Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1854-03-14


A CooL DuELsr.-A duelist entered the
Cafe Francois, situated on the Boulevard, at the
corner of the Rue l4atitte, and glancng seornful-
" at all present: II should find no one here"
he said, sdisposed to cross swords this morning"
"lou are mistaken, sir" replied a gentleman in
spcctacles; give me your card On the card
was the name of Count do. The gentle
man in spcctacles gave his; he was the Marquis
de-. Count" said the marquis, in tone
of quiet banter, IL never put myself out of my
way; on no account do deviate from my habits:
I'm late; we will not fight, therefore till noon to
morrow" Then he called the waiter, Here"
he said,hnndng him the Counts card, "take these
two thousand francs, go to the undertaker's and
order first class funeral for the gentleman whose
name and title are ON this card; for the day after
tomorrow. The count shall be buried as if he
were marquis This GOODNESS daunted the
ddelst and the affair was arranged.
The town of Quecholac, Mexico has been the
theatre If frightful tragedy. On Sunday, the
10Th of january, Don Juan Jose Arenas gave n
dance, ut which was present large company
from Quechoac and the neighboring villages
All were pleased that they agreed to have a
mother ON the 3lst. At this a still larger compa-
ny assembled and still greater gaiety prevailed.
After - o'clock Mt night the ladies were invited
to go to the supper ROOM and threw aside their
| mantes for the purpose As they were passing
! through passage which led to that room,o of
/ them fell dead from the stroke ola dagger; the
murderer was the master of the house himself,
of the crime PRODUCED he the victim and the sight
! All attempted to seize the criminals but he. arm
ca WIN dagger and six barreled pistol. nlac
ca ms back to the wall and defended himself dos
peratey Among others, he wounded the SON If
the siam lady Suddenly, however, fnding il
mouth and blew out his own brains. It seems
that the lady and he were adversaries in a law
SUIT OF much Importance, and that, on her having
the impradcnee to show herself in her adyersary's
house. he had, IN his rage, committed this crime
On Satur lay last while the train of cars was
at Cleveland depot heading for Columbus a lady
bearing an infant child in her arms. (apparently
hive or six weeks old) entered one of the passen-
ger cars, and going to young lady of some Is
or II years very politely inquired if she would
do her the favor to hold her babe until she could
step out and see To the disposal of her baggage.
The young lady generously complied, and re-
celved the infant in her arms. The mother left
the cars, and has not been seen or heard of since
The young lady also fell heir to a CARPET sack
which had been placed under her charge by the
inhuman mother in which was found note con
tanning request that the child should be treated
with kindness, in which case it might become a
distinguished man. Several offers TO take the
child were made to the young lady, but she re-
fused to give il up unto any but its lawful and
natural mother. She preferred keeping it herself
influenced, perhaps,hy desire to have n child of
her own whether she ever had husband or not.
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