Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1871-06-09


concerned, he would "accept nothing "
These miserable phrases about accepting
the situation" because our rights had been
submitted to the arbitrament of
the sword and lost, were the excu
ses of Ounces and towards. No
one has right to submit the liberties of "a
people to the arbitrament of the sword =
The repre- sentatives of the Southern people
had never been authorized to co anything
of the kind. AS their chief executive. he
had never been 50 authorized, nor did he
ever claim to be. He did not ike to be
understood as advocating resistance. On
the contrary, he counseiled submission to
existing laws He knew very well that ihe
conqueror was too powerful to be success
fully resisted by the South. 1t was me
duty of Georgia, and Of the Other
Southern States, to keep aloof from poll
tics, and to attend TO the development OF
their internal resources. This was all hat
could be done az present. 1t was useless
for the South to attempt to take control-
ling part in the politics of tie country.
A matters row stand such acrion would
only delay the day of de)iverance
He was firmly convinced, and inten
ded to live and die believing that Geor-
gia and her sister Stats would again b0
prosperous, free and sovereign. Unless
this was again the case, the Republic was
failure. But there were great numbers
of freameu III tue North who sympathIz d
with US. They would n=ver submit! to be
deprived of their liberties, snd when they
felt the danger at home they would thu IL
need the ali If tue south, TuGs, by quiet
~ no ding aloof, tie Scu'h cUud become
a political balaoce OF power Oh this pniI-
pent. This d s;labl- result woald be ac-
complished b. waili & IN il t.ey divided
at the Nor'h, AID ten it uld be the
= - - he, -
havii g the Uest candi1.te aHd the best
platform.
In conclusion, Mr. Davis u de fe y hu-
morOus remarks ADO it tue lie Insurance
business. He preferred to disc lsS hat IN
stead of politics. It would afford him
pleasure to insure the life Of ev-ry man
present, and guarantee one hundred years
existence. Asaln expire sing to his audi
ence his heart: cit probation of the de-
moDstraiOp III his honor, MIR. Davis babe
them " good night" and retired amidst
enthusiastic cheering.
From the Memphis Avalanche. May II.
Desperate street Fight at Harrison, mis-
sissippi.
From gentleman who arrived in the
c;ty yesterday morning, an f'Avaianche'
reporter learned the following particni ars
Of shooting Hffray that occurred thurs
day ming at HARRISON, g. small station
On the Miss ssippi and Tenues zee railroad,
III lailahatchie county, Mississippi, be-
tween a young gentleman named Fred
Craig and MIN named Coggeshail, rep
res 9ntative eject from that county to the
| Legislature. The patties bad had n Te1-
sonal difficulty during the dry, Tut had
! been separated befcr5 any blows passed,
although some pretty rough language was
used by both parties. About 5 o'clock in
the evening Mr.. Craig walked up to where
Coggeshall was stending in fioat Of o0c
of the stores and asked for an explanation
COL corning some language " hich he bal
used. Coggeshall Was shading a. this
time with both hands in bis pockets, ard
when young Craig asked him for an xpla
nation be proceeded TO give it by pulling
a couple of DerIi ger pis ols--cOcked, and
one in each beLd-@aich re pointed
directly at Craig's head, who was STAN ling
in three feet of bin. That would have
been explanation enough fer most men
But Craig, instead OF saying that was all
he wanted, struck Coggeshall a violent
blow in the fac, turning him about half
way around. Wheeling back, Coggeshall
pulled the trigger of lis right hand pistol.
but which, fortunately for young Craig,
did not explode the cap, AMI by tne time
he could use his left-han1 pistol, Craig
had drawn his revolver, and both men, |
VINO by this time mad got ten or fifteen |
PAGES apart, fred at the same time
CoggcshalPs ball passing over Craig's |
head, while the latter shot him in the left |
breast, the ball glancing arourd the bone, |
and producing serious flesh wound. A
soon as he was shot, Cogge shall started to
run, and had got off about thirty PAGES
distant when Craig again fred, this time |
striking him IN the calf of his left leg
Turning, Coggeshall fired his remaining
shot from the pistol which would not so |
the first time, and missing Craig, who was
still, be again started off ia b |
run He got away about fifty yards be.
fore Craig fred his third aud last suoG |
which struck him in the lower potion Of
his back. This shot brought him 10 tue |
ground, seeing which Craig pus up his !
revolver and walked off, while u number
of Coggeshalps friends went to his as
sistance and removed him to q neighbar. |
ing drug store. where his wounds were
dressed.
Yesterday morning, although all three |
bullets were still lodged ia his body, |
Coggeshall was reported TO be resting |
easily, and with fair chance Of recovery. |
The difficulty was strictly personal one,
and is very much regretted by all classes
of citizens in Harrison and the surround |
ing country, where both men arc we'll |