U olf u limtruct. I HH IJSm ' S'Tl'l s oon a! ' UL" '" rei.lliiisa mi ain- HHJ W3niiBi?4il lull in . mih ililteu to the door of the HH jt Fit Sufjim I u ir 'lious. mid I aa huel Hlthlll It, HH 9Vt '' HB?1 " I I I. I .1. uu "111. h. my Irons mil, HI ill fu HjltjjH " I' " unHdemoii una dilven to the HH WU'l ilJH 5SLP ( uni.l ii ict dtpot uliere I won HHJ 111 ' 'IllBjllM tu" ' " rr "K"n '" Imalil Mrl'lMtl HHjIrii 4i'wVlwl ' u" aic.iiiiMii)liiK liteitUta, isio HHli j)HrHl trViiar in 1 mi (nftir the weight) linna Hn? 'xSirHK ikH '"' """ remoed anil th.xe of llnhur Hfltet t i iH'Hiif 11 intleilil pla. i I tiion iu urlntN) to u HHSlI ;Sla 'it fl (I 1 ir In atteii.lan-t nhciico 1 HHjvSii i Irnl'lil ,N ,B " nrporltd to iinlilnnlon HHl WlljRs! MA1NTAIM.U BIMINCI' HB li'lc' fjK if I f Pur nR n) Hip there my lips ure HB Hi- MB ! T r I I In th ie t whom I una nur- HHlfRll WHrrYA I ! lundi J I being ileternilnid not to )et HB fiP :j4ita4'1 . th. in n iiinifailuri! teatlnmn) nmilnat H ifll -i";ti ? w ino (In airlvul ln A mthlntfloii 1 Mia HH 1)1 -W.JWiM i 11 el in a linek mid driven to tlio HH.TiiiUsILWl'H !l ' n,ll "hen I una In the hand HH;:V K' JlII'S I "' he l uite I Stntea n.n eminent The) HH C i IliHlK'J i iline.1 mi In a niirinu mil llinlti.l HHtii' 'Jill i tit li ti i nt in. -d an n ilonet aboigd nn HHAil t';i i'ri?Jl '" " ' "' monitor un.l Iron of tortur- HH'!t'ili irixL'wE oil in iiufiuturi mre plated upon nu HHtli !' lilitHy ' " ,""1 ' hul no'htnic but the Hi l"!r WWl ,"'r' ,UU1" u'"l(-1 of the iloiet to !L li flwlf ? 1 'I'10 10 " " tlwhtl) fltti'I Hut f 11 Jlfil'lnfJ I'"' IJlon.l toiiM not diiMilntt mil my I jl M tSLn n 't lH l,ei lnu fearfull) KNMilleli the I JjjfffV t, jt outiMii I fcrtln ohiiiiffliiK Ha iiip.mmire I "njUiiilMili '" ll mlxluiv "f blnik re I mil purpli 'jtBMii ",,or 'rhl" fiut """ "ported to t'ipt I'jIK IMJI Hull! wlio klndl) Ind th.m ihniiE.d ii 'it'BnJBall "" ' " "lr """ "1,J mu' piii.ii llflWwl U '" '" The ben hub Intenee Ihi "AntlSI f'V ntnion hen Innihel wan nbtnlneil ijTHfflijjWti th oimh a lealatir an It una puffed up iI3b!IjTk fill ks fnii- uml for thla pun one It mole HjWJfl I'liSSiit ItM, ill) huiiHiiel thin ntheiwlm i Wll f t'i' til ""ll "" ll'"1 'il'ie vna not ut nmk I Tljl j V I vht h i niwil a aiifro.'iitlnK acnantlon to ''iulM51 UIi critp or me lo l(ep Miva m.lin- 1 (".ffi'iM' poKMblllt) on ju mint of tin iKtf.nu l)5j:l'i ' ,n ruhifc fiom the toituioua Irons I tjlfirviitilil i ' W nrrled In night of Tort Jeffet- HHlAil) H-iyWlSln 5 rn" Pr Tortugi Tin on Jul) II HlK - UilWfi ' 1Sl hin luarlnd the grim InoklniT HH1. I li M<l V '"" n lKtal Run ai llnd from tin HHIVi'i 4 tjfllf S't ' K"nl at "hl '' """ naponded to b) HHlftti -il '..llittii i lhe oln pr lommuul of the fort nn I HHlI ' "RIBS i """" ''" olllr''r of the tin) made hlk HH1 'IfUt 'ifflftT ll apitiriiui on ban I md us In- HHl'VlK'' Mat n ( fonnu.lor th. iibj.ct of the ljilt of the HH1 ll Hi llfi I ill l'"'u lU within ii er abort time HH i "iil lid' (8 ill ve u''le I,a".' "Itliln a mimll Kint HHb it J IffiilliltlJ ' ori' coin.)! 1 tu th. foil and Plat. I HH?! ?! iaSl J I! i It'iln on. of th. iiinii) iniieiuntti ix HHl ' jMiH lrliiK theie HH- 'i !' I fill (U ' The ollki ta li i ha I ha 1 tin In li in!" HHHA ' f il:r.l'l I malned ut tin fort a until, lent HHHtl' 'H'Ij Jr ,,n ot ""'" '" l"fp " ' ' '-'' HHf ,iS!l5 J I a I il After thru monlliH or tm tuu HHHtii ; I Hi! Ill 5 ' lo'l "' bol " ' l'"' ue thoitKht HHHii , if) It; I'll' Ihit e ha 1 at I tl found n liiutn of H'9 1 i .IinI'i """ il I lioiit.li In n OoMriiiueiit llii HHIiMtlK iHiM1 . "l0 ,v '"" 8m" "ut f""" "',' ""rl1 HHvil'i tl"ir' IW 'f uoul.l ilw.ll mil pnaa Hie icninln- HHBn'ilF im i "t iD'ofoui life lt wi ii'k I M ' ?M I thiikht set It hul In lie borne HHMi'fli ' ii It I VN" "'it """ k'rt unJur " fli'HK' HHltl'fl' I ' U's 1 nf ' nl ,llirl'" Humllton One lllin- HHHIL I lit i 'I' 'I ,n' Iwu "U nrk Miluuteera 14 I1 if "'" IU" "l "'"" ,,irioJ tiiminan.lant HHHJi ,iitfi i of th toHt He nue uu luti lutlona HH)' f ) ' Jjlf- ' 1 i.l i Hi. e to tin i ul. m In fur. e rtatltiK HHU'W ItC ) ll the iiuik. iuen. .a nhlili won) I ntt.nl HHlllHlMLi M'i I t' 1" '" '"'' '" "nllii Onall) Im HHBnUfi"i mil I (I pt '"Iiik upon nur mlnila that there HH fat feS "l 'lift ,; K n link ami irloomy dungeon Ith HHJl i fjlil El jjl I In il. tit to lili h oll.inieiK iciiln.t HHmtII. j' I r& ' ft ",l '"' u,',' ionHlKiie.1 mr nlioae HHBvM i, ftli' I It fUmiuk utia inn, rlb.nl the Unl !Hi Jnul j In a11 n'"" '"hlml iHHiOil'l, II i' I v.. iiu 1 lit ii) If there were an) ape- HHBj 1 M 1 1 'S P ' '' '' t u. tlona iclatlnK to u to HHIn Hill S 1'ft 1 , hl h '" ""Idled .Nn sou have the fl lilt US till I il """ 1 1 1 Ut nre of the lland an inn iHHb ll.'inti Jt -f J piifin i mllni'd litie no limtnu tlona to IHHB ( f"8't ". li ''" ontuir) h.ulnn beui furnlthr.l b 'HHH,ill)iI jf3 ! li the ..r deimrtinont In )our caaoa HH'e'l, ii. SfiSi S Ul nur ' "' l,mI n'vlit "" tonititutrd HHH !m K Sit IA ' W or i Mift i lank ' iiud In fait nron HH-i' H') ' fl 'J ' :j 'no ' fl" montha until IhiouKll i HHe'tf. I, '; ' flj from uom. in u.rc iibl. w nui I hhI 'Uii li' f - ll Hf Pil-VHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHI pi , ,f . n , , e . ith ti ii 1 ip "rrUhii't . ' l"m ' Sl angler trad. n i Kl'",n.lK1J thla time anil proved an 0 "" 'h"n . n orraalon afleri ard , . Thl n"1 inornlnr e walked arnui ,d 1'"' ,'","J auie of the fort and tow r"venJ"5 atrolled around the break ,"t'lr "k" for the puriKwe of frrmlug '2.mi- UJ'" nf nur deaolate condition ,.l"',Pr rmtucaa 1 a ainall lalan 1 Ipi '5'.'" th. (lulf of Mexico in about 811 "'JJ,1".1! north of the erpiatori inmi rlalnn '" i even and a half nee of lnd ,2 llng llieitly beneath the ray trnpleal aun It l lorated alxt vc mlle. northweat from K.y Wiat nl ''" t-flve mil. a north rrnm Cuba a '" nlnut .00 mllt dlrr ily ami ftoi ' Tainia 111 thl llng the nearet ronneetirg point with the mainlands of . riorlda t iwn Ita limited area wna erected a huge and inactive atrurtutc hexagon Imped of brli k and m'Ttiii, In an unfinished un-finished tondltlin tailed Tori Jeffer on When i omplted lftei It would mount WO gun On the outer ilile of the Wit thin exlat.d a wltn and do p n oat In prcent I tin auigi i or the aen from wanning inln I the main atrui turn itailf and Intrndid at th" flame time aa a defenae ngnlnat aa-aaultlng aa-aaultlng rolumna It l nrean girt on either aide strongly protctted by coral reefa and Intricate ihannela of appro ap-pro it h On nur arrival the laltnd wa entire-It entire-It deatltute nf egetnhli nntter with the exrertlon of aomi few biirhea of amall growth nn I obout a doron io-eoanut io-eoanut treea whleh hnd bien planted many eara hmk by the hantl of man Hoyoni thla then tuu n night to gale upon Innlde miw the whit, glittering enril aand whb h had a cry ln)urloua i ffeet upon the ejea In many cai'ea aiialng men to b. omp totally hMnl aflir 'atk a dUeaae known there rtnd of frequ nt onuri elite termed mjon-bllnd mjon-bllnd m.vv rnutntAb PHISONRHS Th"re were upward of MO Pedtial prl.onem ronll ml there f.u arlt.ua of-fenaa of-fenaa agalnat inlllt ir rulia nnlinw who were inniiell. ' to lohor dally from morn till nlaht mnn limited and loiihaume aiiNtentinie Without exi el'-tl el'-tl in It waa the mnvt horrible plute tho ee of n in iver rested upon where day after dn) the mlaerable ixlatime waa being draggi 1 out Intermlxel with Ftckneaa bodll) aufYerinT want and pltiehlng hunger without the additional addi-tional nrta of irrtme ind Inhumanity that toon I lienme n wlltieaa of Around about th. fort there were aevenil pinull kiya termel reapettlve-I) reapettlve-I) hund Taut Itlrd and lnggerhead Ke)a and Kev, very ainall In area Ilia In u n irthi avterly dlrertioii dla-taut dla-taut al out half n mile upon will, li hnd been eie.tid n hospital for ijtinrnutlne pi!j-nea an 1 to In lined In (line of an) epiletiil. oiiurrlng at tin rnrt I'verj foot of It" apace I' nrw ptol with ll d.ntl man) if the In Ilea haUug liein wanliel up bj the aurf of the -"a and the boat Itil building lmlng been torn down fir the purpoa of en t ting n tho-ntir tho-ntir nt tin pnat Itlrd If the largtft In arei la illa-tant illa-tant iiliuitt fle mllea fi im Hie Dry TnrtiiBua m c hlrh In the aummer aeaaon aea Rutin In denae llocka rnn-gurile rnn-gurile to deposit their egga 1 heae were gathered 1) Hie gnrrlaon ind uael for fool r at Ke Ilea In a aouthweatirl) dlrictlnn illatnut about one mile from the foit mil wan uatd in a remetery for the dead I ogger-head ogger-head Ke) Ilea nortlierl) nbo.it three mil one hnlf mllea fiom the fort upon up-on wliltli la neiti I a H3lithnuae of gnat hrlclit nan! na n guile lo phlpa tu preiint their runnlns ujion the reef) beila which nbound Thoae were nil th" lolnta of Inn 1 xlal-lil. xlal-lil. nil ete wia the deep nnd brlti) o.enn I looked lone and Intently up. on nil the rtinntin ling if the place unl ink. il the nueatlou I" thla, In deed to be my home for life' ' I'UCU) IN A CAfrUMATB Wlu.li we hn 1 returne.1 from our wnlk nround Hie brenkwuter wall we were plated within nur ding) ine.mite for the night, I ood lue I wn horrl-lile horrl-lile In the extremt Man) were auffer Ing dimdfullj from iMiry nnl ihionlc trnublea The bread wna dlaguailng lo look uim being n mixture of Hour buga ntlcka and dirt Mint whose taint cniilil be tuuel b) It atnell from on inrt of thi fort to the othir in fmt, roll, n nnd to am h an ixtint that doga ran from comlnj ln itnti. t with It, was h rel Nn eKetnll. diet wia laaiK.1 of nn) diirltlon and tin to' f. will, h ab. ml I Iiiim la l n goo I ua ,ool nuiillu wna laaue I waa uiadi Into In-to n alop b tlmae who hn 1 .ImiB. of the loiilthoune Thtai it tit lis with but Hull Miriatlon iiinipoaed tin diet until Hie rifth Itnlti.l Plntca artillery arrlel mid mummed ciimiunnd whlt.li wna In Hu month ot November I p to th.) nbme .lite there waa not un urtlile of fool inlaed hkii tht lalan. I The men t and Hour Hint had l.H'n tip. atidl) i ontlt nine 1 b the ln-aitttor ln-aitttor tht. iiuirtorniaater atlll lanued not nnl loiljiitra but In in ill) In-attune In-attune lo the gjiijlai.ii Our treat-unlit treat-unlit during the fta) of Col Hamilton of tin One Hundred nnl Tenth N. w "itirk Milunl. tn wna aa good na inull be ixi. ite.l under mu h . In umatuntia In a ahull time the un. IlunJio.l and Tintli Ntw ork wn relleel b the One Ilundre I nnd 8it llrat New oik undi r whom we milted far bet-ur bet-ur tnutiuent no rlinnge occurring howittr in tin tinluie ind kind of fool laaue.) It mill being of the in. aneat mil (oursent nnt in f '1 he H) ot thla iegl-mint iegl-mint wn very ahort and the) were relieved re-lieved It the ritht) neconl I'nltt I stattH ixilored Infnnti) under whom the llrat ihinge oci Hired renleilng linprla.mment nlmnat Inaui iHiitnlle lir Prtinuel Mudd uim Hie arrival of the I lt,ht)-enin I leglnunt on Sep tember Si Hb., made an attempt tn lampe becauae n hi nfterwanl In-fiiuiKil In-fiiuiKil me he wna fenrf ll liat hl llf i would b am rltlii I iimln their rule I lulu the pica of the attei it of Mud I tn taiai. .a.h nf ua waa pi mil within with-in u .HiHHeon and aliatk la w.ie pla ed nround nur auklea mi t In thla de-grad.d de-grad.d tontllilon we w.r. mmpclted tn dill) iwrfoini ttrtiln ainlKiied labor, i oi. tnti:.M'i i.i. Alum ki Col (Iiurgi t Irfgir llr.nfi.ll iiulte uu iiR.il Kent), mini an Kit' at Hu fni t ahnill) itfltr Mudd a alti nipt at eat i e un.ki It nil. gtil i hm g. of i oni Iru. y mid waa pint el In the anino dungeon with ua md the eume aliat it fill Indlg-nlt) Indlg-nlt) and t'.giftilitti m beuped upon him which leudu m. to mippoai that Or .'will a uttemi t nt eatape wna not the true grounds u,tii w tilth this of barbarity and Inhumanity wus I I It wna hnrrlly known lliinughout te ounlr) ia jet that we hud ban to Ui loitugas Th War d. parti, iitulei wliuse aeal.il uidera wt weie at nt to Hi) Toting..." knew of tht fuel of uu iirilvu), ul d so did 'ta i Jilt f ddn-tn. ddn-tn. O.n I. t" Buki i who must huve Html I on his tour of the western pint or th. iciuntry about the euuu i.riod i a our tl piirtme from Wnahlnglon J 1 r. in the firt Hint lt-s than ii month hud puaa. d awny before hi hi lin- I i.i Hit I jiiotlur tonsplrut) wM h wits irg nilxliiK to rescue our limits uud iMiillia fium the autliotltles at 1m Tor- I lugus 111. I I II 1III1IK t 1 ll ( t I llllb iii nt In t I i t ditr i tu iitiiitni v- t i t i ii t ih h) i f- il I II r it In i .r fiw wonls Th.) wire the iomi Iratora thttnaeUeA mnaplilng not onl agalnat the Innocent itlaena of the Republic but against tre ftcpublli It-aelf It-aelf reatlng a ntreoslty for the I ur-pose ur-pose of currying nut the natural pro pennlty of their ow n heart To co er up their own natures in the tranaecllon the atooped to deception and caused to be stated that tilt seaatm fot placing ua In Irons otc was Mudd'a uttempt. at eiicape AI,LEaFD riRriCtlP PLAN That It waa nil false end was no from the beginning 1 will end ivor lo prove ulng th'i ot r wenpop". nn It be sen) ly the following copy of a ulegrnm which waa forwarded It th coirmand-Ing coirmand-Ing office! of Dry Tn.uora for his . -uldanr-r nnd Inr rut Hon lr h Umlsvllle Ky August 17 UCfi 9 n m Mo Hi T T Et hni l At ting A-elslant Hi cntarv of V ir j ave linportnnt pari rs I think the romn tsinfllns; ' i er nf Drv 1 irlugas hoiiii. ' P,lf on " " ' ngnlnat un at-t. at-t. mpt l0 res.Ve the flat prlTOnera In his chal gft A omprny la niganlxlng In Vtvv Ori ! (0t 'niit puri oie 1 have nil the fa f fiom il ' llllbl. anuri e Blgned) 1 ' HAKKR Brig 'Ogn. Pro Mnr War rept A true io W.- . .. . A Oen la C Wee, Augut 17 lids Ast Adjt -Oen News of th ta conspliiiij oiginlzlng not orgnnlaed co an uiiUatid lo .ach depart ne 1' commnn.lir and noon nil were In wil 4 con motion eucli endeavoring en-deavoring to nu llo the other In their attempt in undt abortive the object nf that w hi h hiu 1 " f 't nee beyond their own dcslgnln T mlnda OITIf I f. rov Mt'NtCVTIONP In quirk -u. icaali n lommunlcntlona from th( Hi r nt he ulnumLri nirlv d nt the pot copies of which I herewith append , War Dept . V 0" 0tr.ee. nelilnnti.il u (."it 17 111. Col r H Hinilllon 110 N V Vol or the Commanding Ollltei . iU Tortii- ,-a, na 8lr-I Incloae herewith n topy of a telegram from 111 Ik Oen 1. ' Hukii , Provoat Marshal of the A 7iti department depart-ment Tin B.critnr) of A Vnr directs Hint betldea taking rffetiuni mcisuteM aralnst an atumpt to res 1 1" pilon-ir pilon-ir jou will plate the four H -e prls-oneia prls-oneia rnnl.l Mudd Hiainii ler and ol.Hii-hl i undir au.h reatrui t and within such limit Inside Poit J fferson a ahull n nke abortive any atteitipt at estniie or rescue You will n lu en by I.lenl Cartintrr, the bearer of tl 'Js a full report nf tne meauies you take un. .In thesi Inst ut Hun ery ieaiKt fully your i.uedh nt strvant (Mlgned) 13 I) lOWNHir.N'O Asslatant 'ljutunt (It n. nil llendiiunrlera IHv 'lon ot the Oulf New OH. una uruat JO U65 Commanding otli.tr, Tonugas Ihe lnt loBcd tibKiam 1 forwarded for )our Infoiinntlon i will ut once tnke inoiiauiia to jrevent the accont-llHliin. accont-llHliin. nt nf auth pm pose the aur-pilat aur-pilat of )oin ioat unl the rclntse of the prisoners then It I irt hy return of Hie be rr the sfenglh of your garrison garri-son ry respectfully vour obedient servant, P II UhlllDVN M ij i Ccucral. copy or ti:i roit v v nthlngttin August 17th IJ 10 p in MnJ -Gen HUH Cnnh) This depurtiitnt Is Inro md that nn oieratlon Is on foot In tw Oi leans to gu to tl e I)r Tortug is un I by surptise or atrutagem seize thit ) lace ami re. luiae tin prlanii la tlieie In mediutel) n reiving this telegram pleuse aend u s;iclnt messenger to untlf) the iom. inandir at Kc) Wcat and Dry lortugus to take strict measures to guanl against mi) stiutugem or surprl e unl secure Hie stifetv nf their commiinds oa will nlso use ever) effort to iler.nt Ita object Vou will also notlO the division toni-mitider toni-mitider and request his tu opeiutlou Acknowledge tho ictrlit of thla tele-grum tele-grum (Signed) I! M BTWTOV Siceretury of War. Olllrlat (Blgned) T II fIIi:i!HJN As Institiclnl I.leut taiientir binr-ing binr-ing these dlsputehea irrlvrl nt Port Jitlerson Pin during llu it on Hi of h. pumbei while MuJ lllla P (rail dm Ilunlred and Hixt) 11 in New a volunlcirs wna 111 tiinrnirl (apt Pintlia Pmvnat Mirahil In .bulge, ftutMirdid thi reiiuln I luf n i ll in rel-ullve rel-ullve lo 111. at .ngth of the g.nlson uud tin ntiur. s ad ipted In . u meth. of of eonfln. in. nt whlili a c tm 1 lo be s"itlrnrtoiv i we wen n it n oleated nut reatilitidiln any pirlltuln lu the piv lieges thus fur gr mti I mil things wint on as usu il until S. i ten Inr Jith tl-i tin) the One Hunditd mid Hlxty. flrat Ntw Vnik viluftt ta wen relieved b) the right) -at m d I i It 1 itntis col olid Infuiitiy Mai (1 n g I Went-worth Went-worth (utnnianilliiK th rlud of Dr Mudd s uttemi t lo eat ipe lift Ml'DDH POSITION Dr Mud I uniiil.il uuirttrs ut the last hnapllal building wh le be hnd Ik . n given the position of wait! muster Wc never met exieit at mtiinlng and nt night going mid n turning from woik 1 was pcrfcUly Iguoi ml tint he utertnlnetl the Idea of attempting earn ea-rn pe Ilia set ret was kipt intlrel) within with-in hlinaelf At the Unit I wits confined In in) bed with u vny he v ire ease of lireiik-bone fever, wlien the news reached me of Dr Mudd attempt at escape and I was Infnrmni by Cupt Prentiss thut lie tlio ight th it It would liuve uu injurious iff it ut un tatli of us ua tach would In held itsponslble for the acts nf tin uthir Mtrlit uiat ordns v u forthwith Is. sued In Dr iludd s t at ml lie wan limit d nnd pin. tl ulihlu line nf tho (ills iiitn. Ind to Hi rfuitidhnu e and tinnp.ll.il during the .lay tn n rform the moat nituli.1 Inwr nn Hi. laluud ln fat t the) . nuld nut hum up ti ird enough woik with w tilth to vtnt theli splctn iiihiii him It was l(gltlniatel) Ills i lute to est apt from hla Imprlaon-uiilit Imprlaon-uiilit If he could mid ll u ih the pl.ue of hla Jailers ti pi event It If possible without i sin i ng to xiith iruilllea aa win ufttru n.i liuiuMiit upon us Soon the snd o ikii. utlon bet line engraft-id engraft-id fium whl li , i. h wus to b.tir like purl It null I nil upon Hit roun tenniit. uf . .iv Htm r uud rumor urjtlinll) H i im,, rUcis MuJ -inn V 1 r iiuuui n ling the Dipnitnunt oi l-liillu uirlvid upon the Isliuil .ili.llv ltft Inairuttlons with tho ion in in Hi g ifTlir nnd I wns ii ii ov nl fi m th. on. i nf the Provost Marshal when I h d bun unpin) ed aonii hftei I In I I i t th. fort under Hu pi t Hi t I po..tlruis should I n It nil Hi. Ir own "v , of fulfilling the ' I IN IllrtVM. I then utter the 1 was receive J die Florida, rjev. . , , mill D T I III - t i iw lo il , .,1 Jjl- j ... I I v Hn oin.nt f nn it jn hns j a 'ed ni th li I jail a f on A hipton tt i . i 1 x si n o Ihe j il n ih it 1 it J' i Jn ou will take the propel p e autlonlo nrevent any uprising of the irnun is and. In case you find thla Informul n to be correct, tnke measure- to f tr t out .he leaders and place them In n m Uy Command uf UrlsiJIei Otn ul Nuwton filtjied ) A c PK( T7 Irrtt I.leulennnt and V tl n nl Ctiny fttrnlahetl Comnnndlng Olllctr Dry Tortugi Ily leferrlng to the prevlou i m nlct. Ion ll will be ..en thnt Ir th in t instil nt e Iv C nalserobtalii.lt f is "rom a rellnbb som th it t n ajiliac) was tirganlrtd It N ( rl m to rtleas the "talc prl it t tin 1 at I-iort Jefferson Tin This it f rm i Hon was mined bv him n ugut 1" H05, ami Imm.dldtclv t - o tie Wtir ilipnrtment at i nfcton In less thnn a nun th tuiitti 1 1 id telerrrama hnlng been fuw i 1 1 v e and there f tally tulmlnit 1 In t t lit Mng the tonaplra v 1 a. n I v n-m n-m inltatlon 'ron. O n Nrw ton i" laUng at Dr Tortugns Ita It li i- ln If It bo fount! torrett th t the leadera be ilnieti in Iron" 'Merifnr no uch tonaplratv a tie tailed by Oen ebuei ever exl-t I ex cept Insr In his ow n lnv entlv e mln l A e were mde thi leniltraao that further pcraccutlon and torture eoull be henptl upon u The tin ling of the court wns Inaufllcti nt tortures alrea 1) Inllctml wcie not tnough tn satl'f) the pent- ip bnlretl of those in high posl Huns utnilnat ua their defamed nnl Ira luted vl. tlms of mllltar) Injustice In a ahoit time a damp ind un-henllh) un-henllh) dungeon vvn pluetl In rendl nesa lo reielve u through which but little air could penetrnte nnd nn October Oc-tober Uth ( nl O t I.eger Orenfell Mudd -ianler O I nughlln nnd ni)-elf ni)-elf were rtmovetl to thee selected quarter! and lie xl tl together like fo mrinv ( lttle Tl i doors for the flrat few da.vtt wire nl a)s kept cloed with nn arriixl aentlneil walking tn nnd fro from bis seat ilnselv guarding npnlnat any ntproath to oiu quarters Hoon leg trnna were Introduced nnl each Ironed with the exception of m)-aelf m)-aelf Hie) rem lining off me 1 eonuc I wna eivgngeil In wrltln for some nf the officers at post heidiiunrter W lien the iiiHtrtirtlnns contained In flen N w ton's communlcitlnn nf leptem-1 leptem-1 rr "Ird lint! been Inokel Into the ring-tenders ring-tenders of the plot ferreted out nn 1 pine 1 In Irons the commandlns oftl ter to rm e lion willingly the dutj of hi supe lor but llkewl-e of himself had been nerforn ed 1 1 nned the fol-lowtng fol-lowtng (ommunlcatlon to the V nr do-nnrtment do-nnrtment Ilentlnuarters Port Jefferson ria , October 20 18". f revet Lieut -Col bamuel llrcck Asltnnt .1Jutint-Oenernl Colonel 1 have tho honor to report thit when 1 relieved MnJ W tills n Cnilg One Hundred an 1 lxt)-flr"t Nt v lork voluntecrB of the ccinmanil of thl pot he fallel to turn over to me any particular order or Instructions rela'lve to the confinement of State prist merB nt till" tost, and toda) for the lrst time learned from Ilrlg -Oen Jewton commnnllnr Dennrtment of V Id e riorlda that Instruction had 1 ven Kent to the commanding officer of t 'tis noit to keep them In cloae con-Hi con-Hi lime it when not nt work 'When this poet vvn visited b) MaJ -Oen Poster, c-oi nrnan ling Department of riorldi on the 14th di) of thl month ho g-tve mi Instl uctlons to put them ln close cunt Inenunt. and I have accordlngl) flttet I "P a dungeon to carrj out hla in-struc in-struc Horn but I had never until this da I -now n anything In regard to the orders from the V ar department I am al " t cry respectfull), your obedient obedi-ent ser vnnt, (lgncvl) OIO r WnVTWOUTH Major righty-second United States Colorci I Infnntry, Commanding AMffi MAZY AVINDINOS What n Vcid among those mazj winding wind-ing cm I nearth tho cnuse of all these secret inn ttilnntlons Kverythlng con-neetel con-neetel ft tnr u to the cause assigned for the I li I"S of us In IronB has been refuted b) their own correspondence We were cli el) confined, when not nt work In th damp and Ill-ventilated dungeon pre Tared b MaJ George 13 Wentworth fi r our reception forced to feet our footitei closely followed by nn armed guui d (black) denied Inter-iiiuiso Inter-iiiuiso with ev erjune upon the island nnl lucked wl Miln our kloom) dim-get dim-get n nl sundow i Thla tontlnued unchanged until the arrival of the I- "IfUi artillery Hrlg -en Dennett II -If HI. commanding Ihe minus Issueel .it this time were putrid unlit to en t. nnd during these three month of . onflneincnt I llv. 1 upm a cup of alop cx.ffee and the dry liuil trust of brend Thla Is no ex ig-Keintlon ig-Keintlon us ininy ni erK can testlf) to Ha trutlifulness C. ifce was brought over to our quartern In n dirty greasy bucket alwaja with crease awhr i Ing uon Ita surface bren i rotten llsn 1 mtat all mixed togetl ici mid thus we wue foic I to live l or month- until starvation nearly stare 1 ua tn the face When the Plfth nrtlll try nrrlvcl and we looked ui on the face I of men of mil own color nnd race we 'tit greater security se-curity for our lives We did not think It l osslble that worse i lien could be found upon the face of Y ( arth than most of tho olllcers connected with the Dlghty-ae. ond United St Itcs colored lufantr) but we coon fount that we had tin led off tha witch fo the devil Aa for the enlisted men or private sol. tilers laitli white and black I niuat say that we were tnated by the m ivlth the utmost klndtuss and coi isltlcratlon whleh sluill ever be remembered with the most grateful feelings It was but n short pcilod be ft re the hatred of the olllrers of the I Ifth artillery ar-tillery becime visible and fe It In more Institutes than one Thlr arrival dated from about Novcmlier 1 ith v rhen Gen Hilt assumed rnminan I of the post l'ltquent v Initial ins were made by them to our quarters without a word being spoki n or a qutstlon i ro poun led thev looking upon ua na If we were wild beasta and ( nnt ot ting so mo plan to degrade und further tnrturt u USDI.PbR Pltori KT Plrst I but William an llei 1 Adju-I Adju-I tnnt being ol'lcer of tin d ly O'UuikIi-1 O'UuikIi-1 1 ii delermlp to nsk him the itune- of his being pi id In Irons Olnuihlln stated to him It was nnt In tmifoi mil) with the flndllH'S of the (ourt trat sen-ttnte sen-ttnte till not cull for auth Inhuman trcutiicnt at the lunula of his Jielb rs that be had conformed to ever) requirement require-ment since u prloner In Hi. hunda of Ihe Government never violating any rule guvernlng the lommnnd and llrtuly protesting ngulnst such b irbtuoua tnnt-ment tnnt-ment I.leut Vnn ltccd walked up nnl down our quarters lu hla Insignia of link and rt piled Sli our sentence la nothing we cun di with nu un.l to )nu Just us wt jhasi' mil without fut thcr comment nbiuptl) left our quartets If u a. ilurn ollliei itiiil.I thus set nsll the tlndlngs of nn uil'ro tnmt ot olHtirs also nvarrlde the mmllfle 1 sentence sen-tence of tin. President of the United States he pnsaisstil mule rial power over ua than ellhei an) had It In his uu. 1 iiuw.t to tun ri tin findings r ih tmri in Its intli t) mil ir li i 1 sued tould onlir uu on tibbt to b ' !AIlfi viimiooO. J !te? '1 WW mm Xfl 'WW - Siranel n Arnoll n lie nppcired durlns tfe l rll vt nr anil when ho nnt Hooth In Illltlni re t tin r nte tlie B"t step la Hie Llaeoln conapllucj. taken from our cell and executed In like manner tn nthers What a paiod) on Justice! Unless thit long-drnwn out trint with Us horrors hor-rors attenllng for months Its findings to be thus Ignored by n subaltern olll-cer olll-cer ln the service of the United Stnte The time wns fast approaching when I like unlo the others wrs to be midc again to feel the lion heel of the despot sent to overlook and guard u It tould be rend In the ejes of eneh ofllcer nB be approached could be viewed In their many consultations after nnd during a visit to our quurters as they slyly glanced from one to the other titter looking upon m unshackled limbs as jet AGAIN PITT IN DION'S On November 17, IS6 Cnpt George W Crnlile Plrst Lieutenant I lilted btites artlllcr) cime Into out quarter atcompanlcl by the scigeant of the guai d nnl In a vers gentlemanly manner man-ner thu addressed me Arnnl I I have a vri) i nlnful dutj to perforin, but I urn forced ns you are aware to carry out und obe) tho oiders from m) superiors, ro matter bow grating against in) feelings they ma) tt I am ordtrcd he continued b) Gen Dennett II 11111 tn place you In Irons he hnvlng received ordera to thai effect from higher authoilt) as turned over to hltn li) MaJ W'entwtnth Just relieved in command of the post I irolestel iigilnat It us n violation of the organic liw of the lnnd both civil and mllltar), and ulo or the sentence sen-tence meted out to me by the military commission I informed him Hut I vvn a prisoner lt was true 1 nt that no act of ni) life had Justly mtrltt 1 ni to be Imprisoned mut h lias Intaneiitel and weighted down by gtlllng cba n and crldl out against such a shameful abue of power He icplled that ho wis grieved to have to perform the dut) but Hut there was no altcrnutlve left but ti strict!) follow the ordei assigned him The sergeunt of th guard wi then o -dered to cxecuti the (omnnrul mil I wan Ironed In like manner tn the nth-era nth-era We live conalltuttd the chain gang nt Dry Tortugas Wc weie world b ourselves denied all Interrouist with everyone upon the desolate island our foutntei s nlwn)s uctoiipinl.fi by an firmed guard nnd frrced in this condition, condi-tion, to perform the moat im nlnl nnd degrading work upon the key Prom November 17th until December ltlh my person n id tho others were dragged hire and then from morn un til night, working In degr tiling chains tinde, In every Instance that presented Itself to perform the filthiest Jobs that the Provost-Murshal could hunt up 13MPL01DD AS CLI. UK Things continued thus until December Decem-ber llth when the pilsoner employed ns clerk to the commanllng ofllcer Vvn releust 1 from conflnemint by mder from tho War department I was sent fur desired to furnish a specimen of mv hantlwritlntr wh!. h I .ltd nml frmr that date was employ td as cleik in the Adjutant's olll. e The noise a sing from the clanking chains on my feet when walking about the olllee soon grated uion the ears of the enmmund-ing enmmund-ing ofllcer who In lonsequcnic theieof in special jost older relltvetl me fiom the Iron Indefinite!) but kept the nthers nth-ers still lioned an 1 oeiupled ut labor us before mentioned I had been In the ofTUo but n few days when orders were Issued which separated me fiom m) onlv eompin-Ions eompin-Ions upon the laland 1 waa transferred from m dungeon to the genual guardhouse guard-house denied communication or Intercourse Inter-course with the few with whom I was Indlvlduilly lmpilsont 1 forced to dwell mull the confusion nml noise ubotindlDg among numerous suitlnola Ihls wns of anything but n ibusunt nntuie to ni senses I coul 1 not conceive con-ceive why I hnd been relliv.d of suffering suf-fering of one kind lo have another nnd I dttennlntd If joslble to have It toi-rected toi-rected In home way In a communication ndlrcscd lo the commanding officer I requiste I to be returned to my former place of conllne-rnent conllne-rnent for although a dungeon lt was fai pnferiible to the guardhouso whuc I waa thin confined that there were no (onsequcntes attending the chunko nf situation that Instead of being un amelioration of ni) condition I found It un aggravation My request wus nim-llled nim-llled with und I was again place 1 In the dungeon with my compniilons, which fmt had tin tendem) to ruffle the disposition of the poat Atljut mt by whose older I had ben 1 1 ited tlieie (without the sanction or knowledge of the (Oinmjiillng olllcei) as be l tnurkt 1 to ire nfterwar stating Hint he i lne.1 me In the guuidhnu. to pn-vuit pn-vuit the contents of cnimnuiilcnilona leeelve 1 at the ofllet being divulged to tho Inmntis of my quattets Prom that Hint out we lemalncd lo-gcthtr lo-gcthtr 'Ihe otduly utcompurleil me to and fio fiom my cell to hen Iqu ir-tors ir-tors and to every olnt I icqtilu.l to visit At ittnat or sundown wt wire linked together within our dunginii remaining re-maining until cnirlcd out to our morning morn-ing 1 ibois nt sunrlae With the arilvul of the rifth artillery at Hu jost the legulitltina which hid been In force wue tliangid nnl trinity became Hu order nf tho day Not only were prUonors the retlplents ,,f it but ,'; .".i""1 I?1."".1 "llellt " nivalin! "J11,"' JfiillBtfd nun recruits Just in-lived in-lived to fill up tht lln-oi-Lnt rjinii ml. s which ha! been mluied tlitough .xpl-intlou .xpl-intlou of tenns of uillstim ut lime was scunel) a ilav that iiussetl but that ten or fifteen wnull be Bun inr-rying inr-rying fium moi nlng until night hcuvi tannon balls iifon their should, rs mill nrtui continuing foi duya us vv II ns To f II to salute an nnicer wns n sure fortrunuu of punlshimnl vvbui In rut at times It was Impossible to dls-tnguish dls-tnguish tm ih(y not b,ing dad in their itqulrul uniform The manual t'f nuns w ta tit i m , into the nimh-, wl"' tl 1 i I r lb , u t ,i '" Iff i nt .union. ,r ,1, on munu wtrt lli t 1 .i, j 1, ,lt ItJlon I of the b k lee... ml oi ist the drill il oil i i t 1 el j i tit niiir i to I wh t l it ft! nuly the II wns guurdbiusi nnirdelevciv opportunity of betomlng tonveinnt with the many dlfierot uet of cruelty e I I i nil) pra. Heed, which 1 will li nan late DL'NGKON WAS TLOODUD We remained In our dungeon qunrtera until someiimc In the mouth of rebrtt-ur rebrtt-ur ldiS at which pi nod our j-emovul took i latt tetllrg from the woeful condition con-dition ot the quuiteis, lt becoming Hood, ed with wuur to the depth In pluces of om foot ualed by the nilns and lenk. ago thnugli the wnll This hn 1 been to moi e tn les evei since our (.nllne-tnent (.nllne-tnent tliui but felled to attruct the ul-tentlon ul-tentlon of oiu Juileis until lt b mine fo lain tint theli alt sc. Ing eyes In nil cls eoull not full but lo notice It The hi iltli t cuiti an I be. imo vury much lmr ilr. 1 rmm confinement In this ma-lnt ma-lnt tons dungeon, nnd when It was nn-i nn-i milled thut v e weie In be reitovetl lo oil r qmiteri wt htiildel the ihunge villi J ) fullng that nt would be able to rep'ln our lunlth somewhat by com. In i in I t I with li pure flesh sen bt.iK. Ill this howevu wo weie aadl) dls-iliolnnd dls-iliolnnd Oui qututciH weie i laced Iminedlalel titer the sally-port ot tho foil the cusen tnts so cnnstiuclcd thut we obtained ltss ficrh nlr nnd ventilation ventila-tion than In tin qunrtera we Ind been lenmved fiom and lo makt It more (iiullmd and unwholesome nn eight-Inch eight-Inch wall wns erected between the aich division dividing the cujemates, tbere-b) tbere-b) dat let nlng the qumtera nnd bionl -Ing off every particle of ulr from the rcu On theujiitu side fronting our quarters quar-ters otiuslonall) n glimpse of the sky above tould be had but beyond this nothing There were three windows, ireneuring fht fut long md sl Inches lu width set about two or three feet In Hu vvnll distant ft mil the giouttl floor about aevn feet completely bienlilng df all view to the outer vvoild nnd lrcvuitlng the bieexe so necessary to health f i oiu being obtained The wull here as heretofore wus a mass of slime, pioduectl loin the dampiieaa of the cnaeti nles WAim HAIL13D OUT. Often during nur confinement In the I late buckets wire used to ball out the collected water It having been found necessary tn dig tleep holes und ruttcrs In catch the wi tei thereby pieventlng our quaiters becoming Hooded all nvei lor montl ye over a v.ar-w.te vve vv titl B h IB lh , dnw i, 1 , shoulki, r -"iioi tra. ks ur i h.nm 'll dut ex t i 'forin e Hi n thru i m L'hr main u ti . ..."'"u ytondtnM, k,nn have r j oirt heuvei an cv.ry sp ,y " mtnd i n monuitri, Uj ) beneath Ih , ,. '' and mu n ,, ' 'i t lime tils h i ettoiighoi i . . ' "id "Ih 11 u .I ,0 ' bann. t , . l u" " m .' "Il ".uainr"'' Drain j , r , i h """'p-n' ",u"inr,; ' ' nr " mini11 I n. ret.u.ii ,ha tj Ing lo 1 fn r , N Mudd rt I ' ! ' tli-m no ,'r' l night to , r Ihnt ,er u"nJ from tint u n , Honed cru ty , i i i Hohnt,i."mnum'',l'' uoncu o UHi . tl it , b ubl,)r i 1 111 il ti l0 ." L T I""'' of ihoh ' ., ugnlnst u ""'i hhoi 1) f re0!1,;- x I lluih II J . " I con n tu I i , ,.ur Heir (1 n J, II why he I, ,i i ' n the , trlbut d to Hn, , , the f t i , h V" I'linl I tl tine , temrtatc JP anl huve b n orl , huve mi) k i , he did not l-r t ,",,,, I er on In x t n r, I It ther vv M la, J? I Iron h a j that u. , t The Last Home Place. mMmmifi 'ii,''t'.iiV, . ' "yjjf. i v.-stBjoi.r . , y.i is?) Country rcsWeuce lu one of the counties or Maryland, whro Samuel B. i spentllus bis dpellufog years quartered In this filth) rlace hiving s (ompinlons In oil! misery cv.ry Inset t known tn abnun 1 nn Hu Island lu the that e of mosquitoes bedbugs roiclus mill st ori Ions by which both night nnd tin) we wue tormented Our limbs draw In dllTeient shapes by rheumatism conttattcd from the tlnmpntss thmgh u "let I: my Iron constitution outlived It all Whin nsking Ihnt nn nmellorntlng (liumie be tnnde no noiiu was t iken theieof In fuct il glew woise lf possible pos-sible for Hit p ind of uiim to conceive audi lu be pns'iblc A guard stool nt our donrwn) cunstnml) pieventlng thi iipprnueh of an)nne in out qtmrteis ex-ceiillng ex-ceiillng wlun iiceninianld by the nfllcir of the tiny the lominiindlng ifti(r ut surgeon of tin tott Wi wue mi de a and other quirt rj niiljrrt Th- ntxt diy he j n IronB unu assigned o h G ncrol having feunl 11 t no on er in his cas nV ("oloncl had suffetctl throat Justice for Ix monthi Th" only view from cum the Inald of tho fort. Pii f w thlnps that traruiliM env Irons lilt at c rr ut h"rvatlon becau o cllr ,1 tin gu rdhousc the el f the biirboilll w r p Jt Hu Utl upon prl3on ri Ihls time It vv s nn nt 1 encc to behold men r'otf ' rlnr b'Hi 'la' and rlgl i nnd e inmn balls the b J weight from ii pourdi up Dr. Samuel A. flludd's Endorsement. . ' N r i '$&& .z&f&rt'-ztf & 1 y ' " 4i " AuloKraili letter or ono of four confine 1 st the Dry Toitow" "' nt tin I Inrolu rniiaiilrnlors Jbo latter Is lu eul tntltlon ori" crui lilts ns loll by Arnold show of when un) Nabob nr nfllci ra tain, upon Hie island In whom wo were not ieiinlti.il to siaalt simiiling like bo iiuiny Matins In tluir nii'i'liir (Hilt .is whoai mills shnitlil have bun (bar to net with Jtistlte were ie. tiling In liHinliutlim biveiuges and fnquently to such mi extent Hint tliey dwelt on until na In u tlieam ultiit-Uasly ultiit-Uasly . airylng tu extrenua vlnlunaiy rrlcia und i uu iiHunnuil mithoilty wh n I In tli ti i ' i h in functlt ns I i u Ml u n o ii mu duiuglits in n Hi I "I llu pil uiim und sol. I ' ie ivc i th full ben. ill of Uiilr Tn bo reportclw '";; punishment nclh' ""' . er bung nllowrl own tie fen nlllc.r vv if the jnj be tnrrled two li x , off. frcqu nt ) " -'V, Theic w i i " . 'ft' Win tier, couip " J1ir i who was tc ' ", ,-n month both 21,i , ,, und two imiir oT hla pintulroii '"'fgi tinmcnt "'' !?'J biV tailor to havn It 1ne' "" |