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Show The Bitztiiiic Trial. Taris. 4. In the Bazainc courl martial to-day Col, Stotlel sworn. Ho never opened or saw the dispatches addressed to McMahon until the mar bhal had perused them. He knew only one dispatch was received, from Kaoause and Weis; that guitcd they were unable to obtain the inlbnnat- j ion they were sent for. He did not ! examine the accounts these men gave on returning to camp at Bethel. They never informed him they had important papers. He alluded to the fact that he gave them no recommendation. recom-mendation. As proof that he gave them no recommendation, he declares that he shared the sentiment of the whole army in regard to Reviere, for whom the only feeling was one of contempt aud disdain. The witness refused to retracj, the espre.-piu.ii ai (hp reuuest 'qf either the Duke d Aumalu qr the counsel for the defence. de-fence. The president subsequently caused a report of the language used to be drawn up for presentation to the authorities Itahaucd and Vc13 wera recalled. The president called attention at-tention to the discrepancies between their testimony vesierday and thu evidence given to-day. The witnesses then circumstantially contradicted Stoffel and declared that when they arrived in camp he read their dispatches dis-patches and remarked that the information infor-mation they contained was the lamCi iliap had been received by telegraph": The government commissioner read a statement of the information which lie had filed asrainst Col. Stoflel for mnking away witli (he dispatches, ne reserveu uie right to prosecute, The Court adjourned amid great excitement. ex-citement. Count I'elelris, Napolccn's lasi minister, testified in regard to his acts while in otlice. He accepted the responsibility of the march on Sedan. He admitted that he received in Paris a dispatch from Bazainc, but did not notify MaeMahon of it as he believed the marshal was already aware of its contents. |