The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-18

subject of comment in Kentucky, and Clay appeared in the legislature stressed in home spun and recommended that all members oeAhe legislature follow his example Humphrey Marshall, a Federalst, de- nounced him as a demagogue, and the matter was settled on the field of honor by the exchange of a couple of shots His- most famous duel was with John Randolph of Roanoke. The quarrel as stunned national importance, but neither was hurt, though Randolph humorously said: You owe me coat, MT. Clay, for bullet had passed through the shirt.
 When vicksburg, Mississippi. began to be thriving city 1t occurred to the cit izens that ferry connecting her with the Arkansas shore would be the propeh thing. A boat was ordered and came down from Pittsburg to be given a great celebration. Then the citizens real ized that there was no settlement, no road nothing, on tho other side of the river to which passengers might be fer ried. It Is said that contemplating man began to exploit the merits of the duelling grounds over there and that encounters ocean a regular event. the captain of the boat provoked quarrels of some kind so he could get up a crowd that would go over and see the finish. So popular did the ground become that Sar- gent s. Prentlss, hater of dues, was drawn into a difficulty with Governor Foote, and won that mans greater en- mity by telling a litle boy to get down out of tree for fear the governor would hit him in his wild firing. The sand bar in front of Natchez, Mississippi, proved a great duelling spot In It's day and time. Once when Dr. Maddox and Samuel Wells went out to have a private settlement of their differences, their seconds and the spectators finally became involved, and before the law could taKe hand eight had been killed and fifteen wounded. James Bowie, for whom the war-knife was named, and who was afterward a hero of the Alamo. was one of the active seconds.
 Border quarrels were so common as to be an everyday incident A descendant of General Philip Schuyler when going West was insuted by a celebrated des- perado. They agreed to fight 1t outt in . dark room with pistols and knives. Ma jor, have a,julep ready for me In fifteen mlnutes." Schuyler said they went in. He later claimed his julep, but not until he had been nursed through several ser+ ious wounds, and the outlaw had been buried. The governor gave him a re- ward and he came home. The last duel in Kentucky had a less bloody atmos- phere. A preacher named Bowman was challenged by the town tough because of the things the preaeher had said. Exer1 clsing the privilege of the challenged, the minister said that the weapons for each must be half bushel of potatoes tho size of the fist, and thrown one at a time. The bully was furious, but fear Ing to be branded a coward consented, His fury made him a bad pitcher and about the third round a plump Triumph" took his in his short ribs and he was in bed for a week, a chastened and wiser man.
 When the old Santa Fe Trail was haunted by Indians, White Wolf captured and killed a white woman passenger on one of the stages. Her death was aveng- ed by Lieutenant David Bell. who with twenty men challenged White Wolf. with an equal number, to combat. The fight was terrible and when the Indians re-