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Newspaper Articles Cause Bad Blood I,e-
tween DIr. N. @. Gonzales of Tho State
ana Mr. NJ. +. Tiehe OF The News and
Courier.
COLUMBIA, s. g., Aug. 4.-The quiet
monotony Of summer life in our city
was suddenly, but not unexpectedly.
broken yesterday afternoon by a per-
sonal encounter between Mr.. Nj. +.
Tighe, the Columbia correspondent of
the News and Courier, and Mr.. N.G.
Gonzales. managing editor OF The State.
The affair occurred about haIf-past6 @
o'clock in front of the News and Courier
bureau Office. and naturally enough ina
few minutes after its occurrence it was
known from one end of the town to the
other, and was the theme of all tongues.
The cdS,ts delli, as the lawyers say, was
primarily certain newspaper articles
which have latterly appeared in the
columns Of the News and Courier over
the initials of Mr.. Tighe and certain
editorial utterances in The State. Mr..
Iighe intimated that a Columbia daily.
presumably The State, had Republican
tendencies and always received the first
news OF any important Republican
movements. TO this The State respond.
ed Yesterday morning in an editorial in
which, among other things, the follow
ing references were made to Mr.. Tghe:
"Mr. Tige has had the opportunity
to know, and knows, that The State is
owned exclusively by Democrats; that
its editorial policy is absolutely con-
trolled by the man whose name appears
at the head of its editorial columns, and
whom no one dare accuse to his face of
being other than a Democrat Of "the
straightest sect that it advocates the
Democracy of Jefferson without swerv-
ing or cessation, and that it has no con-
nection whatever with any other paper,
Democratic or Republican, directly or
indirectly.
I'm making what every one will recog-
nlze as insinuations to the contrary. Mr..
the Charleston News and Courier in this
city, has been guilty of asneaking Sian
der, unredeemed by the semblance of
truth.
IF Mr.. Matthew Il. Tighe, in what he
has sent to the News and Courier, did
not intend to insinuate that The slate
was In some manner tainted by Repub-
lican connections, and for that reason
introduced 1T into business difference
between the owners of the Record. then
he is an idiot.
eff, on the other hand-and his refer
ence to The State as an alleged Demo-
cratic paper bears out the suppositon-
he did intend to oimpugn the Democracy
OF this newspaper, he is a knave."
The editorial in question also charged
that Mr.. Tighe had sought position on
the staff of The State, and had asserted
hat he was not in sympathy with the
Tlllman party, and that il he had voted
In the general election he would have
voted for Judge Haskell. 1t also charged
that Mr.. Tigh. desired to take stock in
The State, ani as late as the month ~
May was still seeking position on its
staff.
Yesterday afternoon Mr.. Tighe sent
MIR. Gonzales anOte in which he told
him that he could not escape a fight
with him as he had escaped one with
MIR. TalDert and Mr.. Candy, and that al
though he did not go armed, he would
| meet Mr.. Gonzales wherever and when.
ever he pleased and with any weapon ne
| pleased, ana that he did not carry "thC
stiilett9 Of the Spaniard;" at least such
is said to be the contents of the letter
but as neither the sender nor the re
ceiVer OF it have given it out for pub
lcatlon. the above may not be literally
accurate. Upon receipt of the letter Mr.
Gonzales procured a cOwhide, and in
company with w. II. GibGes, Jr.
sought Mr.. 'Fighe, who was at the
time sitting in front of the News and
Courier Office. Sheriff Rowan, who had
few minutes previous can Q up, see.
Ing Mr. Gonzales approaching with the
cowhide sticking out of his pocket, said
hurrrlediy to him. None of that, N. c.
and as he spoke Mr.. Gonzales struck
at MIR. Tightr. and they imme
uiately clinched. They We're separ.
ated momentarily by the Sheriff but got
together again, and according to the &C.
counts OF several tystanders, including
the Sheriff, MIR. Tighe struck MIR Con
zales several blows in tile face, and by
That time they were again separated
and neither OF them appeared To be
| much the worse for The encounter
Both of them were summoned to ap
pear before the Mayor this morning for
dlsorderly conduct and lighting on the
| streets. but thus far no further steps
have been taken to prevent any repe.
tltlon OF the encounter Sheriff Rowan
stated last night to Register repor.
ter that the rumor that he had post ed
himself at the News and Courier office
for some time before the difficulty in
/ anticipation OF ii, was positively with.
out foundation in fact. He says that he
left his office to go home by u back
street, and remembering some business
matter, changed his mind and went
round on Main street, and had been al
the office only Il few minutes when the
encounter took place as above men.
toned.
Ills But II Scheme.
COLUMBIA, S c., July Alliance
lecturer j. II. Kinsler, has to day made
public letter from Capt. Richard
O'Neil, ex-may0r of Columbia, who has
for some years been classed with Re-
publicans. In this letter Capt. O'Neil
suggests as Il remedy for the existing
depression by reason of the reduced
price OF cotton, the skipping of cot
ION crop "a the whole South next year
His plan, In brief, is for the farmers to
refuse to sell but half the present crop
during the next twelve months, de