Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1838-02-27
MORNING HERALD.
The Murder In kettle mac mt
I'm New York.

The city was thrown INTO a state of extraoTdinar
excitement yesterday morning. on the reception Q
the account of deliberate murder, called in moderr
parlance duel growing cut Of the imbrogIio produ
ced by the letters and movements of M l.. Davis thu
Spy correspondent of the Courier & Enquirer anc
The subsequent exciting ordinations and recrimina
tons IN consequence thereof This excitement this
sensation oilers in its character from any feeling we
have ever seen developed in New York. II is deep
settled, cool, and shows symptoms of that mighty
effort OF the neral sense of great people to put
and dlscountenancc such conduct as has disgraced
this and other cities for several years past.
The intensity of this feeling has also been height
ened by the following horribly auacious account of
the murder from the pen of M. L. DAVIS, and pub
llshed IN The Courier & Enquirer Of yesterday:
WASHINGTON e4th February 1883
To thu Editor efhe Courier 4 Enquirer.
l. WIN great reluctance, that notice. in nv laters
The contests or collisions OF gentlemen but occur which
seem be in ssir character and has recently
TN within your knowledge that Mr. ley, OF Maine an the
That eeieman arrived here few day ince and byona
Mr. Graves Of Kentucky called Mr. Cey, courteous
terms, Tor an explanation of his language
On Mr. Graves presenting the Of Col Webb
consider Shortly after Mr. Cey de cned 10 receive H. and
assumed the ground, in conversation Mr. Graves that he
he Intended W. scouresy 10 Mr. Graves snS
MT Graves understood him,made ELECTIONS Col wsbb's
character or standing as gentleman
ON separating, Nj. Graves addressed note 10 Mr. Ciey
yerssten which H. he repeated in his neta
me- Cey replies admitting al The points except that which
ihsr dn Mr. this oe ne
no. ming MS own statement o. the conversation
famed IN his note u Mr. Cley, and writes him requiring
further explanation
that he cannot permit himself 10 be cat-ched that point
whereupon M Graves through Mr.. Wise, demands sasac,
day with ss'aae. ." ns
bred yards is also accepted Mr. Graves and the
ctivef
pace TO me- for the purpose of terminating the a
While am writing, am interrupted by gentleman enter
ing my room and m p me h The sOy p Mr. Cs
,mmesise after on the third fire. and that Mr. GrG0es has
tn cty has filled with respecting Col Webb
arising no doubt out Of the fact that he had pre-
kept in ignorance 10 the time and places and had
Ss s h co s oa :. S n
two friends each Of Them armed protested Bsden
Mr. Cley should PERM, him place Of Mr. Graves
L. ths decision his friends would have sustained him.
bstanis Mr. Webb returssd 10 Hgon and hsvse re-
found another direction with the friends he reserved
the attempt discover the place OF meetings but this
attempt With The like Ttnk Jorunotsiy for
can tel Z ss CO.. s.s s. ~ re. s. e ,c s
iis friends s'p''' ana 'e'''
Thes. movements however, during the morning. produced
that Col WEBB himself embarked in connicI
They without f.u,datsa CO.. webb has neither given
since his arrival in Washington = -
TIE spy IN WASHINGTON.
We scarcely know in what terms to characterize
this horrible effusion in which deliberate propensity
for shedding human blood is characterised by the
names Of chvalry" and "honer" The school Of
morals and manners in which such conduct could be
80 termed, is a school of bleed and crime What 10
the value of religion of law, OF morals, of honor of
society, if such proceedings can pass away without
punis for the crime committed In the epin-
ion Of every good man, Of every public benefacor Of
every patriot, Graves and his aiders and abetters
ought 70 be arrested, tried and punished for murder
Ii is due TO the great of political reform in which
several Of these engaged, 10 purge the gar
ments Of the wing party from such horrible atrocities.
Ii is due by the moral and religious inhabitants Of
this CITY, 10 set limit TO the progress Of spirit and
a tone which has been encouraged and fomenied by
the Courier & Enquirer for years past. That horri-
be ne wspaper has painted for human blood from the
first moment of its existence 10 the present day
Around il has foa,ed an atmosphere Of blood for
years past. Riets, dues, connections, and every kind
of outrage have been p,ronzed in It's columns ard
cut Of us columns. If the whig causc-if reform
in the present governmental revolution in poll
tics is worth conendnR for II IL full time for the peo
pie Of this city and this country, believing in these
views, 10 take care that they set not up a govern
ment of blood in the place Of government OF cor
ruptien.
Why should there not be great public meeting
called to renovate the moral principles of society
and set limit hereafter 10 the progress Of blood and
crime The Wal stree, press has long been corrupt
and rouen-il is now reskBg in human blood Let
the people OF this city meet at once and ascertain II
any moral principle exists in our social system
Even in political point Of view, the honest and pa
triotic gs o,ce 10 themselves 10 come ous al once,
ana 10 disapots all further connections Nth the IN
strumsrts ofhis foul and bloody conspiracy Unless
they do 90 the deep moral Of the country will
run against them and defeat the Of political re-
form. Let the friends Of religion Of morals of repu-
,ston, belonging to the great wing parry, take
this ground Come outcome outcome out.
THE BAmBsRs.-The case relative TO these men
was yesterday brought up in the Recorders ONCE
Some time before the Office opened, there was an
immense crowd arosnd tho door, consisting chiefly
Of well dressed men, all OF whom seemed anxious tc
hear the arguments Of the counsel in the case pre-
and con.
Nv virtue Of a writ Of habess corpus, the two men
father and son. were brought into the Office, each BY
f,ur officers and their counsel held long desultory
....,, 18Th The Recorder as TO why they shoul6