, 1869-04-10

East Tennekseeans, NAs man d1sinc4incd TO dSns
duelA+ md he m7a1ably fought with tho oold-
haooded determination 10 Hi T1rxl OF MAINTAIN
the pre&nEo Of h!s prpHeA :.
Hero spcfe up John BruNnAoH, the polsonS
fighting son:
@aata "he aah, my fssaer wooh never have
ngured IN any hzawi but for the condition Of 90
csety In Tenneasea. He wm m elltos sud =
preacher. They snfd>-
the preacher Won't light, md therefore We
viii diagrace the editor"
They meant to make my father unpopulaz by
subtecttnE him to Insult: he sAw the 1aue and
took up their challenges; this made him the light
ing preacher.
Tue general conversation, after this interruption.
proceeded to tell how frequently Jackson put %
with Insult when It VIZ not eIpedtsns to fight.
For instance, John Williams, second In command
arthc battle Of the Horseshoe rode into Knoxville
one afternoon. He WIS raging Federniist. He
ue esp!td 1acfson hitting at the window Of tho
Lamar House tsttll ssandtng1, reading paper.
"And1ew Jackson, he cried, "you ne cowuru
and d--t sco1ndreL'
Williams was dead shot, and nla pistols were
cooked In their holsters. Jackson rose and
slipped up statrA- THIS piece OF evasion being re-
ported about town and country, jackson lost chas-
meter, and htA friends began to fall away. At this
time the tuelllst, Charles Dickinson, turned up,
having come nli the way nom Maryland to insult
Jackson So Ovestou, Jacksouis friend, told him
he must nght or retire from public life- Then oc-
cated the remarkable duel 50 fully described BY
Nj. Parton, In which both parties were cold
bloodedly resolved to hill Jackson Was torty-dve
years old; Dickinson thirty yearx They role to
the Kentucky tine, practising On the way, and all
the talk between Jackson and Oyerton WAS a to
how Dickinson could be Killed most e1pediently.
In the duel jackson wore y long wrapper. He
bent bis Fp1ne sideNlse with his head straight up,
and received the nfst shot On the left or coucaye
side. It Was aimed at The heart and missed by
few inches, striking the shoulder insteal orerton
had disturbed him BY c1Jing In a Wild ah,.cr
"FAre!' tSeorch for nFe). 30 that Dickinson wls
startled.
"I1hve missed the DID ecountrel7"
"Dack to the Incl" shouted OSerton, With
clicked pistol
Jackson steadied his pistol and took cool aim
Dickinson standing bolt upright before him-and.
after q long and painfu1 interval, he brought hls.
antagonist down mortallJ wounded. OLD jackson
walked on the neld with his boot full Q. blood too
proud to let Dickinson SEQ thai he bad been struck
by him. Then he tainted.
Nlere the East Tennesseans called out: she
Was murderer. lie killed Dickinson, taking all
the chances, dsguiaing his anatomy, playing pos
sum and he1 In heli."
A great unaui1nouA chorus went up among the
EaAt TennesscanS Of.
"fes! Old Jacksonh 4 In hel1 surety
MORE ABoCF TER oFncIa.
Next Saturday Congress 4uita the city, and b.
lleSe It Is well No such suah for ofnces has ever
been sccn In tho history Of tho government Tho
President has been bully-ragged beyond precedent,
and he and al1 hts CahlDet-Boutweu and Cresweu
excepted, old stagcrs-are sick.
The letter wrote you about the Ac0arranan
claim made wide excitement here, knocking hopes
and regulations left md right have hearu that