Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1844-08-01
sTRoUDsBURG MONROE COUNTY Pa THURSDAY AUGUST


tain one in season for The early meeting appoint
ed on the other side; but when Mr.. Graves
gave notice of this as a reason Why The COM
bat mus, be postponed, he was prDnpily inform
ed that Mr. Jones had an excellent rife, DIR.
Duncan's.l } which was ealrely al bis service !.
The rife accompanied the nnIe. This was de-
clined but an imperfect rifle procured and a
gunsmi,h set To work to repair 1t, which he did
bv lille after l2 Of The next day. Mean
lime, Mr.. Clllev was praclIclng IN firing at
mark, in preparation for The combat. Mr.. Wise
gave notice that Mr.. Graves would be ready
between | ID and 10 o'clock The rifle was
finished about u !; Graves fred It once or Twice
10 Test il, Che lock having been taken of and
replaced and The hreech unscrewed and taken
to pieces,) then proceeded 10 The place desg-
nared The duel took place, and at the third fire
Mr. CIlley fell dead.
Such is true though brief history of the
Martyr CiIley-mauyr TO what?
Lei facts be stated: When i, was whispered
about the Capitol that Graves and Cley had
gone out to fight, the friends of both parties,
knowing thai Ciley was good sho, and Graves
none al all, supposed thai Graves would be
killed One of CiIley's party took out his
watch. and noting the hour, said to all around
him, "Graves is now dead man" A few
days afterwards, son of Hon. Reuel Williams,
Loco Senator from Maine, received in Augusta
letter from his father in Washington dated al
IL O'Clock on the dav Of the duel Wing
was present when he opened it in the Post or
fee and read, "CIlley has gone out TO fight
Graves, who is by his time dead man." In
a postscript it was added, "The body of CilLey
has Just been brought IN" Such is the vanity
Of human expectations.
Blu, what of Mr. Clay7 He knew no;
that the parties had agreed 10 fight he trusted
that The difficulty would be settled, until The
wife of Mr. Graves called in alarm al the alb
sence of her husband, suspeciIng the cause
He then starred to seek The parties and induce
reconciliation. He was met at the door by
Messrs. Graves aud Wise with the udlngs ol
The fatal termination of the combat. He took
the hand of Mr. Graves, burst into tears, and
was for some time unable 10 u,er word. No
man deploEed the catastrophe more bitterly
than he did. Some of the evesdroppers have
indeed reported that he said, in view of the ex-
element which this tragedy would create, " II
will ony be a niue days bubble" but this is
stated on no authority and if Mr. Clay did say
any thing which came To mind calculated 10 af'
leslale the mental agony and horror of Graves,
who could have the heart TO reproach him?
Yet This is the man whom Jo. Boswortf
falsely and meanIy accuses of causing the deal
of Clley and whom The Albany Argus charges
with having "no,orIously insllgaled to lis la'a
,ermnatonlhe duel between Ciley and Graves. ;
There is no duellsi alive who is not an limo
cent man compared with The author Of tha, AFRO
cious and malignant iasehoodl Can i, be pos
sible that great aud generous Statesman, {
wise and benlgnant National Policy, are thus
10 be lied down?