The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-10-02
WILL DAVIS BE TRIED?

Another POstpOnement of the Case-NO
Court VIII BE Held TO-Day--NOne Of
the United States Judges In Richmond
"A Writ Of HabeRs Corpus to be Asked
For, Etc.
RICHMOND Va, October There is not a little
speculation INDUCED neIe IN regard to the meeting
OF the United States Circuit Court this city to-
morrow, and the probabilities of the tr1al of Jen.
DAVIS. The general opinion seems to be that no
Court will be held, and OF course no trial The Court
adjourned in June last unh Tue first tuesday
october, but subsequently It appearing that no legai
authority existe0 Ior such an adjournment, an act
OF Congress was procured TO be passed authorizing
such adjournment. Recently Chief Justice Chase,
Judge Underwood, and @other judicial authorizes
are reported to have had conference in Washing.
ton on the subject, at which 1t was decided that the
act OF Congress referred to could not be made to
apply as authorizing the adjournment in this
which bad previously occurred Therefore it sup
posed mere that the adJouI ned term will be suffered
to go by default.
NONE OF THE JUDGES ON HAND.
In corrobOration of this opinion, It should be
stated that neither the Justice any OF the OFF,
Gals OF the Court are yet here, though they
may arrive in the morning in time to open the
Court.
HABEAs CORPUS TO BE OBTAINED
hear it stated that IN there is no term of the
United States Court at tins time application will be
made to one OF the judges OF the courts of this state
Tor writ OF habea. corpus for DAVIS, and the trial
VIII be pressed before tnat court. The advocates of
tGs mode OF procedure urge that the President mas
PROCLAIMED leace and civil law throughout the
writ habeas corpus that may be served upon them
IL rs alleged that he has positively promised that a
VIII OI the surrender OF TINS particular prisoner to
a civil tribunal Tor trial should be respected There
ls therefore, FAINT chaUce that DAVIS may soon be
brought TO trial. even should Chief Justice Chase
persist In Sinking the respons blity of the trial
Another report has 1t that Judge Underwood the
presiding Justice In TINS judicial district IS afraid of
ASSASSINATION should he venture here. This how.
ever, Is II true groundless lear There Is no dis.
position manifested mere in any quarter either to
molest the Judge or IN anv manner interfere with the
assembling and discharge Of the duties OF the Court
NO COURT TO BE BELD IN RICHMOND TODAY
FORTRESS MONROE, October 1.-Unlted states
District Attorney l.. II. Chandler has arrived at
Norlok on his return from Washington where he
nas been consulted with the judicial authorities rea
and the trial OF JeffeI. IN DAVIS he brought intel
hPsnce that no court III De held Tomorrow i'm
Richmond, auo has notified the members OF the
Grand and Petit Jury TO tins e1ect-N Y Herald
Hon. Jefferson Davis-From a private letter
which we have received from the estima BILE wife of
the distinguished prisoner at Fortress Monroe we
learn with ineXI resslbl regret that his heath con-
lmues TO decnne, and thai the pacuulary circum.
stances OF his family are becoming very embaTrass
ing. Nothing is known to Mrs Davis of the proba.
pie 1uture OF her husband, and we confess to see
nttle encouragement to hope Ior his ear.y release
is now rendered quite probable that his trial for
treason Will never take place, and there IS little
alter tne Conover exposures which have been re-
Gently made. Meanwhile the prisoner is DIVING from
confD ement and his family are Lrouoht to the
verge OF starvation, while the Government declines
to restore nm to liberty and refuses to Iry him =
charleston Courier, Briday.