Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1866-02-05

miles Is 4 thriving and popuions city,
beautifully stocked with "fair women
and brave men," We regret ~ De CONS
PEELED to rtate, that the CITY AFORESAID,
contains The manly form ~ an lndtyAa-
ual of very pugnactous clsposiaion,
kpesgvn among men by the cogn0men OF II
K;erolf-A. 3. Kierolf. This fiery war
r;or from Teuson land, seems TO be one
.of the most fearful men that ever mi
grated from Laivonia or Pomerania. He
muat be dreadful to behold and most
dangerous to attempt to hold The last
man that history records as having been
vanquished by this fierce warrior. 10 Mr..
T. NJ. Thaysr, of the, Evansville Journal
How he performed this feat, the sequel
will inform the reader. The circnm-
stances are heartrending. 1t seems
that while Mr.. Thayer edits the Jour-
nal, IAN Abolition paper" according to
the copperhAad slang, the puissant kie-
rolf Yields the mighty pen for the Con-
rier, published in the same city. In
the latter paper, of recent date, we
End a circumstantial accoant of the
tragedy we are about to relate. In this
account the warlike spirit which ami
mates the brave Kierelf thus speaketh:
In the Evansville yoa-asE OF yesterday morning
an fnfsmoes lying publication was made, sup
posed 10 reflect personally upon myself, and She
Office with which am CONNECTED Not desiring
20 enter into any newspaper controversy by which
the columns OF the coRr5er weuld DO allied with
matter OF @ personai character Of no interest TO
this mass OF our readers, addressed the following
note TO the editor Of the Journal:
Before giving our readers the 'note,"
we desire 70 say that the above explana.
| ton indicated blood. The strong man
from Pomerania had been injured. His
wounded spirit cried for vengsnce,
which nothing but the purple fluid which
coursed its way through the viens and
| arteries of the editor of the Journal
could satisfy.-@We therefore looked with
fear and trembling for the result, for
abolitionists are scarce and we should
regret to lose one. We proceed to the
"note" which the great Teuton addressed
to his opponent, and found it 10 read,
as the lawyers say, in the words and
figures as follows, to-wit:
"CoURIER OFFICE, NASHVILLE. IND,
January 20, 66. J
II. IA. Thayer, Esq., Journal Office:
DEAR Sra / write this 20 ask cf you, AZ tbs
presumed Editor of the Journal, If you are re-
sponslble for, or do indsrse, an article which ar
pearedln your paper this morning, headed Hum
Very Respectfully.
Il AS K1ERoLF."
A. Upon reading the above we could not
Z fail to be satisfied that the end OF Mr..
Thayer's terrestrial existence was ap-
preaching, and that the CORY spectacle
OF a man without head, or at least, a
detested abolitionist With eight or ten
bullet holes in his precious body, would
be exhibited to the quigering people Of
Evansville. 1t seems, however, that Mr..
Thayer knew better than we did, the
character of the conbustible gentleman
who came, at him in snch o. birthstone
and saltpetre style. To this warlike
note he replied in the following very
quiet manner: a
sJouRsAL OFFICE, EvARsyILLEs IMp !
January Co. lR66 j "
A. s. Kisrolf, Esq, Courier 0SFce: 80. 81
I'LL STA: am editor of the Jomraai, and am re.
sponaibe for the editorials which appeared In the
yOarnal Of thisda Very respectfully,
IL ". IN. THAYER.
IT. When we read this we felt perfectly
confident that blood would follow. II
seemed TO MS that there could be no pos
aible chance for escape. and we began
10 contemplate the cad extremity Il
which our contemporary was reduced
when our eyes fell upon the closing por
lion of the card to the public, embra,
cling the above correspondence, which Il
: no follows:
"The several illusions made towards me- or IL
regard TO matters connected with the CoHrie'
Office pronounce base and Infamous iiaR, and
iv.A IA. trFm
contsmptible slandsrsr, #. III. Thayer, EDITOR O
| the evansville Journal, as WANT0N LIAR
t ga 8. KIxROLg.',
The correspondence and quotation,
: above comprise the whole of Mr.. Kie.
rolf q card, and are 10 the regular order
in which they appeared in the Courier
Il was brave Eight and most calamity
won. Wanton liar, paltroon and COW
ard are three of the most fearful weap'
: ons known to modern warfare, and when
hurled from the rude throat" of Kie.
rolf are, as Shakespeare says, "mosi
fearful wild foul" We doubt if there il
} any cataplasm that can sooth the wound
of the Journal man. We fear be ID
past all recovery. The object of Kie.
rolls wrath is, first, IAN infamous
scoundrel;" second, Contemplate
slanderer;" third, q "wanton liar;"
fourth, "poltroon;" fifth, Coward
and, sixthly and lastly, he 10 .F. mr.
: Thayer, Editor Of thu Evansville Jour.
NAL II he ia all that, Mr.. Kieroli
should have cut him into inch
! pieces. But whether he 10 oil that Mr.
SaltpeEre represents him to be, or not
one thing In certain, that Saltpe,re was
not justified in calling him ''wantou
; liar If he had soaked his anger in
the satisfaction Of calling him Q liar
though that would not have been gen.
tlemanly, or graceful, In birthstone, ye,
ii would have been regarded as being
J much more becoming. However, take
this warlike exploit as it 10 recorded
and we see no reason why Birthstone did
not do all he could to bring on drsl,
and all he could, TO escape fighting one.
This conduct exhibited the largest
amount of bravery in the first place,
and she largest amount Of ingennity and
cowardice in the second place, oil Of
! which are very essential to the fiery wa.-
riors of the Kierolf school. Long live
the braggart and name-calling Kierolf.
order Tor the Return or State Grm..
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