Daily national Democrat., 1859-08-19
Uproarious Scene at Columbia.

arge audience at Columbia, in Tuolumne
After Mr.. Broderick had finished,
an extempore opposition stand was gotten
up, and administration speakers addressed the
crowd Inviting any ,Anti-Administration
man to reply, E. f. Hunter, after numerous
calls, assembled the stand. The following ac-
count is given by thereporter for the Union;
Hunter was lou lily called for by persons
standing on the outside of the crowd. lie
ascended the rostrum. and was greeted with |
cheers, groans, Kisses, whooping and cat |
calls. lie commenced by repeating his chal-
lenge to Mr. Barber.
A Voice-He accepts.
Mr. Hunter see the countenance Of
Mr.. Barber before me in the crowd. If he
accents the challenge which l have given
him. let him speak for himself; | don't want
to learn of his acceptance from any mouth |
piece of his. Cheering hooting, Kissing |
and groaning; the Chairman drowning all
other noises by his cries of "order."
After the noise had in great part subsid |
ed, Mr.. Barber, from the middle of the
crowd, was heard to remark: you can fol-
low me wherever go through the county,
Mr.. Hunter-Welb /
Here commenced another noisy scene, last
ing for two or three minutes the Chairman
crying "order' as Justify us before
Mr. Hunter finally making himself heard,
said: "You may keep up this disturbance as
long as you see fit. | have been invited here
to speak, and intend to make my speech.
You may hiss and shout all night, and your
Chairman may cry "order," till he is content,
but | am going to speak here according to
invitation"
The Chairman sprang up and proposed
three cheers for the Administration ticket,
which were loudly given. After this an
other uproar began. Mr. Hunter turn
ed round and shook his fist in the Charman's
face, crying: On you; you attempt to
raise a disturbance here against me and I'll
put my fist down your putrid throat in a
hurry" Fierce cries of Put him Quit"
down with himl" Turn the stand overt"
were raised A grand rush was made for
the platform; several men seized Hunter by
the legs, and DR.. Franklin, Administration
candidate for the Senate in this county.
grasped Hunter by the throat. Over went
the whole party-tumbling backwards from
the platform, Calvin beneath and Hunter
and Franklin on top. A desperate break was
then made by number of Hunters friends
for the scene of the row. Half dozen pis-
tolls were pointed at Hunter as he rose the
uppermost and smallest man in the heap
His friends cried, "Shoot him !" Tmeaning
franklin "Shoot him." Hunter, with a
borrowed pistol in his hand, sprang upon the
platform and cried out, "Im going to speak
here to night, according to the programme,
or by Cd no other man does p The stand
was speedily covered by men, the principal
portion of whom were Hunters friends. The
uproar was unceasing Mr.. Barber jumped
upon the stand and 'aiying his hand, cried
"Peace peaceW But there was no peace.
He was finally permitted to make himself
heard, so far as to indicate his desire for
quiet and respectful hearing for Mr. Hun,
ter, when the confusion waXed as great as
ever. "Will you hear me?' shrieked Hun
ter. "NoW "Neverp you're iackass ~
Dry up !" "Get down, you son of a b-h "
Again there was a rush, general tumbling.
2 cleared platform and almost instantaneous.
ly the little body of Hunter made its
reappearance, and his shrill voice was heard
''Will you haer meT "No, YOU son of a
b-h" go to HI, then, replied Hunter
for l'm going to stay here till to morrow
night, if don't get show for speaking be-
fore that time" Cheers and hootng.
Hunter-lIowl on, you d cowardlv.
black hearted blackguards There's not one
of you who dare meet me face to face on the
highway in daylight and insult me- You've
got at the outer end Of the crowd now, YOU
skulldng sons of BIS, where you can make
your Internal noises in safety.
"Dry upl" cried voice
Hunter-Yes, you standat n good distance
and cry "dry up" you cowardly whifiit, YOU
d foreign pauper You come up lv this
stand, and tell me to "dry up, and III slap
you in the mouth You borrowed the boots
and breeches you've got on and you stole the
shirt, coat and hat that conceals the upner
Urtion Of yUur hlthy carcas. [Great cheer
ing and shouting.
BY this time the position of the parties in
the crowd had completely changed. Mr.
Hunters friends had possession of the plat
torm-a carpenters bench-and stood in
close circle immediately around their sneak |
er. Mr. Hunter would call out, once in every
three minutes, "Will you hear me now = |
He would be met by hooting and Kisses
from persons stationed on the outer portion
of the assemble. Several half fights were
got up in the crowd but the belligerent par
ties were separated without doing each other
much damage. Mr.. Hunter called for a drink
1t was passed to him on the stand. He pro.
proposed: "Here's to the health of the crowd
containing some of the dirtest blackguards
that ever disgraced Gods foot stool" fYeUs
of all descriptions
Hunter-Oh, you can't put me down. I'm
a free American citizens, and if YOU think
that Iuolumne is such he!l-hole of Gwin-
ism that an honest man cannot sneak in Co
lumbia, you're damnably mistaken.
Cries Of You bet| The cheers and an
plause evidently predominating over the
hooting and Kisses. A number of Mr.. Bar.
ber's friends essayed to obtain a HEARING
for Mr.. Hunter, but all in vain.
Hunter tell you, you dirty puppies
who, combined, don't possessed the inteli-
gence that would make up the respectable
ninth part of a man, Pm going to speak to
| you, or speak here tonight or this morning
or to day-SoDe time. Howl on, YOU id
! SIS OF BIS; it's all you can do. You haven't
the decency to come forward and show YOUR
selves Come up here any one Of you, and
| III fix you out.
After having stood upon the stand for
over three quarters of an hour, Mr.. Hunter
was permitted to explain his connection with
the Pine Log lawsuits As soon as he had
concluded that account the Kissing and hoot.
ing commenced again.
Hunter proposed to speak about rascallv
men-"oome of your own sort" said he: 81
can describe you to dot" The uproar
grew louder
Hunter-Then I'll talk to you about good,
correct, honest men-the converse Of the
proposition.
A Voce-We don't want to hear nothing
from you.
Hqnter-I don't think that you'd under
stand me on the last subject proposed
LCheering and laughter
AT half past two o'clock Mr.. Hunter was
allowed to proceed without an interruping