Jasper Banner, Volume 1, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 August 1854 — Coolness of Duelists. [ARTICLE]

Coolness of Duelists.

It is a singular coincidence in duelling, that in nine casesoutof ten, »hc challenger is the unlucky man. The affair of honor which occurred in Charleston, between Donavan andLaGrce, was one of the coolest things we ever heard of. Donavan was the chalcnged party. The night previous to the duel he lodged at one of the :totdH.“ w'as'fo~eoiSe' off at G A.M. A servant was dispatched to the room for the purpose of waking him. He replied in a very unconcerned manner: “I am very weary; let me rest three quarters of an hour longer.” Six o,clock, prinpipals and seconds on the field. Second w r as about giving the §word, when Donavan discovered a little tuft of grass near him, and by which he supposed LaGree could lino him. He very deliberately drew his knife from his pocket and cut down the grass after which the second gave the word “Gentlemen, are you ready?” At this moment LaGree informed Mr. Donavan he was not holdinghis pistol properly, to'WhlEli Donavan coolly replied, “Does that suit you, Mr. La Grce?” The second gave the word again - ‘Gentlemenare you ready?* to which both responded in the affirmative. The words one, two, three, were given. La Gree shot before the word two had hardly escaped the sedond,s lips, he missed his man. Donavan returned the fire, and La Gree fell a corpre.

A Capital Hit. —A young friend from college relates the following as being a part of Ills own experience. Being tired of books andj“cloister life” lie bethought himself to take a ride in the country accompanied by one of the fairest daughters of the village. He had not rode far, before he met one of the “raw natives.” Here, thought he, is achance to show some wit. “Poor countryman,” thought he, “thy lot is indeed hard, thus to be a target to receive my thunder-gun in the presencenf this fair creature.”— Having thus soliloquized, he caught a glance from his “lady-love.” and with one “Hallo! Mister, have you any corn?” “No!,, replied the countryman. “Have you anj r chickens?” “No! but I’ve got some geese!” - “Don’t want any of them,” replied the young hero. “O!” said the countryman, “thought perhaps you did, to eat the green off you?” A sequel to the narrative is - n ecessary. He was cut, he was silenced, and resolved never again to accost a “native” in the presence of a lady ,withouthaving in stores whole artillery of wit. He gave his horse a cut and hastened from the spot, musing on his unglorious fall. Ratciotad Accid-est.—Black's train from Indianapolis yesterday morning, met with a serious accide it about two miles this side of Richmond. The train was running at a rapid rate, down the grade, when a cow, hidden from the Engcneer by a pile of rwxxt near the road leaped upon the tiaek, directly in front of the engine. G’oming so suddenly upon her, it was impossible to stop or check the speed of the train, which knocked her down and fan ov<r her. Thu whole train v.-is thrown from the track; the cars were considerably xtaiaajpidrtfilOiSSiMlfclhfl - passarigora mjurcdv The locomotive was Umied over catehing m its ; the fireman, both of whom were seriously scalded jby escaping steam. The former it is feard was fatally injured. —Dayton Gazette. ' ■ - JUsTThe question, “What makes a full suit?” seems to arise in the following case related by the Boston Atlas; Two of our first men bet a “full suit” about the passage of the clipper Romance of the Sea and David Brown to San Francisco, The Romance of the Sea beat her competitor 5 days, and now the New York gentleman, who lost, is called upon to pay up. He is willing to luraish the princpal part, but not the items, such as boots, a wig, imperial, spectacles, false teeth, and a dickey. *> [UPThe cholera is reported to be on the Increase in Lafayette, and very fatal in proportion to the number of cases. It behooves us, as citizens of Frankfort, to use all possible means within our power to prevent the introduction of the relentless Destroyer into our town. It will be almost a miracle if we escape-hence w e should use every precaution to counteract its fatal ravages, should we be scourged with it. — Frankfrod Crescent. man, who, a few days since in Fountain county, put his child into a trunk vvith the design to throw it into the Canal, and stabbed his w'ife because she tried to prevent him, committed suicide in the Covington jail to other night. The wounded woman wilt recover, it is said. Elopmfnt.—A Miss Rrockway of Syracuse, N. Y., eloped a few days since, with a Doctor Trowbridge, a married man.. Mrs- Trowbridge ; traced the- false ones to Albany? ] u hero-gKe lost track of them. [---The Hudson Bar Gotxlpany hare been ' notified that the)' canhot trade with the In--1 dians in Washington Territory-' after the Ist July, 1855.

Stray Wives Abroad.— The Springfield (Mass.) Republican says: “A pair of them took their flight from this city a few days since, leaving their better halves to indulge in sorry reflection upon the fickleness and frailty of woman. After a fruitless pursuit to New York, the <Jeserted lords returned to test the experiences of husbands without wises. One of them, resolving to take things philosophically, immediately said his household goods to the first bid ' der. and put himself in a position to await coming events. The other attempted suicide, but before the job was finished, he thought better of it, and concluded to follow the example ofhis stoical companion in tribulation.” --■Aft-Crams” Per.—The Boston Post is guilty of the following atrocity; Some neg Toes escaped from jail at, Mariyosa by boring holes with an auger. Other prisoners Were placed in the same room before itwas properly repaired, and likewise escaped by the ninger auger route. Jake, is your master a good farmer f Oh, yes, lie, fuss rate farmer—he makes two crops in one year. How is that Jake? lie sells de hay in de fall and makes money once—den in de spring he sells de hides ob de cattle dat die for the want ob de hay.

DCr 1 A man was arrested in Ohio recently for getting drunk. He pleaded that he had not been guilty of a violation of the new law and claimed |o be tried by the old, upon the plea that he got drunk under the old law and hadn’t been sober since.' The Judge was puzzled, and held the case over for advisement. DCplt is curious that there are about five hundred verses in Mathew’s Gospel that are also in Mark’s, more than three hundred verses in Luke that are also in Mark, and more than one third of the Gospel by Luke is to be found in Mark or Mathew. DC7*A counterfeiter in the Moyamensing Prison, being a good workman, was put into the turning establishment. It was lately discovered that he has made a. largo number of counterfeit Dimes, and circulated them arnog his confederates since he has been in the turning room. • Jt3T“Wliat do you drive such a pitiful looking carcass as that for? Why don’t you put a good heavy coat of flesh on him,” asked a person of an Irish cartman about hfs liuwe. A M&fjjf cSat of flestY Mavourecn! Be all the blessed now, when the poor crayther can scarcely carry what little there is on him!” JtSTDr. Arnold wrote pocnffonprinciple, but he never published them. Tom Moore tells of a gentleman who, when he was short of money, always threatened his family with the publication of his poems. The immediate result was as much cash as he wanted. DO s*‘My 5 *‘My son,’ said the elder Spiggles to Spiggles, jun., thinking to enlighten the hoy on the propagation of the hen spccies, ‘my son,do you know that chickens comes out of eggs?’— ‘Du they?’ said Spriggles junior, as he licked his plate—‘l thought eggs come out of chickens.’ Thus ended the first lesson. . • • ‘Why, Siah, I am astonished,’ said a worthy deacon, ‘didn’t we take you into the church a short time since?’ — ‘I believe so,’ hicuppedSiah, ‘and between you and me and the post, ft was a little the darndest take m you ever seed or heard of.’ A rowdy, intending to be very ty, thus accosted a lady in the street; ‘Madam, can you inform me where I can see the elephant? ‘No; but if I had a looking-glass, I would show you a very large monkey.* The rowdy sloped. ■ Somebody says very beautifully—‘As small planets are nearest the sup, so are little children nearest to God.* Our devil thinks this is a great world. He says that at the printing • office they charge him with all the pi they find, while at home they charge him with all they ,do not find. He seems to doubt the propriety of the proceedings. is estimatd that nokSsfitai 10,000 people are now moving towards the territories of Nebraska aipj Kansas