Question. Were you in Lexington last summer during its occupation by the rebel troops under Kirby Smith?

Yes, sir.

Question. Did you see any arms belonging to the rebel force? If so, state where they were stored and about how many there were of them, as near as you know.

They were stored in a stable belonging to a Captain O. B. Beard. I think there were from 8,000 to 10,000 muskets.

Question. Were they in boxes or in what manner were they stored?

They were piled up in the stable in the stalls and a good many were in boxes.

Question. Did the rebel troops bring these arms into Kentucky; if not, where did they come from?

I understood they were captured at Richmond, Ky. I heard of their being captured and curiosity led me to go and see them. I saw them brought in in wagons and I saw them unloaded.

Question. Were they those in boxes which you saw unloaded or were these loose in the wagons?

Most of those that were loose as I was passing along the street.

Question. When did you first see them: If you cannot remember the date,state with reference to the time of the arrival of the rebel troops.

It was within a very few days after the arrival of the troops-some three or four days; I don't remember the exact time they got there; it was three or four days after the Richmond fight that I saw them unload the guns.

Question. Were you at the time well apprised of the fact of a battle at Richmond and were you at Lexington when the rebel troops entered that place?

I was in the country the day of the fight. I heard the firing of cannon. I went up on Sunday, and on Monday morning, I went back to Lexington, and the Confederate troops, I think, got there about 12 o'clock.

Question. Did you see General Breckinridge, of the rebel army, about the time that General Bragg retreated from Kentucky in October last? If so, state where, and give the date if you remember it.

I saw him in Knoxville,and to the best of my recollection I think it was about the 25th of October. He was then on his way to Murfreesborough; his force had gone ahead of him and he was there waiting. Hearing that I was in Knoxville he sent for me, and I went out to him and saw him a few minutes before he left.

Question. Did you have any conversation with him or hear any conversation between him and other persons with reference to the previous movements of his troops? If so, please state what that conversation was.

I think it occurred about in this way: At Lexington we understood that General Breckinridge had gone to Richmond with 20,000 troops, and at that time I stated this fact to him, and he told me he had started to Kentucky and had got within one day's march with about half the number it was said he had taken to Richmond; that he was within one day's march of Cumberland Gap, or Kentucky, with about 10,000 men, and there he received countermanding orders and returned to Knoxville, understanding that General Bragg was retreating from Kentucky.

Question. Had you previously known General Breckinridge, and had you then or have you now any reason to doubt the truth of what he stated to you?

I have been acquainted with General Breckinridge for, I think, about fifteen years, and I have no reason in the world to doubt anything he stated to me.