The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-06-09
Judge lnderu God Denounced by the
Correspondents of u New York PA.

The Richmond correspondent OF the
New York World thus speaks his mind
concerning the silly fanatic Underwood:
II is 10 bc hoped that nj the trial Of Mr..
Davis the President will have sufficient
respect Tor the opinion oil mankind 10
request the Chief Justice 10 preside. Cn-
drrwoodis not I'll 10 be Judge he can
not charge grand jury without making
q stump speech, and stump speech OF the
most offensive and malignant nature. He
was ali importation which never suited the
locality. He found himself, as lie would
probably find himself everywhere, socially
repugnant and personally diSlikcd. He
felt the bitterness of hate, but had not the
courage 10 indulge it personally, and
delights in lecturing from the safe cera.
tiou Of 4 judicial position those whom he
has neither the right TO lecture nor lhc
heart 10 comprehend. \ revolution always
throws Just such scum L. the surface. \
Federal judicial officer should be Of men,
tai calibrc more than enough I" decide Il
bar-room bet upon the weight OF hog.
After the uttcranccs Of Underwood, 4
conviction will cXiS; that Mr.. Davis was
indicted hv packed jury, and viii be
tried by packed jury before "A judge
who has everything OF Jeiireys hut his
brains. Ii j the first act of one of the
best farccS | ever Witnessed. A district
court can take no cOgnizance of such cases,
AM, a, 10 this being Il circuit court, law
ycrs assure me that Judge Underwood had
no more personal right than You "r have
10 transfer his circuit court from Norfolk
10 this place.
OF ali that crowd, the most unhappy
looking man was the Judge himself. There
he sat, trying 10 assume an air 81 "o"ch"-
lance 10y reading Il newspaper, bnt trcm-
bling with evident Nervousness, and look
ing as if h. were the man Oh trial. Ger
tainly any novice, were this the first court
room he ever saw III his life, might easily
have mistaken the Judges bench for the
prisoners dock. The Judge would read
little, apparently, then scratch his head,
twitch his fingers, and fall 10 altering some
manuscript thai lay before him. Mean
while it was evident he .rN every eye upon
him. and well might he doubt his capacity
10 cope with his position when he saw the
large, leuninc, curly head of Brady in close
conlab with the bald and polished Reed, or
With Brown looking through his spectacleS
a sharp as terrier.
The sixteen Jurors being all empanncl-
led, the Judge commenced 10 rcao, III
clear but trembling voice, his charge to
thcm--and such charge! l do not re-
peat il here, for the papers will give II TO
You rsrbotim. Suffice it 10 say il was never
equalled hy anything in the whole annals OF
American jurisprudence, not even 10y the
charge ~ the same Judge At Norfolk. IL
fairly out II nderwooded Underwood. Inc
coun,enanccS OF the asScmblage during the
delivery OF this wonderful written document
were something worthy of the pencil OF a
Hogarth. Every sign of mirth, from the
half-incredulous smile 10 the inliy appre-
ciatiye broad grin, were there visible.
Learned lawyers sat listening with lifted
eyebrows and mouths agape with astonisi!-
ment: the wicked press gang punched each
other hilariously in the ribs as each sue
cessive pop-gun came booming against the
press gentlemen sat pleasantly staring at
each other, evidently trying to discover
likeness between them and the savages OF
Mozambique and Senagambia. The whole
thing--intolcrablc vulgar, and insulting a>
il was-was far too rich 10 excite anger
the one -pervadipg feeling was incrcdulty
and establishment, mingled with pity Tor
tie exhibitor. The wicked animus Of a
Jeiircys was completely lost sight OF i'll the
amusing bombast III Il Buziuz.