The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-12-14
THE FIELD OF HONOR.
A FULL ACCOUNT SOC THE RECENT
- GOR4NGEBURG DUEL.

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FULL ACCOUNT s0F THE RRCENi
n GORANGEBURG DUEL.
The Casus Belli-The Fighting Ground
-Fruitless Attempts to Settle tn
Quarrel-Two Shot Exchauged-No'
body Hure-How It all Ended.
From the. Augusta Chronicle and Sentinel.l
Sand Bar Ferry Is rapidly regaining the
reputation as q duelling ground which 1t nae
before the war. and is becoming a favorite re-
sort for belligerently inclined parties from
the States Of Georgia and South Carollna'
But q short time since two gentlemen 1rom
Athens resorted thlther to settle their little
unp~leasantness, and on Monday a couple OF
Caroliniaps went to the Ferry on a htue ex-
curslon gotten up for the same purpose. Tne
pcrties to the duel were two
NEWSPAPER EDITORS
from O~rtngeburg, South Carolina-Mr. James
7. Howard. editor Of the ~Orangeburg Times,
FDemoara,ic. )and Mr.. Malcolm J. E-owning,
From what We can learn OF the affair, the origin
an6 progress of the difficulty were as follows
When the newsIo OF the Boston fire came q par.
agrsph appeared In the Times, substantially,
thus 1When General Sherman burned Co
lumbia the Bostonians fired cannon over the
news Who will shoot now ," The Columbia
Union (Radical) published a very harsh criti-
cism upon the paragraph In question, which
theypimes declined,to notice on account OF its
source. A few weeks ago the O~raDgeburg
News also essayed q lecture to the Times upon
It's editorial. This provoked q severe reply
from the Tunes. Among -other things stated
in the reply was an assertion that Mr.. Brown
a--S-f-LAN k1l .anarklr foL,an nha pno ~ tha
NeWs) editorial predecessor was q negro
man. named Clyde. In the Issue OF the News,
which Hppeared last week, this statement was
denounced az willul and malicious falsehood.
Mr. Hayward then sent q demand for q re-
traction, which was refused, and then a chal-
lenge. which was accepted, and tina parties
agreed to come to Georgia. to fight It out.
A F%RU1rLEss ARREST.
The original agreement was that the par
ties should fight near TINS ely, on rs su9 sa,yy, me
night, however, when the train reached
BranchvilIe, Mr.. Browning wss arrested.
Reports or the duel had gotten ont and some
one had sent intelligence ahead In order to
have the fight stopped. Mr.: Browning, after
being detained awhile, gave bond to keep the
peace in South Carolina. and was released.
The discharge came too late for him to keep
the appointment, and the duel for that day
was frustrated. The other principal reached
the city in time without. experiencing any de-
tention, and on su~hdaNsteleven O'Clock, &C
companied by histriepd,:rode promptly to the.
ferry In bis carEiassSHghers ne waited some Ioe
arriving he ENTHUSIASTICALLY. On Sunday
night Mr.. Browni;HssWeslearn came In from
Branchville, and MrssHeyward's friends and
the friends Of Mr.. BroRning made an arrange
ment for another meeting iat the same place
on the next day monday, at IL O'clock.
THE WHOLE FLAIR WAS KEpT DARK,
and scarcely any -one-in the city Knew any.
thing about Il. II tie duefhad taken, place on
Sunday, as was at first agreed upon, the
chances are that no one would have heard OF
1t In time TO be present, and the only specta-
cors would have been the surgeons and the
secohds, But after the carriage went out on
Sunday morning, and Its destination became
known, suspicious were aroused, which re-
suited In the discovery that q duel was on
foot, though nothing could be learned from
the parties. AS 1t was, however, this infor-
nation was confined to q few. and at the time
the carriages left the city yesterday not more
than twenty persons knew that q duel was on
the tapis. After the parties left the town
several persons heard OF the affair and came
downtos8he ferry in time to witness Its ter
Rlna.ioH.
ON GROUND.
The carriage containing MI. Browning, bis |
second, Mr. Waller, and Mr.. Van Fassels and
another gentleman, was the first to leave the
city, and arrived first upon the ground, halt
q Few minutes Mr.. Hayward arrived IN an
open pheton, accompanied by his second, MI,
Voss. ana DR.. Lsgare, Colonel GA. Butler, OF
this city, and Colonel Frederick, oil Orange
burg, Ills friends. Mr.. Heyward's carriage
halted In the fringe Of trees r1nniDg parallel
with the river, and Mr.. BrownlDgs vehicle
49, .nAn~oa tha orNuo aoon orWaf /
Afc0EyEEHNT LOCALITY.
The beauyysabout the Sand Bar Ferry duel
ling ground s,thats y can be- used by persons
Georgia and The. Georglans In South Carolina.
As the parties to this affair were South Caro-
liniaus. az ooursethe duel had to be fought on
this side tftfe river, and 1t was decided that
Observation-Disclosures place near the ferry. A
bettafi S0t could not have been chosen. Be.
twe6Skthe river and the woods-a distance OF
aeyefSi hundred yards-there Is g wide.open
space almost entirely devoaeDf trees and un-
derQroWth, aud thlckly cafpeted with grass.
ThIe wasf the field selected. Through the thick
grass hehighrosdrto the ferry wound its way.
In the road, which, runs aimosta at right angles
to the Savannah, the mel were TO be placed,
st q distance Of about hfty yards from the
stream.
7 b DISTANCE
was p0D9 auQ1kno paruoSeWeEo ~
be placed north ana southdrom each other.
g THE WEAPONS.
Some Eouble, we understand, was expe-
rienced In agreeing upon weapons. MT.
BroWning,,Se g ah@1Challengedh party, had thu
right to decide what kind Of weapons should
be nsed. Pistols, Of eonrse, were to be the
weapons; but what kind Of pistols? Mr.. Hey
ward. through bis, friend, proposed q pair of
fegular unelling pistols. which were rejected.
his friend next proposed a pair of Colts navy
revolvers, which have become popular with
duelIists Of late, and which were also declined. |
a pair of strong 5sAoptlDg Derringers were
-. oneSed. and tBese, also rejected. MI.
kningssf fieRdstken spropossd a pair Of
f4eh & WessonSe cartridge revolVers, which
VSre finally accepted by Mr. Hayward.
q CHOICE OF POSITION AND TIE WORD.
In atoss up for position the choice was won
by Mr.. Heyward's friend, who placed his prln-
cipal Nft6 his face to the north, and at the
morDS6lSsSted end OF The line-the road
sloping q little as 1t approached the river. Mr..
Browning's friend won the privilege of giving
IrTExpr TO SETTLE.
In the meantime DR.. DeSaussure Ford, the
surup0n of Mr. (Dr. Barton. OF