Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-06-22
EDITORS READY TO DUEL.
THE JACKSONVILLE FEUD ENDS
IN AN ENCOUNTER.

w III. -Ashmead WOrsts John p. Var
mum in the First ROund-More Trouble
Possible-TwO Warning Scribes of Rich
mond Suspected of BeIligerent Pur-
poses by the Police,
JACKSONVILLE, June 2I.-The bitter
war of words which has been so long
raging between the Jacksonvilles Times
Union and the Florida Herald eliminated
Wednesday in a personal encoun-
ter between w. Fl. Ashmead. of
the latter paper, and John P. Varnum,
editor of the former. Alex DeLyon's bar
Der shop was the scene of the encounter.
which was bare knuckle, one round af-
fair, resulting in the discOmfit OfaAir. Var
mum. 1t is possible that the difficulty
will be resumed. Mr.. Varnum pleads
heart disease IN partial excuse for his de-
feat.
Both papers comment on the affair. In
the Herald MIR. Ashmead states that he
was driven into the encounter by Mr..
Varnum's personal attacks in the Times
Union.
Mr.. Narnum, i'll closing his narration,
which contains some passages very un-
complimentary to Mr.. Ashmead and his
paper, intimates his willingness to meet
Mr. Ashmead outside the city. 1t is not
impossible the affair may be renewed
with more serious results
RICHMOND, VA, June 21.-Warrants
were issued this morning for the arrest of
Richard f. Beirne, editor of the State.
and w. {. Elan, editor of the Whid. on a
charge that they We're about to engage i'm
duel. The issuance of the warrants is
due 30 denunciatory editorial in the
wing this morning, in which the editor
OF the State is called a liar. No arrests
have yet been made, neither gentleman
being in town. Mr.. Elam is Secretary of
the Commonwealth of Virginia.
The Wings editorial this morning is in
reply to an article in the State yesterday,
commenting in strong language on the
Wing as the organ of EEBoss' Malone, and
concluding as follows: ''In making this
comment on Boss Malone, we wish it to
be distinctly understood by all his cor
rupt henchmen that what we say and
have said of him, we mean, and have
meant, OF them personally, individually,
collectively, or in any other sense
they eay choose to feel. A more
vicious, corrupt and degraded gang
never followed any adventurer than
those who hang about this petty
Boss. These fellows it is who, having
never a scruple in promoting mixed
marriages and mixed schools, and in OPP
posing honest white men-hOnest cOlored
men-we trust, in strong desire to turn
aside so dire an evil, accuse their opno-
nents of using their own offensive word
''nigger."
The Wing makes extracts from the
States article, replying to each charge.
and concludes: Snow we might be CON
tent with simply giving the lie to all this,
as we do generally, for the Readiuster
party, and especially in so far as its
charges are meant to apply to the
Wig or anybody connected with the
Wing in a responsible way, but we wish
further to say that the whole article from
which we make these extracts is tissue
of general denunciation which would hu-
initiate us if it were not accompanied by
the lofty pretensiOns of superiority in
manners, morals and letters that are
laughably ridiculous, coming from a
source so pitiable in all moral and intel
lectual resources. Consequently, unin-
timidated and not utterly crushed, we
laugh at the States vituperation and
yaporing, and beg to remark that not only
does the State lie, but its editor and owner
lies, and the poor creature who
may have actually written the
article in question also lies:
all jointly and seyerally lie, deliberately,
knowingly, maliciOuslv and with the
inevitable cowardice that is always iOined
with insOlent bravadO."
The latest information about the affair
is that challenge has been accented by
Mr.. Elan, and that the latter. who is
reported to have been secreted in this
city, left here tonight with his friends. a
surgeon, weapons, ETC., for the battle
held, which will be outside of the State