Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1849-10-02
TO JUDGE CARR.


thank you, my dear friend, for your shonlet~
ter. which would have sooner answered hui 10:
causes bryond ny control. Instead OF attempting
10 give you an attempt Of the qlarIo! between cur
ainenlcd Decatur and Baron, propose 10 scnd
ycu, in this copy Of heir correspondence, which
we ale promised from lhs laleiisencer press To-
morrow. Decatur III, wcd me This CorIespon-
dence, in conf eEcc, late as fall 50 lar as !, had
hen gore: and ustG every citoit 10 prevent The
li.nl, wnich he was vc:y Tar from wishing to
bring on, but which he considered as force. upon
him in suth a way that there was no avoiding II
hu. by disayowing what ne had really SAID ard
thought Of BartuG; ard 81 This need MOI say h:
was incapable he did aN approve oi dneiins
lie then passed 10 his own case. Fighting.
lie said was his profession, and it would bc In
possible for him 10 keep his STALLION and preserve
lis re,pec,abilIty without showing himself
ready, al all times, TO answer The call OF any
one vino bore The name Of gentleman.
After ms return from Baltimore, heard 40
thing motc of il Ill! he was brought home
morlally woundrd and then ! saw him 10 more
Till he was a corpse. As | stoud near hun,
alone, and locked at his dead face, market, as
il still was, with the last traces Of his departed
spirit, could not help say ing What IS life,
and what all the glory that hi, world can g''e''
The so!Ioquy is not very novel ore, Indeed
| have made il, in common with others thon-
sand times before, but never felt ITS force vi!
then; for never, 'tI then, had seen the cGrpse
Of such nan You knew him, believe, only
| rs hero. | ought 10 have made i. my bl.i-
mes. 10 bring you 10 know each other indiyidu'
ally Could have foreseea such an event as
this. | would have done so Blu, what good
would il have done II would have made .oa
feel his loss the more sensibly, for you would
1 ~ Law in
| lie loss of a hero. They both fell al the shot,
| which was 50 simultaneous tina. the report oil
| two pistols could not DC heard b. those who
stood out of sight, though close within ear sh":'
| This heard from Commodore Porcf, who wa,
standing thus with Rodgers He exclaimed
! immediately, -"One Of them IS killed, Tor
there is only one shot Very diiieren! was
| the scene when he go. 10 the ground. Decllur
wa, apparently shot dead; he revived after
Will. and he ard Barron hcd parey - IacJ
Law On The ground. Doctor Washington, who aol
an nus, thea saws that il reminded hun OF the clos.
me scene o, i tragedy Hamlet and Laefes -
| Barron piopo>ei shat ,aeY shout ioake lficad>
he .ore lhcy met IN Heaven, Qor he supposed
| they would both die Immediately Decatur Sd
he had never been his enemy, that he freely loT,
gave HIM hts dca h-lhough ne could not forgive
those whl had stimulated him 10 seek his life
/ One rcpor. SAYS that Barron exclaimed, Would
10 Cod you mad said thus much yesterday -.
l. is cer.ain that he parley was friendly one.
and hi they parted in peace. Decatur knew ho
was 10 t, AMI his only sJrro" was hat be nao
no, died in the Sc. vice Of his country. l. is ~.
lev, d that Barron will recover, though ms -
tar from certain. The papers ~iIi tell yon e'siy
Thing as TO DcraluI's funeral processIon' &C.
Give our love 10 yolf PRESIDE, Tor suppose
This snow has reaehcd al least 10 Winchester -
And NAV Heaven bless you all an! Keep y"u
warm and Comfortable. ,. ,,,,,,
Your friend, W. Wihi'