Iowa news. [volume] (Dubuque, Upper Mississippi Lead Mines, Wisconsin Territory) 1837-1841, 1838-03-24

NO.. 40.
submitted $! to Mr.. Wise the following PROPOSE
lions tor the arrangement Of the meeting, to wit:

submitted to Mr.. Wise the following PROPOSE
uohs Tor the arrangement Of the meeting, to wit:
- !. WASHINGTON, Feb. %, 1888.
sf:---Alr. Cliieyproposes to meet Mr.. Graves
at such place as may be agreed upon between
US, tomorrow, at IL o'clock, m. The wea-
Pons TO be used on the occasion shall be rides;
me parties placed side to side at eighty Yards
distance from each other; to hold the rifles ho-
rizohtaily at arms length downwards; the re
mes TO be cooked, and triggers set; the words
20 oe' "Gentlemen, are you ready!' After
winch neither answering "No," the words
snail be, In regular succession, s'Fire---one,
two' three. four" Neither party shall fire be-
lore the word fire. nor after the word ..four -
The positions of the parties at the ends OF tho
line to be determined by lot, second Of the par
" losing the position shall have the giving Of
the word. The dress TO be ordinary winter
clothing, and subject4to the examination Of
oo'h parties. Each party may have on tho
ground, besides his second, a surgeon and two
other friends The seconds, for the execution
OF ineir respective trusts, are allowed to have
pair OF pistols each Oh the ground, but no 9TH
er person shall have any weapon. The rifles
to be loaded in the presence of tho seconds.
should MIR. Graves not be able TO procure a RI
fieby the time prescribed, time shall be allow
ed for that purpose.
Your obedient se.vant,
GEO. w. JONES.
Hon. HENRY A. WISE.
About o'clock, p. m. at Mr.. Jones' room.
at Dawson's, Mr.. Wise returned to him the
following answer, TO wit:
WASHINGTON, Feb. e3d, 1888.
SIR: The terms arranging the meeting be.
tween Mr.. Graves and Mr.. Ciley, which YOU
presented to me this evening, though unusual
and objectionable. are accepted; with the un-
Outstanding that tho rifles are to be loaded with
single ball. and that neither party IS to raise
his weapon from the downward horizontal po-
stion until the word FIRE"
l will inform you, sir, by the hour of / 1 o.
clock, a. m. 10 morrow, whether Mr.. Graves
has been aA1e to procure rife, and conse-
quently whether no will require postpone
ment of the time Of meeting.
Your very obedicnt servant,
HENRY A. WISE.
Hon. GEO. w. JONES.
About o'clock, a. M. on the Gath inst Mr.
Jones left at Mr.. Wisc's room the followi.
note to wit: n
~ WAsursoros Cry, onF
SIR will receive, at Doct. ReileNoper
street, any communication you may sees l
to make me until III o'clock, a. m, to-dayA,,
Respectfully,
Your obedient servant.
GEO. w. JONES.
Hon. II. A. WISE.
Dn. REILEY's, + street, Feb. "a, 1888.
10 o'clock, a IN.
SIR, ! have called at this place, in confor.
nifty with your note of this morning, 10 in
form you that Mr.. Graves has not vet been a.
Bile TO procure rifle and put it in order, and
cannot be ready by IL o'clock m. to-day. He
is DESTROYS, however, to have the meeting to-
day, and will inform you by half past II o.
clock, IN. to-day what time TO procure and pre-
pare weapon he will require.
Very respectfully, &c.
HENRY A. WISE.
Hon. GEORGE w. JoNEs.
Afterwards, Mr.. Jones left at Mr.. Wiss's
room the following note, TO wit:
WASHINGTON, lOl A. NJ.
February 24th, 1893.
SIR---Your note dated at 10 o'clock to-day
is received.
In reply, have the pleasure to inform YOU
that have in my possession an excellent rifle,
in good order, which is at the service Of Mr..
Graves. Very respectfully, &c.
GEORGE w. JONES.
Hon. II. A. WISE.
Afterwards Mr.. Jones sent 10 Mr.. Wise's
room the following note, to witt
WASHINGTON,
February "a, 1888, IL m.
SlR--.Through the poli.eness Of my friend,
Doct. Duncan, l now tender to you, for the
use Of Mr.. Graves, the rifle referred TO in nv
note Of lO4 a IN. this morning.
Respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
GEORGE w. JONES'.
Hon. II. A. WISE.
And with this note rife and powder flask.
and balls, were left at Mr.. Wisess room.
After the reception Of this note from Mr..
Jones, Mr.. Wise called on him, at Dr.. Rciley's
and informed Mr.. Jones that Mr.. Graves had
procured rife other than that left at his room
by DR.. Duncan, and would be ready for the
meeting at o'clock, p. m. 1t was then agreed
that the Anacosta bridge, OF the road 10 Mari.
borough, in Maryland, between the hours Of
Ia and 81 o'clock, p. m. and ifeither got there
iirst he should wait for the other, and that they
would thence proceed out ofthe District. Ac-
cordinyly, the parties met at the bridge, Mr..
Cillay and his party arriving there first, and
all proceeded, about 2 O'Clock. p. m. to the
place Of meeting. On arriving at the place,
MIR; Jones and Mr.. Wise Immediately proceed
!, ed to mark off the ground. They then decided
the choice OF positions. MIR. Wise won the
position, and consequently Mr.. Jones had the
giving Of the word At this time Mr.. Jones
was Informed by Mr.. Wise that two gentlemen
t(Mr. Calhoun Of Kentucky, and Mr.. HAYES Of
| Kentucky were at some distance of, specta-
Tors, but they should not approach upon The
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