The semi-weekly Republican. (St. Francisville, La.) 1872-1872, 1872-04-05

}, rather forced into It by our friend
. As it was,' one shot only was g,
J, changed. Badger intended to ki
: me, that I knew. I knew it from m
friends and from his SO to rrotec
my own life 7 was determined 4
take his. But he shot at the wore
and his aim was bad. The ball ,1it
not come within several feet of me,
What do you mean by tht
word ?"
" Why, "tl,e wo,,l" is ready--fire
One, two, three" Eadger fired q,
the word fire" [ aimed at his
heart, but when I had received l,is
shot, [ changed my aim from bis
heart to his left arm, Just above the
elbow. I shot between tie words
one and two but in CHANGING,
the aim SO quick I missed his arm
and my ball went between his arm
and h's body. My object in aiming
at his arm was to disable him and
prevent q second shot. But tie Sec
onds inte'posea and arranged that
we should meet in the center OF ihe
ground and shake hands. Well, that
was probably tie best way 10 fix it"
&c II hat was the cai;se Of these
challenges during The past year Col
shall I call YOU, Colonel.
rfoiessol, Doctor or Mr.. Speaker 2"
Call me onytiling you Ike it
makes no difference. Most of tine
challenges were given in consequence
o1 ARTICLES III my paper, the .ANicaa2|
Rtpu1t@on, i'll New Orleans, scarcely
any OF which I wrote. 1T had pot
accepted them, { would have been
'a.ied a coward, and accused OF t,y-
ngg to place the responsibility on nv
EDITORS. Then Z would have bud :,
emu tho challenges, but would TINS {
AVE lost the choice Of arms; and the |
dds which [ thus secure. DO vou ,
go +? Now if the editors get n,c into |
ny more trouble, III whip them,
nd refuse the challenges"
PICTURE OF MARRIOTT S
What do you think of N'.rmotl, {
olonei ." \
ooh, Warmoth is thief, traitor Ii
I'd q Liar. He has stolen hi,aseIf|
lll'ons OF dollars from the ruined. b
ar-rldden people OF Louisiana ne III
serted and betrayed every ii.snd Z
III principle he ever had, aal as for III
llgg--well, he is the most artistic III
L that was ever ia New Orleans. u
nch is saying enough, IT. Auows ei
Y opinion OF him. :''ut hi, r,,we!
broken there. The people :s,e. i,t,- N
ming to understand ii,u Ala! ,,;s ~.
d is nigh "
. How long will yon be here. :.,l- 1t
Ell y ( asked, as he rose 10 60. N"
Oh, week Or two. III come co
see you, Good day" Tx
Good day. tn
SUMMED Up act
After he was gone, Mr. Smith told Pr
that he was one Of the ab.ess men 1ae
he South. He had formed the Lii
10 opinion OF him that ! had Co
he was one Of the ,nildest, most
eeable and gentle hammered men e"s
ever met. There was nothing dill
he =" fast" look about him, and {
ing o: the bully. His appear
Was That of q genial, gool-tem- line
I'd and courteous gentleman, lie A.,
that the ladies are good deal -
Q fond OF him than the gentle
!, and l think he might have AL
that ne was q good deal more Of
n than of gentlemen. He said he
'ed on his fight against 7, U'''
moth with only i've dollars in 9,x
pocket and that in all his st1ug- ~: e. 7
he had managed to keep poor. S s'sS,
s said to be one of the ablest s ,s''
'c speakers in the country If " ,a'a
be so, his accomplishments in 'a 4ys
70 and make this line, a profess p'"''
! college president, preacher, q - 40,
er, an orator. q So11;ay n ?