New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-10-22

Jim relates. the trembling duelist took
Iook across at the mOutl, Of his adversary's
nistoI. which he declared looked as large as
!. tlolr barrel, and made him shake with a
new and increased fear.
Both discharged their pistols with the
most reckless disregard of aim. but contrary
to expectation the Northern man hit his an
tagonist and escaped himself. III was just
as well he was shot" observed Jim, ''fOr he
stood "a supper at my house that evening
Which cost 500. but the fellow slipped out
of the city few days after, and never paid
a cent OF it,
Two men named Cuddic and Eslin fell
out about a bale of cotton and resolved to
indulge in the luxury of duel. Jim took
them across Lake POntchartrain, to Ala
hama, and there they fought it out. They
was the most tire-eatinest set o men | ever
did see," observed Jim tone of EN- could
list split hair with rifle ball The other
pinted his pistol worse than ever saw
man pint his pistol aforc. lie looked nhe
the very devil taking aim. Both OF EN-
were bitter as blazes when they came on
the ground, IA thing l never saw a1ore, pc
cause as a gineral thing they come on quiet
as can be- not word spoken by any one,
seconds nor no one. The principals look
serious and do everything silent. Looked
for all the world as Il they was buryln the
N-'NN.
cat n ham sandwich when nobody else
would smell a t,il.ile. But these two men
tell Won about went TO work to Kill or De
killed. Cuddie was killed and buried there
and Eslin carried u ball III his shoulder Tor
three months after"
Wicks and Stiff, from Vichsburg, fought 4
fierce duel with rifles at Mobile. 1hey
b1zed away till their ammunition went U'l';
but on the last single round Stun Killed
Wicks, and the sheriff coming up just then
the parties accompanying the duelists took
TO their carriages and fed, leaving the dying
man alone on the ground Blau was the
greatest shot, except jim himself. IN an
louisiana lie fought over seventy duels
in his time, and was u perfect terror to all
the timd gents at the st. Charles hotei,
where he was chiefly accustomed to go
to SOW the seeds Of his very numerous
quarrels.
At the zenith of his fearful fame as a duel
ist, q ball happened to be given at the st.
Charles, from which the committee OF ar
raugements resolved to exclude Blau and
his wife. The latter was drcadfully incensed.
He wrote the names of all the committee on
slips of paper, put them IN hat, ana swore
the first man drawn should hSht MN OF no.
The lot fell on weak, delicate young man,
named White, who was very soon after mott
fed by Blau to get ready for the Oaks. All
Whites friends were nXiOus for INN to dis
card the challenge, rs it had no legitimate
grounds within tlie code, and that II Blau
threatened to 90 outside of the code to shoot
him at sight. White. weak, slender and IN
experienced as he Was, refused. The duel
took place, and Blau tue renowned hre-eater
and perfect shot, Wa killed at the first dis
charge-..just because he had too much con-
tidenee" replied jim.
A gentleman named DIR. Studdert, who
could hardly see three feet ahead of him,
came to Jim one doy to fix up the arrange
ments for a duel, and ask his opinion as to
what conditions he WAS to impose upon the
man he was about to fight.
make him fight you at three PAGES" said
Jim. Insist upon it; you can't see MIN
nine PAGES away, and it's jest nothin more
than murder to fight the man at the regular
distance"
Unfortunately" said the Doctor, its
! that gave The challenge, and he has the
| choice OF both distance and weapons.
! 1t turned out the Doctor was compelled to
| fight his antagonist with rifles up the Black
! river-the Doctor on one bank and his
| cruelty waggish foe opposite on tie other
| OF course. the DoctA was riddled, and even
| when he fell the brute who had been blazing
| away at him took aim at the soles of his
| shoes and perforated them III SIX places.
''And nearly all in the heels, too, re-
| marked Jim; ''tie puttiest firm | ever saw.
Besides the Oaks there was Pass
| Christian, but that was more patroniz"d In
| early DAYS The Oaks was better sheltered
both from the sun and the sheriff. jim mas
| a multitude OF stories about the duels he
| organized and attended; in fact, his
| "reminiscences are as exhaustlcss as they are
unique and intensely interesting. The bes
of all is the one he tells about the Creole
and the Mexican. The latter, to use {
classic expression, "funked" on the ground
and got so IL terly unnerved and democrat
lied that he refused to fight. The Creole
didn't seem to care whether he fought OF
not, so long AS he could shoot somebody
jim, taking pity on the crumpled up Mexi
| cano, offered to till his place, to which thu
| Creole said he had no objection. They
fought with rifles, out Jim, who can shave
the nap OF a sill, hat, handles his weapon
as quickly as he would tooth pick
| paralyzed the Creole in the wrist before h
had time to pull the trigger. Jnn's stories
would take up forty columns OF this paper
and not having the space to spare, we car
! ONLY recommend those who feel curious t.
drop in at Bob Herzog's and have a tall
with the hero himself.