Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-07-04

vhom r" With Chs gentleman stand
ing before yoa, sif." e shall only b |
TOO happy 20 acoomnodate you" The
parties INST near Lake Pontchartrain |
upos the following morning. with pis-
tolls, and the ballet from the musicians
weapon spsd directly through the hsart
Of the Irish gentleman, Who would not
diagraoe himself BY marrying the lady
be had betrayed. In 1912, A. Ledoux
and II. Chevremont fought near New
Orleans. with small swords, and Chevre-
mont vas killed
Az AYrAR BETWEEN cnkoLEs.
In 1898, near New Orleans, after Q
long correspondents, Vaudeville Ma
riRny and A. Grainie met With pistols.
at thirty PAGES, the terms of which were
a. follows: Each man to have loaded
pistol in esch hand. and each TO ad-
vance ten PAGES aud 6re betvesn the
eords Fire, l. 2. 8, 4. 5. 6. 7. .. ., 10.
IL, IL, Il. IL. Is. Is, ~, Is. IS aud ~ -
neither party TO cry enough until - Dad
been counted. M4rigny ired tirst and
his antagonist fell, severely wounded.
fneu Marigay advanced another nve
PAGES, pointing his remaining weapon
at the fallen man, As much as to say.
"Don't you dare 20 make a movement
until twenty 10 reached" Msriguv be-
came a high officer in the Confederate
army during the war of the rebellion.
MISCELLANEOUS AFrAlRs-
In Alabama. in 1854, political Difficult
ties sent DIR. FAINT and f. w. Ifby into
the field. With pistols, and tue latter
Was killed at the first FIRE. In Charles
ton, ). c., in 1852, Mr.. h al and Mr..
Leckie, with reyolvers-Mr. Lackis
killed. In south Carolina, in 1919, Mr..
Levy and DE-. NJ 'Cain-the former
wouuded. In Kentucky, in 1852. F. 5.
Mckee and Joseph Murphy, sith pis
tols-both o verrly wounded at tbs
fourth shot. In Georgia, in 1879, Henry
| q. Nixon WAS killed at the first IRE bS
IN attorney of Sav1nnah, who lied tue
country. In Indiana. in 1919. John L.
Gray and Henry G. Pope, of Louisville,
KY. with shetguns, loaded with single
| balls, at twenty paces-the latter NOR
| tally wounded. In Pennsylvania, in
1854, A. L. Snowdrn and w. G. Re adv,
With rifies-the latter severely wounded.
In New Orleans, in 1851, William
Cummings and Henry Bouliguy. with
pisrois-the latter killed. At Snreve
port. in lS49, DR.. Green and Hon. D
Hester, with r,fiss-both killed. Ia
Florida, in 1888, Attorney General
Campbell became Involved in Q p 'li'icai
| d ficulty and was killed in = duel. In
1 North Carolinn, in 1852, w. j. Keith
| and 0. NJ. DAIMLER met with pistols
aud the former Was badly wounded. AT
Bladensburg, in 1921. clerk in the
Treasury Department named Randall
met another Westinghouse named Fox
" til pistols, at eiRht PAGES, and the lat
ter was killed at the first Ere. Ia Mis-
sIs,ippi, IN 1851, General smith and
General Freeman, candidates for Con.
gress, fred Ave times at each other,
when Freeman's bullet took effect and
tho duel Was Terminated. In Kentucky,
in 1851, w. s. Stinet aud r bert Mars.
with pistols-both wounded. In Soath
Carolina, in 1853, John Danovant an !
j. Davidson Legsre. with pistols-tne
latter killed at the first fire. In Geor-
gia, in 1852, ). j. Camp and Lowell
Woodfolk. with rifles, the latter instant
ly killed and the former martaliy
wounded at the first fire. In Florida,
in 1853. Mr.. Collins and Mr.. Winters
the latter killed. In Georgia. in 1854,
Joseph B. Cocker and. ClAndlus q.
Stewart, with dsub.e barrelled shot
guns, at sixty PAGES = Stewart So
verely wounded at the first discharge.
In Kentucky, in 1852, B. Johnson and I.
White, with double barrelled shotRuns.
at forty PAGES the latter killed at tbs
tirst fire. In North Carolina. IN 1877,
members of Congress Carson andVance
with rides-the latter killed. In New
Jersey, in 1852, Mr.. Stowe and Mr..
rownly. vita pistols-both-wounded ut
the first fire. In Kentucky, In lS49, MIR.
Smith and Mr.. Singer, with pistols
bpth wounded. In Alabama, in 1854
w. III. Bowlingly aad Charles Roman,
with Enthusiastically NO lnded. In
New Orleans, in 1852. a desperate duel
was fought. with knives, between Pc
dro Tastra and another dealer in fisn
named Pages The combat lasted near
IL an hoar, at the expiration of which
time Tastra fell dead. having been lat
orally cut to pieces. Pages WAS after
wards tried for murder and convicted of
manslauRhter, but was quickly pardon
cd. In 1853. in the same CITY, q youns'
man named Lessess, WAS killedin a duel
with pistols, by former friend, aged
10. In 1855, two New Workers., named
j. B. Brcekinrid1e and I. Leavenworth,
quarreled at the Shakespeare Club. and
IN a few days afterward met at or near
Niagara Falls, with pistols, at eight
PAGES, and wounded each other at the
6rst hre.
kFYAIRs OF HONOR BETWEEN o. 9. ARMY
AND NAVY OFFICERS.
"Affairs of honor. between officers of
the Unit-d States army and navy were
quite frequent mp to 1850, after which
time they ceased almost altogether. A
great many valuable lives were sscri-
ficed, however, among whom were Cap
tain Ferdinand Louis Amelung, u. 8.
A., who was killed in Loaisiana in 1920;
Midshipman John Banister. q. 3. N, 10
Virginia. in 1895; Lieutenant Samuel
II. Bryant. q. 8. A.. in North Carolina,
in 1914 Midshipman Samuel b. Cooke.
| U. 8. n. near Washington. in 1922; Cap
tain Joshua w. Collett. q. s. A., Ia Mex
loo, In l8l8 Sergeant Willis H. Rsssett.
q. i. N, in South America. in 1880. In
1888, in Virginia, Midshipman J. p.
Jones, o. s. N, fought with James Hope
and was dangerously wounded at the
first fire. Il has been stated that the
pistols ussd by these gentlemen were
the same As those used BY Decatnr and
Barron, which il not tfus, ~ General
Elliott has had the weapons used by the
latter in his possession since 1Si5
In 1879, at Port Mskon. Island
Of Minorca, Midshipman Charles
CEillon Barton VAS wounded By
brother officer. Midshipman William
CaAey vas participant in the first
duel tonight In California (esrly in i849)
and was wounded in the leg. Lieut.. r
So ners, OF the navy. Revo utionary
officer, fought thres duels in one day.
and Vas wounded in the first two.
Somers persisted in the intrepid fire
ketch." before Tripoli, IN 1904. In 18t7,
| il the City Of Mexico, Captain Andrew
Porter, Of tho United States Riffs. and
Captain Archer, of the vsltiReurs, met
with pistols. and she latter vas wounded
in the Leg. About the same time, or
afterward. Lieut.. David Bell, Of the
Second Dragons, United States Amy,
and Lieut.. Robsrt Williams (who mar
ried tho widow Of Stephen A. Dougias)
met near Washington. With pistols, and
the former received a slight wound.
MA1MADuKx AND Waikiki
In 1858, after the defeat Of the Con
fedsrates at Helena, Arkansas, hitter
feeling grow mp between 0eneralsWalk-
e. aud Masmadukc, Of Prices army.