Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1866-05-17


portance of securing it if this failed, all failed
He was in consultation here with the ''Ferret
Club, ;" and obtained from them list of names of
those who had already committed themselves by
their antecedents and speeches (as will be shown
hereafter) in favor of the hanging of Mr.. Davis.
This part of his programme being secured, he
goes to Norfolk and sends his Deputy United
States Marshal "a Mr.. Duncan) to Richmond to
summon urymen, list Of ackOna acas furnished the
Marshal by Underwood himself Upon that list
were the following names:
HUNNIcUTT.
FRANKLIN STEARNs.
JAMES E. IIPsCoAIB.
WILLIAM n. TINsIEY.
b. WARDwELL.
B. DAVIS.
| T. DUDLEY JR
w. FAY.
CHARACTER OF THE MEN FROM RICHMOND WHO SAT
THE JURY.
| The above list, as will be seen Furnished tile
Marshal we repeat, by Underwood himBelf is
headed by the name of Hunnicutt editor of a dir
ty negro sheet published here, called The Neao Ma
tion-an Infamous unscrlpulous old villain, who
has been anything and everything, from whiskey
seller to preacher. Several years since he first
made his appearance in Fredericksburg, with the
aspiration of passing himself off as a Baptist
preacher and journalist. His numerous antics in
duced the citizens of that town at first to imagine
that he was cracked Drained idiot. But it re-
quired not much time to prove to their utter sat-
isfaction that he was cracked all over, and void of
Of all honesty. Latterly, he removed to Rich
mond, where he has shown himself to be low,
stupid hypocrite and knave. Here, Hunnicutt
took the negroes to his embrace, and harangued
them on Capital Square, under the shadow of
Washingtons statue, and his themes are negro
suffrage, equality and miscegenation.
W. N. Tinsley is a Virginian by birth, but
brute by nature, who made fortune out of the
Confederacy by making bread for the soldiers, and
then off for Europe, but-stopped in New
York This fellow Tinsley is of a good family,
and his connections are very respectable, but they
are ashamed of him. They feel that he has dis
with the utmost Indignation. traitor to his kin,
his friends his acquaintance, his fellow-c;tizen
and his State, he justly considered by Under
wood as vile enough for his atrocious purposes
| Next ON the list comes Wardwell, the Yankee
| cool icy man." whose blood is frozen hy the
thing he deals in. Wardwell was disqualified to
sit that jury, and Mr.. Davis counsel will have
a perfect right to challenge the Indictment he
helped to frame, for he had formed and expressed
an opinion as to his guilt or innocence, in these
words, can be established by the oath of a gen
tleman of this city: GO If was on the jury that
is to try Jefferson Davis, would hang him to the
first tree that would bear his FORM This man
holds position as deputy under Humphreys, Col
lector of Customs for the port of Richmond, and
is one of those double-faced impostors who have
deceived MIR. johnson, and whom, we trust, he
will remove fast he learns their true charac-
tiers. MI. Humphreys is now in Washington
moving heaven and earth to secure his appoint
ment fearing that the President will not send in
his name for confirmation If President Johnson
knew the true character of the man, and what a
bitter enemy he is to his Administration and his
policy, and how thoroughly he is at heart with the
Radicals Humphreys head would soon be chop
ped off and in the basket.
The next of the willing slaves of the District
| sc Judge " is Fay the culprit Fay''-an indigo
blue Yankee, another deputy of Collector Hum
phreys a man who could take the test OATH or
any other oath, with equal Indifference. He was
sent to Virginia to exc out q jury, and he knew
his part and performed it,
The fourth one is Davis, a full-blooded Yankee
who ran away from us during the war, and has
since returned, without an invitation. He was a
notoriously bad character previous to his fight
and his hegira has but added to his disrepute.-
This Davis is what is called jackleg carpenter,
and he is eager for the job of building scaffold
for his illustrious namesake.
The next, but not least, of the five worthless
from Richmond, who have made themselves &C
cessories before the fact to the murder of Jetfer
son Davis, is old Dudley, Yankee, who was too
old to run off, being over the CONSUMPTION age,
and who consequently turned his attention to
speculation during our great tribulation, and re-
allied, it is said, large fortune. He is liquor
merchant ON Main street, old resident of the
city, and hates Mr.. Davis because he is a temper
ate man, who lent his influence against the sale of
ardent spirits during the war.
HOW UNDERWOOD MADE SURE OF GAME.
| In order to have in his hands none but plant
tools, Judge Underwood instructed his deputy
marshal not to enforce the attendance of parties
he wanted none that would not be volunteers in
the iniquity. See the cunning villiany in this
Underwood was determined not to endanger the
success of his plans by having any unwilling jul
rors. He had selected his men, but they would
not be trustworthy if they were forced into SER
vice. The jury must be perfectly willing to do the
LOB, or the whole plot might miscarry. This
makes the conduct of those creatures who went to
Norfolk and did Underwood's bidding even more
atrocious and despcable, for it was voluntary with
them and they could have refused to attend In
fact two of them did refuse to go-Franklin
Stearns and James E. Lipscomb, and for this one
good act they deserve much credit. They were
| the only two out of the whole list who had the
manliness and good not to participate in this
| plot of Underwood.
THE JURYMEN SELECTED IN NORFOLK.
The Norfolk papers tell us that the parties raked
up from that city to sit upon the jury no bet
ter than those picked from Richmond. Speaking
| of them the Norfolk Virgi'aian says
"We make the declaration, the truth of which
will be attested by every respectable man in this
community, that far the Norfolk men are
concerned who were on that jury, more unrelia-
BILE set could not be found in this or any other
community. Three of them are deserters from the
Confederate ranks. Butler mitigated his infamy
in this community, by fixing perjury on one of
them. Andanother seekinga lower DEPTH after he
turned Union man, went into the business of rum
ming blockade goods into the Confederacy, and
vet, as juryman, took the oath that he had never
given laid and comfort to the South This is a
true bill against some of the men who are attempt
ing to fix treason upon Jefferson Davis.
THE RADICALS PLOTTING FOR THE LIFE MIR.
DAVIS.
From the conspiracy of Judge Underwood it is