The end in which I lay, was, as I have said, typical of

and the wildest rumors in regard to the occurrence came thick and

fast; one to the effect that Nelson was dead, another having it that

he was living and had killed Davis, and still others reflecting on

the loyalty of both, it being supposed by the general public at first

that the difficulty between the two men had grown out of some

political rather than official or personal differences. When the

news came, I rode into the city to the Galt House to learn the

particulars, reaching there about 10 o'clock in the forenoon. Here I