Weekly Trinity journal., 1859-07-09

Ed;torlal Sc ChivaIry."

Great are the perils OF southern knights oi 'ne
Quill. So nice aud delicate is the sense OF honor
which reiens supreme through oil the sunny iands
toward the tropics, that every idle WORD. ana
much more. every bold utterancc, is liable 10 III
yove the most terrible consequences. NOT 10
ceneralze too miuutey, we come at once 10 one
of the latest and most characteristic OF these
catastrophes. One of the editors oil the NashViile
Banner, the other day, (as we learn from an au-
tborzed statement OF the facts in the columns OF
that iournal,) declared the worst enemies OF the
South to be, not Seward, Van Burcn, and the IKE,
but the Southern Democratic partizans by wnom
their remarks are caught up and re-echoed
through the slaveholding States--addlng, that
cit is only through the means OF sucn Journals as
the Union and .4mericdn and snch canuloa'es US
Governor Harris, that they are able TO do any
harm. The real enemies OF the South tue traitors
who ough, to be most severely punished, are those
Democratic leaders"
This last remark was more than Poindexter, of
the Democratic paper specially hameu' couiu
peacefully tolerate. 1t smote him TO tue neatN
and grievousy wounded his tender sensloiitiies'
He called upon the writer Of the said artlele
fReaumont.) for an explanation. B. assured L.
that the word traitor was " not used IN per
sonal but an argumentative sense = ana he iur-
ther stated that the word was one III common use
among Democratic journalists, in speaking OF tne
Opposition therefore, he was not respohsIoie ior
its introduction. ,,,,,
L. insisted on taking ~ Us Pei SN""' ,-'
The explanation was not " satisfactory. ID. WIS
invited to an unconditional retraction oil the
offensive word" He refused. p. hinted strongly
about settling "some other way" H. said T.
could choose his own mode Of settlement. Then
followed
"PERsoNAL DIFFICULTY
Scene l. =. then denounced the oiensiVe s."'es
ment in the extract falsehood. q. asked z. II
he was prepared TO defend himself then L. re-
piled afrmatiyely. Beaumont then struck Ioin-
dexter. A scule ensued, both parties fell, beau,
mont overpowering Poindexter, and IN the act OF
inaicting blows, when he WAS pulled oil, ana Tue
parties separated. ,.,.,
Scene 2. p. was then invited into the eai.oria'
room with q view to an amicable settlement
! Rarorc nnv preliminares could be entered
upon. however Z. again denounced the statemen.
in the editorial. B. replied that he had neaIa /,
and resented that denunciation once, ana wouio
notice IL no further--that he was SURROUNDED oy
politcal friends, and would not seem 10 a,"i.
himself of any advantage growing out Oh .hn,
Circumstance. p replied to It In vioent ana s,'i
more offensive terms, and said he would repea' u
i'm his paper B. said he had no objection to that
p. continued to repeat il, until Beaumont seize.
n cain Tcaue ?l seat chair and aimed blow at L
p drew pistol and attempted 10 hre i'' pu
failed. B. seized and turned on him, wheh par
ties present took his pistol, and Beaumont "ga'i
overpowered him, struck him severai tiihes' a''
was again pulieu oh.
Scene 8. p was then persuaded to retlre'
How long Oh interval elaped before the las
bloody encounter, we are not informed. Prooapi.
this was sufficient for one day. We subon til
official narrative of the peculiarly rich an'
thrilling
GRAND FINALE.
Subsequently both parties met on Cedar street
| in front of the Capitol. Beaumont approached
Poindexter from Vine street, the latter sitting
near the steps leading to the Capitol grounds
As soon as q mutual recognition took place, botl
parties approached to within about thirty steps
of each other. Beaumont requested Polndextel
to change his position so rs to get out of range o.
some laborers working in his rear, which request
he complied with.
The parties continued to approach, until they
were within about fifteen steps OF each other
when they halted, and the firing commenced -
They exchanged three shots apiece, almost stimuli
taue oGsy. The second shot from p. took eaec
in the calf OF the leg OF B., nfcting slight ant
simple flesh wound. After the third shot B. at
tempted to advance, when his leg gave way, and
he sank into n reclining position. The firing i'm
mediately ceased. =. laid down bis weapon al
his feet, approached b., shook his hand. expressed
his regret for the whole occurrence his pleasure
that il was no worse, and thus the affair ended
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