The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1862-10-16

When the door was closed >" said he, we
were surrounded by the most profound dark
ness. 1t seemed for some moments to con-
found the senses and be close to my eyes
During the three m inutes allowed before the
battle might begin, my principal aim was to
get away from my antagonist into another
part of the room, without his knowledge.
and to stand there by the wall, until. per-
haps, he should make some movement by
the sound of which could be directed IN
my attack. The crowd outside was as still
as death. l held my breath, and treadInS
so lightly that could not hear my own foot
falls, l sole away to that side Of the room
On which I entered. Whether he had cal
culated that should naturally do so, and
had. therefore, taken the same direction, no.
body can now tell; but no sooner had STOOD
to listen for him, than found he was some
where about mel cou Id ear his breathing.
With the greatest caution and silence.
fastened to another part, expecting every
moment that he would run against me, or
against him. And in this kind of manuver-
ing, sometimes to get away, and sometimes
to approach, if fancied. though why know
not, that an advantage might be gained. the
greater part of the silent half-hour you
speak of was spent.
cat length, having safely reached the
opposite side, 1 stood still, resolved not to
move again, until he either approached.
having, perhaps, found me out, or by some
means or other I could discover his position
in the room. Having now got beyond his
reach, l felt that to be motioDless on my
part would be the wisest step, aud calculated
that his passion and fury would soon lead
him on to the exhibition of less caution.-
Nothing of the kind occurred. and yet the
first ball discharged was mine. A mouse
could have been heard 10 stir: but we were
perfectly lost to each other.
Eventually. whe ther my eyes had be-
come more accommodated to the blackness.
or from whatever cause, but true enough it
is. per ;eived a pair of eyes on the other
side, nearly opposite me. They shone like
those of hyena in the night. l fired in
stantly, and rushed forward. The flash
showed me the colonel crouched down
against the wall, aud must have equally
directed him to me. lie fired as he adj
vanced, but missed. We were almost close
together. The empty pistols were thrown
down, and the knives used. He rushed on
with great ferocity, and tried to grappe
with me, but slipped out of his arms; and
for an instant being quite separated. both
stood still, listening for the place Of the
other. l think he must have heard me, for
he fired a second time. with such effect as
you have all seen. Nothing bu, his knife
now remained. l had a knife and pistol.
We were so close togeth er that he was upon
me almost as soon as the pistol ball. The
latter staggered me little at the moment
but N ct him with the knife, and from that
time we never separated again. Ny object
Was to keep him from closing upon me, un-
til could be as certain as darkness would
permit of using my last ball to al Vantage
In consequences of that retreated in various
ways, both still fighting, sometimes on the
open floor, and sometimes knocking our
selves with violence against the wall
81 was growing faint. l found my
strength failing and then fred my second
pistol. The light instantan eously made,
showed both men redder than the Indian on
the field OF battle. l heard that he stagger-
ed, aud rushed with all my strength upon
him. He still fought little. but suddenly
dropped before me, and more than that do
not know
Such is the tale, as nearly as the writer
can remember. that was related to him
Should it be said that he met with a roman
cist, in that case. his only hope is, that he
may meet with another such every day of
his life; though his firm and well-founded
belief is that all the details are perfectly
true"