The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1872-04-27
An Affair of Honor.

:. writer in the Ciyurc hnr -,a,ed
that with their new bc:urrcd jackets
their vermili"n kcpis, urd their red
trousers, The officers of the French staff
resemble the Suudan g"',e. II red legged
bird. with ruff aud u criuisuu bill
Capt Spadasse, of the staff. has taken
offence ut this comparison, aud vi Tar.
tine, who, loving the army, would at
any other moment have rendered an
apology, has FROM the simple fact of
filling the cdituriul chair for d.y. aud
being out of temper during his nurc
of office. in,lorsed his br"lher journalist .
libel and declared himself personally
responsible. Acc c,rdingly Capt, Spud.ssc
and Nj Tartine, are going To try and
run each other through with tuils at
hall past eight cclork in the morning in
the Wood oil Finccun,s. This is what
in civilized countries is termed IAN
f.ir Ut honor
NJ. Tartinc's two friends are NJ
Plumeau and dc Linea, both Of The
ftyarc Capt. Spadasse'-, Lieut.. dc
Pirrrafeu and Fiscount de- Caracole,
both Of tho staff. Capt. Spadasse being
the insulted partJ has had the choice Of
Weapons, aud has selected toils, because
he is n good ftnccr; NJ Tartiuc. who is
also good fcncer, as every Purisian
Journalist need be, is rejoiced at thi,
selection. The prospect of the duel has
caused some excitement ut the Ctgurc
office, not because the duciis any thing
new to that most respected organ, but
because delicate question hus arisen
which the editor alone was quite cumpc.
tent tn solve. aud has solved. The uues.
tion was This: Considering that the
paragraph about the Soudun goose was
not written by VI. Tartine, but by NJ
Hector Soupcuulait, aged twenty-five,
had VI. Tartine any right to take the
glorious consequences of it on his own
shoulders? NJ. Soupeauuit contends
no. lie has never yet fought duel.
and this brush with IN officer of the staff
is just the opportunity he had lorg been
awaiting of getting into public notice
He thinks himself .ll.uscd VI Turtinc.
M the other hand ar ncs that the para
graph having been signed with IL mom
tie plume, and NOT with NJ. Sonpeau'ait's $
real name. the responsibility OF i, tfatcd
with the acting editor; aud that. further,
the duel having resulted much less from
the paragraph itself than from the tone
adopted by NJ. 1a-tinc in answering NJ.
Spndnssc's representations, j; is rnQucs
II nabiy ulo, him thu, tie honur fthe
meeting drtoecs. The editor. viewi".
i.'v ca>e WIN an equal eye, has admitted
NJ. 1nrtiUs'o elaIms 10 be eound, and on
all c"ub.s Dvm nted she plaintiff. This
bas been great gricj 70 VI Buupeaulait
preparatory to IA duel it is the usual
us. ON ui the cumbatunts to speud /,
nw hours with their respective ienciug.
.nasters; NJ Iartine has not disdaincI
The practice, and, though III old hand Ia
this sort OF business, he has listeue,i
VITA his vented Difference to the cuun.
seis about kccl ne ones eye steady, one :
wrist firm, aud ones body we'll thrown
back. Now, then, lunge ~ roars out
lie fencing, master, and VI. Tartiuc
iungcs Yes; iha.'s i.; but make rather
iess play with your elbo@ the mistake
about civilians is that they don believe
enough in the wrist, and tho wr.st 5
every thing" says the i. NJ. Now
then, luuge again." and this time NJ
1urtine makes sueh scientific thrust
that his iOil beuas like half circlc, and
looks us II II were going TO snap. "Guod!
cries the muster, but rather zoo good
ii that thrust were parried you'd be of
sour balance aud not able to cover in
time: Seep' and quick as fash NJ
1artinc's foil is clicked aside, and be.