, 1840-06-06
By THURSDAYS Mail.

The st. Loui. New Era contains the following; ac-
c"un; Of a melancholy afray that took place in that
city On Monday last. No Argus reached u, by the
last mail.
IL is known TO most of the readers OF
our CITY papers. that an acrimonious
war of words, has been carried nm ba-
legitimate exposItors of the parry doctrine
Up 10 Saturday, these dISseH,ioIS assumed
NJ ve"y serious character, the parties en-
gagged in them combining themselves Ia para
graphs in the ne wSpapers. not. however. oil
4 very courteous or friendly kind. Ga that
day. rs we are told, Mr.. WE. p. DANES ad-
dressed 4 letter 10 \. J. DAVIS, Esq, pub
Usher OF the Missouri Argus asking cx-
plantations of certain articles which had ap-
pearcd in that paper. This note was de.
Iivered Ia Mr.. DAVIS, by Mr.. L. GRIMsI.Er;
10 whom it was returned in an envelope,
and accompanied by Il note, IN which IT was
stated that he character of Mr.. barnes pre-.
vented any notice being taken of him. We
hl~e heard only general statements OF thc
contents otihese notes. but believe this 10 be
the substance Of ,hcm.l The next number
of the Argus, published yesterday morning,
contained the following article:
a fellow by the name of ". p. darnes. a
common street loaier and vagabond, and fit
subject for the " vagrani act" had the ImPu,
dence, on Saturday last, TO send 4 note. by
Thornton Grimslev, to the proprietor of the
- Argus" Andrew J. Davis, asking from hin
the menning ofcertain phrases Of ours, which
appeared ih the paper of that morning.
The b~lackguard stvle in which the note
,,,. oo,,.EoJ OIL H. lar..loI ,hararso,
of the fellow who had put his name to it as
the author, rendered it necessary, of course,
that ii should he returned to Mr.. GrImSley
without Il reply. None but 4 jackass or {
~poltroon would think Of calling for explains
tons of the meaning of an article, deemed
offensive, except by making application 10 it:
known and acknowledged author.
Mr.. Davis is OF course no more compe TEN
to give the meaning or intention of our arti
Gle than any other equally intelligent Individ
ual. This halE-witted drone. who stands a
the corners, or roams about the streets, with
out employment and without seeking ii, anC
without any visible means Of support, is a fl
toGdy for the little clique Of Federallsts, witt
chambers at their head, to hiss on to thu
sending Of threatening letters, which they
themselves do not venture to underwrlte.--
The editor of this paper is William Gilpin
as is apparent upon its face and he hold
himself responsible for all that appears IL
the Argus as editorial. He can general,
be found at the office, on Olive street, AM
on any particular business Of the kind from
gentlemen, he will make it n point not to b.
absent"
About halfpast one o'clock yesterday, Mr.
Davis was met (by some Of the witnesse
who afterwards testified before the examin
ing Court,0 at the National Hotel, and short
ly afterwards Mr.. Davis, who boards at tina
Hotel, came up. Mr.. barnes, on seem!
him approach, stepped up and mel him a
| the corner Of Market and Sd SITS. Some con
versation, not in an excited tone, took place
between them. Mr.. barnes had in his ham
a small iron cane, such as Is now commol
on the streets, with a round ball on the hcai
'of it. Very soon, Mr.. barnes struck Mi