New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-06-12
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WASHINGTON, June ia special order con-
ventng military commission at Raleigh June Is,
for the trial of the officers of the freedmen's
bureau, arrested at the instance of Gems. Fuller
ton and Steadman, has been issued by the war
department. Among the delnqueuts are Gen,
Whittlesey, Majors 'Wickersham Mount and Zely
and Captains Rossellang and CLAWS. Gen. Turner
in the presiding officer
The enlistments for the regular army are stated
at 5000 per month.
WAsHINGToN. June ll.--Mr Shea, one of the
counsel for Jefferson Davis, made motion before
Judge Underwood in chambers in order to test the
Jurisdiction of the courts in Virginia, involving the
power to hold the prisoner to ball. it being judi
cia question with which the President has nothing
to do. Judge Underwood expressed the opinion,
which has already been insisted upon by
Chief Justice Chase, that as long as martial
law or military surveillance was enforced in Vir-
ginia, the courts were mere adjunct and to be
used in aid of the military power. Judge Under
wood declines issuing habeas corpus to bring
the prisoner before his court until he receives
from the President REIMBURSEMENT of the accused
to the civil authorities, Mr.. Davis being now a
prisoner Of war. Judge Underwood reduced his
opinion to writing, which was delivered to the
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premises is suspended until further orders from
the government. 1t is stated, on the authority ot
one of the counsel that no application for bail
was made to Justice Chase. Attorney General
speed, Charles O'Connor and Ex-Governor Pratt
were among those present IN Judge Underwood
chambers to-day. Within the last few days Mr.
D&viss friends professional and otherwise, have
had free admission to him.
The passage of the resolution by the House to
dag, declaring its opinion that Mr.. Davis shoult
be kept in custody until tried by law, was super
induced by the apprehension that he would be
bailed The rules were suspended for the purpose
Of passing the resolution.
Brig. Gen. A. L. Guerney, now at Selma, Ala
bama has sent remonstTance, signed by UnioI
officers and soldiers engaged in planting in tina
State, against the cotton tax. The general urges
that cotton cannot be raised at a profit with the
tax, and this will drive out the five thousand i'm
migrants now there, and prevent emigration, with
out which the general thinks the Southern Statel
cannot be purged of dsloyality.
WASHINGTON, June 1l.-Seaate.-Mr. Fessen
den, from the Committee on Finance, reported tht
House bill to provide for the safekeeping of tht
public money intrusted to dsbursing officers.
provides that the public money shall be deposited
with the assistant treasurers of the United State
and drawn out on warrant or draft, and pre-
scribes punishment for lending, with or withou
interest, any money intrnsted to disbursing officers
| Passed.
Mr. Sherman called up the bill recently reported
to hi to aid in the construction of telegraph lines
aud 70 secure to government the use of the samG
for poslal, military and other purposes. Mr.
Sherman in explaining the bill said, the committee
to whom tle subject had been referred, had come
to the conclusion that it would be impracticablt
for the government to operate the telegraph as 6
part of the postal system they had thought it best
simply to report this bill to authorize the National
Telegraph Company to cross nayigabe streams
and operate over the public domain. After dis.
cussion by Messrs. Sherman and Morrill,, the bill
was postponed till tomorrow.