Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Wayne County, Ind.) 1831-1837, 1836-11-05

Nick Stovall! The fights made up, and let
tgo at it. On my soul. if l don't jumI
down his throat and galiop every ch.tterlinl
out of him, before you kin say. quit"
~Now, Nick, don't hold him! Jist let ths
wildcat come, and l will tame him.-Ned1
see fair fght-won't you Ned.''
"Oh yes, I'll see you fair fight. blast my
old shoes If Idon't."
aThat's sufficient, As Tom Haynes said
when he saw the elephant. Now let him
tcOme."
Thus they went on with countless oaths
interpreted, which / dare not even hint at,
aud with much that could not distinctly
hear.
| In mercy's name, thought ], what band Of
ruffians has selected this holy season and hea-
venly retreat for such Pandemonium riots!
/ quickened my gait, and had come nearly
Opposite to the thick grove when my eyes
caught indist'nctly, and at intervals through
the dwarf oaks and hickcries which inter-
vened, glimpses of man or men, who seemed
to be in a violent struggle, and l could occa-
sionally catch those deep-drawn, emphatic
oaths, which men in conflict utter, when thew
deal blows. I dismounted, and hurried to
the spot with all possible speed. ! had over
come about half the space which separated
ii from me, when saw the combatants come
saw the uppernost one flor could not see
the other) make a plunge with both his
thumbs, and at the same instant heard Il cry
in the accent of keenest torture, Enough!
My eyes out!''
I was so completely horror-struck, that ]
stood transfixed for = moment to the spot
where the cry met me. The accOmplices in
the helIisl, deed which had been perpetrated,
had all fled at my approach, at least l sup
posed 50, for they were not to be seen.
'.Now, blast your constructing SOUL said
the victor, "a youth Of about eighteen years.
oId) rs he rose from the ground, "corne cut
ting your shines bout me agin next time
come to the court house, will you! Get your
owl eye in the best way you cam"
At this moment he saw me for the first
time. He looked excessively embarrassed
when / called to him in a tone emboldenedl
by the sacredness Of my Office, and the ini-
EQUITY Of lis crime. "COme back, You brute
assist me in relieving your fellow mortal,
whom YOU have crippled forever!''
My rudeness subdued his embarrassment
in an instant; and with a haunting curl of
the nose, he replied. syou needn't kick before
you're spurred. There ant nobody there.
nor ha'nt been mother. was just seem how
l could "a fout." So saying, he bounded to-
the plough, which stood in the corner Of the
fence, about fifty yards beyond the battle
ground.
Ard would you believe, gentle reader, his
report was true? All that had heard was
nothing more nor less than Lincoln rehear-
sal; in which the youth who had just left
me, had played all the parts of all the charac-
tiers in a courthouse fight.
went to the ground from which he had
risen; and there were the prints Of his twol
thumbs, plunged up to the balls in the mellow
earth, about the distance of a mans eyes
apart: and the ground around was broken
up, as if two stays had been engaged upon
and Incidents in Georgia..
A GRAvE ADovE GRouNp.-On the banks
Of the Ohio river, between Maysville and
there is a cast iron coffin, support
ed bv two pillars. about two feet above the