The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1882-04-07
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Senator Lamar WAS Knocked down
the other day by ecrning into collision
with q carriage horse. The Senator IS
given TO contemplative moods and be-
comes indifferent 10 the hurly-burly
around him, but tha. is no iessen Why
. driver should exhibit such criminal
negligence. For moment, alter ie-
ing prcstrated, Mr Lamar was stasred.
Then speedily reseting and getting
upon his feet lie offered considerable
reward for the Identification OF The rude
baekmap. The Senator sBys this i
narrated Years ago, when he had
just begun The political Career that has
become 30 glorious, Lamar had dis-
pute with local celebrity at Coving-
tan, named Z2charie, Familiarity called
"UncIe JIMMY" This nan MAS very
powerful. When the war of words
came On he Was sitting in a chair, and
Lamar confronted him erect KroE-
ing we'll enough hat lis oRiy sssety
was intimids,ing iis gigantic sntsg-
Onist, Lamar drew pistol. pointed il
at the sitting man, and said "UIele
Jimmy, If you attempt to rise frcm
that chair | w;ll kill you.7 UBel.
Jimmy concluded TO oLey. though
with Unsurpassed wrath aud lrefuse
promises Of future settlement. Not
long sfterward, when Lsmzr was tr.st-
ing some Democratic ftliow-cit;zens ~
a eoInor-s grocery 20 tsi zipe or wine.
he heard al exni;ant ,eiee c,y oat &C.
hind him "Lncin~. have - -,
now p Suitibg the scion "a The es-s.l.
Uncle Jimmy let d,ise his I,,s.-rais
arm and Est, which, coming in e,,ires
with TAuar's hr-d, caused 'ls ho,ip tn
! s,agger and fall, IanSr rose ai.d
Uncle Jimmy precipitatsd his huge
bulk against hin ike catapuls. Then
the Democratic party present thought
the time kad come TO inter and
Uncle Jimmy Was seized 10y sil,ewy
grips aud told tn release his hold. Not
satisfied with his method of doing 20,
he had a second perempto,y admoni-
ton. At this junetnre he plaintively
s9uealed 81 amt holding him, he's
holiing me-" Sure enough, on ex-
animation il was found thst Lamar had
Uncle Jimmy's finger in his mouth,
and would not lst it 60. During the
melee Lamar had seiz"d skillet and
made quite mess of his burly fore
mans face and head. But this wss the
irst time. he had ever been knocked
down, and the last time until Thurs
day afternoon. So it seems. that IN
the annals of Georgia l.. @ C. lamar
antsdated Dir. Stephens in ''toting his
skillet" with the differences, however,
that Stephens toted his own srd Lxnar
another mans. General Wad.. Hamp-
ton says he meyer had but one 6st-6ght,
and that was with Columsia tully,
who attempted to add him to the
number Of his coneucsts. "I was !
: good boxer" said the South Carolina
Senator, ''and every time the felI0a
rushed at me, doored him. The last
lick l gave him broke his thumb. A
policeman came up and arrested me,
When | was pinioned the man rose M
drew u knife, and was about 20 rnsl
upon me. asked the officer TO let me
60 and give me his club. He did so,
Armed with that weapon, / faced the
desperate, and warned him that though
did not wish to kill him, I would
surely do so if he advanced step far
) ther. He took counsel of his fears,
and prudently retired. i had not u
scratch, but the other man Was laid mp
! for three weeks.