American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1846-04-09

tree, but came up to where stood. When
went up Peasants and Archer came down.
DR.. w. at this time was near me near the
bridge, about 100 or so yards above. saw
from where was what was going on. r.
armed hjmselfon the river side of the factory
canal-as he passed down by Greenhow and
| Archer saw that there was an Interruption
! | heard A. and G. call to him to stop, and
DR.. w. and myself joined in the call, tho
we did not know the reason at the time. A.
and G. were from 80 to so yards below the
bridge when P. passed. DR.. w. and myself
were near the bridge, and had not changed our
position. No shot had been fired when the
call to stop was made. P did not stop but
proceeded. He approached within so yards Of
r. when the latter fired his first pistol. P.
continued to advance toward r. until he got
within few feet of him when he fired, as
believed, his first shot. r. had fired several
times before that, | cannot say how many
When 7. fired his pistol we ran up, thinking he
would certainly kill r. AS we ran up | saw
P. strike r with something but cannot say
with certainty what. think it was with the
pistol. ?. had at the commencement of the
combat, a sword cane under his arm but can
not say whether it was with that he struck
him. think R. fired his revolver during this
several shots They were almost touching at
the time. The firing ceased before we got up.
P. fell just before we got up. r. and his par
ty then retired. z. walked to the toll house
on Mayors bridge and was taken in a hack TO
Richmond. r. and his party left in hack.
did not observe them after they left the ground,
! did not notice Mr.. RS. weapons particularly.
He had pistols in his belt about his waist, but
| do not know their number. | did not see
any sword on him before the recontre, but saw
it after it had terminated. He seemed to be
in the act Of putting it up when | got up
This was after MIR. p. fell Mr.. P. had two
duelling pistols and revolver, sword cane
and bowie knife. The revolver was in his
coat pocket. 1t was taken out after he fell
He did not use it all-his sword cane was UNI
der his arm. He did not draw his bowie
knife, it was taken out ofhis bosom afterwards
with the sheath upon it. do not know how
many shots were fired. was under the inn
preston that Z. fired only once, because | re-
marked to DIR. w. ''he seems determined to
put it on a single fire" saw p. before and
after death, after the combat. He died Of the
wounds received iii the combat.
My UNCLE, THE PARsoN-oR THE EFFECT
OF RED PEPPER. The knickerbocker con-
tains capital story, by John Waters, Of which
the following is the conclusion:
At the dinner table our "parson" takes a
bottle of cayenne pepper from his pocket, to
season his meat with
Tie two farmers were attentive TO all his
movements. The addition of the sauce when
there was such full supply of gravy in the
dish, seemedsto them merely superhutiy; but
the exploring genius of Ajax lebanon was
rresistibly excited by the pepper, continent
that was altogether new to him, and perceiv-
ing that the effect was grateful and appetizing,
"Pray, sir, saidhe "woud you have the good
ness to let me taste little of that red sALT?"
"With pleasure" replied the Parson, "but
salt; pepper of the strongest force, that recev-
ed from friend in the tropics, and, said he,
handing it to him, ga very few grains will go
= a great way"
A half derisive glance at the size Of my uncle
and then as his own portly figure, seemed TO
, intimate that he thought the caution very little
worthy of notice by man of his cubcuar
inches. He raped the bottle on the side as he
had seen the parson loosen the grains of his
fiery stimulant, applied it in the same way, but
without the same caution, to his gravy, and
used it freely with his meat.
The pepper was not long in making his &C
quaintance, but he resisted manfslly the first
, ntimatons of his internal assalant; hemmed
stoutly and repeatedly, as if he were determn-
ed to maintain his ground, his face then became
, scarlet; an unnatural warmth took possession
of his frame; the tonsils of his throat began to
swell; his eyes glistened he dashed away a
tear from his INSTRUCTED sight, spread abroad his
arms like Sampson cropping for the remaining
pillars of the temple of GAIA, and rose in an
agony of distress and pain, unimagnable to
him in his dreams before. His first note was
that of great brndled bull in his own cattle
yard at home. The word roar does no justice
whatever to the sound.
Fortunately he did not cough My uncle con-
cerned at the incident, recommended him to al
lay the pungency with glass of water. He
caught at the word. He endeavored to say,
, "Will that put it out? and made for large jug
that had been replenished, he raised it bodily
to his lips, and took draught, that had its
, contents been more gentle, might for its LENGTH
breadth and depth and height, have won from
, Bacchus, the whole conquest of the Indies.
."Jedediah" said he, as soon as he could artic-
ulate, "for the lands sake does my mouth
blaze ?"
"No," said the other with imperturablc
GOODNESS, "but it smokes consumedly, Hiram, |
tell YOU"
/ Another jar of water seemed to reassure him
, of his safety against internal combustion; and
$ his powers of speech in some measure return
ing, and with them his entire self possession, he
f strobe in front of my uncle, and accosted him:
4 'Do You know mister, that took you for
A parson :"
| 81 am, indeed" said my uncle, can humble
: member of the cloth"
: Oyou be, be you? And do you think it is
n any how consistent with your calling to travel
, about the country in this here way, carrying
n hell-fre in your breeches
: Miss CAMBRIDGE. Martha Washington, wife