The committee examined the following witnesses:
2. Terence Byrne.
3. Daniel Whelan.
4. John D. Starry.
5. George W. Chambers.
6. Lewis W. Washington.
I. John H. Allstadt.
On motion, the committee adjourned until Tuesday morning next, the 10th instant, at 10 o'clock.
The committee met pursuant to adjournment.
Present—Messrs. Mason, Davis, Collamer, Fitch, and Doolittle.
The committee examined the following witnesses:
8. Colonel Robert E. Lee, United States army.
9. Theodore Rynders.
10. Archibald M. Kitzmiller.
11. Armistead M. Ball.
On motion of Mr. Davis, it was
Ordered, That the Chairman and Mr. Collamer be authorized to open and examine the contents of the trunk brought from New York city by Theodore Rynders, and seized in that city by the United States marshal, under an order and summons from this committee, as the trunk of one Hugh Forbes.
On motion, the committee adjourned until to-morrow, at 11 o'clock, a. m.
The committee met pursuant to adjournment.
Present—Messrs. Mason, Davis, Collamer, Fitch, and Doolittle.
The committee examined the following witness:
12. Lind F. Currie.
The committee discharged J. E. P. Dangerfield from attendance, without examining him.
The Chairman and Mr. Collamer reported that, in pursuance of the order of the committee, they had examined the contents of the trunk brought from New York by Theodore Rynders, deputy marshal, purporting to be the trunk of Hugh Forbes, and finding nothing in it pertinent to the inquiry submitted to this committee, had returned it to the United States marshal for the southern district of New York, with directions to replace it in the custody from which it had been taken, the contents undisturbed. The sub-committee further reported that this trunk came under seal from New York, and was returned by them, under seal, to the custody of the deputy marshal.
At Mr. Collamer's suggestion, a summons was directed to be issued for B. B. Newton, of St. Alban's, Vermont.
The Chairman was also authorized to summon the following persons to attend as witnesses before the committee, viz:
John Brown, jr., of West Andover, Ashtabula county, Ohio.
Joshua R. Giddings, of Jefferson, Ohio.
R. Plumb, of Oberlin, Ohio.
