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Duel of Southern Generals. ma ? wri 11*3 y Killing of Walker by Marma-1 . duke and its Effect on Con-! ?llfl cue ? federate Fortunes. is ^ dill "A duel between two Confed- Gf erate generals, almost in the 8ur midst ot an important engage- ( ment, in tho early stages of (he ?q Civil war, had something to do ma with the final collapse ot ihe (]uj, Southern cause," said an Ex- reJl( Confederate alter his return from t the Davis and J. E. B. Stuart ... niti memorial celebrations in Rich- j mond. "We were not as united . ing as the new generation would ( have you believe," he is quoted ^ as saving by the Washington e tj . " obd Post. "There was always a misunderstanding between the Richmond Government and the Trans-Mississippi department. Early in a'^fl the conflict I wa9 sent to Arkan sas to learn the cause of the Wlt trnnhln ir? fl-io looilot-oliin 11 - ... ivnuviOUIL/, pV * "Five men whose names later ma became a part of llie history of the cause, were at variance at a a tl time when unity was essential ? ' These men were Sterlin, Price, we? Marraaduke, Walker. Holmes and for Fagan. Price was the idol of the ma< Missouri troops. Marmaduke was ma a born goldier. Walker was a of ( martinet. Holmes was uncertain aff in judgment. Fagan was a pood fim fighter when he was. discreetly cip directed. the "When I reached Arkansas tfig these five men were before Helena thr for the purpose of wrestling it 4 from the enemy. It was a strut- wai egic position at the time. It is the not necessary to go into details sip of the story. The point is that the the attack lailed. era "It was a blow to the Rich- * mond Government early in the the cause. The failure lay not with doi the soldiers, but with the leader. agc Holmes had planned the fight.? On Events showed that he had no Km conception of the strength.of the t fortifications of the enemy or of ^y. the enemy's numbers. "After the failure dissensions ma among the leaders increased.? This was noticeably the case be0*A tween Walker and Marmaduke. "If I remember correctly Walker ranked Marmaduke. In one of the movements Walker had Pq ordered the troops under his command to retreat. To Marmaduke was given the post ot danger? I covering the retreat. He was Str i a.... ... - - . I nsnureel tUUL <*? aUOriilll) 1)0111' 110 ">VJ would be re-entorced by Walk- the er. fro 4iIt was important tliat he should bee have this aid. When he arrived has at the point not a man, save his l*01 own division, was to be seen.? we! I Not only that, but Walker had reP tailed to communicate with him. ?as j Marmaduke extricated himself j anc from the situation by a mira- bid cle. m* "In several engagements that the followed Walker, though still in p'o command, held himself aloof from rai Marmaduke The two men hated tha each other personally, but Mar-|plft maduke was enough <>f a sohlioi to let that pa-.s at the time.? to ' Walker wa- sullen and snlkv cro I' Marma'luke sent an ai le Jo t! e a?k Walker for orders. Walker "m ^refused to answer because, as lie1 '^r said, it was unmilitary for a su- n,? perior officer to receive a verbal ma message from an inferior. Alar a2! THE LANO.VTK <iul<0 reduced his request to| ting and sent it. Walker /% rer replied. /"& After the tro ?{H had been re-d from the siiuitiou, for that: vhat it amounted to, Marra* i te, smarting under the conduct I livery %/ Walker, informed "Walker's terior ot existing oondi'ions| IQ yj our 1 demanded that his troops b" IQ y^ (r00< lidrawn from Walker's com- .^ . 1 1 11 1. *? y bc&" nd. hailing in tins iMarma- y .... . 2 doz. Hie; :e said his resignation was , dy 2 doz. 42X: in. . , See our ge 4 lhis was an interesting con- 0 on, at sue!) a time. I don't ~ ak it had its counterpart dur- Space the remainder of tlie war. So we ask Mannadnke's attitude widen- We ar( the breach. Walker remained earth, rem urate. Then came the cli- T. D. Barr x. women. < 1 Marmaduke challenged Wal- seasons an . The latter accepted. The iir was known only to a few. 5 meeting took place almost a bin sight of the soldiers. Marmaduke was an expert tvt .1 n, rksman. He killed his advery the first shot. Think of such hing at such a time ! lMarmaduke and his seconds e promptly arrested. Only _ Walker's unpopularity Mar- Iwl O duke would have i een cour'- ItHIrtialed. Through the influence >flicials high in authority the lir was dropped. But it took ie to restore the army to disline. And when the time came 0 enemy had secured advan Nobby no1 es which were maintained tion. Ha1 oughout the war. OUR LIC 'The Richmond Government ? charged with indifference to ^ situation beyond the Missis- rp pi. It was due very largely to A i lack of unity among the lead- 0 of the West. 0 'By the time they had come to .^ All W6 ir senses the damage had been pQr themselv ie. Many crimes have been- U ribed to the South's defeat.? e of them, not generally jwn, I have stated. 'All the particulars in thn ilker-Marmaduke duel are id with the exception of Mar- TMV f duke's chief second, Col. John |^| M Moore, lie is, or was a year ), still living in KansaB y." or Crops in South West. - NE dock Hill Herald : Mr. Jordan ait, son of Mrs. M. A. Strait, ing a few mil^s south weft, of city, returned home last, week T'U m Arkansas, where he has tu for several years. Mr. Strait siCin bore ?lso traveled^ through por- embrojd< us of lexas and several other stern states this year and lie Price, 2 5 iorta that the cr >ps in Arkanand all along the Mississippi 1 Arkansas rivers are very poor eed and that numbers ot ( trrs have practically abandoned 'ir crop3 and are seeking emynient on public works. It a ned so much in the Spring | ,t the farmers were very late finest V( iiting and on account ot bad nds there was much replanting ilo. The rains continued and ps wore not worked out as iy are here and are unusually all tor the lime of the year. Strait likes the West all lit but has decided that be will ke his borne in South Carolina lin. I 4 K NK.n -. JULY 17 1">7 J. 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