The day book. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1857-1867, 1859-11-28


tracas he was SO unfortunate as to be en-
gagged in few nights since:
On Saturday night last about O'Clock,
went into the shoe store of l.. l.. Brickhouse
u Co., on Market Square, to get a pair of
shoes for one Of my boys, and approaching
the propri tor of the establishment, with
whom had heretofore bean on good terms.
| made known my want; when the answer |
received was that he, Brickhouse, wished to
have no more dealings nth me. told him
that, chat was perfectly agreeable to me;
but not knowing why | was thus treated, l
asked him for an explanation; when he said
with any one who published the people Of
his native place, who were living in No
folk, as set Of base towards | told b
that that, at least, was commemorate in b
that l myself should not like such treatmea.,
and then asked him who had done SO =
He made use of some of those choice claasi
cal expressions, so much in use among the
denizens OF such places as the Five Points IN
New York, which are not fit to be repeated
in the columns of a respectable newspaper.
in damnin the Day Book, which paper b
said had committed the grievance. toid
him, | thought he was mistaken, when he
instantly called me ga d-n liar" Every
body knows this is hard word to swallow;
and as it seemed go uncalled for and pre-
meditated in this instance, it naturally upset
the evenness of my temper. WAS il his
store, and thought if | attempted to chastise
him in there for such conduct, at the best of
it, appearances would be against me; SO
tolled him out on the sidewalk, by promis-
ing to settle the matter in the street, to his
satisfaction, if he would come; and seeing he
evinced disposition to lag, | coaxed him
along by applying few ugly words to him,
to infuse little courage into his carcase, if
such thing were possible. Having got him
outside of his door, l asked him if he felt
willing to repeat the "d-n liar" again; he
said he would, and CAV. him, what iu the
language of the ring, is termed, ga sock
dolager on the mug" which seemed to take
him little by surprise. l then followed
on wit h few whacks, and closed in on him,
and having worried and choked him lit
tie, took a notion to let him see the inside
of a gentIeman's store, which | did by ram
ming his head through the window of Mr.. R.
II. Stevens Ha Store, Tor which inproplie-
ty owe friend Stevens an apology and
cost OF repairs. | then began to enter into
the spirit of the disag daty | had on
hand, and had got his head under my
arm in such position as to punish him
properly for his conduct in insulting me,
when his cousin, harles Brickhouse, in ter
fered and fastened on to me in such man
ner as to give my antagonist an opportunity
to pummell me, which he did on my head,
with what remaining force he could use,
whilst l was endeavoring to tear myself
away from the hold of his cousin. Seeing
this unfair play, ii bystander rushed in and
separated us, and the Brickhouses ran into
their store and closed the door
The above is fair and candid statement
of the matter, to the best OF our knowledge,
and as we were not much excited till the last
of 1t, we know it can be relied on as the
truth. We may be blamed by some for such
conduct, bat we believe there are bu. few,
placed in the same circumstances, that would
have acted different from what we have done.
We went into his store, not thinking Of be-
ing grossly insulted, and even after he had
began his insulting TRADE, we endeavored
to pacity him, until he carried the matter a
little too far.
Those who know as personally, will en-
dorse us as peaceable man, and if we may
be allowed to testify, we can truly say that
We often overlook insults offered US, in OF der
men, we always endeavor to keep from get
ting excited, as we are fully aware that our
position as an independent journalist de-
mands all the GOODNESS which our nature is
capable of, but 1--WE can't stand everything
and 60 to mill too" In our columns, we al
ways endeavor to avoid inhcting injury on
any one, except the guilty and no man that
has ever felt himself, or thought he felt him
but what has been righted by us with cheer
tulness. And even in the matter that this
man made the subject of his attack on US, we
had been assured by the parties who CON-
planned in tie first instance, that in making
our disclaimer we had done all that could be
expected from gentleman.
1t may be proper in this connection to
state the fact, that this man, l.. l.. Brick
house, has made application to us twice
within the last five or six months, to sup
press his name from our police reports, for
| fights he has been engaged in, in his own
store, and in both cases we have complied, in
order to avoid inticting injury on innocent
parties. And, in fact, the general testimony
of persons who have eonversed with US on the
| srh;oot 4, that from His sullen morosa and