Winchester gazette. [volume] (Winchester, Va.) 18??-1826, 1822-10-19

pronouncieg Colonel Cum -,ipg a coward
lie has shank from conf est of his ow,
seeking, poo grounds, shat in themsslve
| di'Prove BIS title TO be considered q man n
h'Tness md courage The interruption o.
as reac2,sSfor few boyr., or even tsy
Is unworthy OF moweot's consideration
| more especially as he has at least two or three
months thu Start of me in practising 70,
! myself, IL is aPpareDt, that IN fixing The day
| ana place, have manifested a disposition to
carry the spirit Of acccmmoG alton as far AZ
could, without submitting TO the ab.ciote
oictation OF my antagonist. 1t is known to
nave osen the opinion OF majority of the
community in which col Cumming resides.
as well of that in which ! reside, that when
he sent his second challenge, he was unwor.
thy OF my notice, and that ought not to
have accepted it. In thi, differed from
them in opinion, and felt bound TO act sc,
cordinsly. But I should have manifested
inexcu,ab'e indifference to the opiaion of
my fellow citizens, il had grstu,iousiy
granted to Col! Cumming an Advantage not
demanded by the principles that regulate such
contests and which courtesy would not re-.
qu're me TO extend, even to an honorable and
magnaoimous Antagonist.
GEO. M'DUFFIE
On the first Sept. my friend made the
three following propositions in writing, Civ
ing Col, q. his choice, ]. To NEE, al some
other point in North Carolina. 2. To meet
IN Tennessee; OF 3, To meet la Georgia.
with the utmost Dispatch and secrscy." II
was not until next day tina, we received an
answer, declining to selsct either place be.
cause, as Col. Cummings friend stated, he
was not "tuificient,Y acquainted with the 10 -.
caiities OF Tennessee or the other paris of n
Carolina" and proposing to "deviso means of
ooteininy the necessary intelligence" 10 { the
localities IL is pre.umed.) Believing that ten
pacea OF isvel ground in a straight line could
De obtained without typographical survey.
aud being indisposed to spead lime unneces.
sari'y IA obtaining intelligence" my friend
urged Col. c. TO make his selection promot.
w.. This was declined by an evasivs letter
containing propositions Of the almost gene.
raiIty, and indicating a much stronger inc!i.
nation for. diplomacy than for fighting Ia
tho mean time, we had received unquestiona.
Die information that no efforts would be made
20 prevent the meeting at she place originally
designated, and that the meeting might have
taken place at aay time after Co, Cum.
minG's discharge. My friend then an
nounced that she meeting would. take place
on Wednesday, { more than three DAYS
after Colonel Cummings fiual di.charge)
at the place originally appointed. In an.
swer 1t was stated that, as Col. Cumming
has bsen exPo.ed to continual interruptions
since his arrival near the tine, while hi, an =.
tagoniss has been at rest. he requires one moro
day to be prepared. Some time previous to
this one OF my friends was informed by a.
North Carolina magistrate that he had .eeu
me shoot & had Incidentally mentioned it 10
Col. Cummings stating that if he ebot a, we'll
as Gid we should both be killed He further
informed my friend. that Col. Cumming
particularly asked it shot quick and ;hst he
had informed him that ] shot a. quick as tbs
bhsh OF powder or something to that effect.
ct once perceived the object of the delay and
why it was that Col Cumming could not
compose MS nerves in three days aed nights
Several iettsrs passed on the suhiec, Of The
poAtPonement when my freod stated emphat
icaily, MIR McDuffis has made the appoint.
ment, it is for Vour principal to conform or no,
AZ this Is done In the exercise of an unques..
ilonable right he is determined not 10 be
torcsd from the position he has assumed. +,
is the last appointment he will make. If it
we.e necessary. Mr. BIC Daffie could give as
strong areason for insisting on the meeting to.
morrow as can possibly be given by Col.
Cumming for the posipune@ent: if it as an
accommodation, the hour may be chsnsed
from to Z, provided notice thereof be given
TO night"
A Roytcn corresponds Mt writes word,
that certain Rector, lately indicted
into living, not $50 miles from Mid
dleton, in Lancashire, having, on his
n Il