The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, December 10, 1878, Image 1
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DUELING IN FRAICE.
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lW IJAT AFFAIr oF MONOR BR.
7XN ABZTT4'AND Fo.UJCoV.
Umise of the Difficulty-Pistols at Long
Bange--Nobody Hurt -ConcomitantL
of Duels--The Excitement of the
Populace.
The recent duel in France be
tween Gambetta and Fourton was
somewhat of a sensation, because
heretofore the former has abstained
from. duliug. Ais ability and
popularity are such that the Re
publicans will not suffer him to
hazard his life, despite the many
provocations that have been offered
by political opponents. But re
cently in debate Gambetta insulted
Mr. Fourtou, who demanded satis
faction, and Gambetta granted it.
The former is an expert swords
man, and small, while his antagon
ist is corpulent, $no it was thought
Fourtoi would choose swords.
But ho selectea pistols, at twenty
paces. T4is ,itYtce -was. subse
quently inbreasedto thirty-five. A
French paper gives the following
details of the duel, and recalls re
miniscences of aisnilar affairs of
honor. It says:
txl It is known that attempte were
made to prevent M. -?atobetta from
leaving his houseI'iid that' he was
co4ell6d 6o 965t t0 some sub
ter.ugin order-*f the
crowd, whihl hA manifested its
intdfition of 'following him and
preventing the duel if possible.
He joined his friends at the house
of M. Robert Mitchell, and the
principals, with their seconds and
two doctors, drove off to Plessis
Picquet. M. Clemencet.u flashed
the pistols twice before loading
them, while M. Blin de Bourdon,
%ho, with M. Robert Mitchell, aQtod
for M. do Foptton, measured out
the five-and-thirty paces. M.
Gambetta's sidversary had the
choice of stations, and M. Clemen -
ceau, after the two gentlemen had
taken their places and had their
pistols handed them, gave the word
of coimand thus, "Are you ready,
gentlemen 7" "Attention 1" "One !
two I three I" Before the word
"three" was fairly out of his mouth
both gentlemen had fired. Some
say M. de Fourtou's ball passed
close to M. Gainh tta's face ; others
that M. de Fourton fired wide, and
that M. Gambetta's bullet was with
in a foot of his adversary; but the
fact is that at tbirty five paces, in a
hollow, on the foggy morning, the
two opponents could hardly dis
tingWsh each other, and were cQLU
peled to fire at hazard.
PREPARED FOR ACCIDENTs.
Very little was known in Paris
about the duel until the first tele
grams came from Versailles an.
nouncing that the encounter had
really taken place. The offices of
the R?epubligue Francaise were be
sieged with people anxious to know
4, the result, as all kind1s. of rumors
were in circulation, and it was said
on the boulevards that one conser
vative paper had actually put into
type a biography of M. Ganmbetta,
reported as mortally wounded.
Groups stood round the offices of
the evening. papbrs - in the Rue
Montmartre, waiting for the' first
editions to come out, and immense
satisfaction was experience on all
sides when it wvas made known tiiat
]M. Gan otta bad gescaped unhurt.
He has become such a popular
favorite that had anything happen
ed to hi.n we might have witnessed
a repetition of that scene which
ook p lace in August, 1790, 'when
tthe Dub de ~Castries fought aid
wounded Charles La|uieth, a promi
neut represpntative of the people's
party. 'I'iS darshal-Duc's hdtase
in the rnu.idQ'Varennes was sacked
by the populace. Camille DesmQu
lins, in hip;"B ohltioi de" F'raice
et -do Brab,ant," tells how the
dowager Marechale do Mirepoix
was disturbed in the midst of her
aleta y b fovat,Mito tbld her
thathernei Sors htel,w5a. being
"sacked by the tribinnal." She'
looked out of the window and was
surprised to find men, equipped in'
all kinds of official costumes and
uniform., throwing the ,Duw del
Castries' furnitine ont of the win
dow into the courtyard below. The
crowd, anxious to avenge Lameth's
wond,ha ige p psh'a
wardrobo, aA cro Ing themselves
in theflnery they found, remembered
the purpose wheih lad na n
Of he past has been loudly invYce1
*y the Republican p pors and from
the many convorsations overoard
last evening on the boulevtrds one
may conelude that Paris would
have hardly been a place -of ref u to
for M. or Mine. do Fourtou had any
accident occurred to M. Gambetta
yesterday.
MUST NOT DO 80 AGAIN.
The debates in the Chamber of
Deputies have of late assumed a
very bellicose tone, and M. Gan,
betta, whose friends invariably pre,
vented him from risking his life by
accepting any challenge, might have
s-id with Camille Desrioulins:-"I
should have to spend all my time
in the Bois do Boulogne were I
compelled to give satisfaction to all
whom my freedom of speech dis
pleased-" He has been out, and as
the Republicans say - "What is
done is done, but must not be re
peated." A man of M. G.imbetta's
influence and position must consult
the interests of his party, and
guard against those moments of
irritation and indignation which
are certain to be utilized by his
political opponents. There are
plenty of fighting deputio. on both
sides of the House, and such gen
tlemen as MM Clemenceau, Perin,
Thomson and Targe are strong
enough to defend the opinions they
share with their collogues against
all comers. In 1760, when the
Royalist party were in open war
fare with the innovators o.r Repub
licans, the Sainte-Marguorjte bat
talion of chasseurs asseilbled roun,d
its officers and adjured them to
follow the sittings of the N.ttional
Assembly, acting as champions for
the patriotic deputies, whjom thoy
undertook- to defend and avnge to
the bitter end. In those days
Citizen Boyer, inspired with the
ardor of patriotism, issued a mani
festo couched in the following
terms:-"I swear that the earth
may enlarge in vain to conceal from
me any man who may have wounded
a deputy. I h.ve arms which the
hand of patriotism Itas forge1 for
me. I am faniliar with eve;y
w(apon, but I have no )r-eferenoC .
I am always ready to fight, pi o
vi led that thu duel be a m. t.A
combat in which one or the othOr
must be killed." Boyer ope-4 ...n
office in the Faubourg .S.int Donis.
Carte's poured in on him until lie
was compelled to form a reguilatr
battalion around him. He escaped
the first time he went out; on the
second occasion lie was left for
dead on the fiel-1, and his followers
then decinedi to lot him fi it: g on:
They placarded their nitam es SAg.ust
the walls of he office, bidding the
Royalists come and t. te tirL1*
choice; but extrun1.1s 1miet., thu
sublime WVi tran0sformnel into the
ridiculous, and the famous "B ktail
Ion des Spadtssimeides" had to be
disbanded for want of occupation.
FR ENC I D EVOZOA.
Ia a little ga-rison town.
MIle. Nathalie lives At No. 11
Main street, and .VLlo. N a dli , a
'the IinesL eyes y>u1 e ver s tw. S,mo
peeps from behind tlua ~ uc'tinst
whenever the troops pass5.
The colonel has noticed this. and
whenever he passes No. 11 ha~ doesi
not fail to m ke nis horse pr-mco
and caracole so as to sot o.ff his
rider's flne figure and be w.iog to
a lvan tage.
TVhe major has also noticed this,
and whenever he rides past No. 11
his charger rears and pinags, but
obeys the rein o.f his of the rider
that sits on bill .ike a demigod.
The capt tins are all smitten, and
their horses pr'ance, and nmosit of the
lieutenants are atiectedl by Mille.
Nathalie's briglht eyes, anld their
horses walk past No. 11 on th)eir
hind legs ; indeed mmny of the
troopers have felt a similar passion,
and .their steeds caper' and caracole
as they pass.
One day there is a g-and1 review.
The* inspecting general is highly
pleased with the appearance and
conduct of the troops, whom lhe
heads on the march back to barracks
along Main street.
Arrived. opposite )To. 11: Hoop
la I half of the regiment's horses
begin to danne aind paw the air and
stand on their bind logs, while, the'
eyes of all the gallant riders are
hxed on the -window of Mile.
Nathalie. Not even iVI a circus were
such feats oIf horsoenanship ever be-.
fere beh$,ld.
The colone1, soewhat shame
facedly, rec9Jliopting tha.t,:this -is inot
ad rdina'ry occasion, curbs his
obiger and glanes' tbwards ' the
general, expecivm g w4gginsg
Wier of w o s tat cgrap.
Itdold martinet1hastIokld%feW
horse with the antu',aand~ hile his
aninal cipors like a thre-Tyear -old,
Is his eve flxe.1 on the wind>w of
No. 11.
"Bles your soil, Colonol," says
the agod warrior, "di In't Youl know
I served here as a lieutenant in
1846?"
Song of the dry goods clerk
"Swinging in deltnin"
Wiion a batter a cap to your
eraniu.i he cap sis your head,
doesn't he ?
Here, come holAus down. Is
not ia detective in the United States
coin age a imint's spy I
"Will yoil name the bones of the
head." "I've g.> 'ea all in my head,
Professor, bat I o tn't give thein."
The Marquis of Lokne is cafled.
John George .Edward Henry Doug
IAss iltaUrian C L&Unpball, for slort.
There is many at man strong
enonug to hold a bull by the horns,
and yet not strong enough to hold
his own tonguo.
Tie cold, chilling winds of Do
comber sigh over the fresh graVes
of More tua forty Gr4onback news
papers.- Vashingto 4iPot.
Ypsilanti. MCn., is ope of the few
of the immortal Amrican towns
that c.n't poke fin at he Afghanis,
tan war namles.--Derrok.
"There ! that explains where my
clothes line went to I" exclaimed an
Iowa woman, as sho found her
husband hanging in tuo stablo.
Joaquin Miller is not the ass he
used to be. lie has sortened his
mustacho, wears diu.non-sense
clotnes, 4nJ nas mau,oohod out his
ilian I I rs.
"Are yu the mate of -this ship ?"
said a newly a1rrive.1 pissenger to
the cook. "1N.), sir ; I an the man
that co,ks thi mate," said te Hi.
bernian.
No matter how good,-natured a
man may be, he will invariably got
mad when he liscYors th tt there is
no towel in the room, and he is com
pelled io sry nis face on the bed
USTTh'i' hire," rea:is a Pitts,
b .r s g ; im1 il, w is not until an
it. A 1i1.hu,ny Dutchian in
q- ed .1 n nio liel there thAt the
i)e j) inder.-iLs."d that they could
ge, sal.ill dyed.
Rone Sentiicl: "The question
which now agitates the mind of the
youn 7 in.tn of the poriod is whether
he will buy an amethyst ring worth
$1.75 for a Christmas present for
his best girl or or put her off with a
fifteen cant diary for 1879. The
pres -nt 5(atloo,i is f tvicable for the
<b:n-y."
At the Qaaen's- ie dr,!, Dablin,
in those il tilt! )A d oy-' w 1on the
Trini'ty (Jlle o b )js uso.l t') Uccupy
the gallery en masse, an Italian
opera coinpamny once occupied the
st ige. Tie orchestra was very bad,
the violins espacially doing violence
to the score. Some ob oxious
party started a row munong the gods,
and the usu d cry of "tirow h.imi
ove. !" w.5s rever borate I tmirough
thmo house, w! ~m urne of thme b'amoys
rotro I, ":> I, - ane, bays ! ID >n't
w ais !-kciil a i ii ilar wid him !"'
"P.tde tfaee gin re.1 min chaw ?"
said John Fayonk, an kdian, at a
house in Arkansas John did not
get his tobacco, wvhich made him so
angry that lhe killed the five inmates
of the house.
"Sir," said a~ weary tramp to the
gen tiemnan who stands behind .the
count4r at the 1$arrett House, "Sir,
I am a social c')nundrumi."' "Then,"
exclaimed Ball, pointing sadly to-.
ward the door, "Then never more
be gue ssed of mine." -Hfawkeye.
Speaking of dull times, a wicked
Mom bile man says that a few -weeks
ago a stranger arrived there and
bought a bale of cotton, and a pleas.
ant i-umor was at once started. that
the cotton buyer had arrived, bnt it
only proved to be a Chicago man
with the ear ache.
A self-bitnding and reaping ma
chine was rin awvay with by a lively
team of horses in Oregon a few days
ago. The course . ilay through . a
field of wheat containmng about 100
acres, and the machine kept togeth
or, binding every banudle that camne
to it with lightning rapidity. Wlien
the team was stopped the machine
had out and bound 150 bundles.
Thetgood man slammeath the gate
and bangeth the door and mnaketh a
I)oise-for his hear t is withotiile
and he feareth not the grievous
~word of wife ;it the naughity man
s.hytteth : he giate softly, -and
eMaleth up stairs in' isl- stoqldhig
feet,: a'nd stumbleth over the irock
ing'chair. nd:tel 41 as ohbnditf6tio
M.Bat mnan is worse thau.ho fit-.
L EGIxSL ATIE Pr ooE EDINGB.
FRIDAY, December 6, 1878.
SENATE.
The House sent to the Senate
several bills and joint resolutions
which had passed a third reading.
A number of bills and resolutions
were introluced, read by title and
properly referred.
The special order for 1 p. m. was
the bill by Mr. Gary to repeal a
joint resolution providing a mode of
ascertaining the debt of the State
and of liquidating and settling the
same.
After several futile attempts to
postpone the special order, the
Senate proceeded to consider Mr.
Taft's motion to strike out the
enacting clause of the bill.
After debate by Messrs. Meetzo,
Taft and Gary, the yeas and nays
were taken on the motion of Mr.
Taf I, and the enacting clause of the
bill was stricken out by a voto of 18
yeas to 14 nays. A motion to re
consider was lost by a vote of 22
nave to 7 yeas.
Adjourned.
HousE OF REPnESENTATIVES.
A number of bills and resolutions
were i,troduced, read by title and
properly referred.
Mr. Carlisle, from the committee
on education, made a favorable re
Port on a bill for the establislhmnent
of a new school district in the coun
ty of Fairfield and to anthorize the
levy and collection (f a special
school tax therein.
The House proceeded to the con
sideration of a bill to amend an act
entitled "An act to regulate the
granting of divorces in this State,"
which was read the sacqnd time and
ordered to be engrossed for'a third
reading. Crhis bill repdals' the
existing divorce laws of the State,
and provides that no divorce shall
be granted for any cause other than
that of adultery. It also prohibits
the marriage of divorced persons
during the lifetime of either. EDs.]
A number of bills were read a,
second time-among them the fol
1 owing:
A bill to make witness and jury
tickete receivablo for taxes.
A bill to authorize and require
the county con inissioners of 14 air
field county to levy a special tax.
A bill to amend Section 17, Chap
ter XLV., of the General Statutes,
relating to persons liable to work
on public highways and roads,
so far as the same may relate to
the counties of Laurens, Anderson,
Fairfield, Kersh Lw, lichlan: and
Williamsburg. The bill fixes the
age at which persons ate liable to
work on public highways at from 16
to 50 years, instead of 18 to 45
now provided by law.
Adjourned.
SATuRDAY, December 7, 1878.
SENATE.
Bill (H1ouse) to amend an act en
titled "An act to reimburse the
county of Richland for the expenses
incurrod in tIOe Lri dl of persons tried
for crimes comm itted while such
persons wvere offiers of the State,"
approved MIarch 1, 1878, received its
first reading.
A number of bills were reported
back by committees, and laid over
under the rules.
A bill to require clerks of courts,
sheriffs and trial justices to make
monthly reports of all licenses, fines
and penalties collected by them to
the auditors and LreasurerA of their
resp)ective counties was amended
and ordered to a third reading.
Several bills, of local or limited
interest, wore passed to a third
reading.
Adjourned.
House oF REPnEssN TATIvEs.
A number of bills weore intro..
duced, read by title and properly
referred.
Mm'. Buist, from the committee of
ways and means, made an unfavora
ble report oni a bill'requiring twen~.
t.y-.fve per cent. of all moneys re...
ceived from liquor licensems to be
p)aid into the State treasury. Bill
rejected.
*Mr., Davies, from the committee
on railroads, made an unfavorable
report on a bill to ereate a Board of
Raiilrom4d. Commissioners4 and to
regulate their powers.3 The report.
was agreed to and the bill rejected.'
A number of bills, ,of local or
limited interest, were passed to a
third readings.
The House,then,proceeded to.co01'.
.sider .the bill 'to repe'al a joint reso
)im ' povidinq tor the settlement
Haskll idd to' strike out
th aaaaing words of the bill, and
called the previous question, which
was not sustained.
The question recurring upon the
passage of the bill, a debate fol
lowed, participated in by Mr.
Murray, of Anderson, in favor of
the bill, and by Mr. Haskell, of
Richland, against it.
Adjourned.
'"An actor was once announced for
a benefit at the Queen's Theatre,
Dublin. Some evenings previous
he essayed Richard IM., and after
repeating the lines, "Richard is him
self again," he deliberately advanced
to the footlights and adJei, "anJ
allow me to remark, that any man
who would strike a wom in, except
in the way of knduess, is unworthy
the name of an Irishman. My bene
fit takes place Friday evening, when
I will be happy to see you all." It
took immensely, and he had a rous
ing benefit.
TaEASUiRY DEPARTMENT,
Washingtou, Nov. 10, 1876.
I take great pleasure in certifying
to the efficacy of Dr. Bull's Cough
Syrup, in use in my family and as a
specific for colds of children or
adults, I have found it to be a cure
almost immediate and always per
manent. Very Respectfully,
Tiws. B. PnicE.
A CARD.
I take this mahol of informing my
friends and Yatrous of Winnmboro and
Fairfield, that I am now with the firm of
Con & Loeb, and all orders for Dry
Goods, Notions &o. will have my personal
and prompt attention. Orders for sam
ples solicited.
Re1jectfully,
MILES P. REFO.
Charleston, S. C., December 3, 1878..
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COLUMBUA, S. C., December 2, 1878.
kn adjourned meeting of the Stock
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of electing Directors, and . acting upm
any snch other matters as may be p-ro
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DAY OF DEcEMnEi, instant, at eleven
o'clock, a. m.
C. BOUKNIGHT.
de 5-td Secretary.
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