Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1864-05-28
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duel with Dickinson. Dickinson was qnite
. young man, of acknowledged courage, 10
good peeuniary circumstances, and left
lovely and bighly educated wife aid several
small children. Jackson's second In The
duel was General 0verton, who was then
and had always been strong personal aud
political friend. NJ Parioa says
DickinsoI's second won the choice of
position, and Jacksou's the oilice Of giving
the word. The astu'e 0verIon considered
this giving Of the VOID matter of great
impoI tauce, and be had already determine
how he would give il il The lot fell 10 him
The eight PAGES were measured of and the
meu placed. All the poltness OF such an
occasion was very strictly aud elegantly |
| perfol med Jackson was dressed 10 loose
frock coat, bultoned carele>sIy over his |
chest, aud concealins in some degree the |
extreme slenderness Of his figure. d ckn
son was the younger and handsomer of.the |
Two. B1' JacksUnss tall erect figure aud |
tue still intensity of his demeauur, it Is
said. gave him a most superior aud com
manding air, as he stood uader the popIars
on this bright NJ " morning, silently wait
ing the moment OF doom.
| Are you ready. asked 0ver,on
| i am ready. replied Dickiucon.
1 am, said jackson.
These words were 10 sooner pronounced
than Overion, with a sudden shout, cried,
using his old country pronunciation,
Fere
D.ckensou raised bis pistol quietly and
fired. Overton was looking wlth anxiety
and dred at Jackson, saw a pnff of dust
fy from the breast of bis coat, aud saw
him raise his left arm aud place it tightly
across bis chest lie is surely bin. thought
Over o., aud in q had place too ;---but no,
} he does not TALL EJECT and griin as Fate
he stood, his teeth elencbed, raising his ps-
toll Overton glanced at Dickinson. -
Amazed At the snwoIted failure of his sim,
aud apparently appalled, at the awful fig
ure and face before him. Dickinson had un
consciously recoiled a pace or two.
Great God be fsltered, have missed
him @
Back 10 the mark, siri shreked 0ver.
ton, with his hand upon his pistol.
Dickinson recovered his composnre,
stepped forward to the peg, and stood with
! his eyes ayerted from his Antagonist Ali
/, this was the work of moment, though it
, requires many words to tell it.
General jackson took deliberate aim,
! and pulled the trigger. The pistol neither
snapped nor went off He looked at the
, trigger and discovered that it had stopped
at half cock lie drew il back to his
place, and took aim second time. -
!, He freed Dckiuson's face banched
;. lie reeled his friends rushed toward
:. him, caught him in their arms, ana gently
nd him la la.nip,r him
% against bush His trowsess redeemed
# They stripped off bis clofbes The blood
was gushing fl om his side in u torrent
;. And alas ! here is the ball, not uear the
wound, but above the opposite hip, jns'
g under the skin The ball had passed
through the body, below the ribs. Sucl
~ u wound could not but be fatal
: Oyertun went forward and learned The
condition of the wounded man. II joining
n his principal, he said.
A. lie wont want any thing more of you
, General, and conducted him from The
u ground
!, They had gone hundred yards. Over
ar ton walking on Que side OF Jackson, th'
surgeon on the other, and neither speaking
word, when the surgeon observed tha
one of Jackson's ,hoes was full of blood
My God General j ackson, are you hi
- he exclaimed poating 70 The blood.
y. Ou2 | believe, replied Jackson, that h
"a has Lrinked me little. Let's look at il
40 But say nothing about it there. pointing {
r. the house.
~ He opened his coat. Dmkinson's ain
~, ~ bad been perfect. lie had sent the bal
:" precisely where he supposed JaekSon'
r heart was lying, but the thinnesS of hi
ue body aud The loseness of his coat combines
- to deceive ID dickinson. The ball had on
=, broken rib or two, and raked the breas
>, bone. II was q somewhat painful, bs
= looking wouud, bat neither severe or dau
~, gerous, and he was able 10 ride 10 III
~ tavern wiihoat much ineonveaience Upo
- approaching the honse, he went uplo on
-, of The negro women who Was churnlng
=. -, and asked her if the butter had come
-. She said il was just coming.
He asked for some buuermiik. Will
she was getting il for him, she observe
o., him furtiyey open bis coat aud l,ok wnhi
~ it, She saw that his shirt was soake
. with blood, aud she stood gazirg in blau
horror at lhe sight. dipper in la II
caught her eye. hand hastily bul,oncd h
IF coat again
She dipped ont quart measure full
,.o butter milk, aud gave il TO HIM. He dram
:, il of al u draugh', then went in, took q
I'D his coat and had bis wound examined an
III dressed That done, he dispatched one {
m ""' his reiiuue to DR., Csllett TO inquire respe'
e ~ ting he condition OF Dickinson and TO ss
i that The surgeon attending himself would
na glad to contribute his aid toward NJ
'aS 'a Dlckinson's relief. A polite reply was r
w. turned that D,ckinsons case WAS past 81
gerry In the course Of The day Gener
tile Jackson sent botlle of wine to Doct
10 OatIett for the use ,f his patient
But there was one qualification whi
the Jackson could not, even in such creumsla .
ces, grant him. A very old friend Of Ge
Ger eral jackson writes to me thus: "Althoni
M. the General bad been wounded. he did y
desire il should be known until he left I
"a neighborhood. aud had therefore, conce'
I'd u at 6rst fiom his own friends I, q
reason for this, as he ouce stated to me. wa
ssh that as Dickinson considered himself q