, 1864-10-30

The Richmond {Ind) Telegram gives de-
tailed account OF the assault made upon the
Hon. 8. s. Coz, from which We take the fol-
Lowing:
One day last week t*o strolliog actresses,
calling themselves the !" Webb Sisters" came
to this city, and advertised to give theatri-
cal performances st Starr Hall, on Wadnca-
day and Thursday evenings. They were ac-
companled BY man1who protested to bo
acting as their agent and business manager.
During their stay at the Huntington House,
this latter individual attracted considerable
attention, bY his utterance OF dfsunion sent
ments, and expressions Of sympathy Tor thq
rebel cause. Among other things, he ex-
rebels to whip the Federal forces, and t, se-
cure their independence On being inquired
OF as to his means OF information upon this
point, be stated, tn boasttng manner, that
ha had held commission In the rebel army,
nnt was well posted In regard to the m after
AS may be supposed, this announcement did
not much teEd to tndear him to the loyal
citizens Of this place, though no violence was
offered to him at the time.
MI. Coz, (Who, it appears, has such au ad-
mi1ation for the setting Of the 'tWeto siaters'
that he has been In the habit Of folio wing
them about from place to place,) arrived,
.necg, and took lodgings at the Huntington
House, refusing to enter bis name upon the
private business, which was, no doubt, tha
case, aB there was no political meeting at tho
time, and zone Of his political Elends here
were apprised Of his coming. In flct no
one knew, until after the subsequent develop
merits, that our modest little clty was hon,
8unstt" We Ind heard so much about. On
Saturday afternoon, he appeared at the Ia
bic, In company with 'ttha 5isters'' and their
agent, with all Of whom he appeared to be-
en- the most intimate and confidential termA
on SsaFds @ sas SSng o s ses ase9 n
ed Mr. Show, Of Eaton, Ohio, who had
been informed that one Of the party was an
officer in the rebel army, and whose patrio-
tic indignation the1eupon Eose to such +
height thst he could not restrain himself from
making an attack upon what be considered
to be the "rebel forces" He accordingly
"Went in" and Mr Coz, happening to receive
the Weight ofthe attack, was knocked down.
This was the whole Of the difficulty. There
was no mob, nor WAS Mr.. G. touched In =
It is not true, as stated in the Enquirer, that
he was rescued, and the mob put to flight BY
his political friends, but, on the contrary, he
was Baved from further maltreatment solely
By the interference Of Union men, as MI.
Coz himself acknowledges In an article in
the Columbus, Ohio. .stattBman.
--When the ma1ee was ended, Cox and Ehs
agent went away together, on the CARS, aud
have not since made thefr appearance here
From the suspicious conduct and dec!aratlonS
Of the agent, our city police wars Led to mako
an examination of the baggage left behind
him, and ctrsafn REASONABLE papers} found
therein were placed III the hands Of the Pro-
voet Marshall. Among these were an oath
Of Allegfnce to the Confederate States, and
letter from one of the rebel prisoners 1t
Johnaon's Island, thus confirming the sus-
picion previously entertained and proving
the man to be rebel at he.rt, If not spy
In the actual eerV1ce Of the enemy.
The difficulty In which Nj. Cox became In
yclved In this place, grew entirely out Of
his connection with this party, and would
not have occurred under any other eircum-
stances !; like "poor dog Tray,'s shetsufered
for bling In bad company, and 1t ts to be
hoped that he will hereafter avoid such un-
pleasant consequences by" keeping tle3r OF
all such associations m the future. No one
condemns acts Of lawlessnees and violence
more than we do; and we regret exceedingly
that AM, discourtesy should be shown the
nynuauAs ,;1asta r-A..u II our city. Our SEM
M1..n Ms1msn'a IN this regard are shared By, the
.4.vp men rere, AMI H. =. ~ gross fasehood
I'd slander, to charge the Unl. p@'ssi .s1e. is
the city Of Richmond with being zespono.~.>.
fur the occurrence.
We may add In this connection, that one Of
the !" Webb Sisters" 1eft1red to, Is the fam
ous Miss Emma Webb, who, soma time since,
made "uemoc1atic" speeches at Cincinnati
and elsewhere il reply to Miss Anna Dlckin-