The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-02-16

injury to Mr.. Cilley, hastened back to inform Mrs
Graves Of the safety of her husband
Thus it appears that whilst Mr. Wise was sending
message TO MIR. Pierce one of Mr.. Ciley's friends,
Mr.. Crttenden was sending one to Mr., Clay, Of
Mrs. Graves friends cho al the moment doubtless,
anriouy ,caiting for intelligence Of the result And 1t
isnetorous in Washington city that when Mr. Graves
returned with Mr. Wise the carriage with him, they
drove up to Mrs. Hills, where Mr.. Clay and Mrs.
Graves were. The latter knew nothing of the affair
until after Mr. Graves had departed for the field when
her ioasheroonan told her of what going on, and
Mrs. Graves in her Distress rushed to Mr.. Clay i'm
mediately for information and he was consoling her
until her husbands return.
We have not doubt that Mr.. Clay did put Webb
upon the track of preventing the duel That was
the anxious desire of all Mr.. Graves friends that
Webb should be informed of it and the parties
TO be arrested by the civil authorities. MIR. Clay
could not inform them himself, because he ioas IN.
the confidence of Mr.. Grapes and ,couid hane risked
his honor ia disclosing the information. But it was
Webb's bounden duty to prevent another from fight
ing for his cause ofquarre Why he did not do SO is
perhaps, explained by VIM H. Morres statement in
the same report. From that it appears that Webb
knew, on Saturday morning 'eariy, that the meet
ing to take place that day." and the beautiful
manner in which this edoubtable Col. Webb, pro
posed to prevent the duel instead of applying to the
civil authorities, also appears that he accompanied by
| Others was to 90 TO Mr. Cilley's room and use vio
lance Mr. Cilley, by "shattering his right arm !"
and Mr.. MorreIl and Daniel Jackson confirm the
statement ofone ofthem in saying; "At 10 o'clock
was informed by Col Webb, that, although he had
been assured on the erentng previous that Mr. Grares
and Mr. Ciiiey mould not meet for some days. HE HAD
| REASON TO BELIEVE THAT HE HAD BEEN INTENTIONALLY
| DECEIVED, AND THAT MEETING WOULD TAKE PLACE
ON THAT DAY AT IL O'Clock ~ The statement then
goes to give the military vdete system pursued to
find the parties They went to Bladensburg. "Col.
Webb designated the order of proceeding" son
reaching the parties, said Col Webb, "l' approach
Mr. Cilley and tell hun that this is my quarrel and he
must fight me; and that, if he aims his lihe at my
friend, I'll shoot him the spot" &c. They did not
fad the parties; rode back fl miles, after waiting at
Bladensburg half hour, to the Capitol, and then re,
quesed Gen Mercer to send out the civil authorities
in all directions they learned then that the parties
were gone only 20 minutes; started of on wrong
again to the old magazine thence to Greenleafs
Point and at O'clock, p, NJ, returned TO Gadsby's
Hotel"
| Such is Major Morrell's statement, confirmed by
Daniel Jackson, and what is Singular enough, Mr..
Mone asked by the Committee
ODD Question. By whom, and at whose instance,
was that statement (the one ju. quoted, which was
published in tie New York Courier and Enquirer
irs and sworn 10 ny Morrell before the Commttee)
prepared g
Answer 2d. lT WAS PREPARED by james Watson
Jpebb, and signedby me dthis requestl"
Now the parties, in an omnibus, and in several
hacks, with one man horseb ck, did not leave the
city until after II o'clock, and met at the Anaco Ia
BRIDGE on the eas branch Of the Potomac, between
AMI , O'clock P, NJ all in sight of Washington, ac-
c,rding to appointment, and tn nee proceeded TO the
ground Ii Col, Webb as early as 10 o'clock, be
came satisfied that he had been deceived and that the
light was to be II O'Clock that day, nearly exactly
tight he was in point Of time, tehy did he not then
put Tie ctru authorities IN possession Of his
tain information I'd cause Them 10 be arrested /
Ohho Just discovered hat" Mr. Wise anil his assoc
crates deceived Mr.. Clay AMI him tool Theft ID that
he was parading at Badensburg " and back again. at
the Magazine, and at Greeneaf's Point g and back
a 5an, and never meant opne, to be caught
where there was " pistol tcih mahogany stock ~
And here it is proper to add that Mr. Wise, through
out his whole agency in the affair had nothing what
ever to do with Webb lie regretted from the be-
ginning that Mr.. Graves had TO fight for any such a
| fellow. And he knew nothing whatever of these
grand intentions of his of assaulting Mr. Cley either
at his room the field and, it is believed that
Mr. Graves too, and all his friends, equally l.
norant of any such nteatons Certain 1t Is that had
the Colonel gone to that duel field and interrupted
Mr. Clley in the least, he would have found both Mr..
Graves and Mr.. Wise and their friends, side by side
with General Jones and his friends to have protected
Mr. Cilley with their lives against his brutality
But, this out of the question, Webb's own statement,
prepared by himself and vouched by two other men,
Morrell and Jackson, wholly dsproves and puts to
shame Webb's false accusation against MIR. Wise,
that he deceived him. at least that any body else
did as to the time of the meeting He was, he
shows ,cithn 20 minutes of it, and left the city while
all the parties in it, and came back to the city
Just as all the parties with all their retnue left it!
| Mr.. Wise will never condescend, we hope to no.
tee any statement of Webb after this. He tciH be
ready al anu time ,ce presume to meet by admitting or
consisting according 10 the truth Of The case, any aMho-
r:ed rersion Of the affair by Nh Clay We have ne
before noticed the extract from the United States
Gazette. In reference to that we say that Mr.. Clay
himself ,cH neper declare 10 this oord, mis-
taken in The man, that the first that he kncc Of amy in
enon Of The duel ,chen Mr. Grapes called him
Friday morning the 23d the day before the duel to adrse
,cih him about the form Of his challenge. But there
may be catch in this, to wit the writer Of this
extract may say it was not positively determined I'M
til Friday morning that there should be challenge and
consequently it was the first information oc 'any
tention of duet" But Mr.. Clay will not resort to
this, lie wiH not say that he did not knoo before then
that htre correspondence bet,cecn GrdpeS and Cy
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