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Show I SIOIlJli MIM' tOMK IIITIILHTO U.NttlimiN IllltTOlaV UFA IIAIIK.II'ni IN Till. (XJV. lEDniATl'IXlMIUIJJI. Then cent exrlllug aceuia In Con-greta Con-greta remind lhu knowing onuaof an Imlduul ofaatoruiy iharacltr occurring occur-ring Inasacrttaeaatollof thaHenatuof Ilia Confederalo HUtts, when there waa a violent rupture between tan famous Houtherii meti whoau uaiuea now lie. long toourcoinniiu lililor lieu Hill of IliHirgla and William li Yancey of Ahunm. Iloth meu are now lu their gravea, anl, sofaraa 1 know, mliher one over saw lu I lint any refireiico to tha epiaode which eaiuo so near ending lu the luimoJIata deatli of Yancey, and whkh still haa tha touch of fatality about It, Mutual fileuds at Hie tlruoniodoeery effort to keep thu full facts from lhu uuwa, mongers of tho day, and the story haa duiilnleaataiii forgotten bj nearly all all w ho eer did hear an) thing about the dllllcully and Ita ending, lu tha forthcoming "l.lfo of Mr, lancey" one of tho KtKa of biographies of lllu-Utrlous lllu-Utrlous Aiuerltous Uouhtleu Uiodu- Inlla will Iw given, aa It la known that, berote hla dtalli Ilia distinguished AlaliimUn gave a friend of his nil the inrllculara, with the riaiucat IhM ha heu tliatj itllca Waa dona to Mil tho aunntorr. A word of rifersnca hera may not U, utilntereatlug to your readers. Iloth ofthucnilnrntr'.iuthernera weru of firry anJ Imintiwloncd tialtirev Yancey ws doubtleaa the gentler an I lilon blllllautur thatwn, nlthougll Ilia attalmuelita wera not n jioiHilar nor ao varied aa Ihoau uf be tutor lllll, who i, lit fact, one of the greatest men the rloulli haa prialucial lu the Innro modern era, Yancey was a flnrr scholar, waa leas ixclUlle, mid waa hioruwlnnlmr hi his manner, Indenl, personally Vllliani 1,. Yancey was one of the iu real and noble at i haractera thotiallon lua ever rodut-eil, an I ha haabceliluh'judgnl by all whodll not know htm Intimately, and eajactally liyta-oileuf the N'orlli. Yancey waa to the rJoutli what Wendell Phil-Ill Phil-Ill waa lo thu North a man of trainee n lent luttlleit, of violent hater, ytt nf n generous, kindly iiatuir, with a heart overflowing with lovo audi goodncea. And Jell lllllllowaa Hot lu love wltli a Union that uphelj slavery; , nor waa Yaney In lira with a Union which waa tola) controlled by fanatics who wrio willing to orcrrl la the Con-1 stltutlon 111 their lialea. ancey w aa not au original seceaalon-1st; seceaalon-1st; that fact must be remomiiered 111 hit favor. Ha violently opwd iiulll tlcntlon, and uuly be-eame a follower and advocate of aeceralou when he, like thouaanda of iilliir atrlots, lav llcved that uothlug but a cutting lou from the atailltlonlala ot tha North cool I brlug Jusllca to tho Houtll. Like l'hilis Yancey waa au orator of the hlglnt t) pe. lu the iiurlty of hla Mttalou thvro waa an aUofota lutol eraucu of what hu couitlveil to ta wrong. Hu deal lard tho ihi'llclty of thu mere aolliltian;hohbhorrtilvrry-thing aolliltian;hohbhorrtilvrry-thing that ha lrvtu Iho re uihlaiira of trickery or knavery lu tailltlea, and hu died with rliau hau la and a aira heart, If ho was a seceaaioulat, at the latt. It waa lahcy'a lofty ehanctir, and hla utter deleaUtlOU of what lis con-itlved con-itlved to be Iho lm ure, In clthi r pub-Ho pub-Ho or trlvate life, wbhh luvolveajhlni In thu elinirully with Hrnator lllll. Ilalmpuiiedthamotlvea ot tho (Jeair-glau, (Jeair-glau, at the time I hava riferrtal to, In aecrut ae-aloll of the Confederate sell-alu. sell-alu. lllll, whoar aeuao of honor waa the very hlghrat, ItiaUnlljr ru-routed ru-routed the Imiailatlou, aud by way of aiding rm IiosIb to his In-dlgnatlnn In-dlgnatlnn lu thu enforcement of hla riaeutmeiit, ho hurled a heavy eleak I nkitand at the AlUunalau. Tha bl iw waa almeil with stieh rcclalon and force that, sttlktug ancey lu tha region re-gion uf Iheteni le, It lloored him, and came, as I hava Intimated, well nigh proving fatal on the Bait. Krleuds Interfered In-terfered and Hut waa thr nil of thu trouble Hit re ancea tol I auUriUeul-ly auUriUeul-ly that tlia uiAiud waa actldriitaliy lu-lllrtud lu-lllrtud by a boy on Ilia street. Tlia great AlaUenilaii new r fully recovered re-covered from the rlleela of the Flow, Juat ta-fora hadleil hutold aconfldeu-tlal aconfldeu-tlal fm ud of tha itlctilara, au 1 11 waa la-llevrd at the lima that Ilia death waa Indeed ha.lt ned by thu unfortunate ot-currtnee. ot-currtnee. .Iffiinfij Cbntflfuloji. |