, 1870-09-02

been two 'lnels, both ending Immediately
III tlcatL. Two young men in Savannah.
Gror,:'n. merchants, exchanged angry
words One Of shen assumed that lle had
been 'nss'l'ee, ard sent rercmptory clal.
lerEe to the other. The terms OF tl,t.
cln''enge admitted Of no explanation i:
was a I'cre,nrtory demand fur satisfaction.
for supposed injury, aud no satisfaction
Was to be considered Kave The privilege If
be'ns fired at. The challenge was accent
c't The aeeertor may. or may not. hav..
intended to insult his challenger, but lc
was not permitted to sliselaim any s,,c,,
purpose OF net. lie submitted to the COM
inand wLicl, required him to stand at
twelve PAGES, and to he fired ut. aud 10 fire
ut Lis opponent The parties met in the
carl y morning, md shots were exchanged
without injury. The challenger wns tl,.y
asked If he was satisfied. and he promptly
answered NO" by the terms Of the
''code, the challenged party had I: con-
tinuc in the field until one or tho other W.,
disabled, OF until his opponent was .*satis-
led. Three other shots were exchanged.
and neither had been Lit, and still the
challenger answered that he was not .tsot-
'stea. The fifth shot was fired, and tho
cheAtnsed party fell, mort.lly wounded.
He died in few hours,
Tie NEXT case was between two voanc
men in Memphis. Here. too, percmp-
tory challenge Was resor.ed to, AMI hat, the
effect OF cutting OF any explanation which
n'Gos aeuoe1 nos1he meeting 1nneces-
sary. Not only was the challcuce mr.
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,1,,so, rr1,;,,' ,,...a..,, .,'s eoull''n'ea os
.vh,,,o x,.e.a.:1:1' ~ 19 An'e,"s " tne
w.. ana.',, 49, p 1a""9tt t4''n'n
,,rin, ta s,no,.H.na 4' ,..s alls1 Vas pre-
s.,.;. .. i'7ns "'s oe'to.nefa an
.h,,1an,,a =. ,,sS sA 10 teee''e" tne
~, E,,,r,.'1 ,,,..,.u "v"'ss s,'' 'sr'ns:
-. s.l: III thu vi, os na,'dt ~, sy INV irte,. Mr.
win snu Or s.yr a,..s wish hlm TO asraasr
Hs :" sstl!e als.xlst,ts .titIr:cnces In this cas
rnst. Lst j, s,,,iSs tna, .nn az 70 1eiss T. fs
'"mm.s ',,, s;o q A. ~ Go"an. r,ltro.n, at ha
10 Evc n,e the satstac:so. sv. rs ssu9,sn,,n T."
and VII d1 .,ir:: ,t y ~, ~ Az ol ar:ffrs, inri IL
"E. T. FsxEu,s~
The answer to this extraordinary noi..
should have been q refusal; but. unable In
hfnSe thht feeling whirll portion Ut the
people OF the South entertain, he accented,
'he challenge, as follows:
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clyr., am unconscious ii HAVING lone m you A.,
mss SasS Etsrn yon az saus os 'hs
:n,p'o'y terms q yonr note accaT me ifo,a 90, .
tn s,csi1r. Ms fEsen NJ s.s o. .n m.sr
,sp,sss.'s n'r' and will a'rauxc the terms Of his
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viii, .J.,,,1;,, .,,a,.s.1 .e 'ue Pistol
go. - "" ."a' ne was no. The
: was mo1t,n; ,!orn,5su, ~ A t.a1','"
ao,,d ha ,.,,.a, s". -, 'ea ne lett TUG
,r,1 49,. ..E~ss 1o = nls adversary
,os;,s, ,on -. 80, never "a'a aasni
~, IT,, ssa ~" 'n Aa my NE
r1';a ~.
,.,., s ~ u.s.. 4se'''o VI tue t~o latest in
,&a r., =. 49, '''a''afoas relic OF past
~ ~ -. a1e '"o Young men. standing
30 P!''ess''ns' "ti'
4 ue".As 80 s'aslah SUBMISSION to
eoue WHICH Is Fepnlsise to every sense OF
ans' J"e'1ee- 1ne pnhc'ple taas
oo man IS 10 ne condemned without, at lenst.
rearing IN hs o"n defence, cannot be
violated, even IN the case of u spr or
fra't"r. lis justice is recognized a'y all men
III all ciimeR- Yet in these cases We have
the evidence that the code may cut of this
privilege, and TINT man ~ be called Oh:
to meet his death without being permitted
to Know why, or to have his disclaimer of
injury or offence recognized or heard.
Inc s''fslSo,s of these fatalmsetiugs can
ny 'na' thc5 acted in strict accordance
WIN INC laws recognized in the circle Of
"n'ea 'oe'f opponents were members thai
'ues sought md took no advantage That
'e' 1.SAe' 'he'f own lives equally, and
"e,e i'1eo al IN return. All this is true,