New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-08-10

fact, to'"mean venom" But the guns, bowie
knives, rifles and revolvers still rested in the armo
ries attached to the two Offices, and, the fates De
thanked, they rest there still. Nobody has yet
been shot or disemboweled. But we have had
perileus time Of it. The barkers were as good as
cooked and capped; the PAGES were well nigh
measured and the going out had nearly taken
place, which might have ended in the blowing out
of one if net two lights Of the editorial world
in portentous "dowsing" Ito speak nauhcaily)
Of a pair of intellectual gms. Happily, this cruel
catastrophe has been sverted by little judicious
correspondence Instead of pistolizing, We have
epistoliziDg, showing, in two ways, what virtue
there may be in letters. Surely, correspondence
terminating thus pleasantly is worthy Of first
rate notice.
Now be il known unto the reader that, among
the other curiOsities of Richmond, there is Great
Unknown, or Man in the Iron Mask, or Juniu',
who is never seen but always read. His name is
Mr.. -. That is all the information which we
can give of this Yelled Prophet, save that he writes
leaders in The Enquirer of singing, scorchlng,
laceratiDg Sort the length of which is only equae1
popped leisurey at Pryor, the commander of The
South, and probably hit him; for that skipper i'm.
mediatey flew into an uncomfortable rage, charg-
ing this Sphinx of journalists, this Mr.. Stat Nom'
mis- UmJra, with malicious Misrepresentation and
"calumniOus falsehOOd." This was more than
Stat could stand. The Shadow trembled with
wrath. The Sphinx sent for friend. The Junius
&c M than tho JuDIus
Of LOnden. Nobody could expect him to go out
intoenito to take aim at Pryor. We do not remem-
Der single duel of modern times in which one of
the parties fought in mask; and if Roger should
be riddled, Of course everybody would know who
rddled him. Murderers of the low sort wear
Grape upon their faces but these were murderers
Of the high Virginian sort. Something might
have been done by requiring them to fight in dark
room; but the difficulty would have been that
while Sphinx knew Pryor, Pryor did not know
Sphinx. However, the curtain was drawn, the
visor lifted, an apology demanded of Roger. That
gentleman replies that when he is assured that the
Unknown meant no personal discsurtesy iu cracking
at him from behind the barricade Of The Enquirer,
he will retract his charges Of falsehOod and misrep-
resentation. The Unknown answers that he merely
assaulted Mr.. Pryor in political sense. Where
upon Mr.. Pryor answers that he simply called the
Unknown altar aDda caumniatOr in political sense.
The Mysterious gentleman declares himseftO be en-
trely satisfied, puts on bis mask, and melts once
more into pristine ghostliness
But, although the whole correspondence has been
publi,hed (and very pretty and Pickwickiau it is),
A. &c he q I-,I IL, M LnoU
as ever. 1t is printed -; and nobody can
n axe anything of that save that it symbOlizes
minus. straight line is the shortest distance
from one point to another; but this line does not
seem to have any point about it. g." is de-
termined as one of the editors of The Enquirer,
to preserve strict ineogniio; which may be con-
yenient, but is lot BY any satisfactory con-
clusion Who Is this mysterious person, who only
comes forth to Disclose to his antagonist his name,
whenever a smart shot from his enemy has reached
his retreat, but who declines to give to his adver
cary the equal advantage Of challenging him at
pleasuIe2 Is this the chivarous way Of doing the
thing in that paradise Of chivalry7 And if
"-" is to fight everybody who ofends him,
pray how long will his strict incognito" be pre-
seryedl Suppose be should take ofense at some
thing in this paper and seLd somebody to challenge
usl We hereby give public notice that we are not
foolish enough to fight him. but that We should pub
lisb bis name in full in TIE TRIBUNE thereby saving
Lis future fame from the disastrous effects of his false
mOdesty. He would not be - or Sphinx
lopg after we got hold Of him. We couldn't resist
the temptation. Out would the wondrOus secret
come One Junius bOtheratiOn is enough to last
the world five centuries. There shall not be al.
other if We can prevent it.