Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1858-08-12

From the N. y. Tribune of the. 10Th ult.
Spit Upon and Caned--PerIls O.
i u Politician.
| Something of "a timen occurred yester
day in Pine street, of which we give tw'
aecounts-those of the hitter and the hit
tee. Undoubtedly the truth lies between
them.
! Here is Hart's, by a friend with pre-
face: ss .s,s
/ Stephen Dillaye, late Custonl-House of
fcer, pet and prophet of the Regular Dem.
ocracy, author fthe great disclosures con
/ fdentially and publicly made to the Secre-
tary of the Treasury about all sorts of peo-
pie, matters and things inside and outside
the New York Custom -House-Stephen
Dillaye, the regulator of politics in gen
eral of the unterrifed, and blower in-chief
of his particular faction, was casually, un-
expectedly and accidentally met, yester.
day afternoon, at the corner of Pine and
| Nassau streets, by Thomas G. Field, Pub
| lie Administrator, and Emanuel B. Hart,
Surveyor of the Port, when Hart, without
,preface or introduction, more than simple
recognition, very coolly and quietly spit IN
Dillay's face (docs Hart chew tobacco 2
remarkinc, "There you internal libeler, this
is the first opportunity | have had of meet
ing you since the publication of your Ii
tbelous letter; take that" (Here came in
the spit, juicy, liberal expectoration, suffi-
Icient to cover all the cheek that Dillaye has
got to spare.) Mr.. Dillaye, all dripping
from the salival shower, as soon as be could
unlimber his under jaw, replied to the as
sault of the expectorating Hart, eYou are
bigger man than lam, but l am armed" !"
whereupon Dillaye showed his dixter paw
into the recesses of side coat pocket
Hart, however, s'was up to time,' and In
stead of waiting until Dillays had drawn
forth from the said pocket brass6 poun-
der, and fred some Is or 20 Paixhan shot
into his carcass, very coolly and quietly
hit Dillaye aforesaid across the caput with
whalebone cane, which whalebone cane
was fortuitously terminated by brass or
other metallic ferrule, which ferrule abraded
the scalp of the said Dillaye in the vicini-
ty of the sinciput, making very ugly but
undangerous wound. Upon the reception
of this injury, the said Dillaye performed
a sort OF Tammany Hall Indian war-dance
upon the sidewalk, to the great astonisfi-
ment of divers and sundry individuals who
CHANGED to be there or thereabouts. Hart
and Field, at this time, walked away, and
proceeded to the Office of the Mayor, where
they surrendered themselves technically in
to custody to answer any charges which
might be made against them, but we be-
lieve that Mr.. Dillaye has not thus far
thought fit to hold the gentlemen to ac-
count. This is, of course, mere political
squabble, arising out of an undue desire on
the part of sundry noisy Democratic pohti-
ticians to monopolize the pay-dish of the
Government in this city. Dillaye was,
some time since, summariIy elected from
sinecure in the Custom-H House. Being
legitimate Democratic office-seeker, and pre-
suming that he had hereditary right to
be supported at the expense of the people,
in one way or another, he was exceeding
irate, and undertook TO tell what he under
took to say was the truth about some of
the ins and outs and darke corners of the |
Custom-House here. His letter, at the |
moment, created some little excitement;
but as it simply developed the rascality,
fraud, backbiting, deception, personal trea-
son and the mean tricks to which all whe
seek Government office must come, the |
people at large cared very little about it;
but in the ranks of the faithful-the chain |
do the official dirty
work of the President here, it was more eff !
fectiue; and certain persons particularly |
aggrieyed by its assertions are yel in state
Of great excitement about it. The Survey
or was one of the greatest sufferers, and |
hence his wrath and his attack on Dillaye. |
It is matter Of no consequence to the
world at large, and we only chronicle it as
a current item of the news of the day.
Hero is the other side by Dillaye, with
out friend:
TO THE PUBLIC.
No. 62 Ninth STREET, New YoRK |
Wednesday, July %, 1858.
Toprevent any Misrepresentation, / make
The following statement of facts, as to a
brutal, infamous and cowardly loaded cane
attack made on me by Emanuel B. Hart,
in Nassau street:
At about five Minutes before three o'clock,
left my office to attend to business
natter up town. Going from the office
went up William to Pine street, up Pine,
" the Surveyors office, to Nassau. just as
was opposite the Bank of Commerce,
ome.o .one pressed against me from behind, {
md blowed on the side of my face-I |
hink intending to spit in my face. Who'll 4
v unprepared for such an event. and not !
eeing who it was, turned suddenly, when +
Emanuel B. Hart stood in: front Of me, and 4
aid: "What do you think of that!e or, $
Take that, you puppy" replied, al
hink you are an infamous scoundreT; but {
IS 1 am utterly without arms, and you are
Iouble my size, and have loaded cane, +
viii meet you at another time.' n
Immediately tbereupon, in fact so sud
enly that did not see the movement, / / /,
ound myself knocked from the sidewalk
nd staggering in the street, unable to con-
rol myself, until some one, as am told, :
aught hold of me and took me into the :
aloon in the cellar of the building on the !
orner of Pine and Nassau streets, where, =
fter bathing nv head and washing away :,