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nected either as editor or publisher of the Civilian & Tele-
graph .n the year 1864, or a subscriber to said paper; and
did you at that time see a copy of said paper of the 16th of
June in circulation, and when did you first become proprietor
of said paper ?

Answer. I was not in any way connected with it; I was
not a subscriber, and only saw an occasional copy sent by a
friend; I don't remember of seeing any of June 16, 1864; on
the 1st day of July, 1865, I became proprietor of the Civilian
& Telegraph WILL H. LOUDERMILK.

Fourth Cross-Interrogatory by A. Spates. You say you
have a copy of the Civilian & Telegraph of the 16th of June,
1864, containing charges and specifications but not the find-
ings and sentence of a military commission; was the state-
ment in the paper referred to, a certified copy of those pro-
ceedings, or was it an editorial ?

Answer. It is from an editorial in that paper; that it is an
editorial, and purports to quote from some other source the
charges and specifications, with the order of the Major-Gen-
eral Commanding; source not given.

Interrogatory Fifth. Who wrote that editorial?

Answer. I was about twelve hundred miles from here
about that time; I have no idea.

Interrogatory Sixth. Do you know from your own know-
ledge that there is a single statement in that editorial that is
true?

Answer. .I do not know from my own knowledge whether
'tis true or not true.

interrogatory Seventh. If you believe that that editorial
produced by you is evidence; which of the two do you think is
the bigger fool, yon or Dr. Ohr ?

Answer. I have no answer to make.

Interrogatory Eighth. Who writes the editorials in the
Civilian & Telegraph ?

Answer. I write all the editorials for the Civilian & Tele-
graph; there are occasional articles handed me by other par-
ties which appear as editorials.

Interrogatory Ninth. Who wrote those occasional articles:
name them.

Answer. Dr. Ohr once gave me one article, and I pub-
lished a part of it in an article of my own: probably a long
time ago; may have been last Spring; cannot remember the
time.

Interrogatory Tenth. In the Civilian & Telegraph of the
6th of September, 1866, now shown you, is au editorial,
which speaks of the wives and concubines, and their sons
wives and concubines; of the citizens who attended the barba-
cue at Cumberland on that day; did or did not Dr. Ohr write
that article, if not, who did ?