The weekly pioneer and Democrat., 1859-10-14
The Brodcrick and Terry Duel.

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pected duel, between Hon. d. G. Broder.
rick, U. 5. Senator from California, and
Hon. David 5. Terry, Judge of Supreme
Court, took place yesterday evening, at
small dell or valley, some ten miles distant
from Merced Lake. The parties went out
of town the night previous, and passed the
night in separate localities. At a quarter
past six o'clock, Broderck and Terry ar.
rived on the ground in their respective car
riages, and attended by seconds and physi.
clans. Hon. G. McKibbOn and Mr. Coul.
ton as seconds for Mr.. Broderck, and
Calhoun and Benham and Thomas Hayes
Esqs., seconds for Judge Terry.
On descending from their carriages, both
parties appeared to be in the best of spirits;
neither seemed at all anxious or nervous as
to the result. About half an hour was oc-
cupied in the arrangements, ten PAGES were
marked off and tested by the seconds, and
the principals were placed in their rel lative
positions. The seconds had already di.
vested themselves OF their outside coats.
white collars and other articles which might
present prominent object upon which to
take aim. The principals were dvested of
their watches and the coin in their pockets.
The coin taken from MIR. Broderick by his
second, Mr.. McKibhon, was placed in his
own vest-pocket; MIR. Terry threw his
carelessl upon the ground.
One of the seconds then read aloud the
Code Duetto, from written manuscript,
which occupied but short time. Mr..
COultOn then addressed the two gentlemen,
saying in effect that he wished to be under
ttood that he should count one, two, after
she word fire-after which he should say
stop-no shot must be fired after that.
During this time the two principals main
tained their positions and listened with COM
posure to these details. Judge Terry stood
with his head thrown slightly back, looking
toward his antagonist. Each held his pistol
in his hand, pointed at the ground; and each
was dressed in black clothes, and wore a
slouched Palo Alto hat. MIR. Broderck
stood erect, but his head rather down he
pulled the rim of his hat down about his
eyes to shut them from the light.
The positions of the two were somewhat
different. Judge Terry maintaining that of
a practical duelist, presenting only the side
of his person to his antagonist, and keeping
his left hand and shoulder well behind him
Mr.. Broderick, on the contrary, though at
first assuming a position somewhat similar
to that of the other, seemed to prefer more
careless and less constrained one, and grad
ually presented more of his body to the fire
of his opponent. His pistol he held in his
hand rather awkardly, and seeming to feel
this himself, be once or twice turned the
wrist of his pistol arm to the right with his
left hand, as though endeavoring to comply
with some prescribed directions previously
given him.
He took one good look at his antagonist.
and ran his eyes rapidly along the ground
from him to his own position, as if drawing
bee-line between them; from that time be
did not raise his eyes until the word was
given to fire; once his right foot got a
fraction beyond the line, when Mr.. Nc
Ribbon stepped forward aud replaced it.
The bearing of Judge IT,, though he as
sumed more practiced and motionless at
titude was not one iOt more that of an iron
nerved man than was that of Mr.. B.
Mr.. Coulton pronounced the words,
" Are you ready?" Ready" responded
Terry, and ready" was uttered by Broder-
ick. Immediately after " fire--one, two,"
pronounced in moderately quick time, Mr..
B. raised his pistol, and had scarcely
brought it to an angle of As degrees from
its downward position, and in beeine to.
wards bis opponent, when, owing to the
delicacy of the hair-trgger, it was discharg.
ed, the ball entering the ground about four
PAGES from him. Judge r. fired a few in
stants later, taking deliberate aim.
There Was an interval between the two
reports. AT that instant Mr.. B. was OBJ.
served to clap his left hand to the right side
of his breast, when it WIS seen that he was
wounded. He reeled slowly to TIE LETT, and
before his seconds could reach him he fell
to the ground, with his right leg doubled
under him, and still grasping the weapon.
Judge H., upon dischargiug the pistol, i'm
medIate y folded his arms, holding the pis-
tol still smoking in his hand but did not
move from his position,
MIR. B's seconds immediately ran to his
aid, aud DR.. Locher commenced to staunch
the wound with lint. The bullet had en-
tered just forward of the nipple and had
lodged as it was supposed under the left
arm.
After the duel, Judge Terry, with his
friends, left the field, driving rapidly into
town, and started at once from North
Beach, where boat was waiting, and pro-
ceed TO Oakland, where be took private
conveyance to Martiness.
A teIegl aphic despatch received late last
night from that point, stated that Judge
Terry on his arrival at Martiness, found
some difficulty in getting ferried across to
Benicia. On his arrival at Benicia, he
took the overland conveyance to Sacra-
mento
Mr. Broderick was taken to the house of
his friend Leonedas Haskell, at Black
Point, near two miles from the Plaza, and
was seated in bed with his face towards
the bay, and propped up with pillows.
Here Drs. Locher and Romel attended him
during the day, and hundreds of friends
of the Senator hurried out to learn the
worst.
There appeared little likelihood of his re.
covery. He was able to speak during the
P. NJ, but owing to the wounding o. his
lungs the articulation was generally indis.
tinct and unintelligibe.
A correspondent of the Cincinnati Times
says: At fifteen minutes past nine O'Clock
this A. NJ, David c. Broderick, United
States Senator, breathed his last Gloom
and sorrow pervade the whole community
flags are at half.mast. stores are closed and