Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1876-05-04

- iNetngNr oF tHE ErhtIItDN.
On the ls.h day " Jonr. Is6s sWass..
81 dnel bvtsvsn taEiain Jsar.. -am
manding Federal scoat. anI a Castats
ffyr, commanding krbyl sesat. ia
bfrruf county ts*f Tennessee. These t4u
uiru had hr-n Sighting each other fsr ~
m0nth.. Nlth the for. unr. ~ battle. ~
isNor ui oue aud thsa the uihrr Th.ir
e"infa a'it- acre s4np-i uu either 80. oi
lftA ,iefA =, AIxe aal ,lugg ID stream
isu ir-P to fsfI alI i..l .AaiIas tsr 4 t.f-
~ boat uat ihsr~ a hrdsr sb4nnrd the
stream tlr the convenience 81 th- travel
ln- Pabiir Zach Ut them guarded INA.
bridge. last communication Sh1uld a.
nvitilrr nofth NOR soHfh q. the railroad
ifacA had been broken ap months before
Ailrt uShi-g zach other for several
u"uihs. aud coutc-tlug the point a. o.
~hich sh"ull hold the bridge, they agreed
u n@ht du|l. the s1uguerur to h1ll thr
bHl-c nni.spu'cd ipr tue time hriuy
J'"r, gave the challenge aud Frye accept
ed hc trftns were, thtt they should fight
Niih uaSy pistols az twenty Yards aptrt
deliberately walking toward, each other.
and huug until thc last chamber Of their
pistols was discharged. uules, one or the
other tril before all the discharges were
mI'ir. They chose their seconds, and
agreed upon rebel surgeon Ca, he va,
the only one IN either commandl 10 attend
thrm la a case OF DAGGER.
jones vas certainly "A fine looking fell
low, with light hair and blue eyes, feet
~ lhch's ih height, looking every inch the
military chlcitan. He was man thar sol
diers would admire aud ladies' regarded
with admiration. | newer saw man more
cool, urfsTmtnpI and h.rAic 4.
circumstances. have read of the deed,
OF chNairy and knight errantry IN the mid
de aG"s, and3of brave men embaimed in
modern poeSy; but when | saw this man
lonesome TO the dueliSts' scratch nghting
not Tor real or supposed wrongs to him
sell, but as he honestly thought for hi-
country and the glory of the nag, | could
not help admlrIng the man. nOtwlthstaud.
!nG he fought for the irt edOm OF the negro
winch | MAS opposed to-
Fry wa. man If full feet high. slen-
der, with long, wavy, curling hair, let
black eyes, wearing slouch hat aud gray
suit, aud looking rather the demon than
the man. There was nothing ferociou,
about him, but there was that self-sufiic-
tent, nouchalaucc that said. II viii Kill
you. Without doubt, ne was brave
cool, and collected. and, although suffer
lnG from terrible flesh wound in Ills l.il
arm, received week before he manifest
Ell no >tmptoms Of distress but seemed
ready ior the hght.
The ground was stepped of by tht. SEQ
onds, pistols loaded and exchanged. and
the principal. brought face ID f4cc. | urv-
er snail forget that meeting. Jones in hi
military. b"yirh mood a. they SHOOK hands.
remarked that
\ soldier braves death for iancifIl wreath.
hen Ia glory's romantic career
Fry caught up the rest Of the sentence,
ana answered by saying
Yet he bends Ger the foe when in battle laid
low.
And bathes every wound with tear.
They turned around ana walked back to
the point designated. Jones second had
the word Fire" aud. as he slowly said
Oue,-two-three-ti tire :" they ,imulta.
nt"usly turned at the word "Oue" ana d.
stantly fired. Neither was hart. rhey
cooked their pistols, andjd djdeliberatcly walk
Ell towards each other firing a. they went.
A. the NTH >hot. Jones threw ~ hi, right
hand, and firing his pistol IN the mir, sank
down. Frye was IN the act OF firing hi~
last mot; but, seeing Jones fall, silently
lowered hi- pistol. dropped il to the ground
aud >pr;.ng to Jones's side. taking his head
~ his lap as he sat down, and asking him
ii he was hurt.
discovered that Jones was shot through
the region ot the stomach. the buIle glauc-
ing around that organ. an coming out to
The left Of The spil.al column; besides, he
had received three other frightiul flesh
wounds III other portions OF the body.
dle>>"d ht> wounds, and gave him such
stmuants as | had. He afterwards got
we'll.