The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-05-06

Mr.. EDIToR:-lt has been some time
| Slice lihave soen anything from the vii
lage near which ] live, Bigbyyillo
mean. SO will tell you of a little &C.
currance which occurred there few
days since. On the 18th of April, Tues
| day, there was an excitement during the
day that will never he forgotten bv the
inhabitants. 1t seems that Judge IF.
was holding court and there was a suit
between Mr.. Pinneo of the first part and
VIM. kernell of the second part. The
trial went on, both parties proved all
they wanted &c by each other, and after
ward the Judge decided, and kernell had
the costs to pay, and Piuny las
some call himl began to grumble. for
some one had said that it was charging
very high for "buttermilk, and Kerneii
told Pinny if he didn't ike it. it would
take less to do him. Pinny got wrathy
and nervous and commenced swearing.
AS the judge generally does i'm such
case, he told the parties he could not put
up with such conduct, that he, the Judge,
would commit them to Jail if they did
not ''coOl down." The word idH cooted
Kernel dorm, ms he had never tried il
on and he turned pale and begun to auiy-
er and tremble like leaf But Pinny
not being afraid of prisons, as he had
tried it once, went out of the Court room
cursing and swearing and daring Kerr
nell out of the house. Therefore the
judge told Eernell not to be SO dorm
about it, that he was joking, dc. So this
kind of talk made him feel a free man
once more. and telling the Judge if he
didn't make Pinny hush up, that he
could go out and hush him up, for he
felt like old Jackey Gitton's blood was
getting up in him) so about that time
slur 4,
coward. and that was more than he could
stand, after swimming every bayou and
slough between TT. Henry aud Nashville
TO keep from Yankee prison. So he
threw of his coat, sprang about ten feet
towards Pinny and at this, the battle be-
gan. Pinny threw Il stone at Kernel.
and Kernel did likewise, and the fight
waxed very hot, the Judge using all the
energy and eXertion in his feeble body
to get the fight stopped, but allwere afraid
to NEEDLE as it was not their fight any
how, and they might get more than their
share from one of the puSilists. So at
last the Judge appealed to them that he
the Judge had the power to summons
all to assist him in separating two conf
batants who are trying to take each 9TH
er's lives. Mr.. 5. Pitts Perry being a
brOther-in-law and Mr.. John L. Haley
the Judge being Il customer. they came
to his relief and succeeded in arresting
the party. The Judge, with his COM
handing voice ordered tie prisoners to
the Court room, where he proceeded TO
deal out justice to them. ! have not
talked with either of the prisoners as TO
ho~ they came out. But some one in
formed me that Pinnv of the LIST part
said that he was glad of the interference
for he himself had become disabled for
duty; Kerneu had crippled his wrist and
shoulder and-in fact he was ''getting
tired of the nonsense anyway" The
thing of fighting with rocks was not the
thing twas put up to be-" and that "ker
nell had the advantage of him i'm posi-
ton, as the creek was on the other side
and he could not rum As for kernell
of the I'd part, he says he would advise
any one in the fst place who went to
fight duel with rocks mot TO get his
opponent between him and water, for
he will fight till he dies before he will
take water" and The never was more
relieved in all his life than when the
Judge followed out at the top of his
voice, ~ command every man in the
name of the Justice of the Peace and God
to aid in putting q stop TO this dread
full conflict and bloody duel" and saws
he never would have disturbed Pinny,
but he thought he would run, and when
he found Pinny would not run, he had
to stand his ground or run himself, and
that he would never do So he had to
throw rocks until rocks gave out, and he
asked the Judge il Il good run was not
better than a bad stand. So he retreated
about ~ fl. to more suitable place for
rocks, and some of the lockers on told
me ifthe Judge had not interfered. Ker-
nell would have used Pinny up. NOW,
Mr.. EDITOI, YOU may read about Fort
Donaldson" Shiloh, Chickamauga, Bat
tie of Richmond, Battle of Pines, Bull
Run, etc, etc., but l guess from what
have heard ofthis fight, that the above
named fights were small affairs. Hop
ing that Fletcher, stokes, Sam Arnell
and all such men may fail i'm reconstruc-
ting Tennessee. remain, yours truly.
a. t IL JEEMEs.