Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1846-04-09
NUMBER 81.
Prom the Richmond Repubhc,nl
commonwealth vs.. Tho.. Richie. Ir


D. A. l.. Warner-On the SUNDAY evcoins ,,...5,
S IilH had some conversation with Mr. p relanpg q,
- NJ uPJ, nun he lnpr' prsty Ol making any attack
uIon WI H. 'hlnk lett HIM under determin,nop pot
to do so, until he should receive note from, NJ go "'
Cn He night preceding the combat at Mr. LYONS,
supper party AZ IN the act of yo,ny m me,
VT Denne coming out lie informed me of an, r,n,.,nI,
'ed meeting next momng-and stated his own nnwiIns
' s J" go over to the ground, desired Ia do 80 de-
90 a surgeon ' " '''S'"'u 10
About quarter after II o'clock went down TO NJ, r..
'od2ing'' where found Mr.. r.. and Dcane and Archer
.'er Se'uhg M asked the and terms OF the pro
posed meeting. One Of them commenced the detail. ~ ~
proceeding Tar, saw the written reply of Mr. X q,
"e s,age. feel confident that 300 yards abov. ,h,
eou"h fsefory was the ground spoken Of 4 roDy.,.,,
arose between ?. and myself asked him n no yy,. 90,
ing on the field stake his own Inn. ,, 4, A., -.
Pe 20 take that OF his adversary He replied hat "b,
has adyersary's" ~ ~ 'N' 'h''o'
Wy al'enion was next directed the weapons I saw
none but the two dueiug pistols which learned had h
loaded by another person. heard Mr. Dean. pTot,s, a.
'Ang any part IN the affair the friend OF either par
w. ohef tnan a. mediator.
MI ~ and Mr. A. left p room, snd then in term,
- "It ." 'honsuanee, said TO nun, why, Pleasants,
NJ" could you send such a message when upl.,stooi
you on last Sunday evening TO saw Won opJd va, g.,
etter rom MI Lyons relative to the settlement f tb. Az
10y ot'~. en- yourself aud Mr. VIM. F. Richie which
was a'uded 10 IN the card Of Mr. Thos Richie" $50
did, said he "but to-day upon the street and as,
n watching a. looking Tor assault from me upon
-, ~ g. construed II IN the propriey Of making
Ou' ah determined they shall not be Rralified and
nave therefore. the message ard proposed bi.
ing then asked him II there ere any terms o,on,.eJ
% "h.cn ne answered NO he meant To advance p,D p
until he had hred, and then ne would continue 10 ndx,,
aud h'e'-hat one pistol much as ne could use or
-. L".e1, 90 not remember which. About this
uhe Archer returned, and Mr.. r. commenced undres.ng
himself preparatory retiring lef, the room and io,ned
Nh Dcane At the gate, who had stopped outside then
se Deane 10 60 over next morning mediator to aid
" aNeuhg any catastrophe and he finally consented To do
so-and left tor the night
just about day break went Mr. D's lodgings We
e' together and proceeded across Mayos bndSe to the
spot indicated. Archer and pleasant. ,,s,o ,bsad
tholgh' saw them half way across the bridge bur in.
Certainty. ' ~ e'"'O' soy WIN
Alter passing the bridge remarked to D. that the other
pH "ds on me ground. then the persons compos-
H ms paiy-Ri'ehie. GreenhoV and Scott As passed
.'.u 'Ae factory saw Peasants and Archer Mr..
Archer was approaching Mr. Greenhow Alter Getting
up within % ~ 10 yards Deane left me- saving ne was
gong up 10 Archer, who 4 little beyond over
IooA f'easants accompanied by little boy carving
me'nhS wrapped up IN paper, which supposed To be
"o pistol cases looked back and saw several persons
gahe'hS near the cotton factory and called PIeassnt,s
attention 10 them He then said 81 must have this round
shifted TO avoid the those PERSONS and beside all Of
you VIII be IN danger will pass Richie and 60 up high
En- demonstrated wi bin against IT, AZ there werr mo
terms prescribed, and said that Richie might suppose b
ds "e commencing the assault, and III ght fire upon him
ne replied that he did think So He would Nran m,
CLOAK ABOUT him and up We then passed up geth-
er. Mr.. Greenhow conversauon at the moment
win MI Deane As passed heard D. say to c. .yell
men TINS matter cannot be adjusted" To hich c. replied
- nave mad my friend on the ground ID minutes after
sunrise al which time he repel an assanIt f
| WI; The Will remain the ground minutes longer
and then he will be taken of have stepped off the ground
and tins Is 200 yards above factory As near as can
make u, and we shall change IT," Mr. r n this lima
was within , feet OF Greenhow Mr. d. and uvs,f tb,n
passed up 10 spot (Which DR.. w. then indicated upon
the dagTam) think Mr. P. armed himself on Inn. "a,
OF inc bridge across the factory cana that IS between
| the two canals.
he arnng took place there. He Put his revolver in hi.
e'' SOa' pocket Then took his cuens pistols IN either
%lno' WIN sword cane under his left bowls
KNIFE afterwards in his when ne had fallen The noin
where he armed himself about II or Is feet rom the
position Mr. Deane and myself had taken Mr. reenbo,
vas standing below, think about 80 or 40 yard, Mr.
Areher was advancing up him when thought heard
voice. but could not distinguish IT, After PSasants p,s
sed Geenhow and Archer his to the assault heard
mem calling 10 HIM to stop. Mr.. Deane and myself on-
so he T5y 10 sop AT the cessation OF the call STOP
wh'en feasants did not regard, the first flash and
a e Se oa pass over us thought Mr.. P. about
~ 10 80 yards from Mr. r. but could Judge accurate
~ standing IN the position did, behind and some what IN
line with them could not distinguish whether Green
now or Archer called T. 6rst, they both called and
| apparently al the same instant | am under the i'm
preston that when called p. turned ms head saw
the second flash and heard the bail of that dis
charge also pass over At the third report there wer.
"o aSIes hey were almost simultaneous and thought
It was Mr.. Peasans hTst and Mr. RitcLie, tbiri ire
MI was within 10 20 feet OF him. AT this FIRE Iper
ceiyed + turn slightly, and examining the body o,sr
wards thought the ball from fire struck him mona
bly, the hrst The other shots in very rapid spcces
son-Mr.P I. still steadily advancing upon Mr. n tn.
smoke ooscured their forms for moment At this point ami
could not distinguish them, but soon as the smoke
cleared away saw p about or feet from R. At which
tit nc lilVu us SECOND pistol DISTINCTLY
ms second pistol and fire. which k staggered back and
exclaimed 20 Mr. Deaue "Rtchie Is a dead man Ah,n,
ms time heard several discharges. did not know, Who
was hrns As the smoke cleared away again and The
es became dis'ingushable, Pleasants striking
with something either his cane or his pistol I ala, s,v,
him make three thrusts al him with the sv,,J U
ring tins saw K. with ms sword m his hand Lid NJ,
see man draw H. saw him make one ID not two tb,usfs
at T. with ms sword then said 20 u he has stabbed
let US 20 up, tits all over. At this moment heard yocs.
calling stop Peasants, Rtchio Pleasants was tot
'erng ktchc was standing It'll with his sword in hand
with tue point the ground. Archer caught Ple,s,,t
ahI "hen reached MN No was lying upon the ground
Before EFT the ground K. left H. He walked +, sbo,,
distance anu then ran and by one Of his friends
as thought ] did that ne was wound-d rrba,''
was no thrust aimed At r. by K. after the comb, $3.50
on r. part. My opinion and Is that both n,,,,s
were very much exhausted, and neither could have
ed Tue night In walking Uf Rs gait was unsteady I,d
oi see MN return ms sword the scabbird II .s A.,
,,ty SNV'u s"as long sword out ofa caue-about
~ inehes in length cannot say who went with R,tcb,o
hs dea,h '''u nun unu'
Cro-s-oxamncd BY Defence have said that on rne.
aay nsnt SAID he meant defend his own life and Eco
pari mat Of X. On Sunday he mad told me h, I,d M,
mean TO assault r. on parade next dav r32jI " 1~ ''
Here the court adjourned tor The day
~ WEbyEsp,y, April It,
Dr. Warner not having returned INTO court since are "A
I'l'hmen' last night the proceeded with the esto
Erasmus G7ry.-On the morning Of the 25,b Of F.b,,,
, ~ on my way 90 Rc-m1nd saw several geptIsr, 40
me cana. stood unu. heard the firing OF pis,,s T
'n''gn' mere were seven reports cannot tell how many
I''so0 mere were on the ground. was not able 4, 40,
between me and the parties along tine c,,,i - -
81 ihe parties 90 oil 20 hack which was waiting ,,, b
nrce persons got into the backbone of tb.,, ns.l -
. .l "a" blood on h's ip 1 am not certln.