The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1860-07-06


following morning about . O'Clock, Mr.. |
Whitley entered the Maltby House, aud
took a seat by the passage way leading
to the wash room, About quarter past
five Mr. Townsend came down stairs, laid .
his cane on the table, and was walking /
into the wash room, having to pass Mr.. I
Whitley. Mr.. w. rose, and as Mr.. t. /
passed, struck him a powerful blow on /
the side Of the head. Mr.. T. was stag
gered by il, but he recovered himself im- /
mcdiotely, and springing on Mr.. Whitcly I
seized him by the front OF his shirt and
neCktie, and run him across the Office
Both are very powerful men, and they I
kept striking rapidly at each other till
Mr. w. fell.
Mr.. Townsend then shook Mr.. w.
somewhat and said; "Sir, want no diff
Guilty with you, and il you will promise TO
behave yourself and lUt me alone, will
let you up" Mr.. w. replied harshly to
this, refusing to make any promise, and
still keeping up the struggle. The land
lord Of the hotel, who alone witnessed
the encounter, called for assistance, and
the police entered and separated tho par
tics. When w. rose, he Immediately
thrust his hand into his breast pocket,
looked around on the floor, when Mr.. T..
saw Mr. WIS pistol lying at HE feet lie
instantly secured and placed Il in his
pocket, saying, II will take care Of this
for the present. Mr. w. was then tax.
en- out Of the house and the affair was, for
the present terminated
II is supposed that Mr.. L. will not fol-
low up the quarrel, not being a duelist,
but he will always be prepared to defend
himself ifom attack.
PROSPECTS, OF A DUEL.
A difficulty Of a personal nature occur
rcd between two Virginia delegates, and
a pistol meeting had been agreed UPON
One Of the parties is supposed TO be Mr..
Yost Of Moilit, a Douglas man. The
name Of the othcris unknown. The par
ticulars are carefully concealed, but il is
known that Mr.. Pryor was sent for as a
friend Of one of the parties, and he Hrriv-
ed here to-day, Rumor says that the
meeting is arranged for tomorrow, from
the fact Of the sudden arrival of Mr., Pry-
or.
HOW BARNEY NAMES A SPEECH.
We announced last week that barney
Burns had gone on to Baltimore. Wei
arc pleased to announce this week that
he arrived there safely We ure still
farther pleased that no Is in a sound con-
dition, jealous as ever for Douglas, and
keeping a close eye on certain dstin-
guished delegate from this city. BY the |
by we observe that Mr.. Burns has been
making Neutrality-suspicious. at Baltimore. !
On Monday evening, there were two
meetings held in the streets-one for and
the other against Douglas. Barny, who
is mentioned by the reporter as "Burns
Of Ohio" got into the wrong crowd, and
attempted to make a speech TO the South
erners. He got along very well, until he
announced that he was Douglas man
from Ohio, when he was hissed aud howl
ed at, while he stood in an imploring at
titude until he was tired of il, and retired.
b, b. is said to be more confirmed
DouglGs man than eyer.
THE PLATFORM WRECK.
On Thursday while the Theatre was
crowded, the flooring over the orchestra
gave way with loud crash, letting into
the orchestra portions of the delegations
from New York and Pennsylvania. The
scene that ensued defed description, and
was an indication of the constant stretch
upon which the minds of all present were
kept. Some rushed toward the platform
others made for tho doors, or prepared TO
climb over the boxes. One large sized
individual clambered up TO awindow aud
dropped out, while others prepared to
make an exit the same way. Few knew
what the accident was, and many thought
general row had commenced. Their
action was an indication ofprudenco rath-
er than courage.
STRONG LANGUAGE.
In our regular report Of the proceed
ings we give an account of n difficulty
between Mr.. Montgomery and some 9TH
er Delegates-all Pennsylvanians. The
following is the sequel;
During the confusion In the Conven-
tion, after Mr.. Montgomery remarks to
Mr.. Randall, Geo. McHenry, of Pa, at
the request of Robert Randall, went over
to Mr.. Montgomery's seat and said, al
have a me ssage foryou; Mr.. Randall, Jr.,
desires to know IL the remarks just made
are intended to apply to his father OF Mr..
Dawson" Mr.. Montgomery replied,
"Tell MIR. Randall to 90 to hell"
Mr.. McH onry said, 81 conveyed the
message presuming you were a gent G.
man, but now discover that you are not.
| denounce you as a low vulgar black
guard, and had known you l should not
have carried the message" Mr.. Mont
gomery made no reply.
THE FIRST cLARET DRAWN.
As soon as adjournment took place,
Mr.. Dawson left the hall in company
with his friends, Mr.. Montgomery re-
naming behind. Mr.. Randall also left
the hall accompanied by his son Robert.
They proceeded down Gay street to the
corner of Fayette, and were talking there
when Mr.. Montgomery approached ac-
companied by friend. Immediately
! Mr.. Robert Randall saw him. He saw
his father confronting Mr.. Montgomery
and struck him powerful blow between
the eyes, staggering him back and cover
ing his face with blood from the nose.
Mr.. Montgomery recovered himselfand
struck Mr.. Robert Randall on the car,
and was about to kick him, when a crowd
surrounded and separated them. Young
Randall was not hurt and proceeded up
street with his father who displayed much
excitement. Mr.. Montgomery went in
TO house TO wash the blood from his
face. Montgomery is lage and heavy
man, and Randall is small and light built.
Some persons persist in saying that
Montgomery drew pistol, but this is not
confirmed by any eye witness aud comes
from his opponents,
The collision caused much excitement
in the streets, which were at the time
crowded. Geo. McHenry, Of Pa, is the
bearer Of a hostile message TO Mr.. Mont