Weekly North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1858, 1851-03-05
MEsSRS. STANLY AND lNGE.

We noticed in last the personal difficulty be-
tween Messrs. Stanly and Inge of the House of Re-
presentaives; and we have now to state, the uu-
thorty OF our Northern exchanges that these gentle
have tually shot pisolsat each other and that
Immediately afterwards, the affair was " amicaby
adjusted.''
The cause of the difficulty is thus stated in the
newspapers In the course of debate in the House,
on the River and Harbor bill, Mr.. Stanly was pro-
voked to say to Mr.. Inge that he, Mr.. 1nge, "had
little sense and less charity" Mr. Inge replied that
the remark was 'ungentlemanly and unjust, :"
and proceeded 81 from a bIackguard." Mr.. Stanly
retorted that Mr.. Inge had "charged" him with be-
ing blackguard, but he had just " sho0n " to the
House and to the country that he (Inge) was one.
This led to the challenge, and now for the account
of the fight. A Washington correspondent of the
Baltimore Sun, under date the 24th February, says
Messrs. Stanly and Inge, with their friends (Mr.
Ashe, the friend of Mr.. Stanly, and Gov Brown, of
Mr.. lnge) quietly absented themselves from the city
to-day, crossed the Maryland line and fought duel
They fought with pistols. After exchanging shots.
Zone round neither party being wounded, the affair
amcably adjusted by the friends of the parties,
and they all returned quietly to the city this evening.
The difficulty grew out of language used some days
since by MIR. lnge, in debate, at which Mr.. StanIy
took offence. "
The Washington papers of Wednesday last con-
tain the following statement-evidenty by authority
as to the L" adjustment of the difficulty:
"ADJusTmENr. In reference to the difficulty be-
tween the Hon. S. W. Inge and the Hon. Edward
Sranly. which grew out of the debate in the House
of Representatives on yesterday week, we are au-
thorzed to state that they met each other with pistols
and after exchange shots between the parties,
the friend of Mr. StanIy advanced to the opposite par
ty, and expressed desire that the matter should be
terminated and, in order to arrive al an amicable set
tlement, stated that the remarks made by Mr. Stanly
in reference to Mr.. Inge were made by Mr.. Sanly in
reply to what he considered gross personality on
the part of Mr.. Inge in his first remarks. And as the
friends of Mr. Inge stated those remarks to have been
political. and, as such should not have personal
bearing, Mr.. Stanly Withdrew his remarks. And the
above having been submitted TO the principals, and
by them accepted, the difficulty between them was an
nounced as honorably and amicaby settled"
We predicted in our last that no one would be
IS hurt the result of this difficulty but far be 1t
from call in question the chivary or the gallant
bearing of the gentlemen concerned. They have
proved themselves to be quite couageous-a fact
we'll known before and both to be 6 bad shots "a
fact before unknown. They have tried the whole
matter by fire, and, after all, it has been determined
and adjudged that they misunderstood each other, and
that nothing personally offensive was intended on
either side.
This is no business Of ours, except in "politi-
ca" sense; but We trust we may be allowed to say
that in our opinion this whole affair adds but another
to the many rces perpe.ra,ed according to the c"de
of honor.''