The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-05-21


WAsHNGToN, May n.
The President and the Davis Trial.
The President is preparing proclamation to
explain that his recent peace proclamation abro.
gated martial law through the South, and that
this one is necessary to disabuse the public
mind that military interference in the coming
JEFF. Davis trial will prevent an expression of a
jury.
AttOrney-General Speed, who returned from
the West last week, had lengthy interview with
the President on Friday last, relative to the
trial OF JEFF. DAVIS and the Indictment found by
the Grand Jury at Norfolk. Mr.. Speed gave his
opinion as TO the legal character of the indict
ment, which opinion / am authorized to
state. The President impaired to the Attorney
General the substance of the views Of Chief
Justice Chase about the propriety of holding
court in Richmond. The position of Judge
Chase have given you in a former despatch.R
His fears were that that there was doubt
among the eficeTs in Virginia as to the effect of
the peace proclamation, and whether or not
martial law is abrogated. While these doubts
exist Judge Chase is not willing to preside in a
United States Court in Virginia. If the Chief
Justice shall hesitate and entertain such fears
when the next term of the United States
Court is about to convene, the President will
issue an order expressly declaring that the
civil law is supreme in all matters in which
the civil courts have jurisdiction. 1t Is reported
that the Attorney-General has. no confidence in
the indictment found against Davis under the
supervision Of Judge Underwood, but it is pro-
per to state that the report does not come from
the best authority.
Lewis ID. CnmDbeII.
is here to receive his instructions upon Mexican
matters.
COIOred Soldiers Mustered ont.
General Grant has directed the muster out of
six more colored regiments, while 1900 wall be
retained in the service. 1t is intended to send a
number OF them out to the far West.
Merchants National Bank.
Comptroller Clark has turned over to the
House Committee on Banks and Banking, all
the testimony and papers in reference to the
Merchants National Bank. The Committee viii
make thorough expose of the whole matter,
which Will show up frauds that will eclipse any
yet published,
Cash on Hand.
The following statement exhibits the amount
of funds in the cash vaults OF the Treasury De-
partment on the 10th inst.:-
United States Legal-tender Notes ...., $3.50 10000
National Bank Notes .......,......,r5l2 l25 l42 90
Fractional Currency OF all denOmna-
JlOns liI20Z91 30
Gold, Silver ana CODpeIs ............, 304 2924t
Reserve Fund, Temporary Loan. 80 900 10000
Reserve Fund Surplus ISSUE United
states Notes. 81 932 426 90
Interest Notes. ~ % 2l1, 800 90
Fnuds Redemption Division. ........ 1920 OJO 90
National Bank Currency.
$1,774, 800 in National Bank circulation was
issued last week by the Comptroller OF the Cur
rency. The totol amount issued up to date is
S274, ,653, 1856.
Fractional Currency.
Fractional currency to the amount of
S5Ol, ,9O2'5O was redeemed last week by the
Treasury Department,
Conscience Money.
Treasurer Spinner, on Saturday last, received
$3.50 from a Catholic priest who forwarded it
for one of his parishioners as money due the
United States Government
Union Remains.
Tue remains OF Colonel Lewis V. Quacken.
bush, Of the 5th Michigan Infantry, killed in
the seven days battles in front of Richmond,
have been identified, and forwarded, and sent
to his friends in Michigan. Over 1000 bodies
have been disinterred and placed in the National
Cemetery at Seven Pines, 1900 of whom are un-
known. The work still goes on.