The true Democrat., 1856-08-12
The Difficulty at the Metropolitan Hotel.

The Difficulty at the Metropolitan Hotel.
 By request, we publish the following account of the assault of Bushrod w. Wick, of Balti- more, formerly of North Carolina, on one Ja- cob Stanwood, of Massachusetts, at the Metro politan hotel, Mir. Vick's friends being dissatis- ted with the numerous erroneous statements Of the atfray which have crept into the public prints, whereby gross injustice has been doue to MT. Wick. The statement was furnished to the Herald for publication, but instead of do- ing so, it altered and garbled it to suit its own fancy. It seems, therefore, that that journal has not only determined to abuse southern men, but even to refuse them justice in simple state ment of facts. It is only proper 10 say that the account is furnished us by gentleman of we'll Known integrity, whose name IS in our posses sion.--ED. D. B.
 l Mir. Wick was an intimate personal friend of Hon. Preston s. Brooks, and was engaged in | political conversation with a casual acquain- tance, whose name Mir. V. does not know, when the gentleman with whom he was conversing spoke of the Hon. Mir. Brooks as d coward and a scoundrel. Mr. V. requested him to with draw the charge, at least in his presence, for Mir. Brooks was his personal friend; he knew him not to be coward and he had proved him. self to be man of courage on more occasions | than one.
 1 The gentleman objected to withdrawing his charge, when Mir. " remarked, curslng him, that he held him personally responsible, and handed him his card. This censor n.oruna, learn ed on matters of courage and honor, replied that he not accustomed to the mode of settling their difficulty suggested by Mir. Vick, that he Was not fighting man, etc. Then 1t was that MT. acob StanWood his friend, and who was standing by with an assumption of cour- age and determination which threatened damage, said he was lighting man, and assumed the re- spOnsibility of all his friend had said, where upon he received what he richly deserved, caning, we'll laid on, to which he offered such resistance as he could. Mir. Sanwood was a much more powerful man than Mir. Vick taller and stouter; and the report that his friend, for whom he fought, was absent at the time of the assault, is entirely false, for he was present and when Stanwood called for help he went to tne rescue, but was drawn off by stranger, who had more regard to ordinary fairness than seems to have been possessed by Mir. Stanwood and his friend. The name of Ed. c. Haywood, esq.,, son of the late Senator Haywood, of N. O., has been coupled with this affair. His only coanectior with 1t was as the counsel and legal as well as friendly adviser of Mr. Wick, whose course he fully endorses. Especially does Mir. II. feel bound to stand by friend who was un- justly imprisoned after midnight, without war rant or fiat Of judge or justice, for an offence which would have Caused not moments in- convenience to northern man. StanWood has instituted proceedings against Mir. Wick for da- images, and MT. V. has given the necessary bail, and will, no doubt, exhibit MT. s. in no envia- bc light at the trial.--N F. Day Booh, July 26
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 The State oi EeeiiHs and Parties at the
 North.
 We have been permitted by friend to make the following extract from letter written from Augusta, Me, by a citizen of this place. It poFtrayS the state of feeling and parties at the north in such manner as to teach every south ern man his duty in the approaching contest.
 After a brief description of hs trip, the wri- ter proceeds to say:
 "This thing black rcpublicanism is all the go, and Is sweeping overthe east and north like wild fire. The west is catching the infection. In Illinois and Michigan, 1t is nothing but Ere mont. The republicans are fusins with olI line gs and disailtc eI Picrce;tes They are sparing neither love nor money to accomplish Fremont's election, and it is their last struggle Beat them this time and they are dciUuct. l tell you emphatically that unless the south unite, J. c. Fremont will be our next President. You know am Fillmore man, but he won't get a State north of Mason amt D!Xon'5 line, and it Is the most singular case I've ever heard of I've Hot honestly heard hs name men toned except by one or two men in Illinois, since 1 Icfc nome don't like Buchanan's au- tccedentS, but to preserve and perpetuate the Union, l think that all uniou-loving men should, ought, amt must unite on him. This State will go for Buchanan beyond doubt Mr. Fillmore will not get 5000 votes. The ol- line wings have fused with the black republi- cans, and the Brooks and Sumner affair has made one hundred thousand abolitionists have never seen such d reckless set of people, politically, as here. They all pray for a disao- Iution oI the Union; and I'll tell you simple fact you may talk about the south, but they are the most nferual set of ituatics here ever saw. We have traitors in tho camp at home Ferret them out and give them few tar and feathers. have no doubt but in Memphis you have five hundred aboIi,onsts. They tell me here of letters received from the south and west, adding fuel to the flame, Ferret them out. New York and Philadelphia will Go, but 1 am going to leave this country IS soon as can get away. There are some very couserva- tive, clever people here, but they are few and far between. Ii Buchanan carries Tenncsser he will be the next President beyond doubt-- But enough of politics."
 The writer of this letter has always been a whis, though no politician, but q business man of our city. His statement of facts s coroUo- rated by that of every southcrAer who has lately returned from the north. Such fact, ought and will teach every true southern man where to 90, and with what party to act in the present contest Before the abotionists can achieve their ends, they know that they will have to walk over the prostrate body of the democratic party. To beat it down is now their aim. and shall 1t be said-can it be sad there are southern men who will aid them in this work? If the northern democrats are beat down, 1t will be because they have espoused and are battling for the constitutional rights of the south, and if they fall in this contest, all hope of future assistance in that section of the Union is lost to us forever. If the south, as one man, does not stand up to her own rights and her own interests, it cannot be supposed that any portion of the north will do it. For having done so heretofore, many of the noble5t spirits that ever graced the halls of Congress have been doomed to the shades of private life, and freeSolers returned in their stead. In word the south must rally and unite, or she is doom- ed beyond all hope of redemp mption.-- Memphis Appeal, Aug. l.
 From Washinst O.. ---hanSas A fairs. Washington, July 31.
 The Senate confirmed the appointment of | H.1