Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1883-01-25

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containing Mf. Hancs a11 afsy.
They had eseapse lbs8gh kask
way from the honae. I'D aad
in rsaehing the eFound uilh isns
Ear being discovered
The principala we're II
positions. the pistols los
handed them. when
less than one hnnd "a A
horseback and afo0k 4 fnsA
the hill from the tnrn ois hena
on horseback wasi 1na
shouting. "Holdl ]
trate.
This intsrruptinn eviaeuH sssieyl
Mr.. Hueer. who. Nilhsnl 8gam mssik.
ing for Mr. Cllngnaan's second - getl
into his proper position, imn afaly
began giving the word, and Ill the
word s'are you readyT' and b re esAe
word Fire, in direct viol ion u
the terms Of the fight. Mr.. aDcey
fAised his pistol 10 q level This
called forth prompt an stern
Halt r. from Mr.. Olingman scond,
who demanded the pistol be brought
to perpendicular.
EXCHANGE OF SHOTS
After apology from Mr.. Hager he
again proceeded to give The word,
but the interruption seemed % dis
concert both him and his principal,
for, without again commencinR "Are
yon ready p be gave the word afrsl''
at which Mr.. Clingman, who had all
the time haan cOolIy holding bis pis-
tol perpendicularly up. in acSordance
with the terms agreed on, fired, miss
ing his adversary; but the hslI evil
IDENTIFY passed very near his head :.
drawing his fire, the bullet striking
the gronnd considerably out Of line,
midway between the parties. scatter
ing some dust upon the person Of Mr..
Clingman.
Alter the FIRE Hon. KsnsEh Raynor,
who had Joined Us on the nsld as one
of Mr. Clingman's advising friends,
suggested 10 the opposite party that
an amicable arrangement might be
arrived at. Upon consultation the very
terms which had been offered and re-
jected in Baltimore were nov agreed
to. The parties advanced toward
each other, shook hands, and the mat
ter was declared honorably and ami
cably adjusted.
PAST AND PRESENT.
Mr.. Yancey, Mr.. Huger Ind Mr..
Burt are known to be dead end the
writer heliexes only one the -ala-
merous persons who accompanied them
to be still living.
OF Mr.. Clingmans party. Mr.. Han
SON, Mr.. Causin and DIR. Gibson are
dead. Gen. Clingman, his second,
Mr.. Raynor. the present Solicitor of
the Treasury. Gen. Capron, late Com
missioner Of Agriculture, are living,
and all four now in Washington.
AT the breaking out of the late
war Gen. Clingman joined his sections
entered the army, calamity led his
brigade into battle, aud on several
occasions was desperately wounded,
from the effects Of which he most
marvellously recovered, and is still
competent, either as legislator or
soldier, to render his county good SER
vice.
Mr.. Yancey was in the confederate
senate. A graphic writer dCol. w.
g. TerrelD in the Indianapolis Jour
nal If October l4th gives the follow
ing inc dents in relation to him:
Tue recent death of Senator Hill,
of Georgia, revived the long-current
and generally credited report that an
atfray between him and Hon Williaun
L. Ysncey. on the floor Of the con-
federate senate, in Richmond, Va,
during a secret session of that body
(of which both were members result
ed ultimately in the death of the lat
ter. 1t at the same time has furnish
Ell occasion for an authoritative deni-
al of the story. Mr.. Yancey was sent
to Europe by the provisional govern
ment of the confederate states as an
agent 20 secure the recognition of their
independence by the great powers, a
mission which signally failed. He
assigned, upon his return as one of
the principal reasons for this failure,
the existing prejudice-particnlarly
in England-against the institution
of slavery.
While there was undonbted sympa-
thy fell, for the cause in thee higher
classes &c society, it was Otherwise
with the commonality, which would
oppose every attempt at recoenition,
except utpn the assurance of imme-
diate or early emancipation. Presi-
dent Davis was greatly dissatisfied at
this result, and vented his dissatisfac-
ton upon the head of the unfortunate
ambassador. Mr.. Yancey resented
what be deemed to be gross snius-
tica. and the breach between hem
finally became irreconcilable. e end
ing in its consequences to the lib
erations of congress, where it ave
rise to frequent and acrimonious dis
cussions.
Mr.. Hill assumed the champion
ship Of the president, in this and all
other matters of controversy between
him and the senate, something after
the style that Mr.. Benton defended
the administration Of Gen jackson,
Through thick and thin. sharing his
personal as we'll as political dislikes,
and denouncing the opposition both
in and out of season.
Mr.. Yancev at length grew tired Of