The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1872-04-27
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+ :, wri,cr in the lCiynse haf slated
that with their new be!urred Jackets.
thcir verihilion kepis, aud their red
trousers, the officers of the French staff
resemble the suudan gnse, u reJ.lesIed
bird with a ruff and rrialsuu bill
Capt Spadasss, of, the staff. has taken
offence atiths comparison, aud NJ Tar.
tine, who, losihs the army, would at
any other moment have rendered an
apology, hs, Fro,u the simple fact of
filing the cdituriul chair Tor a d,y, aud
being out of temper during his I, nure
of Office. indorsed his brother Journalists
libel. and declsred himself personally
responsible. Accordingly Capt Spad.ssc
and Nj. Tartiue, are going to try and
run earh other through with fuils al
halt-past eight o'clock in the moruing in
tue Woud OF Vinccnncs. This. is what
in civilized countries is termed ian
t:f4ir Vt honor" Sol 4geW Is
NJ. Tartiuc's two friends are Nd.
Plumean and de Linea, both of the
Ctyare; Capt. Spadasse.s, Lieut.. dc
Pierrafen aud Visconnt do Caracoie,
both q the ssafE CAPT spaiasse being
the insplted partj has had ste choice Of
weapons, aud has selected toils, because
he in a good fonccrj NJ. Tartiao. who is
also good fencer, as every Pnrisian
journalist need be, is rejoieed at this
selection. The prospect of the duel has
caused some excitement at the Cigarc
Office, not because the duefis any thing
new TO that most respected organ, bnt
because "a delicate question has urisen
which ,heaeditor aloae ,sss quite Compe,
tent 20 solve. aud has solved. The ques.
tion was this: Considering that the
paragraph about the Soudan goose was
not written, by, ~. Tartine, but by Nj.
Hector SoupeauIait, aged tWcn'y.two,
had .M."Iartine any right TO take the
glorious Consequences OF it on his own
shoulders ? NJ. Soupeaulait contends
no. = He has never yet fought duel.
andthis brush with un officer of the sta IF
is just tho opportunity lie had long beeu
awaiti,ig Of getting into public notice.
H. thinks himsef ;n-used NJ Tar,ine.
"a .he other hand, argues that the para
graph, having been signed with nom
de plane, aud not with NJ. Soupeaa,ait's
t'real nane, the res possibility of Il tsa,cd
with the acting editor; and that. further,
the aucl having resulted much less from
the paragraph itself than frorl the tone
adopted BY NJ. Ta-tine in answering M.
Spadasso's representations, i, is rnGues
tlonabiy npoa him thu. tie honor f the
,uccting dekplycs. The editor, viewing
the case ~i,h mn equal eye, has admitted
! N 54artfusi 5 china M be aAnnA ....l 80
all coaDts 61i,s blted she yiaiatiE. This
basbeeuia great Hrist 20 As Spupeaulal,.
7Lni@ratoryTto to "A duel il lis the usua,
4 NotVtsi W. tuO NOiipoSuNtS w ,pptttt u
,,w hours with their respective fencing.
saSast.Ss g. Ala Tur,ipe hasgnotadmduincd
The pr.ietiee, and, though an old haud in
TINS surf Of business, no has listene.i
SIti, his wci,ted Difference 10 the cuun-
sels qbDat keeping ones eye steady, ones
wrist firm, and ohs's body we'll thrown
back, Now, then, lunge J" rOars out
the efepeiqg;nastsr,. eand u. Tartine
sIn6gJs Yes; thsss ID, but make rather
lsfsss play with your elbo,s the mistake
abppt civilians u that they don T believe
enough itf the wrist, and rthsu WI. st $
every, tl'iny,". says the i. nj e"No@,
then. slunge as,sia - and this time y
iartias naEes suelf scientific thrus,
that his i6il bends jike u halrcircls, and
looks de II IL verb going 20 snap. "Goodi
criesa ths n,ustetS sbut rather TOO goqd
il sbata tI,iaas were parried you'd be oiI
SOUR Balance aud saot able to SoSerin
liine% Seep' saad qdick as fash NJ
Tartibcs foil is clicked aside, and bo.