New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-07-16
DUELING IN NEU-ORLEANS.
TWO DuELs N NEw-oELEAN>-A BELLiGERESf
Observation-Disclosures bt-
TWEEN PRINTERS SINGULAR FAMILY FEVD.

CcIIsspcre.zce q Tie g.. Lors R. pabl.a-.
Nrw-ORLEtNs, jay Z. 1859.
The Misunderstanding betEeen CIs.om-h ouse
sup'oyee ard member Of the press, Of wIich
s bloOdless duel. TIE mater had been referred
20 disinterested persons for Arbitration, ard AFTER
DE elaboration they decided tbs, Custom House
Cccup'et false ground. When their qisrrel hai
progressed - poiLt ,hac csst the OF senlng
challenge upon him, he mad assigned, 81 3 reason
for MT seLc!fg H. charge involving q uhs reot
tailor. lie bad not supported this charge before
the cOurt Of honor convened 70 pronounce upon tue
csse, and that purcous body in duty DO md d.
cs,ed Quill spo.less AMI UnsAcep.i0nsbe gentleman.
This, il view Of the epiihets which the lA,er had
previously applied 20 Custom-ll0use, lei, hn no alter
native bu; 70 send chs leoge, which he accordingly
do.
They met st m early hour last >undsy morning
patch Oi ground the NetaiIle Race tousea spot
sac e3 O. dueing and prize fighting At The distance
of ten PAGES each tired an Intellectual snOt ~ me o.Lef
with L huge dueiBg pistol, and tEen Custom House
Withdrew his challenge, and the parties retired from
the ground, greatly 10 Quue tscontent, VINO, haviaS
been put 10 infinite trouble TO brig the affair 70 en-
tis AMI having ridden i've or Elk miles 20 resch me
field OF honor bad prepared bic mind for booty con
cusOp, and could not the prOpriety Of such dire
preparations tndrg IN merely couple OF Jet' OF
smoke ard the harmless projection Of pair OF eaien
pellets As the challenged party however, lie was
bot suffered 10 offer argument in favor OF an
other shot. Another duel took place on the same
ground last Saturday between two Creoes Of the Third
District. lney iOHgnt WIN SindI sNOrus, one Vi
them received two three wounds Of trhing char
sc,er hen the seconds int ered 10 the usual Manner
and put an end 10 the affair. dbl not learn me names
of The parties nor their caCse Of quslrel.
Here the law seldom prevents due from taking
place after It is decided upor and in fact the
police hardly attempt "a stop one. Inc last csse
Of the kind in which they succeeded, consisted IN the
arrest Of two gentlemen belonging to the uppe'-cIust
If colortd society who, 10 settle some tgli.cg dis
agreement had started for the Oaks with their
seconds their weapons their surgeons and their bloody
Intentions Had the parties been white men, no dou0J
they would have given bonds 20 keep the peace, and
thee few hours atterward, fought 1t ont IN some Few
place of meetitg
A case Of this kind occurred in Sjl or 1852, which
proved clesry enough the impossibily OF enforcing
law which runs counter 70 popular sentiment or
of applying its penalties. Mr.. Frost, then editor OF
Tie Crescent newspaper and DR.. Hunt, now prac
Using physician here, had pers NAL difficulty ant
deening a sanguinary adjustment alone feasible,
proceeded to that style OF settlement in the u'uai
way. They met with guns, bat were interrupted
upon the ground during the arrangement of preii-
nlnaries, by pair OF police officers VINO had been
put upon the scent by some jealous pnlan,hropst.
Certain friends Of the belgerents drew these min
ions Of the law to one side and commenced dla.
logue of earnest exposu,stion and entreaty with
them, appealing TO their own sense of chivary and
demonstrating to a fraction the uselessnes3 OF
interfering TO prevent a duel that mast take
place rome lere and nj time Inc officers now
ever though net deaf were iDexoi9ble. They Sympa-
,hized deeply with the suffering gentlemen whose
recreation they obliged TO Interrupt, but the man.
dates OF outy were imperious, while the demands OF
cbivslry were only contingent ard therefore they had
no alte native The by play had quite epgrossed the
attention of the persons engaged IN ana III he MEAN
t The business. they had charged their weapons,
Inc ed off the ground placed the guns IN the hands
Of their principals put them IN position and were last
in the act OF giving the word when the formay OF the
pro ceeding attracted the hitherto monopozed attention
of ,ue of The officers, who at rushed franicaly
upon one of the combatsnts and dsarmed him, q; the
same time calling upon his companion to DO the same
by the other. A moment after and the duel would
have been fought Immediately under their sagacous
nosss
After giving bonds to keep the pence, the party i'm
mediaely proceeded to spot not exposed TO the
pr,ing mperterce of NEEDING officials and there, at
The second fire. Frost shot through the body and
fell dead He was talented and educated writer, and
quite popular a. an editor. Legal proceedings were
commenced against several OF the parties engaged IN
the affair. but for reasons which could probably be
explaired by seine of the members of the bar, the
cases never came 10 trlh.
In this connection | may mention the fact that for
the past eight years the personnel OF the Crescent
newspaper establishment have had about their share
of whatever satisfaction be obtained by the duello
The proprietor Of that Journal at the time OF frosts
death was gentleu an named Maddox, who hal Killed
| q, man in duel and may have been concerned in
other affairs Of the sort that know nothing Of.
The successor of Frost in the edtorsho OF that pa
per WIS young man named Carrol-just from his
collegiate studies always supposed-who shortly at,
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died quietly II his bed He succeeded by ven
cradle and f niiaby erude gentleman Mr.. Johnson
| not unknown believe in ST. Louis, who, 20 his many
other excellent qualifications as an editor, added the
| recomme ndation Of having fought and wounded his
| man some years ago, somewhere in Virginia i think
The psper aferWard fell into the hsnds OF Mes'rs
| Nixon & Adams, and in a esrfuly short period the
former found hin self facing an antagonist az ten PAGES
| pi.to in hand. Shots were exchanged twice and Mr.
Nixon escaped unhurt but the other gentleman il
laypc to stop one of the bullets with his leg got that
member famed for life Not long after this affair the
reporter Of The Crescent, Mr.. Gibbons, fought two
duels IN ore OF when ne was seNefeI! NOuhded ny
| pistol shot.
The editorial gentlemen Of the other papers Of th.
CITY have never been at all backward az this sort Of
sport. LuInsden of The P'e"yuae, some years ago,
did brother editor the kindne of shooting off OF
| lis thumbs Judge Alexander w alker Of TIE Dei1d,
| ard Hugh Kennedy OF The True Delta, fought and
dodged each others bullets when they were younger
tLap they are now and of CAROLS duels was with
Johp Msginniss Of The True DeH0, aud fought with
| double- barreled guns loaded with ball. There have
n,obsbly been several others that DO not recall to
mind and suppose the editors OF the fisneh oePar
hundred little affairs Of this kind with the smaI SWORD
| among them selves and with sundry outsiders ihe
effect Of all this has been 10 exclude from the press 81
this city much Of the val gar personally and b!s X
eusrdi.n which unfortunately characterize Journal. N
in some ether parts OF the country malignant STU
| bier will generally be circumspect when he y
aware that in all probability the future soundhess oil
his body depends upon his use fpruden anu temper
| ste language. ,.t
An Unfortunate affair occurred Sunday last at the
reetiro AZ The Printers Union by which man named
Arthur Msgil was severely and probably fatally
wounded s sudden difficulty sprarg up between nun
and man named W. ii. King, whet the latter III
ficted upon him two very deep staos IN tne DacA De
| ,wsen ~ sbonIiers Ie was taken Ia the hospital,
ard /. Low in very critical condition King wac fore;
man and Nng; as.istan. foreman Of The Crescent, and
| both have families. ~
! few DAYS ago G Young man named BlsscO maze
lespero, as.anlt uuou his III Gle Mr.. Rchsux with
| a /. IN aralU