Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-06-28
a War DUE
uaw TWO Federal aud Confederate
scouts settled Matters.

unw Two Federal aud Confederate
scouts settled Matters.
On the 18th of June, 1868, says a Confeder-
ate surgeon In the Georgia Union, / witness
ed a duel between Capt. Jones, commanding
a Federal scout, and Capt Fry, commanding
q rebel scout In Greene county, East Tennes.
see. These two men had been fighting each
other for six months, with the fortunes OF
battle In favor first Of one and then the other.
Their commands were encamped on either
side OF Lick Creek, a large and sluggish
stream, too deep TO ford and too shallow for
J a ferry boat, but there n bridge spanned the
! stream for the convenience OF the travelling
public. Each of them guarded this bridge,
that communication should 20 neither nor Ia
nor south, as the railroad track had been bro
ken up months before. After fighting each
other several months, and contesting the
point as to which should hold the bridge,
they agreed to fight a duel, the conqueror to
ho.d the bridge undisputed for the time be-
ing. Jones gave the challenge, and Fry ac-
ccpted. The terms were that they should fight
with navy pistols, at 20 yards apart deliberate
" walking toward each other and firing until
the last chamber of their pistols was dis
charged, unless one or the other fell before
all the discharges were made. They chose
their seconds, and agreed upon "A rebel sur
geOn Gas he was the only one In either com
msnd) 20 attend them In case OF danger.
Jones was certainly n ti~ne-looking fellow,
with light hair and blue eyes, 8 feet 10 inches
In height, looking every inch the military chief
tain. lie was a man soldiers would esteem aud
ladies regard with admiration. never saw a
man more cool, determined aud heroic under
such circumstances. i have read of the
deeds of chivalry and knight. e~rrantry in
the Middle Ages and brave men embalmed la
modern poesy, but when i saw Jones come
TO the duellsts' scratch, lighting, not for real
or supposed wrongs To himself, but AS he hon
estly thought, for his own country aud the
glory OF the fag, / could not help admiring
the man, Notwithstanding he fought for the
freedom OF the negro, which l was opposed
10.
Fry was n ran full 6 feet high, slender,
with long, wavy, curling hair, ~jet-black eyes,
wearing a slouch hat aud gray suit aud look
ed rather the demon than the man.
There was nothing ferocious about him, but
be had that self-suficient nonchalauce that
said, "a will Kill you" Without a doubt he
was brave, cool and collected. and although
suffering from IL terrible flesh wound in his
left Rrm. received a week before, he mani
tested no symptoms OF distress, but seemed
ready for the fight
The ground was stepped off by the seconds,
pistols loaded aud exchanged, and the princi-
pals brought face TO face.
They turned around and walked back to
the point designated. jones' second had the
word Sire 'and he slowly said 'One-two-
threc-frew they simultaneously turned at
The word and instantly fired. Neither was
hurt. They cooked their pistols and dellber-
ately walked toward each other, firing as
they went. At the fifth shot Jones threw up
his right hand, aud, firing his his pistol in the
air, sank down. Fry was in the act Of firing
his last shot, but, seeing Jones fall, silently
lowered his pistol, dropped 1t on the ground
and sprang 10 Jones side. taking his head In
his lap as he sat down aud asking him II he
WAS burt.
! discovered that Jones Was shot through
the region OF the stomach, the bullet Clanc.
Ing around that organ aud coming out To the
left OF the spinal column: besides he had re-
| ceivcd three other f~rightful flesh wounds in
other portions OF the body. l dressed his
wounds and gave him such stimulants as |
had. lie afterwards got well.
Fry received three wounds-one breaking
his right arm, one the left and the other IN
the right side. After months OF suffering lie
got well, and fought the war out to the bitter
end, and to-day the two are partners in a
wholesale grocery business, aud certifying
the sentiment of Byron, that "a soldier
braves DEATH" etc.
Trusting that the above truthful narrative
will he a lesson 10 some people. North and
South, that staid on the outside and yelled,
'Seek, dogip aud are still not satisfied with
the results Of the war, let me subscribe my
self q reconstructed rebel.