The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-08-29
END OF THE SARATOGA TOURNEY.
southern "Enights'' Denounced as
aFarm Hands at Fifty Cents Day"

A correspondent OF the Troy New York;
Times, writing from Saratoga August 18th,
sayS: "Colonel George A. Armes, OF Washing
ton, and Frank Lord, of New York, have Just
escaped having a duel" The writer then
goes on to relate an account of his Interviews
with the parties concerned, from which 1t
appears that Colonel Armes admitted that he
had sent the challenge, and gave an account
of the difficulty. After stating how he came
nv the idea of a tournament, he SAID:
ssI wrote to several Of my friends in the
eonth to come on and ride, aud at once set TO
uSnrk TO get the names for the committee:
Mr.. Lord was absent from town, but one oil
hia friends assured me he would ride, so |
mt him down as one OF my aids. In few
6isys Mr.. Lord returned, and was quite angry
that such use had been made OF his name
without his sanction. de sala IL ,hiuS muS' ,S oS
taken off the programmes, maay OF Which hau
heen prlnted and distributed. made an en-
oagement to 90 the printers next day to have
no more printed with his name on. on ar
irving al the printers we were informed tnat
all the programmes had been strlckeh OIL.
;SThen shall have to publish acard tomorrow
stating that my name has been used In con-
nastion with this tournament without my con-
cent, said Mr.. Lord. He did 80, but took no
notice of It. Then the tournament took place.
Shortly after, reliable word reached me
that Mr.. Lord had insulted me- and my
Southern friends. 1 was toll that he had
remarked, In substance, that | had brought
up q lot of Southern guerlllas to run against
Northern men, and had made common nfty
cent show OF 1t. L Immediately sent a friend
to Mr.. Lord to demand an apology. He said
he Mad intended no Insult. He understood
that had remarked that he had only been
common circus rider In former Gnye, and he
LL.,,-.ht o,,nh raroQrka unppntlpmany Deem.
inc this reply unsatisfactory, sent MIR. Lord
a challenge by my friend, General Thomas,
Giving the challenged party forty-eight hours
20 render an apology or accept my challenge
This was on Friday afternoon. Last evening
General Thomas called upon Mr.. Lord, VINO
sent ma a satisfactory reply, and, by the ad-
vice of friends, concluded to iet the mailer
drop. II he had accepted the challenge
wonld have had him dowE al Glen Mitchell AZ
dsvlight without fail There Is splendid
Mace there upon the rocks Tor o duel.
The correspondent then interviewed Gene
raj Thomas, who only said, "Dnei oe u~"i
All nonsense to talk about sucn lnlHs.
saw Lord, and the affair is settled.
Not satisfied yet, the inquirer hunted up
Mr.. Lord at the breakfast liable, VINO, being
interrogated, said:
81 have received no challenge. If such a
documc,t was sent It was never delivered
one of the ColoDel's friends came 10 me and
hajnr insnlted at something had said. saw
that .he Colonel wanted to gain notorietty,
and 1 did not propose to have him do 80 by
using me. ,o,,,oa o,r oho,-
lenge at all ?" said the correspondent;
s'Most empbatlcally,n replied oiana Mr, Lora a., i
don't believe he dare send cnalisnSe, Ior IL
+. ia State prison offence"
NDid you send bin any apology p u,. ~
> "No. sir,n replied Mr.. Lord; "he brought up
lot of farm hands to run In tournament, NJ;
and made q fifty-cent show OF the afialr. l aia
not want nv name connected with 1t, and tnat
was all there was about IT..