New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-07-29
SPIT CPOE AND GAINED.
PRRILS OF A POLITICIAN.

litter ard the l,tee. Undoubtedly the truth Les be-
tween them.
Here is Hahe, BY e friend VITA preface;
Stephen Dllaye. late Custon House of,er, pet sod
prophet Of the Regular Democracy, author Of the
great disclosures cot hdeptssy ard publicly made TO
the Secretary OF tie Treasury about al sorts u pso
pie matters ard things inside aud outside tie New
York Custom Ii ouee-Stephen DilsYe, thu regulator
Of politics in general Of the uDterifed, snd bio wern
chief Of bis particular fectioa, wa cssusy, unexpeot
edy ard accidentally met yesterday afternoon, a. the
corner Of Pioe and Nassau streets, by Toomas L.
Field, Public Admi lis.!gtor, and Emanuel D.
Hert, Surveyor Of the Port, when Hsrt,
without preface ir!1oduo.ios, more thaa
a simple recognition, very ooouy and quietly
spat in Dllsye's face does Iisrt chew tobacco y,
rnGkrg, There you Internal hbeler, tnis Ia the
first opportunity have had o. meeting yo1 since the
publication Of your hbsous letter; tsks that (Here
came in the spit, juicy liberal expecsorstion, s1fi-
Gent TO cover all TIE cheek that Dllsye has got to
spare.) Mr.. Dllsye, al ddpptg fIom tie saival
shower o. coon az he could uulimber his under jsw,
replied to the sissul. Of the e1pec,orang Hart, "fou
aye bigger man thsn au but an armed; where
upon Daye showed his xter paw into the ofa
side &C pocket. Ialt however, "wss up totme and
instead Of waiting until Dlsye hsd drawn forth from
tie said pocket brass 9pounder, and fred some
Is or 20 Paxtan shot into his caoass very cooy aud
quietly bit Dllaye aforesaid across the caput with
whaebore cane, which whseb0De cane was foitu-
ously terminated by brsss or other metallic ferrue,
which fsrru,e Ibreded the scslp Of the said aye il
tho yicrity Of tie sinciput, making very ugly but
undsr gerous wound Upon the reception of this injury
the said Dll'sye performed a sort Of Tammsoy Hal
dian ws1dsnos upon The sidewalk to the great aston
isbmept Ct divers and indry individuals WHO chsncede
be there OF theresbou;s Hart end Field at this time,
walked away and proceeded to theofcs OF the Mayor,
where they surrendered themselves technically INTO
custody TO answer any charges which might be msde
sgainst them, but we believe that Mr. Disye has no.
thus far IL ought fit to hold tie gentlemen to account
This is, Of course, mere political squabble, arising
cut of sn urdue desire en- the part Of suhdry noisy
Democratic politicians to monopolze the psp-dish of
the Government in this city, Dillaye was, sorns time
srce gu nma,ly elected from sinecure in the Gus
tom. House. Berg legitimate Democratic Office
seeker and presunDg thst he had hereditary right
10 be supported at the expense Of the people,
in enc way or another, he WAS exceeding Tste, and
undertook TO tell what lie undertook to say was the
truth about some of the us ard outs and dark corners
of the Custom House here. His letter. at the moment.
created some little excitement but ss it simply de-
veIoped the rsscsuty, fraud bsckbtipg, deception,
persopa treason and the mean tricks to which all who
seek Government office must come, the people at
large cared very lite about 1t; but IN the ranks OF
the faithful-the chain collar garg-who do the
efiicsl dirty work Of the President here, was more
effective; end certain persons particularly aggreyed
by its assertions are yet IN state OF great excitement
sbout it, The Surveyor was ore OF the greatest SUI
ferers ard herce his wrath and his attack On Dlaye'
IL is matter of consequence to the word a. iHge,
and we OILY chronicle il Us current item of the news
Of tie day.
Here is The other side by Dillaye without. friend:
TO THE PUBLIC
No. g. Ninth STREET, NEw.foRX,
Wednesday, July %, 1858.
To prevent any Misrepresentation, make the fol-
ow statement of facts a. to brutal, Infamous aud
cowsrdly loaded cane attack made on mo ~ Eman'
uel Is. Hart in Nassau street:
At about five minutes before 3 o'clock left my Of
fceo attend to business meter up town. Going from
the Office went up William to Pine street. up Pine, by
the Surveyors Office, to Nassau. Just as was opPo-
cite tie Bank Of Commerce some one pressed against
me, from behind, and bowsd The side of my face-l
think intending 20 spit in my face. Wholly uDprepsred
for such an event. ard not seeing who was turned
suddenly. when Emanuel Ii. Hart stood IN front
OF me, and said, What do you think of that y
or Take that, you puppy l replied, " think
you are an Infamous scoundTel; but as l am ut
tery without arms, ard you are double my size, and
have loaded cane l will meet you at another time.
Immediately thereupop in fact 20 suddenly that did
not zee the move mebt found myself knocked from OIL
the sidewalk and staggering in the street, unable TO
control my self until some one as am told, caught
hold of me ard took into the saloon in the cellar Of
the building on the corLer of Pine and Nassau Streets
where, after bathing my head and washing away the
clothed blood-as blood had flowed proueey-l sat- Tor
was sodizzy that could net stand without assistance
until carriage could be provided to take me to the
Office Of DR.. Marcy, where l had the wound prooed
and dressed and finding the skullbone without frac-
tire was taken to my residence. The supg shot hit
nv hat. which 30 waIded the blow as to prevent q
fracture.
The reason Of this cowardly ruiiarisn is urdoubt-
edly attributable to the truths stated with reference
to Hart in my letter to Howell Cobb Of June $. 1t
had been armed-as most certainly shsll be In future
there would have been no occasion for this note.
submit this statement to the public, and call upon
the gentlemen who were witnesses OF the TRANSACTION
TO correct it, have either oyerstated or IN any ~ay
mis- stated it, and leave the community TO charsc-
,e,;ze the loaded. cane exercise Of this United
States official as il deserves 1t will take good sny
such demonstrations either 10 fghter me from duty
eve TO the public or to convince the people that N.Y.
Cobbs official has selected the most udcioae mode OF
improving his reputation.
Very respectfully ycuTs. SrkPhEN u piLLAi%