The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1857-06-18
DUEL EXTRAORDINARY.

duel was fought near this city, Yesterday
!Monduy) morning, which for the singularity Of
Its de,'oaement is. perhaps unparalleled in the
annals Of single combat. a we'll known gentle
man IN this community, whom we shall call Mr.
a., feeling himself aggreved by tile conduct of
an6ther gentleman, whom we shall designate as
Mr. b., sent him challenges which was accen.
ied-weaPons, pistols distance, twelve PAGES
time SIX o'clock i'll the morning. The usual
pre!imlnarIes were settled, and at the word
hre' both pistols exploded. AT the same in
stant B was seen to staggcr. The seconds
rushed up, when it seen that the ball had
struck the outer case of his hunting watch from
which it had glanced at nearly right angle
passing through the lapel Of his coat The
watch was worn in the vest pocket, and was
found 10 be considerably battered, but otherwise
the watch had sustained no injury although it
had gained about three hours in as many min.
utes: The hands. which moment before had
stood ut ~ ornnutes pastsix, now marked half.
past nine -
Hut perhaps the most curious part of our sto-
W is TO come. On looking around to see what
had become of A., the seconds discovered him
leaning owe in the net Of picking up something
rom the ground, and upon approaching nearer,
discovered, to thcir astonisl,ment, that one Of
hls wh'skers' winch he wore unusually large
and heavy, had been shorn completely from his
face, aud that with much precision as though
lt had been accomplished by the most skilfi,I
barber. 1t was thought That some peculiaritv
=. IN the bore of AS pistol had communicated TO
. Inc bali rotary motion, which, combined will,
ITS great velocity, could necessarily pooduce an
effect similar to that caused by SOME sharp cut.
ting instrument The result of the duel 70 far
had been,s 30 utterly singular that 1t precludcd Mi
thonghts OF pushing it to n further and perbons
more DISASTROUS ISSUE The seconds iuterpos.d
and reconciIed their principals, and i'll a coupIe
ofliQurs thereafter the whole party were toa,t
: ing each other i'll acertan fashionable restan.
~rant bsfow Canal street-New Orleans Bee.
time since that Messrs. Regis, of Marsaies. lind
made contract for the transportation of tw entv
thousand African apprentices TO The French col.
onists. We now learn from the Barcelona Fenix
that the first vessel for this traffic has sailed
Srom Marsaiiles. provided with sea pass ports by
both the French aud English governments for
the coast Of Africa. She takes ont a cargo of
trInkets Of small value, which arc to be profit.
ably invested in contracting negroes for ter,
years service and conveying them to Martiu0ue
and Gaudalupe. The Fenix adds that il is SUP.
posed this experiment will be often repeated.
Porto Rico with additional labor. In connec.
tion with this subject we notice that the Leon
Espanol of Madrid, the supposed organ Of Mar.
shal Narvaez, states that tho government has
found the means Of supplying these jslands with
abundant labor, which will soon be put in ope.
ration, yithask infringing the, slave trade treat.
breal up the Old fashionable slave trade.--Baiti.
.. more 4meriea,. - ,,- .., .g,, Z!
80 Jesssytseo ks3assss-~-WS learn, that there
aks twenty tsso priaters among ths ,dslegates
from Memphis TO Charleston, and dat dc ossff
. "suIs" could have been found 10 Memphis, q
P,ists,y O. Bssid g. plaMess - are s,.taed t.