The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1859-03-30

Correspondence Of the St Louis Repulican
THE RECENT DUELs IN New ORLEANs.-Ne1 Or
leans, March l7-One year ago, frightful mania |
for duelling prevailed in this city, eighteen or
twenty affairs of honor taking place within the
space of two months if my recollection be not at
fault. After that, lul took place in the storm of
satisfaction" and for several months scarcely
meeting took place: in fact, the field of honor was
almost altogether deserted, greatly to the dssatis-
faction Of carriage and cab drivers, who had been
accustomed to convey crowds of excitement-hun-
tiers to "The Oaks" every two or three DAYS. The |
armistice appears to be at an end, however, and
sundry gentlemen have recently opened the ball
with great aacritv. Some harmless skirmshinr |
with the small-sword was followed, a few DAYS ago,
by duel with pistols, at ten PAGES, between Mr. |
Hriart, Musical critic of the Delta, and Mr.. Ca |
nonge, who occupies similar position in the Courier
Three shots were exchanged without blood being |
drawn but Mr.. Canonge had his clothes perforated
by two bullets in startling proximity to the skin. |
The matter went no further at the time.
few days afterwards, that is to say, Friday
last, Mr.. Hiriart again called out his antagon-
list this time being Mr. Locquet, cotton broker,
believe. The meeting took place in a field above
the city, near Carrollton. They fought at dis
tauce OF forty PAGES, with double barrelled shot
guns loaded with ball, and at the first fire Locquet
was shot through the body and fell dead. The ball
from his gun struck the ground, and gancing, hit
llirart heavily in the region of the heart, passing
through his clothes and raising large lump on the
skin. He staggered and leaned upon his gun, re-
marking to his second "My friend, Pm gone, is he
hit?" He rallied, and the ball which so near
ly finished him, afterwards found in his shoe.
The cause Of these duels is said to have been the
following paragraphs from an article in the Delta
of the 9Th inst, written the occasion of the first
appearance in the Orleans Theatre of Carl Formes
and Madame Laborde:
awe must be permitted, before going further, to
express astonishment at the comparatively
small share of Importance which seems to have
been assigned to them in the successes, triumphs,
glories, and ovations of all sorts, witch fill the his
tory of the recent operate in the Northern
cities. The attention of our contemporary review
ers, we surmise, was too strongly attracted by the
ply steal prestige of the young and beautiful
men who adorned the theatres in the last campaign
Their gallantry must have kept their appreciative-
ness in the shade, and sueism-to adopt the new
philosophical substitute for sensualism-must have
presented to their view mirage in which art, in
few cases, it must be confessed was seen in an in
verted position.
'In truth, how could our confreres do full Justice
and accord more than hasty compliment to the
grand figures under our consideration, when they
were so busily engaged in the more seductive labor
of describing mods, and pouts and facial conforma
tons, and rosy lips and white shoulders, and dark
eyes, and piquant stage evolutions of all sOrts-n
a word, hymn sung in honor Of physical beauty
a veritable apothesis of Elasticity
ave cannot close this review without expressing
our grateful acknowledgment to the aristarch who
every and then foists himself on the shoulders
| of five or six wondering admirers, and from that
lofty position reads Us and our confreres lesson on
the duties and obligations of critics. and sets him
| self up the model to be followed. We are sorry
to say cannot initiate him. To be the organ or
| the instrument of clique, or to serve the envy,
jealousy and passion of certain worthless creatures,
is below our character; and under consideration
could we be induced to write falsehoods in order to
make point against talented and estimable ar
lists hose only crime be popular with the pub
lic The attempt to destroy the career of an ar
fist of superior talents is ridiculous and contempt
ble."
This second duel attracted public attention, and
| it was asserted that Messrs. Canonge Locuuet
and third person, had agreed to challenge Hiriart
successfully, or, in other words, had entered into
a conspiracy against his life. 1t is hardly posi-
BILE such could have been the case l know sutfi-
cient regarding the character of CanCnge to believe
him incapable of STOPPING to such unworthy means
of Furnishing an enemy. 1t is probable, however,
that the second duel had its origin in the regard
Mr. Locquet entertained for one of the persons al
| luded to above as ''worthless creatures with
whom, it is sad he was terms intimate
than proper. Whether the third party, whose name
is unknown to me- has challenged Hiriart, wheth-
er he will do so, does not appear, but learn that
| HIS friends will not permit him to fight again for
the same offence. He is a 'game" young man
brave, cool, and dead shot with gun; comes of a
plucky stock, too, his father having fought some
twenty odd duels during his lifetime.
CoUNrERFEIrERs.-Sever parties charged with
manufacturing ana selling counterfeit coin had a
hearing in PHILADELPHIA on Saturday. Chas Win
nebank and his wife were held respectfully in the
sums of $500 and $500 to answer. The Nortl
american SAYS:
In all probability they will find it convenient tc
pay these sums, and save themselves from prison
by an incontinent departure to some other field o.
usefulness. The makers of counterfeit coin, we
take it, are infinitely more knavish than those who
utter it. In both the above cases, the police found
in the dwellings of the prisoners the entire appa
ratus for making the spurious money. These oper
ators are comparatively secure in their nefariou:
pursuit. They sell the base coin at about twenty
five cents upon the dollar, and themselves make
profit of about four hundred per cent. with com
paratively little risk. While dozen utterers o
counterfeit money in prison. not more than one
maker of the same money is secured by the police
The case of Tom Hand recently convicted and now
in the State prison, is rare exception Indeed it
has been hnted that his arrest was procured
through the instrumentality of rivals in the samt
illegal business, who, knowing his consummate skill
counterfeiter, feared the effects of his competi
ton. That a surreptitous protection is extended
alike to counterteiters and lottery policy Dealers il
a conclusion that must force itself upon everybod,
who watches the manner in which these people
evade justice and continue to prosper.
INTERESTING DIsCovERY.-On farm of Mr.. Col
win, four miles from Monongahea city, larg
number of graves have been opened, that do not a
all resemble the Indian graves heretofore found il
great numbers upon the Monongahela river and it
tributaries. Mr.. Covin began blowing this spring
upon bottom land, bordering on Pigeon creek. TIL
field called the 'FOrt Field" on account O
tne great NUMBER OF Hint arrow neadS, stone axes
piles of muscle shells, and other traces of an
cent encampment of the aborigines. The field hat
been powed before but not so deep.
The attention Of Mr.. Colvin arrested at las
by noticing that in part of the field his plougl
would glide for several feet over fiat stones yn,
horizontally about six eight inches below tn
surface He examined one OF them, and on takn!
it up, found human bones of vast size, some sin
gular pottery, and shell ornaments of curiou
workmanship, supposed to have been in tn
ear, beneath it. DR.. Keys, of Bentysve. an
other ANTAGONISTS, on measuring Of the thigl
bones, pronounced the skeleton to have belonged t
a hum an being, who must have been at least egh
feet high.
From the position ofthe bones in the vault, unde
the stone, it is supposed the bodies buried i
sitting position, the skull bones and those of tn
trunk being all in heap, while those of the leg
were scattered along towards the foot Of the vault
At the foot, also, of many of these graves wer
found various articles of ornaments of exquisit
workmanship, denoting greater skill than usual
belonged to the Indians, together with crocker
aud warlike implements. The graves in the vcin
ty number several hundred, and go to show that tn
field was at one time an extensive burying grounG