Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-09-30
GORE On THE MOON.
Is Our AtfOrney.Geaeral About to Fight
with the Editor OF the Chatts-
n00ga Times?
He Appears NumerOusly on the Street
with n Gfipsack and Linen
Duster.

Our attorney. general has been known
everywhere as a ubiquitous and perennial
orator. He was, il rumor be correct, brought
up in a saw-mill. The sonorous rotundlty
of his vocal bsZoo would seem 10 sanction
this statement. Few people have imagined
that our Spartackus was real fighter, that
He shrieked for blood
And yelled for gore.
But it ia even too true. Our unctuous con-
servator of the peace is CORY dick-nailer.
A short time ago he and Mr.. MCGOWAN, the
editor OF the Chattanooga Times, got into u
newspaper squabble; about what is not
clearly known. Mr.. MCGOWAN said that
Mr.. Turner was guilty of every crime in the
calendar. Ii is said that Mr.. Turner in
q1ired sssiduously into Mr.. McGowans rec
ord, and then stated in his paper that MIR.
MCGOWAN was guttersnipe, liar, and sev-
eral other French nouns. The APPEAL has
not seen any reply from the Chattanooga
Times to these statements.
A few DAYS after MIR. Turner had written
his philippe, il is said that he called on
Judge HoIrigan and asked leave of absence
for few days. He stated that his soul was
in arms, that he painted for gore, that he
was going to Chattanooga 10 shoot the whole
top of Mr. McGowan's head eff. He in
tended taking Mr.. B with him his
second Very much to his disappointment,
the Judge gave him permission to go, and
did,not order him to be arrested on a bench
warrant to keep the peace.
Ii is also basely rumored that the general
has been swelling around the hotels for the
last few nights with a grip-sack and linen
buster, and many have been mean enough
to insinuale that he desired to create the
impression that he was going off to fight a
duel With the editor of the Chattanooga
Times
1t is said that the general repaired to the
depot few nights ago with his second, and
the following conversation ensued:
81 have press of official business" said
our gallant Encouragement, sand l guess l
had better wait until tomorrow before CO."
"All right" said his second.
The next day they met again, and it is
basely rumored that our legal prosecuting
attorney said: 81 don't believe / will go at
all. don't think that id scoundrel will
fight anyhow"
Last night he was lingering around the
Peabody Hotel until nearly IL O'Clock.
One gentleman who was talking with him,
asked him il he were going TO make speech
anywhere He SAID no, he didn't intend
making speech. He would not say what
he was up TO. To another gentleman he
said that he was going TO Nashville. Can II
be true that our attorney is really decided
upon gore? One of four hypothesis is tena
BILE:
First-He is going to Nashville on BUSH
ness known TO himself.
Second-He is really going to Nashville
to be persuaded from fighting with Mr.. Nc
Gowsn.
Third-He is trying to bluff the editor Of
the Chattanooga Times.
Fourth-He is really intent on fighting
duel.
OF course the APPEAL cannot tell which
of the four hypothesis is backed up by the
most evidence. In order to gain some light
on the subject, an APPEAL reporter asked
Mississippi editor who knew Gen. Turner in
that State if he would fight, and how many
men he had killed?
What, George Post-Mortem Turner
6ghtr said he. "Why, he wouldn't fight
anything. l never heard OF his fighting any
body"
At late hour last night it was reported
that Gen. Turner had received a challenge
from Mr.. MCGOWAN. The plot thickens-