The Ottawa free trader., 1849-12-29
From The New York Times.
The Duel in the Dark.
A rarr ISclpryr IN The Annals OF yrcksprn,


A Tarr I,crpryr N rur Asxusor y,cvsr,,r,
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Every traveller who has descended tba Ni.-i..
sippi within the last twenty five wears mnst 70.
member Vicksburr so sinpulor in It's sit,,atio f !,
town on the shelving decliyitv of hiyh. rollipc
hills with it, ho,,sas scot-erred +, cro,r, -, H.
terraces. Every reader Of American newsnsnor.
during anv one of the last twenty f,. vsars i,,r.t
remember vicksbur, 50 rich ba: been tbe f,rJ of
material il has .,Ipp,isd for the ,ir,uIgtn, I;b,,
ries Of "horrihle murders duels affravs and eve.
cutions, by all sorts Of summary nroce.so
The public will not likely soon FORGET tho ban.,
ing of the gamblers and the steam doctors i,
fine. every BODY knows that the nl,ce bos bso,
noted ,inc. il. earliest sat,larnan, f,r tho J. T,a
rant character Of its inhabitants anI tho rr,,,Lor
and atrncitv of The violent daeIs which r,,,. h.
asserted with literal truth IN have stained "a 10
nv streets with the blo,I ~ brrnar Loar,s
It is not our present rrrr,,.o bo,rayer 10 slo,.b
any If these more cel,br,ta8 hr,ta b,,,Ic. ~.
prove nothing beyond the vilfl vicLa,Irs,s - ,Ia
respective c0m5a,auts. But We u,ilI salac, f,r
the sake Of IL, rnournf,l moral alone soj;,ar-
tragedy. which was briefly cbronrled Inv the ,ra:,
OF the cav. and then faded from The racolIdct;o,,
of ALL save one frou, whom the w.t. ,a,,,,o4
the story in all ~ nar-i,,la,;,v 81. ,f 60.
could never forget The VIII. nf the ,rnr,icroj No.
~ wept a, the sad ren,jpi-cance tvsn.y vesr. sf
ter the date of the cata.trnrbc
In the wear 1927. a youn, lawver tylor, r.o
shan cali John Jbono. 20 AVOID ba-,oTin', ,,,
memory of some relative or friend VINO 7,i,,b,
chance to skim over these column.l em;rrof.d
from Worce,ter. in Nassacbusa,,s % Tho So ~,
Mississippi. He was ro,r had married a mann.
ful and accomplished woman. who had reno,r,coJ
wealthy parents for his sake and bonco yr,s ,r,r
iuus to better his frtune in as li,tlo time a, -;
bic. This consideration de,ermrod ,bl ~ ~
veniurer To locate n, Vickshpr, then co,liIorod
through the west as the paradise Of the hor
Ina very short time. the new lawyer had ,r,,Io
reasons to congratulate himself ON the cbo;ca %,
his position. His bland demeanor stnJion. bob.
its, and more than all hi, eloonence in dehato o,,
him patronage; and he rose almost at a s;n,,a
bound to the first place in his profession He was
employed in all the land suits. and in most If ,he
still more numerous and oo,,aI ~ VI,
homicide, so that in the brief period Of ,,yo ysor.
after his advent he had cleared the roprJ s,;r, f
$4,000 Let no skeptical disciple of Lord CnL.
deem this statement incrndibla : : pron,;ss
now of n. Orleans. realized cash in bsnd stoNoo
by his openin, sneacb in V;clshrrs,
During hi, career Tins far youne, Tbor,os .,.
remarkable in one respcct He never yen, ann,
ed, and although in the fierce and farv ai,srca
tons of the forum. he ne,essor;lv mai: sor,a ~,
emies, no attack had hitherto baon vcn,,,rcd -.
his person. The atbleti,ism of bis nolJo ,Nr,,,
and the look Of nyincble determ;no,on r.; hi. Loa'
blue ewes had Joubtless warned tha dos,,ar,'I,oa
that the "Yankee orator os bo u,os ,iono,ol,,.
termed could hit as hard blows IN rho c9nrt ,'ord
as he did in the court itself Hoyevor III, y,',,
be- two wears elopsed years too of o,n;rnr, .,'
cess before the peaceable attorney was ;nsrltnJ