The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1869-10-27

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hand to his side. Then he fell to
the ground specifies.
The seconds of both were beside
them instantly. Decatur was rails
ed by his friends and moved to
higher ground, near by Barron.
He opened bis eyes directly and
said: 1 am mortally wounded, at
least i believe SO; and j wish /
had fallen in the service of my
country" g,S~ ID "a, S.z ~, Il 500 '
Barron looked up to them all
and said :" Everything has been
conducted in the most honorable
manner. Lam mortally wounded.
Commodore Decatur, ] forgive you
from the bottom Of my heart" " - =
immediately down the pathway
to the Valley OF Chance came
many gentlemen, all friends of
observation-disclosures, and Porter,
and Bolton, two doctors, Bailey
Washington and ,Treyitt, General
Harper and others, friends or
idlers. gsar sit, .-.- -. f.rs-.., - W.,
There were anxious looks and
utterances Of "Tut! tut!" or
"Dear dear ~
The doctors proceede to loosen
the clothes of the sufferers and as
certain the nature of their wounds.
The little green valley at the
breakfast hour had become a sur
geon's hospital. In it were repre-
sented nearly all the naval victo-
ries in the Republic-Tripoli and
Algiers, Lake Erie and both
oceans; they held solemn congress
in this unholy amphithcatre. ...
Barron was struck in the hip
and about the groin. Decatur had
caught the ball on his hip, and it
had glanced upward into his abdo,
men, serering the large blood yes.
sells there. The twD doctors OK.
changed glances there was no
hope for Decatur; his pulsation
had almost ceased. s.-
Now began on tho ground, as
they lay upon. cloaks spread for
them, that dying interview of min
gled tenderness and recrimination
which Writ has compared to the
last intercourse of Hamlet and La.
cries, Each striving to clear up
his fame, and prove that this crime
was q mistake or the work of Off
cious enemies. Barron, certain
that his hours were numbered,
wished to be at peace with his en-
emy that they might enter the
court of judgment, friends. De
catur was less relenting, but he con.
sented to forgive Barron, though
not his advisers. ''..~." ,~.- 20
1t was sadder scene than Mel.
son, Decatur's admirer, dying in a
cockpit dnring the battle of Bay
ard, to whom he had been com
pared, bleeding on the battle.
field. r.. .r - -. ..--...... ...s
The carriage came, and they
bore Decatur to it, Bainbridge
kissing his cheek. uc had wrested
Bainbridge from the dungeons OF
the Moors. cambridge, in return,
had measured the ground for him
to stain it with his blood.
Rodgers took Decatur's head
upon bis shoulders, the doctor Ire
witt, seated with them, and the car
riage took its painful way back to
the city. cambridge and Ham
bleton hastened to the navy yard ,
where the tug lay to carry them
back to Columbus, that ship of
discord. At halfpast ten O'Clock
decatur re.entered his elegant
mansion, his wife was disturb.
ed at the breakfast table with
the appalling news, and they were
driven to the upper part of the
house. Around the City tho evil
news spread. Friends crowded
around the door and into the du-
elist's dying chamber. He signed
his will, refused to have the ball
extracted from his wo,nd, and
spoke affectionately, of his wife,
whom he yet refused to see. Ex-
cruciating pains came to him. AT.
ter one Of the spasms, he said:
81 did not believe it possible for
q person to endure so much pain
as / fee" .>-. .....- . a..
The town was aroused, and his
doorways and pavemel ts crowded.
They stopped the drawingsroom at
President Monroe's. Uncomplain.
ing, in the midst Of anguish to the
last, the unconqucrable soul of the
6 Bayard of the Seas - Welded it.