Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-09-22
,..,.rd.y evenings Mails.

r..,c,yy INTO TIE ALLEGED DUEL.
L.SAI Cour. of Enquiry, constituted oy
,,l.s ]. 0. Taylor and J. s. A'lse' '0''l,
A''''' p,s,s in IIonrico county. resumed
e: 0! the fea' ', - q, The State Court House
:::;; ;atymond, with the view to ascertain, ~
% n' @aans whether duel haa taken piaoe
Legal r nts". 18th inst, in this county, De-
l,.i f'.t.' uoo. Sberrard Clemens and y.
tseea luz Wac ESQ. The Commonwealth
Jaoolass o,ei by j. B Yonng' esq, AttoF-
ne! " summoned to testify haa MeSsfs'
E12a..pD3; Pryor, esq, editor OF The South
~ w. vas called before the Court TO
nsS:Paps .,, ooos;ious SIS may be PROFOUND
s1s1''h NV; by the Attorney, in answer 10
Cd 70 ." .,,.;a that he had seen MIR. CIem-
VICE - 'bs IG;h ipstar, at the Central HOTEL
::in-;. ~ ~ aud Lad seen hun more than once
h,.- ..r lie declined to answer "no tue
vH --y aore he saw with MIR. Z: on the hrs1
faia'' w. lila saw Mr.. C. On Friday, lth
ai s.',si Hotel il Richmond, but deehned
81 CsaI". rho question as to the time. MIR.
? '1S"v' declined to answer the question
~ ;,.s.r the card over the signature OF ehs,,
We. .iri.n-ns, Published in the The e'utn
F"L Is, Is.b inst and te-copied into the ED
10 ~ a; TIA ooh, Was or was not publish
:-..' he authority of Mr.. Clemens. Like
:. 2! - 't;.,,ad 10 answer whether, on tho
w.: ~, Mr. Cemeps stated to bim or
~ 'a ary s,;usi1n 10 bis (Clemens) beiog
na ,',a5 n duel, or having any dIfhculty
g,t5 Mr.. O.. J. Wise. .u D.
+, rsfps,ps to answer the quest'ons' was
. -. an. serins them he migat become sub
; ;e to a crm,oa! prosecution:
" Francis J. Smith, proprietor OF the
r.,l,,I li2,el vas called and sworn, and TO
Il, Y9opg's question, answered that the
~ ~ SSc,-orl Clemens came TO his hotel on
~. Il - o 1 u the iG:h inst, lie declined
. ., xbstter NJ. Clemens had intima.
..i,, him where ne had been on the 18th, or
w, C.ealens hal Left tho hote! on the LIN
in.tsaL A.. 49,.
.,..,;,o. s.Cn!i be answered by the wit
,-,.,. and on the latter declining committed
them lyr contempt Of court. :,
n fe,jIjan of the witnesses and by writ OF
b,I.,. cCr,us. the matter was immediately
I-oeb,sybre Judge Meredith by the par
~. n custody, whose counsel proceeded to
.rggs s-.ia.! the ipquisi,orlal power assuun-
,d the justices ia sumDOning these Wit
5,.... and against compelling or coerclng
sj,1e..e. to make answers which might GRIM
mate themselves or render them Liable to
r,niaal prosecution. The legal argument
il this matter with the reading of extracts
from eases Of similar bearing, consumed the
whole yf Yesterday. In the evening the court
s:yurnei till Ten O'clock to-day, when the
s,,umrnl will be resumed and very probably,
The decision Of Judge Meredith will I've rem
j,rtl. The case is one Of interest, and kept
tie co1,t crowded during the day.-Rtch.
kqguer
TIE Redmond Despatch says:--"Hon.
S5errs!l Clemens continues in compare
:I,eiy comfortable condition, and bis physi-
ca1s and friends now entertain strong hopes
that be will soon recover. He has borne his
suderirgs thus faI, with marked iortitude and
received The calls Of bis friends With as much
eordiaiity rs If he we're in the endowment of