The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-11-11
WASHINGTON GOSSIP.
Trial Of Jeh. DavIs-EnOrts OF the Ju-
niOr Counsel for ths Government ia
~ eoure q Hearing This MOnth.

Trial Of JeM DavIs-EHOrts OF the Ju-
niOr Counsel for ths Government to
w' ecurs a Hearing This Month.
District Attorney Chandler is exerting himself
to the best of his ability to secure the trial of
Jefferson Davis at the present November term of
Court. Learning that the Attorney General has
consented to postponement OF the case until
the May term, at the earnest request of the asso-
ciate counsel TOR the Government, Mr.. Chandler
today telegraphed to Mr.. William NJ. Bvarts, of
New York, and r. H. Dana, Jr., OF Boston, to
meet him and General Wells in this city in the
early part of next week. It is said that Mr..
Chambers object in calling consultation is TO
endeavor to overcome their objections 10 q trial
this month";. 7. Herald.
Mr.. JOhnEOn's Quarrel with the New
York Democracy.
The Washington correspondent OF the Boston
Post makes the following revelations;-
Certain parties, disappointed in securing
the Presidents assistance 10 advance their selfish
purposes, are now making strenuous efforts 20
prove mat Mr' Jo6nson, after making overtures
to the New York Democracy, has broken faith
with them and has utterly failed to carry out
his promises 1t is charged that Cassiday .,
New York addressed letter to a prominent
gentleman of this city in which he announced
the purpose of the New York Democratic State
Convention TO pass resolution repudiating Mr..
johnson and his administration, and that this
announcement by some means reached the Pre-
sidents ears. 1t Is further charged that the
President Immediately despatched distIn.
gushed MissouTian and an equally distinguished
Tennessee gentleman to New York TO confer
wirh parties III that city with view TO arrest
the passage of the resolution Of reputation,
and to negotiate, If possible, an amicable
arrangement with the New York Democracy.
1t is further charged that after sundry meetings
held at Mayor HofTman's in New York, it was
understood covenanted, and agreed that the
resolutions Iepudiating the Administration
should be stricken out and that distinguished
New York statesman should be forthwith in
stalled in the Presidents Cabinet. Such,
i understand. the pharUaa
ferred by the New York parties, who
say they carried out in good faith their
part of the agreement, but tnat MIR. johnson
has broken faith with them and failed to make
the promised change in his Cabinet. On the
other hand the Presidents friends assert that
the want OF good faith was not on his part but
that the agreement required the Convention to
indoGse the Administration, which it failed to
do and hence Mr.. johnson was relieved of any
obligation to make the change in his Cabinet.
Several spicy letters, understand, have passed
between the representatives of these high con-
tracing parties in their efforts to settle the
question OF bad faith. 1t is more than probable
MI. Church or Mayor Hoffman could decide the
issue.
Abandoned Lands In the South.
General Howard, with the official approval of
General Grant has sentthe following important
circular letter to sub-commissioners of the
FIeedmen's Bureau:-
Sir:-As there is still quite an amount of
abandoned property on your returns and much
oil 1t occupied by former owners, who aban-
doned 1t according to the definition OF the law,
and who, through contempt of the Government
Of the United States and the Presidents autho-
rity, decline to make any application under the
orders approved by him for its restoration,
you are hereby instructed to give notice
to all such persons, through your
officers and agents, that their property, coming
under the above head Ut abandoned property
held by the Government, and now on your re-
turns will be taken form al possession of the lst
of January next, and rented to refugees and
freedmen, in accordance with the provisions of
law. In case they made application in accord
ance with law, formal restoration will be imme-
dlately made, and reported to this office.
II may be added, with respect to the fore.
going order, that the amount of the abandoned
land on the records'of the Bureau is upwards of
$50 coo acres. Most of il is of poor quality, and
heretofore very little of it has yielded any reve-
nue. to the Government.