The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1842-02-05
BALTIMORE, Feb. 4, lo4Z.
Duel Intelligence Gossip, SC.

Duel hnteiheen ce-Gossip, &c.
Ma. EDIroR -
The rumor noticed the other day Of duel, In
which certain parties then understood to be con-
eerned in IL, has assumed another, and It 10 be-
Leved, n more fearful, though earnest shape
There wss-aye, there was a.duel-but the beiiige-
rents were not the gentlemen rumor pointed at
mark 20 formidable as the Great Duke" was not
in the ield but another Of the skinny order, more
like unto John Of Roanoke. A. the thing has now
assumed a moro authentic form, may, therefore,
be justiGabIe in giving an account of it. The gen.
tlsmen who went to blow out each others brains |!
are IN officer Of the General Government, who in
his day and generation, has been celebrated for
Dating certain dinners, and drinking brandies Of
peculiar bead for the which, no one was the richer
by reason Of any thing paid for them He 10 the
parsonage, who disting ished himself by running
st-ao not at---but from the battle Of North Point
which be was attached, which dag was subse-
quently found TO be perforated with balls, though
It was wrapped round the body Of the running en-
sign at the time, and yet the body escaped! Ger
his Physicsl man was 20 lean that it came Of
unperforated. This description will tell your Balti
won readers, who was one of the parties in the
lac duel The other man Of honor, 10 very quiet.
soft feshed gentleman who. if mistake not, some
time since, emigrated from the sell Of Virginia,
and who 10 on terms OF pecuniary intimacy with
various brokers-which latter circumstance,
caused another gentleman to be mistaken for him.
The origin Of the duel goes back As far as the APP
pointmsnt OF tho aforesaid running snsign to the
Office he now holds, when the soft Aeshed gentle
man took decided stand against him, and was
against disappointment, which memorial, BY the
way, was sIgned by nearly every merchant in the
city The parties were then ON the eve of coming
to fight, but the natter. it is said, was hushed up.
Within few weeks since, report has been insti.
tuted at WasAingtos, in relation to the running
ensign, In consequences Of . story q fine ons) get
ting aasat, that he being no Washingtonian, had
made his appearance IN certain Office, glorious
ly fuddled." On this re-opposition to him, he was
started anew, and the memo rial business revived.
The thing of his being 'sfuddled" was circulated,
and the snsig. waxing wrathy ,asternined o'drink
were wont to do. He said he had traced the thing
in eonnexion with other matters, to his ancient
enemy aforesaid nd, after several stiff pulls at the
od A1 Sot mortal He
ls.ge was actually accepted: A long negotiation BY
friends" was then entered upon, in which COED
deal Of ink was wasted, and much old ~ ." drank
sss .sd
we'll prepared with sho citing irons. Gooley's bit
tiers, Hooks panacea, and supplements for plugging
mp bullet holes. Atthe time vengeance was about
interpretation Of the oldest dueist in the city, who
hiss been present, either principal or second in
thirty or forty honorable encounters, and at this
Gay 10 wearied by :" ups ana dewns, In conee-
quence thereof. By mutual consent Of all hands,
the matter referred this old and tried ve,e-
ran, aad il report be correct, he was well feeced
ou both aides to keep off the fight. For week he
kept them hung on both tenter hooks, now pretend
Ing to have discovered that there was NJ cause for
afght, and now doubling if the combat be showed
with honor, ~ Julia in the Hunchback has II. II
was glorious time for tho old fellow, and well did
he use II to feed aud travel on. It 10 some years
since be had snch case. and there is ne telling
when he would have decided the point Of honor
had NOT there been certain indications that the in
inrfsreace ofthe magisrraey was about to be invo-
ked. 1t was decided, howe that the parties must
fight. Away they went to Washington and theace
to Virginia. What took place there No one knows
positively, for whilst se.s say they had their
sign sustained his title to the adjective running, and
shs best Informed parties hint blank cartridge
would not kill, though may produce much fright.
The Of honor have retired to the city, as i is
said, but the has been seen in his old
haunts, ii is Suspected that, like the with the
cork leg, he 10 still going on, and when he will stop
heaven only knows. Yours, TWIST.