Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1860-06-06

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This correspondence took place noon aer the brutal
'att.ek 4 II. Battle and 's I've brCtA fdsrick
butcher knives and pistols, upon my bsothi j. n.
Taylor, and while be vas still conansd 81 biz room
from wounds then given kins That my Their was
brntally, cowardly and savagely assaulted with an
attempt ii i'm him, ~ i. NJ b Battle his brother
Fred and Thoe Tisdais, while 40 fight with
Watson Battle, thAg first u The gang who struck
him, and the only one among them who exhibited
any bravery Of courage has been hiriy proven 10
While engaged ii front With Watson Battle, who,
like my brother, had no Eeapon) he Was cowardiy
attacked in his back By Fred. Battle and Thomas
Tisdale, cut severely in his back and neck, one
wound coming near his neck vein. While this was
going on, the immaculate, the harmless Il n B.
Battle was trying TO get his pistol on his head TO-
kill him, o sworn TO BY ;Ar.1 Oxen Cobb. . warm
persona! friend Of Mr.. Bsttle. .al 5g.,. s.
So much for what appeared on the trial; !! will
further state that d. w Miller Esq, and John s.
Boswell weres summoned as witnesses IN the case
and would have been examined, bot for his Honor
the Judge, who refused 10 hear any other evidence
Of the same tenor Mr. Mile would have testified
land will doubtless 50 STATE now If these facts are
dened) that he heard the noise whore the fight oc-
Cured, near his room that he came up just "A Dr..
Taylor was carried very bloody into Dortchs ROOM.
While there he saw Thomas Tisdale cursing and!
Hourishng large stick, while L. N B. Battle with
his pistol in his hand was trying to get into the
room where DIR. Taylor was, threatening to 60 into
the room and kill hin. sbpt WAS held and prevented
by others John s. Boswell would also have testi-
fed that he was standing near his ktore door, some
80 or 40 yards from the place and while DR. Taylor
was in Mr.. Dortch's room he heard Mr.. Battle say
to some person or persons, let's 60 and find the
damned rascal and kill hin" understood thafllr.
W. B. Conway also heard Mr. Battle after the fight
was over proposing to go into NJ. Dortch's room
and kill him. And that while he Conway was
trying to quiet Tsdale Mr. Battle told Tsdsle to say
what he pleased and he Battle) would see him out,
pay his way, or words TO that amount That Mr.,
Battle also circulated and signed petition to get
his companion Thomas Tisdale released from Jail
as q man Of good character and q ft subject for
clemency. is also we'll known in Nash. l viii State
in justification of my brother that while indicted
with Mr.. Battle and his: gang, four Of them were
found guilty (Watson had left the State) while he
only was found not guilty.
vass have simply to state that after the fight was
apparently at an end, but while the excitelent still
run high, and Immediately before was ct upon
Mr.. B. H. Sorsby had hold Of one Of his friends,
deavoring to quiet him, when Mr.. Battle came up
and said, :" Turn him loose, be is my friend, and
fighting in good cause"
I regret extremely the necessity which forces me
to thrust this personal matter upon the public /
know the people Of Nash are tired Of it / an tired
of it. But wha: else could I have done? regard
ed Mr. Battle as the head and front of these aggres-
nu1os tn etov liz
STATIONS and to settle the matter privately with
him. As Mr.. Battle has seen fit to make the cor
respondenee public, and to deny that had any just
cause Of complaint against him, deemed it due to
myself and to the truth, to say thus much. annex
the following letters and submit the case to candid
public Mr. Battle brought up other personal mat
tiers in his late speech, but they were before the
public in the last canvass and not connected with
this correspondence, shall not notice them.
sincerely hope shall have further personal con-
troversy with him during the campaign Such mat
tets are very unpleasant to me. Mr.. Battle in his
late speech expressed desire to have no further
personal controversy with me, and pledge you my
word that will bring nothing personal against
him unless forced to it BY his conduct towards me-
determined. before declaring myself candidate
at Nashville not to say do anything calculated to
arouse personal or partixan feelings. I kept that
resolution and had Mr.. Battle kept back his cores
pondence, and his comments on il, should not
now trouble you He has had his say about it;
now have mine.
Respectfully submitted,