New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-08-31


o. the forks cf tae road for protection sgsh''
ut-uders and direction to To" o'hef P'r''
At O'Clock Jenpiocs aud company we'o
in msr,ial order upon the top OF bill, s"a'tins
the eneuy's spprcach Il is dark, and tue ro.os
along which that eheWy is expected 9anuo' Dc aus
cerred. It's chilly, ard Obadiah shivers' hosy
fingered Aurora slowly rides up from the East but
Wilism is TO. with her. No word OF hin comes
frcm the outpoets Where csn be be roe Coz
onsls chsfe The Enquirer ioqures, not "i'noo'
ivdenaticn il it sunrise that &c has come OUT
for TO see7 Has be lost his sleep FOR nothing
Not ore man shot before breakfast Richmond
.bsn besr of this my dear Governor sh.l
write letter about it
At y, O'Clock tie challenging party, at tho head
Of one Honorable, one colonel, and one Surgeon,
defled bel fore Obadiahs sleepy eyes.
Something flashed in the sun'
II was the breech of pistol.
Then comes the battle attired in magnlhcenly
.stern array" Hogarth should have been present,
or john Leech. Obadiah, 25 years of age peace
liable in appearance according to wtiiln-
formed Contemporary, fronts William, who s nearly
blind, and wears broad, green shade and green
plssses, if we may credit j. BIS Pennsylvania.
10 Difference TO tie blindness and general greenness
of William it had been arranged that the duel should
take place before sunrise; from the same reasons
he had lost his way, and from the same consdeia-
TORS. he was now allowed to turn his back on the
risen shortcomings expressing desire, through
ole of his colonies, to "assume moral po-
"s;tion Of generosity to bis adversary for which
$50 favorable an opportunity offered" Cog
eled William, accordingly, deploys himself,
fronting westward, while lamb like Obadiah
is drawn up, facing the god of day-both
"srmed," as the official account of occur
Fences on the field" perhaps not needesslg,
states Obadiah holds bis pistol up; William holds
his pistol down. The seconds take position ION
" each eide of the line of fire opposite each
other, equi.distant from the principals. BY
what process the line Of fire was ciphered out, aud
whether it was found to be straight or crooked or
psrabols, or, as is more probable, the two ends of
the line being VirgDans, hyPerbola, We aye not
informed: but We commend the discretion OF the
seconds in standing at right angles to it Nor ale
we told what disposition the Hon. and the spare
Col made of Themselves; but it may be presumed
that, knowing the parties, they stood at no great
distance from them The surgeons, being inexpe-
riepced in the virginian duello, ensconced
themselves behind the old zg-zag which
doubtless incloses the field "One,' "two;'
bang bang The cattle in adjoining pas
lures raise their horns the smoke rolls toward
them, the surgeons venture to look over or under
or through the fence. obadiah and William only
are unmovsd. The Col. asks the DR.. whether
further satisfaction is demanded. "Yes," is the
conclusion arrived at, after abundant collOquy.
"One;" bang from Obadish "twO;" bang from
William Adjoining cattle sgain look up; crow
caws; the smoke rolls away; no business to-
day says one surgeon to the other. The sur
eeOn is mistaken. There is no business for him to
do, to be sure; no bones hsye been broken, no
hesh-wouIds inflicted but the serious work Of the
day is yet to begin. The Wise son knows his own
father, has learnt from him how to fight aud hOwt
write and only sheathes the sword to draw the pen.
A proposition from one Of the Colonels to take
Obadiahs place " at the peg" having been rejected,
as tending to disgrace" the great dueist, the tug
of war ensues. Col confers with DR., Hon. CORE
sponds with Col, Obadiah and William suggest.
Finally at the same moment, each signs paper,
which each, on receiving pronounces satisfic-
"tOry."
The controversy which led to these field sports
grew, as was niimated the other day, out Of the
famous DoDnel!y letter of Wise pdrc. All Obadiahs
quarrels grow out of bis love for the dear Gov
error" desrer TO him than himself" as he
sometimes phrases it. The offensive language of
The Enquirer was: Itwoud be difficult to crowd
"a larger quantity of palpabe untruths into the
same limited space" and the term " false allega-
" ton, words which Obadiah had been unable to
explain to the satisfaction of William before the
engagement. But gunpowder having burned their
brains clear, the combatants made terms on the
following basis:
"Mr. Old dictated and signed the following reply
" No did intend inp On the sincerity Of brr. Wise
in bis tApsns,ion believed he entertained the views
stcns On my yeTacty and honor nor satact expls1a
ton. WILLIAM OLD, JR'
AT the same time, Mr. Wise dicta,ed a. signed
40" did such disclaimer and though. such in.
o. JENNINGS WISE"
But il soon appeared that this was, like the Vii.
lafrarca prelminaries, only the proem to further
conferences aud congresses and espondence.
Obadiah, 10 note dated On the field at II o'clock
"a. m."-whether the troops had, meantime
bivouached and tskena social sandwich together,
does not aPpear-n order, cruelty says j. BIS
Pennsylranian, "to save the expense OF another
journey to the field, propounds certain inquiries
touching The Eramintrs course toward Gov. Wise
to William, and demands the name of a certain cor