The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1844-09-05
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Ne z5sAoi Fsbrsssy. lss2. sxprss.iy ds-
slsses. mai he never mans q Ihr fusissito
hin alr. Ga, untii The npIhing bsiors
ne nsslhg. TIaI Mr. Clay Isa sug-
gFsisd sane mod.6rslien 10 ne phr q. :
lsgy Of he ehslisnss, ..by wlirh nlldsr
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noi - eeap.elely slOssd sgslhsl scjrsl-
msnL" hr. Clay also slald lhsl ,hs
m.tier oughl % Ls and wsuld BE- amlesbly
stIa,lsd. Dir. Giasss ssys:
II = utterly Enfrs lhsi sou ever fx-
!. hlbi'fd q me any 1I.h that lhs Rreli, {
should take plscs. believe l lad ~
: friend 10 Washington aho more rrgul.
led II. rec. llrrI. afeI tieaHslr. shsn
re mel asauI boarding -hunsr. you seem
ed 10 SYM sshize with me mott deeply
10 ny misi"TiuEs. YNn sept. and we're
unable - uil,r WorJ.'
A. . l.ts mttiIrR oi riiizens in Roehes
ies. Nes YaIk, Charles King. esq, sdllnr
af he Nes York American. RELAXED .eve-
rsl facts 10 connection with This duel. Nc,
King sss in Washington a The time, and
The moment he learned the fact he seni,
silh friend, ., Nc. Clsy's IuJglngs, "a
present, II p,sslbIr, The meeting beiasen
Messrs. G,sVes and c,lI.y. Mr.. clay
hFarl,ly seconded The plaBs proposed 20
avert The duel. Nh. Graves came 10, and
declared llia' lie would take any intsrie-
rencs Unkindly=-bul Mr.. Clay insisted
upon altering the words ni the challenge.
50 that Mr. C.lley might, with honor,
make IN explanation and prevent the fatal
meeting. ....
That q reconciliation did not take place
II III point ef The affair. WAS owing "a
the bloody miuded advisers who SURROUND.
ed Mr.. Gil ey. The northern members
had been Irequenily subieced TO annoy
ance. on account uI entertaining pnnCiple'
repugnsnt, 10 The p'arlice of durll'ng; here
Vas one OF them who bad overcome hl'
seruples; be was supposed TO be The bes
shot with a rife in the city Of Washing
ton; be ives. therefore. pushed tors ard
and urged To choose that Weapon in ihl
contest. Ia order 10 be more certain o
sccompl sh,ng The purpose inlended. DR.
Duncan accompanied Cilley forpractIce u
The afternoon preceding The duel, aud il
six ,hut. Clllsy cut down a s,IlIng =
eigh. pscesl
We make tho allowing extract from
The Rochester Demuerst. a. we eonct IL,
the matter TO Important to be sbr'dg
ed:
"Mr. King remarked that, when h,
= learned tLai The ehsllenge had been &C
copied and rifles selected as the wea
pans. himself, with Mr.. Clay, desermin
/. ed II possible 10 presen, Mr.. Graves iron
being able 10 obtain rifle, aud they be
q. succeeded as they supposed; and aiie
they retired, DR.. Duncan, who acted a
one foley sfrients. tauntinsl y cent b
rifle 10 Mr.. Graves, with The nes,sg
that no time need be losl for the want {
q rife. OF this message Mr.. King an
; Mr.. Clay we're ignUrsnt. They had rt
. tired With the Conviction lha, the NEE
ing could no. take place q. the time d.
slgna'sd. '@.*
" Between six and seven O'Clock, how
ever, mex, morning, Mr.. King was calls
aud Informed lhsltirsves and Cilley, vii
their friends. had gone out. Mr.. X. ia
r media,eIy proceeded TO Mr. Clay'slodI
ings. called HIM up, and. after aiew mi
'ment's consultation. Dir. Clay wrote mote
/. 10 Two uI the District justices. infnrmln
them Of ~h4, was going, on and reques
J ing their immediate inrrrp"si ion. The;
, notes we've csrned by Mr.. King and NJ
II. Johnson, Of b allinpn--lhe warran
.~.re ob,sned. the proper officers.
= company With these gentlemen, proceed
/. ed to search for the combaian's in Nv
: 5 directions. But unfortunately the
= could not be found. aud The duel TO
place"
We have not a word to say 10 defent
Of dueIlIng-snd a, no time of our Ill
D could we have spoke spprovingly OF u
1 manner in which this was condUcted. W
are sure that The laws OF honor, blood
and merciltss as they ere, were satshe
: nj er The frs, fire; as the cause Of the du
d was merely technical, Mt ilher party bsvlr
Y seriously offended the uther-.he secon'
!, should have called on the parties to lea'
the ground ach second was authorize
to insist on taking away his P'lnc'p'
. But be this as il msy-,here Is nosh'r
e in the whole affair thar places Mr.. Ola
Y in any Other light than as an am'sb!e al
: friendly nego,iator, so far as his rove
extended; and he finally showed that
9 MAS willing 10 haz ard the lo's ct 'he pr
8 nal friendship OF one Of the psr"es'
o invoking the aid OF the civil authority
prevent the duel.
;, This is The true compile kim OF the
q fir: and we are at loss ~ conceire WI