, 1875-09-05
Both Principals Exhibit Great Pluck
and Goodness.
Tho Word Given, and The Gentlemen
Fire simultaneously.
4 Grand Han1-Shaking All Around
Closes the Scene.

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ROCKFORD ILL.,, Sept. 4,-The invitation Of
9en Davis to Winnehaso County.has turned ont
HI unfortunate affair III more sunses than one.
It created howl Of Indignation in certaili quar-
teEs, and stirred up le:uin!scences which would
have been much better left und;sfurbed- The
people Of this county hare Gca1ce recovered
from its effects, and IN occurrence Of to-day
clearly proves that it vail be eGmo time before
the illfeeling euEendeved BY the il-aaviaed
actioh OF tbs Directors Of the Agricultural Fair
dies out, not only in tue minds OF tho people OF
Illinois, but OF the country. St. Louis was one
OF tbs cati1s which WAS badly affected By the ag
itation. The Times OF that city, while the ex-
eitemont Was at tho highest pitch, published
AnEp-uoT EDITORIAL,
IN which the following passage occurred:
We dt.n': hl.1ne the women Of Winachago County 20
much Tor ne Ia wh,fn possessed item e. re ,1 ars
them, doubt lnd tneir houses 1t the time the IN
ytt.ton waa extended pancs s4t:en from H. Daxis
names ' upon thc.a ~ Is ta1;,lar 10
HI, Dari.' eyes ~ household words, and,
while he was gentleman Of too rauch good taste 70
hy hts manner to recognize the f4ct, it
would hare been se.-ity toorfng to the arerage of
the indignant DANES IT, in accepting i;lstsdon to
dinner supper, he ls1 chanctd upou house filed
with the sl,0its Of 5htrun2ns u1.ech IL tue se2.
THIS WHOLESALE INSULT
Dn the women Of tbs county Was deeply felt By
Maj. Emery s. Foster, editor Of the St.
Lou;s Ecening Journal lie took up the cud-
gels in their behalf, thinking it was = direct
elur On the character and fair fame
Of tho mothers, wives, and sisters Of the Fed
eral soldiers. In an article in his paper Of Aug.
Is be hurled back tie foul-mouthed 1nsinus-
ton, and made manly defense of tie women Of
%1n I'm s4 eho
whipped these towards that insult women into
dog Like submission, should never forget that
they are dealing with creatures incapable OF
anything but meannesa. They should renem-
Der thai these men who deliberately alander their
mothers aro now asking the people Of this conn-
Try to give them control OF the Government,
and, remembering these things, the true men
Of the North and OF the South, whether Coufed-
crate or Fedcrats should unite as ene man to
eave the country from euch ioto1erable shame
and degradation Federal soldiers can trust
each other, and they can trust former Confeder
ates when they prove By their conduct that they
are worthy to be trusted. But, as long as the
1oud-mouthed bragga1ts keep themselves bo-
fore the people OF both sections OF the country
a. representatives OF public opinion in the South
80 long will the Southern people suffer
by such Leadership. When the true gen
tlemen Of the South take charge Of
her affairs there will be no longer any feud to
heal between Confederatas andFederals or be-
tween the North and South. Such time will
come but its coming ia retarded By such utter
ances as thai found In to-day's Times"
COL JoaS n. EDWARDS,
OF tho st. Louis Dispatch, who was the author OF
the article in The Times, got indignant over the
utte1anoe of the Journal On the eth ultimo,
two days after the aftcte in the latter paper ap-
peaxed, he aent = formal demand for
IN apology to Maj. Foster. To this
Mr. Fostar replied that tho remark Was
not intended u pe1sonal reflection on hun, and
that it would b. TINA enough to retract when
Edwards modified hin attack in The Times. This
answer, which wa oouched in tha most oou1te-
ouA terms,
DID NOT CLOSE THE BREACH.
Col. Edwards wrote another letter on the 90th
Of August, stating that Fosters reply was not
easiassc:or3, and demanding that satisfaction
which oue gentleman has the right to ask Of
another Maj Fosters response WAS GIun but
digniiod- He again dlsolaimea any intention OF
offending Edwards, aud referred him to
Ar. William D. ". Ba1nard. vino
would take cAarEa Of his honor in the future.
Tho ne1k correspondence was bstTean Mr
Rratua1d and Col, n. 3. Branch, the latter wish
ing to know ut the earliest convenience whether
AAi. Foster was going to fettaot Ut not Mr.
Hrains1d raitesated tue former statement OF his
ft1and. After further letters, = conference va
held By Col. Branch and Mr. Brainard which.
hoEevez, failed to bring about an am1cable set.
aement, the Edwards side still sticking out for
L THonou0H 1EzRAcT1oH OF IN EXCHANGE or