The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1866-06-16

always throws just such scum to the
surface. Jefferson Davis is indeed 10 be ,
brought to trial, but hewill not be tried. |
The party actually on trial viii be the |
Republican party, and it will not take q
lawyer Of oDcNenth the intellect Of Mr.
O'Conuor to demonstrate with the accu.
racy Of mathematical demonstration,
that upon the utteranccs Of Seward,
Chase, Lincoln and Sumner, Mr.. Davis
was not only free from the slightest
moral guilt, but is entitled to honor
The argument for the right Of secession
will be presented in such form that the
world will read it, and will contain ne!
cessarlly such testimony from the super.
loyal East and the eminently loyal
Aboltionist in its favor rs will astonish
the honest masses. Marshall, who was
little inferior as Judge to Mr.. Chase,
presided at the srial of Burr and sure.
ly, at n trial of so much greater impor
tancc, the honor of the United Stetcs is
concerned that its judicial officer shall be
Of mental calibrc moro than enough to
decide bar.room bet upon the weight
of a hog After the uttcrances oil Uh-
derwood, conviction will exist that
Mr.. DAVIS was indicted by packed
jury, and will be tried by packed jury,
before Judge who has everything Of
Jeflrcys but his brains.
After describing The delay of tho
Judge in making his appearance on the
first day of the court, tho correspondent
continues:
"At last, at five minutes past one pre-
cisely, there was a slight movement al
the door, and in came Judge Under.
wood, accompanied by Assistant Dis
trict Attorney, j. f.. TEenncsscy and
other officers of the court, the Judge
taking his scat amid deep silence
"OI all that crowd, tho most unhappy
looking man was tho Judge himself
There he sat, trying to assume an air Of
nonchaiunco by reading newspaper,
but trembling with evident nervousness
and looking as ifhe were the man on
trial. Ccrtainlg any novice, were this
the first court room he ever saw in his
life, might easily have mistaken the
Judges bench for the prisoners dock.
The Judge would read little, apparent.
~, then scratch his head twitch his fin.
gers. and fall to altering some manu-.
script that lay before him. Meanwhile
it was evident he fen every eye upon
him, and Il might he doubt his capati
ty to cope with Ills position when he
saw the large, looninc curly head of
Brady in confab with the bald and pol
ishcd Reed, or with Brown looking
thlEpnnh his snectacles rs sharp as ter
"Fhe sixteen jurors being all empan
nelled, the Judge commenced to read
in clear but trembling voice, his charge
to theni-and such a chargc! do no,
repeat 1t here. for the papers will give il
to you vcrbatin, Suffice it to saw i,
was never cqnalled by anything in the
whole annals of jursprndcncr, not even
by the charge by the same Judge at Nor
folk. 1t fairly out.undcrwoodcd Under.
wood. The countcnanccs Of the assem-.
blage, du ing the delivery of this won'
derIul written document. were some.
thing worthy of the pencil Of Hogarth
Every sigh Of mirth, from the half incre
dn!ous smile TO the fully apprcciative
broad grin, were there visible. Iparnod
lawyers sat listening with lifted eye
browa and mouths agape with astonisi..
ment; tho wicked press gang punched
each other lilarionsly in the ribs as each
successive popgrm came booming against
the press gentlemen sat pleasantly
staring at each other, evidently trying
to discover a likeness between them and
the sSavagcs Of Mozambique and Sena
gambia. The whole thing --intolcrablc
vulgar and insulting as it was--was far
too rich to excite anger; tie one per.
vadIng feeling was, increduliiy and as
tonlshment, mingled with pity for tic
exhibitor. The wicked animus of q
Jrhfcys was completely lost sight Of in
the amusing bombast ola Buzfnz,"'
WAsnNGroN, June Ill Brig. A. l.