Des Arc citizen., 1866-06-16
WASHINGTON. June II

ginia, involving the power to hold the prisoner to bail, it being a judicial question with which the President has nothing to do. Judge Un- derwood expressed the opinion which has already been decided by Chief Justice Chase, that so long as martial law, or military sur veilance was enforced in Virginia, the Courts were mere adjunct, and were to be used in aid of the military power. Judge Underwood declined issuing writ of Habeas Corpus to bring the prisoner before his court, until he received from the President relinquishment of the accused to the civil authorities, he, MT. Davis, being now prisoner of war. He de- livered his opinion in writing, which was pre- sented to the President by 0'Connor. All action in the premises has been suspended, until further orders are received from the Government
 It is stated on the authority of one of the counsel, that no application for bail was made.
 Chief Justice Chase, Attorney General Speed, Charles 0'Connor and Ex-Governor Pratt, were among those present in Judge Underwood's chamber. to-day. Within the past few days, MT Davis friends, professional and otherwise. have had free ad mission to him.
 The passage of the resolution in the House, to-day, declaring, that in it's opinion Jefferson
  1 law, was superinduced by the apprehension that he would be bailed The rules were sus- pended for the purpose of passing the reso- lution.
 Brigadier General A. L. Curing, now of Selma, Alabama, has sent remonstrance, | signed by Union officers and soldiers, now 1 planting cotton in that State, against the cot ton tax. The General urges that cotton can not be raised with profit with the tax, and 1 this will drive out the five thousand emigrants now there, and prevent Northern emigration, without which, the General thinks, the South ern States cannot be purged of disloyalty 1 In the Senate, Mir. Fessenden, from the 1 Finance Committee, reported the House bill, 1 for the safe keeping of public moneys en- trusted to disbursing officers. IL provides l that public moneys shall be deposited with l the Assistant Treasurer of the United States, and drawn out on warrants and drafts, and 1 prescribes the punishment for lending, with or without interest, any money entrusted to 6 l disbursing officer
 1 MT. Sherman called up the bill recently re- 1 ported by him, to aid in the construction of l telegraph lines, and to secure to the Govern ment the use of the same, for postal, military, and other purposes. Mir. Sherman, in ex- plaining the bill, said the committee, to whom the same had been referred, had come l to the conclusion that it would be impossible for the Government to operate with the tele- l graph as part of the postal system. They had thought it best simply to report this bill, to authorize the National Telegraph Company to cross the navigabe streams, and operate over the public domain
 After discussion by Messrs. Sherman and Morrill,, the bill was postponed until to- morrow.
 In the House, to-day personalities of the grossest character were indulged in by Alessrs Grinnell and Rosseau. The latter denounced the former in very severe terms.
 Leave of absence was granted for two weeks to Mir Sumner, on account of sickness of his 1 lnother
 Mr. Aneona offered preamble and resolu- 1 tion to the effect that, as the Irish had fought for this country in every war, their purpose ot freeing Ireland entitled to our respect and sy ympathy, which Great Britain had for feited by her taithlessness, and that therefore the neutrality laws of 1918, under which the Fenians were stopped from invading Canada, 1 be repealed. The motion to lay it on the ta- ble was rejected-yeas 1, nays ll3 | MT. Schenck offered as a substitute, as the opinion of the House. that the President should reconsider the policy which had been adopted in regard to the troubles on the Can adian border, and adopt, as near as possible, the same course Great Britain pursued in the late civil war The motion to table this was resisted by decided vote, and the resolution and substitute were finally referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
 Mir. Boutwell, introduced the followig pre- amble and resolution in the House:
 Whereas, It is notorious that Jefferson Da- wis was the leader of the late rebellion and guilty of treason and whereas, by the Presl- dents proclamation of May, 1865, Mir. Dayls was charged with complicty in the assassina- tion of Lincoln, and said proclamatlon not having been revoked, therefore,
 Resoieed, That it is the opinion of the House that said Davis should be held in custody, and subjected to a trial according to the laws of the land
 Mir. RogersJobj ected to the resolution.
 Mir. Boutwell, moved for suspensien of the rules.
 MT. Rogers said he desired to ask ques- ton. but the Speaker said that debate wa out of order Mr. Rogers, however, asked ! Mr. Boutwell,, or any other appropriated mind believed Mr. Davis guilty of compicity in tho assassination of Lincoln.
 The Speaker called Nr. Rogers to order and said he must take his seat. The rules were then suspended, and th' resolution adopted-yeas lO5. nays l9. ; Mir, Raymond offered resolution, Whlci was adopted, calling on the President to com } munieate to the House a statement of the pro visions of the laws and ordinances Of the lat Confederate States on the subject of the so called rebel debt.
 The House then proceeded to the consider | alton of the bill, reported from the Recon s struction Committee, providing for the restor ing of the States lately in rebellion, to thei 7 political rights.
 blr. Rosseau argued that the States wer
 not now represented and the country was re { stored to peace and prosperity, and reterrln to the speech of AIr. lngersoll recently made in which ho attaeled the President and hi . friends as dependents and likspittles, said h
 hurled back the epithets in the teeth of hir
 who uttered them.
 The decrease in the loans is Sl,420, ,OOo
 saecie S5. O3g. coo; circulation S27690O. in
 crease in deposits $4,376,000; legal tender - $5 449,000.
 The Fenian Invasion terminated in a hgh H., Atsy7a n brio