Washington telegraph., 1854-10-11
A Duel in Georgia.

Two or tnfe6 ola newspapers, were seated
nine or ten persons-overseers book keep
ers and small planters As the weather
was intensely hot, the party had cause to be
thirsty and thirsty enough they were, if
one might judge from their incessant pota-
tons of mintjulep, sherry-cobbler, sangaree.
and divers other species of those American
beverages, the names Of which are as singu-
lar as their favor is delicious. The party
had for some time been engaged in a loud
and boisterous political conversation, when
they were suddenly interrupted by
"What are you making all this jaw
about ?''
On hearing this ge'tzema'a1y query. the
assemblage turned their eyes upon the
speaker Of it with a stare of astonishment
and rage which, however, was instantly
converted into an expression Of undisguised
CONSERVATION, as soon as they fully recog-
nised the new conner.
In the doorway stood a man at least six
feet three inches in height, and stout in pro-
portion. His feature were most essentially
Yillainous, and his large grey eyes cleaned
with an expression that was absolutely fend-
ish. Every thing about him had ferocous
aspect, from the d;lapidated white musk-rat
hat that was fercely cooked on one side
of his head, to the clumsy and muddy
shoes that protected his huge feet; while
the butts Of two horse-pistols, peeping out
from the breast of his waistcoat, gave the
finishing touch to the picture. As he star
ed savagely on the company, they forgot ev-
b,,+ 81, 1,I / e.,
Observation-Disclosures Gamble, the bully of
Sodom and Gomorrah
This interesting parsonage lived some ff-
teen miles off, close to the Alabama frontier
The real name of his place of residence
{if it ever had been regularly christened by
the Government Surveyor had long ago
been forgotten; but it was universally known
throughout the district by the appellation
We have just given it. 1t was perfect Al
satia, within the magic limits of which no
sheriff dared show himself Here Gamble
lorded it over eighty or ninety slaves and
here he presided over gang of miscreants
whose doings were the terror of the country
for fifty miles round. Every one of them
had in his day murdered at least one white
man, counting Indians and negroes for no.
thing and their chief had been outlawed a
dozen times, for as many attrocious crimes
AT that very moment there was a price Of
500 dollars on his head. Several attempts
had been made, both by the legal authori-
ties and by private individuals, to take him
dead or live but they had always failed
most signally. On one Of these occasions
he was said to have killed, or mortallv
wounded, five men, sinqle-handed Such
being his character, It was no wonder that
his appearance in Major Lawson's bar
room struck terror into all its occupants
But | am wrong saying aU : for as be look
ed round triumphantly upon the covering
assemblage, there was one man who cast
back on him gaze as naughty as his own.
As this person was, moreover, distinguish
ed by being the only individual present who
could by any stretch of courtesy be called a
gentleman he deserves more particular
mention.
Frederick Stuyvesant Schuyler belonged
to one of the Oldest Dutch families in New
York. His father was wealthy merchant,
who kept a stylish house in Broadway, and
an elegant country-seat on the banks of the
Hudson, AT the age of fifteen he entered
Columbia College, and became in a short
time, great favorite with Professor An
thon, and regular attendant at Bassford's.
So sedulously did he cultivate his classics
and his billiards, that, on taking his degree
at nineteen, he could almost play the p0nY
even, and was considered one of the first
LII,
which elapsed between Schuyler's gradual
ing and attaining his majority, were passed
without much profit to himself or any one
else He was nominally studying for the
law; but, like many young men Of fortune,
only did so that be might have the credit Of
belonging to some profession. That sort Of
life, however, did not last forever
At the period of which we are speaking.
the American commercial world was begin
ming to recover from the great explosion of
1887; or, indeed, we may say that it had
nearly recovered. But during the continu-
ance of of the great panic, Mr.. Schuyler
had in common with hundreds of his broth
er merchants, became bankrupt
He had but one cause of satisfaction-uo
small one, 1t must be confessed, to an honest
man not one creditor lost cent by him.
Having at length wound up his affairs, he
found himself as he would have expressed it
with capital of half-no.hing to begin life
again. He became clerk in house far in
ferior to that of which he had been the head:
his daughters took in needle work and his
son determined to get his living as teacher
Unwilling to remain in his native city, amid
scenes of luxury in which he could no
longer participate, young Schuyler endeav-
ored to obtain tutorship in the SOUTH
Having heard of an excellent one in Ala
ALBANIA, he made instant application for it );
and secured it over several competitors, by
dlnt Of Professor Anthons testimonials