The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-05-17
JEFFERsON DAVIS IN COURT.
FULL AND INTERESTING PARTICULARS.
OUR n1CuMoNp oouaEspospEsoE. -

RIouMoND, Mny' 14.--Well; here am, in this
lovelcst OF American cities, 'benutiful for situa-
tion and endeared to every Southern hoart for her
many bravo men aud fair women-rnen, who In the
hour Of trinl wero found OF the post OF duty, md
woihon God blcss them, who through four long
and terrible yeats mover oaased to give toeir
nobest sympathies and affection to tho cause they
held dear. and to tho strong hearts thhtsuered and
bled for it. THE city set aupon tho hills will ever
OCCUPY green spot in our memories But theso
are bygones This fair city has laid by tho habil-
menta OF war and of mourning, and once again ar
rayed herself in tho garb Of youth and beauty.
Tho ''Hoyal Jeoms" Is no longer son the rampage"
tho fields beyond the food torer in Chesterfeld)
are dressed in living green. The graceful lindens,
the lofty ems the Beautiful ailantis and tho ma
jeatic tulip trees, are. all deqked in the latest
'spring fashions" Tho Capital Square, green
with the lu,uriant blue grass, native to tho SOIL
looks familiar; and there is tho identical statue OF
WAsHINoToN, just ns Of old, though ne obesrve an
addition to tho family eince last We gazed upon
that sorcne but determined countenhnce. Chief
Justice MAnsHAIh nov ifpFms opo-pl the group
mourning round the Father Of his country,
Tho streota ahnw butfsw traces Of tho war. Tho
Inst Vestige nearly of tho great fro OF April 1856
has been obliterated, and Main and Cary, Bank
and Franklin streets, and the cross streets from
18th up TO 9th, hayo all been rebuilt and in style
far surprising their former Selves Those huge
buildings, known during tho war ns Hospitals, now
onco moro fll their pristine destiny, In the manu-
facture OF .pluok" tobacco y The street cars, too
are running again. All is as OF old, sayo our
friends the freedmen. They are on the rampage
now. For tho bcttor understanding Of these dill
culties with the negroes OF Richmond. would in
form your readers, that in this city for many years.
k1,4 1-..z I.
tho case IN Charleston for INSTANCE, OF almost any
large tobacco factories, from One hundred to three
hundred sometimes In single establishmenti and
whether hired or owned, generally received board
them fixed amount every Saturday night, whore
With 70 maintain himself during the coming ,woek
Bat little responaibiiity fst BY ths oFpSr
groes when of duty. Bad habits Of various kinds
were thusl 81 not encouraged, certainly not check.
ed and md tg degree OF freedom slioTed which vas
more Intoxicating effect upon thom here than any
and they have been ever since disposed TO bs very
obstreperous" and unruly In this city. They hayo
had their 'militis companies,r and strutted about
Ssyo psa prsbsa a asdp BY sfSs eSs
General commanding tho First Military District,
Mr.. Freedman has nevertheless continued his
| turers Like HuRfuGuTT (cailed "the deleotablo
%hs bS hs hsPP sss ssGs Ut thu.
have been having rtots here almost every day dur
ing tho pact week, and whom we have homo there
sa1pass 5g sSs s So SsIsps %es =
already from your Richmond exchanges, win
hasten on to nobIer the,aes,, -;
There wa was quite gathering o. patabilitia9 dpr-
the trial Of Mr.. DAirs. fsGr. UspaaWoop. bee Sis
pardon, Judge U. tssye the, mark y, opened his
packed With sn alter hs own heart sa he rsa ohaisod su
them" - THIS Judges charges have become fl.
nous, perhaps should say infamous, and are nov
Looked for as regularly as any ather unavoidable
whether, this last charge. the .ilest ,nd most
s!AndeTpHa he has yet delivered, was, ipspired by
sna hs Sssss a
TO astonish these coIored n.tves with the unparsi.
lellsd jimpuaenoe with which he dared, In open
gentlemen, the leest Of whom are bis bettere d
SSs ds q si5sd IA T: W!sS:Siass
qpacked !.well done, ccmrade.n ~! L6jF.y .s6s !
Pardon my wasting go much space on this I'M.
Just Judge. Il must now hasten TO the main topic
Hnea 1oe
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Monroe, 70 produce Mr, tpa7ia, inlO Court In Rioh.
mond. This Wrtt has p9en pbRJedy And Mr. Dnyin
arrived In ths oily the day before. aQf course there
ses and hssf Is rash pdsslbiS Il SSSf. III.
sss s Hn issSsE as .s
SdSEa sos 5 .aa a.s sss en- .4s
ted tha attention off, ~ +presonts They 4wero
Charles O'oonnor, Wm,a D, Roedj George Bhos,
number Of distingnis he'd men thon entered by
the door Behind tho benoh;; Among them was
l9oX pipsppint. Gen. * tho1eld and othsf oeloefs
Dsyts, %r,, Jeha IAs ai,t tSSashea % Cd 1siss &
te.,dle; now lo6dnR oonadera6iJ oldm tasp 5Vhsn'I
last saw him two years agots iAt ii O'clock Nr. Hor
idrcssed ln bis tional Ehieo hat nor WITH bls
ttbrosskss legs ofs hfS boots. Underwood
oamo In soon after and opened CONT. AT twenty
n.:1Etes past sleysn mf: Days entered, accomps-