The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1847-09-30
WHOLE NUMBER 3lS.


Lieut.. - calmly laid aside his papc..
arose, and taking The Engishmnn Ly Tho
oars, deliberately discharged cnnsidcra-
bic quantity OF tobacco juice. with a res
pccla5lc sized 9uid, full Into lis rtce, say
ing with Jaer.ng laugh, 'Ibsg yoar par.
don, SIR, an arcidehi'
Ih's settled the business, or rather nh,
Il IN TIC train of ,!lrmcn'. rhc En-. lisL-
man ch llcnr"d The American on the s,,n'.
the latter accepted, claiming all the rights
81 the challenged party cno,.c of VI a,-
onS, time, and place. This WIS .. course
conceded, and Lieut.. - named u;s,ol.
the wearons-'ha, room the place, ani
the iiu.--lhc motncni he could find Il
couniryman to aci as his second. On,iis
crrand, he encountered me al the door,
aud returned after an absence of rxac,i,
seven minutes. Tho EasI s.,nan had,
however, become accustomed 10 Ylnk..
punc'uality ~ little matters Of this kind,
md expressed no surprise at the sudden.
ness of his disappearance.
u was crrar. d tina, the pariics should
SIT at TIC opposite ends Of n table about
'wcn,. feet long. which, was in The c.ntr.
of the room. MS To give the signal
are yon ready? Observation-Disclosures,
the parties 10 tire between the count.
her pistols 10 remain on tho table until
Tie call--'Arc YOU readyr
glanced Al NY principal as Il al.,u,
Ia give the sgnal, aud was struck with IA.
expression Of his connte,,ancc. lis linz
were slightly compressed; his brow WIS
shut down (f my use the ,rrn) o,,r
liis eyes, whc! were liked, like ,p>c 81 /.
man IA iii.
Are YOU ready !? exclaimed.
Inc pa'l'es ""'k ZIP their pistols.
'Fue-onc
There WAS single explosion. II,
Engl's'n1n sprung from lis cl,,r. and
tell heavily on ,hc il,nt, his pistols yoir.
oil rs lie came ,o the urnlnd. The. l. II
from the pistol Of IN, i,irnJ had entered
lbs antagonists ',c and lodged in hi,
brain, Instantly d,p:iving him oflife.
'Gcn'Icnrn.' sad The sur, vor. address
ing the English Ulcers with calmn.,
that Appeared unnatural and revolving
'gcn:l-mrn, ."n aud ma, myself mus, an
swer Tor tlat mans death. !, was yau
who set him on-yon have followed m.
ior whole week with insults, wici, we
al last comp He'd to notice. Are you SAT-
is'icd. gentlemen, or would YOU like To
avehsc the death yun have causea? and n,
he uttered tl' s.: ltsi words, lac surveyed
the group ol Enal isllmrn with an cxp,es-
SION oi co'in,cnancc so con,emp'nons, tint
WIS, us indeed he designed il 10 be, an IN
SUI 10 each and every u,c Of Tie person.
addressed, one ri whom immediately took
Il up and challenged The insuIcr.
II was ~ vain thu | Protested. and NJ.
pealed to my friend and his antagonists 10
put stop To I'll : wholesale mnr.lcr.-
Lieut.. -- SAID 10 me q,,ieily--.Ga,..
tam, II you da MOI wish TO act as INV sec.
ond, "bI'se me by lrasin.-l can &c, ulon-
without assistance
The pistols were again loaded; the sec.
ond En.llshmin took the seat in which
The iifs' had been killed aud again stood
up aud gave the s,onll-
Are You read. ?-t'lrc--onc--tro-'
The explosion followed the ul,cranc. or
he word tro, and tie Englshnan was
dcad--iho la The SINE place.
sGeh'lemrn,' said the Lientcn,ni. with
The same Insulting cilnncss--s,ine pres.
'es--l"ad the pistols. and | will kill you
'ac alter another, as fast as you get into
that chair
But they had enough. Lieut.. -
'i'led The sam" night inr NJ ,hon. lie was
Nnown then, AMI IL known now, rs tho
Isl s.,n' y. iha whole navy. lie never
missed lbs ~ ''-ncvcr received u scratch
'','"Se'', 10, ne nrrci' care an Antagonist
, -iaacr 4, IRE.