The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-03-03

VOL. N---NO. $50


SHOOTING ArraAY on SEVENTH srxRxr--r n
nnANNA AND II. ID. OaDRS--Nononv Hrs-
Some seventy years ago n lament was nt tsrs
modarn mod ,re age OF cnivalry" mad gone, but OF
vinaicate Ill. .ased chivalry when they. a. nov
make the quiet streets of this quiet city n hoo
ink-gaiiery Tor unsuccessful pistol nrac
hs hhsainsI et.fghting there may not hay
w,s vea s, mucn prejudice so long as each dficult
was soiemniiled by the death or woundinr !
one one or both OF the combatants; but. when ira
follows fray, and nobody is hart ana ns .,r,e
endangered but innocent by.standers. N
NV. Mhoie system becomes comical and ridiculou.
Ihe events OF the last few months will nroha
ply do more TO put down street fighting In mi
state than volume OF laws or n YEAR of se,
mons, and those who are willing to becou,
notorious may not be desirous of making them
selves exquisitely absurd.
An Outstanding feud has existed hetwee
the local y OF the Erdminer and MIR, r.. II
Ogden, the former Manager Of the Richmon
1heatre, and the condemnation and censuI
was 50 one sided that the public held in hid
| meekness (" of Mr. Dorsey Ogden Rnt
worm will turn If trodden upon too heayili
and, yesterday morning, q card signed by Nj
ogden appeared in the Richmond Eno,.irer, +
whicn ne, In spirited manner, accused Mr..
Marshall Hanna the "local " Of the Ernnf,a
as being guilty of deliberate falsehool
stated that MIR. Hanna, "on account
the disgusting fllthiness of his person is al
leer OF the printers, and stunned by all vii
nave any respect for cleanliness an
that he (Hanna) would take place und
Fred. Douglass or Fields Cook If they had
paper, and would advocate negro suffraE
and miscegination, and exhaust the billinpN
gate which he learned in the purlieus of tffl
"haunts Of infamy of Baltimore
This card caused some excitement at the
Examiner office, and Mr.. Hanna, armed in
the approved manner with cannon like pisto
and cowhide, sailed forth to meet his de,
famer. At the Mayors Court, he was evi.
IDENTIFY disturbed and excited he looked here
and looked there; called at the Ballard House,
but Ogden was not to be seen went down to
the Theatre, and still the calumniator was
invisible. Soon afterwards, Mr.. Hanna
learned that Ogdan was certainly in the
Theatre, and he sent him a note by friend
in which he said that he wished 10 see him al
once, in reference to card published in the
Enquirer; and that If he did not see him
lOgden) within half an hour, he would post
him as : coward, liar, and scoundrel." This
delicate and novel missive Mr.. Ogden declined
to receive, and when second TO the same
effect was sent, Mr.. Ogden returned 1t without
reply. Mr.. Hanna waited, all impatience.
but at last came to the conclusion that
the calumniator would not appear and walked
far down Seventh street, perhaps to see a
man. When between Grace and Franklin he
heard that Ogden had come out; turned
Immediately, saw the arch enemy, and ad-
vanced towards him. Ogden did not shun the
Nicclius, Uut CdiIlc Oh, WIN one mana
in his pocket. Hanna reached Grace, crossed
it, and past over towards the east side OF
Seventh, in order to come into collision with
the "noted" Ogden. When they were still
some twenty PAGES apart-Ogden on the east
sidewalk and Hanna in the middle of the
street-some words were interchanged pistols
were drawn, and the fun began,
Ogden, advancing melodramatically, cried
/" H! Ha Is this q Hanna Isee before me 0ith a
pistol la hishand % While, from the mou tn of
m IN n n rntNS
shout, "Ha Hd Uilldin IhaUe thee nolo I"
The man of the aquiline visage fired first as
some say, and then, finding his rear uncom-
fortably exposed, backed dexterously to the
sidewalk, and entrenched himself behind
sapling on the west side of the street. Ogden
had no protection, and gaining courage from
necessity, remained apparently STILL The
fray had now fairly begun, and a display of
to the crowd, who were watching the fight
The head seemed TO be the most precious part
of the combatants' possessions; each ducked;
each threw up his arms each lodged and
perately fired 1t is stated that Mr.. Hanna
was ingenious enough in protecting his long
person behind the sapling, although his
flowing locks We're all exposed, and he
his side to the front, it would have
been next to impossible TO hit him. Ogden
him of the aquiline vsage to come
out from behind that tree, but the voice
of the charmer had lost its power One, two,
three, four five, shots were fired, and still o
effect, when, to the great relief of both
parties, some intelligent policeman ran up
and rescued the noble warriors. 1t was q fine
tableau. The chivalrous Hanna held back by
several police and struggling to be free;
Ogden also, on the opposite side Of the street,
endeavoring to get at the foe The latter
broke loose, and yelling, "Caitiff Minion
Avaunt Ha! Ha!" made dash at Hanna,
and was within yard of him, when he was
ov,I halI in hot anr viI In'
which is more safe than pleasant.
During the whole of the shooting, Hanna
was on one side of the street and Ogden
on the other. Five shots are said to have
opponent, and Hanna was dwelling his
piece with deadly aim, when he was
rudely interrupted. In the plank fence on
Seventh street, on Ogden's side, there are three
a breadth Of fifteen or twenty feet while on
side the plaster shows the scars OF
three deadly bullets. "None but The brave
deserve the fair; and the proprietrass Of the
Theatre, with fearful eye and paipitating
tilt began. When the shots wereffired she
.ushed frantically forward, handkerchief in
land, with flowing robes and agitated race, de-
ermined to save her champion or perlsh In the
she didn't!
AT the close of the affair the guilty parties
we're carried to the station house aHd bailed TO
appear before the Mayor this morning, with
|, bail Of three hundred dollars additional 10
zeep the peace in the interim.
The whole business was simply ridiculous.
No harm was done save that Mr., Ogden
the skin of his thumb with his own
pistol; and we trust that this will be the last
street fight that it will ever be our unpleasant
duty to record. A little quietness and mode
ration would do away with the Necessity for
any similar exhibition; and If people ,oiu
fight and can't shoot, why on earth don't they
go up closer?
There is one moral to such tales as these
If the combatants had been in the army they
might have made better shooting, and now,
instead of saying " to lie like q bulletin" we
must say to shoot like an editor"
THE LIBBY Through the courtesy of Lieu
tenant Hunter we were shown yesterday the
Libby prison, which has certainly undergone
much Improvement OF late. Shields and
Clarke, the murderers Of Taylor, have cells
there having been removed ID the las. day ;no or
CIarkes cell was not near his, said: 1t Is
well it is not would hang for him In nm nve
minutes if could get near him" Shields Is
looking quite as well, II not better, IMAM ne !
did when arrested and appears indinsrent ~ =
10 what his fate will be. Clarke looks quise 70
worn and thin, and throws his eyes about In