The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-08-05
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The Du6i Desween MessFE 4G1wry 49,
eross-.Excitina Sceoe.
The Cincinnaff Oemmercia1 NJ ! letter
giving the particulars Of the dnei betweeu
Lteutenant sylvester Mowry, deleexte ffom
Arizona to Congress, and Ewd. EsCruss. Of
the sArfxonian." It was fought - sTnhac. in
that territory, on the Eth uit. Mr Geo. Z.
Mercer acted as Lieut. Mowry's friend, and
Capt John Donaldson, United States Custom-
House ofIicer at Calahasas, secsn<ed Mr..
Gross. Tho challenged party rhoas rifles of
the burnside patent, and forty PAGES were
agreed upon. The write, says.
About thirty spectators were present COM
prising nearly two-fhirds of the American
residents within circuit Of fifty miles. II
man on the ground was armed with reyolyern
and bowie knives, and strong partisan feel
ings were manifested. The principals took
their stations, n and the word was M giycn by Mr..
shots were exchanged without effect Upon
the fourth ropnd, the cap on M0wryrs rifle
did not explode while Cross ball whistled
harmleesly past his antagonist MQwry held
his rifle stiil leyeled, as an indiesfion that he
had not had his shot, aud many, not UNDER
standing the code, supposed TINT - designed
trying it again. Several grasped fneir pistols
of ssHold your fire - aDonf shoot Mowry +,
Meanwhile Cross stood perfectly cahm await-
ing the result. Mr.. Mercer advanced, when
Mowry Immediately lowered his rife and
handed it TO his second. They still claimed
their shot as a right under The CODE Mr..
Cross unhesitatingly expressed his willingness
to granti it, but his second demuTrsd After
comforting with several gentlep ~ familiar
with the code, who agreed with Ms. Mowry,
that he was entitled to the si&t Captain
Donaldson acquiesced, and Mr.. Crexs handing
him his rifle. folded his arms, apparently un-
concerned, and faced his antagonist.
AT this stage of the proceedings the specta.
tors became terribly excited. Many, perhaps
a majority, thought it unfair, and some spoke
of putting summary stop TO the whole af-
fair but, upon learning that those present,
supposed to be best acquainted with the duel
10, had declared him entitled to it, they re-
luctantly fell back. At the word of command.
Mr.. Mowry fired in the air and declared him.
self satisfied. Cross had stood, with heroic
valor, directly facing him, not knowing that
he could rely upon his generosity to decline
firing upon an unarmed foe, fully expecting
death, and yet not nerve trembled-not
single evidence OF fear was displayed His an
tagonist was completely unarmed Tears
sprung into his eyes, and all enmity vanished
before such an exhibition. A brave man could
not look upon even deadly foe, thus circum-
stanced, without feeling deep emotion.
Mr.. Mercer, Mowry's second. crossed the
field, and taking Cross by the hand, informed
him that MIR. Mowry was satisfied. They
started forward to meet Mowry, who was ad-
vancing, and, after shaking hands, they stood
some minutes to receive the congratulations of
their friends. Both gentlemen are excellent
shots, but there was a very strong wind blow
ing at the time, making good shooting impos-
sible, especially with the weapons chosen for
this rencounter. The Burnside rifle weighs
but = pounds, is short and not we'll baRlnced.
The ball is a large slug, over one ounce in
weight. They will project'a ball 1000 yards,
and like all guns ranged for long distances,
are not well adapted for close shooting Now,
rvs first shot grazed his antagonists ear, caus-
ing an involuntary dodge, just perceptibie,
and Mr.. Cross second shot caused similar
movement ON the part of MIR. Mowry.
THE PLYMOUTH CELEBRATIoN-Laying OF
a Corner -Stone.-The ceremonies incident to
laying cornerstone to amonument over Ply
mouth Rock, at Plymouth, Mass, Tuesday,
has been noticed. The New York Express
adds:
The usual ringing of bells and discharges of
cannon took place ut sunrise. At halt-past
eight the cornerstone of the canopy was laid
with appropriate ceremonies. At Ill O'Clock a
procession consisting of five divisions was
formed, including displays of Masonic bodies
military companies and firemen and an elabo-
rate aliegorical representatio of scenes In the
early American life of Pilgrims, by the chill
dren OF the schools. The procession passed
through the principal streets, going in its
course over a route of more than a mile in
cornerstone of the canopy was earlier laid
At"Monument Hill'' the order of exercises
were: Music. Address by Mr.. Richard War
rem, of New York, President OF the Society.
Address by Governor Banks. Prayer by Rev
DIR. Blagden. Masonic ceremonies by the
Grand Lodge Of Massachusetts,. In the after
noon dinner was discussed in an immense tent
pitched in front of the Samoset House. Among
the prominent men who spoke were Messrs.
VIM. M. Evarts, OF New York; S. p. Chase, of
Ohio; T. ID. Elliott, of New Bedford; Rev. Dr.
Chaplin, of New York. In the evening there
was grand ball.'
The monument to the memory of the Pill
grims is estimated to cost two hundred and
fifty thousand dollars, Of which sum, however
only one-ffth is now subscribed. The design
OF the monument embraces pedestal eighty
feet high, supporting colossal female figure
seventy feet in height, representing Faith; her
feet rest upon Plymouth rock and she holds
an open Bible in her left hand, while with her
right hand she points to Heaven. The pedes-
tai is octagonal; from its four smaller faces
project buttresses upon which four figures are
seated, thirty five feet in height, representing
Morality, Education, Law and Liberty. Be-
low these, on small panels, are appropriate e
alto-relievos, while ''upon the four large faces
Of the main pedestal are large panels, to con-
tain records of the principal events in the his
tory of the Pilgrims, with the names of those
who came over in the May Flower, and below
are smaller panels for records connected with
the society and the building of the monument. >,
DEATH OF THE Rev. JAS. w. ALEXANDER.
The death of this Presbyterian minister, of
New York, at the Red Sweet Springs, Va, has
been noticed in letter in the Dispatch. The NJ
York Herald, in noticing the event, says of the
deceased:
He was the son of the late DIR. Archibald
Alexander, of Princeton, N. J., and ON his
mothers side the grandson of James Waddell,
the original of Wirt's famous sketch of the
"Calyert Preacher" and after whom he was
named. He was born in Louisa county, Va,
in 1904, graduated at Princeton in ls2O, was
appointed tutor in that institution in 1924,
and was the next year settled as pastor Of q
congregation in Charlotte county, Virginia.
he remained here two years, giving satisfac-
tion to his parishioners, and in 1928 accepted
a call to Trenton, N. J.
He remained in his pastorate two years,
when he became editor of the Presby terian, a
religious newspaper, in Philadelphia. Three
tessorship OF Bellies Lettres in Princeton Col
lege, which position he held until 1914, when
he became pastor of the Duane street Presby-
terian church, in this city.
Five years afterwards, he was appointed
Professor of Ecclesiastical History and Church
Government at the Princeton Theological
Seminary, remaining in that institution until
1851, the date of his assuming the pastorship
OF the church which now mourns his loss
Among the various honors bestowed upon him
were those of the degree of d. D., from Lafay-
ette College, in l643, and from Harvard in
1854. The erudition and intelligence displayed
In all his works was remarkable. Ills lectures
were dignifled and instructive. He paid par
ticular attention TO history and general litera-
turc, and zealously labored to use his know
ledge to advance the cause of piety, posting
himself on the questions of the day, in order
to make practical application of his religious
lar works may be mentioned aConsolation,o q
series of disc0urses "Thoughts on Family