The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-10-24
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,,rao,or courthouse last Monday
Contain John s. Wise, in his speech, saia
he would mt his record against that Oh
GEORGE ~ Garrison, either rs 2 Democrat
or n Sireinian: for Garrison had been LOAF
inc around fhe Confederate Dispensary IN
Richmond during the war, drinking the
wbiskev that belonged to the SICK ana
wounded soldiers. He had seen nm therc
Mr.. Wise had scarcely finished his SEN
tence when Mr.. Charles featinan' Wno ma
standing i'm the audience interrupted iinI'
and said "You say that about Judge Oar
rison because he Is absent, and when you
meet him YOU will retract your Worus, ~
YOU did what you said about john W.
Daniel" A.. -
Wise then replied. of you say that 10
me off this stand you or Will not ie,ve 'lic
spot alive-you lying rascal; ana 1eat-
man, pointing his finger at Wise, retortcd'
~ do say here, and / will repeat 1t to your
face when YOU come off that stand, ana ne
responsible for every word have uttered"
Mr.. Yeatman then left the COURTROOM,
and four-ffths OF the whites Immediately
follow ia majority OF the whites who re-
manned being DemocrtS.
Afterwards Mr.. Warner Ball approached
the speaker, saying TO him that he came IN
the interest Of peace, and desired, II posi-
bic. TO adjust the difficulty between Mr..
Yeatman and himself. a good deal was
said on both sides, and the result was That
Mr.. Wise stated that he considered that he
had been grossly insulted, but he would
say that II Mr.. Yeatman did not intend TO
insult him, then he did not intend to insult
Mr.. Ieatman.
Mr.. Robert Hall then read Mr.. Wisc's
language, a. taken down by himself, and
asked IL it was correct; and Mr. Wise re-
piled that most OF il was, but that he would
rather not have the word "loaiing used,
rs he did not consider Judge Garrison a
loafer. lie could not say either that he had
seen Judge Garrison fifty times at the Con-
fedcrate Dispcnsary, or that the whiSkey
belonged to the Government; but ne had
heard it did, and he had seen Garrison
there many times. He meant to east no
stigma on GarriSon's personal character,
but only to say that he Garrison had been
eating fat meat and swinging on gate
whilst hes(Wise) was fighting.
WISE and Yeatman were after the speak
Ing arrested.
The parties were taken before Justices
Hathaway and Hubbard at the clerks OIL
flee, where they had hearing. Colonel
Downing. a witness for the Common
wealth, stated that Mr. Yeatman had
vowed he would strike Wise the moment
he came from the house, and that he knew
he (Ycatmanl would do as ne said, and
that, a. he did not think Mr.. Wise would
back down, he believed big row would
enSuc, and where it would end we could
only conjecture. Mr.. Yeatman, he said.
was only waiting for Mr.. Wise to come
out when he was arrested. and that il one
blow had passed there would have been
Il fearful scene. Mr.. Ball was examined
for the defence, who stated that he conSid-
cred the difficulty settled; that he had in
formed Mr.. Yealman, as his friend. that if
had been h0norably adjusted, and, aS he
knew Mr.. Ycatmau TO be an honorable Il
well Is a brave man, he did not believe any
further difficulty would occur. The magi,-
tratcS then DISCHARGED the prisoners, JUS
tee Hathaway saying to Mr. Wise that in
his whole life he had never witnessed such
a scene rs that in which be (Wise) had par
ticipated. and he trusted he should never
behold another like IT,