The Opelousas courier., 1884-06-07
nrrI,ING MINISTER'S.
..s,. who Have Killed Their
Taaad shots i'm the Pulpife

s.ase who have never heard of such
q ia statement that ministers of
w. aaspe have killed their fellow-beings
~ ssssls will cause surprise, writes Major
~ \ Truman in the Alta California.
Bep. s.sb 4 the case, and, as late as 1899.
6ns sps IN Henry Bate, an Episcopal
ts ;.tsr. had fought and killed three
sllpl:s !, dncls. He died in 1894, holding
lasa Il nosition in Ely cathedral, Eng
n description of this mans life
lsss, him to have been a brilliant but
Ieo s;rate fellow, althougha parson. He
dead shot, but was winged" at
Va = CAPTAIN Stoney Robinson, who
4. la dangerously wounded by the UNI
MR ssl parson-a lady having been the
ss,as N The trouble. In 1915 the Rev.
81 Rate Tor Dudley, as he had taken the
ms n Dudley in 1784 was made a
..srs Two of his wrangles and duels
" oycr actresses, and another on
W. sss,rt Of articles he had written. In
W. m Episcopal minister named
n XIV Allen challenged and killed a
ssyrlander named Lloyd Dulany. The
KIN took place in Hyde park, London,
.Sort time before midnight, and was
ssight with pistols at eight PAGES. Du-
s ssss 5elE to the ground and raised him
81 almost like a flash. and then tot
ssssd back and fell into the arms of
x second. Henry Delaney, of Hagers-
I'M Md, mortality wounded. The
szFeulty was caused by the publication
Il unanimous articles in a Londen news.
ssner rejecting upon Dulany and other
sIerican loyalists, and a subsequent
ssblcation Of a card in the same paper
ssline the writer of the articles a liar, a
,ooandrel and a coward. Allen at
lsnpted to quit the country the day fol-
@Wine the duel, but was arrested and
aaTicted Of manslaughter and sentenced
h@x months Imprisonment in Newgate.
mafG4 the Rev. Thomas Hill was chal-
s5acd BY Cornet Gardner, of the Cara
k;aeer. for ungentlemanly conduct, and
uss killed at the first shot.
perI,aps one of the most interesting
mecdotes of these Christian fighters, who
ZEN At times to have almost forgotten
Ihe tScrmon on the Mount, y is the one
a6out Doctor Blackburn, who was in the
sarlg part of his life an active buccaneer
iii Tue West Indies for even buccaneers
could not do without a parson. And
during one of their cruises, as the story
Foes. The frst-lieutenant, having a dis
pute with Blackburn, tod him that if it
Eere not for his gown he should treat
him IN a different name ssOhl" ex-
claimed the parson, that need be no
hndrance;;' and stripping off the gar
msnt. he added: Now, / n your
mann AT this it was agreed that they
,honId fight on a small island near where
Gha ship lay, and that the n who fell
hould be rolled into the sea by the sur
xiyof, that it might seem as if, while
Walking on the cliff, he had lost his foot
ing and tumbled in. The lieutenant
lall, to all appearance, as If shot dead.
Blackburn of once rolled the PROSTATE
man down the cliff; but just at the last
shelf IF the declivity, the lieute1 Int re
covered sufficiently to cry out: "Fol
Gods sake, hold your hand!' s.Aha!'
said Blackburn, you called just In
time, for in another moment you would
have been in the sea- The same parsor
Ind buccaueer was afterward made arch
bishop of York, and when Sir Charles
Wager heard of the promotion he said
What, my old friend Doctor Blackburn
created archbishop OF York; I ought to
haEe been preferred to il before him, fol
was the elder buccaneer of the two.n
Notwithstanding the many edlcts is
sued by the Catholic church, Cardinal d.
Ketz once challenged q priest OF higf
birth at the altar. 1t is said Of this s'hoiy
man that he was one of the most noteo
duelists of the seventeenth century, anc
mas the hero of thirteen hostile meetings
Cardinal Norris once accepted a challeng'
To- fight anoted Jesuit named Macedo, II
fhe forests Of Boalogne, but the meeting
Wa interfered with by the pope, and Ma
csHo. it is said, nearly died from grief i
consequence. Joachim Murat, afterwart
king Of Naples, and one of the deades
sh0fs that ever lived, fought his first due
While occupying a high church position
as the Able Murat-the u OF tn
trpuble being q pretty maiden OF lou
lonse.
The writer has no knowledge of sucl
dueEing scenes among American clergy
msn, although he has met mem
bers Of the cloth who carried pts
tolls and were known as ~excellen
SLOTS He calls to mind q youn!
K~entuckian, of most profigate habits, Nh
preached III st. Athanasius' church, II
lbs Angeles, ia 1868, who could viii
vnt d six-shooter and knock tn
spots out of the six of diamonds Q
tEenty yards, or ring the bell at Q shoot
ing gallery with d rifle twelve times Il
succession. He was d brilliant younI
sinister, but d slave to intoxicants, ant
died from the effects Of internperanc
shortly after having retired from ia
1Eat0Eship Of d church at Elkhart, Ind.
III 1879. The last words OF this Cite
minister-uttered at the very threshold
0f death-are so full of startling PATIO
Ahd SO painfully illustrative of the cours
af 30 many who have looked too re
quentiy upon the delicious nectar in il
BLUSH that we present 10 here, trustin,
thai il may not be without its lesson {
these who are too heedlesso of the posslbl
Consequences Of too much adTink"
( Bat now the struggle is over. ca
survey the field and measure the losses
khe demon tore from around me ia
robes of my sacred Office and sent "a
out ehuEehless and goddess, d very hissln
and byword among men. Afterward
haa business, large and lucrative, an
Al voice was heard in many couri
pleadingfor mercy, justice and right. Bu
the dust soon gathered on my books an
no football crossed the threshold Of th
afuhkard's Office. T had money7-ampl
fri 81 neGessities-but it took wings an
vent to feed the Golfers of the devil
which possessed me. I had q HON
s6eFned w;th all that wealth and th