Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1851-07-19
FATAL DUEL.
DEATH or J. W. FROST.

We lament to announce lha, tn difIicultir.
Shirl have for some line existed, anu with
which Tho public has h-en made familiar through
ne pees.. between Mr.. Frost, the editor Of h.
resent and Cot. T. & Hunt one OF the can.
ldifrs Tor the nomination - Congress. have
I'D f,,al termination. Mr F,nsi fought d1'i
v serday Al about I p'clocN, y u NJ the U 5.
Barracks heo Y the c ty, with Dr Thomas Hum
he biolh-r Ut Cob. 4 G.. Huni. The, fou b,
~ We hear, Win d91tlehar,ecG guns nj iurN
nares, aud on TIE second hr" Ar Ffus wa
nortally wo nded the bullet ,g Ihtauga his
If breast. and he died within bali an hour.
he immediate cnusc Of oti,nc- wasan alter.
alton when to"k place a, u" Wing meeting IN
perdido street on ionday evening" Vas h0w
ever. Guy tn renewal Of All anclrni difficulty,
rising ou IT III" congressional election la,l tai,
WHEN Col. I G Hunt was a CANDIDATE before
Tue Wing Convention, Snd Judge Billa'd. ihe
NV pattnrr of Mr Frost, oh AIMED he no'nina-
ton Ano her Of tho brothers OF t"l Hunt In
cane then nvnv.d in personal dIIh ulty WITH
Nr. Frost, and The preliminary movements TOR
duel we're mad upnu TIE pAu If VIZ, Fto>t bn
h., f.iled The whole core pOndencr was pub
lIshed at The time, aud is doubtless tlnilhl ."
our readers. The III feeling has ranked evel
since. ard he new canvass, in which Coi. liun'
i~.agan a candidate, revived il produced the cot
ii.lon at"'rhr Shades" aud has ended IN this Ia
mpnahe mtun"r II has alread, been publish
I'd hat there was meeting between the pariIes
on Wednesday, wIic he police interrupted, aud
boath challenges, aud challenged were bund
over. They dlsrpg rd"h the bonds. went almost
4 re Is from the K 'cordr,'s ntFir' to the U. ).
Bararks. aud finally closed up this mos, unhap
p, quarrel with the heath oi Mr F,ost by the
hands fDr, Hunt.
In the excitcmrn, ufthis event, which agitales
and divides the who civ, the merits "t The
cause Of the quarrel are hardly it subject ol DIS
cusson. We have profound rrgreat for the de-
c.ased we have m,re pity for the survivor. Very
rare indeed are tn" meetings Of this sort IN which
the man whom fortune has made the victor does
not envy the quiet ofthe dead.
But though we may moi, wisely or generously,
in III" md oi this excitement aud sorrow. and IN
rev,ving The ang,y controversies aurng the
living OF which this event is drplnrabie c"rse'
qnence. we may p,y a'ribuI" 81 s'nee'e respect
to thc memory si the dead. Mr. F'o>l was valu
abie and rising citizen, aud a nnst esilmabIe
man. His talents we're Of gIgh order. and b"
had cultivated them well. In his prote sion o.
the law he was successful advocate. and wa.
rising 10 ine practice, which he might ess'l,
have secured but Tor his predIectpn TOR politics
and the zeal f1r his party, which brought him
much into public life as u popular orator, anc
then in,o the editorial profession. Tie was a
fluent writer AS well as sneaker The AnIor /"
his temperament led him otiho int c"ni'oFer'
sizes. wherein he maIntainedhimse { With spirit
aud talent. lie hd mtny warm friends, WIN
give him the credit 1t being IT ~ extremely
inpulslve and generous AS well AS sensitive 'eu'
permanent; and they dppl"re his death - that OF q
warn-hear,ed and gallant gentleman. w" hac
,ha qualities aid capscines To he use.u t"'hn
connlrv, as h. was dear 10 his own cIrcle oiln'
lma.es aud assoca,es.--N. o, PicdyUne.