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ET2, 1H70TIMES WONDERFUL OH A SO KAIJo hold lu*r niMilliw “« t,rriiv lltMU !•» Iil« lltnd'liliW ImwiI;Mr i|ii..lb tut••Weil never, wrer i«»ri.IlHNNIHOM. 7HK nuAti run 11, UN IIrnui* rvdW U-«r (wHu^h .hui*wl, i'lier «/*»*'» viMlitfn, |K*r lurtv;■•oldest. ••'-••riel m»t hllli'ilv,••isCii g»l on* dituiw.-Oil (SIff Hrniek.firing,IVnn.Kuril* of «* plagnoI ho (XUd, Iwid V.ld 1V1 ^ him Uip, rcpro' 41 Hrocplmil Uavo or Mem-htuird ofMISSISSIPPI TIUBEDY OF FIFTY YEARS AliO.TIY i:r.|AR JiAKFOKlt, KHCJwhich, being overheard by tho hitter, ho gave hack word* which greatly aggravated the quarrel. AH wom now In-it iiHi- incultajhtmt, and the talk was entirely of ivdrofet under “the code of. honor,” which wa* considered Uie pro per thing at that day. Stockton must of course challenge PayMon. but herethe difficulty a rone, As Mr. I'nyitoii/Vumi fht ISiHtyunr.Header, before loginning the perusal Of the facts constituting the truthful tragic narrative nUmt to Ik* pruwiitad to you, liK»k at tile map of the .State of Miaobtoippi, cast your eye along the Houthcrn boundary to where ft orowwa tho Pearl river and there you will find marked the old town of Columbia, which brings yon near to what the lawtin* Nowvers would call tin* “venue*’ of theii.1**1 y 1.1«HI •!!)«mil milMilt;•11 III.IIprineipal events al-ud. to he narrated.Columbia, the emnity site of Marlon county, Is a small lawn, never having a Hipulution of more than a dozen fn miles, anil these nu»-t»y the families of •Dicer* of court atld merchant*. The map shows roads which the reader may imagine to Ih* stage roads, hut no stage was ever there, the mails being always carried on horseback. The coiiniy Iimh nu area of over IfiOOMqtmrc miles, with less than MOD voters. Wlien the winter rains swell llioclmn-nel of Pearl river »uo or two steam lioiita front New Orleans conic tip bringing freight for the country and return Imho with rot ton, making but few trip-* during the season of navigation Tin* whole region thci'caiHMit.s isino-tly hunim “piny woods,” and the loneliness of the dts .-iycd old town has lately In-eii cmphasi/td by a telegraph line ruiming through it between other INiiutN ol'imjsH'Umi'e. In IK2I the sent if thcHfntct«overiiuienl, l»y oofiie logrolling or other parliamentary trick ery, w.e* !i\*i*d at Columbia, and the i.f IHgL’ was held there, fromhud few if any jtequitluitiiiccs at the Springs, his social hi urns was not wit Is-faetorily dellued. and, as lie was not known by Judge Stock ton to he a gentleman, the friend* of the latter Insistedthat lie should not compromise himselfby sending a challenge. Paysou signified hi* assent to thin mode of arhitra-inent; but, for the reason just given, j be. * No, iiuvcrJl*ro|»o*cU lo Ilia UrMudinoiColonel Thornton, of the Kiy service, sayn the Washington 1 tells I Inis the romance of his yo “One clear staiilgljt evening I Helen and 1 were walking oil race among the llowor IhsIs ib cut in tii«- -b green turf. I-'!the still no** and odorous Infill the air, I told her my henoret, with all its hopes and fearsShe looked up nl iue wondiand tears glistened in her lie.iulii a** who said:•Ah, Cant.iin Tin union, are y.i!)•»you--do you love me? ifno arrangement cnubl Ur made Tint* with the feeling uugmctlted by delay the matter remained in suspense for two or three days and nights, when, tothe relief ot all concerned. General Bi| ley, of New Orleans, arrived. I’aysou said be would refer the question to f Jen-oral Hiploy, whose civic and military renown, so well known to the readers of the history of our second war with Great Britain, would give to his decision a character U-yoml uiiestion. On being Inquires 1 of, General Kipluy -alijWhy,' I cried, impetuously p my (Hilt and her, 'you loveatiotl •Sir,’idie said, uhnnst sharply,know who I am•Tin* lo vilest girlinin sulwtanee that In* knew Mr. J'nv-onwell, that lie know him to Is* a gentleman, and that wherever be was known he was so rceogui/.id. On one of llie friends of Stockton siiggestlng that he liad heard siunolhiiig disparaging of Puysoti, General Biploy promptly replied, “I have said Mr. I'nyson was u gentleman. If it is disputed, I profess myself to U- one “ Finding that the old soldier “meant lm*iuc**. tbttqucs-tlou Wits treated as settled, tin* elwil-leiige to tight Was accepted, uriangi*-I’.nglaml/ not. Great luI am your iI lie i its were made, and by tint nttrfvfwhich (In* eld t.nvn Ih ii*jw Miitieliniesfleeti.oi'ly spoken ol1IHHie aueieiit111U.llO •upital ol tin* rodn-lieol empire.''I he capital was then rctlltiVvil and \ 'obimbia In’(*nme In rself again. Now, reader,you may alnus-t tiiitundly ask wlint interest ran |His-ibly attiutli ilt;* '•neb a region n- tlmt J»i-r deserilHfd. Ibit w ait and learn. Heiuetnlicr Hale* ■li'liia sferit and wild, and you shall\et m,-,. that this iiiiprohilsing region*-* a weird arid romantic Interestl-yoiid any thing that eoinme, ee, wealth, or any •! the - on.-iituents «I fingn— eoiihf possibly Uirow aroundi: an interi m, w hich under tin* in glc influenceo| the pen of flu? “wi/.anl ofsome time was given forarrnugeinciits, w hen l lie parties wlt;*rcto meet and llglit at New Orleans.While negotiation-* were going «u at the .spring*, a quarrel on the all engrossing topic arose between tw«* young gentlemen named Boss and (llhl.M, Hie one a wealthy planter and llie other a yoUllg lawyer redding in .hdferson county. This dliquto at tlw* Springs eulmiunhsi in a duel lietWeen (he two y«»ung men, which was thug Id shorllv after war. Is, on the west lumk of the Mississippi river, ojfKidfe Gruml lt;.'ulf. The WCa|HiiH usisi were tniiskets. At Hu* first tire ImiUi parties fell, mortally wounded. Tln-y were hmUr*li:iti-ly brought uefoss the river to Die houso of u friend and place*I in flu* miiii* room, Korgiveness.*s were intorchaiigeil and nin* (I its I in n few hours. The oilier‘No sir; 1 am Ouptuiu Thornton mother.*My gntndmother! Talk of -shocks after that, Won’t .Von? to speak, but my video TuSlcxI reached out my hruiil anil louchi Vcs, she was there, real enough wan not dreaming.‘Toll nu* all!' I ghnpinl.And standing there, h\ Hie stone coping *lte told me nil. II. igirciitH hud died will'll she Wiu more than an infant, and ^ir ln*r guardian and iiiygrantll'allii Watched over her Willi jealous alwavs keeping her lit school, inn until lie hrougld Ini' home- a ladv.'I hen while I was lu I ndia, Hu old man fell suddenly id. and i dying I- d persiiiidtHl Ids young In many him, just ill order to li lii^ ' ad e-tate, Wlddl she li-ol r«to lake a- a legacy.•And belli ve me,’ said Helen, il only tokc-p il for you, tho ii; Ill'll*, w lios.* wihbasis had lenqiopiovokcd (lie old gi'iitlemanin in**north, might have awakened lo-II he• Vcn llo- dying numbers ib.- last Minstrel.”three milo north «*f Coluoi He* road wblob rims parallel iiv« r, in a lovely *pnf near thelt;*W life 1.1I N *•!A lioutbin, on With theload, I-a spring, giving torth Hum as lew, a enpjoii- IIIiw of wah*r, which bad at fiifU lime aiapiii'cil celeliflfy far it- mineral and curative prnpcrUcH, \ as (lie sent «.| goVeriilnonf was bn-a fed at Coliimliia un amnigeuicnt wldcb.fhoiigii it pnoi-d fo |.e imly fem-piary, was riioiigld by ninny fo he p'-riiriio*nt, un enterprising mid thrifty ItI**-ii by the name of Stovall eoneciv-•**I the idea of making tied place a fashion id de iv-ort, and in pursuance of hi.- de-ign builf al Columbia a large, and fur Hud d:tv, an elegant hotel, one wing f which was occupied by the legislature during its session in that n*wii. He also ulmtit Hie same lime Imtlgbl file plantalIon nt tin* Springs, nd creeled, a shnrl di-tam-c from tin* springs, a large Ininie hotel and the utbuildlngH uecuH-ary for a watering place, iIn* whole fronting mid overlooking I he river. Tim la un* of Co-umbin Spring*,” or '-Stovall Spring**,“ iv they were sonielitniM eallml, spread through the country, and iheaiirac-tkm of ttie wjilers, and more than that Hr -uperb (leer bunting and flslihig will He- of flu* place sooii attracted Urge miiilliept of Sllfimier \ isitors,nuwt •I whom came from llie r**tfion nearlanguished several iiioullis and Him •li»MI of his Wound.Af flic lime designated lei the purpose, Sfoekton and I'nyson nu t at New Orleans and fought with pistol*. At (be first fire Stockton w.is-diof through flic bend, and in a moment flic gifted scion of an illusfriom house lay dead iijhmi llie Held ..r hotiar! Before leaving tin* ground the neeoiid« found a Hiper in tin* pocket ofHtoekton, written »y idiiisclf -tuting in siiMuuc.- that its own eonduef had been r/i*|i and wrong from Hits beginning; and that ii was bis intenlion, if lie should surviv. flic first Dr*.*, to acknowledge hi.- erroi and make the Omcmh ha/umiM?. I'm. alas! 11 is good intentions came funInfe Mr. I’nyson, the survivor, lived iiyearor I wo and wasn.-ei* lent ly drown-»*d in rhc Mississippi Itivcr at .New (ir-fejin*.Ilenahe reader will |*ennit an ( pi seilc which may prove interesting. Among the Indy guustHUl the Spring-at the time of the eventM nlK»ve uiirrut-«*!, was a wealthy, elegant and aecom. plishcl middle aged widow, who was recognized as a lender In t to* H**eicfy oftli*'phw«*. Hbs-kton. who was a bachelor, was thought to Im• a Hi|jj,,r fV|r lu-rof Ills I'rlPtHlI'rff lUxt*.While a Wodward iiveiiiie men w?is ve-lcid.iy standing in hi-dn ko?.s tin Job of cleaning nil lb walk, In' Was approached by a-In who wis- htidly Wiirpi*d in look-dn - . riu* mcrcliaiil bad ah llirtde up his mind nnt to give Hi low a nickel, when In*said:il you were im* woulil you n.k Berlin mi sinn?”• ^ on fake tin* Berlin rni« gasp'd llie merchant.“Jiiif mo. I caii f:ik** if like n I IIIi! I lon'f want to if It wilt liiuliiilcV fct-llilg-i I thought I woub(|ilirc and see Imw the piddle b It.*' “You'd better bike a wash Midi a wa'k!” cvelalincd llie b 11 id id I merchaiil,a.H be got Id- bn “Wry well,” w.'i-* Hie fptlck n “Ifyou Hiiril. I'd iM-fin take av I'll dn»p the Berlin mk-ioii. I an Ih.' h oid- of u»y filends good day II.- walked away as si ill us a l». pule, and the ticrman vacrtiiey ilikely fo Ih* flb'cd from Del roil• '«ii hi r.»AffUHll t ‘ II,elcriml waif.in\U '| (.H il£car ISIl' when sin* \» anflu- Mi—S-ippi liver, hciwcen Ituimi-im-touge and Vi* k-burg, iaeluding tin coimiii -of Wilkinson, Adams, .IcDcr-*on and t ‘laiUirnc, mid man v from t he oitlca nf New Orleans anu Nuiehtns. Nearly all canm* III their own C^nivev-aiic(*M, wfifch during I lo ir stay afforded facilities (hr driving over fin* level loads in tin* vicinity of fjjc* Npring.. Many ladle- were there, and the crowd pu*lt;ed fluilr time in feinting, dancing, drifting, rowing, ten pim,, bill birds, bunting, fishing, ami i.tber gayefics and umii-ciuents.In the Summer of 1*21, wlien the Minxm was id Its height, tin* crowd at tin* Springs uere utiiiHiiaJly large and brilliant, liicre lielngtpiife n mimber of •IDtingifished |m-r —»»iih there, and, forHi** i•••tier pn-Hervaibm of order and decorum in the *oebd arrangements of fl:e place, tijcgtiexf.H forimsl tbenisi'lvcH infou ort of social orgaulzaiton, anil bv cue ofbaud. In tinquite young, she was engaged to I married to a brilliant young lawyer, of a wealthy family. 1 h* became Involved in a quarrel which led to ft duel in which ho was killed. The next year, 1813, at which time we were at war with Great Britain, Ills anfrigrmfst, who liad a military command, was UKsigmsI for duiyutl ort Minim* la Alabama In the ineiiiornblp Indian attack ami in m-sarrc at the Fort, he was killed. The lady, some time alter Hu* affair at Hie Springs, tnarrlcd a worthy and ml. cnb*l gciifleiimil, who was afterwards a I nItcd stuh*y Senator. Tills biify *iis-HliXUislied herself by a iiohleuet of philanthropy; wlileh Iiilh 1hh*oiiu? a purl of flit? judicial Ills lory of the Stale she mid her girted husband are long since dead and have tvfl lioriorcd inenioric-The thrilling event* lieic narrated could not Is* forgotten, bufc eoniiuu^j to “live in awe-struck mind- of n„.„ •* and would not “down.” Tiie”*ca*u,„’o at tbo Springs never o|Mncd ugu/n, and/ from tlietieeforwuiti. the place. ;lHAn eicrnal warfareIo rug*Ivnecu He* country negro and llu* h darkey, l id- was illu-lrfibsl af pa-M*nger *k»pot \lt; -Icnlav. A mlyouth Horn Dike romif.v approach# lt;fuw.li negro, ami tho f«» lowing c«m.Maf ioii eiiHiud:“Whin iM.utH ii-detiekef otTu-e'*”“Bight dar fo’ yo* cv-v,*eviV?”“’Fo’ win •Aone.”'•|m youdc tii'klt;“Look y-r, niggcr noiu? Vo' -be k.“I'm a miglily s I'cts up.illlib«i*i you gin,nek mail,” w'ei“Ah*you'll git -ii,t*d up i f you- l rouu* yerfoolin’ longer me.”Dal’* de kinder ex cist* w'tU I'llpillin' fer.”And with that they clinched ami | a rteht lively tu* I.-. Tiiey werif mg| rated, liowexof, before /i pollecin enme along, and Hu* I’ikc Coindarkey fotiipi lie- ticket oflli'g. ’I town negro, It may l- wcll to incuti* was badly it**d up.You Can Have Freea si*i:i i \ii:n coi’V opTHE DETROIT FREE PRESI* o n« in.lt;i pi• non uii-iHTiurwiini, me pifiiHbiuiiuble resort, belt;*amutbnil* act* a well known gentleman planter of high posjiion living ficaf Nab-bez was made muster of i»#*r cnionieMftl Hu? table, and to liirn wereb'fvrred “*• qina»Morw of nreecilenc#- u* b' • at-. - If. Among file guesfs WUM hid”e fbdiard StiM-kloii, of Nafehez,Hu* eenfral fig-H»riwin*tlf of II*ey,dejlt;«Solas Will U* MC.-II,•i ilic lt;rngi¥ly. If.* wu* Hie ie ICiciuud Ht(H kfoii,(d New Jcr-wljo -ignd ih,. Decimation of In ud. in**, had lien u Judge of t|»rim f’oirrt of ,MiK*i^sip|ri. uinj wasme of flic**#* event* Attoriievii. neiail of U»e Slate. Hi- family name Hid ll!l|*tiiOiiH de-eeiii gave him a prcs-ig* wlllell was fully •IHtuliie.l |»y |,}„ I dent I id h liol.isf |e ami judicial nlfaiu-aud his hridi.ml and aiu.aidcpmhties Another visitor wu* ;»an ’I a II'i miMM’IIIproperI'b-i*. iind•k He and,* Another visitor wasof .New Orlc|||«|(V | fMv imm,1. who waft alt;*cii|iipaidei| |,v «»oc (lay a lady friHld (if |||Y inived from N,.w Orbam-, as-don. c with tliein. j|i mg.at flic dinner table, (lie P.lV-11*4tally ocedptavi by coiii||ting I hr r Wiy #me I'nVMUi afi.r-nd- •lei’lured, wun.ad int. mling ..r eti flunking of any inipn.prj.iv it«*d tlieir visitor l»v thdr nid.-, thitH dhcrsof f he company lowerthe table. n„. mlntake \%n« ato.ipa-l, and Slock hut. w|»*» val 11, made a spirited remark It which called our fnno I'uy-.t*verted and n rum.Soon after the Spring* eli^.nl , public resort, Un*pmpvrty was purcha* ed for cull i vat ion by ti plnnter nanu d Martin Izcwi*, wh(»*«( iirnne I*given hy the writer of tlii* article »* a tribute n. hi* moral Worth, and u* a token of gratitude for the kindmw of which he tin* been the recipient in hi* iuwiiltaldc home many day* and nlgliU in H,e ynrs gone by when planter Im-phnlitv wnsHomotliing worth realbdng. Tlifn ••xcellent #Id iiiuii died Hinny vear* ago, and was lei rle# I In flic family grnv.-yard near die Snrlngs, where a’ m.nhlc slab with tile epitaph, “I know that my Kedccmer liveUi, rmirk* the hidrenting place of Matin l**wi-. |eac«* tohi* ashes ami Imimr t«» Id* Mem , v.All UlObllilllillftN H*r|*i| f.»r flic Oxof the watering place have long -||„a decnynd or I UK? 11 removed, except t|„. annin huibling, a lurglt;? tw-i.o v hou-Wbit i* ift -till th.-rc urid fid upie I family. The large hall on the thxl i|i.„ Willi it* high luick Dl’eplacc JUl'I t.|rd» 01 itclv carved worn leu niiintc|pi*H |. nlill there, a gliosUy nndiubr of the gay throng who once Ib.ated thloiedi the ma/y dm,e#v Ji.u now,mMintItIiIt.1 iiirl!11lt; n■I il.11A XI' I,A Id I*1*1, MHlldtTtik um Ht;m,fPi;••••ii.UlI. Vvail.»!■i» 11f-Olj YOI II OWN - AKi:fin:sA-Kmkic PftK M AKJ i n.tl mrv I ...* ft* nIb'MKton.Ktl 1II VI-'I.elTIII.PKII*..Mr. f.'V t.n11;il.I*11.1v\ it hold Imril vSir.Iin•NV dilluligry and insulting M-qiwiHe nf e*'rciiioti|e« in vain e .11and the place 1* a ibnobiH m. q-j ,, events herein (hscrilH d wer.- om e |„rl(. ternof well known pul,lie hidory; hot of living witm-ac* only a few *im ire a ml ia a few year* u'mre nil will u , gone. Tlie spring Is Mill I beii ,„.:U j|M. j raiul.i.|e, (N*casioiialfy vMlol |»y traveler, wiili that wfenl int. re-i whld. I we may sop|*»*c to nrtftcli to the npnn-of Syt.d lin-v m. beautifully d(*-. rd«H| in Mtrtuicm. It still gurgles un fhmi I lift fountain depths and irleldc* nod diuioc^ ifown it* gravelly d*-**. *,t to t|„ 1*0111(41 tsdow, unchanging ••v*-r ^ Jud as ii rnn When the momiiiflsnug tlichyiini of H»e new U.ro!•»:nl ip 'l l I UhK I 111OO TOw. O. 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