Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1860-06-06

xsxK sACKsaB lwaDs nuKx
xhe kAzaoua aaea heswean Jaakssn ana
Diekinsoa i gesssaIls kxown, has rar-
sonss gsesas IFS IL "a kexs.aF gives "a
sxeslisns aeosalnk q Ne alzair, Nllh soma
|eirsaSnst tAzoes khak ssa nssE.
Dickinsona ssooaa Hfea 10 eEsas0a az
and Jenkaas.ss kks n#.see sc efx-
Ing tia word. 1aze askalS 0sasIon eun-
sidexed tiae aising Is he w0sd d asslsar Of
great iapoxsaDss, aaa - bad alReady de-
Bsrmsaed hnw be w9nsa sire Il IL the LOT
Fell 10 him. Tbs eigAk paees we're meas
mred 0G, and she raan placed beth we're
perfectly collected. Al kha p0litenass OF
such occasions was skRiesly and elegantly
paFforansd Iadksom was dressed In
loose frock, bsaktonei eaxeaessly ever his
hraask, and Ooaeaaled In s0ane degree the
Eaxtrume siendeFness Of bis Agare. Dick
fnson wHs the yoangex and handsozneE
saan Of the twe- Bat dacksonss tall, erect
kgure, and the skin intensity Of his de-
anenoF, it Is said, give him most saperi-
pe and commanding air. as be stood under
lie tall poplars IL this bright May morn
hg, silansiy awaiting the moment Of
a0om,
care you ready sss said Oyerlon
sfT aa,s ready - said Die sssson.
ssI am ready said Jackson.
The words we're n0 sooner pronounced
shaa 0vsrton. with sudden shoasy cried,
askng hia old country pronunciation,
( sNaEH
| Dickinson raised his pistoF quickly and
Rtma. 0VGEs0a, whe was locking wath
aaxiety and dread as Jackson. saw pan
of ausE tiy from the breast of bis coat, and
sa8 him raise hia arm and place Ii tight
| w across hiR chest. ssHs u surely his. -
| tlweught 0veFt0n, sand in . bad place,
toos but he does not fall" Ereci and
ARA as fate he stood, his teeth elenehed,
raldng his pistol. Ovsrton glanced at
Dikinzou. Amazed al the unwonted
falihrs Of his arra, and appalled, a. the
awful kgare and face before hiH, Dickin-
son bad uneonscioaaly recoiled step or
| two.
ktlreas God p'he faltered, 'shold miss
ed lin ?s'
$Back to the marx, sir % thundsxed
0vsfton, with his hand on his pistol,
Dsckenson recovered his enmp0suge,
| stepped forward TO the peg, and stood
witA eyes 9gersed from his antagonist
All shas was has kha work Of 3 moment,
shEsagh Il reqnirea manY words 70 tell il.
0enerai jackson took deliberate aim
andeunlled tbs trigger. The pistol Meth
CIR Eaapped nor went %. He looked ut
ths xigRer and discovered that ID had
stopged az half cock. he drew Ii back to
It's place, and took aim . second time
He h1d. Diekinsonss face blanched; he
reelai his friends rushed forward,
saugbt him in their aras, and gently laid
hin e. the grass, laaning against the
bush. His kowsers reddened. They
stripssd Oh his clothes. The blood was
gashkg from his side ia torrent. And,
also here Is the ball, not near the wound,
bat above ths opposite hip, just under the
skin. The ball had passed through the
body, below the ribs Such 8 wound
could act be fatal.
OYerton went forward and learned the
condition of the wounded man. Rejoin-
ing his principal, he said, @He won't
want ANYTHING more OF you. General p
and conaaesed hiin from the ground
They had g8asa i hnnsirad yArshs, Uvsrton
walking 0n one sfdSe af Jaekson, the seq
geon on the other, asd neitheg speaking
word, when the surgeon ehseTsed that
one Of J0kkson's shoes was full Of blood.
"Oht i believe p replied Jackson, ''thmt
he has pinied me little Let Us look at
il. Bud say nothing about il there
pointing 70 the house.
He opened his coat. Dickinson's aim
had been pscfegt. He sent the ball preei-
was beating. But fhinness Of his hody and
the loosness Of his coat combined 70 de-
ceive Dickinson; the bali had only bro
ken q rib or two, and raked the brest- bone
Il was a somewhat painful bad-looking
wound, but neither severe nor dangerous,
and he was able TO ride 10 the tavern With
out much Inconvenience.
Unon approaching the house be went up
10 one Oh the negro women who was
charming, and asked her il the butter had
cone. Sha said Ii was lnas eoming. he
asked for sonae batsarmilk. While she
was getting il for him she saw him furti-
vely open his coat and look within is.--
She saw that bis shirt was saturated With
blood, and stood gazing IN black horror as
the sight, dippeT II hand. He caught her
eye, and hastily bustoaad up his eoAs
again. She dipped out quart measuru
full Of butternilk, and gaye Il to him
He drank It Of ct CiTaught then he went
in, took OF his coat, and7had bis wounds
carefully examined and dressed. That
done, he dispatched one Of his retinne 10
Dr.. Collent, 70 inquire respecting tiae
condition Of Dickinson, and to say slsat
surgeon attending hizakeh would be glad
TO contribute his aid towards Mr. Dick
inson's relief. Polite repey was returned
that Mr. Diektnson's case was beyond
surgery. In the course of tbs day, jack
SON sent botkls Of wine To Or. Calisk.
for the use Of the patient.
Bot thsre waa one Qualification which
Jackson could not eTeg undax ssach sss-
cunaStances, grant hiEn. i ysEy old friend
Of 6eneral jaeks0n's writes mae thus:.--
g Although the General had been wounded.
he did not wish Il 70 he knnwn anil be
had left the nsighborhood, and therefore
had concealed & at first from bis own
friends. His reasou for this was. that
a. Dickinson considered himself The
best shos ii the world. and was certain al
killing htm &C the aFst IRE. hs did not
want him 10 hare shs estIsfactioa even Of
knowing tlas he had sOunhgd bin. .ss--P Par
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