Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1859-04-20

in his attention to old kasm, what he
hsd done with il.
Old X I'm went on reading and COM
rnentisg BY turns l forget what the
ineffable trast was. l wouldn't recol-
lect Il ! coald. My equanim,ty vii.
oL..y stand phrase or two that still
lingers in my memory, fixed there py
old kasm's ridiculc. have said some
thing about nv "boson's anguish -
about the passion that was consum-
ing me and, to illustrate it, or to
maxi the line jingle, put in something
about "Egypt's Queen taking the asp
to her bosom"-which, for the sake Of
rhyme or metre, called the venomous
worm-how the COMPOUNDED thing was
brought in / neither knew nor want
to know. When old kasm came to
that, he said he fully appreciated what
the young bard said-he believed it.
He spoke Of venomous uorm.-
Now if he (Kasm) might presume to
give the young gentleman advice, he
would Recommend Swaim's patent
vermifuge. He had no doubt but that
it would effectually cure him of his
malady, his love, and last, but not least,
Of his rhymes-which would be the
happiest passage in his eventful his
tory.
couldn't stand it any longer; l
had bore it to the last point of hui
man endurance. When it came only
to skinning | was there but when he
showered down aquafortis on the raw,
and then seemed disposed to rub it in,
l fed. ",Abii, erupi epasi." The last
thing heard was old Kasm calling
me back, amidst the shouts Of the au-
dience-but no more.
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The next information I received Of
the case was letter that came to me
at Natchez, my new residence, from
Hicks, about month afterwards, tell
ing me that the jury ION which |
should have stated that old Kasm had
got two infidels and four anti-maso ms
had geiven a vrdict for defendant, that
before the court adjourned, Frank
Glendy had got sober, and moved for
new trial, on the ground that the YER
dict was against the evidence, al d
that the plaintiff had not had Justice
by reason of the incompetency Of his
counsel, and the abandonment Of his
cause and that he got new trial, as
we'll he should have done.
DESPERATE FlGHT IN RAILROAD CAR
We learn from passengers who arrived
Yesterday morning from the Cleveland
and Pittsburgh Railroad, that a desperate
and bloody rencontre took place on the
night train, short distance above Wells
vile, in which one man Was shot in tn e
leg aud another beaten 80 badly that he had
to be carried out and medical aid called
It seems that Capt. Moore of this city was
occupyin a seat by himself, when a far
mer, living in the vicinity Of Sloan's Sta
ton. came up and either trod upon or kick
ed his leg. probably unintentionally. Mr..
Moore raised up andmade some offensive
remark, to which the other replied in the
same tone. A cross-firing Of words contin-
ued until the farmer, in answer to some
epitsht, struck Mr.. Moore. when the latter
drew pistol and fired twice at his assail
ant. lodging two balls in his thigh. A,
, this point one or two of the passengers, n
GLIDING the man that was shot, pitched into
Moore and beat him most numerically
mutiating his face and person withou stint
The excitement on the train was the
most Intense during the fight, and the oc
currence was much regretted By the con
ductor in charge. a. well as the officer o.
the railroad company, Who know the affair
to have been as rare as it was unavoidable
Wheeling (Ta.) Inte'ligencer, AprH II