The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-06-06
A GRAND JURY EMPANELLED.
CHARGE OF JUDGE UNDERWOOD.
Earnest Appeal Of tho Counsel for tho d.
fence for Immediate Trial.
Chief Justice Chase Not to Attend
the Trial.
lee ke. 10.


The United States Court OF Virginia here to-day
pursuant TO adjournment al It's recent Norfolk session.
The place Of meeting the old ROOM hand
somey rent,ed In the Custom House Nam street. and
elcvon A. NJ was tho stipulated hour for meeting Near
iy two hours however, passed In patient waiting before
the crers voice spoke out business Two hours specu
ation took the widest flights to the OF delay
Some said that Judge Underwood dared not show him
self for fear OF assassination The more prevalent
story, and commanding tho largest degree OF
credit, was that telegram had been received
from Washington announcing that a Cabinet
session TO DO held at o'clock, at which
would be determined what tho government was
willing 10 do regarding JEFF Davis At the close OF this
Cab net session Mr. 0Conor to telegraph his
cate counsel here its action and the steps taken
by themwhcther to urge the speedy trial Of Davis
his parole release bail aud they knowing and
not finding out whether tho latter
otherwise kept In tho anxious bench. Those
present being very few and these principally lawyers
and newspaper reporters, there evidently could have
been no notion throughout the city that anything
was likely to be done having important bearing
the case OF tho ex.Presidcnt Of the confcderacy;
else, judging from the slim attendance, the gene
raj interest In his fate here Is not at the
present time overwhelmingly large; but TO those
tendance clear that something intended to be
done OF the most important nature regarding Jen Davis
Seated in busy confidential talk at the oblong table
signed tho member OF the bar else standing apart
knots Of and three ssunterng through the
hall In profoundly medltalvo mood several known
TO have been retained his counsol-Messrs james r
Brady OF New York; William h. Read, Of Philadelphia,
and George W. Brown, OF Baltimore. In addition TO
these the junior associate counsel the
sde-Messrs. Edwin A. Van Sickle and j. II Easall, 81
New York. and Charles n Gross, Of Philadelphia
ofipU Nth and ana thsr ha
prominent lawyers Of the city Among the legal repre-
sentsvcs Of Richmond present. bu, combining himself 10
the circle Commissioner Robert ouid.
splcuous figure and who kept up lively circuit OF the
and chatting with nearly everybody, young
Burton " Harrison quondam Private Secretary OF jon
Davis.
Al length a, ono o'clock Jldg. Underwood took his
the bench aud the Jury roll called by Mr. T..
N. Barry the Clerk OF the 1t found that
quorum present. Sslrmishers sent out n
bring in the strsgglcrs. Judge Underwood read
paper while and then law book aud thcn commenced
writing. The lawyers kept mp their busy chatterng.
and the writers for the press eI into base cpetiona Of
old jokes Three iurymen after a ~hle
brought in. and could takc the test oafh
and had 10 he excused from serving This ons
Mr. James y. Lipscomb OF Richmond Tho
las, required most happily nrsyrd Ia through The
back way, and quorum a, length proscnt u hsd
taken hours and three-qusrters to accomplish this
preliminary fact,
TIM JrRx.
The following are the names Of the Jdry prrsen,:--
J. " Bigelos, OF Aiexandrs Isaac snowdon. NJ Fair,
far John 7. Taylor 81 Alexandria; Gcorg. G. Heves,
or Alexandria; =. n. Bannon, % Alexandria w. New.
ian. Of Alexandria; y. pecordy, Of Norfolk Charles
whitehurst, Of Norfolk, William r Harrison, OF Mr.
foR william NJ Tinsiey, Of Richmond; william Fay, q
Richmond Barniam wardwcli OF Richmond. Y. Dud
ley, IT,, 81 Richmond; iturnham Davis ~ Richmond
~ 7. wisgius, o. Rici1,ond snd O. G walker d Nor.
folk
In the absencs Of the foreman appointed he prior
sc.sion the lucy Mr. Harrison appointed foreman
CHANGE o. JUDGE Uspys~ooD.
Jsdgc Underwood delivered 70 them the f-lo~ae
chassc,-
orsrLrsrs Tn GEsSp JrEy-I bappy 70 meet
yss tssin, ssd 10 know I'm, you ami living, not
wrnsixAu ~. t.s assault that have been made upon
yo-. i1e need 70 bs aid In addition 20 tbs ins,ruc-
ions gwen at Nrnk Your last sessson ba made you
is.nrii and tfi.8 efforts whyri have b~ss made TO
nis iiate you, s.d impede ths o. justice, will
make you ioss faithful ard esrucs IN The dscaEge
0f vOar ,rfsic duties. We ought not ~ BE- sgrprssd
ha- tle treaslAhlr aDd iicentious pres ~ this Ste
and Guy houd'Nnce sud rsfr And bccdne f-uouE when
Add lceousncsa are etp1-ed aud arfaiucd for
ira nd pun ahmenti nor Should 80 be surprised
a tie enauptY and de1esNtDn ofhr@tsd when
We r'nen'p~ inas thr e'v has iong been the
cestrs aSd scat o. the grcalott sra1c ia human be-
ings hat has ever disgrncsd TIE Nord--a rle which
has sna1aly employed many hondfels - moral
monster and fnauy millions % capital, sgisdnag tho
pres pulpit and politics - me state rendering Rich
moBd more Infamous among men Tor ~ psrc' patton In
ths great crime than al he cities along tho caas Of
Ssnssanbla Uppar snd Lower Guinea, Congo fsian.o.
Angola aud Boug4cl& combined The wonder rather -
tst - many traces II kIndiag humanity and hr.tan
civilization tbonld surslved such debs.ng bfl.
ttiiEIng influences; and lst thank God aud tase
thai f1rturaia Tran the dey0ei cities o.
aGt4gi,y We can c0gnt morn than ien nen WHO have
si0gi fatifi among the iaitllesn The complaints ~
threaicard v'oeucs and intimidation Nhlh Lave been
fafa.ried u nj ~ several n your number for
youf ipts haro.c and air0tie sci.0us have hoon
lubm 'lei 70 the Highest iegl and military author.
Ties ~ N" gpycrment and can assure you 81 tie
earnest sJinpahy and hrn s1gpnrt q Al thr otfrrrs
~ tho iAN excepting the President whom tho
s1lahle Batter and lawn upon, bat whom they viii
probably heArlay A. they did tw0 years
ago Bat genilencr am za1 70 cali youf attention
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vi ~ that II the country lnt, your own hands In
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