The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1866-01-19

the cowhide. He thought that his eli.
ent had done nothing to demand any
further prosecution, and asked that he
be discharged.
Mayor Saunders said-The Court had
heard all the testimony, and the opinion
of the Court-sitting on the bench-is
not the same as If the Court was not
sitting on the bench. The Court will
therefore send Mr.. Pollard on to the
February term of the Hastings Court,
and will take bail in the sum of five
hundred dollars for his appearance.
Mr.. Pollard gave the bail and was
discharged.
The following publications., bearing
on thiSsubject, will be read with inter-
est. The first is taken from the WASH
ington Chronicle and the second from
the New York Times
SYROM MR.. POLLARD
RICHMOND, Va, January IA, 1866.
Hon. JnO. W. Fbrney, Washington, d. C.
MY DEAR SIR-I believe your charac-
ter to be that of just and honorable
man. In the Chronicle of Saturday you
publish II despatch purporting to give
an account of the chastisement which |
inflicted upon Brooks, the correspond
ent of the New York Times, for sour
rilous letter written about myself The
statements of this dispatch are utterly
false, and unfounded In fact; and as !
believe you would not do me an inten-
tional injustice in matter which so in.
timately concerns my personal honor,
ask that you will, in a spirit of fairness,
publish the enclosed account in the
Richmond Republic, which gives the
most correctvers of the affair which
has yet appeared. The Republic is, as
you know, a strong loyal, Union paper,
and you would not therefore infer that
its statements Of the matter would be in
any way partial to me. i enjoyed your
acquaintance many years ago, when you
were Clerk of the House of Representa-
tives and a correspondent on the floor,
aud feel assured, from the impressions
of you that then formed, that you will
not deny me an act of simple justice.
! am, yours very truly,
II. RIvEs POLLARD, Examiner.
Mr.. II. Rives Pollard, of the Rich.
mond Examiner, will have seen that the
article from the Richmond Republic.
what he calls "the most correct versionb
of the affair between himself and Mr..
Brooks, of the New York Times, was
published in the Chronicle of yesterday.
FROM MR.. BROOKS
RICHMOND, Va, Jan. IL, 500
Tho occurrence of yesterday, in which
your correspondent and H. Rives Pol
lard, of this city, were the principal &C.
tors, has been telegraphed from Dan to
Beersheeba, and published throughout
the whole country. From motives of
laltooov pao1ilu nndoretoo1 49,,
intelligent reader, / refrain from any
description of the unfortunate occur
renee, and dismiss the fight itself with
the statement that I did as well AZ l
could when opposed to a man twice my
size and strength, who was armed,
whereas was not, and who chose his
own time and place for attacking me,
surrounding himself with his own
friends, whereas l stood on my own
merits, alone, amongst the chivalry.
But as regards the influence of the af-
fair, may be INDUCED in saying few
words. II startled the community here,
as it undoubtedly did the North. To-day
| have received kilograms almost innu.
merahle, from friends and strangers in
the North, and cards and cOmmunica-
tons in like manner from prominent
PeTSOuageS III GIcnMOnu. 80 Iar as
am able to judge the matter is looked
upon as an unfortunate occurrence,
which will result unfavorably to the
South. Against such an infuene l re-
specially enter my earnest protest, and,
to substantiate this protest, I wish it to
be distinctly understood that have re-
ceived from every source in the city, en-.
titled to respect or confidence, the most
heartfelt assurances of sympathy, with
declarations of regret, which lead me to
the conviction that my assailant is not
supported in his act by the moral sense
of the community. There are those,
and plenty of them here, who applaud
the act because it was an assault on q
loyal mana Yankee as they would
say-one who is prominently brought
before the country as the representa-
tive of an influential Northern news
paper, but do not hesitate to say that
the rational and thinking men OF the
South condemn the attack as unwaratn-
ed and that they depreate the occur
renee as deeply as they would had a per-
sonal friend been the victim.