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a villanous Bowie Knife - & by great good luck the Knife was wrested from the Assassin (A Captn of Volunteers) or by exposulation for this act - [?] that he had been informed that [?] that he took for his opponent had said he 'would shoot him" Some of the Southerners took much of Chivalry Le than if they feel themselves insulted let them act as [?] by sending a Second - & not turn assassin.

 In the trial related today - There was a very gentleman as Judge - Morris - the District attorney has Presented for this Republic - offered by half a dozen Lawyers - ready at speech & loads of expenses - from Magna Charta [?] - The Court was over a Crockery those used on Sunday for Methodist Chapel - the Judge - [?] his [?] back in his Chair - his legs thrown up on his desk - The District Attorney - Chewing & Smoking.  the Council for the Prisoner - [?] & a small quantity of whittling - [?] & jam the weed in his Mouth of some [symbol of circle with dot in it]

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was called in, & given him two hours to [?] patient it may be obvious had been partial to his tipple - At the [?] of two, or thre hours the patient appeared dead - the barber was sent for, [?] him - he was laid out on a long bench, his shroud