American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-09-23

strange positions, that told plainly of
the agony in which they had persisted.
ssI was full of intense horror at the
idea of being thus confined with the
dead, and gazed at them fearfully, my
heart beating fast and painfully, as my
eyes became accustomed to the dim
twilight admitted by the Granny, which
ere long knew would be closed by the
tide.
son examining it, found that it
could be enlarged by scraping away the
sand, and, with my heart filled with
prayer, gratitude and hope, to this task |
| At once addressed myself with an en-
ergy born of dread and dismay, and so
actively did work that in ten minutes
1 had scraped out hole large enough
for me to creep through, and painfully
and arduously drew myself out on my
hands and knees, and ere long found
myself breathing the free air of heaven
on the strip of beach where the frag-
ments of the wreck were lying.
"The sun was setting, and thus l
knew I had spent the whole day in COM
pany with the dead. Other tomb than
that cavern they had none, for when
came back to the spot, accompanied by
a party of the Coastguard, whose sta
ton was on the summit of the cliff, we
found that another enormous mass of
the impending cliff had fallen from
above and closedup the cavern forever;
thus had just escaped in time"
A "Reminiscences of Gov. Wise.
The Louisville Courier-Jour,aal, in an
elaborate sketch of the late Gov. Wise,
furnishes the following: The famous
Graves and Cilley duel took place in
1887. Mr.. Wise was the second of the
former, and Hon. George w. Jones of
Iowa the second of the latter. 1t grew
out of an attack by Mr.. Cilley on James
Watson Webb of the Courier and En-
quirer. Graves first acted as the friend
of Webb, when Cilley refused to be ac-
countable for words spoken in debate.
A question of veracity having subse-
quently arisen, Graves became a prin-
cipal, and acted by the advice of Henry
Clay. Mr.. Wise was opposed to the
duel, and desired to delay it, and, if
possible, settle the affair by negotiation.
He declined several times to bear the
challenge to Mr.. Cilley, and on the last
occasion of his doing so, &C Mr.. Graves
appealed to Messrs. Clay and Menefee
to bear witness that on one occasion, in
the absence of MIR. Wise from the
House of Representatives, he had,
without asking the right or wrong
Of Mr.. Wise's controversy, taken
up his personal quarrel, and was ready
to fight for him-that he had more con-
fidence in him than any one else as his
friend on the ground; and that if he
(Wise) suffered him to go upon the
field without guarding his life and his
honor, and he was brought back a
corpse, he desired his wife, his chill
dren and his friends to know that he
(Wise) had failed to stand by him after
he knew he was determined to fight. -
Wise could not Withstand this appeal.
He carried the challenge to Mr.. Cilley,
copied by Mr.. Graves from Mr.. Clay s
manuscript. Mr.. Wise had, however,
resolved to prevent, if possible, the hos
tile meeting. After nightfall Mr.. George
w. Jones brought an acceptance, and
the terms proposed-eigthy yards with
rifles. Mr. Wise demurred. Mr.. Clay
instantly exclaimed, i" No Kentuckian
can back out from rife!" Mr.. Wise's
object still being that of delay, he met
Mr.. Jones the next morning and said he
must have time to go to Philadelphia for
a rifle, as he did not know where else
to get one that was reliable. Mr.. Jones
replied, "Certainly, sir, there must be
a gun which can be re-
lied on in the whole Dis
trict of Columbian At this answer Mr..
Wise was somewhat provoked, and
replied, "If you know of one, sir, l
would be glad if you would furnish me
with ito Thereupon, the next morn
ing, rifle, powder-fask, bullet-molds,
etc., were found upon Mr.. Wise's table,
with a polite note rendering the rifles,
etc., ssto Mr.. Graves.' Graves was a
very bad and Cilley crack shot; yet at
the third fire the latter was shot, and
died in few moments. His death led
to great public excitement, and COM
nlittee of investigation was ordered by
the House. The chief onus of the
affair was sought to be placed on Wise
and even those with whom he had acted
from personal motives allowed this
opinion to prevail in order to shield
themselves. Mr.. James Watson Webb,
in 1912, alleged in the Courier and En-
qa1irer that Mr.. Wise had insLigated
the duel. Such a charge was totally
unfounded, unjust, and even cowardly,
emanating as it did from Mr.. Webb,
who was directly connected with the
affair. Soon after this slanderous and
malicious allegation had appeared in
the Courier and Enquirer, Mr.. Wise
published the facts of the case in the
Madisonian. Mr.. Clay replied, admit
ting his whole part in the affair, and
generally justified Mr.. Wise as well as
himself. asi
Sunny Rooms and Sunny Lives.
Light is one of the most active agen-
cies in enlivening and identifying a
home. We all know the value of sun
1;rbt oc n health ~; v;pr orant fo the