Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1856-11-12
MISCELLAN A n Y /.
From the London Times.
RAILWAYS and Revoivers in Georgia.


Railways and RevOlvers in Georgia.
TThe London Times has been most gloriously
hoaxed. In its issue of the 10th of October it
publishes the following, with grave editorial
comments upon the awful state OF society IN this
country:l
The following narrative of a scene in the rail-
way cars n the State of Georgia, In the United
States of America, is from an eyewitness:
"We left Macon, Georgia, at o +. NJ. OF the
2Sth of August last, in the train for Augusta,
Georgia. The train was composed OF two cars,
the first for the mail and luggage, with few
seats for smokers, the last for passengers IN this
car there were about 25 PERSONS (the narrator
being one.) of whom three were women. Of
these three Que was an elderly person, travelling
alone; she went through to Augusta, and never
stirred or spoke all the way; OF the other two,
who were well dressed and respectable looking,
one appeared to be near 80 and the other about
90 wears of age. These two came in together,
accompanied by we'll dressed man, apparently
between % and 80; he seated them immediate
" behind me, and took his seat alongside OF me.
From this proximity could not avoid hearing
their conversation, and before the train lett
was made aware OF some anticipated disturbance.
There shortly entered another man of about
the ssue age as the one beside me, who after
noticing and saying few words to the two
female companions, passed on and took his
seat on the opposite side Of the car, two benches
in advance of the one was seated upon. lie
.urned the back of the bench, so that he faced
the two women and their companion. In so do
ing he found himself seated face to face with a
tall. muscular, and hard-yisaged man OF about
So of mien by 40 means repulsive or disagree
able. 1t soon Lecame known to me- by the con :
yersation of the two women, that the man VINO
bad TINS passed on and seated himself was the
person from whom, or with whom they feared
some disturbance Nothing occurred, however,
until some time after our departure, when the
conductor came into the car To call for the tick
cts: in so doing he came first to this man, (or B.
rs will call him. who being addressed By the
conductor. said to him twice in loud voice, so
that all the persons in the car might hear him
srrell those two ladies opposite that have their
tickets in my pocket" which message was de-
livered aloud by the conductor.
The difficulty that existed and the danger OF
some disturbance now became publicly known,
and attracted the attention OF Bs cis-aris, OF Z,
who questioning Is learned from him, as did ev-
erv one IN the cars who chose to listen, that he
had had 4 quarrel with the man who had intro
Juced the two women, (or Az Then he related
that hs was Frenchman, 8 barber and hair
dresser, keeping shop III Macon, &c. From his
conversation and the conversation OF the two
women behind me, gathered that both A and
b had been meeting the younger woman at balls
and parties, and had been paying attention to
her. The rest is the common story OF Irritation.
the consequences of which are shown in this
narrative to have been terrible. a had been re-
ceived and encouraged by the young woman,
but had been snpplanted by b, owing, As she
confessed to her companion, to the superior at
fractions OF bag of gold b had shown her and
promised to spend for their qualification; 50
that this pleasure trip, which had been hrst pro-
posed by 4, .as accepted from b, and A getting
10 know of it determined to mar it.
How he succeeded will be shown in the Sc
mel B having explained to 9 and to every
one in the car the cause of his quarrel with A,
Q .,ked him if he intended to fight A, for, if so,
hs ought to send A challenge. said this had
already been done, and that had B's challenge
in his pocket, but had not answered it. A, be-
inr then questioned BY c. answered that he re-
fused the challenge, because Is. had chosen
swords, weapon with which he was wholly
He was ready to fight Is, and
consented that G should settle the terms with
anv other weapons; then followed discussion
about weapons, and finally G arranged the affair,
so that they both agreed to fight with guns
loaded with ball. and, having ascertained that
there were two guns in the cars, proposed
that they should fight it out at once. for that he
would get the conductor to stop for them at
place. To this proposition neither
If them would listen. and would only agree to
FIGHT after their arrival next morning. Here the
matter rested. All this was carried on in q loud
voice.
The arrangement of this duel caused an ami
mated converse ton among three or four groups
about dueli6g and celebrated duels, and no OH
er conversation was carried on in the car. AT
length, attracted by the high tone of voice, |
heard one Of the disputants, a white-headed
man, past sixty, at least, but hale looking, ac-
cuse his opponent of ignorance of dueling and
duels, and declare his belief that the other never
saw duel, ard would be afraid to face man.
Upon this the other, u respectable looking man,
of about forty-tive rose up, and challenged the
old man to follow him ont Of the car. Then the
old man, telling his son, q fine little boy about
six wears old, TO wait till he came back followed
the other into the smoking car, when, after ar
ranging the prelimnaries, and making some
written dispositions that occupied quarter OF
an hour or so, the cars were stopped, and after
they had descended with their witnesses, the
cars moved on again, leaving them behind. We
learnt on tho way, by telegraph, that the old
man was killed. After this interlude, Z return
to his proposition for the immediate settlement
of the affair between A and B, and set before
them the proceeding of the two who had gone
out as the proper way to act; but, being refused,
he treated b contemptuously, and bore so hard
upon him that quarrellsd with him, and final
ly challenged him, and his challenge was imlne-
diately taken up by G.
The conversation did not flag for those Incl
dents, but was continued as loud and animated
as ever on the Same subject: and at last another
challenge was given in the cars, but here the
challenged refused unless the challenger could
give satisfaction as to his responsibility; where
npou the challenger declared that if the other