Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1820-03-31
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ing duei was fought between COmmOdOr res
Decatur and Barron which has te rminaled w b,
rear IN the mortal wound of the former while
me iatter was severely butnot dangerously Ii-
JnTtd, the pail having struck his nip and glhI
ceu, was all thar saved him however from The
IKE unhappy fate IF his antagonist. C0mno-
gore decatur was supported by Commodore
hoosefs, IN whose arms hC was sustained from
the battlc ground to his residence Immense
crowds Ot persons were around the house OF
lem d. during the day, inquirug after the
state OF his wound, and the probability OF his
recovery An event OF this kind WAS so un-
expected, and its unhappy termination burst
upon us so suddenly. that il has oCcasloned no
uncomfortable degIee of agitation in our me-
tropoiS. 1t certainly was managed with a Sc
cTecY which would have hidden defiance to
,he most vlgIlant police OF all the particu
idIS relating 10 tlIs melancholy affair VS. nave
hul hSen INT rmed; The distance ,,sState a at 3
PAGES, aud hat both were Uuuded at the first
NE. rs 10 the certainty OF H. origin a. thjs
ui'pnLe' we az not fully acquainted; il issaJd
that Commodore Barron had demanded 20 h.
restored TO his rank aud emoluinenfs il al.
peaIed however thai some representation had
been made to the department relative t. his
absence from This country during the war or
IN otnei WORDS that his ahseurt w rOiyIfCry:
Whlch Representations he supposed To nave
come through Commodore Decatur This
toge'heT with some reInnk Ks INDUCED in ~
that gentleman was the occasion ci ibis mourn.
iul catastrophe.
commodore Decaiur--'i VAS he who gave trat
additional iuSIie TO the star sD,sngIed banner
which has nade IL shine so giOriOusly. IL vas
under MS command, the second nav al victory
over England was achieved, which gave con-
hrmatIon OF our superior skill Ia seamar,ip
dhH orr determination to beat the British
nun jDT man and gun for gun" Commodore
Barron has moi btel so fortunate but We do
not believe that had The same OppOrtunities
oneTed. he woull have been less WORTHY
Inc surprise and INDIGESTION which be evinc-
e. "hen the attack ~as made On the Chesa-
peake. and which left hmiu doubt how to act
q" the occasion, has never we believe, by his
worst enemies been imputed to COwaTdiCe
and we do not hesitate to say that in the whole
business ne has beeu atcrOngCd and injured man
Inc whole navy admits him TO be Z. first rsle
seaman, an intelligent and accomplished geb-
uemar-why thcu has his restoration 10 his
former hoDors beeu so long delayed There
seems disposition 10 our country TO crush
TIC unfortunate whatever may br their talents
or their merit. rII,kr0g,lilou
MeiaHchoiy Occurrence. duel was fought
o. "wednesday uuIirg last, near Biadrns-
burg, between the victor ct the Macedonian
com. Decatur. aud com. L;drrOa who commando
ed The ChesSy eake irigate when she was o.
vsrhauled by the British ship Leopard They
i0ught PAGES, with plstOls--at tive fret Ere
DOth were wounded--COm Decatur through
TIE abdomen Of which he died az half past 10
ciGck, ~ ihe evening add com Barron Sc
VeFeiy on Tue right hip, the ball CHANGING
from The bour which probably, also. saved,
hlShic tUOugr it is aid he Is dangerously
Injured. Com. Bdiubfidge was second OF De-
caluF, aud capt. Elliot, of the navy, of Bar
Fon-both of whom, it IS stated, soon lief, the
ground. Com. DccaluT was carried to his own
h"u'e az Washington city 10 the arms of his
distracted wife, IN ihe the aims orcon Rod.
gers, where he expired lis case being at
iehded ron The hist with yomiitingO OF blood,
mceup, &C. The difference is supposed tn
nave had IT. origin iu ar old qnarrel-probs.
Oily as old o. the affair Of tue Cnesappakr"
Com Barron IL viii be rsrOllcctcd, vas sus-
pended Tor ftc years, for 1lledecd miscon-
duet in the Chesapeake friaate in 1907 when
sb, was attacked by the British Slip Loop
a'd. The naVyh-i runs ttus-C Captains MUIR
ray, Rodgers, Huron, Bainbfidge Campbell.
DecgfUr. &C. Wuh tie expiration AZ his sns-
pcuslon, com. Eart0r iesuMed his iauN and
though W. believe he never has been on duty
since the Chesapeak diair, 10 d. s4id dat be ~
equity Cltimed the command Of TIE oirp,
on o, IS ihe senior o. com. 5ainbridkc.
WHICH claims was resi1tct by ali tse nat,