, 1879-06-06

Oh&hAf1AAHt "bbnss e1"tF4H 4OtHs
sSu1EEDs.
Some "Reminiscences oT tho Lats General.
The Now York Herald, ID It's sketch Of the
career Of the late Gen. Shields, gives the follow
'uE Incidents:
Shields bccane Auditor Of the State Of III
nols 10 1882. While he occupied this importan.
ofl!ee tlu was layolveu Id an ''affh!r OF honor"
With spriaaflcd lawycr:-,-oo lchs peraoi.a9a
than Abraham Lincoln. AZ This time "Jafnes
Democracy, n',l was considered Q dashlng Fcl-
Inv BY all, the ladies' included. In TN: summer
VI 1872 the Springfield Journal contained sotio
letters from, The lost Townshps." by con.
Iccea," which held up ihc gallant young
Auditor as ia b4ll-room 1Antly, ftoattn' about
OIL the earth without hcft or suhatnncc. lust like
a lot Of cat.fur where cats Lad been igais!h'."
town. Nobody knew or cucssed t'lclr author.
ship. Shields swore 1t would be coffee and
pistols for two y he SHOULD tna nut who had
been happening him 20 ,omeFsitnliy at Thers- @
which made tic furnace OF his wrath tevcu
times hntter than before, in which sne made 4
very humble apology antl offered 70 let hini
taneczc her hand for Satisfaction, addl1lK: III
this should not nnswcr, there Is ONO thing mosa
would Ito rather than get ltckfn'. | have gil
Along expected to die widow; but. % Mr:
Shields Is rather cood-looktuE than otherwise,
must say don't cure IT. ne compromise the
tlusalu''- l--nust coma out-1-but widow
cd modcsty-welf, II muAt, must-wonldnt
he-lnaybe aorter let the GID grudge draP II Twas
to consent to be-ba-hte wi1ea ! knuw ho
IL q lRhtfn' mau unl would rather fight than
eat; but isn't marryIn' better. than dRhttn',
though It does sometimes run into III And
don't think. upon tile whole, "a be sIcl1 bud
match, neither; I'm not over 20. aud AN Jest
tow fc4a+ 1s tlrA {0A*
more round the eirth; and for color, wouldn't
turn mr. back to nary girl In tile Lost Town
siiips' Bnt after all. maybe Fin countsn' my
chickens before they're ,liatched and dreatni.i'
reserved tnr nc rnaybo lckin'. jeff tells nc the
wnY these eaters do ts tu give the challenged
party the choice Of wenpons, which, being the
easr, tell rou In confidence TINT l meyer fight
With anything but broUnlsticks or hot water, or
asnovclful Of couls or some such things: tic
former Ut which, being somewhat like Ahtleiab,
may not bc 50 ycrY Objectionable to him. will
give him clloec. however. tn one thing. and that
or l,e pst.lgoa.s, Tor psesus,e this change IL
sufficient 10 p1ace us on an equality" Uf couree
son,a one had to shoulder the responsibility OF
these letters after such shot. Tlle real author
the Wife Of Abraham Ltuco.u, to whom she waa
engaged, and VINO WIS tn honor bound to As-
SUNG, for bcll4crent purposes the responsibility
uf llcr sharp petl:thrnsts. h1r. Lincoln accepted
LIE blLO0hNns 4SNb 1QHN hlAGl tAc thO lQED WIN
their secouua were on their way to the field Of
honor. But tile atfalr was fixed up without
nuv fighting, u1tl thus ended III Azzte the Lin
coln.ShIcld. duel OF tic Lost Townships.
islature liz roomed with Stephen a. Douglas VI
Vundalla. Ill.,, iu a boardtng. .hoasa Kept br
corsain Col. Fsack. The juildloru, BY the way,
a'so kent q grocery. Shields and Douglas, ~
BOURBON whisky ou lie tabic. they bad plenty
OF friends, Nnd tho pitcher was replenished-
Just how many ttmes they could not tell, but
F,ack who had to carry the liquor arouul, got
lug thc liquor must bo provided. There was a
partition between their room ind the grocery,
and Dougas suggested that q hole should bu
cut In tha partition and two iauccts placed IL
sse s 'tis s 1s.o ' s ano9a sai a sas %a To- to
wcre to drink on the other, md
the cost ot the barrel OF whtsky was to
sha'ed .v IT, pFoposto" Wss
second day they were even, but on the third DAY
Shleds nnd his cllum were away ahead OF the
proprietor. Flaek couldn't stanl IT,: saw they
compromised the contract, v hicl' otherwise was
u have 'nsted atl winter BY payment Of av9
gallon keg.
'''At cerro Gorlo Gen.. Shields was severely
wounded while leading bis men, but ha refused
tu quit the field. III adyauceu 10 The ciurEe,
grnpeshot that passed through hts lungs. lie
fell Into the arms OF Og1esby, at present United
States Senator from 11inols, mud was carried
from the battlefield to MI appearances lifclcss.
Obituary notices appeared atterHnrd tn nearly
ull tc papers OF thu country, 80 convinced were
Ills brother otllcera Of tlu iupos.ibtllly Of Ills
surviving such terrible wound. For weeks ts
lnJ Ut tho brink ot death l1 Tic uclshbor-
hood OF The battlefield, aud hts curo seems
little shors OF miracle. The arrny surgeons
had given him over Tor death wfen q Mexican
doctor said l,c would live II ho would let him re-
move Tho coagnlated blood frotn ,he wound,
Shields, us a kill Or cure remedy, told hin to
try, and fine silk handkerchief was worked In
md lDalIy 1rawn through the wound, removing
the c1trayasatcd blood, wien daylight could he
seen through tlAe hole. He lived to 6u q halu
a1 heHEty nlan. FREQ frutn ulaeasG or any Ineon-
vsnlencc from hls wound, which was considered
at that tine mortal.
Gu the 18th VI September he was Ia the thick
Of the dcnt at .Chapultepec Ills horse having
been shot under tui uun. Shields fought OH
foot. barchcadcd aud tn by shirt sleeves. leading
hs brigade, sword In hand, with q bravery tint
has nlalc his nauto nnpcrlsllub.u in Amcri-
IN history , In reply 70 . aaeatt!on asked
sa 5 IN "oiane a .Go pata att sDt9e y Uspuicns ssf @
over ,hc Senate stalscasc, where llu is
represented nA standing this ahtrt-slccyes, was
fancy sketch. Gcn Shields said: "No; We
were taken t4at Us We stood ey phatngsapaer
ever Ae could. 1t was afterward transferred to
catiyas. Thu incident which II comsnumorutes
wus ono Of the Most notable A1ll curious in my
history, bud nsen ,' ordered BY Gen: seott 70
from tle ChaCuttepoc sldc.. gathefed up The
magnificent Palmetto rceiment. Col. Butler;
tho Mounted Rifles, tue New York voluntaers,
aud ODsun's battery, an.i Leo suddeu DASH
gave wav, uId, scclug that, wo prcssed then. all
lhu harder to prevent roforlnsng. tien. Scott,
who lntcndcd ulas Gen. Worth should take tsle