The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-01-07
TdE DAYS OF DUELS.
vzEN The PRACTICE WAS
IL GENERAL IN IRELAND.


pesults Were Fatsl-Sunny Side
ERA Dark Subject.
rom The Leeds England Mercury.
- country has dueling enjoyed 50
- - vitality as in Ireland. For a con-
80 .Lle neriod Of its history the Green Isle
Sl'' Ia happy hunting ground Of "satisfac-
y The men and women OF tbs last cent
p'-' and the earlier part Of the present
w themselves into the exciting pastims
D-rs ,snerous enthusiasm. IL was part OF
Wv. .,rriculum of education, and no young
,Ior,an,s education was considered COM
- r. until he had fought duel Indeed,
,s time a club existed in Galway to
"s;ch no person was admitted who had not
~. his man. In those days every respect
~ ~ family had among their heir
SUI the hereditary pistols - the
LrUs-arvators and the indicators of
.to family honor. These were tenderly re-
'~.risI aud kept scrupulouSiy clean and
80 for no man knew the moment when
Sils-, ,rould be required. The handles were
IplSsSS,sri3rsly notched, and on each notch
IIre, tale-perhaps catastrophe. At
CC U.s. s. G. Hall was shown pistol
o".rkad with seven notches, each notch in
I...+,ng that It had sent bullet into an
oS.srssry. The father OF Toler, Lord
yy,,hnry on bis death-bed and almost with
y. dving lips, took pair OF pistols from
un5er his pillow, and murmured as he pre-
It'd them to his son: Nov, Jack, be
'1gays ready to keep up the credit of the
,,miiv and the honor of an Irish gentle~
n.n which dying advice Jack seems TO
Ssge remembered, for, as Lord Norbury liz
. aa days, he fought fighting Fitzgerald
sad two others.
TERRIBLE SCENE.
uot-headed. sensitive and rash, Irish gen
asmeu fought on every provocation. 81
Tss present at duel" writes s. C. Hall in
ri. "Retrospeot Of a Long Life,"" fatal
5naI which was fought near Rosscar berry.
Two first cousins had quarreled over
',maihing-the merest trihe-and a meet
mo vas the result. A few minutes before
,bey Aired heard one OF the principals say
a 6is second: Il declare | have not even
aver against my cousin He had merely
s,d what he thought, that the other prin-
final had behaved like a goose, add
ng. Il know that l am less than
goose for going out with him.
The first shot laid him on the
,gsrd. MORALLY wounded. At this
Ionr distance of time / con see the grad
nal film, the glazed look Of death came over
Ma ewes and bear the sob with which he
Welded up life full of hope and promise.
Ayouug fellow lay dead, while there was in
dispute the barest point OF honor that jul
dcious sroiter might have settled in half a
minute by half dozen wordsl / did not on
that mournful day see the body conveyed TO
the house the dead man had left. but l
Passed there subsequently and could we'll
imagine the intense agony Of a household
where be was deeply and fondly loved"
DUELs OVER ELEOTIoNs.
OF course duel generally followed an
election, or rather occurred while 1t was
pending. We get a remarkable illustration
Of what life in Ireland was in 1910, when
Messrs. Cololpugh and Sheridan opposed
Mr. Alcock for the representation Of the
county Of Wexford. Several tenants OF a
person supporting Aicock declared that
they should vote for the two otber can
didates This was resented and Mr.. Col
clough was called upon to refuse their
votes he declared that he bad In no man
ner canvasaed them, and that he would not
direct them how they should vote. He was
answered, Receive their votes at your
periln Before the opening of the next
days poll the rival candidates wero on the
field to determine the tenants right
by the pistol. Many hundreds were
present. Among them were several
magistrates The ground was marked
the crowd separated on either side as their
party feelings dictated; the word was given
and Mr. Cololough fel shot through the
heart Within two hours AFTER ward hia op-
p9nent was returned duly elected. AT the
next asszes he was tried for murder before
Baron Smith, who openly declared against
aespitsl conviction, and the jury, without
moments hesitation. pronounced a YER
dict OF Not guilty. The parties 60 the
duel had been intimate friends. and Alcock,
though acquitted. never recovered his self.
composure; his intellect faded and his sis.
Ter, doubly wounded, went mad anc
dled. singular duel arising out OF
50 election squabhle has been re.
cordsa by Sir }. Darlington, in which the
seooAus as well as she principals fought.
lhey stood at right angles, ten PAGES dis
oaGt, and ali began firing together on a sig
Iai from an umpire. At the first the two
principals we're touched; al the next bott
seconds aud one principal staggered out o.
laelr places They were we'll "hit,S but NJ
lives lost. Still there was much truth il
we Story which has been told of Dick Mar
ua OF galway, who, being in conversation
NIIn Vhe prince regent, was addressed By
.ue Prince with: $50 you are going to have
auoh'ested election in your countyp "Yes
your royal highness, as usual" "And wht
VA WIN" The survivor, please you
Tngyal highRess," Martin answered, will
hloernian ooolnsss.
THE HUMORS OF THE FIELD.
III; tae annals Of the Emerald Isle brissl
t "l.l Incidents Of dueling IN which IrisI
aulnor, il not at all times Irish bravery,
pSuspiououS On one occasion Sir Jonal
nalfl9gton fought duel with a barriste
s Iaueu acNaily. The latter had one les
I bGorIef Than the other. and because 1t wa
th 59 usolt when in a hurry to take tw,
r r-utLhplhg steps with the short leg to brin,
n No rue space pa made by the long one. he wa
S nauleu One Pound Two" McNally coulC
Sps no one Of his bar to fight him, and 81
s Iohi'ngeo harrington, who good nsturedly
TThteuanged shots in the Phoenix park
Inc me oaronet hit his opponent in tn
races then called the "gaIIows, an,
r ,rat 80 ne had killed him. When the re
sS S,S WIS made known one of the second
ev orIeu, Mac! you are the only rogue
Si- Hus% who was saved by the gallows.
starc CUnan Darlington gives several in.
~ Tvs OF dueis 10 which the comic side o
oco,, =. ISL character came out. One of thest
bGiulfed In 1888, when Frank Shelton,
nra s1,orous' Joking, fat young fellow, wa
tbauan leu on, much against his grain, T.
nnn; Inee The exciseman Of the town TO
bls thrs. .he but end of horse-whip dow
mouth ~" when he slept drunk, with hi
thu s sr opsn. In vain did he demonstrate
p;stoj SO a@ could snuff candle with 6
pSs9t ball and he was as big as loo dozel
T IUuies. He was forced to the combat
tn S.oa OF people came to see the fight OF
sacbh r na OF Mary borough. The friends o.
VrssD party pitched ragged tent on tn
sprTo3 "here whisky and salt beef wore con.
IN his IL. ~ abundance. Shelton screwet