Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1872-09-13
SENSATION IN WASHINGTON.
Attack Upon n Journalist.


The telegraph from Washington yester-
day, briefly announced the fact of an at
tack by Judge Dent, brother of Mrs. Pres
ident GRANT, upon Mr.. Reed, one of the
editors Of the Capital. Judge Dent visited
the office Of the Capital, says the Wash
| ingtOn Star, and calling Mr.. Reeds atten-
ton to an article in yes, erday's Capital, he
asked who the author was. Mr.. Reed re-
Piled that he WAS responsible for it
whereupon Judge Dent pronounced it
false, and called upon DIr. Reed 10 defend
himself Then raising a walking stick, he
struck MI. Reed several times over the
head, breaking tie cane. Mr.. Reed by
| thiS time was on his feet, and seizing the
! Judge, q 5cultic eusued tor the possession
OF the cane, or the remnant Of il in the
hands Of the latter. Atthis iuncturc some
II the staff Of the paper vino were down
stairs, hearing the noise of the scufile, came
up and separated the combatauts. Officer
RoGCricii being near at hand was called in
and took the assa.llnt into custody, and
fled Information in the police court charg-
ing Mir. Dent with assault and battery IL
Henry Reed. The hearing was postpoD Il
until tomorrow. Mr., Dent entering into
personal recogtilan 'o in the sum Of 500
for his appearance to answer.
hir. Reed received TWO scalp wounds and
o cut near the left eye, Whicn J, aOmewlat
bruised, tlr wound being probably made
~ tie s~llutercd end Of tn- cane after il
was broken.
NJ Reed and his friends assert the as
saul5 Vas made without amy explanation
except The question asked by Judge Dent,
Is 10 the responsibility Cf the paper for
what it bad printed. After Mr.. Reed had
answered Judge Dents intelrogatory III
the Affirmative, lie asserts that the Judge
seized his (iIr. Rced's) hickory cane lying
on the table, and, without word Of ex-
PLANTATION, bcagn To beIabor him with it
over the head. Mr.. Reed further says that
JUDGE d. did not call upon him to defend
himself, BIT assaulted him as he was
sitting with his feet cramped under the
table, and that for moment or two be
was unable to offer any resistance to the
blows sho1ered upon nina.
! TIE AHTI sIH THAT CAUSED THE
AFTEAY.
| The following IS tile article in the Cap
! ital that led to the visit Of Judge Dent to
| that Office:
Inquest Is made in Tie New Y orlz Sun
for A4r. y. -. Whitney, banker, Of Port
Byron, Ec.. York. 1t appears that Will
/ liam j. Farrand received from President
Grant the agI ointment as consul at CallaO,
il consideration for which he paid in cash
! to Louis Dent, Il bp0ther-ir-laW Of General
Grant, two thousand five hundred dollars,
and to General j.. +. Dent, also brother
iu-laW Of The Iresi clIt, one thousand dol
| lars. Afterwards lir Farr&ud n agotated
further With tie JcHiI brother-in-law for
the appointment Of Mr.. Withey as COM
missioner to settle the claims Of citizens Of
the United States against Peru, for which
he paid to Gcnofal i. I. Dent, brother-iu-
law as aforesaid, the sum Of three thou
sand dollars ia cash al the Astor House in
new York 1t appears, however, that
although the bargain was completed and
the consideration paid, the office was given
to another, and Fasrand and Withey lost
the opportunity ofplayingintO each Others
hands which it would have offered. Upon
| this tie Sun says:
"NoW the unsettled question on which
Information has been hoped from Mr..
/ WIthey i not whether General Grants
bIothei-in-l4# sold these appointments for
money, fgr that point is already established
and admitted but whether the three thou
sand dollars paid to Dent for Withey's ap-
4 pOntmeut rs commissioner was really the
money Of Withey or the money Of Farrand.
On this question 3lr. ,Fithey might cast a.
good deal OF light, and we trust he will not
continue to withhold it,
All Of which Judge Dent Genies.l