The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-05-14

COTTON should not ne lHcTcastus
"The memorial, the report, and the re-
solution were ordered to be sent to wash
ington." ----.--------.--=----
MI. Davis's Trial-The District and CIR
cult Courts.
The court which satat Norfolk last week.
and in which Mr.. DAVIS was indicted, :
the Circuit Court of the United Sta'es'
The cour, which sits here on the tirSt Mon
day oC Junc next is the District Conrt OF
The United States, Over the former, &c
cording to law, Mr.. CHASE should preside,
and Judge lNpERwoop took occasion, IN
his charge to the grand jury, to say that
!, wos owing to the absence of Mr.. CHASE
that the duty Of charging the jury dcvolvcd
mon him. The following notice, which VIC
copy from The Repabiic of Saturday, seems
70 throw some light upon the question,
which has been cnvironcd by such "a
mudde" of rumors in regard TO the two
courts that nearly all our people think Mr..
DAvis's trial is TO bc lad in the District
Court:
"CLERK's OFFICE,
Greenwood, May 18th, 1866.
"Noticc is hereby given that, by viz
"tuc of an order made 10y Hon. John G.
Underwood, District Judge, the regular
"tcrm of said court, appointed to be held
"on this day, is adjourned until the first
|. M.,,l,,- - ,,,n nnSt
EDWARD j. UNDERWOOD,
"Clcrk.
The Irregular term" "appointcd to he
held on this day That language indicates
no adjournment from Norfolk to Rich
mond. Unless, then, We arc greatly mis-
taken, this court has nothing to do with the
trial OF Mr.. DAVIS. When the Circuit
Court again sits the trial will be COM
mcuccd. Judge CHASE will, of course,
preside. 1t is absurd to suppose that the
District Court, an inferior tribunal pre-
sided over by an inferior Judge, will be en-
trusted with so important case. We
doubt, indeed, whether it has jurisdiction
over treason cases but as to this We are
not certain. Yet OF this We are sure, that
Mr.. DAVIS has already been indicted in
the Circuit Court and il is very unlikely
that the case will be removed to lower
court.
The telegram from Norfolk published
Saturday states that the Circuit Court adj
.iourncd to the first Tuesday in June; 50
that it is possible the District Court, which
is advertised to meet on the first M0naay,
means to sit only one day, to he succeeded
on the next day by the Circuit Court. II
50, the President must previously have
done away with everything like military
law here, for Judge CHASE is understood
10 entertain an inSupcrablc objection /"
holding court in the presence Of bayonctS.
MORE or TIE MIDDLE.
The Washington SioT Of Saturday says
- II is now understood that Jefferson
Davis will he tried in the United States
Circuit Court, Judge Underwood, in the
city of Norfolk, Va. Chief Justice Chase
will preside, and Attorney General Speed
will prosecute, assisted by Judge Clifford,
of Massachusetts, and William X. EvartS,
Esq, OF New York, rs counsel on the part
of the prosecution. The court will con
venc in the early part Of June"
The !Sto's paragraph is evidently guess
work.
The same paper announces that Judge
UNDERWOOD is in Washington, and has had
Il long Interview with the Assistant AttOr-
ncy-Gcneral.
II. S.-Sincc the above was written, We
have received the Baltimore SIN of Satur-
day, and clip from its columns the two par
agraphs following:
"Thc court adjourned 10 meet again at
Richmond in June, when il is intimated the
trial of Mr.. Davis may be looked for; but
unless Chief Justice Chase has become
party To the programme, and consents at
that time to sit in the case, it is difficult to
see how the proceedings will go on, as the
presence of two Judges is necessary for
the trial Of capital offence"
The above paragraph is editorial, and
takes the correct view of the case. The fol-
lowing is from a correspondent of the Sun,
who writes nonsense:
"Thc Indictment Of Jefferson Davis by
the grand jury at Norfolk, and setting his
case for trial at Richmond in June, is in
strict accordance with the programme
agreed upon here. Judge Underwood is
expected in the city tonight with the copy
OF the Indictment. The trial Of Mr.. Davis
will now undoubtedly take place at as carly
a day in the June session as possible, and
will of course be conducted with all due
iormality, but as all arrangements neccS-
sary TO secure conviction have been
made, the result may be easily predicted.
1t is the settled purpose of certain men in
high position here to have Mr.. Davis exc
cutcd, if il is within the range Of possibility,
and they are not slow in asserting that the
people Of the North will never allow the
OF Executive clcmcncy."
General G.. w. Randolph.