Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1873-01-10
How Two Editors Went Out to Shoot

Under this head the Cincinnati CommsreiaI
describes ut length and in jooular manner,
duel that lately toos place at Orangeburg
s juth CSGolinI, between NJ. j. BRowSIsG, Radi-
cll editor Of the Ne,ei, aud J. r. nAywARD.
D1mocratic Iit)r OF the 7ihtes. The discussi n
that led to the blooiI ,ss conflict arose from the
discovery, by the Democratic sdiior, Of poetic
justice in the burning of Boston, aud who called
on somebody 10 fire 81 a cannon oyer the event,
as the BostoniAns did when they heard that Gen.
SHERMAN had burned Columbia. This the
Radical editor pronounced "Nilful and ma
licious le." To confirm his assertion that the
BJstonians did shoot ON tie receipt Of the ews
Of the burning Of Columbia, the Democratic edi-
tor asserted that tho Radical editors Predec.s-
SIR in the publication of the Nscs was a direct
d-cendsnt of HAM. This in turn was denied.
The subject under discussio was 4 warm one,
aud the discussion IF it really became hot.
Neither being able to prove or dsprove 10
the satisfaction of the public the original asser-
tim, the southern glan" was adopted to settle
the question. Saud-bar Ferry, just across the
Georgia line, was selected, and after judiciou,
exercise Of taste in the selection Of arms, the
Smith & Wessou cartridge revolver was select
oil. We give the results in the CoHaiereiars
own language:
The word was given, and the response was
simultaneous but neither editur went to grass.
ruSlling among the dry leaves IN thu tree tons
over their respective heads, m the dropping Of
distant twigs after lie reports died away, made
il plain to the seconds that tley had bluudered,
as new recruits are apt to do in their frat Gyht
htv ftatu hftyh - MI a.
others Shins, there is no telling who would
have been a widow. Here the seconds inter-
fsTed AS peace Makers upon whom u bonedic-
tim abide Were they not satisfied? Didn't
the Democratic editor now believe that Boston
did not burn powder when Sherman burned
Columbian Was not the Radical editor con-
A'ncsd that his predecessor was niger? M |
Well, then, there was nothing for it but 10 try
the reVoITsrs again.
They were carefully reloaded. Positions
were resumed: The seconds instructed the
editors to hrs lower. The word was given, and
pop went the reyovers Through the smoke
each antagonist saw, as plainly as tue author Of
the "Star-s -spangled Banner" through The battle
clouds, that the other was still there, "as
straight as any pike-staf only nineteen years
old" But the ground at their fsst-the soft
turf upon which they had thought, perhaps, to
Tepose ~ the last agony-how q WAS disl"cate'.
They had bored the ground, wOundng the
bosom of their ancient mother n a truly par
rcidal manner.
A strong aud. desperate sI,rt WAS now male
10 amicably arrangs this bsrcs cunhct. The
Radical editor claimed that under the code,
having exchanged two shots, he had given sat
isfaeuion. This waS represented tn the Demo.
cratic editor in such terms that he inaAv yield.
ed Bat neither would retraet. The Radical
wpulln's do II unless the retracton waa nTitual.
If he acknowledged that hls predecessor was a
niger, tho Democratic editor must acknOwl-
elge Ihat Boston did not esls6rats the deslruc-
tion of Columbia. 1t must be mutual or moth
ing, aud nothing It was.
The editors siiily saluied and retired from
the ground, and all entering their carriages
wheeled into augusta nnne the worse for their
morning exercise, and giving neither She Orange
burg Times nor tho Orangeburg Ns,os occasion
to border their columns in black, or indulge in
tho accustomed regrets and pious euuges. But
lie original questions remain 10 perplsx the
mud aud sonfound the understanding. We
shall n0w ROveF knew what Boston actually
did, oF what the eenealogy Of the preceding
editor of the Nrios really was and, IRE in-
lerestlng than either Of these, how the guilt or
innocence ~ Bnstin was lH bs established by
his nationality. N IL eau not be determined in
sny other wsv, we trust the editors will dn
puzzled public fayar by testing revvfQrs
again a. sand Jar ftrry.