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TO .. TI eY F. T. TF Of te ýa" :lid happy ci( ! . I G pyi.; to 10o t ill \4ars i-.."+" : , None rU, :.:: t1 1e to I t hleir .g , Old fried, lbut you and I Son"0 are onored now and I: ihty, c 11'b.liun, L,"ti1 the sword and 14e1, With till ,ians guit oif genius ii lig 'c: te l,.arts of men .1' 1 no e (, toi - t!) read lifi's pathll ay rei Caolily, quietly along, fi. Sctekillg not tlhe fllsime homago Of thwe orila' deceitful thiolg. a till Over o! hirs. eartl 's leep Sorrows., 0t Like the dl. 1.141 . 11(u)11, lhave passed, ,,aving nIll,,ht lbut desnihltin- Drei ,, cfj 1 th bat cotuld not last. 11 ýi. Cone, w.ithin the quiie c4i0r(h1}:rd. ctw'eet 41 l,l'!. ,!ath the .:,tl. iln redh1ig nut oil th's c.il "M atul Ini: ts, sil For theLir spirits rest with lGod. in So, of thlt onctle lhaplpy ir1 It, iti W\e alell are h fi U, ti!l lo Of the jy hx hhh haiive deihprted, Aid ti!e fri. luis wio i lo\t'd so well. a cli A ,TnOv 111il l.S " t.I.Y-.Do."-The' si flllowiwg l,.ttr. n(Vr belore hihl!ish- pt ele, Wt t 'l i t enll to i l:1 l t liltS''i(' 4''nt thy ilin tlly o iii iL 1 it .i ln to - viit the i etlhibitiion whith It 011 to pitch it' test owit in a f iew nil4s of t hditunri' s it Rai(. '1to udir 1st:it.d all lusn1! is 1 the hitter it sli:nltli he cs-exiil hI 111:i a the a;gent hali jokingly ailplied lfir the siltuatioln of doorkte pr of Aitiitnsls jro0osed 1 ! l lornon enllt-rt-ailnluiit, ot oi-lng to fllill tlhe diuties of tl0 e pls,i tion for unothingt, Indl divide wbith Ar-i temnlsln what lie ill;ti by l "knockini°g 'down" at tjie door : "W .TEnironlD. (_)XFOrnD C \ o T Y, MEr., August ;. ltd-l.-Dear B--I was very ;lad to hear fromtt you ; but whliy the d-=l, bteing so near lilt, dihlt't von coe lld ant l li ? Ytoe u1 o ould Ihave ,been welcome to Elsinore. i ''I have linlislhed my new book, anid go to New York shortly to st;lrt liy new piictorial entertiinmenllt of thet llornouis lnid thhings. I hloile it will be ago I hope to run a fI'w monthsl in lhe nietrol:olis, bit if I anii t iiore than two weeks, it is to be neverthe- a less a sulcce4ls elseiwh-re. The whole (l country (except that portion held by i our misguided Sotlhern rethlren)ll is before ine. Your termis are iquite reasonable. IIhretofobr:' lmy dlour keep- o ers haven't give in ally of the rte ceipts. I will call at Sweney's andl ii see you. "I am only a sweet child of nature. d True. lmy sclilohgl hlais beetn exteln sie. I hi.ve r',ad '\irgil' and the life t of Professor' Loulgworthy, but I am r still a sinple woolandll gusher. ''I saw F-in Portland. l1I! was very well, indeed, and happy with i Sl:t-nlaker's Circus." A circaus-lidtr is t the noblest work of God. f "Send ine another Billy-do. I anl very busy, and am writing this stupid ly ; but I ani delightt d to (hear ft-ol you, and l1hope to press yonr horny s hand ere long in York. Thanks for , the tickets. This aet of kindness, so t nobly conceived and delicately con sunalnatetld, assures rue that all is nolt base and sordid in this world, aind that the ilmlnlrl l, heart, when connected I with a luenagerie, is capable of lofty i impulses. Yours truly, A. WARD." MARIntc.E OF P(rxcE:ss Loruis.- I At Windsor castle considehrable pro- : gress has been 1made with the prepar:- I tiols for the tlliproaclinig nuptials of , tile PiiniCCes Loubis t and 1 Ie M11 lrqi lis Lornle, 'Tl'e Albert Iltllorhil Chapel at the easternl cld lofSt. George's chlapli el, and which wals onlce knlowln als Car dinal Wolsey's clihal ), is beiig pre pared for the celretlony by the cimlploy- I es of the lardl of works. The in Ieriour walls of Albert Meimorial ciiapeil are deccorated with Brloln Triiiquiett's h,11i1u tifutl marble pictures, the Snlitiati tio s:irs, and otlher uniqile aniid costly adi~rlimenits. For the p-rposes of the royal erbdling tlhe inside of the hunil idg will be trlnist'irtlied into talslfcltly fitted tip assesbnilhin.awl r.ltirhlng roiuIs The 511StO11 paVeinti t is 1n1111g cIIered I stitti a Ihoardedll tloring. 'iie Alh1r I Mieniorlial ch;:pel is onily se,)iii;ritt-l from l ilhe tast elll ot St. George's chapl el iby the covel-redl tiltrnil:c t tli lhe ehis tels inhliablited by hle DeliAt i1d1 Callns of WXiltlsilr, iiiid Iite tiilllrialge tprlces sioli wo hild this have to liioveeid hnu Ii shoill distIllsle-it f1ct, ilIlitt il nli a ynrsl--to Ich141 Iic Ithe r ils ti frllt of the pr'o lr ncct, llolnlllll;ut i tiolls for the i miiiI mIlly hiave, lhe hltlior of blilig hivited bher ItsIilings, il tlw i.hi'. htsbeen 11 .s Iltailltag is cxti-led to lli, elbr-atii i ibouti thie begi ii ilg of Maieli.--Ex challnge. Il.tr.TIr:IIACY IN TIIE I'NITrE) STA'TES. --The incre:se in the nuimilher of adult Iltrsliis in thie UIitlcid Statt-s \timo 1iiil lieithe rtend noIr i ite, is attralctilng mlclh itttetiloll at iri-stnt, i nlt lid iur vcate'ts of t" e pl( vi) Il makilng I Il liiiiiil -ioV e 11 ealiol1c roiil011oi. writ i, aloiulltedl to 54).850, iliid tlhe slilii class itt 18.i0 had1 i ci'l':iald toi ,G(i3,808, andtli n IiO0 to 1,121, 575. As the ceisus rleturns for 1570 have itt yet been colnllp.teld, it is ilnlpossilie to ascertilill the exast IiIunlber ot illiler ate persons at plreseit ill the Uinilthli States, hult it is estillateid thait, Ito tlh 1,1(2,575 iditerllle white adullts if 18t(i( ullist be ddtleid 91,7;ti colhored tladuilts and +fi55,800 ,idlt fl reedmfnlhiii so tha;it, tihe Iulliber of peirsol ill thills conttry wi Call neIitllher read lor1 writte II1s 1 exceed 2,8741,111, iailll lhe very inetllly three miillions. It is airguttd that l're publicain inistitutions depend elltiryl~ for their slppoilt ulp1n tiie i ttelliigelce of the nlmasses lilId (upon tie strict l)er forlllance of their ipublic duties by tihe voters, andt that. the rights 1and liber ties of the IeOllle hin\-e io setrOre pro tection whlen the poor anld iglilliant aire cantrolled by ctiori'iilt 1ind iliibitious i .liticialns. The educ~ation olt tie illit eralte, it is therefore co4otelidethd, is the oIlly ltie :id to be ad.lipteil to secllre the perilnenucy of the United States. B UT I'ON ONIONS, .1.) F'OR PLANTING, at H. ST. JOHN'S Pl .:- ! a singular but 1io less true retiitrik il i liltte work, thiit Jeffel'rson wats born jilst 8 yearsl after his pjrede Qorq Adams; Madj isiin 8 3years after ft'rsoli, iitl (Jolh Qtlincy AdallliS--8 il'l tItter M4hi)n1roo. Atnothier Ceriousll 'rl to I'e obIslrved is tllhat Adams wiis ist Gil yfitt( i' old whten Ie retiedI; Jef rol was 3J6; Madtlison wais 6G, and :hit Qui:tcy Adamlls, had hie beei elcc a second ter-i, would halve been 66. .ltlllls. Jeff''ersonl and Monuoe, all died 1. Jl~y 4'1h. THE IJAK,ýO.N-IO- 'KISIO DUEL,. ,(In Slahd TfiE STRE~?ST RECONTRE ON RECORD. rist dia GRIArItIC A,D MINUTE ACCOUNT OF THE ilnt AFFAIR. ,Jac N a' The love of Ai:drew Jackson for Ia- dia chdi Itohill ds cost ChIarles DickinisonI at . his life. 'The love was not the leiast re- xio anarlhalic feature of one of thie moact cor reItau;ble charalcters that has ever the figured in American annals; and it lent voI a hue of n;!most romantic tenderness, ute nud more than chivalric devotion, to sur the career of a man i hose impenss up- ine on the rint on is yet broad ando deep. cr and who, pelrhallt, as iucl as anlilly otl- Ikii er, has infused his own individuality ty I into its pIlities, anid by the force of his 1ta single will consolidated the power and Iel influence of the 1elnblie, and shaped cot its destities. A stlraUge, nondelrfl ne love, which began in early manhood, tei and con+inuded unchanged and ui - for changeable throughli joy anid sorrow, tt sickness and health, adversity and tlh prosperity, trial amid triumphl obscuri- had ty and fta:ne, until death. ink Ntevefr liIt a single intniellt, or in tlie of stiiallhst possible degree, did JIaclksoi u; swerve in his allegiance to the bride of tha his youth ; amid whether in the hunmbl cot log cabin ton the lbanks of Bayou Pierre, c1) where the holeyiOtOll wats pllssed, or tl in thiose gilded s311ooiis wlv rlle the moost fli brilliant beanuties o' the hlud thrnoged I7 aronnd the hero of New Orleanls, antid be vied with each other for the honor of a Ja1 Pi esidential smitle--he was the samte ha mled enithu-.i.tic admirer, the solle va find, idohlatrons hlushaid. To himt thi- he wollan in giirlhood and iin old age was trl Ithe queetn ot his soul, antld the only lni- toi main being oil the face of the eartht tii whose faintest wish was to liim sn- si pireie law. A look front lien would bbl check the Geicest torcrent of passiohl; an a smile was his richest reward; lite in lost all its charmlls wl( Ri she had vanl- t i.hed fronl the sceene, alid he said uponi his death blled, to a friendl, who lelllned te over to Ceitch the gals.piig whlisper- th 'lleaveil will be no heaventl to mie uti- he less I itteet lily wife there." From tIhe w day of his great bereavemlent lie wore tlt't to his heart a large miniature oft a the depat:ted oite, and a colIpnliilol in who traveled with him during his c, Presidency relates that on a certatlu t occalsion, whllen he was obliged to visit ki the Genllr'mds room: late at liight, lii ti founid hiimi sitting at thle table wil th l is tli miniature lying betfore hIiim, rleadilig his w wife's Bible with stlrealmiug eyes. IHe Iii sleeps to-day beside her at the Ilhtrni :age, aliid those Seetnes contsecrated by 11 their miutual love, and where the hlorl.- w seeI elie iages when death had stoleli hler l away. Bletitoli's tribute to Mrs. Jack- ci I son must be teplroduced heree: el "The lRomnlal Genteral won inmior- ý tali!y by- olle ant of continence. 1hat ni I praise is dltel to Jackson, wIIhose life was . - continent ? NotliiIng could exceed his kl;indness and ul ttlettion toiliis wife, al- it wa;tys iincrealsinig in l)proipoirtion as hi ii elevationl and culiiinatitng inflencle It - drew cruel attiacks uilnii her. I kniew - Iher well, anId that a lmore exelnplary 1 womu.iti in all the relations of lile- . " wife, fiiendl, neighblor, relation, nmis- p e tress of slaves-never lived, ami(d never - lpresllited a mIore quiet, cheertfil alild -adl irable maIlllnlageelntt of lier house- It hold. SIhe had nlt educllltionl, lutt shle - lad Ia heart, iliti1 a good one; ltnd that s Iwas alwaiys leadinig liec to do kini il tlhings in the ki mdet Rllanlteri. She had e the Geuerai's own vlam leat lt, Ifralik c ititiltliels lanild hospitable temiplelr; lnd a IRo toll ielstllls could hilve beeil better il - Isi:ed to eachll otlier, liveid lilore liappli- i ly togetheR",E to nr im!htle ioei mieit' at. il tractive to visitors. She hltd thle fiic Sulty--.t rllre (tle--of Iretainiig tlllllles t autd titles ill a tlihroig iof visiti.s, ad I ldrecssilg eachll one allproipriately, antd a (Iisp3tllhiltg h Iosliitality to aill with at Scot diality wItch enhititeed its vatlte.- I -iNo Iashhll youth or plain tld Rtniltii hllsle lililidesty stilt themn downl at the I i e,\er end of the tible, could escap e her erldiatl atte itiotn aniy I retit thilt the titled gientlemtan to her Iriit anl I left. Youltlg lper'sot were. Ier deliight I -shI e allvl1ysI had her hou(se filled with tIthiti -cle'vet votilg wottlnil mini clever ltely, 'Aillt Rlachti l. I wliis -,itlllg tlheln, llld was oite iof that liUilier. Il owe it tl earli reetllehctiin anI to it cherihlied- Collvictioiis- in this list i lice of IthIe Ilierinit hge--to hear this I faihitul testiinonyi tlo the Iletoii'y lf its liittg i listress, tihe lo'e(ld nilid Ihoored i it i ife of 1' girellt tlliI . Ih '" gielitest enl El lI oy is the nifiectinll which hie bii'e hli' t ttivig, and in the sorrow with which lie I I.oi m tnnedl hter deadlt." iO C-Iloit lIcl iettoi tlluhdes to Ihe at-I s ta;icks lialdei upolni Mrs. Jiecksoi's cliti at cter, inid as these litt;icks were the ptlitial callse of tlhe trtlgedy we iare Iv about to elhate, it is ticcessttry to give c- the origit of thliti brief ilotice. Mirs. 13 Jaksoli was a Miss Dottelsott, and iher Sfirst hltsballtd wils oiie Lewis IRobalds. ie They did not lit lihlly3' togetlicer', r- alild thie fault is luseriied by tlhose whllo i- knew ttieti ittitmately it the titie, to thie ungovernable temilher of iRotbards. it- I T ihe coulle sepllirted 8oietime in the le year 1788~, blut through tlio illterposi te tion of frietnds, were ten:loralily re s united a few itnlithls liter. Jacksoi, and his life-tiome alssociate, Judge Joht Overtoi, we4re botrders in thle flamily, I'S and thle formner malifested great, s8mi ne pathy for a womlan whoim lie dtleei'ed ,ti sldly misused; but this syinphitliy nev le- or carried hita beyond the boiuids of or tlhe strictest decorihm. In the wiiiter -8or sprilg of 1791, Mrs. HRobards finally is resolved to lelave Iher ilusbaid entirely, f- and take up hler, residence with sonie Ud llrelatives then living in tlhe vicinity of SNatchlez. The voyage had to be matde ed in i flat-boat, and Colouel Stark, a veuerabl and higihly esteemed old gE.ntleltlan, 'twho It as to :ncomllpanllly the edl l lady o1n tlhe jolrney, waslt unwilling to chal risk alote the perils of the hostile In- the 1 dians iaafesting the bantks of the river, Hnt and after niuch persuasion induced give Jackson to join the party. lhe went to to ) Nattlcez naccordingly, returning immc- 1h is diait.y, iullal resamied his law practice . at. Nashille. Meallwhile ltobards, an- as i xious to rid hiluself of un uncongeulat hal coplllalitlin, procured a divorce from llit the Virginia Legislature; but this di- wha voice was, by a provis ion of the stat- 1a11( ute, left ilioperative ailid void until of siuch time as the Courts slionld esxati- B ini into, the nmtter anid render a de- had cree. This provision, it seems, was on I knaown to but v:ey few; so scanty was leht the stock of'legal knowlhdge in those Dl)i days; an Jacksonll anll Mrs. Iohbards, best believ iug the legislative enactament had leisi ollisilllliinatetdl the dlvorle, were llu- laral ried in thie lll of 1791. Two years at'- Jalc tel ward, obuatids conutmenced a suit col tfhr divorce in the Mercer' County, Ke:n- cow tucky, Court, nild alleged as it cause it the fact ithat his wife was then, and insi had been for somice time previous, liv- Tet ing witlh Jackson. The anuouncement atel oif this suit and its termlination was the tiek li'=t iutimatiou which tihe pair received soli' that their uniou was illegal. Nothing app coull theu be dlone excelpt to plut anu ai t endil to iany futuraý doubts by repeating hen thec tianaliage cereitonly, which wasl pet- tino tfin'ied forl the secolid timtse iin Jatnlary, Jac 17941. This inlocentli erlro would have one been fausgotteu enltirely hadi Andrew Dic Jackson remained a pioor, Ilnknown pll backwards polltician ; I)ut as lie ad- site vanced froma one positiitm to anlt helr, a p becante the military idol of the eoun Get try, the clihosen chief of a greutaaid vie- hiir toriatus ptarty, his teneaies seized upon "Ga the sto'y, manufctaurtcd from it a tis- den sae of vilest falsehoold, anll used it t, self blackeln the tal:me of a spotless \t oma, a owl and isnjure the character of a titan whoi, Ir in this respect at least, was the iuea- vill natlin of virtue. anit These slanders, it is thouglht, has- alts tened the deatlh of Mri. Jackson ; and tre they certainly rouised all the devil in the her huslanld's nature. lie could nid woull forgive all else when the heat of teli passion had passed away, hut this was dle an unpardlonable sin-aone which uoth- M ing but the blood of tile tranagressor tri could wipe out. Andrew Jackson ki.l- pi td Charles Dickinson, anld meant to kilt hinm, and never repented of killing sea him, ibecause Dickinson had, on mlore a I tha;ln one occasThn, dared to lbel:e hier da whlotm Jackson loved better than lie did tal his 1owna soul._ ie iBut this was not the apparent cause Gt oit the duel, aud the disagreementt lI) which led the way to the fittal meeting TI Ioriginated in a horse-race that was nev- dii cr run. In 1803 Jaickson was the owi- tI er of the celebraited horse Truiton, re: and in the auttmun of that year a mtatch was made between the Generdal's fi- to 1 maots stallion and Caprtaiu Joseph Er li s vin's Plow Bloy. The stakes were rt S82000, payable on the dlay of the race 11 - in notes, whi ch unotes were to be thetn in lduie. The tfrfeit was fixed at 800.-- di SBefore the appointed day the owner at pil Plow Bo' coalcludled to witlhdraw from th l the contest, and did so, paying the %V - stipulated foirfeait; and here it vwas sup- fti - iosed the pmatter would end. Bat fti r about this time Dlickinlsona, the son-in- ui it law of Caltain Ervin, aºl a young pl - lawyer of conside tale proiminence and i e IIpopnIlri'ty, w raipOl'teti to have mnde wi .t s)tlie nigetltlelUanly retulal ks couiern- ith i inng MIs. Jacksaon, which reached the ~a ti ears of hertl hIuslilld. He intlmediately le k calleled iplo Dickilisoni and demnaitiled le a il exlianatialn. The hiatter stlata ,l that Ji r if hie hald ever bee guilty of thie chllarge i- inpited tat iiau, hie uinst hlave lieein Ir h iat xicate d; aitd thlis alolohgy, tolgetlI- l er wvithl otlher lass1ainlllccs, seelsed to (i- st I tirely satisfy Jaicksoai, wtia, withi all I) hisa fiery temlijer, wis nIeve"r mllea eil ii laliciotus in i his w Tiitla. Soii after a this it is said that Dickinson replieated tl - his pirevious laugnage in the bar-roou ht , of ta tavern in Nashville. Souic busy in ie tale-bearer conv'eyed the news to Jack- di iC son, wlho then went to Captinu Erviu st Sasid urged him to dissuadte his soa-in- ai ii law fnril tihe 'olrsi'e Iie WiIe s pursuiag, sl it and by all nlenilis to iidUcce him tn lo l alalialdol liquir, or gardl his to!lgue af- w 'tera drilkiig it. "I wiliat no qalarrel 55 with tiitia," saLlid Jacksa'n; "he in usedl ily iny ell'tliia-s in Nashville iwhlo are la I satting hnit aitl tot pit.k a qailtiel willhn, :i ie. Advise hliu to stiop ill tima."- hI - But Dickinisoii did iotl tstoll in timc," he is aidt thie ninosit y beltweel t'le two if ts iin grew Sil'tingei', aiald eacth waited tI 't iaatieiitly iii' ata excuse to vent it ill , r- snlellting nullre des1Per:,te thnlll wolllds, er The excuse eane I lroiallgh tihe teliiiium n tI of the exllodlld hliorse-race. Sotie clin t'oavel'sy haiad sltln'lig lap iin relationi to a t- thie Ilotes ttllluied liver for the foi'feit I' i- lonlley J;lcksaol w''as accusedl of ha'- , ie Iag aid that tllhey wrl'e lntl the sanle a re is those agreled iup),n whlaut the mitcehl Swas uaIle. He ldenia'd the i'ellirt withI a rs. clartacteristic eillphasisi, nud fortlnilhwith, a- received a message f'oanl Mr. 'ThouI" s i Is. ISwainu, a frieind of Calptain Ervia and a 'r, Ir. I)ickitnsot, rcqileshtig it recallta- a to ioh)i o tilh expliTssions usedl, aisd ilti- to itinig that itf tlhis was not lI)ranlllptly I Is. givei hle malst take the coliseqluenlces. ie Jackson saw thrnoanagl wlhat lie believedal si to be tihe Iplot of the Dickitson clique, 'c- snid in his reply to Swiai used thefol- a hi, loain lsiiguuage I hu " bThere are cerisina traits that always ly, accoinpallpty the genlemal anld the atii a In- of truth. ThIe miotnieut tie hears haIlshl a -l exlpressit us altlllied to a friend, lie ill ; v- iumnediately coallnaunicate it, tlhe ex ofl hilalatioli miay tike place; wlhen the ter base poltroon atld cowardly tale.bearer ly wrill always act ijb thle backgrotlnd. You ly, can appltl the lattela to Mr. Dickilason, ria aud see whichl best fits himi. I write it of for his eye, and the latter I emphati ale cally intend for him." a Swaina chatllenged.Jacksoin, and the hA latter-as he had previously auaoune ed hi ittteltstio oI' dloig--lhkliud tihe Tle ; challeage and canued the ch:hlenger in Over the public roomn of the Nashville lihotel. the a But the letter. from which we have Dick givent all extlatect, was If eorllise shown ftied to l ickinson, wlho responded prompt- from 13 in a sharp epistle, ending thus frock "As to the wotd cow-ard, I think it is ceen as appliciahle to yourself as to any grip Iody I know, and :-hall be vet y glad, stag; whten an op poltuniCty serves, to klnow inii tua2 whalt. manner you give your lalodyes,' amid lind hc' pe yon will take- in paymlent oulr eiom of m11y most moderate caitharties." chi By tlie time this belligerent tessuge him' haid enaclhd Jackson the auttlor was O:e ,on his way down thle river to New Or- Dick leans, and the sty says Ihat allhoughll and )ickinson was then considered thie Jacl Ibest shlt in Tennessee, hte spent his ermtt heisure time during the Iltng trip in slop] jpracticitng with the pistol. Meatiwhile agi Jackson engaged in a long newspaper and controversy with hr. Swann, in the ed, course of which he did not hesitate to glro I citerate his opinions conlertning Dick- and ilson. The latter was absenlt fromi utlnd Tentunesiee foulr months, and iltlinedi- dent ately upon his return prepared an ar- tioi tidle for the press in respoilse to Jack- dire snl's reflections. Bt-firie the article hips aplpe:ured General Thomas Overton, oppD ta Uarnil tlersonal fitend of Jackson. trait heard of it, and elonveyed the inforuna- one tioll to the individual nlost interested. smIffn Jackson requested Overton to go at o'cle once to tie Inewspaper lffice, read and Dickinson's tnallitesto, nud tell him the the i purpirt thereof. Overtuon did as de- oozii sired, ntd repolrted as follows: "It is oral a: piece thatt can't be passed over.- ed. Getneral Jackso, you mtust chalhlnge ed n hiit." 'i'o which the other reiplied: say i "General, this is an zaf'tir of life andti the tldeanL. I'll take the responsibility lily- 1W self. I'll see the pliece andl foim my his ,own jlldgnlent of it it." Moulting his by IIhorse he rode twelve miles to Nash- wrll ville, saw the anticle, and made up his iuns mind at once. Indeed, there was ino of k - alteirnative left but an ignominious re- Dril I treat or fight--fir Dickiusoln had used ilill the fldlowing very lplain English : l wa 1 "Should Andrew Jackson have in- dllit f tenr'ed to apply these epithets to me, I hiefi s declare him, notwithstanding lie is a bly - Major General of militia df Mere Dis- thei r trict, to tie a wortlhless scoundiel, a pal pol'troon and coward." Th1 SInll an hour Jackson had written and tinl p sent, by the hand of Genera! Overton, in I ea piereptity challehige, and lntfrler the bin "r day ended, Dickilnion's note of accelp- qii il tance was received, and tlle seconds k hegan thg necessary prtlniniuries; wu, e General Overtlu acting for Jackson anml1 it Dr. IIansonl Catet for Dickiansn.- h g These prelillinarlies are worth repro- del d- Idlitg as at soaveir of the times when du i- the code of hlonor was ar-eeognized andl Le I, respect(ed llfeattre of Aiieric:tn society: all :h 'Oii Friday, May 30, 1806, we agree i º- to meet at l1arrison's Mills, on Red l r River, in Lorgan County, State of Kenl e tnekvy; and it is ulnderstood that the e houn of meeting iA to he at seven o'clock wi n in ite moirniiiig. It is agreed tIhat the an - distance shall hie twent' -fimr feet.; the rie it parties to stand facing reach other withl S l tIhcir pistols d1own perpendicularly.-- ] Ic When they 'are really, the single wordt - fire is to ie given, lit twhich they a:re to I. it tire as soon as they please. Should i- either fire before the wordll is given, we ig pledge ourselves to shoot hIini dlownI lld instattlly. The person to give tale le wot d to be dete:rnlinled by lot ; also, I- the choice of positions. We mutually it agree that the above regullions shall I13 be lobselveld in the alfftir of honor de - pealing hetwveeu General Andrew" t Jacksln and Charles Dickinson, Esq. e l The tIlce of collmlhit wils a long in day's ride frlom Nlashville, and the - duelilsts were conisequentlt y obliged to, 1 )iekilnsroll, besides hlis seconld, wa(s alc .colnpanied on the fatal jourl'ney by a or iinulter of gay iomlpaniiilns, whlo wiu Sto see the neetilg, anld appeared to S1have cherished tile utmost celflldenee l in the plrowess of their friend. Trira- W k- ditiion sltnes that whenever tllhet pary i stopped l fo refresihmentis Dickinson g n- displayed his skill will, his wenpon by , shlootilng alit a mark, andl so won)delfi 1 13y accurate was his airm tlhat at the f- word of cumtland .he put four 'balls el into a space covered hy a dollllar twen dI ty feet distnat. At the same distance re hI repelatedly cut a small string sus- N tllended fromi a hiuugh, antl then left It - behind, withl instructionus to the tavern ,' keeper to slh1w" it to General J;lckson " .if lie anume that way. It is also said( d that hie bet fvLe hundred dolllars lie in wol hit his enemy withil a hall inch J. ofl' a etllai miii ttl 011 his Colt. Bunt 11 1 hether thlese stories Iare true or false 1- we know that J:acksn ll1nd Overton to were elmlloling thlellselvea as t-he3 C it ro1e aloiig in ui-ci Iorl'e sensibly. B-inTh ie a life-and-dealth aiffailir, and thlley stll c led the Sitilltion accordiniigly. Their i ithl deliberaltilis resilltedl in Jackrins de- tl itlI termination to let Diekinson have the E i f tirs fire, and to take hlis cllhanlces for lo . the seciond' He left perfectly conlfi ta- dent that Dickinwou w huld hit hinm, ti- lnd equlldy clnflden t ithat he wlulld hlit a tly Dickinsn. "'I shliild have Ilt himl," e. said thisiron man llng alfterwarId, "if " ell ie lhadll shot me tlhroaiigh thie brain." ne, The two parties passedIL. tile mijght at Fdol- lifferet eabillS on the bllank tif tilhe rivelr, and Jackson is reportedl to have t ysi eaten a hearty saipper, smoked lhis t lil unSilli pipe, and illldulged in checertful isl contversatlion previous to reirng. vill Next Illlcliluig uelreC brealkfast Jlackslon ex- and his friend.:h were ill the saddle, and the fording thle slhaow streamu, iprocleededttl I-e- to the ailointed spot, a level piece( of You river btitoli in tile bIonou oft forest of isl, p U'lar trees. Dickinson was equally t iprotllpt, and after exchllanging thile 1saltl ti- saiitat ,ns, ollsilness wenlt florwaild at once. Thleglrounld was measured, pegs the driven, the men placed, the pistole Ie- loaded, and all was ready bat the wor. IThe giving of this Ladll hn won by Overton, antd he shountd it out with the strong, old country accent : "Fire!" Dickinson raised his pistol quickly and lited on the instant. The dust flew fromt the breast of thI loose-fitting frock whicli Jackson wore, and lie was seen to place his left atrm with a tiiht grip across Ithe chest; but lie neither staggered nor tnrned pale. Dickinson, amazed ait the sight of his foe still erect and napparently unltouched, fell back fronl the peg a pace or two, and ex claimeid: "Great Godl! have I missed hlimn " "Back to the mark, sir !' stidl O:erton, with his hand on his pistol. Dickinson resumed his liace at once, and stood firmly waiting the result. Jacksou raised lla weapon, took deli, erate aim, and pulled the trigger. It stopped at half cork. He cocked again. :gain niuied as deliberately as betiue and this tiime the ringing crack follow ed, and Dickinson, reeling toward thie groundl, was caught by his friends and supported agalust a clhunp of Sunder-,brush. 11 islowergarments red dened with blood, and a brielI exauilna tion slhowed that the ball lihad passed directly through the body below the hips, and lodged under the skin on the opiosite side from the point of eD trance. Such a wound could hiave but ote tcrmination. and Dickinson, after snftering terribly all day, died at nine o'clock the s;ane evening. As Jacksont aind his colpainions walked away from the spot the surgeon noticed the blood oozing from his shoes. "My God, Gen oral Jackson, are you hit t" lie exclaim ed. "Oh ! I believe that lie lias prick ed me a little. Let's look as it. But say tothitng about it there," poinltilg to the house they were ithen iproaching. Whly lie was so particular to conceal his wotnl froml outsiders is explained , by a triead, to _wholll Jackson after ward said : "I did not want him (Dick ilsaon) to have evel the gtatification of knowing that hlie had toulched me." Drinking a deep draught of butter Imilk, lie had his wound dressed, aItiii was able to ride home without mtucla dlificulty ; but three months elapsed before lie could mllove about comforta hily, and the indirect conseqaencees of - the injury filled I is closing years with tpain, and at last laid hiit in hia grave. The dueling pistols used on the occa rI sion Jackson never patted withl; and in his last days a friend calling upon him,. took tp one of the pair which lay enn the mlantel. TImtdld anllt remarked quietly, "That is tile pist4d with which Is 1 killed Mr. Dickinson." So Aaron Burr would now and then say with a smile: l "My friend Hiailtt, whom I shot." MARRIED :-At Ashbourne, the resi a- deuce of the bride'? mother, on Tues n d:y. 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