Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1856-11-09


and the whole force was dispersed. The Guate
maIan allies will never do the enemy any more
service. our obedlent servant,
WILLIAM WALKER.
The Hoax PLAYED Orr ON THE LONDON TINES
1t has bean mentioned in the foreign news that
some mischievous wag in the United States had
hoaxed the London Times with an article giving
an account of several duels on q railroad train at
the South. The article is entitled ''The Narrative
of Scene in the Railway Cars in the State of
Georgia, United States of America" 1t appeared
in the Times of the 10Th ult., and was represented
| as written by "an eyewitness" In its issue of
the next day, the Times devotes leading article
to this singular and almost incredible" narrative,
with the assurance to its readers that its insertion
was delayed for some days, that the editor might
obtain satisfactory vouchers for the writer's res.
pectabiIty sanity and truthfulness; and on these
points the editor of the Times has no doubts.
Now here is the Times own synopsis of the tale
of horrors, which it publishes to the world as a
true story, characteristic of American society, and
of railway travelling in this country:
"The train starts with % passengers, OCCASION
| ally taking up some and putting down some in the
course of journey which begins at five in the az
ternoon and ends at half past three the next morn
| ing. The passengers know about as much of each
other at starting as passengers usually do. Three
get into the train together; another is acquain.
| lance of theirs; two others are frends and there
are two fathers with their sons. In the course OF
ten hours and half in this select community no
larger than is sometimes assembled round pri-
vate dinner party in this metropolis there are five
actual dues with fatal results a sixth duel, which
k,,k Il
death of an intended principal in another duel; a
seventh duel, which there was every reason to be-
lieve had taken place, though the train went on
too soon for the results to trsnspire; eighthly q
murder. OF the two dozen passengers, fifteen are
mentioned as entering more or less into the Drama
twelve took direct part in duels; six were killed,
and three were left on the way fighting. Four of
the duels were fought at convenient spots, the
train stopping for the purpose; one was fought in
the luggage car while the train was in motion: and
the one with uncertain results was fought ct
| regular stopping place. Three of the dead bodies
were left behind; one was carried from tire scene
of the duel and deposited on the luggage; anoth-
er lay where it fell in the luggage car; another was
thrown out on the road side.
| sOf the six killed, two were fathers and two
| soma, one father killed while avenging his son. and
one child killed for lamenting his father.-On the
occasion of the first duel, the train did not stay
out, but the result followed by telegraph At the
second and fourth, the conductor, becoming keen
| in the sport waited, and the survivors remoupted
the train; but in the last instance the conductor
seems to have felt qualm, and he managed to
leave one of the survivors the road, while, with
| the aid of the fireman be boxed up the other to
prevent further slaughter. The time was general
ly night the last affair being at three in the morn
ing, 1t is stated that these are not uncommon in
cidents and that scarce week passes without
some fatal encounter on the road
This suggests, adds the Times, some rather seri-
GUS reflections as to the future of the United
States, for what we have described appears to be
The "normar' state of things The date of the
| narrative is the 28th of August last only six
weeks ago; the Georgia papers are wholly silent as
to the affair; So of COURSE nobody was brought to
Justice Iadeed the conductor of the train, simply
for his own comfort had adroitly managed to leave
the murdered par ercelencs behind on the road.
But the idea of law or investigation seems TO be
the last to disturb their thoughts.
| DEATH OF MAJ MARCUS b. WINCHESTER. is
our painful duty to announce the death OF tbs old
and prominent citizen, who expired his resd .nce
Sunday evening last, I'd inst, Of paralysis
Mai. MARCUS B. WINCHESTER was born at Cairo,
| Sumner county, Tenn, about the year 1871. He
was aid de camp to Gen. james Winchester. his
father in the war of 1912, who was appointed
Brigadier General by MIR. Madison, in the North
western army. He was stationed at the river
Raisin and was taken prisoner in the battle of
Frenchtown on the 22d of January, 1913, was
carried to Quebec and exchanged, when his father
resigned AMI returned to his home in Tennessee
Soon afterwards, Maj Winchester entered upon
the study of the law at Mas vlle but resolving to
change his pursuit, he took up his abode on The 4h
Chickssaw Bluff now the seat of this city, in 1915
where he entered into mercantile pursuits in part
nership with the late A. B. Carr He was an.
pointed Post Master of Memphis in 1922, which
post he filed to the satisfaction of the Government
and this community up to the year 1848, when he
was removed by General Taylor on political
grounds.
He was the first Mayor of the city of Memphis.
and represented the county of Shelby in the Lee
gislature of Tennessee in 1851. Major Winches-
ter was, at the time of his death, the Oldest in
| hsbitant of Shelby county, white or black.
He was charitable to fault, of warm and
| sympathizing heart, chivalrous bearing and strict
integrity and died leaving not an enemy behind.
| He was in the Democratic procession last Tuesday,
and was stricken with paralysis the same evening
| He may thus be said to have died with his har-
| ness on"
His warm greeting and genial compsnionship
will long leave void in the midst of his circle Of
| friends.--lfempbis Appeal.
REMARKABLE FAMLY.--A paper in Birmingham
| (Ct) publishes the following:
"Residing within stones throw of our Office is
an old lady, Mrs Poll Besman, history of whose
family presents the most striking instance of pro-
| longed life that we ever knew or heard Of Sheis
now in the ninety-second year of her age. The
decease of her partner, Tracey BeamaD, occurred
| but short time since. He was two years her
senior and they had lived together in the same
farm house sixty-nine years. They had a family
of nine children, the eldest of whom is now sew
enty-tnree, and was married when she was four
teen. OF the grandchildren there are now forty
| nine, the Oldest of whom is aged ffty.six. There
are also one hundred and ffty-six grest-grandchil-
dren and eighteen great grandchildren.
few are dead, but the family seems blessed with an
iron constitution, and most of them are yet living
and we'll We doubt if there is another case in