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mha1 Mss the matter. went viii tlIesn;to the
ho'ei. ! went back and toId.theasfGulor
heard. then went TO ChrisfiSux Nan and
funnd that hewas III Strayer's ro!aa Ct. onpo-
sic. He Christian Was siandinrs All hi iust
washed his faee He had 4 Nusssa t;eaf 81
blood on his shirt. He had ni IL or coat
on. 1 told him 10 burn verifying sslat had
drop qfblood on il and shove. sie Sn;;arked
that be had done il in selEdeiefse IA would
give himself up told him tlsa Hekburn
was dead, lie threw up bis hands Slssi said
Great Ted Me- His feelings sk5rled to
he soigreat, that Twas Induced Is sf:uy that
Blackburn was dead, out Of q feeling 81 iiief-
i cy Tor him, and went out Of the rOoui.---
saw no more Of. Christian until aft fwards IN
jail. :
FL. y. W WooDsoIE.--I had ! conxersatss, v.;,,,
Christian on Sunday evening abo6t haf EAST four
sop sas s SSa1ss !. f. cine e M roo is
tons nearly ops8lte the church No t,Ia In ,,
various subjects for some length 81 fSne Al esst5
h h ,o.a re- he knew who il was that bad andersd
Gus, after dnnef, he was standing II the 3oa-sa ~
MeDowells Hotel | think he said there &egr ooe
tive Cadets standing by him, ana sewers! Stan,i
ing before, or spprpRcaing the door. unS he did
| not remember which, asked him 10 let hinNleok u
bis stick and he handed il to him Il tsyv 3ss,,tss
aiier he PAD handed the Cadet9hs sick ma rlack-
burn toushed him on the shouldeF ard li5g ~
wished tolsee him. think he said thee wa4e;l IN
% ne passage above the bar room. sff. Blazkaufn
said he had seen The note be had written "a Ms An
derson and that he was the one he 4eftea n :that
note eapnnater that he advised his s4t,sitAist q,
accompany him to church, and for Ire reas,sn that
pc Was not Of good character, and thai he BLACK
burnt was responsible for hat he sn,i Ms Ism
had done. asked Christian why he did not 3Eoek
HIM downlifhe could lie said he hatlto Aitnds
present and he believed il was precsncsrtsIasair
among the Cadets, and also believed KiaekhusA VAS
armed, for whenh approached he had Ls5r;sht
hand in bis bosom under his coat lie stf1 hk Sid
blackoura that tie would see him sohe otherstti.ne
and said the first time be met him he ntant 10 ai lin
ior , ms authors name, for what he said ahotS his
CHRISTIANS character or to agoiooise fha rsi,sad
10 do SO hewould tell him be had acted raseaiiy:or
mat ne was no gentleman do not rsfAepleg SthSnh
AID that il Mr. blackburn struck him he NoulaSane
him. He tshd that when he met Mr. BIapktrt tn he
would Ike for me with some more of1is friesdssto
DC present so that IT he got into fht swe blight
see fair play. lie said he was afraid ifno psr?on
was presant the Cadets would double in On Esn;-
lie said that he wanted TO ask him abftut Il ta iay
a " came put Of Church but one Of his friend. I'D
yised him not. Mr.. Andrew Moort Nassfhe Eield
who advised him not He said that he believed it
was well that he did not ask him about L. he
had gotten into fight there he would ba.re had tise
whole corps upon him Mr. Compiohss ION was in
the room az the time, and said th.t aie Cadets
fought for one another like dogs lie than told ne
Of difficulty that one ortwo Cadets hadeottss M 4
TO with COW ssiver, who proving ratltf har,2fssr
them they returned 70 The Institute tr whole isrPs
went down and Whipped the COW dr5ver i hink
this is about the substance of the coneersafiolL II
was nearly dark and asked hinlto staIs audssaLe
supper with me which he declined
wv r. NISN--0n Saturday, the l4ti of Jan,ssSg.
about O'clock p NJ, Mr. Christian allhe insf;ty
ROOM and in few moments AIr. Morris cs.ne H.
Mr.. Christian inquired Of me If had heard thatAs
Anderson had declined fulfilling her eiiga.eniehE n
go to Church with him. told him bad got. liz, s.
snen sala 2 Pc mat the sunday eyenin. sc laael
lie said be had written q note in answer ID Missan.
derson aud stated its pnrport He saia tlaal hehas
been induced TO believe that he had hsan slandEre
and requested her to give him the author. He 5aia
he heard nothing about the letter until :ahs:t
evening that short time beiofe Rack enIs
come to the hotel and sent ohis roonlfor him hh9t
he had went down to tile bar-room ard hlackknra
was not there, having gone up street. Ile remssnta
10 the office short time. and then N;alked tAstIi
door, attracted by something There he sew Bt.ciy
burn come down the street, and approaching Sing
tapped him ON the shoulder and asked him TO Sal.
into the passage adjoinnkth bar-roomG ItlackAsrl
then said he had seen his letter TO MissIndei1ok4
and that he tBlackburnl had called tf inprn fia
that be blackburn was her adviser. Wariktian AaS
that he asked Black burnEfor his reasons fsr gi&ns
that advice Blaektu urn answered, from. thf clk<aS
ter which ypu bear in Lexington~ Christian e4is
that he.then asked him who had infoffne9 h44f y
anything detrimental to His character BlatkbhAnS
repfy was that he wasiresponsible He Cfrstixn.
said to BLACKBURN, :" let il pass for the prtsenE&
asked Christian why be did not knock BtackaAr$
down. lie replied that Blackburn could wsfpt4 u
him. and besides that be Blackbnrn) was stauS na
with his hand in the breast Of his coat and thSAhs
felt confident from that fact and his posiou4 tsGhs
was armed. asked him where was his ssek ST.:
said that whilst in the Office some Of t& Caseti
had taken II out Of his hands,. He said hi aif hes
know who it was. lie said there were seferia "a
diets standing about the door, some Of mlhm cdnt
IN With Blackburn. asked Christian fhes besekes
thaashere was concerted plan among tie Eadahts
dissfm him df bis stick and then beat hilf ip tss
absence Of his friends. lie said it looked vefy ftcs
like it. Christian then inquired Of Morris md fay{
self what he should do in such case aDa hifS
that If Miss Anderson had heard ffons a reSiabEl Y
source anything derogatory Of his char,cteri NJ
a gentleman. she could not be blamesE ri.
writing the hdte which she had done. And it Elecsy-
burn had heard from dreaitahle source asiy sssca
thing, he might as the near relative of tlg yelng
lady be excused for giving the advice bat Il jeai,
to Mr. Christian and himself he would be ce1npeeS
to give his caluinniator ] suggested thaf ispS,
should be written asking Mr.. Baekburnfog the iif-
formation Mr. Ghrstiai asked Mr. Norris Eng lfs 4
sefto write and deliver 1t. Mr. Morris -rairedsfs,
his room and prepared the note. IL Il
j asked MI Christian If he understood ~ Es3si.-
burns remark that he tBlaekburn) was ses,oDsthte
for telling MissAnderson oE responsible for ILL shr
ITSELF He replied that be was uncertain-listks f1
not know which After Clristianleft my redsn iwkst
into Morriss reon,an after he had prepared pSA
told him Ithouehtit apfoper one. We tleB went q
nv room Christian shortly afterwards caifs III, all
iaonired if The note had been written and sol Ma
that ii was living on Mr. MorTis's table luweats "a
and read the note oyer, and when he s.etsTftyI
said that II would do, and asked as ~ laKyy
Il 70 Blackburn Morris then remarked s9shrIsti,eI
II Won understand Blackburn to hold himsef respa-
siIe fo the sIander this u not the noteg 4hrBti&n
insisted upon tfe note being carried;thatit aosdHe
hest TO have Blackburnis statements in witty
Morris said the delivery Of such note wSAia Istsa
farce if he fChFistiaDl understood him Bisck su)
"a avow the SANDER and refused to carry iil t4sn
told Christian that be had better 60 to BsseEby&n
and ascertain whether be vas responsible fsrsffe
communication mldeSto Miss Anderson OF siof 5kse
l. SANDER III B should say that he was rszpcn
~ for making the communication to his coEains fs;n
/ be .sonid be inhoDor bound 70 give up the nalsaf
.,,e aufho- IfBackbuTn ahoud say that he sFasise-
gnonsile for DIE calHmng itself Mr. aIorriz siiiss:
III tls.f ha Chrissian9 would hare but twoT1r:e3ss
IS p,.rse to challenge him or 10 tell him xkas be
,i,e,elt IF him and take The Consequences sdfssd
: tl,sre Il a tiliriy0u must back out and sht dEsf-
i rsls r coward. Mr. ChstiAn responded ansl sai1fa
s,ke,,ld not challenge Blaekhnrn because hs:
hnrn1 could not leave the institute He sasl Sat
t,l smith kept Them 50 close il would be aps5sfsls
srr him Is ret aNay lie said be wond 20 g; Esfk-
burs AK him for an explanation as had aavtssd
1 him ana ii he said he was responsible mrlshe
/ lander Or lis anthossI he. fCnrisfianS tsekld
/ III him Whit he thought Of him III Sat
Il III vas M gentleman. lie said that 81 wdEsld
make no assault upon Blackburn but 1f Ffe:k-
ssarn assaulted him he would defend hfstssf ~ as
pest he .asalit under the circumstances AbaSt &r-
en- o'clock thAlff Saturday, evening left mf s5p& in
company with another gentleman 10 take u Helik.
Nr. Christian vas in Stribhings room, hofE sAalkin-
esarn