, 1879-04-09

Dol'''4 s'alsht, Of North Carolina. IGo hail
served IN sl'r Continental ar,ny anil Tho Con-
iinehtnl ConEreas; Ind sat in tiIe Convention
which framed the Cpnstltu!Inn; l,ccn Governor
~ North Earofinn, and served IN The FIft!, ami
sixth Congress- In wuR succeeded IN CD1rrcsa
by Jolnl Saaly, who challenged Inn in n
lsarrel growing ou, of 'i,e runtcst. Thu rartica
VI the fourth Hire, tinv. Spaf3ht rcerlretl u
Eo,ln! from, which lsn died in less than twenty
hse l'ut'rs. Sept. ., tal}2 sianly wns trict a,.
sentel'vctl Eel y ilsriaon1ncnt, hut was sart!onr
less tsmn year. As Indicative OF tI,c pubIic
sentiment nt tllnt tne regarding s,lell atTsIrs,
It 1nny ho stated tl,at Stnu.y wns subsequently
elected h'r onu ternl to Congress nini for tinu
ieflns 70 iiir iSortii % carolina lfolau Of Com
llIa ncSs Victim to il.r Co:1r. e,,ercedig Alrx-
n,'ticr llamlltun, was Thomas X. linrrts, n Rep
reae'itatise from! Tcnnesseo III tho Thirteenth,
lnncrcsa' WHO tliGd trUH woltlhs RECEIVED III
rcMe"ntrs WILL Col. Simpson, Apri! IS, iBlU.
s.cnccr l'olIs ~ an addition 10 islt ltst. The
directory bs'cily notrs itIe iarta Of his lffe rs
'olo'ss: "ilurh III Virginia In tsaa; received at,
i!eAaei'ile education: was ntnstci to tue bar
n,i'a rnninG'iect ~ practice at fayettr, Mo-; was
G!tctfu Representative fran Missouri III tho
,vaas ,iv%Snty.'srst Congress: Ecryin. from dec. I.
~. ~ March 4, 1851; wns killed In .lticl
wl'sri' lo fought With Mn]. 'rhon,as Dhldlc, nj
W Louis, Aug. 20. ls3l.:' Tie yuarre! which
.
throwing, what VIVA ii, BlIt!le's uuni0n, an u,l-
wRrrantnhle snr Upon The United States Bunk,
ie ,rres!'sent ol which at tlia. time was Niclu,-
ins b'ddlc, thg elaitenger's brnlhcr. The duel
for several weeks hcfuse tleasii unst,ctl.
Arlnlstead L. Mason, United States Senator
from Fisg!nin from 1aly-'l7, challenged bis
Thcy fought near Washington City, with nuss: nus
kots Mason receiving ball through, hts brcnst
OH tltc rst fire, frun! which he icd Feb. t. 1873.
r, Joser'i Pearson. lseprtacntattge from North
Carolina III lhr Eleventh, 1relfsl'. "tI 1h.r-
tcent' Congresses, fought duel white in Con:
Ercts with Jot'n q. Jackson, after n prlt,irat
quarrel. wns severely wounded, nlId tllct Mt
salisbury, N. g., Oct. q, 1854.
Another noabo affair was that between VIII.
Inn. j, Graves, Of Kentucky, mud Jonathan
Cillcy, of Maine. Graves was Representative
III the Twenty. fourth nnl Twcnty-ilit!l Co,t-
grcssca. Cfllcy In thu Twchty-iittt1. Tiry tought
,lear Washington with rero!yera, Mt c!.lity yards
distance, Feb. .Y, 1883. Al the third fro Ciluy
was killed. Graves WIS subsequently elected to
The Iwcnty-stxth Congress. PERHAPS. III the lat,-
Euagc of pol!ties, 10 give him viudicattun at
ltu han'ls of his constituents.
Ihe last mctnher OF Congress whose death Is
recorded lis reeultt. lrOtn IL duel Is George A.
Wargansan. WagguMan WAS u practlcnE law
yer IN New Or1cans, largely Interested In s,lgar
r!nntln-t Secretary VI State ut Lnusfunn l1lucr
thrce aticfcssfyt Governors. md was elected
oltEA S%ilCS toSlIALuF III 1}NCC VI 1uHnFll l.lf-
ngstun, resigned, hcrr!llg from Jan. ), 1s33., to
Mnrc1 y, 1Sh. !'tc rcncon,ro III wllicl, WaCga-
nun ISst , h!s life occurred near Nun Orleans,
Murc' @3, isl3
NEoopLEss RENcoHTHEs.
f,nr,. T., siic, ,n".,i,e.. " T,aa assc, wers
,.na n,,T ,hn,,rh .nn" Itssn =. lMi!N!
tie Termination WAS Ot fatal. Among tllcsc was
that bGtwccn llclIry C!nv ,tna Humphrey Mar
shall, usul G!ay md john Ran,!olHll, Ut Vtrcinla.
t :rt,ir.tot;, ,," :f,n. sa 1lo. N,anatnat IN
~ ns11nnsI,,,rs riti, ,2o Ia, n;rar,l ut
~ Gnr.I, Tr,in 'ai,,. ~ .a.1i1 aau e.Iic3t
l., in,,rv ,s.'" e"''""' nt''A'' feee'''''s scs'ous
'1uly, 9a,,y,,, 1o,pso, ,oo,n,,,. - a.. ,,,,...
aa.i "o,i 3. ~ "urns"'' ,,s... nspss ol tne lh'stv
,I,i, ~ S",u'"a uns;a,-o1u
',,si A"e''' ''1"' 1esuil"ls scF'-
ia George potudcxter. REPRESENTATIVE from Alta.
Iif,n,:,t,, ~ ,p .u as'' .,asuntn' t"Gin, nli
Test" iun ~ Governor O. Mssslssipti
a'1n III ut'u ,1tut' Iea'uF iooVoo, iouEnL
vars mai, ne,rrwars @ a," Li1snn lin 4 'e'cnau'' IL"
~ r.n,,, ~ tusr 'ra a.ilG IN tns
1e .Wonty.scto!!at 1WchtVtn,rd. attt
tln,itt na,,,arnti @ stenecn :. =. -
slt Dcnrat1c ;,,a eoa'eaGue from tIc fort-
ACCEPT .,,,,,n,
SUICIDE.
sulc1do has becn by 10 means infrequent
n;n9ny members of Congress. Tic acIf-mslrder
~ 4AAtHoNtA AaHGt hHtAtu* huo sH1t l1tNSEil
through tue hvnd ut Lcl,at'us. Tenn, Ehort
time since, dying almost Immediately frum the
effects ot tle wound, Is still frcsh " the mind
u the public. Riddle was born at Van Hnrrn,
llartlenlnn County, Tcn,t, .June,. 20, 1851;
graduated ct Union UnfvorsIty, Murphysboro.
Tcnll., in ls5a; was elected Adjunct Professor
ot Mathematics nhl Languages In The saiuc
college, but Resigned attcr ti1tcen montiis to
enter the Law School Of Cumberland Unsvcretty,
Ut Lebanon, In 1856, wlIufo le graduated Ii,
Jnnc, 1851; wns admitted to thu ltar ut Npley,
Miss, m 1e5Is but moved ~ 1868 to Smtth
County. TcnII. where lo married Hln engaged N
agricultural pursuits: cnterel tic Confederate
army as private III 1861, a'Its scrycd throughout
the War, !he lust year on tnc staits q 1srCnder
Hetlcr:it Mnrc's j. Wright and ". W. Atackall;
moved t1 Lebanon IN lSEi to practice law. hit
WIS employed III tllc oilsco Vt County Clerk for
five ycars. niil then received the appointment
Tor SIX years III l61o, but Resigned WHEN elected
Z RepresestattYo from Tennessee ~ tho Forty
fourth Congress as Il Democrat, Dec. II, 1876
filling tl,e Vacancy causctl by tile denll III s. NJ.
Fitr, receiving 5:S7l votes, acn'nat t,516 for Y.
u. NnogbcA, Nenut'ltcnl', tut 1Ji Tor "A. Il.
isrrett, Democrat. 4 fntality unprecedcnted
III the hlstary o[ TUG Goyrrti'Iet,t ntt nttenue
titn congressman clertc1 to the Fnrty-fonrth
Congress from this district. John ". Head yas
fAI 'EHpH{tnv Mn Ybnr