The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-07-24
Tho COurt that is 70 make Treason

The renowned Judge Undcypoood, Of Va
who engineered, through the Grand Jury
at Rlehmond, the indlctmeut % JEy.
pAvss, ior treason, BIKE All men, has his
tory bnt this cruatnres antcccdents, As
r6laicd Of him Ivy reliable authority, At
lIetklmer. NJ e., arr not calculated 10 In
spirc the most exalted respect for his re-
spectability, his integrity or-his intellect
In all OF these elements he h far below par
--away dow In the scale of mental tmbe-
cillty and moral degradation.
This man, the writer says, is q native Of
Hertimer county, New York; that he
studded law when hegrew up 70 manhood,
shd interrupted 70 practicc, but got no bust
ness because he was deficient in talent and
people had no confidence IN his honesty.
$50 low was he sunk," says the writer, 'in
the estimation Of his townsmcn, that his
nahewas a reproach, his presence was com
sidered no compliment, aud his character
was no protection to him from open insults
in the streets"
Amer falling at tic bar he tried TO be-
come q politician, offered as a candidate ON
the Wing ticket, but, being beaten, turned
AbolitiOaist OF the ABBY FoLsom aud
KELLEv stamp. Failing IN law, lac turned
his attention TO wood-chopping, aud fur
nished cross-iies TO the railroad; IN which
transaction lis conduct was such as not mt
ali calculated 10 increase respect for him or
confidence IN his integrity. Money was
entrusted TO him as trustee for tho school,
district In which he lived. This he appro-
priated 10 his own use and his successor
only recovered it by Judgment and exeeu-
tion. In The same way bis few clients were
compelled to follow him in his yagrancies,
and in the same manner compel the dis
gorgement OF moneys COLLECTED. r "a
Says the writer ~ as
Another interesting reminiscence of his
Herkimer career was that a weak old man
wanted TO SECURE complete title 70 piece
of land, the fee in which was held by man
in Albauy.f The old man sent Underwood
with his money to secure the title, but he
returned withfthe title in his own name,
and represented that on account of some
difficulty he could not get the land for his
client, but found that he could buy it for
himself and did so. He offered it TO the
old man at an advanced price, which he
was compelled TO pay
About 1850 DC blessed Virginia with his
noble presence, to,ayail himself of some of
his wife's real estate, and was not slow in
rendering himselfiespccially obnoxious as
an ultra Abolitionist in Fauquier. The in
dignaIion of theeommunity was very bit
ter against him, and hele according to
this letter, some time before the war, affect
ing tocohsider his life in danger. lie at
taehed himself 70. the Black Republicans,
and peddied the HEIPER phamphlet in part
for nyellhood. He was at the Chicago
Convention which nominated Mr.. LINCOLN,
for the Presidency. That gentleman being
elected, and coming to Washington, Mrs.
UNDERWOOD prevailed on him TO give her
husband an Office in the Treasury Depart
ment which Office he held tIntil, ''unfortu-
natcly for the honor of hebepch and cause
of Justice he was, says the writer, zap
pointed to that Office from which he made
that disgraGeful arapguer--Meaning the
charge in which UNDERwooD vomited his
slanders on the people Of Richmond.
This isthe 'low-fung grounding, whom
the Radicals have chosen to make treason
odions'-to sit in Judgment in n case which,
! If tried, will challenge history for paral-
lei in the gravity of the issue and the re-
sponsibility of the result