New Orleans daily crescent., 1866-11-19


The Munich correspondence of the n. Y Times
says;
When one student believes himself to have been
insulted by another he sends him challenge |
through the hands of a friend, and such is the SEN
sitiyeness OF the German sense OF honor ne care
not decline it, They quarrel much less freely over
matters of love than Americans though they are
not o whit less fond of gazing upon eomely Vir-
gin. The challenger has a right to demand salts
faction with any weapon he chooses, as pistol OF
crooked sabre; but it is exceedingly rarely that
they use anything else than long, narrow,
straight sword, (sohldg3r). Every student IS
bound to give satisfaction not only to those OF his
own university but from others also, to army Off
GERS and those recognized as citizens (pttlSter1,
The challenger has the right to appoint umpire,
while the challenger appoints the surgeon who
shall attend, as well as the time and place. Both
the seconds, the umpire and the surgeon must be
\ on geod terms with each other; either principal
may, if he chooses, exclude all but these four
pefsons from the spectacle, though there are
usually twenty-five or thirty of the sworn friends
present.
The affair usually takes place in close, retired
room in the city, though sometimes in deep
thicket IN the neighborhooa; if the challenger is
fifteen minutes behind time in the city. or thirty IN
the country, he loses hisclamf for satisfaction Inc
4 usual challenge is for twentyfour rounds, which
must be of q certain number of minutes, provided
the parties do not earlier become hors du com
| bat.
Letus look in now upon the room where they
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sorts Of posture are the spectators, upon whose
ine manly faces the pale light casts an uncertain
glow; not one 0fthem, except perhaps the mana
gers and very few others, will be without his
long crooked pipe or his cigaT, which, SO sang
frdid do they regard the proceedings, they do moi
forget to Whit throughout While in the centel
stand the conlbatants, stripped fer the fray. Clio
fious blades these German students are-there &C
Ia pair Of them now before my wIndow--rosy anc
Of a magnificent anatomy, not like our cadayerouS
, martyrs in America, who looked as if they were
afflicted with the pipe-steEn, poor and thin legs ant
arms were swel!ed up like knitting-needes. Tht
principals take ott cost and vest and generally tht
cap put on thick leather apron which covers The
I body as high as half way up the waist and dow
to the Knees, which is closely tied around then
with strings, thick, wide stock around the neck
/ and gauntlets, the right one Of which covers tht
! arinsBo the shoulder.
/ The seconds are equipped and armed in tht
same manner and take their position close behtnt
their principals. When all is ready, the chaiten
i gers second calls out, "Cover the scratch" (dH
ale n1eRSur.) The other one then commands
''Lay out" fBeJt e,telt GuS, and lastly, the frs
i Tone saEs, "Let fy,M flos) which is the sgual 70
. them to begin to play. cannot give all the tech
& nica regulations Of the play practiced fencer
alone would understand them. They are YER
9 rigid, however, as for instance, if either part
I gets forward Of his mark four tmes the unpir
administers to him rebuke, and the fifth time h
. is ruled out. As soon as the challenger ha
Hfeshedi' his sword, be has received .ssatistac
/; tom and the wound in his honor at once heal
So far are tie from regarding these operation
II with loathng that they often have them painte
e and chrono.lithographed, each figure tncudin
q the spectators, with number attached, to which
: below, they append their own signatures. Ihes
pictures are then distributed among their friend
n and admirers, as interesting and honorable CO
q tfcates that they have "seen service"