The Yazoo City weekly Whig., 1854-08-18

plmentea who IS ot courageous nfe
suEe though lie gld Iambro II mild deneaneE
though of savage mood. told him Il he wanted
satisfaction liz would attend ID his case after ID
had bis breakfast
a council of war was held among the Yazoo.
ans and It was unanimously concluded without !
dissenting voice that not only the indiyidualhonor
of Ne had been insulted but that the whole
representation of tho county would be forever dis
graced il he didn't challenge w Thedocu.
mant was drawn ID the most approved STYLE and
Commodore I'll volunteered to act as the
friend Of the challenger and carryit. Mr. WI
accepted Of course, and sent back his friend Mr.
W, with the response and conditions Of the
fight They were to use Duranger's and stand al
thirty PAGES. And now the iron entered into the
souls Of the heroes. They knew the tide in the
affairs Of men spoken Of by Avon's mighty bard
had come that it must not pass-that if they
faltered now they must be thrown upon the lee
shore Of public opinion that the ladies would
forever cut them; for as it was in the olden time
SO is itnow,
aNone but the brave, none but the brace,
None,but the brave deserve the fair"
What a change Al chill of foreshadowing
doom crept over the vast assembly, when it was
whispered about that terrible and bloody fight
was to take place-children nestled closer to their
mothers bosoms and old men gravely shook their
heads and said in their day things Of that sort
were settled as Knck Of the Woods settled all his
difficulties the way Of natur." The sun,
which had risen brightly in the morning, towards
noon as the preliminaries Of the duel became fix
ed fact, gently hid himself behind feeey clouds,
and some deaf old ladies thought they heard il
thunder.
"Last noon beheld them full Of lusty life;
Last eve in Beauty's circle proudly gay,
The midnight brought the signal sound of strife
The morn the marshaIling in arms-the day
Battles nagnifcently stern array!"
The heroes, all things being fixed for the ap-
pointed hour, returned to their respective rooms
to write their wills and cpof locks Of hair, &C.,
to leave behind them. Letters and remembranees
were left with the seconds to give to weeping
friends and relations-for each one knew the chan
ces were even and they were following Hamlet's
advice, and being in difficulty so conducting
it that people would be careful not to pick
auarrels with them again. It is understood
that W-n left all his earthly goods to Mr.W-d.
and that Ne left his, both real estate and per-
sonal property, to his surgeon, DR.. W-n.
Commodore III. was anxious for the fight, and
couldn't see any way for the difficulty to be settled
without it. He even offered, it is understood, to
take part in the matter himself if it was neees-
sary for him to do so for the yindication of the
honor Of Yazoo county. "Gentlemen,' said he,
"this is free country-it is democratic coun-
try, and whenever fight or pretty woman is in
question, intend to pitch in.''
The fatal hour arrived, and principals and Sc
conds with Duranger pistols were on the spot. DIR.
W-n had prepared any amountof lint to staunch
the wound of the victim. There was solemn pause
and the pulse of nature seemed to stand sti as the
ground was measured Of and the heroes took their
stands. One look to the bright sun and smiling
face of nature that will beam upon our death as
tbey did upon our birth-one mental farewell to
the loved ones at home and then one great tue
of the heart as the thought flashed over them,
that the sun and the moon, the quiet sky
and the smiling face of nature might exist to-mor-
row-but not for them and then the fate of Dives
might be theirs! But one, two, three--Great God
how solemn his voice sounded! IL was Ike the
muffled tongue of a funeral bell. There was no
wavering-the winds held their breath and didn't
move a hair on their heads A sort of lay on
McDuff determination, seemed to have possessed
their souls, and at the word aire" each shut his
eye and let fly what he supposed to be the death
shot of his enemy, and there was tremendous
- fssle, Ne lodged little, but he tho't
W-n's bullet grazed his ear. W-n lodged a
little because N--e's bah kicked up the dust be-
fore him and he couldn't help it. Then the seconds
asked their principals if they were satisfied, and
both said they Were--so they forwarded two" &
shook hands and the thing was done. And then
they looked around for the balls and it came out
that the humane and economical seconds hadn't
used any-that they wanted to go deer hunting
and didn't want to waste the little store of amuni-
ton that was on hand
There. is but one other fight like this on
record and that is the one that is described in the
English Bards and Scotch Reviewers of Byron,
as having occurred between Lord Jeffary Of the
Edinburg Review and Fom Moore We close this
article with suggesting the wonderful coincidence
between the actions of the great men of two
different epochs of time. DARK CORNER.