, 1875-09-06


good mauy years ago, A killed r, and q
Sheriff, after the proper legal formalities Ind
been gouo through With, hanged 4. Now it
is no doubt very chiyalric aud all TINT sort OF
thing to be killed by bullat through tho
heart fret by tho man who has wroneed or
insultei enc, but death BY rope around tho
neck, with tho Sheriff for second, ia a very
different affair. And thus it camo to pass
that dueling came into disrepute In this
State. Suit for libel may bo said to hnTe
taken its place,-a very sensible arrange
,nent, inasmueh as verdict for damages is
really q much bettor proof to the world TINT
your assai1ant has boen lying than being
shot by the assailant aforesaid eau be.
II Col. EDwAnps md Maj. FosrEa, of
our St. Louis suburb, Ind bsen posted on
tho letails OF the first duel in Illinois, they
perhaps would not have selected this State
as place Of rencontre. However, their
military blood was up. aud they loft St.
Louis for Winuebago County with "Kill-
him" beaming in their red Ri ht eyes, Inst
wills md testaments in their coat.tail pock.
cts, md probably secret hopo in their
heorts that tho police would interfere. They
are entitled to tho credit Of having got up q
duel with all the modern improvements
The old stylo of duel generally had woman
mixed up IN it so1no way or another, but
this concerned whole oounty-full OF
women, Col. EDWARDS had clivalrousy
and dclicasely assartcG TINT the matrons Of
Winnebago County, Illinois, sippod tea with
spoons stolen from Southerners during SuER-
MANS march To tho sen, and whilcd away their
leisure moments BY humping pianos stolon
from Southern ladies' In the same why. hlaj
FosrEn took up tho gauntlet, aud ultimately
tho pistol, in behalf Of several thousand Win.
nebago women, insulted in this asnino way
BY EDwAnns who was n buahwlacaer during
tho War, on tho Confederate side, aud is
probably therefore acquainted with the meth.
cd Of warfare which he imputed to SuEa-
MINIS army, There were still other differ
cnces between tLiH and tho old duel. There
usol to bo "pistols for two aul coffee
for ono," hut tho for1nula was modified
to mean pistols for two and whisky for
seven. There WIS much forethought shown in
employing two newspaper reporters rs next
friends" to describe tue battla for tho edi6-
cation of the reading public. It would hayo
been a duel in tue dnrk but for tho report
crs who brought it into tho light. AIaj.
Fos1En exhibited grim sort OF lumor in
selecting Wiunebsgo County % the place OF
combat. uo was determined to giyo his au-
tagonist q sight Of the county which de-
clined to DO told by JErp DAVIS "wlat le
knowa about farming" md things. II fall
ho must in defense Of ths honor Of tue ladies'
Of WlnnebaRo, ho determined it should be in
their midst; and Il their slanderer was to
shed any blood IN expiation Of bis oGenso,
+! a1nj. FosTEA wanted him to spill 1t on
Winnebago ground The affair in repect to
tho fair had thus its serio-coinio aspect.
Another unique feature was tie conduct Of
tue surgeon, Dr.. ORE1LLY, who had to he
dragged into tho hack aud held there by his
coas.tolls and apostrophizea his absent wife
and children IN terms 30 touching that an
uninforned nuditor would have thought
o'he1L1x himself was going to be shot,
instead OF s'rpply digging out lead aud bind
Ing up somebody else's shot-wounds. II is
seldom that Ill 1rishnan needs o second
invitation or any urging to 10 present in
professional or personal capacity at any
scrimmage, whether as apec,ator. bottle.
holder, or principal. However, tho ecared
surgeon waa finally brought 10 the front, tho
arrangements were ,nadc, TnE Tn1nusx re.
porter assumed good place to see the san-
guiuary ecene without too much personal
risk, aud everything was ready tor ncsion.
The principals. looking wisttu!ly at tho
shelter Of the peiglhoring trees and dimly