Q.  State  yonr  age  and  where  you  reside'^     A.  T  reside  in
Alamance  county,  two  miles  from  Graham.
Q.  How  long  have  you  been  living  there '^     A.   I  Ijave  hecu
living  there  on  and  oli'foi'  twelve  years.
Q.  What  office  do  you  hold  there  (     A .  Postmaster.
Q.  How  Jong  have   you   been   postmaster?     A.  Going  on
four  years.
Q.  [By  M)'.  Graham.]  Postmaster  where  ^  A.  At  Haw
Kiver.
Q.  Go  on  and  state  whether  vou  know  of  anv  disuuised
persons  visiting  you  and  when  it  was?  A.  Sometime  in  I860,
August,  either  the  latter  part  of  August  or  the  first  of  Sep-
tember— I  will  not  be  positive  whi(;h  it  was — it  was  in  ■\'ery
warm  weather — I  went  to  the  depot — tiic  train  came  in  alxnit
ten  o'clock  at  night  as  near  as  I  rccoHect  now, — to  get  the
mail.  The  depot  is  about  three  <'r  tour  hundred  yards  from
where  I  live.  I  went  and  got  the  mail  and  came  on  back  and
opened  it,  and  gave  out  the  letters  to  all  the  persons  wlio  were
there.  They  had  all  left  and  I  went  out  on  the  store  piazza.
It  was  quite  warm.     I  was  then  guarding  Mr.  Holt's  factory.
