NILES' WEEKLY REGISTER, Baltimore, April 28, 1832

• Samuel Houston flogging incident
• William Stanberry attack w/ hickory cane

Within this issue is an article headed: "Case Of Samuel Houston" which concerns his trial for flogging William Stanberry.
This report is quite lengthy, taking almost 6 pages, with a portion including: "...At the moment of stepping on the side walk Mr. Houston stood before me. I think he called me by my name, and instantly struck me with a bludgeon he had in his hand with great violence & he repeated the blow while I was down; he struck me repeatedly with great violence..." with much more.
There are two more reports on the case of Sam Houston, one near the back taking an additional 5 pages, and another on the front page taking about a full column.
Among other reports in this issue are: "Case of Samuel Houston" taking about a full column; a document signed by both: H. Clay and Daniel Webster, and various reports from Congress.
Complete in 24 pages, 6 by 9 1/4 inches, lite scattered foxing, otherwise in very good condition.

Background: This specific issue of Niles’ Weekly Register holds extraordinary historical and collectible value due to its exhaustive, primary-source record of the trial of Sam Houston for his physical assault on Ohio Representative William Stanbery—an event that directly altered the course of American and Texas history. Occupying over eleven total pages of dense, multi-column reportage, the issue captures the raw, firsthand testimony of Stanbery describing the bludgeoning on Pennsylvania Avenue, the defense mounted by Houston’s attorney Francis Scott Key, and Hezekiah Niles’s editorial warnings on how political violence threatened the constitutional independence of Congress. Beyond its remarkable textual detail, this issue is quite rare on the antiquarian market, as original 1830s print runs of Niles’ Register were limited and primarily preserved as bound institutional volumes. Loose, complete standalone issues featuring high-profile national crises—particularly those linking figures like Sam Houston, Andrew Jackson, and Francis Scott Key prior to the Texas Revolution—are exceptionally difficult for collectors and archivists to acquire in private circulation.

As noted in Wikipedia, this title: "...(was) one of the most widely-circulated magazines in the United States...Devoted primarily to politics...considered an important source for the history of the period."