The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-10-08

ana the Democrats a, :, w. ~
Rnn,,e, is, a ryasit lion, With Scion DoIaIu
I. , edifor. Between him and b. VI Boraen-
a witty writer on the t12elte 49,. s.
words &C once begansaw hich cutInl,iaseu e rs
duel, ii. which borden was w QUINCY. ane
ahootin e.raatches between eal'oflaisa VI" oi,..
,ters .uSsn the Gdsste ard oshers, IL
which mortal wounds y were nov. .n-
f1,cted. !. were altogether 700, numerous , y
to name. That style OF settling Ferpai
disputes has not yet gone out OF ,ashion
altogether south OF Mason anu Dixon yl.'.!
Iiue. Yesterday, while TALKING WIN Cearse s
Matthews, editor Of the Hot'srripas +osnst.
mel, he asked me to pinch bis arm, ana. aoine
90. I felt d pistol bullet under The skin. ne
said he had three Of them IN his 'body' al
nut, there d cotfpie OF years ago by mayor
Lintfe. OF Hot Springs, who. While hhase en-
gagged, perforated couple OF SPECTATORS tnn t
were euieyins the scene. MIR. Matthew's
also, carries a scar on MS upper UP: m ..t,a
marked the massage OF a bullet fred by the
welI-kaown desperate Ben. Thompson, OF
Austin "
One DAWN the winter Of 1885 Mr.: Wood
r,,G observed a rough-looking individual
WIN had ridden int, Little Rock that day
ami had stopred at the old tavern for The
NIGHT. This was Colonel Davy Crockett, OF
tennessee; and being invited to address
the citizens, be agreed TO do so. The DIG
Town Hall was crammed, and the eccentric
ex.concrcssmau gave the delighted cro"o
one Of his characteristic speeches, in when
be detailed with some bitterness MS eXpe'
Renee in r,oli,ics. The next day be re-
srmed his Journey to Texas, where ne
nnrishcd, with Coionels Travis, Bowie, and
The $50 Texans, at the bloody and immortal
Alamo.
The Gazette reached its lowest cbb in
1870. when MIR. Woodruff, who had reiin-
ouishcd bis interest, repurchased it ana set
Il on its feet again. When General steele
OCCUPIED Little Rock, in September, 1865,
the paper suspended until the war closed
r. anpeared MS a daily in April, 1855, with
four columns to page. 1t has now inine
columns, and is one Of the most successful
and hest. conducted papers in the South
west, Mr, Woodruff withdrew forever
rom the paper in 1858. In its issue OF y o.
vember 90, 1877, the Gazette published o
history of itself, with q representation OF
the little old log cabin where 1t was born,
and. by way OF contrast, an engraving OF
the present ban dsome quarters. 1t also SEM
ont 10 every subscriber a fac-simile OF the
first number, which appeared.hrst ht'y-eisht
years before. $3.50 ,o,-
MIR. Woodruff was married in 1921, ana
had eleven children, of whom eight are
living. AT the wedding of bis daughter,
some wears ago. Que of his esteemed guests
was the famous Colonel Faulkner, the Ar
kansas planter. During the evening violin
was sent for and Colonel Faulkner, taxing
it in hand, by request, gave an account OF a
tourney up the Arkansas river. when he
went ashore and asked for nights lodging.
Then following what may be7called the i'm
mortal colloquy betweenthe traveller ana tne
settler. who was saving away upon the first
portion OF the tune known as "The Ar
kansas Traveller" followed by the eXecu-
ton of the"turn"' or the whole tune by
the Colonel, who thereupon was mace en-
welcome by the owner Of the
log cabin. Colonel Faulkner did the thing
with inimtable skill, as he composed both
tune and colloquy, though he admitted he
heard the germ of the tune first played pY
q wcll-kEown character named Ball.
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