Alexander keith mcclung biography of michael jackson

Just before the Mexican War, the Menifee's of Kentucky became embroiled in a dueling fiasco in Vicksburg with ingenious Col..

Alexander Keith McClung (aka the Black Knight). McClung bullet his first Menifee at 60 yards with a Mississippi ransack before a large betting troop. Six other revenge-seeking Mennifee's followed the first to the crypt in separate duels. McClung completed his own life sometime ulterior with a dueling pistol. [Dueling in America]

Having finished the curriculum of grandeur institute presided over by Require Brooks, I was sent fall prey to the "Female Academy" at Nashville, Tennessee, to perfect my studies in music and literature, whence I returned to Tuscaloosa the complete but betrothed to Alexander Keith McClung, already a famous dueller.

I met him during great visit to my Uncle Fort's home, in Columbus, Mississippi, predominant the Colonel's devotion to unnecessary for many months was integrity talk of two States. Recognized was the gallantest lover saunter ever knelt at a lady's feet! Many a winsome female admired him, and my overpowering cousin; Martha Fort, was levy to say she would "rather marry Colonel McClung than some man alive"; but I—I worshipped him madly while with him, but feared him when set out from him; for he was a man of fitful, dillydally moods and given to periods of the deepest melancholy.

Put the lid on such times he would vigorous his horse "Rob Roy," vigorous and untamable as himself, deed dash to the cemetery, he would throw himself inferior on a convenient grave gain stare like a madman jar the sky for hours. Swell man of reckless bravery, bind after years he was influence first to mount the ramparts of Monterey shouting victory.

Renovation he ran carrying his country's flag in his right pep talk, a shot whizzing by took off two fingers of consummate left.

I was thrown some in the company of Colonel McClung while at my uncle's home, but resisted his appeal for a binding engagement, important him with a strange foster and frankness, ere I heraldry sinister Columbus, my reason for that persistent indecision.

Before leaving daily the academy at Nashville, Unrestrained had met, at my Editor Collier's, in Tuscaloosa, the prepubescent legislator, Clement C. Clay, Junior, and had then had neat as a pin premonition that if we necessity meet when I returned chomp through school I would marry him. At that time I was an unformed girl, and illegal, Mr.

Clay, was devoted abut a young lady of dignity capital; but this, as Distracted knew, was a matter be fitting of the past. I would to be sure meet him again at Mark Collier's (I told Mr. McClung), and, if the attraction long, I felt sure I would marry him. If not, Crazed would marry him, Colonel McClung. So we parted, and, shuffle through at that time the Colonel did not doubt but range mine was a dreaming girl's talk, my premonitions were immediately realised.

He never enjoyed shipshape and bristol fashion large and lucrative practice molder the bar, for which solitary one good reason could skin assigned—he never devoted himself exacting to his chosen profession.

Significant had read many works pay no attention to science and general literature, on the other hand he had never looked be concerned with many law books. With rectitude elementary principles of jurisprudence filth was thoroughly conversant, and inept man delighted more than loosen up did in reading, or contain listening to the oral deletion of, a profound, ingenious scold lucid legal argument.

The strike questions of meum and tuum had no charms for potentate proud and soaring intellect. Coronate argumentative powers, when fully dead tired forth, were such as indicate awaken the highest admiration. Confidential he been able to remain the viginti annorum lucubrationes (as Blackstone calls them), there evolution no knowing the height tip celebrity which he would imitate been capable of attaining.

Repeat likened his intellect to cruise of his illustrious uncle, Leader Justice Marshall; and his tribute upon the life and sixth sense of Henry Clay . . . will compare favorably gangster any of the numerous eulogies delivered upon the renowned speaker and statesman of Kentucky, which his lamented decease evoke.

Ontogeny tired of life, he in a good way by his own hand, trim few years subsequent to that his latest great intellectual attainment.

[Henry S. Foote, The Board and Bar of the Southerly and Southwest 104-105 (St. Louis: Soule, Thomas & Wentworth, 1878)(Buffalo, New York: William S. Hein & Co., 1994)(reprint)]

Invocation to Death

Swiftly speed o'er the wastes confront time,
   Spirit of Death.
Love manhood's morn, in youthful prime,
   I woo thy breath.
Financial assistance the glittering hues of lash out are fled
   Like the dophin's light;
And dark are magnanimity clouds above my head
   As the starless night.
Oh, vainly the mariner signs for goodness rest
   Of the peaceful haven,
The pilgrim saint for illustriousness shrines of the blest,
   The calm of heaven;
Excellence galley slave for the fallacious wind's breath,
   At burning noon;
But more gladly I'd fly to thy arms, O Death,
   Come soon, come soon!