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rha bison on a Rampage.

The Bison on Rampage.
The soubriquet of Bison, in times gone by,
was given to John NJ. Bolts for the reason, it
is supposed, that he was strong man, physi-
cally and Intellectually, and of indOmitable
will-boundto "head his adversary, ordie."
He sticks to bis text with pertinacity pecu-
liarly his own. He is, in short, a Bison among
animals whether bipeds or quadruPeds, and It
Underwood escapes with whole skin he will
be lucky indeed-for Bolts has him completely
" on the hip" The following statement from
a correspondent of the New York World VIII
give the reader an idea of the case. 1t Is a
very pretty quarrel as it stands.
A New IMPEAcHNENT-UNDERwooD' THE
Jr-Der s So-cALLED." HAS THE Boris
RAcY DEVELOPMENTS II GRAND JURY
ROOM.
Correspondence Of the " T. Uorld1
WAsHINGroN. February 8.
There is imminent probability that the judi
cial iackal and conventional Tycoon of Virginia,
Underwood, ycleped, is on the high road to ex-
ceeding official grief-to eternal discontinue
in short, to tophet. Bolts is after him. Bolts
the implacable, the Behemoth of honest traitors,
the great dragon Of prosecutors. Having swal-
lowed up Hon. Jack Pendleton, Of Culpeper,
after the most choice exhibition of epistoary
blackguardism Of our day, the groom of &C.
henna turns his attention to Underwood, and
that inconceivably insignificant rabbit trembles
with foretaste of his doom, as his fierce enc
my glances upon him. Thus it happens
At the last session of Underworld court, the
bar and public were very greatly amused and
not a little disguised at the gross partisanship
with which the Judge " so-called conducted
the trial Of a certain Internal Revenue official,
who was iustifying his title to orthodoxy in the
party by the usual stealage which distinguishes
the true believers To such an extent was the
Judges corruption carried that he was supposed
to have endeayored to influence /" the intelligent
Jury parti-colored. The grand jury afore-
said, not being as direct as it should be, the
members who had been thus approached by
the Judge, spoke out in meeting, and Bolts, who
was chairman, forthwith took the matter in
hand, and resolved to have Underwood present
ed in open court He accordingly was ap-
pointed to draw up statement of Underworld
crimes, which he did with the peculiar pungen-
CIV and JUNCTION Of form for which he is so cele-
brated Meanwhile, Underwood got wind of
the matter and at the succeeding meeting of
the grand jury applied to be heard. The APP
plication was granted whereupon the Judge
addressed the gentlemen of the jury in their
room. He ingenuously owned that he had i'm
properly approached white brother and also
a black, that he had represented Mr.. Joo0'
as a worthy member Of the party who had
contributed to Hunnicutts paper, and would
in the future bear still richer fruit Of the same
character; that he had acted very inexcusably,
and asked everybody's pardon. " But Quoth
he such an exposure as you propose would
ruin me, aud exaIt the horn of Copperheadism
beyond the imaginable measure; whereas, if
you only let me off this time, I'll go and sin no
more after this particular fashion"
Such extreme and infinite abaSement pro-
voked the disgust of the whole jury, but was
not without its effect on the party nervein that
honorable body, and the majority finally out
voted Bolts on his proposition to read the pa
per in open courts admitting nevertheless that
his guilt was indisputable. Bolts, disguised
and bafled, but not defeated, and still less con-
yerted, has determined to present the case TO
the Judiciary Committee of the Senate-and is
here for that purpose 1t will require vast
amount Of pooh-pOoh-ing from Trumbull
aud Co. to put him off. He has never forgiven
the Observation-Disclosures clique for getting
the better Of him at the Republican Convention
last August, and for the general snubbing he
has received at the hands OF the brethren, white
and black Of the true faith, who would not
even send him to the black-and-tan Conyen-
ton. And now that the lash is in his hands
some ones back must smart If there is not
some airoit hushing up you may look for the
richest Of developments. Governor Jenkins,
Of Georgia arrived here last night with Man
Ming, ofSouth Carolina. Old Solidity looks
as il he had twenty-five years Of good fight in
him still, albeit his hair is extremely grey
The OLD fire CLEANS still in his black eyes, and
he looks very mischievous when he talks about
Reconstruction. RANDOLPH.