New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-06-23


Tell Ase%s ttse Trial, and Possible F"te
Of JeH. Davk-Emglish Opinion on
That and OSAer Masters--Tho With
arawal OF the Becognision Of she South
ss H-liigcrent," aud Acknowieds.
ms~s Of Ansericap Unity by the British
svovermussns-EngIj.h Respect for Mr.
Asam.-Tke Impending General EIec-
sssn and iss Observation-Disclosures ition
Of she Agricultural Laberer-A Terri-
BILE Pxwphiet - suggertion - Birth Of
Prineesjng the second-Railwny Acct.
6suts--Death Of Sir Joseph Paxton
Aneehote-Items.
r,sm Our Special Correspondent.
LONDON June TO- 1865.
What will you do with Jefferson Davis ?
That is eth the most prominent question sprolos Of
American affairs here ] 90 not know that can add
anything 20 what have already written on the subject
and 20 what you will find in the newspapers Every
where his possible condemnation and execution for the
crime Of reasonor should he be found guilty of com
pbcity with the assassination Of Abraham Lincoln
nobody would venture 10 inter word in his defense
10 deprecated. Our enemies vote his death forgone
conclusion our friends hope his conviction reprieva
and banshent There IS still perverse and entirely
unjust proclvty hold President Johnson person
ally responsible for the hypothetical execution instead
Of the supreme law of the land by which, II ct all Da
vs will hang; disposition 10 regard our present Chief
magistrate as vindictive cruel and fanatical-a Of
which accusations were, we know. leveled al Abra
lam Lincoln during his lifetime The ultra Tory and
angloRebel press conld hardly write pretter on the
subject If expressly desired the death Of the misera
fle ex. President, most likely it does. T4e Times
after its FIRST burst OF abuse OF the man, whose calm,
dspassonae and satesman.lke uiteTances it used TO
s1to leans to the side of mercy. his Of con-
dtot s one Of its cardinal principles in the practice Of
humbue by which IL has won the admiration Of all
csntloying BYitons who praise il as 80 very fair,
you know.O TIE T.mss's turnkey, Mr. Punch too, has
begun TO squib Mr. johnson; hence yon may know the
Srit Of popular sentiment. Ii Lee he arrestedand
sor one think him quite as great q criminal as
DAVIS we may expect what Mrs. Quickly
calls "old otis" Of abuse and recriminaticn. And
much we ought 10 care about it Lee. as the great
bulwsrk OF the extinct Confederacy has always been
immense fayorite here, vulgar admration-by which
Iby 10 refer 10 the admiration OF the lower class
OF MISUNDERSTANDING elevated him 10 the pinnacle Of
that ideal Southern chivary whose hideous reality we
nav contemplate in the dungeons of the Libby Prison,
Belle Isle and Andersonvle. II the exGenera of the
Rebe forces tn bither we should fee him at
Gle Army and Navy Club even more enthusiastically
than we did the hang dog looking Semmes' whose
eoontenance 10 patent receipt for rnilanism stamped
ey the hand Of That. however, would do very
nule harm compared to hanging him OF Davis. The
veYy wort use you can pnt man TO is TO hang him.
wrote John Wilkes; and certainly the worst use you
can make Of ysnquished enemy is 10 elevate him to
Gle rank Of martyr.
The semi.weekly mail steamer has already brought
con the letter OF Earl Russell TO the Lords Comui sion.
81. Ip..e - ,s..rf1 Il -
Rebel cruisers-if any such exist the present time
aid ignoring the diotic claim made by minority OF
anglo Rebels who accepting the latest cackle Of the
New.York correspondent of The Time for gospel be
Neved thatths war sti existed in the shape Of Kirby
Smith and Texas, until to-day's mail put MS in pos
session o. the fact OF tile surrender OF that peron O
ocnrse Mesdares Camp and Harris of The HerGid and
Standard. raised their senile shrek about Yankee
intimidation, succumbng to the Bullying Of Secretary
Seward and President Johnson. and demanded
The jmpeacbmcnt OF Earl Russcl but nobody minded
them Indeed he is their rote nOtr on all occasions
One could compile biography Of lin ont Of their pages
ont.darkening that of any criminal in the Ne~gate
Calendar Eyerybod Oh this side OF the Atlantic knew
that the Rebellion squelched, and here. barring The
items OF Jof Davis Lee, and the exceptions TO the
Presidents amnesty folks have hasiened ~ accept al
amiable estimate OF the universal Yankee nation quite
siifsing 10 witBsss We are, now, not beloved TO
have sent "a siand-and-deliver message through
Nj Adams, aplOpOs Of tle Alabama claims, though,
week ago the Orscular utteranees Of The OIL quoted
witbou, comment 10y Tie Times. produced some
thing ike panic among the unwise portion Of
The pube 10 lie Only rebuked and alayed next morn.
ing Jnpiter.Jeanes acted. in tins instance like a
fnpkey WHO should share a stolen sausage with the
kpjfeboy ard then box lis for purloining II.
Knowing now in the words Of The Er0miHe, THAT
no new tone OF impotence petension has been ill.,
fpsed into the communications Of the American Gov
eminent since The death Of SIR Lincoln" The public is
comparatively Tranquil. In tie meantime that Ill
omened Orl keeps mp Its Intermittent screening
Apropos Of Tie E1ousney 1 must quote It's testimony
70 the worth of our excellent representative mere less
on its own account than because IT is verify believe,
she estimate Of every Eneishman Of average mieli'
eenee. You may take the paragraph 81 It stands Tie
whole being pertinent to the recent sutjeei
Confes.edy the late President desired earnestly to
keep pace with England. when he named Mr.. Adams
PenIpoteutiary Court, he chose peculiarly
suited to further that just and wise purpose MT.
Adams for tie gOst part educated sc believe, IN
England aud his habits and ways OF thought hIrmOn-
ice essentially with the deliberate ethodica, and
e,ctabe disposition supposed 10 be the Characteristic
of English statestDan-nlp no man can b.. feer from
boast or bounce flourish swagger, exaggera.
tion or shallow enthusiasm. than the WE'LL
informed and wei.hred gentleman who for.
tunatey for both cogntre-, has during the last
four wears repJese nied The Republic here We must al
so do Secretary seward the justice Of saying that his
dispatches, though written 0gdOAh.i! WIN an eye TO
the impression they were calculated 10 make at W ash
ington and New York have seldom contained any ex-
ore-sion with reference Ia the pocy OF tins country
which the American Envoy has lad "a soften or explain
away. We DO moi believe that either The one or The
other would willingly advlsedly lena mo sen 10 pol
lev " danccrOu DISui dcrsfHndlHg Dc-