Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1869-09-24
!, I y. 9, FRIDAY 1859 a I'd

you from'ths bottom Of my heart. ~ :. al
immediately down The pathway, te the
Valley yoof 'Chsnce caaioo many at gent tiemep, all
friends Of Decatur Rodgers, aid Porter, and
Billion, two dootore, Bailey, Washington and
FTrevitt, Genordl HafpeF And others, friends
/ Or fdlefsss ,bet7!is1 o'l7nas5o Tl' 90 -
There we're ahxi9sy aud NE al
0f "TdGte!y itas !" or. or SDear dear!. { y
fT6e ao6tofs plodeeded to is loosen the h clothes
of tho sufferers and ascertain the nature Of
their wounds, fs, The little green valley at the
breakfast Hour, had become a surgeon 8 hospi. .
tala Ia IT 'wserro represented nearly eli, the
naval viotories, 10 the Republic, MTripoli and
Algiers, Lake, Erie and both oceans; they
held solemn 'cohgfess il this u!nholy amphi7
theatre eacoiiHao ~ a'S1i ''90.d h"' e'' .'.'
Barron vay struck ii bes bs'ihi.sn hip and liab about
|thoogroiu. Decatur had caught tie bal, on
his hip, aud il had glanced Upward into his
abdomen fscvering 'the large blood vessels
there. The Two doctors exchanged glapces
there was no hopo for Decatur; his pulsation
had aiaiost 'ceassd.' .''eafif 9.PH' i''T''"
Now began on nthe ground as they Ia, upon
cloaks spread for them, that dying interview
Of mingled tenderness ard 1rAecoriminnastion
which Writ has compared to the last inter
course Of Hanlet and IaertesV Eacb striving
to clear up his fame, aud provo that this
crime wasa mistake or the work 81 offoiiosauas
enemies Barron certain that his hour, were ,sr
numbered, wished to be at peace With his
enemy that they might enter The court Of
Judgment, friends Decatur was less 'relente-
lug, but he consented to forgive Barron,
though not his adysees.s ia' +" 'a2'NtFE 9NF
1t was alsadder scene than Nelson Deca-
tur's admirct, dying ina cockpit during the
battle, ,or Bayard, toswho he 'had been 'coti:
pared, bleeding on the battlsfeldq 'tncd 9H'
| The carriage came, ,.and they bore Decatur
to it, Bainbridge kissing his cheek. He had
wrested Bainbridge from che dungeons Of the
Moors, 4 Baiubridgo, ,inSretprn, had measured
the. groupd for him tostaiti itswith His biood.
Rodgers took d Decatur,s head uponl9 9his'
SHOULDERS, the. doctor, Ttevitt, seated With
them, and the carriage took its paihfult way
back to the. Getty. q Bainbridgo aud Hambis.
ton hastened, to the navy yard, where1the tug
lay to carry them back to the Columbus, that
ship of discord. At lIalf.past ten O'Clock
Decatur are.entered his elegant mansion, his
wife and household disturbed little breakfast
table with the appalling news, and theytwere
driven to the upper partEof the house, :
Around the eity the evilnews spread Friends
crowded a@asd the door ssdd iinto Il e.; the adae
| ists, dying chamber, He signed his will, rey
fused to have the ball extracted from his
wound, ahd,spoke affectionately Of his wife,
whom he, yet refused to see.b'ExSruoiatings
pains came>toihim. After one of the fsppassms,
ne sad: ni i.- GOO, 900 - ,yicHoo cd 10 r'iag
II II did notothiak it possbleifor'a person u
endure sgsh painas Itfsel.2ai a,uso Of I'd A'
IiY The btowa was aroused, and his doorways
and pavsmsnts crowded They stopped the
at drawing,room at.President Mhnroe's g. ,Un!
complaining, in the midst of anguish to the
last, the ,nncoqnqperable soul of the "Bayard
Of the Seas9 yielded ITSELF up without a, groan
at halfpast ten O'clock in. the night. ,aaase5
NeSts day the little, old. "National Intelli.
gencer"" came out 9Th 3 loaded editorial head
saying that it, would be .faateotation'h to be
silent upon the fact that tho duel had oocurs
red, and that the combstants were mortally
wonnasa:# In i: Chat
Decatur wasl dead, hhdsadded In the erude
eapostrophe of'othat period, dhfourn,5 Colun1:
bja =! for one 81 thy bravvest stars sis set p
Tiree days iafterward, the mailo was robbed
three miles FROM Baltimore, the dfivsrstiedt to
ia tree and shot dead, andathe mail bags picky
|'sa pver iaathe eslpearby.1 tAllthistime
while iDecatar's ebbdy,cwass going from his
resids1ee, lclosel by athsipWhite, House, TO
mKhloraua,''ian oestaterod asiiilt overlooking
13eorgetewp, ,apd ilsIsarronflayin the city,
writhing ippain and diistcniag tothe funeral
drums 4 .Ip Copgress.J ohm Randolph offered
consolattory resolutions, but they wore iobjec.
,tadto. 10 The tone, Of fotheep press, commenting
on the .aps,awas respeetfela both to- the living
aid the dead aaatagopista, but as stsrny dshau.i
ciatorysofs sYths ooden as ouriasewspapers nsw.
a.deys gould bes oiRarrdn, suffered dreadfolly
fSf imapy smeashs. bus reoovefed atalast, and
lived dowpd to,sl86l,e,snsviving a, ohiid!sss
widow, Who wasa represent 0inddS46, to- be-
)'aiiye ia the Georgetown CatbolioA Colleges
l4uo IN haalth and II. ..>vs.