Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1819-08-20

Mr.. Aichihaid then rose, aud stated 20 the
Court, that lhe evidence on the part Of The
Crown hAd been gone through with.
The Court then iuiUtm, a the pr ,Cncrs they
were at iherty 10 enter upon their defence IN
their behalf.
Mr.. Uniacke then addressed the Court aud
Jury, and, in Il StN e, 1T CUce honorable to his
feelings and ab,l,I,e, lam,utcd most sincere
lN, ihe sad occur encr which had placed his
ii,eus and hin At thai bar. aud upon their tri-
al Tor mnTdsr-he shuddcIed al the mention
OF Nncha crime, as mach as auy person pres
eni could do. He asked from The Jury the in-
dnigehCe and the justice The ,luIi,s of Nova
Scotiahad invariably Shc"n 10 persons brought
before them ciiaiced With Capital OBcuces-
he urged Unat all pteJudiceS might be set
aside, dudH cool, deliberate and Just decision
iAke place. tie described the piOvucatien he
hdu received, ine steps takep TO obtain
satisfaction III IA conciIAtory way-aud asked
What alternative remained ia li'In at last, hut
| quietly 10 submit to the wound his honour lad
received, Ur Ia seek fot redress iu a duel. lie
had dS3cendrd ftoTIa iiut ~ ture>tO's vino
HAD sustained li!C with a reputation which
WAS i,i 20 he suited by HIM lie had gone
10 the sround With no feelings OF malice 81
yai6St MIR. Bowie-DO wish Ia shed his blood
lie nAi gone Ia uainta'u h.S hOuour, and hts
character n Society.
Il his aliuSlOmS towards Mr. Bowie upon the
trial which lad tdken place on the Nouda>
preceding TIE unfortunate catastrophe, had
pNn cc"sider.d as uulnSt, lac would have
s"' VA The distractions OF has client, aud if lie
hdd o'erstepped them, have instantly made 4,
most ample apology but letter was handed
INN iECm MIR. Bowie, ~ aspeiNcd his charac-
ties u charged hin with falsehnod, aud with
compromising his honor. lie could not Stoop
10 Inc Insult; he submitted the letter To his
'nehd whom lie Instructed, IL the offensive
parts OF II were not withdrawn, 10 make the
necessary arrangements tor "A meeting, and
gave into his charge letter Tor MIR. Bowie
| 10 that effect. iih here spoke ia the highest
| terms of regard OF his Griemd-he considered
nun IN possession OF every virtue which orna-
coo'ness, his prudence Judgment aud desire
| 1" ttect reconciliation between MIR. Bowie
| an" him. were us conspicuous they were
iaudabie and praisewOrthy. lie called upoT
the parties, he represented The injustice OF
! lie expressions in the letter which had been
sen, to him hemade every Effort to prevent
meeting. bur his efforts were vain, and the
tine aud place of meeting were Determined
upon. Had the letter bee withdrawn, he So
itmniy declared, and he called upun God to
wi'"eSS the declaration, that he would have
gone upOn his KIN es, and apoiogized TO Mr.
Bowie Tor any offence he might have suppo-
seq he had committed against him.
he meeting TOOK pldce-he now called up
u" 'ne Jurors To say n malice appeared III the
'ohuuct vi himself OF hiend-hiS adVersary's
pISlois were considered detective dud those
he had taken out pr.ferred-and unviiljn,.
that he should have the least advantage, his
iiiend begged that Mr.. Bowie would use Them
aisn-le did, and The duel was fought V ith hi,
own weapons
M' U"Iacke then concluded, by declaring
TO the Jury, that tie had exhihite d all lie cir
cnms'anceS connected with the unhappy even,
Mithunt guile or dec,it-he had d,st'i Tied his
itchh.s on receiving the letter from MIR. Bow
ir, tie de,Ired he felt, aud the paiuN he had
taEea TO obtain satisfaction, previous TO ap-
peHi'nS 10 That alternative which al last only
renamed 10 Inn. He cOnDidpred his conduct
AS Iu>thcd IN the eye OF mankind, aud duel
mig authorized by the custom of ares tie
again urged the Jury TO dlyeSt themselves of
an rrejudi ces against his friend and himself,
ia FhnN In Il.
Nenta'Ions made 10 them before they came im-
10 COutt-and thanked the Kings Counsel for
The eenteinanly, liberal, aud hni,Iane manner
IN " hich lie had conducted the prosecution
MI W SwheH also defended himself before
the Court.
HE jury retired and after about half an
hoh''S deliberadOn, returned "A verdict of Nor
GUILTY against both parties They were then
ihiOi'ned that tney might retire from the Bar:
Tie instant this permission was given a res
pertiul bni iiI-t!med expression ct satisfaction
ouiSt IRON ia anxious aud cf0V died audience
Tie Attotuey General th,n arose aud ,,id
he understood MIR. DtbiniS was indicted for a
misdeneanoi. aud said that lie should enter a
nUiie pInstQui.
Names OF the Traverse Juty--Wm. Raymur.
b!a'tin Hunt, Til. Sieith, VIM CnnroN Sau,u-
81 DouaiaSs. David M'Gra, I'll Kir6y. .inLu
curtin VIM. BuDHayan, john GiesOn las.
ktiby, and David Fletcher
- On Friday, July %, The remains of MIR.
Bowie were consigned to the grave: aud the
highest panesSric that could be peuned.
would ial short OF thai produced hy the de-
Jectrd and mOurniMl demcanOr of the Uuiti-
tide WHICH followed MIN to The tomb. ItSeen
ei as - lie whole population OF HaiIlax had
ponred forth 90 esiucc ihcir esteem for his
character 2.id regret for his loss nv payins
the last sad uibnte of respect 10 his memory
Thirty Yeas have elapsed since an affair 50
fatal in its result a. the late dnel has occurred
in fiailiaA ia lhai inttance the secoud OF the
survivor was admitted as evidence : and the
reason tor tie pIoce Gure was that where
there are no other witness sf the transaction
none but the seconds can give amy satisfactory
Information as to- the sentiments and iuien
toES 0t the principals and Of course each
can alone testify as 10 the feeling OF his friend
ON THE COMET INTERESTING.
Tie following facts aud scientific observa-
llodS, OF The Interesting sianseT, who has for
some weeks past kept cOmpany with the STARS
are copied from the Connecticut Journal:
COMET.
ne comet, which was first observed in this
place on the Sd OF the present NORTH CJuIN
stli continues visible, although wiII,pIraity III,
in'niNbedlnStre. Between the:id aud 2Gth al In
ly, u. NJ. il had described an arc of N IL
degrees ~ The heavens, passing obliuuciy 10 |
the northeast, through tIie BODY of ti,, ,cu
sieiflInh Lynr. It's ceOccDtrc motion has |
gradually diminished Till il has become almost |
da'i0'aryi aId il will continue IN nearly its |
resihon I'll becomes Invisible. AT least to lie
naked eve.
|ic"ed with telescopes ocdiflerent macniry- !
lh% powers from 80 To- 90 il presented no hun,
Dht 4 "Hii mass OF light, gradually dimini shiug |
ron 'hc ccnitc aud percrpt'ble thrCu,SI a dl- !
a'"tttr, as med5Hied on the 18Th aMd 2jfhi Of |
~ - minutes. No snch dark ring as is |
sometimes observed, was perceived between
the mead and the comet. with as small IA o.
"ihr's AS were employed, il WAS not 10 tie e. |
peCitd that tie proper body OF The comri if |
'ntIe ne one Shohid he discernible. JhctaiI |
near Ihe mead OF the comet, appeared quite "a |
narrow, ami about equally luutunus =, ~ H. |