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

RICHMOND, May 14.-Well here am, in this
lovchcst of American cities, beautiful for stua-
tion and cndcarcd to cvory Southern heart for her
many brave men and fair women-mcll, who in tue
hour of trial were found at the post OF duty, and
women, God bless them, who through four long
and terrible years never ceased TO give tnclr iI
,ohlcst symuaInes ana aIlcch"n 10 t'ie ca''se viz.
c dc,r and to the strong hearts that suffered anu
b,od for it. The city set upon the hills VIII ever
occupy a gr.en spot in our memories. but theso
arc by-goncs This fair city has laid by the habit
monts Of war aud of mourning, and once again ar-
rayed herself in the garb OF youth and beauty
The .Royal Jeems' is no longer 'ol. the rampage
the fields beyond the flood lover IL Chcsteiiicld)
are dressed in living grcon. Tho graceful l'ndehs'
the lofty elms the beautiful ailantus and the ma
estic tulip trees, are all decked Ill tho iatest
s.spring fashions" The Capital Square, green
with the luxurant blue grass, native to the SOIL,
looks familiar and there is the identical statac ol
WASHINGTON, just as Of old, though VIC observe an
addition to the family since last We gaZcd upon
that serene but determined countenance Chiei
Justice MARSHALL now forms one OF the group
mourning round the Father of his country.
Tho streets show but few traces OF tho war. The
last vestge nearly of the great hre OF Api'i' Iooo
has been oblitoratcd, and Main and Cary, Bank
and Franklin streets, and the cross streets from
18th up to 9th, have all been rebuilt and III ssSio
far s,,rpassnc their former selves. Those hugo
buildings, known during tho war us Hospitals now
once more fill their pristine destiny, i'll tho manu-
facture of "pluck" tobacco The street cars, too'
are running again. All is as OF old, save our
friends tho freedmen. They arc OH the rampage
now. For the bettor understanding OF these dlin-
cultics with the negroes OF Richmond, would III
form your readers, that in this city for many years.
| the negroes havo been much less docile than was
tho case in Charleston, for instance, or almost any
other city in the South They were employeu III
large tobacco factories, from one hundred 10 trcG
hundred sometimes in single cstabhshmcnI anG
whether hired or owned, generally fecel'Cu uoaio y
wages that is the MAI ufacturcr PAID each ono VI
| them fixed amount every Saturday night, where
with to p.aintain himself during the coming weck'
But little responsibility was felt by tue owict VI
l,rcr. as far as concerned the conduct OF the ne
oroes when off duty Bad habits OF various klr,lt
Were thus if not encouraged, certainly not check
ctl, aud degree of freedom allowed, WHICH ""s
not good for them. .,o, 10 ,.ro f,
more Intoxicating effect upon th9m here than any
where else in the South, AS fur as l have ilcafu
and thov lave been ever since disposed 10 D. ver
'.obstrenerous and unruly in this city. They have
had their ssnlilitia companies. and struttcu aoo.
in great style, ''playn soger; anu even sinI' 1
these organization, havo been prohibited by th
General Commanding the First Military l'lstrlct
Nr Freedman has nevertheless continued III
sindy uf tactics Much of this is certainly Que u
the incrndlary intermeddling OF hungry atSth
turers like IIUNNICUTT (called the ucectap '
cuss'' by the papers hcrO, and others OF that LIN LIN
who find their profit in such lnisci,lGtsmaRlh5' W
have been having riots here almost every day uut
in. the past week, and when VIC have none tllcr
is constant apprehension when ~ ail.,s' as @ pa
As suppose you have had tho PARTICULARS Oh ines
already from your Richmond exchanges, VII
hasten on ;u llrbcr themes. ,.,.,. ,..
There Was quite u gathering OF notabilltles our
ing the last few days, wll! catlc here to WHITES
the trial of Mr.. DAVIS. Mr.. UNDEnSo9n' bcS ~
pardon, Judge U. (save the niarkl, opened III
Court last week, and having had Grand Jur
packcd with men after his own heart, he charge
them" This Judges charges have bccomc !;
NOUS, perhaps should sny infamous, and alr NO
looked for as regularly as uny ntlrr ulaToIuaps
nuisance.
! ! Whether this last charge, the silcst and mos
slanderous hc has yet delivered. was inspired D
the three or four negroes whom his eyes were III
lighted to sec on the jury. anu vile hcr ilc Wlslc
TO ustunish thcse colorcd natives with the tiT;l
lccd lnpndencc with which le dared, III olr
,lay 10 insult whole community OF ladies al
gentlemen, the least Of whom are his bctters. l.
course calllot undertake to say. Int tLr plf'
Dog ulu IL, anu TIE Dcau DtlCk III ih' " "9hiiN
" Chronicle, alone of gli the knights Of the qlil
Z m;ack.d "wcl done, comradc."
:. Pardon my wasting so much space on TINS Il,
; inst Judge must HOW hasten to the main Top
It Of ms NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Jefferson ~
/ Wis The uli,cti States Court roOh. ycsteraa! ";
u crowded, the press being very numerolSly repl
= sen,cl from hear and far. a VIII of ihbedS 60
II pus had hccu granted by Judge Cnder"o1a 10
4 served Oh Genera! Burton, i'll command OF fortte
= Monroe. to produce Mr. Davis i'll Court III M hle
,uontl. This writ has been o!.nycIl, and Mf. D"as "
IL arrived in the city the day before. Of course tie
1t was the rlc;tcSt anxiety on the part "f the i"H
d tn sec and hear lis nnch as possible OF these Il
, ercsti... exercises, but Very fcw beyond the pres
y the ladies and sulue leading citizens, "fIc HUM
II led. The counsel for Mr.. Davis entered tweE
l. minutes before II O'Clock, and for some time rive
ted the attention of III! present. They c,,a W.
: Charles UCullnur, Wm j. Reed, George Hhe
IL Jnhu Randolph Tucker, and R"l"i; ohld
Il unIlcr of distinguished mon thcu entered
W In, door behind the bench. Among tlicill W W
Is Gov. picrpuilt Gen. s huticd and other "'iicSi
=. I,r. Minncscr,nlc formerly the pastor ot "
N l,avis. Mr.. Juhu Mitchell, tho distinguished I'm
H. last saw him two years ago it IL O'Clock Nr. Il
,c race Grccy entered. The philosopher was .
ID dressed in his traditional white hat. nor with
N brccchcs legs inside of his boots. Cndcrwo
cr calnc III soom after and opened Cout. At twcIl
of minutes past eleven Mr.. Davis entered, accoml
nj nj,d by Gen Burton, All eyca were turned To L