, 1875-05-02
ters Of detail although (with pause) thsxs
might have been something OF the kind-
1t this point the breakfast ended
A SOUTHERN VENDETTA.


Many Persons Murdered and TW
Families Rutned TO AvenEe an 1E
suit 10 a Gentleman Belonging t
=; Neither.
4 correspondent OF the Atlantis, Ga. Rerdl
writing of Tallahassee, Fla, gives the follow
ing; .o, 49, .,ar. nm
the fu1der fly bush ?" asked Mr.. ZAbraa. "h
:, might be described Is haughry postscript TO IN
Life OF = gentlemen, and Who was 1T the tim
wien the question was propounded' engaged l
the humble but raspec- ahle business OF washin
dlahes rt the Brown Hotel. at tile supper -sabl
Ct wnc9 5..,ans,r aftss ncsda DAYS vsai
orange brandy and building up ny cellular tirsu
! with soaked biscuit. Upon my answering tn
! question, which really did not need su answer
; bus was thrown out BY the crafty old gabbler q
; l. lanso-rope with its interrogat,pg loop At th
end, he wound his clip-toweI 1edect'Velyaroun
! his neck, and, sitting down, ren1a' ked We'll
sir, it all The blood that IS shed in the quarre
8: in which that hole was made was smeared or
these walls, it would redden this whole room,
&: can tell you" The sanguinarY seduction WHICH
the old fellow had astfullY put into this statement
: asked him to tell me oil about it. Then ant
tbere, in that musty aud half ruined hotel, sitt
: it's wild and riotous memories, the old felios
told me story that for fierce gal'artrY ant
chlvalric recklessness puts fiction to shame
The actors in It, all Of them Of sunny and beEoit
temper, OF large wealth, OF blue blood, aud q
llustrious lineage, are dead, hut their descepd
un.a yet live IN our State, and stand high among
; the highest. The names OF the parties con'
cerned ATE changed for obvious reasonB, but
the facts are in substance and result Just as IRE
heard them.
:. In the Seminole War;" said Mr.. Zabran. eri-
IDENTIFY ambliug down 'ong-wcrn groove Of cou-
vezsa:fon, '.Col. Graham Commanded crack
regiment One morning he received message
from his wife announcing that she waa the
eve Of confinement. He at once recaired to her
bedside. The day after he LETT the camp a bat
tie took place. Shortly afterward an articte ap-
peared in the Augusta Chronicle and Sentinel re-
tecting upon the courage OF Col. Graham, and
not SO much fondness for bis wife as for him.
self. Tbs paper containing this cutting and
cruel article cana iuto tho camp before Col Grn-
hams return, and at once became subject 6;
conversation throughout the camp, Capt. Henry,
splendid young fellow, who was IN aid upou
against his Colonel WIS an insult to biu1se!f and
be at once repaired to Augusta, determined to
protect the honor Of hls assent friend With his
own life, il necessary. He demanded from tae
or tne offensive article. It turned ont to be Gen.
Fitzgerald, OF Flor1ds, q warm and devoted
friend OF Capt HenrY's. Still feeling that i.
was his duty, diereg garuing ftiendship jnst AZ he
hau d4sreoerued fear in the defe'se OF his Ca-
onel he sent Feremptory challenge to Gen.
Fitzgerald.
He received reply, stating that Gen. Fitzger-
aid would be pleased to answer lhe demands OF
Capt. Henry II he should he so foituuata rs to
survive The duel he was iu-t about to engage in
With Capt. Williams, who had also made the
article against Col. Graham a cause of CON-
plaiut- Upon inquiry it transpired that Capt.
Williams, another aid upon Graaam's staff, had
preceded Mr, Henry 10 his trip to Augusta, and
determined himself to defend the imputa.ion
against his commander,
Capt Henry had no alternative bet to
await the result Of the encounter between
Fitzgerald and Williams, tho conditions
Of which we're that thsy should fight with
bowie-knives. The meeting came on The
lett hands OF the combatants vers clagped TO-
gether in firm and dead-eame grasp, and the
keen. long knives. the most terrible Weapons be-
fore which man can be brought were placed
in their hands. At q signal tho knives were
perpend.calarly along their leps. 1t the nert
words they vere raised iuto the air and The ter
ribje fencing began. It is brief but rerr;bIe
struggle. The knives cut. and eashed. aud
whizzed through the nesh Of the combatants
pressed aud sparkled AGAINST each other now
hnrfed and nnw vl,innea mn viii h1n,ah