The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1841-08-07

:. easements occa stoned by the dificul-
'les that he, Caldwell and Pritchnrd nm;
seu 10 purchase dormant lottery right,
ana 10 propose The sale of their immense
lnac'lVe property under that privilege.
ne schene you well remember. The
safes oil tickets were cgrried on with a..
IiVlty until the drawing approached when
lhey found that they had not sold more
man enough to pay expenses. What was
10 DC done! Draw the lottery like hon
est men, and run the chance of being
ruined by the loss Of their great prizes,
IN the presence Of we'll known citizeas
the drawing was carried through, and
the loss OF the concern in prizes were
nearly 100000; bat nearly every cent
has been paid, and if there be any prizes
out unpaid they are ready to redeem
them at any moment.
In the midst Of the continual and GALL
ing fire from the columns of the Vicks-
burg Sentinel upon the character of New
orleans and It's merchants, Mr.. Oakley
saw, with concern, the confusion il was
producing among the subscribers to the
Merchants Exchage Reading Room, of
which he was president The proofthat
wright furnished the particulars to DR..
Hagan began to multiply, and it was
with no little chagrin that | saw, as an
individual, the people attacked venting
their spleen on Mr.. Wright mot to his
tace) instead Of calling DR.. Hagan to ac-
count. Conversations, nicknames and
incidents appeared in the Sentinel, and
the parties concerned were satisfied they
could not have been reported by any one
but Wright.
But to return. One evening while
the war was at its height, and shortly af-
ter the arrival Of Sentinel ridiculing
mr.. Howell L. Williams, a new mer
chant of your city, Williams and Wright
had an alteration in the reading room,
an account of which was published at
the time. After this occurrence, Oakley
being ANNOYED, as the president of the
Exchange, took Wright aside and ex-
Postulated in a friendly way with him
upon his course Of conduct, in assailino
the merchants as body, and in bringing
charges against them before the public,
as tribunal, where both sides could not
be heard. Oakley proceeded, upon whal
he deemed his knowledge of the fact, that
wright did furnish Hagan with this in
formation, and Wright did not denv il.
Hit defence was, that he knew what he
said to be true, and if any man felt az
grieved, he was ready to give him such
satisfaction as might De demanded. After
a friendly reasoning together, the two
friends parted,
Some days after this conversation
there appeared in the Sentinel a violent
article against Mr.. Oakley, denouncing
him as a thief, a swindler in lotteries,
&c Mr. Oakley forthwith sent "a friend
to Wright, reminded him of his declar-I
alton sometime previous, and of course
demanded satisfaction for the in
suit and previous banter to fight
Mr.. Wright at once, and without parIey,
the charge, and promised to
meet Mr.. Oakley in due time. Matters
being arranged very quietly, each party
avoided the least appearance of misun-
standing, lest the law might take hold of
them; and so adroitly was the thing done
that, though people expected trouble.
from Oakey's well known promptitude in
resentlng an injury, they came to the
that Oakley had determined to
let the matter pass, as unworthy Of his !.
attention.
Several days elapsed, and Mr.. Oakey
was not informed Of the weapons chosen
BY Mr.. Wright. 1t has since been as
'ertained that Mr.. Wright was in the
continual practice Of the rifle. 1t was
MS tavorlte weapon. When living in
5svanah he belonged to a club which us.
I'd 10 shoot for their dinners once a week
'r once a month, and the worst shot ne
yer varied an inch from the centre or
'ull's eye of the target. THE time came,
however, and Oakley was told that he
must fight with rifles, at forty PAGES dis
ance. This was one day before the
Meeting, bat Oakey consented at once.
They went over Lake Pontchartrain
m the evening Of the first of June, and
N the morning of the second, before the
un rose, the ground was measured off.
1t the first go off, Oakley drew Wright's
ire by his superior quIckoess. While
he guns were loading for the second
ound Wright walked about, but Olkey
TODD as still and firm as a post On the
lgnal being given for the second fire,
Wright fred before the word one. and
)akey before the word two. Oakey's
all struck Wright in the region of the
eart, going through the body and one
rm. He died in a few seconds.
When the news arrived in town the Z
ceiling was quite the reverse of that re-
resented by some papers | have seen.
very body was satisfied. Even those !
lho had been most severely handled by
lr. Wright, hushed up in their bosoms