The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1857-10-14

John Mitchell, the recreAnt lSish refugee,
il going to commence the publication Of
paper At Knoxville, Tennessee, to b called
the Sousaegn Cisi.en. II Is to DO truc blue
:. Democratic and will support the admin
istration OF James Buchanan. We notice
that the slavery press announces the con-
tsmplatsd enterprise ~ "a new Dsmocnstir
paper,n and seems delighted with its pros
pectus; the following passage from which,
shows that the new paper viii be Demo
cratic indeed, according to tho modern per
verified use Of that term. Hero Is the part
Of the prospectus referred to-:
Holding that the institution Of negro ala
very Is a sound, Just, wholesome institution,
and Therefore that the question Of rcopcnlng
the African Slave Trade is question Of ex-
pediency alone, the conductors Of the South
era Cifisss will, in view Of the late action Of
the Southern Commercial Convention at
Knoxville, apply themselves to search out
and bring TO light all accessible informa-
ton bearing upon that subjsct-on the
whole industrial condition aud necessities
Of the South---on the actual state Of the ne
gro races Of Africa, and on the policy and
action Of the European powers in reference
to the slave trade
But John Mitchell hs. already pittcd
himself against another editor Of Knoxville.
The editor Of the Knoxville (Tcnn.) Reg
isser. some time ago, published some strict
ures on John Mitcheil's letter TO his co-refu-
gee, John Martin, together with extracts
from the New York Express and tho Louis
vile Journal. On Tuesday, the 9th ult,
while Mr. Fleming, the editor Of the Regis
,sr, was standing upon corner ola street
in Knoxville, entirely unarmed, and encum-
bered with an nrmful Of papers, he was At
tackled BY Mitchell, who had taken cxcep-
ton to the tone Of the article and the ex-
stract. published in the Register. Mr.. Flem-
ing defended himself, AND would donbtlcss
have given Mitchell a sound drubbing, had
il not been Tor the interference Of hystan-
ders. We give the subsequent proceedings
in the words Of Mr.. Fleming, - published
over his own signature in the Knoxville
Register:
After we had been separated by the po-
lice officers, proceeded ut once to arm my
sell. and again made my appearance on Gay
street. About half past twelve o'clock,
while l was standing = few steps down
Cumberland street, Mitchell walked down
Gay strcst, in company with a friend. Al
Kings corner, Just in front OF the Lamar
House, accosted him, advanced to within
about six PAGES Of hi,n, and then there. in
the presence, and within the hearing Of
hundred or more citizens aud strangers, al
dressed and denounced him, substantially,
q. follows:
"John Mitchell, you inside most COW
ardly, though impotent assault upon me,
this morning. You approached me with
the smile Of friendship upon your face, but
with the purpose Of a murderer in your
heart. You approached me armed, prcsum-
ing correctly upon my being unarmcd.
Your purposes failed you, and have stopp-
cd 20 inform you that | am now prepared
Go meet You upon an equal footing and 10
denounce you rs Tagsan, q seouGdrei, a high
ray assassin and a maniefer al heart, aud ~
igfdmous corrri, il you do not resent this
dcnunciation, like a man, in an equal and
honorable encounter"
Such, and much more, were the denuncia-
tions pronounced, while he stood At the
distance 81 six or seven PAGES, with his hand
upon the cock of q partially revealed pistol
Yet he lngloriously withdrew from nv pres
encc, while shouts cf corartf , sneak tias-
iard skaak y broke forth spontaneously
from the crowd upon his dastarlly retreat.
And now. John Mitchell having assaulted
me i'm the manner above stated--having
narrowly escaped a street drubbing by the
Intervention IL municipal ofiiccrs--having
been afterwards confronted by me and no
titled that WAS armed--having been de
nounced by me in the presence, and in the
hearing Of hundred or more persons, in
all the terms of dcnunciaton could devise,
having bascly submitted To all and then
skunked away amid the PEERS, Kisses and
shouts &C the b, standers, ! hesitate not to
repeat nv dcnunciation and brand him n
mi.rali. scyst1isrl aud ,rhits-lirsfed rona,I
aud in 70 doing, fear onl, that hc may
shoot me through window at night, or
stab me- covertly ia the dark.