The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1848-09-13

away his vote upon candidate whp ne Knows
cannot be elected"
From the Augusta Chronicle.
The Hon. A. II. SrEPHENs.-lhe follow
ing extracts Of letter to the editor from gem
tleman at Atlanta furnishes an authrntic detail
OF The rencounter between Messrs. Stephens
and Cone. II may therefore be implicitly re-
lied on.
ATLANTA, Sept. a, ls4s.
Dear Sir: The Hon. A. H. Stephens came
up Yesterday at noon, in the Macon and West.
ern cars. Having been detained al the Depot
he did not reach the Hotel until most ut the
passengers had gone into dinner. On entering
the piazza of the Hotel, he was accnsted by
Francis II. Cone, ESQ.,, when an alteration
took place which resulted in the infIc'Ion, 'y
Cone, of six knife wounds upon The persnn OF
Mr.. Stephens. Two OF these wounds are on
tn. intercosta muscles, (righ and left, one on
the left wrist another on the left arm Just he
low the shoulder, and The sixth on the right
hand, sevrring the muscles between The thumb
and fnrc-fnger.
The circumstances which led to this deplora.
bic difficulty are. {as have learned thpm)
briefly these: Prior to Mr.. Stephens Irar ing
Washington City. he had been informed that
Cone had charged him with being so traitor 10
the South" for his motion and vote to lay The
SO called Compromise Bill upon The table. Al
ter receiving this Information, Mr.. Stephens
said that, on reaching home, he would enquire
into the truth of the statement. and II Cone
would acknowledge having so denounced him,
he would slap his jaws. They met at Glade's
crossroads, in Putnam county, week before
last, and Stephens, true to his word, demand
cd oil Cone TO know whether he had charged
him OF being "a traitor to the South" Cone
denied having made the charge. Stephens cx-
pressed his qualification therrat, and in the
irankness Of his nature, told him what he had
heard and what he said he would do in the case
Cone should avow having used the offensive
epilhpt. Three days after this meeting. Mr..
Slephens received letter from Cone request.
inc to know if he were in earnest in nayinS
what he did at the Glades-to which MIR. Ste.
phcns replied. |, appears, however. that this
Greensboro. Cone was al Forsyth on Friday
last. (where Messrs. Stephens, Toomhs, and
others, were engaged in public dlscuss'an')
and came to this city on Saturday. As s"on as
Stephens entered the piazza of the Atlanta Flo
tel he was met by Cone. Gall the either Passrn.
gers and bnardprs having gone in to dInner')
who asked him whether hr had received lei.
ter from him ol certain date, and il hr bad
rrppd Ihereto-tu both o( these questions
Mr.. Stephens answered in the affirmative.
Cone then demanded to know whether Sic.
ph-n< ha | 'isavnwrd using the language NJ the
GladrS in earnest. to which Stephens replied
that his written answer To his demand would
speak for itself. Cone persisted in his demand,
and Mr. Stephens as perinaciouSly refused 10 an
swer his question; whrreupon, Cone said that he
would assume that Stephens had not rfirarted
being in earnest. Stephens told him he might
assume what he pleased-that he should make
no explanation, but referred him to his letter.
Cone then used some very insulting language
towards Stephens. and Stephens struck him a.
cross the face with his small whalebnne walk
ing cane. Cone closed Upon him with his
knife, with which he had previously prepared
HIMSELF and, after cutting him two or three
times, forced him to the honr-lhcn, with the
knife in one hand and the other about Stephens
throat. he renewed his demand-siill Stephens
refused TO answer, saving mo. never" Al
this stage Of the difficulty, Mr.. D"onnn and Fr.
Thompson arrived upon the spot and separated
them.
Dr. TTi,chcock, otthe u. S A., DR.. Craw.
ford, of Alabama and DR.. Parke, of this city,
were soon in attendance. and every thing that
medical skill, or the attention of friends could fo
for our friend, was promptly done. In the
meantime, through the courtesy OF Mr.. Rnsa
ton, foreman ofthe Georgia Rail Road Ma,
chine Shop, the use Of Locomotive was on
iained, and Mr.. Rhodes (who kindly volunteer.
ed his servicps) was despatched to Marietta for
Dr. Eve. The Doctor arrived this morning nm
the locomo,ive-and Col. Dawson, Of Greens.
boro,' DIR. OlgiIby. of Madison, DR.. AIfriend, Of
CrawEnrdsville, Mr.. Stephens, (bro,hcr Of a.
n. and several other friends from below, ar
rived by the Georgia train. Yours, &C.,
ERvIN's NURDERERs HUNG.-The Negroes,
Isaac, Harry and Newton, convicted of the
murder Of Mr. |. Erwin, in this District, on the
9Th of July near Midway Church, were hung
on Friday, Sept. ISL, not far from the scene
of murder. They died, reppntant and in the
faith nd.promises oflhe Bible.
Sumter Banner.
THE DIFrERENcE.-A gentleman talking TO
friend on the subject of marriage, made the
following obsprvation-" first saw my wife in
a storm; carried her to ball in a storm; cour.
ted her in storm; but thank Heaven buried
her in pleasant weather"
There were 3O9 deaths in New York for the
week ending I'd instant.