The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1852-09-02

IocAL MATTERS.
sxsr ox-The eonsinued cass Of Charles Pal
mer, charged 81 james Dunlop with sending :
challenge to eight duel 10 Thomas w. McCance,
came up for examination before The Mayor on yes
terday.
Thomas w, McCance was 6rst called to tho
stand ard sworn. He stated thst he received the
following paper from Mr.. Palmer;
RIcHMoND. August "a, 1852.
Thomas McCance, Esq.-Sir: have been ap.
p Ned q the sSs April ss and no..
Won that shall be in Washington city on the first
day of September sooner, If 1t suits your conve-
nieuce best where will, trust, settle our bust
ness to mutual satisfaction.
Your obedien: servant CHARLES PALMA.
To this he returned the following answer:
RICHMOND, 25th August 1852.
sir-I acknowledge the receipt (this morning) OF
YOUR note of yesterday's date, informing me that
YOU would be in Washington city on the LIST Sep
tember or sooner, If 1t suits my convenience best
where We can settle our business to our mutual
satisfaction.
With no IL disposition to settle the business at
issue satisfactorily, there are reasons (useiese 70
state) that decides me not to meet you In Washing
ton city. Your obedient servant,
THOMAS w. McCANcE.
Mr.. Gilmer, counsel for Mr.. Palmer, by whose
request the foregoing notes were read, then stated
that these two notes on their face did not show any
design of intending challenge. Mr.. McC. might
have been requested to meet Mr.. Palmer in Wash.
ington on commercial business. The notes might
as easily be construed in this light as in that of de.
sizing hostile meeting.
The Mayor enquired of Mr.. McCance whether
there had not been some previous correspondence
or difficulty which led to ,he sending of Mr.. P.'s
first note. a+
Mr. McCance stated that he supposed that some
previous correspondence which had taken place
gave rise to the present notebut that it involved
lengthy details which could not be gone into now.
The Mayor said he desired to know the character
of that previous correspondence in order to juage
clearly with respect to the character of the present
Mr.. McCance replied that there were misunder
standings, out of which the present one probably
arose, but they were not at present approachable.
Mr.. Gilmer asked to have read the succee ding
correspondence, which followed the two notes al
ready given, and which was as follows:
RICHMOND, August Goth, 1852
Mr.. Thomas McCance-Sir: l received your
note of last evening by the hand of Mr. Royster,
declining to meet me IN Washington city, but ex-
pressing disposition to settle our business satisac
tory.
You will please, therefore, to designate place,
the time, and mode most agreeable to you, which
| shall be made acceptable to me.
Your obedient servant, CHARLES PALMER
RICHMOND. 9th August 1852.
| Charles Palmer, Esq-Sir Your note of the
| Goth inst just to hand. am not disposed to fix
| the time, place manner in which the difficulty
between us shall be settled, though l still profess
my willingness that the matter shall be settled.
| YOur Obedeut eeryant.
THOMAS w McCANcE.
| The Mayor desired the preceding, not the sue.
| ceeding correspondence
| Mr. McCance then stated that he had not the pre-
vious correspondence with him, and that no Ian
| guage had passed between Mr.. P. and himself for
| long time This matter had come before the
| Mayor at no instance Of his whatever. He had no.
thing further to say about it. He did not know
anything of Mr.. DIS course until he heard oft.
James Dunlop was then sworn and examined at
length. The substance of his statement was that
he believed the first note of Mr. P. to imply chal-
lenge and the last to point at the possibility of
a street collision, and therefore he made the com.
plant to the Mayor. He could give no other con.
sruction to the first note of Mr. p than that it was
a challenge.
| Mr. elmer here asked witness whether the first
note might not havereferred to meeting on COM
nlercial business, or TO settle amicaby previous
| difficulty, as well as to hostile meeting.
| Mr.. Dunlop thought not. Commercial business
| could be settled here well in Washington. He
did not believe the first note could bear construc
ton equivalent to being inytedt to the City Hotel to
settle over glass of champagne business or pre-.
vious difficulty.
Mr.. Gilmer made some remarks in denial of the
charge that Mr. Palmer had made any attempt to
violate the laws of Virginia in any sense, after
which the Mayor said that from the evidence be-
fore him he should consider this note as challenge
He then held Mr.. Palmer to bail in the sum OF $1,000
for his appearance before the Grand Jury of the
Hastings Court on the 9th of November next.
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