Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1853-01-05


them. "hica ~ scfceiied or one slde b. ldffe
tres would h. n, good fafour pufp8sess any we
could select. and Homer. after expressing ss'rne
anxiety respecting some mer he bad seen aus.
picously lowering about. bat who now appear.
I'd to have departed, retired Vnh Home be
hind the trees. FOR The purpose IF loading the
pistols, Leaving Jeffrey and ms sell fogc her
"All this had occupied bu, a scfy few MN
uies. We, of c. ufse, had bowed 10 each
other meeting; but the first oId rccoileet
To have passed betw ccn u was Jeffrey = say.
IN. on our being lcii together, What a b'anti.
iul morning It's = Yes / answered, with
slight SMILE a morning madr for hotter par-
poses TO which his onls response vas
sort Of an assenliug sigh As our assistants
were not, any more than onrselves, very OK
pert at war hike matters, they wcrr rather slow
in their proceedings; and as Jelty aud
walked Up AID down together, We came once
in slehr Of their operations; upon winch ! re
lated To him. rather apropos To tie purpose,
what Blcy Egan, the Irish barrsfcr once
sad, when, rs he was saunlering about in like
manner " bile The pistols were loading, hi, an
tagopist, fiery litrlc fellow, called out t. him
aDgfy 90 keep his ground. Don't make
yourself unnsY, my dcnr fellow, sad E2nn;
sure isn't II bad enough To- tlke the dosr,
without helna by AT tie mixing up
"Jellroy bad scarcely time to snir al this
SOY. wien urtwo friends, issuing from he.
hind the, trees placed us ut OR respective
posts, Qh' disiancc ! suppose, haeing been
previously measured b. lhcm) aud phi The pls
tolls INTO our hands They then retired 10 a
ht'e distance; The pistols were on b tn sides
raised; aud we waited but The signal to fire
when some police officers, whose approach
none 81 us bad noticed and who were within
a second of being too late, rushed out from
hedge behind Jeffrey and one Of them striking.
al JefIreys pistol with his staff, knocked 1t To
some distance into the field. while another run
ming over TO me. took possession also Of nine.
We were then replaced in ,ur respective car
RIGGS, aud conveyed, crcst.ldlen, 10 Bow
Sweet.
90 our way thithor Home told me, TINT
f,om Horucr noi know ing about the londlng Of
pistols he had been obliged TO help bic in the
operation, and III fact TO take upon himself
chiefly The task Of of loading both pistols
When We arrived at Bow Street the first step
If both parties VAS to dispatch messengers to
procure some friends to bail u; aud ns Will
am Spencer was already acquainted with the
10 HIN applied on my part, and
,o the. In the lncailN hilc we " here all -hown
INTO sitting room, the people in attendance
having FIRST inquired " hethcrt was our wish
to be separated but neither party having ex-
pressed any desire 10 TINT effective were all put
Io2ether IN the same room. Here conversation
upon some literary sui jet, lo"get what, soon
cnsucd, IN which | myself took on, tho brief
aud occasional share, beg ond which, n, that
ll'acof liie,l seldom vcnlured in general socie.
~, Bat Whatever WA the topic Jelircy.l no
collect Xpatialed upon 1t with all lis pcculilr
iIneney and eloqncncc: AMI | can now most
HNdIy recall him to my memory, rs he lay
upon ms back ON n form which stood beside
the wall, pouring to'ublg forth his fluent but
most oddly pronounced diclion, and dressing
lis subject oot in every variety of array that
au ever rich and ready "ardrol Of phraseol-
ogy could supply. hive been told Of his say
ing. soonalrcr our ienconrc, that he had taken
"A fancy to the from the first moment Of our
meeting together in the field; and can truly
say TINT my liking for him is of the same early
date.