Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1817-11-11

STATEMENT OF cor~r De 81. NORRIS.
me C9uht de ST. ho'ys iAareeta de camp, lpFtcaaat
IN ;he company de Noaiiles, n The g5rdcs cuFrs ia
Ro knigh Of ST. loris aud o.fcrr II the i,-,i,n Of
hoacr 10 their eNcclirnces the siarshsl. u frlnce
II Loans On the eth of last June w:rn
! returned home Ut O'Clock in ihe eyeni2s, {
inund several copies Of a printed letter. al
stressed 10 me, and signed ruiaY, cheval!cT
de ~; Louis, ct oliver dc la ieslon dhon-
nerr."
.;'his letter Confined inpnta,ops and pro
VocatonS which ho man os ~ could sab
mt 20.
ON the morning of the sri, as had reason
to believe that copy OF ,hlS letter had he en-
sent TO the kiiig, weatio give tic earliest M
formation of II 10 the Duke de MOuchy, the
capttin of my company
returned home and wrote Immediately 70
= " DHiay. tilat4 would caA on him with my
seconds at eight o'clock on the following morn
ing
1 went there with the viScount d'AuG-
champ, Count Brunei, and The Count DE Poix.
WHO were al iientenanis in my conpauv; and
van NJ. Baylrd de Plainvliie, formerly depu-
~ FOR the department a. the Disc
Is i0uad ". Euiay al home in his rorujn.,
GAVIN 2nG slippers, and with no seconds An
explanation look place in which IL was agreed
tfli NJ buiay was the aggreSSar. I then de.
rl1aded o. aim satisfaction for his ii6ei sword
IA lanG. lie accepted L, went llJd dressed
himSel. Dn his return he refused to fi.;t
wtIh ne sword, bat proposed pistols. I ac-
cepled II. tie then proposed the following as
tiff pitsR tEAiilS Oh Which ne NJNtG lTlt l hat
enl. oae Of the pistols should be charged, i.,at
W would draw tots for the choice, reuAiuiu,,
Ignorant which was loaded, and then tire, nnnx
z's 70 muzzle: As my seconds were silent,
concluded rhat they did not uLject 10 This
'noGs, AMI therefore accepted it. They then
demsndeu t!l SIX III the evening, before thry
gave N their determination 10 NJ. Outlay and
~ case OF their aSsent, the two combatants
we're 10 meet IN the wood OF .Yncennes, the
same evening, with only one witness.
Jn tneir return, INV seconds went to flip
dixie de Mouchy, who positively forbade this
sortof cembat. lie drew I'D tie form Of let.
Ter, whitn ne ordered me 10 wife - 10y oppo-
rent, and ia whlCb THIS sort OF comcat was for
bldSen IN tile most express terms poSsihle.-
MS ieiteT renewed 2he offer OF fighting either
"sth words or With pistols, advancing towards
each ether from sucl distances as the seconds
should determine. | c0uieu il literally and
took il myself, wiis my three seconds, on tEc
6'h, about one o'clock, to VI. Dufay. He was
not AT homo, but know for Il certainty that
ne received II about half pasl :.
Oi the 9TH, about ~ O'Clock, 1 wrote again
- n. Outlay told him was going to Yer
sail!es On cuty, bn. as soon as rec civcd an an
swer from hin, 20 my letter Of the dav before. |
wog'd come TO Paiis with my seconds. heard
nothing n al OF ". Dutay, except that he was
cireuisting another printed letter against me.
more infamous than the first.
On the9tn Of lune, I requested tie Count
de POiX, and the Cheyaer de Is Bcraudi re-
colonel OF the legion ofhOnCF, TO call upon ~.
IL
plete satisiaciion. " was useless. NJ. Duffy
persisted IN his own mode OF h.hting
Dn The 18th, ". de Ia Berdudicre, and the
ChevaliRr de BcauvIl again wcut TO NJ. Dufsy.
and at last they got him To agree 10 leave thc
mode o. fighting 60 ihe seconds. they promo
sed TO him TO meet at one of the barriers OF
fiaris, from whence they could proceed to the
appointed place. ri. DBiay OF the contrary
preferred meeting first at the ROtunda, in the
palGs royal. OF Monday morning, tie 10Th, at
a O'Clock. which was agreed To-
On the 18th Of June, the dukc de Mouchy
went to Versailles, assembled Tie superior Of
meets ofthe company, explained TO them the
whole Hair. and told them that my conduct
Rad ISIS entire appreciation. He ilien assem-
Died the inferior officers in tie presence Of
their superioss, aud expressed to them also his
pcrfeoi satisfaction
On the lGth lirut. zen. Paceol viscount ~.
hgiichamp, Col. de Ia Eeraudicre, aud tic
CheyahcT Beauyai, vert with me 10 the paiais
royal They eqGirca p,Nt should remain in
my cahrOlei ~ aHait tbeif decision AZ 10 the
node Of combat. ~. Dal0y reiIacicd biz COZ.
sent. ne had with him bis '@cOads the 5ant
4rKnste d'Aniebii aud lis brother fli these
demonstrated Win hin in vain. he wuHlG
tgli only h. she way nc FIST proposed This
ceNlerence lasted more hau IN hour ana an
haif. VI. fAutiCb1np, one 0fmg seconds, ava
=! Au,mei, marechal de ciiamp, iuy advess;i-
tyssPCCHd secing the lmpossi btiiiy Of obtain
ing from hifD any rational NODE CT proce edjny
went immediately 10 give an account 10 the
DNtt. Nt. " D'till ~ uii- iCW ana lt1iie5e at
tempt Beside which, ail those who we're pre-
sent AZ the nwcfur 90 the 18th delivered a
certificate on tie nest day in vlich they an
ackn0wla3rcd lHet my adystlary obstinatClv
refused evcfy rational proposal ibdt was made
- him, aud .aat nig coudncf throurhout the
whaie affair had been iha; OF Il man o. honor
THIS declaration 'niclt Use sausfisd me bat
knsw tilat the BTke De .oucAy didn0t think
ii sufficient. ] therefore aesin geiit 90 inqirc
Tor Dnfay On tte zoth 81 JuDc word wsr
brought u ~ Iiia! he was az his country resi-.
fxnce az II \ &inyile, 10 .earUes from PARIS.
? 5hislaed M TIE Duke De Nouchy leave
% absence, srNp lie 2ifh ! set of postt0 that
giace. accOmFf red W NJ de Mercy, chef de
b1itlnon n tue guard. On the 25th. at half
past isl tire r3fTnDE, we reached HoudaiII-
'iile. IT, &c asercs went alone 10 tie hcnse Of
~. Daisy, AID after having explained the mo-
tive az no visit. W Dafay sgked him in what
way J w3eld fghf 81 de Mercy answered,