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SCOTLAND NliCK. HALIFAX CnCNTT N. 0.
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A V I N L. II Y
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MAX, ;le of Son
VOL. VIII.
DECREED
Into all lives sninn rain must fall,
Into all pyosKoniolcar -drops mart.
Whi titer ll:py fall ru a cam Ho shower,
Or fall like tiro lio'it an achiirt; heart,
Into all hrartu im s no c.w intisl creep,
Into all souls some il-Mil.tit:ti eomu,
L i-hi'iK tho waves of life's (Treat deep
From dimpling .villi rs to soothing loam.
Over all nut h way s some cloud must lower
Under all feel souin sharp thorns Hprlnir
Te iiiuc tho llesli to bleed mr wounds.
Or ciitorinir tho heart with their sunt:.
Uoiiii all brows r. i ii H Ii winds most blow,
Over all shoulders a cross miiht to lain,
rio.vlnn tho firm iu its I H y hoii'lit,
Ihiwn to Ilin il u.-.l In bluer iiviii.
Into all hands is some duty thrust,
I ' 1 1 1 o h 1 1 anus Hume burdens nivin,
("rushlnu ill" heart with its drearv weight
Or hllioi; the soul from earih to heaven,
into hciiits and (n in r-- and lives
liod's suusl.hifl e nuns htieauiiiiii down,
lil dim; ihe ru'ns of life's ureal ii'aiti
Wiiavmj; lor all a ild.li; cr..wi!.
the fig:iti:jg Alstons."
A CnroKnu Furolly Whose n'.eni
Ix'is, UuhI All D o Mit't I Im ir
I5oo(s Mi S(ru:if;c iio'.l Vio-li-lit
i4tl(liM ( llO Mi
tons 'i l:rnij;li .Vlitny
til-no r ilioiiH.
t'OIi. ROU MKKT-I T!IK FATf. )V
( Atlanta Letter in New Yi.rV lfern.l.
The killing of CM. Unbiiit A. Alston
in this city on 1:1st litesliv rcvivt's ih.'
irrmery of Ibe most fanious family
prnDa.dy ol tlio olil-'imo rmwry (lays
tin; fir;htiuo A'stons of ( ' i r . ! i : . : . Tin1
hi story of lliia aud.tci ms s'r.iin id' M.m-i
is interwoven n it'i llifl liiitory of thnsc
tur'"j'ct't days when gad'emen I'.mhl
at the urop ol a hat, a ui a si t Move
merit ol l ho pist-d fi.ieer win Oie uns.vcr
to all ins-j't or l lsi'iu it i '..l? ch ss of
all argument.
The Alstons were qall nit men of jcn-
tlu lliiod ai d usiiiilly l:ir 1'orliiisrs.
They were, free livers ami reckless fi.d.t
ers, an I firqi.nily '.'vm-'V! iuvnlvej i i
idlbiihies that tlai.uvl t!; jtr es'.itpi nith
csts anl f.irl'eitures. I'm'm'jIv t!i-
best ktiowi of lliutn, II. il. 1!i i. A s' ui,
hai s 'veral i.flirs nf Ii ui.ir, a el w m id
ca liis ai.laii-H-t !V..ry u ;ie tie ve;:i t i
I ic fill. I. 1 1 isas it !i n imr-, jiis-
sioiinto ro uj, iiiiif as co d u.i.lei' lire as
l. Wii'i'd hi! i.i Ins lir.miiiw.rnoii.. II.,
most nota
was willl llail'O,
in t'.c km-c. On
(i'.itire in Ail.;US'p,
whom lie wou-irled
on; occasion lie as
when a UK- tleic io, loi-l
an sctj'iaiiitance, l.lclieil
sii tillers with a nolo-.;
iv!ii'.'!o;,l as ( oik's as I
eeetleoi.io up, d. ',;'! in
'r: m. Alsloi. t ok the
!::inJ -, la !i !:i.;t 5.T
kini; him for
I i ! 1 1 across lliu
li:i. A'stou
-Mi i
In nn-k
whip Ii
Tii
i-.'pio
ol lis
I a ol
t". j I.,
t s u.l : "A .v, so'.
o ir
i"
(),' c .'-.ii-io a i:-o-i
is sA.d t'.at Aid-'
o,-
11
!;L-oia-,i v. o i d s; l'l i: o i
e i:.o of wnicli Alst.'-t. I id I
hcen b astint;, ihrowing s on" i.f the i
wine in his face' that ho n.''- t jcl i!o j
full flavor.
Col I! ,! Alston came of tin fiiriiy !
known as the Halifax Al.-.toi.s. Tlieii
er.'ales I iv a'.iout Ildd'.x, N C, aod
they ilomi.ii.te.l that wh -!( f cii--ii lor
years. T iov wcra e i ruioasl; i.c.ililiy.
and travclL'-i from one of their t.stte.i
to another in aim st legal id ite. They
bad hundreds of Mavrs, a d always
'ravelleJ with a coach a I lour r.a I a
small army of retainers. Th? m -n woe.
princely in their h I'jits i f ex i .se, .a ol
)iut the "code" above tlu r.ii.le. The
v.oinen wcie high s 'rurg and spirdfil
M'S. I 'a A'-'iim, tie gr indmo hi r of
'.be subj "c'. of ibis sketch, always cmie l
her iw:i bhco'.s and pi I ws will iier
when she Ira'elc.i,
anc
a caia id !oa!-
nil
r. 'T hue ki v.' i h;r." says C .1
Tool 11 o.varJ, a n muri tine, ' to put
100 en a c-'ck fihl, nith her own
birds, ai d then stand and ua'th t! e
s'.runh! to the dei'l." C dor.el Wilis
Alston, known .s "Hrcsl W.l s A's
tun," the grand unclj of 1 -b Alston,
I',. ugiit a d zii :1 -mis iu one winter,
numberless q-iis r. U having s,irung Iro.o
lis assaults on a defaiding S:atj Trea
itier. Ho It lied two men was himsdl
Ireijueully wnil nle 1. His favoii e
weapon was an (.l!-l'.is'ii nu ll ngi r,"
which is a sort of bhiuJei hus-', cairing
a d oiihle haedl'i! of liu .-k-slio', ai d ol
fearful i x -cu'.io i. A Vdlime mil I be
filled willl tin! bloody exploits d lies.
t'o blDlhitrs. but. 1 sh-ill deal only with
the sons of Colieel . Al-do:-, who
.-.l.erc the U'.-r A j o.; i ,;i r.v .
ce dors.
ax ai.ston mtst rn;
( N.
Did Cd. Alston,
Wi'"'I 11 -S IMOT
tto
was
Sons
Willis
U. A
ilii.S"!!
Willis,
Ait n
killed in a d ui, bad thiee
Gideon nnd A ogiis'.us.
was t! u lull er ol C ihmel
Alston.
,sdi alh
i tia It
'll A's
'f, v. as
Iro' It r
I nil'.
r, lull ot liu'se LCoi.ics c-ri.
by violence, ;r died, is l ie
lion rues. ' in bis boots "
" to to
1,101,
t.
too, lie fi st i f the lloeo to
killed i i a peculiar ai.un or. ii
Wil is was in Nashvi;!c, on
IVhIc, w he he bee aie
a-nvi e 1 of the la Iv wh
eiy ir-K I n
a tor ir l oi i
lied S mi 1! ."toe tl Mi-S Tl lli
ne ievo. Ho on I her i
I OO.iS su
s.'.eul roor.ths, a.-d, wliile en
this dainan.e, lor.ned an utt ,ch-n o t
,.r a vo'.m,' Sja-.is'.l foy, r.a iie.J l'elat.
I' is bo was Iriirudl.,' ss and i- or and
AIsl ni iidopte.l hi. ii, tali e, li.u loone
iv .t'i hir-.i e in ii he left Naslivill.!. It ap
pears that there was som-i feeling le
U'trea llat and (lid ion Alstoi; at any
into they le t the house at niot and
went into the j ard for the pupuse nl
"practicing with looir pistols." Gi.le. li
was then a c .dlego boy, hiviiio jist
turned soph Kiioro io the State l'.,iei
sily. In a few ino'iiKi ts af'er ho I l'i.
llic house with l'elat lie was luuud in
fi'Tfirt,..!
WELDON, N. C, THURSDAY, APRIL 3, 1870.
the yard, with a pistol bullet through his
brain, l'elat saiJ that lie had shot him
self accidentally, and this is all that was
ever known of the matter.
A FLOW DA TKAOMDY.
And Botr conies one of the most re
matkablo tragedies in the history of
this section sn full of tragedies. There
was living in Florida, then n primitive
region, young Leigh Reed, a man of
jvcat ability, geiilleerss aud emirate,
lie was nlmnst idol z.'d by the people of
it" at State for his gallant services in lie
fi r. e Indian wars, bavin" by Ms ik il
and fearlessness btveml times saved the
In tin colony from destruction by the
Scminoles and llieir allies. A Ktery is
told of him that will illustrate; his char
acter imd at thu same lime show hmv
delicate whs the sv-nsn of pc s noil ho joi
nt that time, (ieneral Ltce :l was a po
litical opponent of Uovernor Call's son
and at the s wno tims bis personal friend
Political fceliujr ran very high, and mi
election day a Mr. While made some
n flcclioiis lip hi the integrity of Gover
nor Call. llfleJ at once challenged bim
for n duel. The n en cnf, were both
desperately wounded, and behaved with
great eallantry, fi.diiini;. I bilievp, with
bowieleives, tlu'ir left h:r ds tu-ino
ntra;pud tocctlier. Some time uftcr
war.! Kee l b"Cit'Sie involve I in a dilliul
ly with the Alsto'.s. I give tiie story
as it was given ttio by C .lonel ll, A.
Alston himself. II.; said that an article
appeared in a nen-sp ,ncr refi.'ctin on
(lovenior (Jill. Colonel Aug'is'.tis A's
ton, kIio was the leader of the Call
f iction, cle nar.deil the name (if tho
author. Ho was furnished with tie
name of General Heed, who was the
le.uler (if the (ppoi-ita faction, lie at
n ce ch:il;enepfl Geiieial l! ed, and a
Bioetinj; wis nrranged. The weapons
itdii'ted wer-3 "infers," ibis deadly
wcopon boiiig, nj I have said, a favorite
with the Alstons. Colonel Alston was
a'tcndi'd bv Mr. K-Jtmi', Lis rruther-i'-la.
At tho w ml "Ooe" Colontl Als
ton's gnu exploded, it Lcii'g liair-'.tig.
"red. The coitci.ts were discliaroed
ii to t' i! air. C lorn I Alston (Jroppel
j dead in his tracks. I lis sister a mo.st
! s. ir.ied wo n at', was cearly crag & nt.
',' e iie.vs id hi, d.'ath. Sbe sie ued tin
1 lead tlat had killed I im, and with her
; cvn hands sil l moiled it iiild bullets
! and see! loom to l.rr brotlur, Willis
I Alsto., (;!:,. r.itlwr of ll A. Alston.) an 1
; i'lioline ( him to cilia timl n-'cnoo the
Olll I
had
f his fcr.,
'jcon mov
lor.
lerc!
S u ivmni l'i ii
and the Vstons
'' . i"
i
U belief, alth oiol, the r-n-
cal si.itt m- n'. is that the rinie i og was a
l i-.i .!", Gci'.eial K 'i d using only his
j si ti;.lt in fnl.g alter the i-xolosiou ol
A's'.on's "yager.'' At any iate it was
very v. e!i u iderstood that Willis Alston
n nil seek teverge for lis brothel's
death, as tho family for generations lad
mado ( no of all their (panels. Tno
ii st eieeti 12 between A I stun and K.vd
v.is ilea 'ii:t lie. The Legislature had
j ist n.c', and K (".1 had been cb'Ctjd
Speaki r. Hi! a. is a young cja', id ex
ception;!1, paavr and pop ilarity, and his
lllo promised to be brilliant ii"d iilus-
tliiHU. IL; had invited hi fiieiidj to
Hie ns-sml legislative iripper, and the
bai q let was in progress, everything
g"ia nverrily and well. Suddenly a
! II fynre, in; 111 d in a svtingi g cloak
an.l with a slMiik hat diawn dowa over
tie f ii-c, stalked through tin: ope i do r.
Without a woiil it made for the hrad of
the ta'ale, ivlieic Ge eral H ed was
s'uti og. Instantly cries of "AItonl
Alston 1" arose a d ran down the ta Me.
At thtsa cries tho tl ak was (brown
hack and Al-d m was recognize I Keed
rnso froni lis seat, tied, whippi g a pis
t -I out of his p -i k 't, I:! oV 1 it at lis
assailant and fro I. The lall stank
A'ston iu I. is upline I land, carrying
mviy two fi-igets. Tois did m l nt 'p
h m, t ut brand siiiog a b w'e-kaifi!, he
cl st'd on li re I. IJ.-l'ore tho men could
b- ; ai'cd I! -id was cut pretty severely,
a'd AN;'.", I !iol';sv", w .ua.iej again.
Alslun was t.ikeu from the room, in d
I ,r s.n.io months nothing more imis
UcarJ ol the mailer. ()-. day General
ISee.l was na king down tlio rdriels of
'i'.d ahu'see when In) ras fiit'd upo by
C-iiiiiiil Alst..n. Toe contents of one
bairel ol'a sli dguu was p .ure 1 i to his
-1. milder, and .is lit! turned t C mfi o.-.t
his assailant the otiurr Ion 1 went into
li hs.nt. Ho fell ai d died. Colonel
.vl-Lo;i fliendssirf tint In! hill i-.e'i
:!eed i-otiLC that be intciuk-d to kill liiai
oa ii 'id.
Ml.'.!-II liY A Jlilll.
Alston werit to Texas, where
f r son e tin e. Hu settled
Willis
,e liv-.d
ni ar i az -n a. 1 nere was a i'r. ,"-.
It .1
a ', ah i for s iiiu re ison or other, pur
..e i lio in i't. r of the il red killing ami
s.- l r. .mi ks d'T io itory to Al-'.on.
Alsli.n liaiing of it wioto tho remaiks
don- , nnd iiieiiiing Stewart on the
pia'tii ' o. e day aske.l him to say whether
or (i ,l l,-! was res.ioiisiblu for those re
iii'u'is. Dr. Sura art toi l; the piper,
Asd v.h.io oieto oioio t i ri nd it, put his
',.;.n I i ! lis I, ulsters an.l ilcv lii
ol .1
ir-.e f
ll
j i ilped ntf his h ii s i on
isiii! Aislon il-id fl ed ii.lt-
"Pi
i i.i . A desperate
j v.t.iJ) AKt ui was sh
si-iMicii S Col t'l-it
fldit ensiirl, in
t t vie!, and his
lis bow-Is pro-
n i l. ,1. II .' kilVd Stewar', however,
.. oiling a lo.'.d of bu.kshot into him
alter lie was prono urioii tha earth. II.!
a.is lako i to j ill ul.nost den 1. He was
a Lim- iis fi Idler, and piocoiiog a fiddle,
id there ''Willi lis entr.iibi p.rotrud
i; j," ns he wrote to u fri"iid, pliy'n g
tile old luces of his hojhooj. 11 S bady
servant gained admission t his cell and
la I a cod of rope wrapped abosit li s
body. Willi thin l;c was going i; try
and eseapo. Sudilenly a meb ussaulted
tho jail, overpowered the tsher'fT, broke
in tho doors and seized Colonel Alston.
Ho was game to the last, and fi -Idled up
to the very imtant he was seized, his
dauntless face lookii g full upon his as
sailants. Ho was tumbled into a blank
et, tho ends twisted, and he was then
hustled nut of the j id. O oco out iu the
street he was thrown to the ground,
slill enveloped in the bin ket, and a
hundred bulle's were pmre l into his
b I'dy. Thus died the I ist of the II uli
fax Alstons, " They were a remarkably
athletic mid handso ne raco of men
Gideon, who was kiliel by l'elat, is al
ways cited ns the liiimlsonicst youngster
of his day. It may be said lu re thai
tho youno C.istih'i i who kill :i tu n was
put li.to tho navy us
hipm in, an. I
was drowned in the M 'rlitei rauean. Wil
lis Alston was a man of wonderful
stronoth. He oncu t-himlderi'i a load
of SDll pound-; dead weigh', and carried
it through the streets ol Spuria on a bet.
His life was a stermy one. His feud
with the Ingrains, a brave and powerful
l.imily, was the sens ili n of Georgia for
the lime it lasted. li always carried
his "yager" with him, a id escaped the
whole- (lilli.'ulty with only ntm linger
shot away. This fend wis di-iml z d
under the tille'of "The Watch," and
sold largely. Its authors were never
discovered, or lley iv-iild have been
kill rd, as tho heroes of that div did not
toleratf the pnhlicatio , t.( t-n-ir troubles
The manuscript was discovered one
morning in tin? yard of a li .irl'-s wi lo..-,
who published it herself nnd sold i',
making a greit deal of nunc,' by if,
CCM.OM I, .Mir.!;T' A I.- !' "X.
Cd. 11 A. AKtnn was a remiikabli!
man. Fiiled with all the. chivalry, fear
lessness and lot-liea le Ini-ss of his race,
he dreaded, above all ether ihings
neeting an end like his ancestors, ll
was not fear, for an Allon doos m.t
know what fear is. Ii i was as bravo a
man as ever lived. I.i thu army, as
one of Morgan's lieutenants-, he .was the
most reckless arid daring of tin ni all.
II -j once actually lu d a biscuit sh .t
from between lis tteth, bat with a !.ti.:'s
be continued hit breakfast, lie soid to
your C'tro-pon lor. t once: ' L lave a
boy who is a h d-leadcd lillmv nimscl'',
ami I have taken my wile's Ii and in I
mine nue.y a ti'iie ami knelt with hi r I
by his beJside and pr.uid t God that '
I in', 'hi l).!i lut'i hi ' a la-icv of poice i
an, I a n net ilea
tl, 1: mis I is Io; I-est J
ambition, lis he bus
(liten saal, to Irerk !
tho old tradition that "an Alston must i
die in lis lionts." (l ie i'-aiii t was
willl him when tie was going to the field j
to meet C il. l'i. Y. Claik, el" a rival j
newspaper. The challenHC bad li"'n
issii.vi, atnl lie was j. '.st o.in;; to t-ii;.' t..e
linlolght Ir.nn. kSn.':! -!. I y, lie'tnrni d to !
a di.il; wall, an-J, U a. liiig lis lead ti j
his lands, prayed aloud that God might
sp ire hi u the death his ntoi.li! b
dre.l, arid allow him to live in peace til' tt
(piiet death cmil 1 claim hint. He never
believed, however, that this nvuhl be
granted h'nn. Ii ina.lo him gloomy to
talk of it, but to Ids Irii.'iids he w uild
say that he k..eiv his drstiny was to 'die
the Alston death." lio even hud n
superstition that a certain tnai was
goi'-g to kill hiiu. There had i.ever
been a"v trouble between lhcn but
Alston ulways s lid, "Tii.it man is my
fu'.e." The man was bis fiiond, and
never biriinn i aoy'.hi og else. Hcspite
these uloomy th mgli's, Alston was a
devoiit b. liever io the code. After he
hi'l j ioed the ch'iich ho still adhered
tn his btrlivf. "It is a peacemaker,"
he sii.l. a f nith C irolinn, '.Tlicte ih
code is above ihu Siale law, t'u re i evi r
w is so q'liet and d-Wi r o:s a co.mn.nity.
In Charleston county there was not a
murik'i in eighteen years, and the fi es
of too Cl. u lestoti C uirier for twentv
five years do not show the i.sft i f the
word "li.u" or 'sC'.ua.liei"
or
similar ppitli; ts a sinole tiairi. Ther
were no st'cc. fight i cr row, arid no
assaS)iinitions. A high code of kmii r
was established, and ' it mnde even
l i,,.. ...,,r. il .,. I l I. oi
L'i.i Hon iiu.ii n.v... i.-i-.i .....
a Car die.a Ja. Ige (Mr. IVi'igrew, who,
havi og t.vo men bet'-ire him fi r trying
to fi!it a d ie', said: "1.1 jrr'.l'iuen, it
iv '.II Like iiu! an hour to write out these
wai rants. I the tneanliinv thero is n !
steamer at my what filial can tiko yi'ti
you out of my j ni diction, so that you
can complete vour w ok before I cmill
h. Id ou." Col, Alston never lought a
Jul liiusel'", though he issued aid no
eepted sevei.i! challenges. The conserva
tive spirit nf these latter das almost
always settles these matters wilhmt the
exchange of shots, Whili Alston
would have died before bo would have
submitted to a dishonorable cm
promise, I knoiv what stub'ioni her 'ism
it I . - q air ed to carry lim into no affair ol
honor, lie shrank with h nror from
such test. 1 1 is whole life was oviosha '.
owed bv the memory of his a-.c.estors
"and their bloody o oils. 1.! was a re
cognized authority en mailers of the
code, and wis usuit'. , called i, t all
prominent allon s. n iiiic tie was U n
ncious of the h 'ii T of Ifs jniiicip iU,
ho never sfckle l for techoic liities, and
usually S'i''ceded in aej b'iog ma diili'i-t'lici's-,
Ooly once was l.c sec ni 1 io a
fatal tlKoti g. Ce attttii.lt! J .ir
McG.-aw of Ctii'.lcs'on, nnd lea.lid the
pistol that killed Tahor. Thero ap-
poor, d in tiie Cmulcsmi Mercury u
C 'in in U iication assailing Judge MiJ I : aw,
S'gued with a noil) do pi lule. Ci'.lrary
lo the usual practice of dennndioj tie
II.1IIK) of tho author of thu nfl'eiMve
niticle, Alston demanded for McGr-iw
sitisf action of Tabor and his t.vo c li
toiial associates, holding that thu griva
uien of thu oil'cuci! was i;i Iho (lu'jiiju
tion. Tho name of the author was
offered and declined. Tabor then an
Himnccd himself responsible. McGraw,
through Alston, challenged the three
editors, iimning Tibor first. The patties
went '.o the field. At the second shi t
Tabor jumped straight into the uir, fi ll
upon his back, shivered and died.
McGra-v was unhurt, and the ail.dr
slapped lliirro.
HIS LAST MLllTl.NU.
Alton lad been engaged in many
personal encounters, but never had
hi eu seiiously hint. It was harder for
him to take im insinuation of insult than
for almost any one else ; but he ulways
repressed lis auger, mid, if possible
avoided trouble, lie was a fine talker,
a genial gentleman, ol winning ad iriss,
and those saved him from many ddli
cullies that Ins impetuosity would have
led him into. His favoiie maxim, hew
ever, was tho say ing i f Sir Uojle li.mck,
"Thu best was to avoid danger is to
meet it phimply 1" and his bold-icss
often sufficed where temp irizing would
nave failed. In the trouble that led to
his death, aflci he hail been sent oil" by
Cox t arm himself, his first impulse
wasto geta doable-barreled shot-gun
mid go back ami look, Cox up and kill
him. He was thoroughly acquainted
with the violent habits of his enemy,
and knew best how to meet ihnm. Ho
was dissuaded from his choice, however,
hy G ivh!) ir C.dqaitt anil others. He
was v.ry much depressed nt iho
i lea that Cnx was bunting him down,
ntiil seemed to have a prctii.iiiiiion of
what, was coming. He said, throwing
bin self ir. to a chair in the Trensurei's
office, "It is awful hard to know tt ut a
man is dogging yon and that yon have
got tt kill him or bo killed." Iastead
ofgoin oil' to arm himself, ho went
into a restaur nt t- get somo din tier.
I le ato heartily, but was very much
wmried. At length he was persuaded to
lake a pisti l, gelling (ieo that he had
never seen before, a self-cocking S:x
shooter. When ho entered tho Trens-
tirei's i 111:; ho s-eemed relieved to think
h ! had fun 1 1 a retreat fr mi tho trouble.
' o sort of ci 'iial f ur moved I.i u but
l'i-.! idea nf bloodshed seemed t
siLken I in. When ll : saw Ce.X cn'er and
ii .1!' dra-.v lis pi-tol at a man cvidoi tly
mi taken fi r lim ho seemed to know
that lis tine bad c me. Ho grew a
sh ole pah; and lis fare hardened and
gre-.v st'.ni. II is Ii st W' rd, tbougH, wr. s
an ri'peal. "i aoi not Going to have
any d.liic ,ly with yn'i," Iu said; "you
uiiisi let iiu .il me." Cox slill persisted
l.o'..t'it-i, gr-)'..iiig iirgrier all the lime.
At le ".oh wit';, he hteppcrl back and
closed the door and said, "I will force
yon, sir," le tp. :n - I (j giva up all
i ,,rH,
l'i;.!. .1 ilia Novi.i", bis friend,
ttitu ti'i'.i e.s.ed it nl!, doscrilcs tho SCC es
that f
llor.ed:
Colo; el 11, b rose quiet
like bo was "i in-! to
" and citin
j'iSt
'! ,., .1.
m.iUi! a sp ecu. lliirro was not a
I tremor about him. 'All liht,' he says,
j iVt-'ii lave it out light here. Are you
i armed?" With that he drew lis pistol.
I C ox's was already out. 1 threw myself
j between them arid said. 'No you don't,
gne.ih'iire., !" C' loi.el Hob thrust Ids
J hand over my shoulder and fired, strik-
ino Cnx in the mouth. At the same
time Cox fired and the bill went
i throogh mv whiskers. Their hands
j neatly crossed as they fired. I
j slill hell them apart. They fiied
a,;:iin bv ni', and I then turned
the n loi se. Cox was jumping aid
I dodging aro'ind, but Colonel 15 ib i.ever
juin.ul. II ; stood straight as a i'.atm?.
j A'ter he had shot bis fourth shot ' e
tun ed l is f-ice to me and smile 1 that
j peculiar suii'.e ho has. As ho turai d
i pu'ntn.:;iio."r agaiu o.id lis
pist ,
soappt'J. 1 neii u. x In ed again,
and I siw a red spot iv zi! out in . ''.
1? ih 's teniiile. C x w is trying to cock
his oistol no iin when I limned in and
threw liliLk. catc'liinr. C,d. Hob.
II.! sink in my arms. Wmni i turned,
'' x was sitting in a chair spitting blood,
with his pis iil on a table. He Slid "I
ool IV lie ml mill' 1 rot (iil l,di
I Ll.i. vj,.,,., !.., ,c,.,- I?
mill t .'.i;.it k.'.Jiu i i ......... ... ...j.....
siys that Alston put both his bands on
C x's bn ast anil said, "111, for God's
sake, let us have u dillku'ty. I don't
wie.t to kill o-.i; you shouldn't want to
kill
mo
Till!
Alston lad
handsome I
manner- !!;
ALSTON MCSTINY.
a jrccidi lily winning and
ce, and a sen.i-iir.litnry
stood like a statue while
shouting, bis landsl ide fact! set and
stem, wih lie old Al-ion lie bl.iz og
from lis eyes, turning bis erect figure
by uiilitaiy ball wheels to present bis
side al.mys t lis s'.iiliii.g cnemv.
After ho hail been shot don Mr. L'd.
Mercer, who knew of his foicbodieg
about dying with his boots on, said,
"11 shall not die io his boots-, bv God 1"
ad tenderly took them oir. "The
scene at the death bedside was affecting
i i the ex'reme. Only the most intimate
friends and the family were udmilt 'd, a
l'n ce of p. lice bcaii. g back thu host
that surged ng.iiust, the doors. A; il
w.ts evident lh.il ho must die in a few
no meuts, Mrs. Alston asked Governor
C .iq ait', who was kneeling by the dying
man, to pray
Wi ii
bra
vi;li f motion, linldiyn Alston's bund,
Lilt: Governor prayed uloiid, whilo every
t'"! streamtd willl tears. And thus
v, tin, nt .a slu liliT, wilii haidly a muaii,
lis lace peaceful and half smil nj, ho
ti ed. 1 a his bed. bis wi'e and friends
about bim, prayers going to God with
his Hoeing soul, and only the ghastly
blun-ved lolj io his tciuplo t;l tell that
lie old A'ston destiny InJ overtaken
hi n and tfl-it ho bad left the Alton
ktviUjje to lis suu.
NO. 5.
lla leaves two brothers one a prom',
went Alabiiniinn and the other living (O
his place both im st ixet lletit gcntli
mon. Ifu leaves a wife- and four
cli Idreu a devoted and admirable
lamily. They have a fine plantation ;
tut the uobln genercnity f Col. Alston's
life leavis little e!si. lio was a true
man, a gallant friend, a rsing states
man. The whole city and ibonsinds ol
Iriends throughout the Union mourn
bis dcntli. Cox is getting- better, but
will bo seat to jail to await bis lial.
AM IRIsTl UTTERi
My Dii'au NitriiKw: -1 haen't sent you a
teller fiinei' the i i-t tunc I w rote to you,
hclnsi! we inovd from our lornor pbicu of
livint; nnd e iisiipii'iilly I cm! la't lell
where a l"tt.r would llnd you Hut I now,
wiih ploHsure, tnke my pen to inform you
nt llu il nili nl vour own livini; tine'e,
Kiipatlirn It, wh.v il.ed very m Idenly list
weik nlti.fr a liuuerini! illness ot sick
niontlia. The poor mau was in violent
convulsions durim; thn whole lime nt his
pick op, lyino piitectly q'fet and speech
L bs, nil tin, timi. Ulkini; incohiuently, and
culling lor wntlier. I Imd no tinu Io in
form yiii ol his death sooner, except I hud
wrote U you bv the 1 -itt post, which went
(dl ten days before he died, mid then you'd
had piiit!i;,'(! to pay.
I am id a lo.-s to tell what lis death was
oM'oasintifd by, but 1 fear it was by hi lust
m- k ni'so, lor he was in ver well ten days the
L'lither during tlio whole, time ot Ins cmi
in ement, anil 1 helii've his ilcnth was or
pnsicned hv his Hieing loo much rabbits
schull 'd with pays nnd t;r.-ivy or pavsund
ciavv fCtnille l widi ratdnts I ou t tell
which, lint bo that ns it may, soon as be
brea'h d his las' Ilia docktbers !avo up a'l
hopes of Ins recovery. I can t tell you
any1 h :ii nboiit his H'ji; for von well know
Hut in March next he'd hnve been twenty-
live y a's on III. larking ten mn!hs, and
had he lived till that tiuoo he'd becu jist
sox iiionllis iJciid,
His nriipeity n hv revolves to hit next of
kin, who nil died s one tunc aa;o, ro that I
fxirtc'id that it will be diviJvd betwrcn
us. nod you know Ids property vvns sonic-
tiling very coimider able, for be had a line
estate that were sow 1 1 b) pay bis debts,
unit the remainder lie lost in u hnrsernec;
but it vi the opinion nf every one at tlio
tim" that he woio l havo won tho raco ll
the Ii use ! e itin onanist hadn't been too
fust for him.
I never saw a man and the duckthers all
say so, tinit idis.aived directions or tuck
niedieiiic li t tlior than lie did. He snLI
he'il :ia I .ve t ike bitthcr allownys ns sugar
can ly, tl it onlv hid tlio same taste, and
ns ipoennma ns whit-key punch, if it would
only put Ii i m in Ilin saaie humor lor ti,dil-
i n ir. Hit, pour (oul, hu will mver ato or
d ink iimre, hi) I von haven't a living itda-
ti-.n Ii Ii iu the wile Weill, except nirsoif
.nd v.'tirt.vo Clintons who were killed In
the tnst wa'. I can't dwell on this uionrn-
li.l subject mi l I shall sale my letter willl
Mack aliii wax mid put on it your uncle's
coil id nuns, so I beo yon not to bienic the
.sale Win n i ou open tt.is lettner, and duu l
open it iinhl thiee or lour days allher
you've r.siivnl it, by whiiii time yon will
be prepare I lor the mirrow.'ul lidmj:1
l our sneetheiirt, .In ly alet.ec, Fends you
In-r love, neknownst to me. Whvn Tat
Ciint'oiiu mi ivi s in Amcr-c ax li'uu for
thir. letllo", and il be ntoes not know it
horn id! the rest, tell him it ts tiio one that
spiil;. ntinut your unek's death ami s-dod
in black 1 lemain your nlt 'Ction ito Ould
itran Iniotln r. .IcdyO lIool.liiANrt.
To Misthor I, ,rry O'Hoo iijino, Istely ol
thu town ol Tiillyiiiuckli sir ij, in thu Par-
lull ( f Hiltcni'".'ct, near 15 illvscliluhgilt-
ihery, in tin- country Kilkenny, in Ireland,
now in America, lornnist the pump.
N. 11 D.-u'i write to me till vou ressrve
this.
P. S. Win c yon enmc to tlf s place stop
ana due t re id any more till the net'.
.. 9 -
AN EXCITING PLAY.
Ti t! 1 1 ty wil full (tf heavy vilhiitis, the
leailii.g la iv WnS tiie mnnceiit imiiden
ui) -ll w In ci tlov hud ilesi"ii9, and llic
trorill' was nil biniiylit nlmat liy her bav
in : to reid her psit tor liistiece, one
villain i linos nnd seiz si lliu lending My.
'I'lie latter I :.'ks nl In-r naanuscoipt Btnl
reii.b: ' I'.iliaud mo villun (tiuinirss)."
Now, hu.-.iurss nieniis that a sttugnle
slouil I ia-ue. tint t ie leadiui; loir in her
noi'titioii leuders it thu.-: ' Unhand me
viiinii! P.iismisn." The villain stands
Imek iib.s'.od nt this unexp eted turn n I
pioniu'ir coc" eir:., anl ti lls, "Take hold
d In! II, lea 110 i. s li.ko hold of Iter.
I he Mil on rushes up In s-'Z ! Ihe wem in,
who links nl her manuscript till I links
Sooin r th an submit to your embrace, 1
vvid take tin' kni'e. I In-n the pioisu snd
o..ks n ou i I for the kni'e. The prompter
,V'!ll'!.'ll' !l!!!.l. .'!' t -"! "! a1!
over the ll mr, kii kino the winon to pieces
rem :i g Ins Lnir, and shouting, ' Ott! God
ni ciiidiiL 1 why ii u t you take the
l.i.iM-llic ki.lle. blank It, the kiu'el ll
is in his bi-it." The ki itc is linnlly le i.'.',
i-vol on o'jhjiooly lurnii!'' arunnd
iho woinan enn C'liivituently get it. Th
promoter elms .town until a scone ib pro.
iner t win re n v.l'ain, with bo; pistol in
his hand, is nt the door ol a chain her lo
ce that tin- li'iioiiiij does not esc qie. It Is
hi' bnsi.,css to i;o to lo sleep, nnd Ihe la l '&
bii-nusj tn e c ipe by linn, just ht-forc the
other two villains illfh 111 ulld C.V la'oo
"Aha le-e she is " Hut sho has lost the
.l ce, nnd :u the cut throats rush in and
niHke their exclntii itinns, there she is sure
cnouoh. T'le promp'er becomes a drivel
tin: ntiot. II s load is m.are than be d.n
benr, mi l hi. mind ijivrs way hcnestli it
lie usks lo lu buried in a retired spot and
sinks to the n or, ivliilj thu ttac iuansyi r
tliro-vs his hand- ove, his head, waves them
wildly in the air, d mces a hornpipe be-
hlrid the scene, nnd ye Is at the leading
l idv. "(let on the staeil'
The woman is on Irer dignity by this
time, nnd s'rlic. raluih bv thtr villain with
the In x pistol, wlisi looks at her with opea
moiitli' d womlei and allows her to pass
him. Tun i li o oilier two vidians lock at
her niul er; liim, "liy heavens! she has cl
enpc.,1 !'' and the lom-e nets up and re
mark', Hist it a too ItirrllHii; lot any Use,
and it wnv be "I oimcd" if It Isc't the
bijoist 'tro' Toh do has huJ lur vears.
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