The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-04-17
LETTER FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence of the Richmond pispa''h'

THE APPROACHING TRIAL VI ~
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p.pIc,rs AND SECRETARY SEWARD "'''' NV
WASHINGTON, April Is, 1860,
r,>a trial of Mr.. Davis-the arrangements
,,r which are reported TO be In progress-will
,,exefop some of the differences which now exist
between officials of high authority such as
are not fully known At present. The Presi-
dent is determined that, at the earliest practi'
cable day this trial shall come of, whilst
others are endeayoring by all the means In
their power TO delay that practicable oppor-
,uni;v. now that ii is certain he must be tried
by a civil court, and not by military com
mission 1t will be recoliected that upon the
opinion of the Attorney General made du-
ring the early stages of the present session OF
Congress that this trial should take pace
where Confederate authority existed 'hiei
Justice Chase postponed indefinitely the Tune
for holding court i'm Virginia on account "i
military law being prevalent there. SINCE
Then affairs are, If anything. more comph
Gated than ever, and no one seems able To
indce as 10 what the final disposition VIII be-
Int il is certain that a United States Circuit
Court is 10 be held somewhere for the trial OF
the late Confederate President, and as the
Attorney eneral has decided upon Rich
mond rs being the most proper place wherein
the proceedings should be held, ii Is almost
without doubt that that city will be the
place of trial
The appointment of United States Attorney
in the place of the late Daniel :. Dickinson will
afford another opportunity for the President
10 show his appreciation for the advocates OF
his policy of restoration. The still vacant col.
lactorship detracts considerably from the M
teres, which would otherwise be manifested
in behalf of the office left without an incum-
bent by the death of Mr. Dickinson. Thur,
low Weed has arrived here. 1t is said that his
visit has some connection with the appoint
meut OF collector, which office the best i'll
formed friends of the President We're confident
would have been filled last week. To-day ii
is asserted that the announcement will b.
made on Tuesday but no reliance can be pni
upon the many rumors of the hour, and this
is doubtless one of them
The Radicals in Congress are very open in
their denunciation of Secretary Seward for
the position he has taken in opposition to their
plans of destruction. No other member OF
the Cabinet shares with him their outspoken
dissatisfaction, though the political views
of the Secretary of the Treasury are not
held in respect by the Stevens clique. With
these two exceptions, leading Radicals assert
that the Cabinet is on the side of Congress.
The report of the testimony Of Hon. A. ii.
Stephens before the Reconstruction Commit
tee will nearly end the labors of that notorious
institution. Very many of its original advo-
Gates are satisfied that il can accomplish no.
thing itself in the way of restoration, and that
il is a useless concern. The great majority OF
bills, resolutions, memorials, etc, which have
been committed TO its care will never see the
light Of day again.
Robert Ould, Esq, of Richmond, has ar
rived here, and is stopping at the Metropoli-
tan. i lMoS.