New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1843-11-02
Drr11ye-We have noticed with considera-

the change that is passing over public opinion on
this subject
D,,r, There was duel Yesterday which shows that
he bcose blood of citizens still retains some OF ITS
mnsr heat The challenger fired at the chaengee-the
chslerce returned the compliment and ,hen-theI pom
narties left the ground, perfectly satisfied" nc
ma gentleman in Abbeyille S. c.. who lad the moral
70 refuse challenge has had barbecue gwen MN
by his follow mark OF their appEooa9a anu
esteem. ~ -
frz- Two persons fought duel near The swamp on
,rSnday last. They will be lmmertazsd oy nav
INC ,isir names published heroes and men OF honor me
Ss2 IS gone BY " hen could about town win
certain notoety and be gazed on as the hon Oh u,
because he had been engaged in an "afair Oh hono a.
called in conventional parance or had perhaps
Far ma; is the righ, term) his fellow These matters
are becoming supemey ridiculous and SO they are
cred by all right thinking men. ~ h,,
inc made currilous and abusive attack on MI VI
Nstchez Courier which he refused 10 Te!ae
challenged BY the latter and declined 10 gh on le
nrncnl We wish this Of principle were Attic oe
,b Ia,irnde of Natchez 1t bad enough, in
r., coc;sncs for man TO be scuIrous and abusive IN
his language but he only makes bad worse men ne
10 Justify It BY having his own brains blown out, OF Ny
inc out the brains the whom ne has already one
me, ny oT niarsd [Alabamisn papera
The Richmond Star says of another: Each
man had crack and that was satisfactory" We
care NOT whether our Southern friends laugh down
or frown down this absurd and wicked CUSTOM
But the fact that it is not regarded with the same
favor as formerly, we think is evident from these
few extracts. We never could make up our face
to give sober lecture on this ridiculous mode OF
settling a difficulty That one could be cruel
enough to shoot down the man that had Wronged
him. never seemed SO strange but that ne should
be fool enough to give him chance to shoot INN
down, after he had been aor0nged 6y HIM, was
never 60 Main. We can understand how revenge
and insulted feelings should prompt man to
strike at the life of his fellow, but we never could
seq how broken limb or bullet through his
own liver could satisfy him for that wrong. For
man to challenge another to single combat be-
cause he had lied, and sandered him, and then
after he himself was hit and his adversary had es-
caned nnscathed, to 90 up and shake hands with
him and ask him to take glass OF VINE, like
true friend was always irreconcablein our phllos
ophv. Your high-splrlted young blood IS perhaps
struck. Burning under the insult, he challenges
the infcter of it. They meet; and the honora-
HE man who could not endure blow, gets bull
let in his stomach, or stab in his side; and then
he can endure 10th. A blop was unbearable, but
followed by shot or stab, it suddenly becomes
as easy as caress. Now how a stab top of
blow wipes out the disgrace of the latter, or eases
the insulted honor, is problem we wish our South
ern friends to solve. Independent of the moral
character Of dueling, there Is supreme ndlcu-
lousness about it we would commend to the atten-
.;o,, ,c orr Southern bret hrnn
Gov. JONES of Tennessee has been presented
with a full suit of Domestic Silk by the Silk
growers of that State in acknowledgement OF his
efficient services to the cause of American Indus
try in his canvass last summer. He responded
thus
Genemen receive with very grateful sense of the
value If the compliment the present of rich and beautiful
suit Of Domestic Silk accompanied your note of the 4th
inst If any thing could hghen the estimation IN which
hold this kind and undeseryed mark Of regard from my pei
sona friends the consideration referred to in your note
that also proceeds from the friends and advocates of the
culture and home manufacture Of silk and that the suit IT.
self the produce OF this truly interesting and important
branch Of industry.
fear genlleme you overestimate my services, humble
and inefficient know them to be- in promoting the cause
Of Domestic Manufactures. If my ability were equal TO
the heartfelt interest," which in with the great body
of my fellow citizens, feel in this great cause, could then
fatter myself that your compliment was deserved In the
absence Of such ability beg to transfer to the truly disn-
ruished and experienced champions of American industry
all the credit which your kind partiaity would award to my
poor services,
Suffer me- in concluson gentlemen repeat you, and
through you the friends you represent my grateful ac
cements with of the personal
'es"' u '0'0'~''' JAMES C. JONES.
Messrs G. w. MARTIN and others of the Committee.
rP"THE SILK CULTURE in the United States ;
embracing complete accounts of the latest and
most approved modes of Matching, Rearing and
Feeding the Silk Worm, Managing Cocoonery,
Keeling, Spinning, and Manufacturing the Silk
&c. sc. with Brief Historical Sketches of the
Silk Business, Natural History of the Silk Worm,
the Mulberry, &c. illustrated by numerous engrav-
ings of Machinery and Processes, to which Is
added Blvdenburgh's Manual Of the Silk Cul-
ture, &C. Sc has Just been published by us and
is now for sale at thi. Office at the low price of
TWENTY-FIVE cents. We are sure that so much in.
formation with regard to Silk cannot be obtained
elsewhere for ten times the sum- 1t may be OBJ
tanned of any of the cheap booksellers, or by ap
plication to thus office. Give copies for ST.
e HuyT's MERCHANTS MAGAZINE for No
vember contains an article on the Policy and
Impolicy Of Countsruailing Duties by c. G.
WHlTrLEsEr Of Ohio, which is truly among the
abest essays this important subject given the pub
lie. We but believe that it be regarded
ctsire defence Of Protection by every candid reader
An article The Post Office Department is just in
views but very moderately orcibe The Book Trade of
Germany illustrated by H. MEIp1SGrR while Massa-
Gu HUpsoN This number contains large of val
liable statistical information. e. Hunt, ll2 Fulton-st
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