The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-05-22

ZOE HIS IQOucl, ana Is 1npaCIenG TO
immortalize himself by re-enacting
on the soil ofa the Old Dominion the
cruelties and butcheries. of the bloody
assizes. On last TuesdAy, he deliver
ed an address to the grand jury, the
like of which has never been heard
of in any court of justice. we verify
believe, since the darkest days Of op-
preston Of which there is record in
English history
The Norfolk Fnyimi,ot says:
eve need not again recur to the
character of the charge to the grand
jury delivered by Judge Underwood
at the opening of the United States
District Court, in this city, on Tues
day last. All who have read that
scurrilous production must regret
that the Government under which
they live should ever have conferred
office upon such Il miserable crca-
ture''
And the Alexandria Gusci~. speak
ing Of the jury, says:
''On the authority of gentleman
who has lived in Alexandria for fifty
years. and has, at various times, held
important municipal positions, that
of the thirteen members from Alex
andria, composing the greater num-
Der of the grand Jurors of the Circuit
Court at Norfolk, he has never heard
Of but three; and from those three,
though clever enough in their ways,
no sane man would have supposed for
an instant that 4 petit i1,ryman even
could be selected.
The above comments arc from I'M
partial and disinterestcu newspapers.
But it would appear till further that
the bloodhound radicals will be salts
fed with nothing less than the excc,l-
ton Of Mr. Davis The corrcspon-
dent of the Bu. .timore .S,t1,, Il truthful
aud reliable source. writes as follows:
The Indictment of Jefferson Davis
by the grand jury at Norfolk, and
setting his case for trial at Richmond
i'll June, is in strict accordance with
the programme agreed upon here
Judge Underwood is expected in the
city tonight with the copy of the in
dictment. The trial of Mr.. Davis
will now undoubtedly take place at as
early day in the June session as
possible, and will, of course, be CON
Quoted with all due formalities; but as
all arrangements necessary to secure
a conviction have been made, the
result may be easily predicted. 1t is
the settled purpose of certain men iii
high position here to have Mr.. Davis
executed, if it is within the range of
possibility, and they are not slow in
asserting that the people of the North
will never allow the intcrposition of
Executive clemcncv.
1t will thus be seen that nothing
less than the blood of jefferson Davis
will satisfy these hounds Even the
judiciary Committee OF the radical
Congress rejected the monstrous ac-
cusation Of his completely in the
assassination of Mr.. Lincoln; and
now, fearing that the charge of
treason" can be no better sustained,
they are endeavoring to postpone the
trial i'll the tendish hope that he
may die in the meantime.
The special correspondent Of the
New York -Ne,rs tclcgraphs to that
paper the following:
To-day, in the Senate, Mr.. Trun-
bull, from the Judiciary, reported i
bill to change the place and time OF
holding United States Courts in Nir-
ginia. 1t changes the place from
Norfolk to Richmond, and provides
that the time for commencing cour,
sessions shall be the first Mondays in
May and December.
"a provision giving the Chief Jus
tice powers To call special sessions was
stricken out. and the bill us thus
amended was passed. This postponc>
the trial ut once from June TO De
cember, and in the meantime til,
radicals hope that Mr. Davis viii di,
in prison, as he is quite likely to do
if his confinement is protracted tha
long. 1t is understood that the House
judiciary Committee will soon repor
n bill for the trial Of Jefferson Duyi>
by a military tribunal for alleged act:
in violation Of the usages of warfare
and for direct completely in the us
sassination of Lincoln. The repor
is all ready, together with Il vast mas
OF what they call evidence, and whicl
they say Is ample to convict and hans
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