Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1872-06-08
STUDENTS DUEL AT HEIDELBURG.
An American the Champion.

Corcsp ndence Of the Chicago Tribune
The largest corps student that ev-
er appeared at Heidelburg was an
American, who came here an aver
age size man and went away some.
thing wonderful TO behold, and hav-
ing the honor of being the best
drnker, and also the best ducllist
in Heidelburg. SO you see Amen-
ca bears the palm here, as every
where else. II. fought something
like a hundred duels, and never got
defeated in u single contest un-
til nearly the last be fought when he
90 this nose almost cut off; but moth
lug daunted, he stepped up to his
adversary, holding his nose with his
hands, and challenged him to onoth-
cr duel, which was accepted. They
fought, and the indomitable Amer
ican, the hero of q hundred duels,
came out ahead, to the qualification
OF ali his admirlng friends. lie is
considered to have been the great
est man in Heidelburg (Which he
certainly was in size, and his name
will be handed down from genera
to generation, and looked up TO a5
something superior, something i'm
IN MORTAL by the students.
The house which they use for their
duels is situated short dlsta"ce
from the town, and when a duel Is
going on sontinels are placed com
municating from the house to the
town; but this is entirely unnecessa-
ry for although duels are against the
law, yet they are wink"d at by the
authorities; in fact, theH inhabitants
are rather proud Of them than other
wise, and would be very ;orry if they
were put a stop to, The students
who took me to see the duels, and
myself, started at half past ten III
the morning, and walked about hf-
cen minutes. We arrived at the
house, and after introducing NE to
all Of his corps, we sat down by a
table, and talked and drank beer,
and waited for the duel to com
mence.
The duels are so arranged that
there are duels on three days Of lho
week, whether a provocation was
given or not. The way of ii Is this;
| The directors of the durls takes the
names of the corps in regular order
and they are compelled to fight, al.
though they may be the very best
in the friends in the world, or per
haps, even relations, 50 you see that
when fellow goes in'o one of these
corps he is compelled to fight, al
though he may be a very peaceablt
fellow; for, as | said before, they
wont wait for n Iroyocation, bat tigh'
anyway. The swords that they use
are made of very long and ihir
piece Of steel, which bends very cas-
! ily, and is as sharp us a razor, Sc
that the least touch leaves a mark
The students here are cut up hor-
ribly and some OF them are really dis
gushing to look at, their faces are SC
frightfully SCARED.
Last Friday saw four duels'-
Each pair fought for a quarter OF al
hour, unless the doctor declared ont
of them too badly hurt to fight tha
long, when, of course, the opposite
party WAS declared victor. When
student got cut up, the students al
walked up and examined 1t III tb'
most unconcernod manner possible
The director wrote down in his bool
how long cut was, and also hoV
deep it was (tho longer and deepe
it was, the moro the sufferer wa
thought of; and the doctor WASHED
it out and sewed it up, and the du
ell continued, unless the student tha
cot cut was unable to do so, when Ii
was declared to be the loser; anC
the next duel went on in tue sam
manner. All this reminded me yer.
much of barber shop, with the bar
Der was calling out next when HI
chair was empty,