Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-05-12

= On this suhjeef may have occasion 60 adj
dress you more al length on future oeca-
| sion.
Your attention is particularly called TO an
abuse which had assumed an alarming aspect
in this city. as a relic Of the old barbarisfn Of
slavery, mean the brutal rejection OF 9 great
( labOring and useful class Of the people from
the street cars. Under the act of Congress CON-
monty called the. civil rights bill, there i an
undoubted remedy for such outrsges. Char
tered transportation companies owe Impartial
duties 10 the public, and tie gross wrongs com
planned Of deserve your indignant reprobatioa.
/ know the matter has been arranged By the
Commanding Gen eral, with his usual great pTH-
dence and judgment but it is, from its ma
ture, q mere temporary settlement, and needs
confirmation by the legal sanction Of courts
and juries ] only ask that you add yoar
done by the General. If any Of your number
know of any violation Of law. il is your duty TO
report it to the body, which should always be
sixteen in number. and the assent OF twelve u
required TO find true bill"
The charge having been concluded, the
Judge instructed the jury TO re-assemble
this morning at IL o'clock, and ordered the
crier TO close the court.
UNDERWOOD LIABLE TO INDICTMENT.
Prom the Richmond Enquirer. sih.
Stevens says Virginia is ne State If
there Is "no Firgiaiar there cannot of
course, be any Senator'S from Virginia. If
no Senator, then Underwood cannot be
a Senator, even were he no Judge. And
yet it Is notorious that he peculates under
the name Of Senator. We have before US,
now, an envelope which passed through the
mail, post~marked "Alexandria, Va, Feb
ruary 16," and endorsed ~. G. Underwood,
G. S. s." This being interpreted means,
John c. Underwood, United States Senator
and United States Senator from Virginia The
inscription was claim of an Office which he
did not hold, and could not hold, and which,
according TO Stevens, 'the light among the
nations," did not exist-made for the pur-
pose Of defrauding the United States trea-
sury ont of three cents! And the attempt
was successful; for the letter passed to its
destinatiqn. postage free.
Judge Underwood being thus convicted of
an act not only unlawful, but not possible
to be lawful, according to the opinions of
the man who is the "leader' in Congress and
eight among the nations,"-it follows that
he ought 10 be indicted. In bis charge to
the jury be says: 'If any of your number
know of any violation of law il is your duty
to report ii 10 the body" There are men on
the jury whom in other days we have
known as conscientious men. Will they
pass over this offence without inquiry? IS
Judge John G. Underwood, United States
Senator from Pfrginia, as he claimes TO be-
with power TO frank letters as he assumes
TO do? Has he the right thus to diminish
the revenue of the government whose pay
he draws as Judge? Has he the right to
frank not merely his own letters, but the
letters of other people, as in the case before
us? No ordinary Senator can lawfully do
fIsa Th01 Gfauanu 4haftuh fbo 60 lsrxlE
among the nations" cannot do il. II may
be that j. c. Underwood, being peculiar
sort Of "U. S. S., has peculiar privileges
Let the grand jury inquire into it. We APP
peal 10 John Nj. Bolts who claims sort of
Roman virtue to sit on the body Of his Judge.
We appeal 10 Joseph Segar, who also franks
az United States Senator from Virginia, we
are told, bat who does not draw paw as
Judge, and perhaps, does not endorse the
man who says there is "no Virginia"-to
make presentment of his opinion of this
abuse. But we call with especiel conf
dence on the "colored" jurors to vindi-
cate the public morals, and rebuke corrup-
ton in high Office. A new broom sweeps
clean, says the proverb. Let the black
jurors set the example of integrity and
devotion to justice, that shall shame their
psle-face colleagues, if they shrink from
their duty.
RADICAL VENOM TOWARDS MR.. DAVIS.
From Forney's Washington Chronicle. 18th,
The friends of JEFF. De lis, in their great
haste to secure his release, are likely to get
him into more trouble. When he leaves
the classmates of Fortress Monroe he is BY
no means set at liberty to plot another re-
bellion, as some unsophistioated people
seem to suppose. He simply passes from
under the control of the military authori-
ties to the jurisdiction Of the civil courts.
Inasmueh as he has been indicted for trea-
son, which is capital offense just as much
as murder is, il is scarcely possible that
Judge Underwood will take bail for him
when he comes into court. In that case he
will be committed TO Jail to await his trial
when the United States District Attorney
shall be ready to proceed with it. We
should think his friends would prefer that
he should spend the summer at a pleasant
watering place like Fortress Monroe rather
than in the Richmond Jail. Some people,
however, never know when they are happy
THE FEELING AT NORFOLK AND PORTS
MOUTH.
| FORTRESS MONROE, Nav 4.-The intelii-
gence flashed across the wires and published
in the Norfolk papers of this morning that
the counsel of JEFF. Davis had obtained a
writ of habeas corpus, directing the Com
handing General Of the fortress to deliver
the prisoner in Richmond on the 18th
instant, created a profound impression
among the citizens of both Portsmouth
and Norfolk.
In Norfolk Mr.. Davis and his family have
many relations and friends, and great anx-
iety was manifested on the streets 10 learn
the minutest particulars connected with his
release from confinement. Mrs. Davis has
been absent on visits TO Washington
several times during this month, and went
TO Baltimore night before last, intend
ing from thence TO again proceed to the
capital, and make a final effort, with
the aid of Mr.. 0Connor and his asso-
ciate counsel, in procuring the release
of Mr.. Davis, upon whatever condi-
tons the government might deem pro-
per TO offer Several prominent men, both
wealthy and political, have visited Davis
in the fortress within the past few days
and it was rumored while they were here
that their visits were made in furtheranee
Of the wishes of Mrs. Davis, and her desire
to have their intercession before the author.
titles at Washington. Davis has been in
imprisonment in the fortress nearly two
years, having landed here on the 22d day
of May, 1865, and arrived on the steamer
William p. Clyde few days previous from
Savannah.
For year his Imprisonment was of 8
very rigorous character, owing TO rumors
of plans being started to effect his forcible
relesse from the fortress. The mode O
Imprisonment, however, has been gradually
relaxed from time to time, until eight
months ago it eliminated in allowing him
far more privileges inside the garrison than
the officers and soldiers themselves enjoyed
The guards which surrounded his quarters
day and night were entirely removed, and
he was furnished comfortable apartments
in Carroll Hall, for the use of his family
and friends visiting him
In Chancery at Linden, Tennessee.
| rr-r 1897