New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-06-21
Special Correspondence Of the New Orleans Creseentl
FROM WASHINGTON.


WASHINGTON, June II, 1856,
The effort to release Mr.. Davis on bail has failed
Though bad management. The applicaiicsl for
bail to Judge Underwood was necessarily declined
by him, because Mr.. Davis was in custody of the |
military. If Mr. Davis had been in Gust ody of the |
marshal, it is pretty well ascertained that bail |
would have been ordered. There were three good
grounds for bal-the length Of the to ptisonment,
the feeble state of his health, and 10 inse curity
Of the prison accommodations in Viz ginia Chief
Justaie Chase was in favor Of grant ing bail and
if = . case had been properly rought before
". 3dnderwood, there is reaso to believe he
SEN awe given the order for bS H. If the proper
> Fhad been taken in time, tb e President would
no doubt have turned Mr.. DaV' IS over to the mar
shal, or Mr. Davis might h I'VE been taken on a
Wi. OF haheas corpus befp re the United States
Judge Mr.. Greeley took such an interest in the
matter that he went and pent the night with Judge
Underwood in Alexand ria The action of the
House Of Represontati' ies, in regard to the dis,
charge OF Mr.. Davis, has, however, increased the
obstacles in the wa of it, and the matter seems
now to be indefnitel postponed
The proposition a8de in the House to repeal the
neutrality Laws in the interests Of the Fenans, is
looked upon as ridiculous piece Of bancombe to
catch the Irish vote.
G There IL strong movement on foot to get the
President TO retire Harlan and Speed from the
oabiaaS. 1t is confidently believed by the Presi-
dents finnds that after Congress adourns these
two gentlemen will be gotten rid Of.
Geargals Steadmen and Fullerton have found
more officers Of thetfreedmen's bureau engaged in
pleu:ing. General Eli, stationed at Columbia, s.
c.. IS an extensive sinner in this respect. He is
gcTrying on several plantations.
The National Inteligencer is very fierce to-day
'on Mr.. Raymond, member from New York, and
editor Of the Times. The IntelIgencer represents
the Presidents views more nearly than any other
paper and it is very evident that he is diagusted
with this class Of his supporters 1t is one Of the
bad signs of the sentiment North, that all the de-
sertions are from the Presidents party to the
other sde-there are no desertions from the Con-
gress to the President. This class of men have an
instinct to quit the losing side. The proyerb ex-
presses their character when it says rats desert
sinking ship"
The radicals are flooding the North with the re-
port Of the Reconstruction Committee, and the
evidence taken by them. This party is bent upon
excluding from office hereafter, all persons any
ways prominent in secession.
Secretary McCuiloch's speech at the time of the
serenade, has enVenomed the radicals against him
At the beginning of the session he was omnipotent
in his department. Now, they insinuate that he
fraaduently sold $35, 100000 in gold below it
value, to make the fortune of one of his relations
who had the selling of it. The radicals have nc
mercy on their opponents
The opinion is expressed by persons Of ability
and information that Northern society never wa
in a more alarming condition than now. The,
point to the constant strikes, the agitation of tn
eight hour rule Of labor, the horrible murders, tn
tendency to lawlessness manifested in regard t
the quarantine on Staten Island. All of which,
is insisted, indicates unhealthy condition of th
body polite. The South have their troubles bu
there are breakers ahead at the North.
The passage of the proposed amendment to tn
Constitution in the House yesterday closes up tn
business for this session. The radicals have mad
tneir platform for the fall elections. The negr
suffrage men in the party are mostly dissatisfied
not getting their remedy applied That is whs
Stevens means to complain Of so much in hi
closing speech on calling the previous question
He says, :" The rebel States might have been mad
model republics, and this nation an empire
universal freedom" The old man 10 still harpin
on my daughter" He can't reconcile himself /
the loss of his darling negro suffrage.
This Thadeus Stevens, who has proved himse
such a good hater of the Union, is approachn
of age, and has dropsy on the chest.
The accounts from the South as TO the prospec
of the cotton crop are studied with the create
interest here. The impression exists that ootto
is going to be much higher, and that avast amour
of money s to be made by those who are on Il
alert.