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The Savannah Daily Herald. tFESDAT. JVNK 13. 1865. FROU oi;r evening edition OF YES I‘ERDAY. STILL LATER. New York Dales to Ike Til*. GOLD i:*7 The New kale CoiistMullon of Nitseuri Rejected. THE NEWS FHOH ENGLAND, Sivii and Qidy Still in Fortress Kouroe. iSpecial Despatch to the Savannah Herald.] Hu/rox Hkad, June 12. lsn>. Yonr agent here li‘vs received Northern papers of June 7th. The news is as follows: Gold closed in New York, on the Cth, at i-37 2-8. The.new State Constitution of Missouri wae rejected by five thousand majority. The New York papers have telegrams direct from Richmond. The London Owl says England has inti mated that it does not intend to pay for the depredations of the Alabama ; and that tbe rejoinder from Washington, alludes to com pulsion. This is not regarded reliable, how ever. Jets. Davis and Clement C. Clay are still confined in Fortress Monroe. The Reserved Testimony. From tbe full, correct, and authorized re port of the suppressed testimony given by the Washington Chronicle we make the follow ing extracts giving the most important points; The Origin of the Plot. Richard Montgomery, a witness for the prosecution, being duly sworn, testified us follows: By tub Judge Advocate.— Q. Are you a citizen of New York ? A. 1 es, sir. Q State whether or not you visited Can ada in the summer of 1864? A. I did. Q. How long did you remain there ? A. I remained there goiDg back and lorth ever aiuce until within a week and a half or two weeks’ time. Q. Did yon or not know in Washington Jacob Thompson, formerly Secretary of the Interior, and Clement C. Clay, formerly of the United States Senate ? A. I did. Q. Will you state whether you met those persons in Canada, and when ? A. I met them in Oauada, at Niagara Falls, at Toron to, at St. Catherines, and at Montreal a num ber of times, and Very frequently since tbe summer of IHC4 up to this time. Q Did you ot uot meet George N. San ders? A. I did. Q. And a man by the name ol J. P. Holcomb? A. Yes, sir; Professor Hol comb. Can you name any otUer rebel citizens of the United States in Canada of note that you met? A. Yes, sir; I met Beverly Tucker, W. C. Cleary—l think those ure the inUllials—sud a great many others under fic titious names. There was another one by the name of Harrington. Those are the ones that 1 principally hud communication with. I met another one by the name of* Clay, not Clement C. Clay. I met one Hicks up there also. Q. Under how many different names did Jacob Thompson pass in Canada-r-do you know ? A. It would be impossible lor me to tell you. I kuew him under three or four, aud others knew him under other names; his principal name was Carson. /Q. Do you know under what names Clem ent C. Clay passed ? A. Yes, sir; one of them was Hope; another T. E. l^acey; I have forgotten the initials of his name as Hope; T. E. Lacey was the principal one ; another one was Tracy. Q. State any conversation you may have had with Jacob Thompson, in Canada, in the summer of 18W4, in regard to putting the Pre sident of the United States out of the way, or assassinating him. A. During the conver sation in 18ti4, Jacob Thompson said to me that he had liis friends, Confederates, all over the Northern States, who were ready and wilting to go any lengths for the good of the cause of the South, aud he could at any time have the tyrant Lincolu, aud any others of bis advisers that, he cl.ose, put out of his way; that he would but have to point out the man he considered in his way, and his friends, as he termed them, would put him out of it, and not let him know anything about it, if necessary; and that they would not consider it a crime when done tor the cause of the Confederacy. Q. Did you not see Thompson some time in tne mouth of January, 18tio, and where? A. That was in Canada, in Montreal. _Q. Will you state what he then said to you, if anything, in regard to a proposition which had been made to him to rid the world of the tyrant, Lincoln? A. He saida proposition had been made to him to rid the world of the tyrant Liucoln, Stanton, Grant and some others; that he knew the men who made the proposition were bold, daring men, and able to execute anything that they would under take, without regard to the cost, that he him self was in favor of the proposition but had determined to defer Iris answer until he had consulted the Government at Richmond, and that he was then only awaiting their approv al; lie said that he thought it would be u blessing to the people both North and South to bare those men killed. Q. This was in January A. That was'in January last. Q. What time in th« month was it ? A. It Was About the middle of the month ; 1 saw him a number of times; I could not give the exact day of that conversation. Q. Was it about that time that you saw Clement C, Clay, and had a conversation with him ? A. No, sir; in tbe summer of - I$C4, immediately after Mr. Thompson had told me what he was able to do, 1 repeated the conversation to Mr. Clay, and he said, ‘•that is so; we are all devoted to our cause, and ready to go any lengths,” “to do any thing under the sun,” was his expression, J remarked, “to serve their cause." Q. Look at these prisoners at tbe bar and see if you recognize any of them as having been seen by you in Canada, and under what circumstances? A. I have seen that one without his coat there. [Pointing to Lewis Payne, one of the accused. ] Ido not know bis name. Q. Will you state where and under what circumstances you saw him ? A. I have seen him a number of times in Canada. I saw him alaiut the Falls in the summer of 1 KG4, a_d I saw’ him again—l guess it was the last time I saw him—and had sonic words with him, at the Queen’s Hotel, at Toronto city, Canada West. Complicity of the Rebel Government. Q. Have you been to Canada since the as sassination of tbe President? A. Yes, sir. Q. State whether you met auy of those men of whom you have spoken on your re turn to Canada, and if so, what conversation you had w ith them there in regard to the as sassination of the President ? A. I met Bev el ly Tucker a very few days after the assas sination ; three, or four, or five. Q. W here ? A. At Montreal. Q. Whut conversation had you? A. He said a great deal in conversation about the wrongs that tbe South had received from the hands of Mr. Lincolu, and that he deserved his death iong ago ; that if was a pity that he did uot have it long ago, and it was too bad that the boys had not been allow’ed to act when they wanted to. Q. Do you mean by “ tbe boys'’ the men who were to arsasinate him? A. Ves, sir; tbe Confederate soldiers who were up there who had been engaged in their raids. They used the expression “ their boys ’ in regard to their soldiers and the men in their employ. It is common among them. Q. Did you meet with Booth there ? A No, sir; I never saw Mr. Booth in Canada. Q. Did auy of these men of whom you have spoken say that Booth was one ol' the men referred to by Jacob Thompson, who was willing to assassinate the President ? A. Yes, sir; W. C. Cleary told me. I related to him the conversation I had had, or a por tion of it, with Mr. Thompson in January, and he said that Booth was one of t#e par ties to whom Thompson had referred. Q. Did he say in that conversation any thing further in regard to him ? A. No, sir; he said in regard to the assassination that it was too bad that the whole work had not been done. Q. What did you understand by tbat ex pression, “ tbe whole work ?” A. I inferred that they intended to assassinate a greater number than they succeeded in trying to. Q. On your return to Canada did you learn from these parties tbat they supposed them selves to be suspected of this assassination, and W’ere they taking any steps to conceal the evidence of their guilt? A. Oh, yes, sir; they knew’ a very few days after the as sassination that they were suspected of it. Q. What did you learn they were doing, it anything ? A. They were destioying a great many papers. They also knew that they were going to be indicted in Canada for a violation of tbe neutrality laws a number of days before they W’ere indicted. Q. How did you learn they were destroy ing papers about, that time ? A. They to’ld me. Q. Which one of them ? E ich of them made mention of that. Tucker aud Cleary both said that they were destroying their papers. Q. Have you stated. what Tucker said to you ? You had an interview with him after you returned? A. Yes, sir. He said it was too bad they had uot been allowed to act when they wanted to. Q. [Submitting to tbe witness a paper con taining a secret cipher] Will you look at that paper. Are you familiar with tbe cipher uned by tbe Confederate authorities ? A. I am familiar with two of them. Q Is that one of them or not ? A. Yes, sir. Q. You recognize that as one of the ci phers in use among tbe Confederates ? A. Yes, sir. How the Evldtiirr was Obtained. Q. During yonr stay in Canada were you or not in the service of the Government, and seeking to acquire for its use intormation in regard in tlie plans and purposes of the rebels who were known to be assembled there ? A. I was. Q.* To enable you to do this did you or not deem it pioper and necessary that you should assume a different name from your real name and that under which you now appear before this court ? A. Yes, sir, 1 did. Q. What name did you assume in vour in tercourse with them ? A. I assumed as my proper name James Thompson, and then, leading them to suppose that that was my right name aud thut I wished to conceal it there as not to be identified by the Federal spies, I adopted other names at auy hotel I might be stopping. 1 never registered “Thompson” on the book. I led them to suppose that I wished to conceal that name; but James Thompson was the name that they supposed was my proper name. Your whole object in all this was sim ply to ascertain their plans against the Gov ernment of the Uni tea States ? A. Yes, sir; that was my whole object. Q. Will you state how you became ac quinted with this cipher which has just shown to you? A. I saw my cipher in Mr. Clay’s house, the priyate house in which I I was stopping in St. Catharine’s. Q When was that ? A. That was in the summer of 1804. Q. Have you not also been the bearer of despatches for these persons ? A. Yes, sir, I was entrusted with depatches to carry irom Canada to Richmond. Q. Did you oarry them ? I carried some to Gordonsville, with instructions that I was to send them from there. Q. Did yon receive despatches in reply ? A. Once I did. . Q. Were they carried back ? A. Yes, sir ; they were carried back. Q Did you come through Washington? Did you make them known to,the Govern ment ? A. Yes, sir ; each time. I deliv ered the despatches always to the Govern ment of the United States. 1 passed noth ing that I took, except by their permis sion. The Raids and Burning of the Cities Q. From whom was the despatch at Gor dousville received: A. A gentlemen who represented himself to me as being in their State Department, and sent with the answer by their Secretary of State. Q. And you lx>re the despatch back to whom ? To Thompson or Clay ? A. I bore it back to Mr. Thompson. Q All of the men—Thompson Clay, and Cleary— represented themselves as being in the service of the Confederate government ? A. Yes, sir. Q. When was it that you received that despatch at Gordonsville ? A. It was in the fall. I brieve it was in October. Q. Did you ever hear the subject of these raws from Canada upon our frontier and of the burning of our cities spoken of among these conspirators ? A. Yes sir. many times. Q By Thompson, Clay. Cleary, Tucker, Sanders, and those men? 11. Ves, sir; I kuow that Mr. Clay was one of the prime movers in the matter before raids were start ed. Q. You understood, in your conversations with them, that all those men folly approved of these enterprises? A. Yes, sir; they re ceived the direct endorsement of Mr. Clem ent C. Clay. Jr. He represented himself to me as being a sort of representative of their War Department. Q. Do you consider that you enjoyed fully the confidence of those men. so that tiiey free ly communicated to you? A. I do; I do not think they would have entrusted those despatches to me unless they had the fullest confidence in me. Q. Did they or not at all times represent themselves as acting under the sanction of their Government at Richmond? A. They represented themselves as having full power to act without reference to them. They re peatedly told me—both Mr Clay and Mr. Thompson—that they had full power to act, by their Government, in anything they deemed expedient aud for the benefit of their cause. Q Were you in Canada at the time the at tempt was made to fire the city of New York. A. Yes, sir. Q. Was that the subject of much conver sation among these people ? A. I left Cana da with the news two days befoie the at tempt was made, to bring it to tbe Depart ment at Washington. Q. That such a project was contemplated ? A. Yes, sir. Q. You knew that it originated there and had the full sanction of these men? A. Yes, sir. Q. Do you mean to say the same thing in regard to the St. Albans raid? A. Yes, sir; I did not know tbe point where tbat raid was to be made, but I told tbe Govejnment at Washington that they were about to set out on a raid of tbat kind before the St. Albans raid. I also told them of the intended raid upon Buffalo and Rochester, and by tbat means prevented those raids. Q. Capt. Beale, who was subsequently hanged at New York, was known there as leading in this enterprise, was he uot? A. I did not know him by that name. Q. Was be spoken of among those men? A. I never heard him spoken of. They were iu the habit of using their fictitious names in conversation with each other. Q. You say that you do not know anything about Beale ? A. No, sir; I knew tliat the object of his mission was contemplated. I did no» know who were to be the immediate executors of the plot. 1 knew of the plan at tbe time and reported it. Q. Did you hear the subject of the funds by which all these enterprises were carried on spoken of among these conspirators, as to who had the funds, or the amount they had. or anything of that sort ? A. Yes, s*ir; in regard to the raiding, Mr. Clay had funds. Q. Did you ever near the probable amount spoken of by any of them ? A. No, sir; he represented to me that he always had plent y of money to pay for anything that was worth paying for. He told me he had money to pay any price lor anything that was worth paying for. Q Do you know in what bank in Montre al these rebels kept their accounts and funds? A. No, sir ; I do not. Q. You know tbat there was a Bank of Ontario in Montreal ? A. Yes, sir; I kuow that there Is such a bank. I know that they deposited in several different banks. They transacted a good deal of business, in what I think is called the Niagara District Bank. It is almost opposite where Mr. Clay’s residence was in St. Catherine’s. During all last sum mer they transacted a great deal of business at tbat bank. A Letter from Jefferson Davie. In the testimony of Jus. B. Merritt occurs the following; Q. Were you afterwards in Montreal in the month of February last ? A. I was. Q. Did you or not. hear among the rebels there tbe subject of the assassination of the President freely spoken of. A. Yes, sir. Q. Did you or not hear mentioned the names of persons who were willing to as sassinate him ? A. I heard Mr. Sanders’ name over a number of persons that were ready and williug, as he said, to engage in the un dertaking to remove the President, Vice President, Cabinet, aud some of the leading generals. Q. What, if anything,did George N. Sand ers say in relation to their having plenty of money to accomplish these assassinations ? A. Mr. Sanders said that there was any amount of money to accomplish the pur pose. 1 think that Wijs the expression used. Q. That was the assassination ? A. Yes, sir; then he read a letter which he said he had received trora “the President of our Con federacy.” Q. Meaning Jefferson Davis? A. Yes, sir; which letter justified him in making any arrangements that he could to accomplish the object. Q Was there not a meeting of those icb els at that time in Montreal, where Sanders was, and where you were also ? A. Yes, sir. Q Was it at this meeting that Sanders read that letter trom Jetferscn Davis ? A. Yes, sir. Q. Will you state some of the language of that letter ? the strong language wliicir he if the tyranny of Mr. Lincoln was sub mitted to ? A. Ido not know that I can use the exact langqpge. Q. The substance of it? A. The letter was in substance, that if the people in Cana da and the Southerners in the States were willing to submit to be governed by such a tyrant as Lincoln, lie did not wish to recog nize them as friends or associates, or some thing like that. Q. And you say that in that letter he ex pressed his approbation of whatever mensure they might take to accomplish this object ? A. Yes, sir. Q. Was that letter read openly in this meeting by Sanders? A. Yes, sir. Q. After it was read was it not banded to members of the meeting, aud read by them, ooe after another? A. Colonel Steele read it. I think Captain Scott read it, and Young and Hill. " Q These were all known as rebels, were they not? A. I believe they were. Q-. Djd they, or not, all acquiesce after reading it, la the correctness with which Sanders had read it openly to the meeting ? A. There was no remark made as to any mis-statement of the letter by Sanders. Q. As tar as you could judge did it seem to be llie sense of that meeting that it was proper to have this object accomplished ? A. I did not hear any objection raised. Q. You said that was in the month of February. Can say at what time of the month that meeting was held? A. I should think it was somewhere about the middle of February. Q. By whom were you invited to alteud the meeting? A. Captain Scott invited me to attend tbe meeting. Q* Was it on tbat occasion, or on some other, that Sanders named over the persons who were willing to accomplish jhis assas sination ? A. At that time. Q- Will you state whether among tbe persons thus named John Wilkes Booth was mentioned? A. Booth’s name was men tioned ; I do not remember tbat the “John Wilkes” was added to it. * Q. Did you see Booth yourself iuC’anada? A. Not then; saw Booth in October, 18G4. Q. Can you recall now other names tbat were mentioned besides Booth’s? A. Yes, sir; George Harper was, one, Charles Cald well one, llandall, and Harrison. Q. Did you bear that person Harrison spoken of by any other name ? Did you hear the name Surratt mentioned ? A. I heard Surratt’s name mentioned. Q. Do yon know whether it was the same person or not ? A. Ido not think it was. Q. His name is John Harrison Surratt ? A. Surratt’s name was mentioned Q Did you see the prisoner Harold in Ca nada at that time? A. I say I saw Harold; I saw tbe one who was called Harrison in Toronto. Q Would you recognize him ? Look at these prisoners and see if y’ou recognize him? A [After looking at the prisoners], 1 should think that third one on the bench there was the man, [pointing to Harold.] Q. He was spoken of as one who was ready to accomplish assassination ? A. I understood Mr. Sanders to say he was ready to accomplish it or with others. He went there by the name of Harrison. Q. Look at the remainder of the prisoners, and see if you recognize any them. Do yon remember to have seen the prisoner Payne iu Canada ? A. Ido not. I do not see any other that I should recognize as ever having met in Cauada, except Herold. Q. Did I understand you to say that in the conversation occurring between these rebels and their friends, there was no leserve at all in discussiug the question Af the assassination of the President and his Cabinet ? A. I do not think you understood me correctly if you understood me that there was no reserve. There was uot a great amount of reserve. Q. It was discussed freely among them selves then? A. Yes, sir. In the cross examination of this witness, further information concerning the letter was elicited. Q. You spoke of drinking wine with Mr. Sanders; was that befoie or after the meet ing at which the letter was read to which yon referred ? A. That was after the interview we had in October, but before the meeting at which the letter of Davis was read. Q. Where was that meeting held ? A. In Mr. Sanders’ room. Q. Who invited you to be present at tliat meeting ? A. Captain Scott. Q. It is possible that a portion of that let ter has been misapprehended. I would like to have you state the main points in it again. A. Mr. Sanders read the letter aloud. I did not read the letter myself. I think I stated that iu the commencement. The purport of the letter was tliat Mr. Davis did not wish to recognise any persons as his friends who were willing to submit to be governed by Mr. Lincoln, conveying that sentiment,—the language might be varied a good deal—and that it the President aud Vice-Presicleut, and some of the Cabinet, and some of the leading generals, could be disposed of, it would satis iy the people of the North tbat they (the rebels) had friends here. Q, That was stated in tlie letter? A. That was stated iu the letter. I think. That was the meaning of the letter. The phraseology I, perhaps, do not exactly remember. Tlie Conspirators Commissioned by tbe Rebel Government. SANFOHI) CONNOR CROSS-EXAMINED. Q. As I understand you, you said you saw those blank commissions that were signed by Seddon, Secretary of War, to be given to the persons that were to be engaged in the assassination of the President and Cabinet, and so on ? A. I saw commissions after they were filled, which I was told had been filled there. Q. In Canada ? A. Yes, sir. (J. Did you see how much of them were blank when they vame there from Richmond? A. They were all blank but the signature. Q. Was there no grade of rank in them ? A No,' sir ; that was put in by the agents themselves; they conferred the commissions at pleasure. Q. Did you understand that these commis sions were to be given upon their engaging in this affair, as a sort of cover in case they were taken, or that they were to go into the army following it ? A. It was a cover so that iu case they were detected they could claim that they were rebel soldiers, and would therefore claim to be treated as pris oners of war, and it was understood that they would be protected as such. Q. Those commissions, you have said, were to be given to them as soon as they engaged in this enterprise. Was that engagement to to be given by an oath, or by the obligation of a contract ? Did you understand that ? A. That 1 do not know, but they took the oath of office, I suppose, or whatever it might be called. Bv Mr. Stone — Were these commissions to be conferred principally as a reward for carrying out this assassination project, or for any of these enterprises which were prevent ed on the borders ? A It was to enable the parties upon whom they were conferred, to act officially and to act Its rebel soldiers, and to be protected as such iu case they were de tected. Mr. Thompson said that in case the men engaged in the enterprise were detected and executed, the Confederate government would retaliate. Q. Could that apply to anything but raids on the borders ? They could not expect au assassin to be protected by a commission, I suppose ? A. It was no murder. Mr. Thompson said—mere killing. HtQ. Did the giving of these commissions have reference io the assassination project, or embrace (ill enterprises on the border ? A. It embraced the whole of them ; but I think Booth was specially commissioned for this purpose. Q. How early was it that yon saw these commissions ? A. I saw some commissions as early as December. Propoaltlona to Potion the Croton He«tr» voir and Blow Up the Dam. Sandford Canaver recalled; By the Judge Advocate. —Q. You have probably observed that in some judicial nm ceedmgs which have recently taken pfo<?e °*t Nassau, it lias been made to appear that certain Dr Blackburn packed a numuJ of trunks with clothes infected with tlie ydlow fever for tbe purpose, through them, of n troduein" the pestilence into tlie city of Nt tv \ork I wish you to state whether or not, the Dr. Blackburn referred to in these proceedings is or is not the same person so whom you referred in your testimony on Saturday, as being in intimate assoriatinn with Jacob Thompson, Clay and others ’ \ It is the same person; but 1 never saw him with Clay. . U 1 Q. Will you state the persons whom saw associated with this Dr. Blackburn in Canada? A. Jacob Thompson, George N Sanders, Lewis Sanders, son of George N Sanders, Ex-Governor Westcott, of Florida Lewis Castleman, William C. Cleary. Q. Was Clay among them ? A.' No ah • I never saw Clay with him; also, Mr. Portl erfield, Captain Magruder, and a number of rebels of lesser note. Q. State whether or not this Dr. Blackburn was recognized there and known as an agent ot the so-called Confederate States? Yes sir ; lie was said to be an agentfaud repre sented himself as an agent. w 1 Q Just as Jacob Thompson was an ao-eart A. Yes, sir. a Q Will you state whether or not you had * any consultations among these men upon the subject of introducing the pestilence futo the cities of the United States, aud what was saia, and when? A. Iu January last I know of Dr. Blackburn’s employing a per son to accompany him for that purpose. Q Name the party. A. Mr. John Came ron ; tor th£ purpose of taking charge of goods and bringing them to the cities of New York, Philadelphia, and Washington, as I understood. * Q. You mean goods infected with yellow fever? A. Yes, sir; I heard Dr. Blackburn say that about a year before that time he lmd endeavored to introduce the yellow fever into New York, but for some reason, which I do uot remember, failed. He went from Mont real about a year ago last January to Bermu da, or some of the West India Islands, lor the express purpose of attending cases of yellow fever, collecting infected clothing, and so on, and forwarding it to New York, but for some reason the the scheme foiled. Q. Did you learn on his return, in the course of these consultations, what he had done, and what had interfered, if anything had, to lead to a failme of the enterprise? A. I have seen him; but not to speak to him since his return. Q. Was Jacob Thompson present at these consultations? A. On one occasion I re member Jacob Thompson aiul Mr. Cleary, and, I think, also Lewis Sanders. Q. Will you state whether or not they con curred in the enterprise of Dr. Biackburn introducing the pestilence in the manner mentioned ? A. Yes, sir, they all favored it, and were all very much interested in it; and this time it was proposed to destroy the Croton dam, and Dr. Blackburn proposed to poison the reservoirs, and made a calculation of thfe amount of poisonous matter it would require to impregnate the waters so far as to render an ordinary draught poisonous and deadly. Q. Had he taken the measure of the aque duct so as to ascertain - what amount would be required ? A. He had the capacity of the reservoirs, and the amount of water that was generally kept in them. Q. Was the kind of poison wiiich he pro posed to use mentioned ? A. Strychnine, ar senic, and acids, prussic acid, and a number of others which I do not remember. Q. Did he or not regard the scheme as a one? A. Mr. Thompson, however, found it would be impossible to collect so large a quantity of poisonous mat ter without exciting suspicion aud leading to the detection of parties ; but whether the scheme has been entirely abandoned or not I do uot know. So far as the blowing up of the darn is concerned, it has not been. Q. Will you state whether or uot Jacob Thompson fully approbated the enterprise if practicable? A. Yes, sir. Q. Discussed it freely ? A. Yes, sir. Q. Did tbe other persons whom you have named also discuss it and approve it ? A. Mr. Lewis Sanders and Mr. Cleary I remem ber very well did. Q. When was this matter discussed ? A. In January last. 1 have heard it spoken of since. Q. Among the same persons? A. With the exception of Dr. Blackburn. It was spokeu of by* a Mr. Montross A. Pallin, ot Mississippi, also a rebel, who bad beeu a medical purveyor in tbe rebel army. , Q. Where does the agent, John Caineron, of whom you speak, as having been employ ed by Dr. Blackburn for this purpose, live ? A. He ha3 lived iu Montreal; he declined to go, being fearful of taking the yellow fever and dying himself. Q. Did you know whther a large compen sation was offered him? A. les, sir; to the extent of several thousand dollars, he told me. Q. Did you understand whether this was to be paid by Jacob Thompson ? A. I un derstood by Dr. Blackburn or by the agents. I think Mr. Thompson was the moneyed agent for all the other agents. I think they all drew on him for what of money they re quired. I know that some of them did. Q. You say that up to tbe time when you left Canada, or at tbe assassination of the President, you did not know whether this enterprise for poisoning the people of the city of New York had beeu abandoned or not by these conspirators ? A. No, sir; 1 did uot know whether it had been abandoned. So far as the destruction of the dam is concern ed, that part of the scheme had not t>e^ n abandoned. Q. The only difficulty which Jacob Thomp son suggested, I understand you, was that the collection of so huge an amount of poison might attract attention to the operation ? A. Yes, sir. Mr. Thompson made a suggestion of that kiud: but Mr. Pallin and others thought it could be managed, and managed in Europe. Q. Pallin himself is a physician, is he uot ? A. Yes, sir. _ ~~ IIEADQ’RSIUSTKfcT'SAVAsS’AB, Savannah, 6a., Jnn«s>, IS;*. General Obders,) No. 31. f Capt. S. S. Starr, A. Q. M. of Volunteers, i# hereby appointed Chief Quartermaster of the District of Sav annah, and will perform the duties of that office ill ad dition to those of Post Qnartermaster He will be obeyed and respected accordingly. ’ By command of Brevet Major General BIRGE'. Oi-iver Matthews. A. A. O. juU-'( rj-MIE NEW BRIRT FOR 18C5T Awonderful invention for Ladies. Unquestionably superior to all others. Don’t fall to read the advertisement in the Savannas Herald, containing full particulars, every Monday morning. edexM3mo raar.il