New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-05-23
THEY cor lUiI.

Roth cot awav-ihc 'promncnt GcorSilns.
rr,,n each other: which We suspect was not
srrlous disappointment 10 ether AMI from 'he
nolico. which though very gratifying 10 high
snirltcl nco,le. who think laws are not binding
unon themselves somewhat discouraGin- 10
n,,,n.spiritcd folks. who indulge in The deill-ioh
thar laws are made for everybody ana "u-h'
"a no enforced. even against prominent "c'r-
clans" who engage in brawls in public places.
Tho renort that one Of them had gone 10 iiAcheh'
sock y J.. where he was expecting the DINER
70 moe, him with n brass band and eating gun
md other paraphornalia for settling differences
~ oninior was incorrect At the very moment
whom an anxious public was dcyour.ns the
rumor and calculating the profits which would
accrue 10 the Ilackcnsack undcrtakcrs from th's
Presidential lncurs!On Of courageous ana hEh-
.niritod ncrsons the two heroes were hastly
u,kiu,, for Atlanta Ga, whore each wOuld Dc
restrained from staying the other by pccuniary
considerations growing out Of the enormously
,mnor,on, circumstance that they were under
honds If 5000 each not 10 shed ,ach o'h'r
ho.I in Georgia. They reached Atlanta by
different routes within twenty minutes OF cach
o,hcr both doubtless very much ont Of breath
Immediately on their arrival both began 10 III
lnlg. I'm rcticcncc AMI shrink from the puphc
c,zc As usual in such cases, they shrahk r'-h'
inf, thD hands of tie reporters. and were rrti'
con, 10 the extent Of from half a column 10
column. which WAS al once put upon the wires
and surcod abroad with biographical sketches
throughout the country Both were met al the
station by groups Of friends" Which gives rise
+, the suspicion that. Notwithstanding thc.r "N'
messed purposc TO slly each other somewhere
an ,hc way. their safe arrival WAS not entirely
uncxpecrcd Neither group 50 far as appears
was accompanied by a hcarsc
From the biographical sketches we learn that
DIR Wcstmorcland, who figured as the iac"siap-
uer In the fracas which las now become historic
and who. according 10 the slappcc In mat ccic-
| hro,cd affair wears rcvOlvcrs and dirks hiblt'
rollv I'm addition 10 the surgical Instruments
,roncr 70 his profession, Is the son OF the late
Dr Wcsimorcland, who was famous not only
~ n surgeon but as an extremely high-splIltcu
citizen who WAS in the habit OF settling dilicr'
cnccs with a gun and rather liked IT, On one
occasion II Is related, having gone out TO settle
n difference with son Of the late Governor ana
Senator. Joseph f.. Brown. he was gricyously dis
ounolutcd TO learn that Brown had been put under
| bonds TO keep the peace, and was unavodably
absent in consequence. Upon receiving this III
formation from Browns second the Doctor gayly
remarked: "Well, you have come here to repre-
"sent him; so take your choice Of these weapons.
81 can't fight Brown, we'll fight" Nothing
could have been handsomcr than that. No won
der the elder Wcstmorcland was famous. III Is
repretfully recorded by the local chronclcr that
Rrown's second, who could hardly have been
more mean-splrited II he had been born In Yer
mont declined the invitation In consequence OF
which the duel did not come off. So II sometimes
| hannens that through the lack Of spirit on the
| mart of one person the honorable purpose or
really COURAGEOUS man Is defeated and the RI
tional pleasures Of whole communities are sadly
MARRIED The sol seems TO have Inherited the
annette for carnage which constitutes among
Droud-splrted people both a distinction ana a
charm II was probably owing 10 his Difference
10 the usagcs Of Northern society that he con-
tented himself with simply slapping the face OF
his adversary the other day instead Of shooting
him 10 death with muskctry from his hppockct
or faying him with dirk
| From the biographical sketch Of the other prom
incnt Georgian we learn that he Is a lawyer
"lcading lawyer" Of course; they are the only
kind who ever come North-and that he Is called
| Colonel" as all lawyers are in Georgia, by
courtesy. He had only recently arrived in At
lanta. and was taken up by DR.. Westmore-
land who introduced him to the best society"
and employed him In professional capacity.
The Colonel Rountree by name-dd not man
age business satisfactorily-something connected
with mortgage too intricate and complicated
to be detailed -whereupon the warm-hcartcd
and impulslve Doctor charged him with trcacli-
cry and reached for his hippocke Then they
were both put under bonds Of 5000 not to STAY
each other In Georgia. The rest Is known. They
came TO New-York. had an animated fracas In