Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-04-28

cessiyely some half-dozen, all of whom
declined. 1t was thought that the size o
the target, and the fact of the Doctor be
ing considered a dead shot, had some
thing to do with their objections. Find
ing that he could kill no one else, hi
concluded to kill himself. Abandoned
to hard drink and low company: and
thus was lost to the world, one of the
most gifted and accomplished young
men | have ever known.
ANOTHER AEFAIR OF HONOR.
Fielding, Lucas, and Joseph Hen
derson, having ran athwaTt each
other in a love matter, devoted a
whole day i'm Arkansas trying to gel
up a fight, while their friends were
even more earnestly engaged in trying
to prevent it, and finally succeeded. Mr..
Lucas is still living, and one of the most
prominent and wealthy citizens of Mis-
sissippi. There were some other duels
Of small importance, which l have in a
measure forgotten, and which it is per-
haps better that all Others should forget.
Besides, l have determined to relate no
circumstance that has occurred within
the past thirty years, hOweveFimpOrtant.
l shall, therefore, after giving a short
sketch of the triple-duel between GhOl-
stOn and Jackson, which happened
several years prior to the n last men
toned, proceed to close my story. This
is one that / should be the most anxious
TO avoid, as il was the consequence of
one of the most disgraeeful fueds that
ever scandalized any community. A
most notOriOusly abandoned woman
having heard that a highly respectable
widowed lady had expressed the opinion
that her negro girl was being harbOred
by this woman, armed herself with q
cOwhide and commenced a brutal as
sault on the lady, i'm the most public part
of the town, and in the presence of
numerous persons. That such AN out
rage should be palliated, much less
justified, by any having the slightest
claim to common sense and decency,
may seem wholly incredible, yet,
nevertheless true, and for which more
than man paid the direful penalty
of his life. But / promised not to go
into the details, nor shall | further do
jackson was the challenging party,
which, not without considerable hesita-
ton, and not until Colonel Hart, his
fatheT-in-law, went to him and told him
that he, (GhOlstOn) or himself, must ae-
cept that challenge, that he consented
to accept. The parties me- ON the Op-
pOsite shore, the fight was witnessed by
large cOncOurse. At the first fire,
which was simultaneous, GhOlstOn
leaped in the air, uttered a piercing
shrek and fell lifeless on the spot, nav
ing been shot through the heart. jack
son was also severely, though not dan
geTOusly wounded. Colonel GhOlstOn
was a Northern man, a New Yorker,
/ believe, had been bred a lawyer,
though | don't think he ever practised.
He was engaged in mercantile pursuits,
being one of the firm Of Bayless, GhOl-
ston d Co. He was a man of respect
able talents, but inOrdinate vanity; his
over anxiety to fill a seat in the Amer
lean Congress led him to seek political
strength in a very improper direction.
TERRIBLE INCIDENT.
On the m~oFningOf the duel hesent word
to his mOther-in-law that he would have
friends home with him TO dinner.
A sumptuous repast was prepared, and
several lady friends present when the
corpse was brought in, and one of the
most heaTtrending scenes ensued ever
witnessed. Captain Jackson was a
Tennessean, born, / believe, in Murray
a lawyer by profession, and Of
more than ordinary talents. He was, i
in some way related to the lady
wrongs he so dreadfully avenged.
| heard of him shortly before the war as
in some part of Missouri, where
be was said to be much esteemed, and
enjoyed a good practice.
l might tell of the cruel Iynchings
and desperate acts performed, mostly
by parties from this shore; l might also
tell of the gangs of hOrse-thieyes and
counterfeiters that infested that region
the days of John A. Murrell to the
expulsion of Joe Able; also the doings
Of the regulators, but | shall not DO scat
present.
l have no apology, Mr.. Editor, to
make for this story, except the Zigzag
manner in which it is gotten up; and
had / character as q writer to lose, 1
certainly re-aTrange n re-write
the whole; as it IS l shall let it pass for
what it is worth. I have, however, one
request to make of my friends ON the
opposite shore, in which / hope the Old
Folks and yourself will join, which is
that they will revive and continue that
odd and once so deservedly popular
name of FOy's Point.
This story, with those that have pre-
ceded it, are respectfully dedicated to
the Old Folks Association of Memphis
by their absent but still devoted friend,
OLD TIMES.