Wabash express. [volume] (Terre-Haute, Vigo Co[unty], Ind.) 1841-186?, 1856-09-03

his saehei. and moved tso or three rods 10 one |.
side Of tbs stand and took seat on the grass.
Mr.. Davis theu caIns on the stand to elose the
diseassioa 18th bis halfhour. He eommsneed
in loo tone. and seemed % be somewhat en-
barrassed bat ID vas nos hong before he gushed
out " ish all The venom that was in him and said
that the circumstances Of the Manhattan mat.
tar. a. related by Mr.. Usher. vas a ~silial. Hsa
lssisss sad ssmiiiigssed lie. whereuPon, Mr.
Usher spsNng to his feet. and exeitingiy /
exclaimed, "Yos arc an iafsrHsi liar, and
Manhattan" at The same time shaking his MT
o. Davis, and making a rush through the
crowd TO get into the stand. bot his friends i'm
tafsened and prevented IL, and right in the |
midst OF this effort Of usher's. to get iato the |
stand, . number Of voices were heard 10 say, |
.isks Ain dosn." when = great rush Of the
friends ef both the speakers, was made 10 get
into the staad. Davis's friends To protect him
I-Usher's friends (who were the most numer.
ous) to do anything that was necessary. Du-
ring the excitement. the few friends Of Usher.
; that had him under their special care. backed
him we or six rods from the stand. and were
trying 10 influence him from the ground -
When partial order was restored. and Mr.. Da-
!, wis, who seemed to be much alarmed when the
crowd rushed 10 the stand. began 10 grow
bold--when he found himself surrounded by
!, friends. "partieularly one who travels with
: him. and on that occasion. was by his side
: with brace of repoiuers. and proceed in bitter
: denuneiaiion Of everything Usher said.
With respect TO his course with the Irish on
the canal, he deEounced Usher as a liar-dar-
. ed him to resent IL, and stated that LIAR should
be written in his forehead that every body
= might read il wherever he went, when, per-
haps there were twenty men on the ground
that would have testified 10 the truth Of it un.
der oath
= Mr.. Usher again made move TO 60 to the
% stand, but again. his friends repelIed him and
forced him to leave the ground: but before he
Is got fifty yards from the ground, the audience
Fl became so excited. and a great number of them
IS leaving so that Mr.. Davis quit speaking. and
is thus ended the affair. Davis staid in town
Of over .igbt--usLer went home regretting that
:. his friends had not allowed him TO whip Da-
"a Wis. Davis, or his friends, afterwards raised
Re the report that it was a piemedltatsd affair
a coneoeted by the Republican club at sher
y meeting on Friday night, which meeting, Mr.
Usher, by invitation. attended and addressed,
"a and as Mr. Davis had friends in that meeting,
d it is known TO them and TO US, that there is
not one word of truth in it, and no man or
party is to blame for the difficulty. but Mr.. ID.
rs himself brought on by his severe and unpro-
b. voked attack upon Mr.. Ushcr's private eharac-
IN ter.
N Again, the report has gone out that Mr. Da-
n Wis, by his threats. drove Usher from the
v ground and alarmed him so much that he &C
ne tually run to get ost of his reach this is mis-
In take on the partofthe individual or party that
w put in circulation the report. On the contra
be ry, Mr.. Usher felt so indignant toward Mr.
is Davis that if he had not been interrupted he
v. would most certainly have entered the stand
m and commenced an assault on Mr.. Davis, but
es in consequence Of the intense excitement Of
an the crowd one blow could not have been struck
Ut withsat being probably followed by Eve hun
IN dred, and most likely somebody would have
~ been killed. The force Of this reasoning was ap
III parent to Mr.. Usher, and therefore he suffered
Of himself to be half persuaded and half forced
as from the stand. To say he ran from the ground
A or exhibited the coward in the least is doing
- him great injustice and asserting what is posi-
be lively not 50.
The foregoing is an unvarnished statemen
in of the whole affair and any report differing
he from his is without foundation.
at b. F. MoRKY,
ri 4. McDERxIrH,
Mt II. H. WSASs,
;.I WV. BARRIcK,
rs.i SAx'L VASwERr,
THos. kIBBy.
W The following are the ansds vits of citizen
~ ofvermiilion County. aud conclusively faster
fslsehood upon the Democratic nominee 70
}. Congressional favors:
or. State Of Indiana, vermillion County, ss.
be Personally appeared before me. Agro c. Pal
- mer. Justice OF the Peace, within, and 70
said County, in said State, Michael Casey
IL who being sworn according to law. says, tina
- short time previous to the August election o
"a 1913, that he the affiant, with several Irsl
!. were working on the Wabash and Erie Canal
nv ct Walkers Bluff in the County Of Park, il
To- said State, sni that also. on Sunday, a shor
Try time previous to said August election, Mr.
N, John G.. Davis, came TO Walkers Bluff, wher
he with n number OF lrish. VINO were thei
ng working on the said Wabash and Erie Canal
'us were boarding, and that the said John G. Da
wn vis, did call for whiskey, and that qusntit,
=. Of whiskey was brought out in buckets as dc
70 sired by the said John G. Davis, and that b.
Is; then called for sugar and quantity Of suga
IL was also brought forward. and that the Irisl
for drank freely of the whiskey thus procured b.
the orders OF the said John G.. Davis, and tina
"u affiant also drank Of said whiskey. and ais
W; that the said John G.. Davis ordered at his owl
I'd expense anything else that the Irish there as
or sembled might wish. and that the said obi
r c. Davis, then and there. mounted stump o
" a whiskey barrel. afiiant does not now renem
Us Der which, and addressed the Irish then an,
Of there assembled. and told them that he was
Tho candidate for the Office Of Clerk Of the Circui
>. Court, for the county Of Parkc, aud IL he va
W elected all OF them who had not procured IA
by turalization papers could obtain them, ans
that he was a friend 20 the Irish. but IL hi
his competitor was elected they could not then ob
. ~ tain any more naturalization papers, for hI
competitor was a. enemy 10 The Irish, ans
A Al also after ards. on the same day. IL bc
Inc ing Sunday the Irish got togsther IN Shanty
ace and one 81 them commenced hdjling and IN
-. balance began 10 dance. and that The sai'
John G. DAVIS went into the shanty with them
ON but whether Mr.. John G.. DAVIS took any pr
got in dancing e. not. aihant does DOT now reeol
An. lect And also, afterwards. to-wlt. On ia
:. 23d day Of August. lS56. being present al
=" neetifllr ia he Tow Of Clinton. in Nermill lao