The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-08-26

PRICE what he meant by sueh treot,,,ant :.
Mr.. PRIcE explained the motives which bad
prompted this very delicate attention anS
the officer, whose name was GRrrs. ;nfor,,a =
him that he had not intended to insult fbe
lldy. $ 4 = 'Ae
.sVery well said, Mr. PRIcxn tber 7 a.,
not mean to insult you when / vrrna Wv. oIu
nose With this apology, Capt. GnrFSy wa. va.
satisfied and soon after left New York tn ;o;n :,
his regiment in Canada. The facts of tb9 . g
fair reached Canada as soon as the paIIan,
Captain did. The officers of his reeimant
among whom was one who disliked GRrpy
caused the affair to be brought under the no.
tice of his brother officers, one of whom. a
Capt WILSON, insisted that GREEN should be
sent to Coventry, unless he went back at
once and fought Mr. PRICE. GREEN there
fore set to work, and practiced for five hours
day for several weeks, until he could hit a
dollar nine times out of ten, at the distance
OF ten PAGES. He then came to New York,
and challenged Mr.. PRICE. They fought at
Hoboken, and the violated proboscis of GREEN
was avenged, for PRICE was killed the first
nre. The surviving principal and the seconds
nee. The body of PRICE was found at Ho-
tpoken, with a piece of paper attached to his
breast, On which were inscribed the following
words; Ihas is BENJAMIN PRICE, boarding
him. - = : - - '1Ao Ca e''-s'. = "a
some years afterwards, Captain Wilson,
~ "a Inc british Army, whom we have mention
~. d:ose, h;a arrived In New York from England
W.sh;ny s way TO Canada, and put up at the
tbe ng.oh Hotel. One day, after dinner,
pr, Ipo ooh Versatlon turned on the death of BEN
fRlcE, and the manner thereof Cant VII.
eos ked that he had been mainly ;nstru
~ ~ bringing about the duel, and detailed
.no circumstances connected therevv;tb Tb;s
statement was carried to STEpupx pn,c,
brother OF Ben s, who was lying IN af tho @
gout at home; his friends say that he berca1
I9rtn implicitly obeyed the instructions of bic
PHYSICIANS, obtained thereby short senara' ra'
lioii M rom the gout and was enabled to hobbIa
out Oh doors, his lower extremities sIvaddIa5
in flannel His first course was 10 soat adoteu t
Washington Hotel, and his first enouirv ,va ,a.e
captain WILSON within % @Heisy, ss;5
the waiter. "Show me his room, said Ste.
Phen, and he was shown accordingly. He
noobled up stairs with great difficulty curs.
| ing at intervals the gout and the Captain with
equal vehemence. He at last entered the
Captains room, his feet covered in moecas.
SINS and his hand grasping cane Captain
WILSON rose to receive him, when he said
care you Captain WILSON ?'' s'That is my
name," replied the worthy Captain. '.Then
sir, my name is STEPHEN PRICE. You see
sii' tnSit can scafceiy put one foot before
the other. My object in coming here is to in
suit you. Shall | have to knock you down
or will you consider what have said a suffi
cient insult, and act accordingly NO sir
replied the Captain, smiling, Il shall consider
what you have said quite sufficient, and shall
act accordingly. You shall hear from me. ,
In due time there came message from thu
Captain to STEPHEN PRICE, time, place ant
weapons were appointed, and early one morn
ing, STEPHEN PRICE, at Hoboken, shot Cap
tain WILSON dead, at the first fire. This il
one of the finest instances of retributive Jus
tice that ever recollect to have read Of
The boat is fast approaching West Point
and as l propose stopping there for a few
days, l must close this letter.
Yours CPNRy