St. Paul daily globe., 1888-01-30
ind Kentucky each had 5000 copies of

Jefferson DAVIS was defeated for gov
ernor of Mississippi by Henry S. Foote,
McClung was an active and jealous |
partisan of the latter. The fight was |
OH what is known as the "UniOn ISSUE"
or, rather, on the question whether |
Mississippi should join with South Caro- |
lima in the event of the secession of the |
latter, and foot was the Union candi- |
date. In this campaign McClung fully |
established his reputation as a vigorous,
caustic and convincing speaker, and
Foote'S victory was due in no small de-
gree to his efforts.
Later, when Pierce was president and
Jefferson Davis was secretary of war,
McClung applied for commission in
one OF the new regiments of regulars
then organizing for frontier service. Ii
was refused him. This was the crisis
of his life, and he could not recover
from it. His former high spirit lapsed
into state OF melancholy, alternated
which made men shun him. This he
noted, and it cut him to the quick.
From bad to worse he passed, until at
last, being in the fOrty-tifth year of his
age, he put pistol to his head and
blew out his brains. Sergt. S. Prentiss
fought as many duels as McClung, and,
as already stated, FOOte fell twice by
his bullets. Prentiss, as Old-timers re-
member, was one of those remarkable
men who hold in their hands the hearts
of all who are intimately associated
with them, and his influence in Missis-
Sippi was marvellous.
Judge Isaac Caldwell. of the supreme
court Of the state, died from bullet in
the stomach, fired by Col. Samuel
GWinn, the register of the land Office, at
Clinton, Miss, during Jackson'S admin
istratiOn. Gwinn died year later from
wound in the breast, received in the
same encounter. Caldwell fired the
fatal shot after he was hit, and just as
he was falling.
DR.. James Hagan, an Irishman, who
had been educated at the University Of
Dublin, and was renowned as writer
of defamatory matter i'll the Vicksburg
Sentinel, died in the streets of VickS-
burg at the hands of Daniel w. Adams,
a young man just from college. The
fight was brought Oh by rough article
i'll the Sentinel, charging Judge Adams,
the young mans father, with being con-
cerned with Gov. Tucker in raiding the
state treasury. Hagan was shot through
| the head and expired almost instantly.
Dan Adams afterwards became brig
adler general in the Confederate army,
and was number of times wounded in
| action. He died in New Orleans sew
erai years after the war.
Mr.. Ryan succeeded DR.. Hagan as
editor of the Sentinel. He was killed in
duel not long after by Mr.. Hammett,
of the Vicksburg Whig.
Mr. Jenkins, of the Sentinel, periShed
in duel with Col. Crabb. The latter
was afterward put to death in Sonora,
while leading band of fiiibusterS. and
| his head was preserved in spirits of
wine and sent to the City of Mexico.
Several others fell while wearing edi-
torial harness on the same paper, and it
was commonly reported that no less
than six of its writers were shot in duelS
i'll its service.
Isaac r. Partridge fought two duels
while editing the Whig for Mr.. Shannon.
W. ID. Roy, another editor, fought Nat
Pugh at YazOO City. After the first shot
the latter, waiting moment for him
self or his antagonist to fall, turned to
his second and exclaimed: "a clear
miss, by all that's holy"
Roy afterwards shot Robert BurdOm
and gave him a crippled arm for life,
using Mississippi rifle at forty PAGES.
This encounter took place in 1857, op-
posite Vicksburg Roy subsequently
met tragic death in the streets of
| Vicksburg at the hands of young man
whom he had denounced as dishonest.
William A. Lake, prominent as a
Whig leader in Mississippi, was shot in
the forehead by Hal Chambers, opposite
this city, in the autumn of 1861. Lake
was brought over and taken to the
GayoSO house, where he died some
hours later.
AlOnZo Greenlaw killed Henderson
Taylor. and Ed Freeman killed E. Ham
lin, just over the Mississippi line on the
fernando road, and about twelve miles
from this city. The latter duel oc-
CURED in 1870, and the former few
years before. Both created great ex-
citement at the time.
James BriZzOlara was shot in the arm
by George Phelan in duel opposite
this city in Arkansas about the same
time.
A half dozen Or more of the combats
noted above were witnessed by the
writer. He was not present, however,
at the one fought opposite this city in
1861 by A. r. CaZauran, the now we'll
known playwright. and Duncan, an
actor at the Memphis theater. Missls-
sippi rifles were used. The parties,
after firing two shots and making a
clear miss each time. gave it up in dis
gust and returned to the city in the
was conspicuous object of attention
on that blOOdlesS field. He aided the
boys in escaping arrest by telling the
Sheriff'S posse that came along to nah
them, that they were only practicing at
birds.
The cause of the duel was a series of
criticisms written by CaZauran, who
was then connected with the Memphis
press, in which he abused the actors
performance and lauded that of his
pretty wife, with whom the critic was
| fn1 To lNnc nl,nII
was verbal one. Cazauran accepted
and then coolly asked the enraged hus.
band for match to light his cigar. The
two sat opposite each other in the stern
sheets of the boat while returning from
the scene of the combat, and fell into
friendly converse as naturally as il
nothing had occurred to ruff1e the
peaceful current of their acquaintance
PERFECT POSTAL FACILITIES
for the Mail---The Lone Posta
Card and Its Owner.
Arkensas Traveller.
Scene, Mississippi postoffice. Post
master and several friends sitting on
bench in front of the house. Post
. master (yawning) Wonder why tha
boy don't come OH with the mail. Eve
: sense he swapped off his Sorrel hosS ful
that old bay the mail has been late.
Rube Foster-It looks to me like fel
Ter that rides the mail Oughtenter be al
lowed to swap hOsses without the say-st
, NV the government.
Lias Brown-"Yas, but, Rube, fel
: ler jest nachully an 'cordin to the con
sertution has wright to swap his owl
property. Amt he?' (appealing to th'
, pOStmaSter).
, p. NJ. with slight frown, indicating