Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1856-10-08
cessary hazards of arrest, yet accept your
terms, and will be in Washington in accord
ance with your arrangements ,


Mr. B. B. Boris.
r, ill be seen from this correspondence,
that immedistely after the appearance OF Mr..
r r. Rotts's card in the Whig, Mr.. Pryor
.sL.d resting. 1t will also be observed
that the reply Of Mr.. B Bolts was delayed
FORTY eight hours.
IT is also to be noticed that during this time
,,rhI;c attention was directed to the matter by
The challenge to challenge in Mr.. Bolts card,
and that apprised of this fact, Mr.. Pryor OBJ
iected to the time and place, and suggested a
meeting near Richmond the next morning at
sunrise To this Mr. B B. Bolts, as will be
seen from his letter, dissented, as interfering
with his arrangements and rights as the chal-
lenged party. then suggested North Caro-.
lima as preferable to Mr.. BOtts's second, which
was also rejected Mr.. Pryor accepted the
terms under protest and Sunday morning re-
BILE to 4" the vicinity of Washington" APP
pretending from the singular publicity given
to the affair that an arrest might take place if
travelled with Mr.. Pryor, left Richmond
in advance Of him, leaving him with Mr.. Irv-
ing, of Lynchburg, with whom he arrived
near Washington Sunday evening.
On Monday, at 8 o'clock, according to ar
rangemept, I called On Mr.. j. r. Smith, the
second of Mr. Bolts with whom had general
rangement for a second interview, at 10 o'clock,
to reduce the terms to writing. Shortly after
we went to the ground, to prevent any mistake
about it Fearful Of an arrest, l again sepa.
rated from Mr.. Pryor, and instructed Mr. II.
wing to have him on the ground before day, as
the leaving of the hack after light might direct
the police to the spot Upon my own arrival
near the ground, which was fifteen minutes
after fve-nearly two hours before the hour
II f,,lI l;oh
Irving, who informed me that Mr.. Pryor and
himself had been on the ground some twenty
minutes. / remained there SEINE time, when
DR.. Boyle, the surgeon, as it afterwards turned
out, of Mr. Bolts, arrived, and stated that he
had passed hack with strangers in it. I'm
mediately after, this hack arrived, and proved
to contain the police officers. Mr.. Pryor, my
self, and Mr.. Irving Immediately fed in the
woods Mr. irving, not being involved in the
matter, very quickly returned, when, as he
approached the officers, one Of them arrested
him as Mr. Smith. After q short time they
arrested me.
Mr.. Irving then stated that our party had
not been fairly treated, as the other party
would doubtless hear Of the arrest and avoid
the field To tins one of the police replied at
once, that the other party had staid at Rock.
vile, Maryland, and could not consequently
hear of the arrest Afterwards they did ar
learned that Mr.. Bolts had in reality been at
Rockville the night before, and did come
from that place to the field. He did not arrive
until between six and seven, and when the
sun was fully up. There being no prospect of
a fight, and Mr.. Tyler of Richmond, saying
that he had authority to take Mr.. Bolts and
Mr.. Pryor back to Richmond, upon consulta-
ton with their friends, and to avoid the in
convenience of givingsbonds in Washington,
la1o ID 81 - lov,1 l.
Of the peace in the District of Columbia, but
TO consider themselves as in the custody of
Mr.. Tyler.
During conversation between Mr. Tyler and
Mr.. Irving, as also between Mr.. Smith, Mr..
Pryor, and Mr. Irving, as l learn from the
last named gentleman, Mr.. Tyler stated that
he accidentally heard at Ashland that the
place was the same as that which had been
resorted to between Messrs. Ridgway and
Pryor. The cars pass Ashland about eight
o'clock Monday morning. 1t was after that
tune before Mr.. Smith communicated the
place to me. 1t thus seems that strangers at
Ashland had a general idea of tho place of
meeting before it was known to me as the Sec
ond of Mr. Pryor. also learn that the police
succeeded in finding the precise place by fol
lowing Dr.. Boyle, the surgeon of Mr.. Bolts
Shortly after the arrest, 1, as also Mr. r.
wing, by authority of MIR. Pryor, proposed then
to make arrangements for meeting after the
parties should be bound over, as We antici-
pated they would be, notwithstanding the ex-
pected recognizance. Mr.. Smith declined an
acceptance then, with the statement that he
had no doubt it would be accepted when made
after giving bonds, but he did not feel at lib.
erty, while under arrest and pledge, to make
arrangements for another meeting Being
satisfied from these facts and others that any
attempt to secure a hostile meeting between
Mr. Is. b. Bolts and Mr. Pryor will be thwarted
by persons not connected with the matter, but
friendly to the Hon j. M Bolts, as also salts
fed from the physical condition of Mr. B. p.
Bolts, as exhibited on the field, that Mr.
Pryor ought not to shoot at hin, L can have
nothing more to do with the matter, and
giving the correspondence and these facts to
the public, close my connection with it,
1t is proper to add tEat Mr.. Pryor succeeded
In making his escape; and returning near the
precise place of meeting afterwards, about the
hour appointed for the combat, was called up
by Mr.. Irving. I. P. CHIsEAAN.
Appointment Of Acting Midshipmen.-
The following candidates for admission into
the Naval Academy at Annapolis have passed
successfully the usual preliminary examina.
tions and received appointments as acting mid.
shipmen:
Lyman Foster and Charles 5. Whitman,
of Maine; Henry NJ. Herman, of New Hamp
shire; Sullivan D. Ames, of Rhode Island !;
Henry Robson and Charles S Hunt, of
Connecticut; John w. Philip, Francis S. Kim
ney, John Hesse, Francis S Brown, Stephen
A. McCarty, Silas Casey, William w Smith,
Ormus A. DoOlittle, Z j. w. Raynsford, D.
S. Hayward, II d. Foote, and Alfred T. Ma.
ban, of New York Benjamin Gregory and +.
A. Shute. of New Jersey; Bruce Lambert,
Samuel W Knipe, ] Bowling, Robert II
Porter, William Whitehead, Ii DeHaven Man.
ley, John Weidman, and P s. Sanderson, of
Pennsylvania; w Scott Schley, William Ii.
Barton, J. NJ. Stevenson, Julian NJ Spencer,
f. M. Adams, and Isaac p Webster, Of
Maryland Francis L Hoge, Thomas L Dor.
min, D. Snyder, John s. McKinly, Row
n. Hooe, and Thomas L. Harrison. of Wiz.
ginia; John ]. Hunt, of Georgia; James L.
Hoole and John W. Allen, of Alabama: Chas
W. Read and Louis J. Burt, of Mississippi
George P. Harris, of Louisiana; George T.
Howard, of Texas; Simeon B Reardon and J
d. Comstock, Of Arkansas; A d Wharton
and William w Carnes, of Tennessee; Chas.
kean and j c Watson, of Kentucky; Wood
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