The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, April 15, 1915, Page 6, Image 6
FAMOUS KIKL1) OK HON'OH.
Many of .Nations Most Notable Duels
Were Kou^ht at Hlnnriensburg.
The old Blandensburg dueling
ground where the nation's great once
fought to uphold their honor, is soon
to be converted into building lots for
happy homes, and the happy shouts
of childhood will soon echo where
once the murderous pistol barked,
the swords clashed, the dying duelists
moaned.
The famous dueling ground bor
ders a small brook and is about fifteen
acres in extent, flat and low,
and covered with weeds, grass, vines
and an occasional cedar. It was
convenient to Washington, close
enough to Blandensburg. Md., for a
night's lodging, and easy of escape
from legal authority on either side
of the district line.
.More than fifty hostile meetings
took place on the banks of this lonely
and melancholy brook?some fatal,
some bloodless. The first victim
was Edward Hopkins, of Maryland,
an ensign of infantry. He fell
early in 1814.
Two duels were fought on the
ground that were especially desperate.
One was between General
Mason, senator from Virginia, and
Golonel McCarty, from the same
State. Although they were cousins
they had a violent tilt at the polls
t in Leesburg, Ya. Mason challenged
MeCarty's vote and McCarty at once
challenged Mason's life. Mason at
first declined, was called a coward
I and then determined to die. if need
be. to refute the charge.
Neither would consent to terms in
which there was the least escape
from death for the other. They proposed
to leap from the Capitol dome
together and fight on the way down,
or to fight on a barrel of powder to
be ignited by a slow fuse, but objections
were raised by their seconds.
They finally agreed to fight with muskets
charged with buckshot and at
ten feet distance.
The parties spent the night previous
to the battle in what is now
known as the George Washington
house at Blandensburg. At 8 o'clock
on the morning of February 6, 1819,
they 'repaired to the field of honor.
The citizens of Blandensburg congre'
gated in a snow storm to witness
the event. The weapons were chosen,
ground measured, choice decided
antagonists placed, seconds and
surgeons at hand, word was given
both fired simultaneously. Mason
fell dead and McCarty was badly
wounaea.
The other notorious meeting was
the one that made the ground forever
famous. It was fought by Jas.
Barron and Stephen Decatur. Both
were prominent in the navy, but Decatur
was the "bright and shining
Si''
star," the pride of the service, and
when he fell the nation sorrowed and
grieved. This duel is said to have
been caused solely by gossip and
6lander, and came off without a formal
challenge from either party.
Commodore Decatur was a member
of the court-martial and voted to
suspend Barron in 1S07 for allowing
the crew of the British ship
Leonard to board and search the fri\
gate Chesapeake, which Barron commanded.
Commodore Decatur opposed
every application in after years
that Barron made for restoration in
rank, and although it is said Decatur
acted the part of a true man at the
court-martial and subsequently,
nevertheless Barron naturally considered
him his enemy. Some one reported
that Barron had been challenged
to combat by Decatur. Decatur
denied the report and wrote:
"I do not think that the fighting
of duels under any circumstances
? can raise the reputation of any man,
and have since discovered that it is
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not. even an unerring criterion of
personal courage."
From tnis report insuns aiiu tuirespondence
accumulated. The following
is an extract from a letter of
Barron to Decatur, dated November
19, 1819, the original of which is in
the possession of Mrs. Janie Hope
Marr. of Virginia:
"You acknowledge that you had
formed and expressed an opinion unfavorable
to me. and yet your conscience
was made of such pliable material
that because the then honorable
secretary of the navy was pleased
to insist on your serving as a
member of the court-martial, and because
I did not protest against it you
conceive that duty constrained you
to take your seat as a member, although
you were to act under the
solemn sanction of an oath to render
me impartial justice upon the
very testimony from which you formed
an unfavorable opinion of me.
How such conduct can be reconciled
with the principles of common honor
k and justice to me is inexplicable. Under
such circumstances no consideration,
no power or authority on earth
could or ought to have force any.
liberal, high minded man to sit in
case in which he had a prejudice."
The final result was that these two
men, unquestioned in courage and
holding the highest grade in the
navy at the time, stifled their better
judgment and on March 22, 1820,
KLl'DKS AMAHS' WATCH.
Another German Cruiser Puts Into
Newport News.
Newport News. Va., April 11.?The
C.erman converted cruiser Kronprinz
Wilhelin. another of tliose elusive
raiders of comnierce in the South
seas, slipped into this port today and
asked for fuel and provisions. .Many
times reported destroyed, the former
North German Lloyd liner evaded
evaded hostile warships for eight
months while she sent fifteen merchantmen
to the bottom, and her officers
say she was forced to steal her
way through a fleet of four allied
cruisers off this coast in order to
reach this refuge.
"We got in without being seen by
the enemy, and we can get out the
same way," declared her commander,
Lieut. Capt. Paul Thierfelder, formerly
navigating officer of the German
cruiser Karlisruhe.
When she anchored off Old Point
the Wilhelm had less than twentyfive
tons of coal and scant provisions
for the crew of ">00 men and 61
prisoners from British merchant
ships sunk in the South Atlantic. Of
the fifteen ships that the drab-painted
15,000-ton cruiser came with a
record of capturing, fourteen of them
sunk, nine were British, four French
and one Norwegian. The British ship
Chasehill. captured, was allowed to
proceed, taking to shore more than
300 prisoners from previous raids.
I The value of these snips ana meiri
I cargoes officers of the Wilhelm to-1
j night estimated at $7,000,000.
Ileinarkable lteronl.
Since she slipped out of New York!
; harbor. August 3 last, as a German
| merchant and passenger steamer, tiie
I Wilhelm never touched land and took
900 prisoners from various vessels
| destroyed.
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Forcibly Feed I.ig Snake.
. After being imported from India.
| the largest snake caged in the Lin
I coin Park zoo, at Chicago, steadfastly
refused to take nourishment and
was believed to be gradually starving
| to death. In the several months of
j his captivity his weight decreased
I from 300 to 215 pounds. Numerous
! methods of rousing him were tried
j without success, until a food gun was
' purchased and the reptile fed forci
iblv. The instrument is provided
j with a large cylinder and a plunger
| actuated by a crank. The snake was
: taken from his cage, given a hot
Ibath, during which his summer coat
j was removed, and then placed on a
board, 50 feet in length, at. the end
;of which the food gun was with its
cylinder, loaded with 20 pounds of
'chopped pork and beef % mixed with
| fresh pig's blood, was mounted. The
strength of 20 men were required to
' carry out this operation. A board
'through which a circular hole was
'drilled was then inserted between the;
reptile's jaws, and a tube extending!
from the nozzle of the food machine!
I passed through this into his throat.!
(The crank was turned, and the meat!
; forced into the snake. Before the!
operation was finished 50 pounds of |
the mixture was disposed of in this
I manner, and the snaKe was tnen re-:
turned to his cage.?March Popular!
Mechanics Magazine.
Pardon Petitions Considered.
Columbia, April 10.?The pardon
board met here today to go over the
petitions for clemency. Over a score
of convicts field petitions for pardons
and paroles. The board went over
each case carefully and will later
make its report to the governor.
This is the first meeting of the board
of pardons under the administration
I of Governor Manning. All of the
| members were present as follows:
Henry C. Tillman, of Greenwood: \V.
E. Jenkinson, of Kingstree, and D.
G. Ellison, of Columbia.
Read Bamberg Herald $1.50 year.
took their places eight paces apart
ion the field Blandensburg. Face to
j face they raised their pistols and
I took deliberate aim although it has
j been asserted that Decatur intendi
orl nnlv trt wntinri his nnnnnent. The
fact that Barron was hit in the exact
spot Decatur had indicated seems to
bear out his claim. Commodore
Bainbridge was Decatur's second,
while Captain Elliot acted for Barron.
Before the command to fire was
given Barron addressed Decatur:
"Sir, I hope on meeting in another
world we will be better friends than
in this."
Decatur replied: "I have never
been your enemy, sir."
Both fired at the same instant.
Both fell, revived, forgave, regretted
the act, and parted. Both were taken
to Washington, Decatur to ms nome i
near Lafayette square, where he soon '
died. Barron, after IS days of con-j
valescent was removed to Hampton,
Va.
A few days later the two met and
renewed their old friendship.
Xo duels have been fought there
since the Civil war. The superstitious
say the place is haunted.?Kansas
City Times.
I'KACII CHOI' XOT DA.MAGKD.
Tlio Department of Agriculture
.Makes Statement.
Washington, April !?.?No material
damage has been suffered by I
the peach crop in South Carolina,
Georgia and Alabama since the freeze !
of .March 22, according to telegraphic,
reports from growers made public j
today by the department of agricul-'
ture. In the .March freeze fifty to'
sixty per cent of the crop was report-1
ed killed in the three States.
A crop of 100 per cent, was report- j
ed from these districts, where there
was no frost damage: Cornelia.
Adairsville. Woodbury, Thomasston,
Warm Springs and Thomasville, Ga. |
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Reports from districts tnai sunered
from the freeze showed forty to
fifty per cent, of the crop left at Leesville.
Modoc and Batesburg. S. C.,
fifty per cent at Byron, Ga., and
Beachburg, Ala., forty per cent', at
Fort Valley and Marshallville, Ga.
A Noble letter.
If the Germans know how to hate,
they also understand the nobler sentiments
of respect ana sympathy.
While their bitterness toward the
English has brought to the surface
a certain hardness and bitterness,
their attitude toward-the French indicates
no such feeling. The tolerant
contempt with which Prussian
strength and pride looked upon
France before the war has changed
to admiration by the steadiness, courage
and calmness with which the
French have met their invasion.
There is little doubt that today Germany
would welcome an alliance with I
France; ana uerman soimers ?omu
gladly throw down their arms to
rush across the trenches and shake
hands with their antagonists.
This respect for a brave foe has
found admirable expression in a letter
of consolation from a German
army doctor to a stranger- -the widow
of a distinguished Frenchman
killed in battle, Pierre Lerov-Beaulieu.
'"Honored Madame," wrote the
doctor, in the midst of his overwhelming
hospital work, "while expressing
my deepest, condolence. T
have the honor to acquaint you with
the fact that monsieur, your husband,
captain of a territorial section
of the ?th artillery regiment,
died yesterday in my ambulance station
as a result of a severe wound
in the head. Also that when he was
brought in to me he had been fighting
with the bravery of a hero.
"After all his men had fallen he
went on serving his gun with his
own hands. When he was obliged
to cease he continued to defend himself
with his revolver, until he was
brought down by the bullet which
entered his right temple and damaged
his eye.
"He was wounded on January 13.
The wound was so grave that he immediately
lost consciousness, and did
not recover it until his death, which
was without suffering and gentle.
The burial took place today in our
military cemetery, with military
honors, in the presence of German
officers and soldiers.
"The grave has been ornamented
with a cross, and may be recognized
by the number 76. The benediction
was given by the Catholic priest of
our army corps. I bend my head in
sincere respect and profound admiration
before the valor of this comrade,
fighting heroically to the last extremity
for his Fatherland.
"At the same time it is my sincere
regret that our medical science,
which of course did everything that
could be done for him. failed to preserve
this life so precious to his kin.
"Accept, madame, the expression
of my highest esteem. May God comfort
you and your children.
"DR. GEISSLER,
"Stabsarzt,?th Army Corps."
One may read "war stuff" for
months without finding anything so
fine as this. For deep sympathy and |
genuine nobility of expression, it almost
deserves to rank with the famous
letter written by Abraham Lincoln
to the mother who had five sons
killed in the Civil war.
Little Willie Knew.
Congressman Robert M. Switzer,
of Ohio, smiled when the conversation
turned to the bright remarks
occassionally made by the little folk.
He said he was reminded of an incident
that happened in his home
State.
In a prosperous rural community,
the village doctor was also the superintendent
of the Sunday school,
incidentally, he taught a class of
small boys.
"Willie," impressively remarked
the doctor one Sunday afternoon to
a bright faced youngster, "can you
tell nie what we must do in order
to get to heaven?"
"Yes, sir," was the prompt response
of William, "we must die."
"That is very true," said the doctor,
encouragingly, "but can't you!
tell me what we must do before we
die?"
"Yes, sir," was the startling rejoinder
of little Willie, "we must get
sick and send for you."
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