Litchfield enquirer., 1876-01-20
From the Chicago Tribune.l AM INCIDENT OF THE WAR.
4 REz1BKDLE DUEL BETWEEN THE coSf- a A I~~ 1fASDFKs OF 4FEDERAL AyDrA ni
 REBEL SCOUT. ,ef @~'

mand10g fe4eral scout, and Capt. Fry commanding a rebel scout, in Green coun ty, East Tenneseee. These two men hal been fighting each other for six months with the fortunes of battle in.the favor O one and then the other. Their command. were camped on either side of Lick creek a largs and sluggish stream, too deep tc ford and too shallow for ferry boat; bu there 6 bridge spanned the stream for thf convenience of the travelling public Eacl of them guarded this bridge, that com munication should go neither north nol south, as the railroad tracks had beer broken up months before. After fighting each other for several months, and con testing the point as to which should hold the bridge. they agreed to fight 8 duel the conqueror to hold the bridge undis puted for the time belng. Jones gave the challenge, and Fry accepted The terms were that they should fight with navy pis. tOls at twenty yards apart, deliberately walking toward each other. and firing un, til the last chamber of their pistols wal discharged, unless one or the, other fell before all the discharges were made. They chose their seconds, and agreed up. on q rebel surgeon Gas he was the only one in either commandD to attend them in case ofinjury. = IJtGG
 Jones was certainly a fins-looking fel- low. with light hair and blue eyes, five feet ten inches in height, looking every inch the military chieftain. He was a man that soldiers would admire and ladies regarded with admiration. never saw a man more cool, determined, and heroic under snch circumstances T have read of the deeds of chivalry and knight-erran- try in the middle ages, and of brave men enbalmed in modern poesy but, when I saw this man Jones come to the duelist' s scratch, fighting, not for real or supposed wrongs to himself. but, as he honestly thought, for his country and the glory of the flag, l could not help admiring the man, notwithstanding he fought for the freedom of the negro, which I was op. posed to.
 Fry was a man full six feet high, slen- der, with long, wayy, curling hairC jet black eyes, wearing slOuch hat and gray suit. and looking rather the ,demen than the man. There was nothing ferocious about him; but he had that self-sufficient nnnchalance that said, "i will kill you" " Without doubt he WAS brave, cool, and collected, and, although suffering from a terrible flesh wound in his left arm, re- ceived week before, he manifested no distress. but seemed ready for the fight.
 The ground was stepped off by the seconds, pistols loaded and exchanged, and the principals brought face to face shall never forget that meeting. Jones, in his military, boyish mood, as they shook hands, remarked that ,,-...
 A sOidasr braves aeath for fanciful. wreath,
 WGsn in glorys romantic career.
 Fry ca1ght up the rest lofG the sentence, and answered by saying:
 Tet be bends oer the foe when in battle lad low.
 And bathss every wound with atear.
 They turned around and walked.bac to the place designated. Jones's second had the word Fire" and as he slowly said. ''One-two-three-fre '" they simulta- BeOusly turned at the ''One," and instant ly fired. Neither was hurt. They cooked their pistols, and deliberately walked tow ard each other, firing as they went At the fifth shot. Jones threw up his right hand, and, firing his pistol in the air, sank down. Fry was ill the act~of firing hls last shot but, seeing Jones fall, si- lently lowered his pistol, dropped it to the ground. and sprang 10 Joness side taking his head Tn his lap as Le Ratr.aown,v and asked him If he was hurt. discovered that Jones was shot through the region of the stomach, the bullet glancing abound that organ, and coming out to the left of the spinal column besides, he had re- ceived three other frightful flesh wounds III other portions of his body. l dressed his wounds. and gave him such stimulants ss had he afterwards got we'll.
 Fry received three wounds-one break ing his left arm. one in the left, and the other m the right side. After months of suffering. he got we'll. Neither of them asked for a discharge, but both resumed their commands when they got we'll. and fought the war out to the bitter end. and. today. are partners in @ wholesale grocery business down South, doing a good busi. ness, and verifying the sentiment of By. r0n that "A soldier braves death" etc., eec. }
 Trusting that the above truthful narra- tive will be lesson to some people North and South, that stayed on the outside and yelled Seek dog !" and are still not sat. Isfied with the result of the war, -iet me subscribe myself a reconstructed
 CONFEDERATE SURGEON.
 WENDELL PHILLIPS ON THR DANGERS oF THE REPUBLIc--I apprehend two great dAngers m the coming century.. The first ls the power of ineSrporated wealth. I see that 1t IS indispensably necessary for the management of great enterprises. but how shall you preserve the independence Of legislatures against it |? The whiskey ring. the railroad ring, and all the eigan tic rings. sit at Washington and enact tawsG The other great danger is the government of cities All the 18th centu- Ey has been consolidated into the great catle@- All civilization, enterprise. jour- nAllan. ls concentrated in the great cities. Earope can govern cities on the principle of despOtism; but we have never governed aty- All our governments in every large city from the Atlantic to the Pacific are sfeeeed by the criminal classes gs The government has failed in New York, in San frsnc1soo. m New Orleans. in Baltimore, and Boston IS failing. No man can ana. ly1e the elements that go to make up Boss ton. and cipher out any other result Mayor Cobb knows that. if he should exc. cate any law, license or otherwise. it vOald be political suicide. The open sq0Or shops make my taxes heavy.. and sAsy make mnrder twice as likely to occur, snds having settled khAk, II want to bfinc t1s great police power of the government tO bear on them - -4 VI - Il !
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