The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1861-03-30

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native State-South Carolina. lie wrote
articles for the county paper, and made
enemies One Of them challenged him.
They fought, and Wigfall winged his man.
, Another took UP the cudgel, and was
winged also. The leading men of the
county notified the young stranger that he
did not suit their temper, and must go
Wigfall replied that he preferred TO stay
VIII shoot regiment of you, he said,
"but | won't 20" He shot eight altogc-
thcr. i believe, including the brother of
the late Preston S Brooks, who shot him
too; the two belligerents lay seven or
eight weeks side by side, on their beds, in
a tavern on an island in the Savanna II
yer. The end of the war was that Brooks
died, and Wigfall, notwithstanding his bra
vado left the State, and migrated TO Texas.
His reply to Wilkinson and Chandler
abused Gov. Floyd as common thief and
sooundrel Wigfall twitted him with of
fering insults for which he would not re-
sponl in the field. :" will make a bar
gain with the Senator" he said. "If he
will write letter to Gov. Floyd saying,
Gov. Floyd, you are a scoundrel, and am
gentleman, Hezikiah' '-no, l mean 'Je-
remiah'-no, beg pardon, 'Zechariah
Chandler l will covenant that Governor
fIoyds friends will pay the whole amount
which he is accused of stealing from the
United States treasury" The northern
trains had just arrived, and the gallery
was full of northern spectators. Waving
his hand gracefully to them, Wigfall con
I tinued :" The difficulty between you and
US, gentlemen, is, that you will not send
the right sort of people here. Why Will
you not send either Christians or gentle
men? Either people who will not insult
us with their gross words, or people who
viii admit their personal responsibility for
their language?
CRITTENDEX's sPEEcH.
An hour or more after midnight tie Sc
nate adjourned TO meet OH Sunday even
ing When it met, Senator Cr.itenden
had the floor, and delivered three hours
speech in favor Of compromise Senator
Crittenden viii 90 down TO po5tcrity as a
good man. He Is pure, honest, and patri-
otic lie has served MS country many
years with credit His weak point IS in
the back bone When Lincoln was elect
ed, CrttenJeu was FOR unconditional sub
mission, like good citizen. Bat Dseckin-
ridge and others fell upon the old man,
and beEuiled him 10 father the resolutions
which thcy had contrived. In an evil mo
Inent he yielded, and has ever since re
pented the act in sackc!oth and ashes
The scccsslOuists had 10 sit up with him at
night 10 prevent iiS deLOUucin- the
" CTttcIden ComplCmise; and, in fact. /.
when the vote was taken. on Sunday. nc /,
voted against It. His speech was patriot F
ic, but it ;Tas very long senators on both .
sides lstcaod with respectful! attention;
bat for Ill practical purposes the speech /.
might a well have not been delivered
rsr-.rts AID , BREAD T..Er
Whcl lie ended. fl,lu-tcriu- was re
newcd, Senator Ias5G declared that the
resolution was D'l'st0, sort of bread /
pill, such a. doctors give % patients who /
are imaginary iuyalIIs. Senator Douglas (
instantly Iotosted that the South was In .
Tact ara imaginary invalid, aud needed
precisely aucA a bread pill Ii was dan /
ge:ous ground; The Republicans lasteU- 4
cd 10 take act OF ;lc admission o; tie /
Senator from Illinois. and he was forced /
"a Qualify il by adding ,hat in Lis opinion, !
some RepnDucans al reaIIy propose 10 IN :
tcriere with slavery in the States This /
riding of two horses. you see, has it. in. /
conyenienccs But Douglas has so much .
pluck that fall doesn't hurt him.
ALTERATION BETWEEN DoUGGas AND MASON.
An alteration between him and Mason .
arose. Douglas delared that he had over
heaih = conversation between Mason and |
Pugh ou the subject of the defeat OF the |
resolution by indireci!on Mason sueered /
at people who repeated to the Senat- I
"scras of private conversation which /
they overheard, and wound up in his in /
imitable insoient manner with the adace
De glStJns, etc Douglas fiercely retorted
that he permitted no Senator TO accuse
him of unpar.iameItary behavior. Mason
took two steps hastily forward, and for an
instant the prospect looked warlike. But
stopping midmay, after pause Of some
moments, the naughty Senator from Vir-
gnia condescended to utter 4 halfapo!ogy. |
lie was backed down"
MASON : MANNERS
Let me take this opportunity of saying
that with all his faults, Senator Mason IS, /
perhaps the nearest approach. in the pre- /