Cheraw gazette and Pee Dee farmer. [volume] (Cheraw S.C.) 1838-1839, 1839-06-07


had received some personal injury from Mr..
DAVIS, sent him challenge by Mr.. F. A.
Moore. Moore and Davis, now q,larrelIed.
Davis struck the former with whip, iniur.
ing him severaly...-. Mr.. Davis shortly after
proceeded to the Post Olficr; Mr.. Leigh
walked Immediately after him with drawn
knife or dirk in his hand. Mr.. D. saw him
as he advanced, and told him not to op.
proach him. Mr.. L. Continued 10 do so.
Mr.. repeated his warning. and told him
If he did so he would shoot him and seeino
that Mr.. Leigh did no., stop, he raised n
double. barr lied gun which he had in hi.
hand and snapped both barrels a, him. nci.
ther OF which went off, He lhensruck him
with the end Of The gun and knocked him
dow n. and ,hen'rctrea ed across tho street.
Mr.. Leigh after rising continued to advance,
when Mr.. Davis, drew Il pistol and shot Mr.
l.. in the side, shich.penetrated his spine.
L igh, after lingering near two days. died
OF the wound. D vis'was Immediately ar.
rested and after an examination was admit.
ted to bail nthe sum Of $4,000.
The les lamentate aff.ir to which we
have I'D serted occurred at Jackson, Mss,
on the 15hinst. l. appears tha, Gov. Nc.
Mutt was conlemptuousy spit upon BY r.
L. Dixon, The clerk oflhe Chancrry Court,
some few weeks since, and tina, one A, ].
Paxton thought it to b.. his duty in the Dub.
lie papers to wipe off the ain. This was
the origin oftte affair, and here is the SEQUEL
as given in the Ma chez Courier. Il is an
extract from l"tta; dated Jackson, l6,h
May. We would wish to abridge it, bu:
ll"re is such char Of circumstances that
We canno we'll do so. Tne writer saws:
On yesterday, r. l.. Dixon. the clerk of
the Cnancery Court, attacked A. J. Paxton
in the Rolunda Of the C .pltol, and gave
him very severe Gaming, for and on &C.
count of publication Of Pax on's which
appeared in the Missippian of the Sd inst.
Judge Mckinney OF the U. S. Court, (hen
in session in the capi'ol find Dixon $500
contempt Of court. In The evening Mr..
Pax:on and his friends, about twenty in
number, prepared, for an attack on Dixon,
by arming themselves with guasand pistols,
and placed items Ives in a ouse by which
D. was most sure to pass in going to his
office. D. hearing ofthis, prepared himself
for defence by taking his stand in the street,
where he stood for half an hour, when P.
sent him challenge, which D. would not ac-
cept, assigned as his reasons. that he had
lucrative office, and should be accept a
cha leng", he would lose it, and by the law
be debarred from the privilege Of ever again
holding an office IN the Safe. Paxton then
came out and commenced advancing on
Dixoo, who told him that if he advanced
Iur her it would be at tie risk ofhis life, at
which P. stopped and denounced D. and
and then retired, when the crowd almost
simult neous shouted "Hurrah for Dixon"
Here the matter of yesterday seems like
ly TO sop.
But this evening the oil Parish Judge
Mckinley, Of the U S. Court, after ad-
journing court, and whilst on his way to his
room. had his nose pulled severely, by
Mr.. James II. Boyd, young man who had
been acting as officer Of The court during
the aforesaid affrsy between D., and F.,
and for moi IN offering was calico "a stupid
Jackass" by Judge Mckinley, for which
he had his smeler pulled, &c. &c. He
(Boyd) sjustiied by every one whom l
have bard speak Of the matter. and will
be sustained"
The Hurah for Dixon" given above,
shows pretty plainly the false feeling Of
courage which 5revai's in Mississippi ard
I'll! 1t IS hoei' d down by the irresistible voice
ofPuo!'c opinion, better stale OF inings
may be looked for in vair. So long asa
man is visited viii pubic opprobium, for
not engaging in an affair of blood, all laws
enacted Cor the prevention of such scene
will he nuga:ory and unava ling. a radical
reform is needed. May we look ou, for its
advent? The sight Of his native shore
conld not more gladden The heart of the ship.
wrecked mariner, than would the arrival Of
such an epoch crea e in the bosoms ofall
who love the constitution. -..advocate the
m .jes,y ofthe laws and are friends Of gen.
eral order.
T 1t appears from another account that
Boyd did not pull the judges nose, bu: shook
his fs in his face. Boyd is represented to be
poke easy sort Of creature, not very likely to
shake his fist where there would be any pro-
babi.y of counter shaking of fists.
From th> Gallatin {Mss.) Star, Of May II.
The C.rcui, Court Of Copiah county.
convened lis session in this place on Mon-
day Ias;, Judge Monger presiding; conse'
ouently our Town is literally jammened with
strangers of every drscrip;on.
OuAsH! QuAsH QUAsHED !-.-.Going,
Gojno. Goue.....T TIE motion docket at his