| Show A famous fight information has reached baltimore that dr thomas H maddox a marylander but for sixty nine years a resident of rapides la died there on tuesday last shortly after celebrating his birthday dr maddox besides being one of the most distin citizens of his bis adopted state statch Is celebrated as having beca tor for som soma time the only survivor of a start startling in I 1 duelling buelling du elling episode in 1835 celebrated celebrate d as the sandbag sandbar sand bar duel I 1 that took place opposite natchez and attracted d w wide eid spread attention dr maddox and a brother of gov J madison wells were the principals in the duel and col blanchard lather father of the present congressman blanchard Blanc bard col grain crain major wright gen curry and james bowle ol oj maryland were the seconds the original difficulty was settled on the ground but the seconds had bad a terrible quarrel in which james bowle bowie the inventor of the bowie knife was shot down and another man was killed b by k col grain crain while bowie was down wa major jor wright rushed at him with a sword cane and three others joining aim the wounded man we was carved to pieces with his own knife dr maddox spent some time in st marys country last summer visiting frederick maddox and others james bowie was of the old maryland family of that thai name and went to the then far west with his brother allen alien in the old border days henry clay who knew bowie Bo well used to relate at the old national hotel at washington kept by charles B calvert uncle of gov oden bowies wife the story cry of his first meeting with james bowie it bapp happened ened iu in a stage coach going across the country to washington an invalid a quiet man in ia a big cloak a border desperado and senator clay were in the coach tae rough began to make a great efrom a strong pipe which caused the invalid to become very sick lie he lowered the window and the tough louah threatened to kill him and throw him out bowie bewie quietly opened his cloak and said you may keep that window open I 1 myself suffer somewhat from the cold but not as much as you do from that smoke what in have yu you got to do with it said the desperado drawing his revolver up went bowies hand to the back of his bis neck and quick as a flash he placed himself bowle bowie knife in hand in such a position position as to have the advantage of gis his adversary then he said now fire away 1 I 1 I iguest gues youre jim bowie said the other pitting up ap his weapon it strikes me weve met before I 1 dont care to smoke I 1 at the next station the rough got out and a bed was arranged for the invalid on his own and tile the vacant seat baltimore sun |
