The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-04-18
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The h1est Determined Tight ON Record,
| "A series of .let.era upon duels and du.
eling-eyen as casual aud deaultory. as
| this one has been--woald hardly be con-.
plete until something had, been ,writteu
concerning the duels of tho WesG aud
Southwest. The breezy vigoI Of 4hese
sectiops--the fresh ard .uuconyenti tional
mapuer in which they slaahed aud
foaght--the startling methods of their
sa1iis, aud tho dire results. t.i5ss .seom u
demand that they ahould be hastily, II
not specially recorded. That tine land OF
/ Crockett, the Bowies, McClnng, Joor,
Scott, Prentice, Foote, and their com.
peers is rich in adventure, need not be
told. So our scene is ahifted, for the mo.
ment, westward. II Is o fact, however,
that the most determined duel of which
have any record was fought in Ney
York State, aud very near the metropolis
of that name. et..s s, saei ,s,ss: ht.
The meeting Ues between De Will
Clinton end John Swartwont, In, 1902.
u appears probable that f.the dispute in
which this duel originaEed had taken its
natural course, the moat famous duel in
any history--that between issIsuilton aud
Burr--would have been omitted: Clin.
ton and Burr had very fierce and trucu.
lent political dispute, which finally bs-
came Personal. Before it had fairly come
to an issue, John .Swartwout became in
volyed in it, taking Burr'splacs. He chal-
lenged Clinton, who accepted. On the
field Clinton remarked that he, wished
he had the principal (Burr) before him" I"
II his wish had been gratifiedt there Id
little doubt that his fatal precision ol
shot would have put 6urr,whrre no couidi
not have killed Hamilton three yeara
later ~ .@ III. t p,I,i
. Mr, Swartwou. infested that he should
have an apology, and prepared one that
he insisted Mr.. Clinton phould eign.
MIR. Clinton, of course, declined, aud tho
parties went to the field. l.s4 e..
The duel was such remarkable one
That present an account given of itsby
Mr. N. s. Smith, who was Swartwoups
SECOND. fhe says: 9r' .'it sc! neieI si5 !
| "The gentlemen took positions. and
tired without effect AT Mr.. Riker's Te;
quest, / asked Mr. SWartwout. If hel Ess
satisfied. He anawering In thu negative!
the second shot, was fired Without efTenti
j again asked Mr. SwartHout if he Was
satisfied. He replied: l.. er.F ete
l.
exchanged without injury. 1 then asked
Mr.. Swartwout: s,e4
IS "Are you satisfied? He replied: ..tg
sl go i I'm not. Neither shall / be until
/ tbs apology ia made which 1 hava de.
manded. Until then we must proceed. ;
II then presented paper to Mr.. Riker
for Clinton's signature, containing the
apology demanded, observing that this
paper must be signed or we would pro!
ceed. Mr.. Clinton declared that hd
would sign no paper on the subject; that
he had no animosity to MIR. Swartout;
and would willingly shake hands and
agree: TO- meet on the score Of former
friendship. Mr.. SWartwout insisted on
the signature to athe apology, and Mr.
Clinton fdeclining they stood at their
posts srid fred q fourth shot. Mr.Swart-
won't was wounded in the left leg, about
five inches below the knee. Being asked
Il he was satisfiedyMr. Swartwout re-
| piled - kI.fra sisA} QSill
| 1t Is useless To repeat the question
my determination is fixed, and beg we
may PTJSSsa.. ,.,. = 49,
aniniosity against mir. Swartwout; was
sorry for what had passed; proposed to
advance, shake hands and bury the past
| in oblivion.
During this conversation the surgeon
kneeling Mt his side. extracted tie hsll
| from Mr.. Swartwout's leg. The f!til
| shot being fired, Mr.. SwartUout received
o ball in the left leg, about five inches
above the. ankle. Still, however, : he
stood at his post perfectly composed.
at the request of Mr. Riker, 1 asked /:
Are you satisfied p He forcibly an
swered:
".No, sir; am not. Proceed
"Mr. Clinton then quit his post, de-
clining the combat aud declared that he
;~Toaid HTe Ho inoTo. hff. Swariwout ex-
pressed himself surprised.t that Mr. Gin
ton would neither apologize nor give the
satisfaction required, and, addressing me,
said: ~, - -
"'What shall DO, my, friend p
"l.answered: "Mr. Clinton declines
making the apology required, refuses
taking. his position, and positively. de-
| clares he viii fght no more; his second
| appearing to acquiesce in the disposition
of his principal, there is nothing further
for you to do now but to have your
wounds dressed ...,3.sAs .Af
"The surgeons attending dressed bis
wounds, and the gentlemen returned In
their respective barges to the city"
Captain Scott came very nsar having q
duel on the most ridiculous grounds. he
was great sportsman, and o Parfect
stickler for all techuicalities of asport-
ing lore. He would get into passion at
hearing any one call 6 line Of geese "a
aocko of gee#e, ore bevy of qnsiis 's
brood" OF quaiss. On one OCCASION be
organized grand hunt. The game vas
jackass rabbits. A great many visiting
officers were presnt, and Captain Scott
had taken great pride having the hunt
conducted ON the strictest principles. he
had rehearsed the home officers, and had
instructed them that when rabbit ran
from cover they should all give the view.
halo, "tally.kop Among the officers
was Captain B--n, who was an in.
veterate practical joker. The hounds
were unloosened and takensin the
woods and soon opened mnsically. Every
man was at his post in tiptoe anxiety 10
catch the FIRST glimpse Of the suspected
game. Suddenly, near the stand OF Cap.
tain B---n, out bounded an enormous
mule, with twenty dogs III Iuli cry AT ner
heels. In this critical moment, Captain
B--n roared at the top of his voice
"Sally, ,whoai Sally, whoal Sally
whoaW The ridiculous cry wss taken
up, and the whole field burst into uncon.
trollable laughter Captain Scott was
violently enraged, and it took all that the
friends of the parties could do to prevent
his calling the practical joker out. Cap.
tain Scott was afterwards killed while
| leading his command forward in Il most