Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1847-12-07
: JOLIET, ILLINOIS, DECEMBER Z, 1s47.

his wine and reading newspaper. One
of the English officers. who was reckoned
an excellent shot. commenced walking up
and down the room, passing and repas.
sing the American Lieutenant,u whose
toes he, at length trod. Lieut.. H. look.
ed up the Englishman bowed, and "beg
your pardon, sir. an accident" Lieut..
- bowed aud went on with his paper.
The Englishman again passed, again trod
on the Americans toes, and again apollo.
gized, "beg your pardon, sir, an accident"
Lieut. - bowed and resumed his paper.
The Englishman allowed five minutes to
elapse and then for the third time commit.
ted the offence, repeating with knocking
smile the apo!ogetic words, "beg your
pardon. sir, an accident" eszg3I0)
Lieut.. - quietly laid aside his paper,
arose, and taking the EnglishmaD by the
ears, deliberately discharged considera.
BILE quantity of tobacco juice, with res
Pectable sized quid full into his face, say
ing with a jeering laugh, "6eg your par.
don, sir, an accident" 49,. .I
This settled the business, or rather put
it in the train Of settlement. The Eng.
lishman challenged the American on the
spot the latter accepted, claiming the
rights of the challenged party-choice of
weapons, time and place. This was of
course conceded, and Lieut.. - named
pistols the weapons, that room the place,
! and the time, the moment he could find
countryman to act as his second. On
| THE q vro nd bo, 49, - IT, H..
aud returned after an absence of exactly
seven minutes. The Englishmen had
however, become accus toned to Yankee
punctuality in little matters Of this kind,
and expressed no surprise at the sudden
ness of his temperance, a.-...
twas arranged that the parties should
sit at the opposite end of table about
twenty feet long, which was in the centre
of the room. ] was to give the signal
care you ready? Fire-one-- two-.three"
the parties to fire between the count
their p stols to remain on the table until
the caIl-"Are you ready?'' ..l
Iglanced at my principal as was about
to give the signal, and was struck with
the expression of his conference.-the
lips were slightly compressed; his brow
was shut down, (if may use the term)
over his eyes; which were fixed like
man in fits. .a.-s.l i va
care you ready?" exclaimed.
The parties took up their pistols.
"Fire-one-two."
There was a single explosion. The
Englishmon sprang from his chair, and
fell heavily on the floor, his pistol going
off as he came to the ground. The ball
from the pistol Of my friend had entered
his antagonists eye, and lodged in his
brain, instantly depriving him oflife.
"Gentlemen, said the survivor, address.
sing the English officers with caImness
that appears unnatural and revolving
''gentlemen, you, and not myself. must
answer for that mans death. II was you
who set me on--you have followed me
for whole week with insults, which
| was at last compelled to notice. Are
you satisfied, gentlemen, or would you
like to avenge the death you have caused!
and as he uttered these last words, he
surveyed the group of Englishmen with
an expression circumference so contemp.
tuous, that it was, indeed he designed it
to be, an insult TO each and every one of
the persons addressed, one of whom i'm.
mediately took i. up and challenged the
insulter. -.t.. .........-,. -.t|
1t was in vain that protested, and ,ap.
pealed to my friend and his antagonists TO
put stop to this wholesale murder. Lieut.
- said to me quietly, Captain, if You
don't wish to act as my second, oblige
!, me by leaving--I can get along without
assistance"
The pistols were again loaded: the
second Englishman took the seat in which
the first had been killed. and again stood
up and gave the signal
"Are you ready ?-Fire-one--two'-
The explosion followed the utterance
ofthe word two. and the Englishman was
dead. shot in the same place. "" !
! Gentlemen" sai6 the Lieutenant, with
the same insulting calmness-''time pres.
] es--load the pistols, and will kill you
: one after another, as fast as you get into
r that chair. '' r.
But they had enough. Lieut.. -
sailed the same night for Mahon. He
was known then, and. is known now, as
: the best shot in the whole navy. He new.
er missed his man--never received a
scratch himself, for he neUer gaze an an.
tagonist o chance to fire. ..t
: Pretty GooD.-An old lady living or
one of the Telegraph lines leading from
this city, observed some workmen digging
a hole near her door. She inquired " ha
d it was forl t"To put post in for the
9 Telegraph" was the answer. Wild witt
}, fury and alright, she incontinently seizec
n her bonnet, and ran to her next neighbo