The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-09-02
Washington News yia New York.
New YORK. Sent.

The Times Washington special says botl
the President and Secretary of War are de-
cidedly in favor of a trial By civil court. sud
at the earliest practicable moment, of JEFF
Davis. The chief difficulty has been to finc
proper tribunal. The President looks witt
favor upon Knoxville, where Davis commit
ted the overt act Of treason by melting insur
rection in speech to his army. In case ht
is tried before Chief Justice Chase, Norfolk
Va, will be selected This is what Davis
friends desire.
The statement that the grand jury of the
District of Columbia have found bill against
Davis for constructive treason does Injustice
to the intelligence of the jury and the person
who drew the bill. No indictment was found
for any overt act
1t may be further said that whenever the
trial does take place, Gen. Butler, in connec.
ton with the Attorney General, will take q
prominent part as public prosecutor.
The whole question has been under consid.
Grafton at the recent cabinet meeting, when
the question of mode and place was so far de-
cided as to render the trial an event near at
hand.
The Heralds Fl. Monroe correspondent
says the report that the military authorities
have had q conversation with Jeff Davis.
wherein the latter, vmong other things he had
TO say, denied any acquaintance with the no.
torious Capt. Wirz or any knowledge Of the
inhuman treatment to which our prisoners nj
Andersonville were subjected, is unfounded
in truth.
Except Gen. Miles and the officers ON
guard duty no officers have any conversation
with JED. Davis and none have been allowed
to visit him. One of President johnson
sons had long interview with him a few
days since, and he is the only civilian to
whom this privilege has been conceded. and
his conversation was limited TO such INQUIRIES
as to health and how the prison agreed with
him.
The Herdlds Washington special SAYS II is
understood that Wirz to-day. 3ist, placed in
the hands of his counsel voluminous docu
mentary evidence TO prove that in establish
ing the dead line within the Andersouvilla
prison yard, and shooting prisoners who
crossed it. he in the first instance acted under
the direct orders Of the rebel Gen. Winder.
aud more latterly by the emphatic orders OF
}. a. Seddon, rebel Secretary Of War.
The commission now trying Wirz decided
TO reject the testimony of Sergt. Boston Cor
bett which appeared on the record Of the
court two days this week. on the ground that
he IS a monomaniac on the subject of the An
The records of the Andersonyile prison.
captured by Gen. Wilson, are missing. One
OF the clerks OF the Quartermasters Densrt-
ment who accompanied the expedition. and
IN whose hands the records were last seen.
has been placed under arrest by the mill
tary authorities until he can give satisfactory
account of the disposition he has made OF
them Il is thought bv some tha, the records
were stolen instead of being lost, far the bar.
pose of preventing then. IRON being nsed as
evidence against Wirs.
Mr.. Kennedy, late of the Censor Bureau.
IS conditlonally offered the presidency of the
United States telegraph com pany, at a SALARY
of 5000 per AMMAN.
The income receipts to-day are far ahead
OF those OF any one previous dav They
amount to S2,i31, ,ll5,2l. which is 1920. .ooU
ahead of any former day. The entire receipts
for July and August amount to S57.el5, 1sa.
~, and there Is reason TO believe that this
sum will be increased to 500, 0,0oo. 900 by the
first Of October.
The He,'aids Richmond correspondent
says the order for revoking tho pardon of Mr.
Dudley. president of the York River VA.
Railroad, emana,ea from President johnson
himself, in consequence of Dudler's having
subsequent TO receiving the Executive clem-
ency. INDUCED in strongly disloyal language.
II is said that certain banks have been re-
eeiving rebel money up to the present time in
liquidation of liabilities due them.