, 1872-11-27

Ic TIE praise uf universal versatilty,-a 1nyriad-
meny.hued as chameleon. fed on de#B, and
sucked at the breast OF q rainbow
The prose Of the matter neemed to be- that
Toland came to Arkansas Territory at the age
Of 19, and Joined: the Wing side, under Robert
Politics ran high, close, and hasty; and Toland
wrote, sang, and spoke so well, and was yet so
young, blonde, and slender, that it WAS thought
the ordinsry challenge and posting would scare'
mn out OF the way. The nephew OF Governor
fine, trained, black-eyed due1ist They fought at
twelve PAGES, above Little Rock, on the banks Of
the Arkansas, md ct the first fire, Tolands ball
passed through Pope:o LIVER. That shot killed
the one man, and made the other deHperado
and a frivolous fellow By turns, With spells of
gloom and nnhappincss between, the sensitive
duelist's fate. lie WAS ready to pick quarre1s,
and he wore q knife and pistols, and shot "cn
sight" and in public places. He went to the
Legislature several times as member, but nev-
always sensitive about his courage misses his ca
Te1r.
THE FIRST 7LooDBHED At LITTLE ROCK.
An account Of the first great Arkansas duel
was published u NodAs Weekly Register. It
Wing, c.nvcesed the Territory against Con-
way, Democrat. In the crude state Of Arkansas
society, it was felt that on the result Of
the experiment depended for & generation to
come the political complexion Of the
making different circuits; but the woldsh people
| demanded debate, and it was finally appointed
for Little Rock. The time wis summer, the spot
| pine grove Before this time the partlsans Of
By abuse and perronal accusation. People from
the remotest parts Of the Territory were present,
| and the capacity OF inns and lodging houses waa
exceeded, so that many wild people camped out
| in the surrounding woods. Conway carried on
che debate after The spirit In which it had pro-
den said duriag his gecond speech, that Id Ian
guage was toIerable that could net be sustained
By the Code Of Honor. At this the inhamed
Conway interrupted him with denunciation and
invectlTe, and Crittenden stopped the discussion,
and sent tho challenge the same evening. They
met next morning in the presence OF as many
people as had listened to the discussion. Crit
tenden's second was Ben. Desha, Of kentucky;
Arkansas might hare been said to be
assembled. 4 quarrel Of an hour aroso over the
preliminarics, and Crittenden lay quiet on q
blanket. while Conway excited himself. AS they
stood up to fight, Conway looked the Bwarthy
Tennesseean, stern and premeditatiye; Critten-
den, the fair-haired spirited Kentuckian. Desha
gave the word, loud as the proclamation Of the
law. Conway fred first. and cut g button from
Crittenden'B ccat. The next minute he fell
heavily to the ground, shot through the heart
Alr. Crittenden had set Arkansas an example.
| soLoS DoRLASD-
| An A1kansan who became notorious the world
over for brief time Was Solon Borland. The
incident which give him such vide blame was
the bombardment Of San Juan, or Greytown, in
Central America. The event happened in 1854.
in the time OF Franklin Pierce.
Borland WAS native Of Virginis, educated in
North Carolina, and he went to Arkansas under
latter's political organ. His superior training
gave him the advantage, and he adopted the Ar
kansas Code as easy enough to conquer ny, 80
that he wrote and fought on the line OF an am ~
bilious career, until he superseded Sewer IN the
United States Senate Toward the close of his
term, the modern organizing politician appeared
in the person OF Robart ". johnson, " the most
successful public man Te ever had IN Arkansas y
johnson held the State henceforward until the
Rebellion and Borland lost both his news
paper pre-eminence and his seat. In
these gloomy circumstances, he @ vas
Mexico by Frank Pierce, but preferred instead
the Rozs Of Ensoy to GentEa af@e M'tn
fest~Destinarian, and contenned the British
Mosquito Protectorate under which the Town
| OF San Juan held q sort Of nude municipal lnde-
| pendeuce. Some quarrels took place between the
town and the Americans on shore, and q British
Lieutenant, who had ship at hand made him
self dutifu1ly of1icious. The town refused to pay
some American obligations; the natives we're
aecusedof stealing and Of lodging responsibility,
|
captain. The murderer fled to q steamer, and
| Borland and the passengers protected him from
arrest. The town authorities then sought to ar
rest Borland ashore, and q Irregular" Arkansas
sfs sb tq1s hs Rs6f RsaeF dang rsa TnSh SGts
marked Barclay l. Perkins,-that bot
tie wherewith the Briton, refreshed upon
its contents, has conquered India: .Abyssinia,
and much Of the globe. Mr. Bor1and could not
resist this weapon which came in such 9 ques' M
tionable shape; it was outside the Code. He
therefore sent for the only thing equal to the
occasion: ahip-of-war. Tho Cyane came mp
promptly, commanded by J. 8. Hollins, the
: same who afterwards appeared off Southwest
Pass with the first ram used in the war. The
Commodore consulted with Mr.. Borland and
Mr. Fabens, the Consul. Everybody knowf
Fabens as the friend Of Baez seventeen years
nftergard, and one Of Mr. Summers Santo Do
1ningo "jockeys" AnAmerican Envoy Extraor.
dinary from the Town Of Little Rock had been
I struck on the face with an empty bottle. This
bottle had not only been thrown, but the con-
tents previously drunk, AS there was nobody
to be tsposted" for coward, and nobody could
read itf we're, there seemed to be nothing to dc
but to bombard Greytown.
L Mr. Fabens, however, with an eye to business
first made formal demand on the autbori:
tie" for the immediate payment OF $24 ,000 be-
sides an apology for tie unknown person who
had fred the bottle labelled Barclay l. Perkins
The offer Was declined, as nobody in San Juar
. knew how to make an apology. Commodore
. Hollins immediately thereupon hitched up hi
= breaches and mustered his crew. He served tht
. . British Lieutenant with proclamation on boari
. his ship. The Lieuteuant's name was Jol1ey
> Jolley dogged1y replied that his vessel was tot
mournful1y .7protested," on the grounds Of 81
outraged civilization and certain valuable Brit
ish property in the place. Hollins and Borlant
| replied that they also regretted that Jolley hat
interesting naval engagement Then followe.
| an act Of touching chiYalry. The Little Roc