The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1861-09-12
From the Dayton journal OF saturday
Gen. Vallandigham Placing Himself
Upon "War Footing"
LIVELY s0ENE UP TOWN.

A rich scene was enacted at Sol. Her
oholrodo's grocery yesterday afternoon,
in which most amazing valor vas dis.
played by the extraordinary young man
who figures for jeff. Davis, and dies
like a thief" in making professions Of
attachment for the Union. The inter
osting young man carries pistols and
bowio knives-is loaded down with
them-is a perfect walking army in
fact Ho is valiant--oh, how valiant,
IN tDords-but when he meets with op-
position, hand to hand, that cowardly,
traitorous heart of his, black with per-
fdy, and leprous with treason, sinks
down into his boots, and his courage
plays that old Bob Acres trick of Oozing
out at his finger ends Such was the
exhibition he made yesterday afternoon,
while he beat the Bulls Run time in
his retreat from Sol. Herchelrode's
grocery
The way Of it was this. Vallandig-
ham--Gen. Vallandigham--was pre-
sented with a little bill Of 50 cents for
whisky with which he had treated some
Of his friends before the election last
fall He was too deep in secession not
20 take up with the kindred trick Of re-
|pudiation. So he determined to repu-
diate the whisky bill, and marching into
Sol. Horchelrode's grocery, imperi0usly
denied that he owed the money Sol,
insisted that the bill was right, and fin
ally becoming somewhat irritatod by
, Yul.'s mean attempt at reputation, very
/ plainly told him chat he was a dirty
scoundrel There was something SO
true, as well as pointed, in Soils declara,
ton, that Val. took fire, gritted his
teeth, soowled an awful scowl, and called
Sol. a scoundrel; whereupon Sol, who
was standing behind his counter, "wenl
for" the "eXtraordinary young man,
who, seeing his foe advancing, rotreateC
a few PAGES, drawing a six.shooter Of O
large size. But even with this terrible
weapon, and oil his bowie knives be-
side, VAL was not confident of victory
not by any means. lie had more conf.
denoe in his legs, and he ignomiuiously
fed, pistols, bowie knives and all, rathel
than encounter the fists Of the mar
whom he had endeavored to cheat ou
of ffty-fve cents. Val. kept up Sc
good a pace, and was in such hurry t
get away, that he fell from the steps t
the pavement. While Val. was thus
beating Bulls Run time, Sol. drew a re
volver, and when he got to the door
there was the distinguished young mar
standing on two legs and one hand
while with the other he was fourishinl
his pistol Sol made a motion to take
sight at the traitor just as he stood like
a dog on three legs. Then commenced
a series of ludicrous lodgings, to avoid
the effect Of Sol 8 expected shot. They
do say, those who saw tho extraordinary
young mans performance on the pave.
meRt, that it was too rich! First he
turned his head one way then another
then it weat up and then down-theu
his pistol hand waved and wobblod oh
s.ch lodging and ducking and tWi,tiug
and scrowing-it was splendid. Sol. 8
pistol didn't go of--this was foytaaate
very fortunate-and Val. took advan.
tage Of it to scramble up, and take re.
fuge in d. A. Daniels millinery estab.
lishment next door. Sol. didn't pursue
him, and he sueaked out shortly after
and made his way off, Thus ended a
scene, the like of which hasn't been
seen in Dayton for many day.