Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1869-10-22


| Decatur strsightened up moment, pinch
ed his lips, dropped his pistol, and the col
Z or went cut OF MS face. Hs drew his right
hand to his side. Then be II 10 the grOund
speechless.
The secOnds Of both we're beside them in-
stantly. Decatur was raised By his friends
and moved to higher ground, near by Bar
/ ron
/ Ii opened hia eyes directly aud sail
am mortally wounded, at least I be-
Z lieve 50 and | wish had fallen in the SER
vice Of my county,"
! Barron looked up 10 them all and said
/ E'erytkfng has been conducted in the
most honorahle manner. / am mortally
wounded. Commodure Decatur, I forgive
I yoi IRON the bottom Of my heart. "
Immediately down the pathway to the
/ Valley Of Chance came many gentlemen,
all trienfs OF Dscatur-R drers. and Por.
ter, aud Bolton, two ductors, Bailey wash
ing on and Frevif, General Harper and 9TH
ers, friends or idlers.
There were anxious looks and utterances
Il Tut tut 20 OF 81 Dear dear 20
The doctors proceeded to Loosen the
cl1thes OF the suferes and ascertain the ma
ture OF their wounds. The little green VAL
ley at the breakfast hour had become
surgeons hospital. In il we're represent ed
nearly all the naval victories in TIE Rspub-
nc -Tripoli and Algiers, Lake Eie and
both oceans (; they held solemn congress in
Ills unholy am, ;,hitheatre.
I B-rron was struck in the hip aud about
the grOin. Decatur had caught the ball on
nis hip, aud it had gancsd upward into IS
abdomen, severing the large blood ves-, Is
there. The two doctors exch lnged glances ;
there was no hope for Decatur his pulsatiun
hsd almost ceased
Nov began on the ground, as they Law
I upon ci0aks spread fOI them, thar diving
Interview % mingled Tenderness and r..
crimiaaton, which Writ has compared Ia
the last intercourse OF Hamlet and Ltsrt.s
Eaeh striving to clear up bis fame, and
prove that this crime was a mistaks or tAe
w0rE OF otdcious enemies. Blrr1u, certain
that bis hours were numbered, wished to be
At peace Win his enemy. that they might
enter the court OF Judgement, lends
Decatur was less relentng but he consent
ID 20 forgive Blrron, though no. his aiViser -.
I lt was a saddrr scene IN An n is ~, Deca
tnr's admircr, dy Gg a a c,ck ,ii. ddrinr the
battle, or B.yar'i, to whom be had been
/ CONF q ed, bleeding IN the battle feld.
I The carriage came, and they bore ca
tur 70 IL, Btinnridga kissing his cheek H.
/ had wrested Biinbridge from the Dungeons
Of the Moors. B Iiubridge, in return, had
measured the grOuud fJr HIN to sia.n il
with his blool.
/ R dgsfs took Eecatur's head upon his
shoulders the doctor, Travitf, Seated with
them, and the carriSge took its D sinful way
back to che city. Bainbridge and Eambls-
ton hasteued to the Navy yard, where the
tug lay 10 carry than back to the Colu n
bus, that ship of discOrd. At half past ten
O'CLOCK Decatur re-entered his elegant m n
sio hi. wife and household dis urb d at tn
hr r-aiyiAst tanls WITH the aPpaaiii1g' news,
nd they were driven TO the upper part of
the house. Around the ty the evil news
-pr-ad. Ffiends crowded around the G,or
aud into the dueiist's dying chamber He
sigu-d his will, refused to have the hall ex
tracted from bis wound, aad spoke affection
.tsly of his gif,,, whom he yet refused q
zee. Excruci ting pains came to him
After Que Of tie sp isms, be said
DO not believe il poss.bls for 4 persOI
70 endure 80 much pain as I feel"
The town was aroused, And his door Eay
saa pavements crogd-d. They goppe,
the drawirg roum at President Monroe
UnGomplsin ng, in the midst Of anguish &
the last, the u1cnuqu -rIbls soul Of n
B.yard OF the Sea yielded itself a
Sithuu. a groan at haif-past ten u O'cl0uk i
the night.
Tn, n x day the little oil National II
tea qsacer came out Out with a leaded sdi
tornsl head, sayin thai it would bs atfsc
, tati0n" u he silent upon the fact that th
luel h al occurred, and that the cnmbatani
we're mortally Soundsd. Ia Postscript
il related that Decatur was dead, and adie
in the crude apostrophs Of that periOt
Mourn Columbia for one Of the brghtei
.tGrs set " Three days Afterwards III
mail was robbed three miles from 2 llIimorl
the driver tied to a tree aud shot dead, an
ene mail bags pick ID over in the bushs
near by. All this time while Decatur
: body going from hi s residence, close by th
White House, "kAlorama, an esia ate on
!, nil overlooking Georgetown, and viii
y lrron lay ia the city, writhng in pa
/ aud listening to the funeral drums. In Co
: grsss, John Randolph offirsd eonsolator
!. resolutions, but thsy wrra objected :
|" the tone Of the press, commenting on d
!, duet, was respectful botn 20 the living an
= the dead antag mist, but sternly denuciat
= - ss I" the code," as our Newspapers no.
= a-davs could be. Barron suffered drea
- iul for many months, but recovered
last, and lived 10 1891, surviving, l thin
= d .catur's childless wid0S, was Representa-
IN Ie4gtO be alive n tbs G s0rgetllSn Cath
lie College, ain ill hsaith and povert
I inding 10 the consultation OF religion alu
:, allsvatian OF her sorr0 0Ss," but peful
= securing something rom Congress. arr
- vent to sea az tiu, and had charge Of sew,
/, Al vessels, bat the > a dow Of the duel L
!, . across his his life. People forgot the apio
\, Cor IL IN the catastruphv Vt it. 4 new gems
=. alton uf boys rose up who read % DecAtu
b. valar n learned 10 regard bAria as
- asses Ia. This poor hg,ng victim could
-xplain agEinat a dead man. Tie asked
a. , conrt-martih a on Dscatur's charge aga
- n d, snd MAS e < tu,sfilf ed with mraQre cii
- - fmrufs.
D eafur lies buried hehint st. fefe
i, Q. "a ch Pal sdrl lhia, in a ventrtaie a
~ spurious grsveyard, unter an. eagis- capp
~ eonunent. hi, purtrait Is in Gsorgeto
az Codrge. Il name Is conferred GA IN
t1wns aud Iniits N this country "
y h. lived for 80 has I'd ained-gnr in
egFs OF his count ymen. balrnn ohtAi
satisfliiun ~ title no re. Yet l th
g tn latter was thTougnout the agrie
rtV spirit.