The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-09-15
News from New York.

New YORK, September IA Wash
lngton special says: In previous dis
patch, stated that there was good rea-
son to believe that in a few days jeff.
Davis weuld be released on parole or
bail. Ireceived my information from a
high official, who possesses excellent IA
cilities for learning the Presidents
views and intentions on such subjects
The announcement created quite a
flutter among politicians, and sew
eral influential ones, favorable to the
Presidents policy, ventured to call on
him to ascertain if the announcement
was we'll founded They urged the
President to defer any action in the mat
ter until after the fall elections, remind
ing him that he was already accused of
sympathizing with the rebels and
abusing the pardoning power, and as
suring him that the release OF the head
rebel at this time would be handled by
the radicals in the present campaign
with powerful effect, and greatly i'm
pair the chances Of the party now la.
boring to elect to Office men who would
support his (the Presidents) policy.
This have on undoubted authority.
The President replied that many dis
tinguished and loyal gentlemen from
both the North and South had appealed
to him for the release Of Davis and had
presented several considerations which
made a favorable impression on his mind
why Davis should not be held longer in
confinement, and that he said to them if
from any fault of the court or officers of
the government Davis should not be
brought to trial in October, he should
not, from any reason then known to him,
deem it his duty to hold the prisoner for
another term; but that in giving the
friends of Davis this assurance he had
not anticipated the action of the Court,
and had not appointed any time for Da-
Wis release. In the event of his not be.
ing tried, he declared he had from the
first desired to have Davis tried for trea.
son, and had used such influence and au-
thority as he possessed to have the trial
take place at an early day; but that if
there should be further delay in bring
ing on the trial he believed that neither
the interests of the country nor his duty
demanded that he. keep the prisoner auy
longer in custody. He also stated that
he was unable to perceive that the re-
lease of Davis on parole or bail would
furnish the radicals with a valuable
weapon; but that he believed the masses
if there should be further unnecessary
delay in bringing him to trial, would ap.
prove of his being conditionally released
1t is we'll understood in the best in
formed official circles that Davis will
not be tried at the October term, so that
his release may be looked for soon after
that, but not till aft that time
ION dit" that Mr.. Reed, one Of Davis
counsel had been authorized by the at
torney General to say to his client that
the government would direct his imme
diste release on condition of his leaving
the country never to return, and that
Davis indignantly rejected the offer.
The cholera has broken out in West
chester county, and measures have beer
taken to suppress it.
The Tribune's Montreal special says
The Executive council sat ior four hour
Yesterday at the capitol. The matterl
discussed were relative to the defense o.
the Maine Border.
On Monday, a member of men though
to be Fenians on the Grand Trunk rail
way going west, got of at the way sta
tion at Cornwall, Matilda, and Edwards