American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1846-10-05
CITY INTELLIGENCE

The assault on Judge D'LyOn. A full hear
ing Of the three young men, charged with the
assault upon Judge Levi S. D'Lyon, of Savan-
nah, Ga took place in the City Court, on Sa-
turday morning. The parties charged with the
assault were Messrs. Judah NJ. lsaacks, j. N.
Cardoza, and J. c. Wedges, but who when they
arrived in the city and put up at the "Foun-
tain lnn," Light street, registered their names
in sport as "T0m Quirk, - "Dick Cannon -
and "Harry Snapp," forming the firm of
"Quirk, Cannon Snapp," we'll known TO
novel readers. The evidence before the Court,
in reference to the assault with the whip, was
precisely similar to that adduced before Justice
Gray, and reported in cur paper of Saturday
morning, The fact of the assault was admitted
in the fullest extent by the parties, and no at
tempt whatever made TO dsprove or deny it.,
their only effort being made to show provoca.
ton Of the grossest and most malignant char
acter, sufficient TO justify more severe assault,
| than that with which they were charged. The
circumstances which led to the difficulty being
brought out before the Court, in justification
and mitigation ofthe act, were rather of Gu
rious character, but being there made the pro-
perty of the public, we have no hestancy in
laying them IN a succinct manner before our
readers, the whole affair having caused much
excitement in the community, and being likely
to be kept before the public, through the me-
dunn of the Courts of Justice. The circum-
stances are as follows:
la the "New York Herald,n of September
18th, lS46, there appeared an advertisement
under the head of "Blrths, in which the name
of Mr.. Isaacks, was made public in one of the
viIest connexions that the luminosity Of the bit
terest enemy could have devised. As was ma
tural, MIR. lssacks and his friends, were Justly
indignant at such a despicabe attack on his
character, and Mr.. proceeded to make enqui>
ries, when he learned that the advertisement
was taken to the Herald office, by Judge
Levi S. D'Lyon. To the cross examination
before the Court on Saturday, Judge D'Lyon
stated, that whilst he was in New York in Sep
TENDER, he received package Of letters from
Savannah, among which was one, written, as
he subsequently learned, by the Attorney of
colored woman, g. L. Ward, Esq, of Savan-
nah ) directed to the editor of the Herald. He
carried the letter, entirely ignorant of its con-
tents, and left it at the Herald office. A clerk
in the office, opened the letter before he left,
and reading it, asked him if he would endorse
his name ON the letter, as was customary in all
notices of marriages, births, and deaths. The
Judge looked at the contents of the letter, re-
| fused to cndose it; the Clerk told him that all
such advertisements were paid for, to which he
replied by asking, what was the charge; he Was
informed twenty-five cents, which he paid
The Judge stated that thus far he was the in
voluntary cause of the publication, that he had
no agency whatever in its being written, but
admitted that he knew the parties TO whom it
referred. He also admitted that after knowing
its contents, he made no effort to suppress its
ratification. Since the publication of this arti-
Gle, no effort was made by him to explain his
agency in the matter, to Mr.. lsaacks, but he
was ready and willing at any time had Mr.. |.
sought him, and demanded an explanation, to
have satisfied him as far as it was in his power.
He stated that he was in Phila delphia several
times, where Mr. |. was staying, had seen him
there, but he sought no interview with him,
but followed him in company with two friends
to this city, where he committed the assault
and indignity upon his person, which was COM
planned of. In the cross examination, many
other facts were elected, but were lrrelavent to
the subject before the Court, and altogether OF a
personal nature. The above is the substance
ofthe evidence given in extenuGtion OF the act,
and from which it will be seen that Mr..
Isaacks had Just grounds to believe that Judge
Dr,von was at least cognzant Of if not the ac-
tual author of the publication. MIR. |. committed
a fault in not demanding an explanation of the
Judge. either in New York or Philadelphia,
where, as the Judge asserts, he had every OPP
portunity of so doing; and the Judge was GER
tainly most culpably wrong, in not snppresslng
so scurrious an article, when in the Herald Of
flee he discovered the contents OF the letter,
which he, ignorant of its contents, had deliver
ed, and not thus making himself an 'nrofuntd-
ny agent, as he says, in lis publication; and
should not have lent his aid so far towards ac-
comprising the malevolent object oil The author
by paying for its insertion. AS to the cause
of the Il-ieeling between the Judge and Mr.;
|. we know nothing, but that the public will