The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-05-30
THE COURTROOM.

| building was Cne COWu TeuutZVOuS. IL sIoou
at the foot of the State capitol hill. where the
Davis government ruled with brief but tre.
mendOns energy, and where all departments
uuarrelled, and Old jeff himself showed ali
the weakness and strength of destructionisf.
In this courtroom presided very folbidding'
looking Judge, by name UnderWood-a
| man apparently etunted aud bleachpd oy
| wrongs and fpars, bur, for all I know, q con.
/ sistenL and persistent man-born In the NORTH,
| welded to o shareholders daughter for whom
| he was lulor, and now very ambitious and
uncharitabe TO his beaten neighbors. The
charge this man had delivered to the grand
jury, u few days before, was strong instance
| OF merely tantazng defamation, bad IN
split, mean In language and Wllhout Inc tone
or intent of justice III 1t.
The grand Jury was composed Of whites and
| blacks-the usual Intelligent jury existing IN q
half-gullLy dependence between The judge and
the foreman. John Minor Bouts was on the
Iury-a big-beli.d, hale fellow, farmer poit-
clan, two-ihlrds demagogue, aud one third OBJ.
slinncy, with the vainlsn and veneer OF eio-
ouence over all; ialKer by profession, who
boosted that he had never read book since
boyhood, but lived on newspapers aud other
stimnanis. He Is dead, and carved his page
on the history of the country. What contrary
aud heroic Things men do for many years to
get that page!
The light was fair in the courtroom, and,
in due lime, JEFF. Davis entered. He wore
common clothes, looked weak-ryed, was not
an importanL.looking man, and seemed 10 me
not worth sO much hating and fuss. He had
been very unpopular In Richmond, but the
people naturally felt that he was now vlca-
riously on lrIal Tor them, and they Loyalty
stood by hlm. There are people, know.
who want The Sonthtrn people TO behave as
Bancroft Davis expected England TO behave
like weeping 1unkeys, running over at the
eyes anu lips with apologies Our fellow
man Is no swindlrr. Whom he carries his
musket four years baretooted to keep
politicians, he is slow 10 cry on order. CUlos-
sal infants like Senator Pratt, OF Indiana. may
90 on to this duy hating the South for lis
want OF mean cOntrlLien. This sort OF man
Nature meant 10 be an old maid, and write
lreatises on The bringing up OF children. What
does ne know about men and our nature, big
as he Is
saw there Charles O'Conor, OF New York.
who was afi erwards to oe so potential and in
dependent In prosecuting the Tammany Ring,
and thus insensibly heading the iTaternal rev.
olulion; General Imboden, who was 10 write
very beautiful letter 10 The Cincinnati Con-
vention In Horace Greeley's favor; and,
think, Frank Sternes, q telow-Verm0nter
with Greeley By birth, who was 70 bear Imoo-
denis letter to Cincinnati. Lastly, l SAW
Horace Greeley himself enter tine cOurt-ro ON,
und become the locus OF observation.
Mr.. Greeley had never spoken With up to
that day. He was q large, f.shy, marked
looking man. with q smooth. healthy face, In
| which The colors were brighter than men nsu-
ally keep. lie had q deep, benevolent fore
| head, and wore, think, suit of black broad
cloth. He seldom wears white cont at any
llme, although caricature 40 represents him.
aud his hat In his hand was The same quality
and shape he has always carried since-a
Oroad-rlmmed felt, s0lt and 1ne, and sensible
aud dressy enough for any person. He was
dressed as Well us anybody In Richmond. he
looked to me likn man originally shy and
| basnlul, and incurably retiring by native wish,
and who, therefore, came forward on public
occasions from propulsion rather than from
enjoyment. His smile, at such times Of eXh!.
| billion, Is that Of goUd-humored boy who
would much rather 60 play in The yard than
eXnloit before company; and 1t occurred to
ME there that, for worldly uses, q man might
have such thing as too exn0erant health
and temperance. He spoke to few, and then
always hy request; and he was. to great ex'
| tent. the reisulng influence in that presence
| Underwood, The Judge, with whom lay the
option of taking ball, paid much more respect
to Horace Greeley's Intentions than 10 Mr.
Davis.
After the bond was signed, Mr.. Greeley
/
where lie hal first stood, Mr.. Davis rose from
| his chair with smile Of respect. and reached
our his hand, boWDg like one undpr deep
obligation, and fully accepting the act In III
benevolent spirit. Mr. Greeley took The hand
without speaking, 80 far as / could see, and
the action lasted only portion of moment
| The two have never had communication since
Mr. Voorhees, says that Mr.. Greeley's acl
/ was meddesome impertinence. A public man
| who could stigmatlze large aud palnstakinY
| act OF kindness like that, In such terms, has u
| QuerulOus and provincial nature, and gene
| rous age wastes time upon him. What med
| dlesome impertinences was not Mr. Voorhees,
guilty OF during the war--prolonging It by hls
/ example, adding stupidity to the Inevitable
and assuming that the whole epic tragedy re-
VOWED about himself. To save his seat il
| Congress, and remember some old grudge
personal only to him, This long haired egotisl
would recommend personal government Ill
! doomsday, and load thu carpet-hag hanging
round The neck Of the South. That imperLl
nent act of Horace Greeley, brave as 1t was
had nearly driven him from tho head of the
/ Tribune.
Alter the crowd lett the ctu t-room, Mr.
| Greeley proceeded directly to his hotel. in the
company of Mr.. B it's, and. Introducing
| myself. the former said:
'sWhy, Gath, why haven't you introduced
YOURSELF to me before? Come, walk down the
| street."
THE sMALT.-MINDED HOWL.
That night the Richmond newspaper folks
gave us all supper, and Mr.. Greeley presided
| He gave toast In cold water that the enmlliet
OF the past be buried, and we lay our hands anc
hearts 10 the peace of the future. We ell, Gree
ley excepted, drank great deal of champagne
and young macFarland, editor of Forneyi
Washington Chronicle. "a paper now deflnct
| believe, killed by a Bohemian named Fox
by Holden, the North Carolina outlaw, aud BY
Morris, a renegade preachrr,) toasted JEFF
| Davis, for which The smail-minded and timit
Furnry afterward cut or NJ tcFarlands head
AS nearly a. can remember my speech. i
was to the effect that the provost marshal an(
the man In buttons had hud his day; that til,
best way to SPOIL the American volunteer wal
10 make him believe that nobody else had eve
served his country from the noblest motives
and that for my self, long an army correspond
ent, had seen great deal OF meanness
jealousy, intrigue and several penitentiar!
offences committed in the army, and hailet
It's disbandment and the opening OF the prison
doors to them that We're bound.
L,Llle did we Know the fury that was gath
erIn9 In the North for Horace Greeley. Tn,
New York Times, never truly In earnest eX
cept when it gets the Tribune fonl. had III
brief revenge, and was ,ueaner than ever
The Christian press kept CMisrs admoniLior
i lit Nnd n n