The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-06-19
Underwood.

Underwood
correspondent writing from Herhmer, New York,
the native place Of UNDERWOOD gives brief sketch OF
the past hiptory Of this notorious person, from
Witch We make the following extract The reader WILL
recoect this ia copied verbam from Northern paper,
and e an accurate estimate Of UNDERwooO's standing
where he was born
Tho unworthy and disgraceful charge Of Judge Un-
derwood the Grand Jury Of the United States District
Court at Richmond, which appears in the New York
papers of to-day, induces to inform you and your
readers who this Underwood is and what his past his.
sary, but the public should have some information as
to what kind Of man he is and in what estimation he
was held
~ New York; and remained resident here until about
the year 1850 After being admitted to the bar he OPEN
recoeced but It must have been about the year 1885
Al that time he was member Of the Whg party. From
his defeat for office in the Wing party he became fa
county he was Abbey Killer Foster aboitionist. he
opened Law Office, but he never was able as lawyer,
to command the renpect Of bis ellowcizens. He was
without clients and mainly because he lazy drone
and because there general feeling In the oommu
nifty that hts integrity could not be relied upon So low
had he sunk in that respect In the estimation OF his
toWnsmen that his name reproach, and bis pre-.
considered no compliment and his character
was no protection to him from open insults in the
streeta at time misohievous boys in this vii
lage did to him what they would never have thought of
doing to any of respectable standing in the village
They drove donkey into his Office end left him there all
Failing as lawyer and having plenty Of leisure he
made himself conspicuous in the abolition movement,
and occasionally delivered abolition and temperance
lectures until at last driven to the necessity Of doing
something for living, he purchased some standing
wood and getting cut wood and ties for the
Railroad Company
while In practice here among other stories currently
told Of him as characteristic of the man, to
this effect: An ignorant old man wanted to buy or
comnlete his title to lot Of land in this town the fee
So 4, ned Nor 0f uhioh
resided in Albany. He gave Underwood the money to
10 take to Albany to make the purchase get the deed
for him. Unde6wood came back with the contract or
title In his own name, and represented to the old
that he could not account of some difficulty get the
land for him. but he found that he could purchase 1t
for himself and did so in his own name. but be would
seIlhe land for a advanced price, which the old
was compelled to give in order to get the land
FINALLY starved out, he broke up and went With his
family to Virginia, Fauquier county, believe to live
upon some lands which belonged to his WIFE, so far as
he personally concerned, having respect
himself cared for him or regretted his leaving It
there was general feeling In this county that IL had got
lid OF nuisance he held the Office Of trustee OF
school district in this village and as such was entrusted
them to his own When called upon by his success
sor In Office to account for the money he could not do
It. and after repeated demands upon him for the mo-
ajustce and recovered Judgment which, alter consid
cradle delay, was collected on execution. On another
occasion he collected money for client and being
written to by him to know If the collection was made
he replied that the money was not collected and his
client was led to believe by Underwood that he had
failed to collect the money; and sometime after he had
left the county his client called upon other attorneys
collect the amount when investigation 1t was found
that this worthy whom the has brought to the sur
face as judge had collected the money several years
before and had gone to Virginia. He of course was
called upon to pay and he did so by nstalments
pleading that he had forgotten the collection which no
one knowing MIN believed for one moment
nave said he went to Virginia on lands belonging to
MS Wiie she Is lady with whom be 1t is said became
acquainted While teaching school In Virginia and to
Wnom ne was married about 1890 She is a Yyginian
and is honorably connected being double eousin Of
the late great Confederate Geueral Sonewai Jackson
Underwood continued to reside on his wes lands nnt
1906 when ne turned up as delegate from virginia in
Ine Natlonal republican Convention which nominated
Fremont Tor President He, OF course had no constitu
ents He was selfstyled delegate taking his seat in
that and very nat rally such course on hs
part e1clted some surprise and Indignation among his
Virginia ne1ghbors, Who seeing his name announced
as oelogate TO that Convention, at Bomo meeting heId
III nus passed resolutions lndgnantiv da
nyng that he was authorized to express or renrose
tne sentiment OF any portion of the people Of Virginia in
that Convention. ~ 1 - - e'1l'" ~
He was at once adopted by the Republican disorpan.
lAeis as an instrument to be used by them and mono
more pnant or base could be found; and the next wa
near VI MN we md him appanted to some agency in
Virginia Emigration Society, then founded In New
lazy to work, he found his connection With
socleGy more suitable to his taste ard dienoston
than tne drndgery OF farm life in VIRGINIA Tha nart
aearo OF nun ne turns up at the Chicago Convention