Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1821-09-07

YooS1os HALL, oter de'way, 20 August
Mr.. 7onson Cgfes,
What de debole hab you sirkulate SIGH
report ub NEE for? Do VOC tink Toney hab
not de spirits to resent any ting like de IN !
suIt2 I''l hab you kno de kontrary dem
You 5rak yaiIow rasbkuIl, to say that hab
mol skill 70 maik good prumb budding, Eor
roas, de goose and de gander too. after hear
ing Missa Phllis read troo and tToo de GoI.
AImansck, and de, Cooks Ora
Gle which you stole from de mature d'hotelin
France or Paris, Il forget which Pdhab
U to kuo dat T mast eat your words up, or
meet me like gentIlman..
Yours, if you take 'um back,
TONEY
This Iaconic and spirited letter produced
the following reply. which she~s that Mon
sieur Tonson, or Cuffee, had no idea OF
shrinking from bis antagonist, as sir Francis
Burdett did from Mr.. Canning on late oc-
ca.ion.
HOTEL p'KoEGRIs, Aug. 90.
Begar! Toney, vat rage you mus be IN
to swell up like toad fish, or stuff turkey
so! How it makes me laat! You tink l,
who am thorough bred artist, and who had
been long Won master ub de grand art 10
ook,ng, dressing LIE Veau, LIE Coehon. and
LIE One, and all de soupirme dishes vor de
D,tches de Angoueme, should come on de
lebel wild an ignorant dabbler de- iavern,and
meet him on de Champ de Mars. Ven you
hab study de .aImanack des Gourmands, and
D,ctionarte de la Cutsine-and ven you can
turn turkey into the shape Of foot ball,
Won leg Of mutton like bee hive, and
change pigeons into shapes de spiders. den
700 may look in my face. But you talk OF
de fight. B.gsr! you'd much better like TO
smell de yagout dan de dem gun powder
You dare fight no more den ven you lnsuIted
Jacky Snow ball, by peePihg into de wndo"
VEN he vas charming de bon and lubly Missa
Dlnah, with de pewtyfool song ub-
How brest was de bower,
Ven to Nlissa Dinah's bower,
Massa Kufiee wit his true hart came;
The moon hid her light,
Dinah's eyes shone so bright,
cant remember any more, but il was some.
ting about two moons 'for one; and after all
you skuik'd like puppy. You kno noting
ub de grande science, sabe to roast Won petit
Coehon, or boil 1 poratoe. And as to de
grande fight, spit looks better in your grea.
So hands den de pistol gun. Howeber, if
you wish to try your skill, here's at 700
CUFFEE fnreber.
This epistle, as it may well be imagined,
was not calculated to allay the irritated feel
ings OF one whose honor was so tender, and
SO dear to him; and produced the following
note, which brought matters to crisis.
o you yellow brack scoundrel, to put IN
suit on de top ub injury. Wished to hab no
quarrel, but to settle it amkab'y. You hab
fixed brack spot on my character which
noting but brood kan wash away. You shall
see weather kan handle de spit or de pIs-
,ol better. OH could but hab you on de
spit, I'D show you how to turn spit Jack, Id
roast you and baste you too. Mister Sambo,
who carries dis will make all prupper ar
engagements. Take care ub yourselt-You'l
fine my courage up to de sticking phase -
Missa Chloe says you had de imbudence TO
git as toast to'ther day, DE African fair
seek: Dey look more pewtyioo in de dark
Not yours
TONEY.
meeting was now unavoidable. The
seconds were the head musician of the Con-
gre>s Hall and Pavilion Band, and gentle
man who goes by tue name OF the Prince q
Durkness-also musician. They still at
tempted to dissuade the parties from the
bloody trial; but finding their efforts una
vaiIng-thst all harmony between the par"
ties was al an end--they determined TO have
some music 10 the affair, if nothing more
The ground selected for the tidrs-i, was
that on which the caanon was planted during
the celebration of the 4lh OF July, 1890,
Immediately east Of Congress Spring, and
they were to fire at the distance Of six PAGES.
One of the parties having solemnly made
his will. they all repaired 10 the awful spot,
and the two Immediately concerned walked
with firm step until they had nearly reach
ed the battle-ground. A slight tremour was