Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1859-01-16

AZ ltls our snip went 70 Port Malous a.
here our Yankee tars were athome- one plea
sant morning a party Of US went ashore, an
Joe Latut was among the number Joe wa
dressedin perfect shore-Eoing ne, and aPPeaIe
aEenneman Of consequence. Near TIE MIDI
81 the forenoon a few Of rs entered a cafe,
linking saloon, and the only occupant beside
The keeper was a Spanish ohcer, evidently a
infantry captain. from his dress. We calis
for wine, and had it served on the table next I
the one al which the officer sat, Joe sestin
himself So that his back came against the bac
Of the Spaniard; bur be did not notice when B
sat down how near he would BE-.
Our laugh and Jest ran high. and lust as Jo
had said something unusually funny, be threl
himself back, and thereby hit the Spaniar
with such force as to cause him 70 spill a glas
Of wine upon his bosom. The fellow leapedt
hHi feet, but before Joe could beg pardon fo
the uuinceltolal Uishap. he commenced a stor
q oatns and inveedre, partly IN spanish an
partly in broken English. HIS language va
so abusive that Joe's temper was up II a nj
menr, and instead of begging pardon as be in
TENDED De surveyed the ravlng man from hea
20 foot, and then said:
Go On, sir Your language Is beasufu-
very beautiful for a gentleman"
Ahl vou call me no gentleman, eh 2" sal
The oncer ina towering passion
"E Iwsre going 10 call you, I should cal
sou q g~acEass, calmly and couremPuuously o.
tered Joe.
Aha. ahar7 half er0wlei ths spaniad, roll
ing ts black eve wildly and mlously. wow
bv santa Mana, vol shall answer for that
But VCl-ruu-oue leede cursed pupqyl All
a-ahl Now you shan f-ht q
Joe would have laughed he matter Of, buth
found the captain was determined 10 tight, ant
De ar length resolved % accommodate him
he keeper % the cafe was called 70 one SIDE
and Informed ne that the 0hcsr was Captain
Antonio BlEar. one Of the most notorious duel
ISIS OF the nlace-hat he was always quarrel
some under the influence Of lquoT-snd that
his companions always lef him alone rather
than 70 have a fuss with him.
Not five minutes before you cane in add
H1 tie keeper four Of his fellow-ohcers lcf,
him because De was upe for afuss So you
had better Ee- Vo-r friend away
Ipllled Joe away. and told him al hat had
Iust been told ne bu- be only smiled, and as
sUred me therewss nothing 10 fear. ! felt sure
ar once. from his very manner, that be hadE0us
safe fun Ia his head, and I let hinge /.
Ny uaIle is Joseph Latu, sra citizen o..
the United States, and General Of the Order
of sublime Darkness, said Joe very p0np0us-
r., turning 20 the SPaniarL Your name
Er'
Antonio Bizar, Captain in her most Sacred
Catholic MaIesy's Seventh Regiment Of In.
fauuy- Bu, your Office, sir don't compre.
bend.
On, vou wouldn't know if I was 10 tel
YOU I am simply general Of a body Of ms1
Who have sold themselves 70 the gentleman who
burns sinners ard he1eucs, down there And
Joe pointed most m~ystsu0usly down towards
the d0ur as h. spoke.
The Spaniard smiled a very bitter, sarcastic
sEile. and thereupon Joe took up two larg.
knives that lay on the bar, audtossed them, on
after another down his throat, making severa
--- Hn~aa a. #hnw HnnE Hhni~ naaaara dom
wards The fellow had evidently never seel
anything Of the kind before, for be was as
t8.nfHd.
Vow, sr,8 said Joe, making one OF tEI
more Erimzces. as though he felt the knive
somewhere IN the region OF the diaphragm
@vou VIII wait here while 20 and bring M
pistols, and you shall have satisfaction Wi
y0u waltz
aIean procure pistols. said the Officer. for
getting his sst0nishment and coming back &
LIS anEer-
@IshaH fight with my own If you are
-Esatleuan Y0u viii wait"
Joe turned 10 US and babe US wait for him.
Here here Oh gentlemen, where be N
knives 2 cried the keeper.
"Il pay Won for them when / come back
and he then beckrned for me 10 come out.
did So; De took he knives-one from his bosoE
and the other from his sieeve-and told ne q
keep them until he returned.
i seems that Joe found a boat ready 70 tax
him Of 30 the ship az once, f0Th be was not gon
m0T5 than three quarters Of an hour; when b
came back be Asd w0s1perbly mounted pistol
with him. He loaded them with powder int h
presence Of he Spaniard. and then handin0
hu a BAH, asked hin If he would mark IL, g
that DE would know b. again. The fellow hes
i-stsi az nrst, bur az length he took Il with
mad gesture, and bit il between his teeth
- shall know that be said, @ unless 10
battered against your bones-'
Now select your pIstol,' said Joe.
The nan took them and examined them, bU
he was satisfied they were both alike, and bot
good, ard he told Joe that be had no choice
So our steward put the balls in and ramme
them carefully down
The whole party now adjourned 10 Wid
court back Of the cafe, where twelve pace
were marked Of. and then the combattants too
heir stai0ns. ] trembled for Joe, for ] saI
uo- vel how he would make fun out Of this.
Count" said the spaniard lmpatHently.
4One-two-three -
The captain fired first, and with most DELHI
crate aim Joe fired in tie air. Tnen the lat
ter walked deliberately up TO his Antagonist
and taking a BAN from between his teeth, hand
cd II to him.
You can use that next dme,7 said Joe.
The officer looked first ar Joe's teeth, an
then al the ball. i was surely the one that
L.. Nse. NA. u. .As Nl-aNLr nAA low AE AlA So
has foeman take i from his mouth. He wa
unmis-akably ss-ounded.
Cone, let's load again. said Joe.
san Pablo exclaimed BIzar, " you mus
use some-some-What you call hims-s0m
trick. e. shall load the pistol myself"
-" Do so, said Joe calmly, and as he spok
De coolly handed over his powder flask.
The Spsuiard poured out an extra quaHtit
of powder, and having poured il in the pistoI
.aLmA 60 mnHmnm An HLrr mi tina can
ball in be used before. Meanwhile, Joe ha
been leading his own pistol
One moment uttered Joe, reaching outhi
hand The caps are IN the butt Of your pIs
t5L. Let ne get them
TIE fellow handed over his pistol, bat keF
his eve upon i. Joe opened a little slve
spring a. the end IF the butt, and, true, ther
were some percussion caps there He took ou
two, and having capped his OWL pistol, he toss
Cd il into the air, catching it very adroitlV az
came down, and then handed back the other Q
thy spzuiard- had watched Joe most care
fully. but I saw nothing out Of the way, an
yet he. changed pistols with his foe.
81 Now said BE, I'm put ban in ny ps
tol, and then we viii Be ready"
He slipped something ia that looked like
cartridge, but no one else saw IT,
Now cried The Spaniard, "let's see 20
hold this in your mouth"
Again they took their stations and again the
were ready
"One-wO-hree -
And the spaniard fired first By aim, Joe FIRM
D. the air a. before. And again Joe steppe'
forward and took the sef-ssms ball out Of hi
Hmoutl and handed Il 10 his antagonist Tn
Fellow was completely dambfounded and sEor'
the rest.
Tog no are at me e. gasped the captain.
III IRE al you the next time, said Joe, m
a tone q thunder; thus far Ihave only shown
YOU that powder and bah can have no effect on
me. Twice have you fired AZ me, with a. true
a pistol as was ever made, and both times have
caught your bail between nv teeth. while
have fred in the air. Imsant that YOU should
Live long enough 80 know, that for oace iu vou-
life. Won had seen, If not the cd fellow him
self. (poInting downwaTd,) at least one whc
is In BIS employ. The old gentleman viii Ike
the company OF a spanish Captain Of Infantry
ard III send YOU along. Come, load again.
But the astonished Spaniari did no. seem in.
cIinpd TO d. so. A nan who swallowed cary.
ing knire- az be would s~ardines, and wh,
caught pssol balls between his teeth, was 10
exactly thr man for hm 20 deal with. Will
De was pcndCring upoa what he had seen. J0i
took a hantful Of bullets from his pocket, an,
bean 70 toss them rapidly down his throat
and when these were gone be picked up som.
half dozen good sized stones, and sent then
after The bullets
La.N sauna mana ENAIAAlaEA AH span
lard. while his ewes seemed starting from thei
sockets. what a mani By my soul, 'ts IN
Deviir'
And a. he thus spoke he turned on bis hee
and hurried away from the place. After b
was goae. Joe beckonel for ne TO give him thI
knives. did SO, and then saw hun slip thea
no his coat sleeves. When we returned 10 tn
cafe he approached the keeper.
You want your knives" be said.
But the poor fellow dared not speak Jo
mt BE hard 70 his right ear and pulled out on
I'll ne long knives. Then from his left ear Do
Srew De other. The inn keeper crossed him
ssff IN terror, and sbrank trembling away
Put we finished our wine, and having paid 70
81, turned 10 90.
o Here said Joe, " haven't paid toI tn
use oil the ward vet and a. be spoke be threw
down : piece Of silver on the counter.
moi mol uorr shrieked The poor fellow
O. Don't leave vour money here, dontl'
Joe picked & up, and went away laughing
When we were alone, be explained 10 me ID,
secret Of his pistols. They were a pair he used
IN his legerdemain performances, ana sueh a.
an wizards used 10 perform their lncks o.
catching balls, &c The main barrel q me
pcstol had no connection with The nipple Iof
the cap, but what appeared 70 be a socket toi
the ramro8d, was, III fact, q second barTel-1
be- sure. smaller than the other, but yet aslargs