The sun., 1897-11-14
THE rror1r,.snooxs DuEI.
RouEht on an rsIsnd IN the savannah silver
By 1--WE Beys whe necaue Paneu'-

Rousht on an IsIsna In the sayannah River
By 1--WE Boys whe Recaue paneu'-
Frou, tie Augusta Herald.
In the Savannah River, some eight or ten miles
above Augusta. was ifty or sixty years ago
large and dreary sand bank, known as Goat Isl.
and. covered with drifting and ifting dunes.
the home Of the crane, the kinghsher. and the
heron, Precisely nfty.siE ycars ago one OF tho
most noted duels that ever illustrated the code
OF honor took place on Goat lsland-a sort OF
neutral ground amenable perhaps neither to
the laws Of Georgia nor South Carolina. The
principals and seconds in this duel, save ono,
were all Edeefleld mon Of high descent and Of
the cavalier class, who beloved In and practiced
the code duollo.
The principals were two handsome and brilliant
young lawyers, Louis 7. Wigfall. aged % years.
and Preston s. Brooks. aged a. The casus
beli In this famous duel grew out OF political
strifes and ambitions. Wigfalrs second was
Sonn S Lauren Manning Of Sumfer county; =. e
BIooks's second was Pierce Mason Butler of
characters in the history OF their State-indeed.
In the history Of the South-es is abpndantly
that have been written or amended since.
In the worry earliest hour OF the dim, gray dawn
81 tio aeii morning OF the year lS4l-to avoid no.
the late Thomas Barrett, who Is himself an 90
coaches convey wisfali. Manning. Barrett,
physician and three colored men. servants; to the
with their physician hand and servants, come from
Ma @soE sd * sS t0
The duel took place at $50 o'clock In the
afternoon. Tho actors in the bloody drama were
taken from either shore to the island in one of
tho woanding Of WistaiI throash both thighs
the bullet ranging round into his back and lodg-
ing there. Both men were painfully and very
serd9nsy SER h%onnaed Both sank 70 the & ground
Of blood.
And now comes the dramatic and somewhat
been temporarily dressed. both men were lifted
tenderly into the pole boat and lying almost
tlod stream to tho city. In this boat with tho
wounded men were the seconds. Mr.; Barrett.
Major Hammond. the physiGians, and Ave negro
by lightwood torches. sometimes hiring b light,
sometimes burning blue. as 1t Rlided down the
broad, still river in the blackness of darkness.
bear ring on its bosom two noble. brave, and bleed.
ing boys, whose immortal 80 Is, before the jour
Goa! Ges ena' might be called to stand before their
Arriving at Augusta, Louis wigfall was taken
wife and moi ner.in.law the late Mrs. Harriet
Glasscock. were family connections of his and
there nursed back to health with tender care and
taken to Boards hotel. in Hamburg. whence.
after few days. he was taken to his homo in
:, Louis T. wigfall N married a brilliant belle of
Providence, r. l., and after living In EdRefeld
q few yeSrs. subsequent to this duel, removed to
Marshall, Tex, which State he very soon repre-
sented in the United States Senate. where he
achieved national reputati as an orator and
votedy and enthusiastically on the side of his
native South. He became a hero in the memor-
General in the Com ederate Army. Senator from
Texas in the Confederate Congress. and an inti-
mate friend and adviser of Jefferson Davis. He
Ian Iva
years after the close of the war,
Preston $. Brooks married a daughter of Gov.
in Edgefield. He became so popular among the
pc pie Of Edgeticld and the neiRhboring dis
tricts " that they sent him to represent them in
Cong ess. Previous to this, however, he haG led
Company D of the Palmetto Regiment through.
out the Mexican war, and had reached the high
est rank as wise and brave soldier. While he
was member OF the lower house Of Congress
his cousin. Judge Andrew Pickens Butler. was
Sou South Gor9linas Senator In the Senate about
famous MASSACHUSETTS, Senator, Charles Sumner,
made a speech rejecting in an insulting manner
years his senior. This insult to his venerable
kinsman. so aroused the ire OF the fiery
Senate chamber The matter became almost ia a
national issue. and aroused in the Northern
mind ID much Of that hatred q ths South IL that led led
term as Congressman. died in Washington in
!, Pierce NJ; Butler became Governor OF South
Carolina, then United States Commissioner to
the Indians. and subsequently the devo' ed
Regiment in the Mexican war. He fell at the
head Of his regiment. with a bullet through his
brain. At the memora6le siege Of Churuhusco:
John Laurens Manning married an aunt of tho
present Gen. Wade Hampton. He was at the
time the wealthest and the handsomest man in
State, as his father and grandfather had been
before him. and proved himself throughout all
type. He died eight or ten years ago.