New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-06-11

Of your honor, or, more properly, OF the
gentleman who represents the United States,
lne simple question What is proposed to pc
done with this indictment? Is it to be triedf Is
it--and this is question, perhaps, thar nave no
right To asks it to be Withdrawn, or i IL 10 ~
suspended? II it is to be tred, may u please youI
honor, speaking for my colleagues and tor myseh'
and for the absent client, say 1t with eiuphasls
say it with earnestness-that we come mere pre-
pared instantly to try that case and We saah AsN
no delay at your honofs names, ~ Aou t e
necessary TO bring the prisoner to lace the court,
and ia enable him under the statute m such cases
made and provided, to examine the PHI OF lndlet
meBt AGAINST him. Is it to be wlthdraWnE II so,
| instice seems to us to prompt that we should
&inosv II Il II TO be neutrality-suspicious.? If So
may ii please the convention, with all respect to
your honor and the gentleman who conducts the
nubiic business here, your honor must understand
a. as entering our most earnest protest. We ask
a speedy trial, on any charge that may be brought
against Mr. Davis here or in any other civil tribu-
nal IN the land. We may be now here represent
ing. may it please the court, dying man. For
thirteen months he has been in prison. The Con-
stitution of the United States guarantees to him
not only an impartial trial. which amssure he will
have, but speedy trial Z; and we have come no
slight distance-we have come with all respect to
your honor--we have come with strong synpa-
thies with our client, professional and personal
we have come here simply to ask that question.
address it to the district attorney or address u %
your honor, as may be the more appropfla!ee'
What disposition to be made with the piii q ln
dictment against Jefferson Davis, now pehuihs IoI
high treason?e
Major ]. L. Hennessy, assistant United states
district attorney, said he had peen ehtTeiy IN
aware of the nature of the application just made
In the absence of the district attorney, MIR.
Chandler he was not prepared to answer the
question but would Immediately telegraph to that
gentleman the fact of such an application having
been made. Mr.. Chandler would probably arrive
ia Richmond this evening. If he failed to arrive,
Major Hennessy stated he would himself be
prepared to answer the question tomorrow morn
ing.
Judge Underwood, addressing the counsel for
Mr.. Davis" Am to understand that that will be
satisfactorily
Mr. Reed" Entirely So"
The court then adjourned until tomorrow, at 10
A. VI.
Especial Correspondence Cincinnati Commercially
ORDERS FOR THE ARREST OF CONSPICUOUS FENIANs.
WASHINGTON June 5-The following imp ortant
order was addressed today to all United States
marshals and district attorneys:
/" ATTORNEY GENERALS OFFICE,
Washington, June 5.
g BY direction of the President you are directed
to cause the arrest of all prominent, leading or
conspicuous persons called Fenians, who you may
have probable cause to believe have been, or may
be guilty of violations of the neutrality laws of the
United States. JAMES SPEED,
Attorney General
THE QUESTION OF BAIL FOR JEFF. DAVIS.
Messrs. 0'Connor and Shea, Jeff Davis's coun-
sell udFCISh uSIS all Nhy luAuGS Tic gov
eminent to decide to admit bail for their client.
As yet no decision has been made, though it is be-
ieved the question was before the Cabinet meeting
to-day.
Judge Underwood was here yesterday, to learn
the views OF the government on this question but
did not receive any positive decision. There are
not few, and among them the counsel. who are
sanguine that bail will be allowed. The Attorney
General and Secretary Seward are represented as
half inclined to favor the the parole Of Davis.
nrorHgnEsTp STEPHENS N TowN.
Head UeaIer Stephens arrived mere to-day and
visited both Houses of Congress- His appearance
excited little or no curiosity, even among the
Fenians. In his speech in Baltimore, last night,
he said he had been deceived or betrayed by both
branches Of the Fenians in this country.
TREASURY SALES OF GOLD.
The secretary of the treasury, in response to
the House question concerning the sales of gold
in New York in May, report that there were sold
s35 900 000 paying M. Myers the agent for sell
ing, one-eighth Of one per cent. The rates at
which the gold was sold were SIC, 635 900 at
at 1917 $4,000 at 1871. These were the only
sales since February.
The coin in the treasury, which had been accu
mulating, was held to facilitate return to specie
payment, and to protect the national currency,
butnot to be disposed of, in any emergency, to an
extent to affect, unustly business and especially
the interest of the laboring and producing classes
These we're his instructions to Mr.. Van Dyek, and
a letter of explanation, which was also submitted
shows they were fully carried out. The sales in
February amounted to SIS 900 Co., at premium
between 81 and Is per cent, and was made on
account Of apprehended political complications
The sales in May we're made on account of unfa-
vorable financial intelligence brought by the Cuba.
The sales were continued under active demand,
and alarge amount disposed of than would have
been the case if word could have reached Mr. Van
Dyck in time to suspended. But the secretary is
now satisfied with the proceedings and that
suspension at the time would have caused a
panic. Though regretting the heavy sales, he says
the action Of Mr. Van Dyck was both courageous
and judieious. The soundest merchants and
bankers in New York concur in this opinion.
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