The Portland daily press., 1874-12-28

New ORLEANS, Dec. pa recontre took
place this morning between Ex-Governor War
mouth and Mr.. Byerly, proprietor of the Bull
letin. The latter struck the former with
cane, whereupon Yarmouth stabbed Byerly
two or three times severely. Yarmouth was
arrested
The difficulty between Byerly and Yarmouth
grew out of controversy between Warm onth
and the Bulletin, which led to the puoncatlon
on Friday by Yarmouth of card addressed to
the manager of the Bulletin, rejecting upon
that paper and Mr.. Jewell, one of its editors.
Gov Yarmouth, to-day, makes the follow
ing statement about the difficulty:
Yesterday, after my card appeared in the
Picayune, l was called upon by a friend OF
Jewell who demanded of me an abject apology
for the card, which L declined to make. Later
in the day the affair was cOnfided to our re-
spective friends. They met at 8 o'clock last
evening and agreed that Jewell and myself
should fight in Alabama on Monday morning,
the weapons to be duelling pistols and distance
ten PAGES. These terms having been accepted,
did not, of course, apprehend an attack, es-
pecially not from any one connected with the
Bulletin. My understanding of such matters
is that antagonists. pending meeting, should
be courteous, and was just on the eve OF tip
ping my hat to Mr.. Byery, in front of whom
two ladies were walking, the street being
crowded. when he struck me with heavy
stick on the head, ,inflicting wound two inches
long over the left temple, extending back from
tlo IOreledu. he SlTuCh LuG UuICG tiluCo WuOh
1 clinched with him. in the meantime taking
my knife out of my pocket, with my ar ms
around his shoulders, L got my hands to-
gether and opened the knife. just then I felt
Byerly falling on me. Soon after we fell a
policeman took the knife out OF my hand and
stand that he has been cut, and that am ac-
cused of doing the cutting" r~5 .-f
The Bulletin tomorrow will publish a state
ment of an eye witness OF the Byerly-W ar
mouth affair." The statement differs somewhat
from that of Warmoath. @
AS to the cutting, this witness states that
the knife was open when drawn and two or
three stabs were made before they fell. Byer-
ly's wounds were in the left side, just over the
hip, one of the them being over four inches
deep and indicates the length OF the knife
blade. -.....~. t...
Byerly died at forty minutes past 10 o'clock.
Byerly was aged 48 years, a printer by trade, a
native of Pennsylvania and came to New Or
leans iu 1916 He served gallantly in Shield S
regiment of Louisiana volunteers in the west
during the war. aud was wounded four times
in one of the fights around Atlanta. one of
which wounds deprived him of the use of his
left arm by resection of six inches OF the
bone. including the elbow joint.
The fight grew out OF articles published in
the papers. The Bulletin advocated the re-es-
tablshment of the s'star cars" on the city rail-
ways for colored people. Yarmouth wrote a
letter cTiticising the article OF the Bulletin.
The Bulletin replied in an article showing
Warmouth's inconsistency in thus appearing as
an advocate of social equality, and took occa-
sion to show up the rascality in his War
mouths 81 political career. The latter replied in
a card charging the manager of the Bulletin
with corruption while senator.
Jewell, who challenged Yarmouth, says
that Byerly was present when the consultation
of his friends took place, and feeling aggrieved
expressed determination to seek satisfaction
in different manner. Jewell says: I'm re-
gard to the hostile encounter which ensued, L
know nothing about Byerly's intention, nor
had any ntimation that anything OF the
kind would occur. Warmoth's present incar-
ceratiOn in the parish prison merely delays ac-
tion ia my own difficulty and he will be held to
a strict accountability soon as released
.;t The Louisiana Election. e-r.
AT last the returns of the Louisiana cleo
ton have been counted and cited, and the re-
suit officially declared by the Returning Board
The Legislature stands "a Republicans to 81
Democrats, with five parishes to be disposed OF:
This constitutional amendments are defeated
by a majority of 10000, and the congressional
delegation is tie, three Republicans and three
Democrats.
In explanation of the length of time it has
taken to determine these results, the returning
board assert that the election was very loosely
conducted, the forms prescribed by law not be-
ing observed at more than one-tenth of the
polling places; that in many cases no lists of
voters, no list of candidates and the votes re-
ceived by them, and no tally sheets were kept