The eastern clarion. [volume] (Paulding, Miss.) 1837-1863, 1860-04-25
The Pryor and Potter p,moul,v.

evening says;
Washington has been in a fever of ex-
element and wonder for twentv-four
hours past, over the prospect of a duel he
tween hessrs. Pryor and Porter. We
never saw more intense curiosity nantes
ted than on the oocasion-voung and old
male and female, white and black. all
have talked Tor twenty-four hours only
over this affair.
As far as we are able to learn, none but
the parties to u and the friends they cal
led in know with certainty the details of
what transpired, or upon what precise
terms the matter has ended.
We believe however, that on the re-
ceipt ion the day before yesterday of Mr..
Pryor's note asking him where outside Of
the District OF Columbia he would re-
ceive beiligerent note from him. Mr..
Potter answered no where out of the Dis
trict y oeing as much a violation of the.
law OF MS -Wisconsin-to receive
such . note to such an end out of the Dis
trict IS in il.
Next, that Mr.. Pryor. again writing
from Alexandria, asked whether he would
accept challenge il sent to him in the
District and his second having received
an aihrmatlNe answer, handed to Mr.. Pot
ter's Trend the expected challenge. And
still further. that it was accented. and
that bowie-knives were named as the
weapons, the hght-duel-to come of
in room from which all should he ex-
cluded but the principals. seconds. and
the consulting friends. il being alleged ON
Mr.. Potter's part that he was wholly nm.
acquainted with the use of the usual
weapons Of duclling. Again. that on the
part Of Mr.. Pryor, the knives were ia.
clinsd both on account of the barb,ri.
y Of Their use and the manifest physical
disparity Of the parties.
AL the different accounts of the atTair
thatWe have heard coincide up TO that
point. No we see no reason to doubt their
truth.
Il Is further said on the Avenue and in
House hall, that Mr.. Potter party broke
up the affair at that point.
Another version SAYS that nj that point
Mr. Potter rendered achoice OF shot guns
loaded with buck shot, or rifles at seventy
PAGES; or. again, rifles az fifteen PAGES
al. Of which are alleged 20 have been de-
clmed. Still another version adds 10 that
account that Col. Lander. the second Of
Mt Potter, then offered to take the place
OF Mr.. Potter, and fight Mr.. Pryor with
pistols, aud that that proposition was dc
clired. on the ground that Mr.. Pryor had
20 cause Of quarrel with Col. l.. and
hat there the negotiations terminated.
We, however. caution the reader against
placing eonfidpnce in either Of these YER
sions Of the affair, having no confidence
ourselves in their correctness. The mys-
terry Of is termination can only be fully
cleared up by the appearance Of the us
ual publications from the parties. II is 80
far onlypositivcly known to thspublic that
the parties have had a belligerent CORES
pondeuce that has terminated without a
duel, and without a mutual understand
ing on The part Of those engaged on both
sides Of the affair
Messr. Miles AMI Keitt. Of South Caro-
lima, are said 10 have been the advising
friends Of Mr.. Pryor, and Mr.. Chisman,
Of Virginia his second. Who, besides
Col. =. W. Lander, Of Massachusetts,.
the second Of Mr.. Potter, were consulted
by him, we have not heard.
MYsrEmoUs MUHC.-The mystic music
sometimes heard at the mouth Of the Pas
/ cagoula riger, on a still night, is one Of the
/ wonders Of our coast. II is not confined.
/ however, ~ the Piscacoula river, but has
/ often been heard at other places. At the
mouth Of Bayou Coz d'lnde and other in
/ lets opening into the Gulf along the coast
/ Of our own county, the curious listener.
I lying idly in his boat. with lifted oars.
when every other sound is hushed, may
sometimes hear it, strains coming appar-
entity from beneath the water, like the
soft notes Of distant Eolian harps.
This phenomenon. a. we all know, has
been fruitful source Of legend, romance
and poetry. The traditions that have
been related, in explanation Of it, vary
considerably from each other. One ac-
count Is a story Of individual love and sor-
row. and attributes the mysterious mu-
sic" to an Indian maiden who once plung-
ed into the sea in grief for the loss Of her
lover. Another gives an account Of a
bloody battle between two tribes and the
final extinction Of the few survivors by
driving them into the water-the plain
tive wall Of their lingering spirits keeping
up a perpetual memorial Of the tragical
event Yet another version is that given
by NJ. Gayarre, Of the old Christian mis-
sionary and the revenge Of the mermaid.
We had always supposed that this phe.
nomenon, whatever It's origin might be
natural or supernatural, was peculiar t.
our own coast. ltappears, however, from
an extract given by some Of the English
papers from Sir Emerson Tennent's recent
work on CeyloR. that something very lik,
il is known at Batticaloa, in that island
and is attributed to q rather less poetica
and mysterious origin-that is, TO a parti
cular species Of shellhsh. They are saic
to be heard at night, and most distinct,
when the moon is nearest the full, anC
are described in terms that correspon,
very closely with the accounts given OF TIM
Pascagoula music by those who have hear,
il. But, according 10 the same authority
IL is not only in Ceylon that this subma
rine Is heard Sir Emerson says:
''Soundz somewhat sinlilar are heard un
der water at some places on the western
T coast Of India, especially in the harbor o
Bombay. At Caldera, in Chill. musica
cadences are said 10 issue from the SCI
near the landingplace they are describes
as rising and falling fully four notes, n
sembling the tones OF harp strings, an
mingling like those at Batticaloa, till the
produce a musical discord Of great delics
, cy and sweetness. The animals fror
, which they proceed have not been ident
fed at either place, and the mystery p,
, | mains unsolved whether those at Battica
loa are given brth by fishes or by mo
usks."-Mobile Trib.