New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-06-14

manifestation Of anger or emotion His face II istrae,
became somewhat ale-hs lip quiyered an instant,
and then settled into expression rigid as mouth
Of irons and his wild black ere It may be- shot Few
more beams Of penetrating fire but he did not mnt
ter curses He muttered not whisper Of menace, he
dla not eond9e @ Or eyer WIN h aiefsd s
fourteen inches in the blade, from Eit to point and
started for the village.
He came within sight Of his enemy, then prone.
nading the public square and boasttng q his villain.
GUS achievement. At this vision, Myers Lip cuEled
into g. horrid smile, and his dark eye melted in
stream Of tears He approached till he ssssa nearly
touching the half-breed, and then said In horrid
whisper:
!. Wretch, be quick draw, for BY St. Paul, ons IF
US must die W 95
And he waited Till the other should be ready for
the strife on equal terms. He did not have to wait
long, for Jack, understanding that cold glittering,
snaky smile. and those hot gushing tears, the
tain tokens of murderous madness, Immediately IN
sheathed at the same moment with his adversary,
and they began the dreadful combat which was soon
decided. Myers parred three furious blows Of the
hateful halsbreed and then, grasping his foes cloth
ing with his left hand, with his other plunged the
knife up to the hilt in his heart. The Cherokee fell
i and expired without groan.
And now the inward and terrible passions Of Myers
found vent in appalling explosions His curses were
lrGhtful To hear-he spurned his fallen enemy with
ny ioef. and wished aloud he had hundred lives %
tnat Ae might enjoy the pleasure himself Of killing
nlIa hundred times over His wrath then changed
Green and tore out his !. soap IocksH by handfuls
He sprang upon Gen Cole aud pulled s nose Till it
was hattened between big all the while that
CORY knife dripping with blood in bis right hand.
His enemies wereso taken hy surprise
stupifed, that for short space they seemed utterly
! incapable of voluntary motion Az
Tie coward had suddenly become tie braYest Of the
brave The equipoise of5opposts feeling was des-
troyed forever; the sheer power Of pure viii had con
quered physical fear. Does any one doubt Sour
strange storv2 Let him address letter of INQUIRY
to Hon. G. W. Peachel Of Van Buren, late Judge of
the Supreme Court of Arkansas, and the fullest
frTnation can be obtained.
EOn the same evening, Gen. Cole called special
counsel of his friends to consult on the course he
should pursue. There was but one opinon-t that as
he had been insulted by direct and gross public IN
dignity, he must call his foe to the field Of honor.
Accordingly on the following day, challenga vas
dispatched, which Myers promptly accepted, and
fixe the time at noon of the same day-the weapons
be double barreed shot guns-disance ten PAGES. to
The parties met Oh the sand beach, under the bank
of the river, above the village, and hundreds collected
to witness the issue. The mortal beligerents were
placed in position by their seconds, and the death
dealing guns-enormous double barres-rested with
dark, yawning muzzles on the sand in their hands.
The spectators were much astonished at the strong
contrast exhibited by their appearance. Gen. Cole
was an old, experienced duelst, who had shot his
man before he was eighteen, aud had often been en-
q gagged in affairs of the kind. 6458
q On the contrary, Myers was unacquainted with
firearms, and had always hitherto been deemed an
unmitigated poltroon. And yet singular to record,
the dnelIst was nervous and agtated almost trenl-
bling, while the reputed coward was calm, r steady
as a rock, with that appalling smile on his curIed
lip, and few scattered teardrops cleaning in the
sun, on his cheek! ss
& Gen. Coles second gave the word. Fire-o -one-tWo
three! He need not, however, have counted so
many, for with the echo Of the sound fire, Myersel-
evated his piece quick thought and touched the
trigger. There was a tremendous roar and General
Cole, the duelst. fell dead. His head was pierced
V with twenty buck-shot. 8 3s5#a $888s f58sg
~ No one ever again called Myers coward in Arkan
sas-no one even thought Of the term is his shadow
glanced by the sunlight. He had taken his degrees
in the college of desperation, and his diploma wa
written in blood 8@ #5 55 s8S3
He became politician Of great notorety leader
in that section Of the State repeatedly elected
to the Legislature, where he acquired distinction By
his talents, but still more by his fearless daring
having recently obtained the commission Of Major
General of the militia. We may expect before long
a, to see his name in the roll Of Members Of Congress
10 10 Nature made him coward love for his insuIted
wife rendered him braye and bravery has conferred
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