The Shasta courier., 1859-09-17
Death of Senator Broderick.


one of Californas United States Senators, from
a wound received at the hands of Judge Terry,
in duel which took place in small valley
near San Francisco, on Monday morning last
His death occurred 20 minutes alter o'clock
yesterday friday morning.
Mr.. Broderck's seconds were Hon. Jos. c.
McKibben and Gen. D. D. Cotton; the seconds
of Judge Terry were Calhoun Benham and Thos
Hays The distance fought was ten PAGES
The S. F. Times says:
Each held his pistol in his hand, pointed to
the ground. Each was dressed in black clothes,
and wore slouched Palo Alto hat. Mr. Brod-
erick stood erect, but with his head rather down
lie pulled the rim of his hat down about his
eyes, as if to shade them from the light. The
positions OF the two were somewhat different
Judge Terry maintained that of practced
dueliSt, presenting only the edge 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 10 that of the other seemed
to prefer more careless and less constrained
one, and gradually presented more of his body
to the fire of his opponent. His pistol he held
in his hand rather awkwardly, and seeming to
!
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, ran
his eye rapidly along the ground from him to
his own position, as If drawing bee-line be-
tween them. From that time he did not raise
his eyes until the word was given to fire. Once
his right foot got fraction beyond the line
when Mr.. McKibben STEPPED forward and replaced
it
Both men were perfectly cool, and manifested
no uneasiness malicious rumor, character
stcally malignant, and as base as it is possible
to conceive, that Mr.. Broderick was nervous
and lost his presence of mind, is utterly false
Not the slightest shade of trepidation marked
his conduct from first to last. The same cour-
ageous adamantine man he has ever shown him
/ self to be, he was on this occasion We have
given the mnutest details of the bearing of both
gentlemen that no mistake may possibly obtain
| in this respect. The rumor of Mr. Broderick's S
nervousness" is utterly false, and is based up
on his occasional motions to observe those pre-
scribed positions of hand and arm which his Sc
conds had enioned upon him. The bearing of
Judge Terry, though he assumed more prac-
tlced and motionlesS attitude was not one lot
more that of an iron-nerved man than was that
OF Mr. Broderick. AT quarter before seven
o'clock, Mr. Cotton pronounced the words
care you ready ?"
"Ready," responded Judge Terry, and Rea-
dy" was uttered by Mr. Broderick Immediately
after.
Fire One! Two !" pronounced in mod
erately quick time
Mr.. Broderick raised his pistol (botb weapons
were set with hair triggers) and had scarcely
brought it to an angle of forty-fve degrees from
its downward position and in bee line towards
his opponent, when, owing to the delicacy of the
hair trigger, it was discharged the ball entering
the ground about four PAGES in advance of him.
Judge Terry fred few instants later taking
deliberate aim. There was a perceptible inter-
val in the two reports. At that instant Mr..
Broderick was observed to clap his left hand to
the right side of his breast when it was seen
that he wounded He reeled slowly to the
left, and before his seconds could reach him, he
fell mot heavily to the ground, with his right
leg doubled under him, and still grasping his
weapon. Judge Terry, upon discharging his
pistol, Immediately folded his arms, holding the
pistol still smoking in his hand, but did not
move from his position.
The circumstance of Mr. Broderick's losing his
shot is accounted for in the fact that the choice
OF weapons fell to Judge Terry, who selected his
own dueiling pistols. These have the hair trig-
ger so senstivey set that sudden jerk of the
weapon would serve to cause its discharge Mr.
pons, and by the slightest touch of his finger
produced the discharge. A similar cause pro-
duced the accident which occurred to Henry
Clay in his famous duel with John Randolph.
The challenge came from Judge Terry. The
occasion for the challenge is this: Before the
last Democratic State Convention Judge Terry
made a speech in which he spoke of the Anti
Lecomptonites as the followers OF one man, the
personal chattels of a single individual, whom
they are ashamed of. They belong, heart, SOUL
body and breeches, to David c. Broderck They
yet ashamed to acknowledge their master
and are calling themselves, aye, forsooth, Doug
las Democrats. Perhaps
they do sail under the flag Of Douglas, but it is
the banner of the black Douglas, whose name is
Frederick, not Stephen"
Mr.. Broderick had read this, and, says the
Sacramento Bee, while at breakfast one morn
ing, at the International Hotel, San Francisco,
entered into conversation with those near him
on the subject, and stated that he had once ex-
pressed the opinion that " Judge Terry was the
only upright man upon the Supreme Bench, but
he believed he would now have to take that
back"
Some further remarks were made, and Brod-
erick in the heat of the moment, expressed his
sorrow that the Vigilance Committee did not
hang Terry when it had him in custody.
The receipt of the sad intelligence that the
soul of Mr.. Broderick had passed away from
earth, occasioned universal regret in this COM
nunty. His bitterest political opponents ex-
press sorrow at his violent and untimely death
We learn by private telegraph from Gen. Col
ton, that Mr. Broderick's funeral will take place
on Monday next.
The BANNER PREcINcT.-Whisky Creek is en-
titled this year to the honor of being the banner
precinct of the county Old Whisky Greek,
however, always has been about the best
straght-out Democratic precinct in Shasta.
BEAR AND BULL FIGHr.-On the 23d inst
there viii be terrific fight between wild Bull
and most ferocious Grizzly Bear, at Oyburn
L Shouse's Ranch, on the Emigrant Road, for
wager of $1,000 At night Messrs. Oyburn &
Shouse will give grand ball. See advertise
ment.