Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1873-05-15

-. II ..Our Late Unpleasantness." q"
From the Chattanooga Times.l
Tho murder of Gen. Candy, the
.,nSsouent prominence it has
.Gns c;~en TO Gillem, his seco'd in
ss'mmand, and the assignment of
wi l Left G. Davis to the place
made uv,i s vacant by Canby's death,
h"ve howe revived the stories of the
Filling pI of Gen. Nelson and John
aiorran. We notice in some Of
tho % newspapers account of these
events that are remarkable only
Sr mr. the lack of correct information
lpcn the part of those who write
them. .,,.
Nelson in the New York Tribune
has full of blunders as it is of
sentences. THESE are briefly the
|hcts: Gen. Bragg had flankrd
Blel out of Tennessee. lie was
messing him closely in Ken
iurky. Gen. Wright, command
linz the department of the Ohio,
moved his headquarters from Gin
einnati to Louisville about the
drt of September, 1862. Louis
ville was threatened by Bragg,
whose headquarters were then at
Bardstown. On the 18th OfSeptem-
hr 1852, Nelson arrived i'm Louis
Mile, and by virtue of his superior
hank assumed command. Dav' s
who had been sick. and was It Ii
teble,reported to Wright f,r duty
on or about the 18th, and was as
signed to the command of all the
odds and ends, volunteers, strag-
gIers and deserters returning to
their commands, hospital bum
merS, convalescents. etc. On the
18th he and other officers in COM
nand of Brigades and Divisions
Eere ordered to report to Nelson
ia person the mum Der # troops in
their commands, "a Il basis for the
r,Hect issuance Of supplies. ra-
lions, arms, etc. When Davis re-
ported he said, 81 have about six
Gseven thousand men," or words
hihat purport. Nelson at once
d-nounced him for a fool, and ap-
PED various o her ep.thets TO him
pr his ignorance of the exact
llmberof his command. AS usual
With him he would listen to no
tzpIanatlon, and Davis quit his
lf,ence deeply offended. The
lezt day Davis sought Nel~o lac
fomlanied by Senator Morton,
len Governor of Indiana, and w.
JlOson Esq, of Louisville, in hope
lootalning an apology for the in
lt put upon him. They found
nelson in the reading room of the
'aIt House. He was more bru-
ally abusive than on the previous
'easlon, replying to all requests
Nan explanation in the most in-
alllng language; finally striking
AVIS on the side of his face with
w ups of his fingers, and at the
ame time eXclaiming, "Get out OF
W presence, you cowardly trail
w. Davis. stung to the quick
thls insult, inflicted in the
assence sce of several officers a I'd
nHahs, rushed from the roo n to
ae sidewalk, where he met Glib
I' and asked him for a pistol.
was handed a derringer, and
naieuiately returned to the room
nhu Nelson One-third of the
up The stairs. Davis shouted,
nall, Gen. Nelson, and defend
oIillf. OInilself. He was replied to by II
Sus Sney OF abuse, when he fired,
aJJolihg Nelson through the
4y, OF which wound he died
~ aoout an hour and a quarter.
Sa NC writer of this was officer of
~ " guard in the city the day of
,.A Nlling, saw and talked with
W. W. Nelson and Davis during the
y " al ana after the killing, with
h h S; Slu OF Lieutenant Nelson, of
gas "iA,h kentucky Cavalry, and
h sroad roaa OF his cOmpa nv, cleared
y y. .teadlng-room and office of the
as jtss Rouse of an angry and ex-
pss, u crowd of Indiana and Ken
nv A. officers, who were taking
bISoa Sanu TN eatening to bring on
o%y "%Gody fight. Davis at once sur.
oail uireu and demanded a court of
Spr, OF the President. The
TeIson sustained him in shooting
la1ost s1' ana the entire army, with
tnIo' T,. one voice, while they
fn,eu the the loss of Nelson
teOt r"e cause of the Govern
nv Nv SAID: ave cannot see
pa 0",eheral Davis could have
DnO, ,o.llerwise and preserve his
e nr anu manhood" These are
|djeb eSbu,varnlshed facts, most of
tyati"mae gained by ocular OBJ
d oh. ,ho 1t may be proper to
prus me story that there was an
i6e 6Iuse hH.e between these officers,
sOma. oo.tom of which there was
rnsti n; Nelson put a girl in
d 1Iusid IU;d house willie the army
te nssusg, s.ng at Pittsburg Landing.
s saiI Seu lor hospital nurse, but
&tra"su aiu TO be in reality Davis
unn. She had treated Mel
h anJfEaclously, hence her ar.
es mn rr,'ial expulsion from the
otl NIL ms Information is by a
ts staW VINO was on Lew Wal
yhtimriat at the time. "a nd person.
eton,an,ate with Davis and his