Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-04-27

AHs CaIforss-.
rr-i1 while dining az the ..Star s~d
Cr... PAN NALL. Lone On. Eng. with
7- t.aWorh famous luelist. William
$500 iurt ByroH-erea1-uu OF the
of -T,hilde Hsroid''-quarTele
81 his ine1d regarding the MANI er of
-- serving game, AMI also concerning
Oh came laws; and TIE two retired to an
uHe room and Fought hy the fEht of
raIlow can,le. Byron entered the apart
Hf FIRST. and, rs { IaW0rth was closing
Oh door, turning head rOgud, he he
L.I his antagonist -Wofd half undrawn,
and. wtippIn his own weapon out, he
ie luick luE-e at his opponent, and
r.. his sword through BYr0u's wajstcOat.
t.t u- Cha worth tdau-ht. through his
l.lE. Hi, I9Tdslip closed. and, shorten
m- his sword, stabbed ellsworth in the
81 mach. making a wound fourteen inches
d.-p fom which Mr.. G. 6ied the next
morning. Lu-llsh accounts have always
d-a ra as to which gentleman challenged
I'D. other, and also of subsequent proceed
iL-- con .-rnlng the shocking affair. The
best authorities say that Byron was ar
rested anna tried before his peers in West
minister iiall, and that be read his defense.
plead Ll~ peerage and escaped by his
privilege burning in the hand. Another
account states that he was convicted Of
mIu-AI-hter by a vote of 124 out of l3I
and sentenced 10 the payment of a fine
and one days Imprisonment. Public
opinion irO~ued upon aim ever afterward,
aud La WAS pO nted at as "A murderer even
in bis 80 textile. 1t is an interesting fact
that -le poet tell desperately in love with
Nar' utWurth. the pretty daughter Of his
uu-.s- antagonist. who led him on to
some o., tent and then married another.
lu l~H1 Henry Grattan and Isaac Cory,
members ot the Irish Parliament, in
d-.--i ln vehement debate over the ques-
t.UG whether Ireland was to dWindle into
province or retain her name among ma
irons. during which Cory said that Graf
tan, instead OF enjoying the confidence of
li- ruuntrymen, should be standing at the
criminal bar 10 answer for treasOn-tO
which the great Irish orator replied, con-
GLIDING as follows: The gentleman has
illuminated me tonight in Parliament;
le WIFI caiumnlate me tomorrow i'm the
King courts; but had he said. or dared
fa la.e Insulated. 0ne-half as much else
N. ~. tine indignant spirit of an honest
man would nave answered the vile aud
EeuH- ~iauderer with blow" the par
ties lett the House Immediately, with
FRIENDS although il was quite dark, and
repaired 90 the nearest dueiing ground
and Iougnt with pistols az twelve PAGES,
rrU having his left arm shattered at the
first Shot.
AS ata as 1913, Capt. Phillips. Of the
British army, Iu garrison at Bombay, In
dIl. O.. d 0f- use at Lieut.. Sheppard. of the
same GARRISON for trivial words, and the
tWHu-f-arS INDUCED in vOluminous cor
r-~r.n..u-e which resulted in a hostile
meefH- 1t night by the light of a single
candle held hY native domestic i'm the
service o.. Phillips, who was shot dead at
the first are. sheppard was cOurt-mar-
tailed anal dismissed from the army, and
a,terVJrd tried upon the charge of muir
der and convicted Of manslaughter.
Capt. Rutherford and Surgeon Cahill, of
tne British army officers in tue same
regim CO., on garrison duty in Scotland
n 1911. quarreled over the trivial matter
go i3li.l carrying file OF London papers
from tar mr---r0aIa to his quarters, which
Was. really. contrary to garrison regula-
tl0u- tome word BROUGHT on another.
when Rutherford, greatly enraged, chal-
ien-.l tae surgeon 10 mortal combat,
which .l- latter accepted aud named the
rall. evening and neighbOriug quarry as
iar ii.u. ANA place for the hostile engage
n.ut- Tue principals met promptly at
ll- quarry ar the appointed hour, accom-
panied ay seconds and Rutherford re-
crIf.i % mortal wound The survivor was
cub lu.nty tried and acquitted.
ll .. aariE part of 1888 there trans
If characteristic encounter at Cha
li- N.t N-N'ca, the result of which pro-
t.-.l u..-u rejoicing among the element
Of border CIVILIZATION which is rarely sat
l~1ad with one '-man for breakfast" thus:
Charles heiser and Will WhitsOu were
young men rs Chama, and bosom friends.
N-..~'u, who was known as Tex held
Oh. oai. nj Town Marshal, and. seeing
heI-r carrying "a pistol. in violation of
local ordinances, deemed it his duty, not
Nit--.aniIng their friendship. to disarm
surrender the pistol; thereup0n a quarrel
eu-utd, and Tex" proposed that they
should fight g duel then and there. 1t was
~ O'Clock at night, but clear. Keiser ac-
ceuiei the challenge, and, separating ten
PAGES. they began TO fire a eacn other. In
less than quarter Of an hour both were
dead. The manner in which they re-
ceired their injuries was in itself singu-
Jar. At the first fire keiser shot Tex
through the heart. As Tex stumbled and
fell be fired four times IN quick success
sion, and one Of the balls passed COM
plerely through keiser's body. "They
were both noble fellows gently re-
marked % melancholy ruftian present, as
ue sent a leaden messenger of salutatiOn
through lhe plug hat of the newest En-
gusl arrival AT Chama. Yes, sir, them
boys have started many a cemetery of
their own. and shan't want for a decent
A-aA.A tt- ~ TT lfthc IL lftl sell " a p
point but the BritOn with the mar
row-orimmed nail-keg hat had quietly dis
appeared.
Some time ago, in one Of the Southwest
eru states, a ''native and 90 the manner
born named Gamble while forming one
Of group describing a semi-circle in
front of an evening ire ut an only town
tavern. took occasion to yulgaTly eXpec-
torate upon the well polished boots Of a
.rHr. 4 f. n
arrived from New Y 0rk. With the supe-
riOr blood OF the old General in his veins.
the insulted man jumped up as also did
Gamblel, and in great anger asked the
fellow u he had purpOsely spit upon his
boot; 90 which the latter replied that
Schuyler had guessed it the first time;
land, said Gamble, ''if you don't like it
III spit in YOUR face" AS quick as light
ming SCHUYLER dealt the funny man a
blow, and then the two closed and trough
and tum1led" until the landlord suggested
that they 90 into a dark room and ii sht it
out with knives. THAT suits me to
DEATH" shouted Gamble. "All right, sir"
replied SCHUYLER. They We're then locked
up in dark room, where they fought with
knives and pistols for nearly fifteen min
utes. when all of a sudden the fighting
ceased and the apartment became quiet.
Tue landlord then opened the door and
SchUy lpr underneath. Both were covered
with blood from head to foot. Gamble
was quite dead, and Schuyler was sup
posed to be dying. The crowd quickly got
him Out into the air, applied restoratiyes
and baDdages. and i'm few weeks he had
fully recovered. The statement need
hardly be made that thereafter in a certain
southwestern town eXpectOration was
discharged In cataracts all round Schuy-
ler's boots, but never a sprinkle upon
them. In describing this affair some years
2iterWdrd. Schuyler SAYS that he had
been presty well used up by Gamble,
when the latter got down upon him to see
n he was dead. when he grabbed him and
held him IL that position with one hand
and with BIS legs, and with the other
nand drove tae murderOus blade clean into
Ehe fellows heart.
As late as Oct. 8. 1885, two Virginiaus
settled an affaig OF honor by moonlight,
according to a dispatch from Fincastie,
; a., OF the above date, which describes
the circumstances Of the meeting and the
meetln-s itself as follows George Thorn
as and Algerman Battleheim fought a
duel neaF here this evening in a lonely
spot known Is Stony Battery. Thomas
was armed with a d0uble-barYeled shot
gun. loaded with heavy shot, and Battle
Aelm with q SIX shooter Colts revolver.
battieheim, UP TO two weeks ago, had
been constant visitor at Thomas resi-
denee, and rumOrs had been industriOusly
Circulated That he was in love with his
NERDS wife; and Thomas, after careful /
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