Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1859-10-11
Last Nights Report,
FROM CALIFORNIA.

SAt'NANNAAiB Ctbs ~
The San Francisco Times Of the 18th saws: In
accordance with the anticipation OF most Of tine
| community, the expected duel between the Hon
| David q. BtOderick U $. Senator from California
and the Hon David $. Terry, Judge Of the Su
premo Court, took place yesterday morning a. a
small dell or valley some ttE miles distant from
| Mercer Lake.
The parties went out of town the night previous
and passed tue night In sepprate localities Alta
| quarter past clock Messrs. BrOderIck aud Ter
~ arrived on the ground in their respective car
| riage5 and attended by their seconds aud pbysi.
clans. Hon. j. c. McKibben aud Mr. Coulter. us
seconds Tor hr. BrOderCk, and Calhoun Benham
| aud Thos Hays, Esqrs, seconds for Judge Terry
| On descending from their carriages the parties
seemed 10 be IN the best OF Spirits neither appear
ing at all anxious or nervous as 10 the result
| About bali an hour was occupied In arrangements
Ten PAGES were marked of and tesed by the
seconds and the principals placed il their relative
| positions. Their seconds had already diycs,ed
them oi their outside coals, white collars, which
| might present prominent targets upon which to
| take aim. The two principals were diyestcd Of
| their watches aud the cOu In their pockets The
coin taken from Mr.. BrOderick his second Mr. Nc
| kibben placed in his own vest pocket. Judge
| Terry threw his carclessiy upon the sol One of
the seconds then read aloud the code luello from
| written manuscript which occupied but II short
| time MIR. Coulter then addressed the two gen
tlemen saying in effect that he wished IL TO bo uu
| derstood that he should count one, two, after the
word fire, after which he should say stop--stop; no
shot must be fired after that. During this time
| the two principals maintained their positions aud
| listened with comp sure TO these details Judge
| Terry stood with his head thrown slightly back
| looking towards his antagonist Each held his
| pistol IN bis hand pointed to the ground
Each was dressed in black clothes and wore
| slouched Pala Alto hat. MIR. Broderck stood erect
but his head rather down. IIo pulled tho rim Of
his hat down about his eyes as If TO shut them
| from the light The positions Of the two were
somewhat different Judge Terry maintained that
OF practical duelis presenting only the edgo Of
his person to his antagonist and Keeping his lett
hand and shoulder we'll behind him. Mr.. Brode-
| rick, on the contrary, though at fret assuming a
position somewhat similar to that Of tho other and
| seemed to prefer more careless and lees CON
strained one, aud presented more Of his body to
the fire Of his opponent Ills pistol no held 10 his
hand rather awkwnfdly, and seeming TO feel this
| himself he once or twice turned tho wrist Of bis
| pistolsarm to the right with his left hand, as
though eudeayor.ng to comply with some pre-
Scribod direction previously given him. He ttok
one good look at his antagonist and ran his eye
rapidly along the ground from him to his own po-
| sitiOn, as II drawing bee line between them
From that time he did not raise his eyos until tho
word was given to FIRE. Once his right foot got n
I action beyond the line, when Mr.. McKlbbon
| stepped forward and replaced it.
Tue bearing Of Judge Terry, though he assum-
| ed a more practced and motioness attitude, was
not one lOt more that Of an iron nerVed man thup
was that Of Mr.. BrodeTick
At a quarter before o'clock Mr.. Coulter pro-
nounced the words-"are you ready2'
"Reody" responded Judge Terry and
"Ready" was uttered by Mr. Brooerck immodi-
| ately after.
Observation-Disclosures pronounced in moderate
| ly quick time.
MIR. Broderick raised his pistol and had scnroe-
ly brought It to no angle of forty Eve degrees
| from lis downward position aud In boo line to-.
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the hair trigger, II was discharged, the ball enter
ing the ground about four pnoes in advance Of him.
Judge Terry hred few instants later, taking
deliberate aim. There was a percoptible interval
In tho two reports. Al that instant Mr. Broderick
observed 10 clap his left hand to the right side
Of bis breast, when It seen that he was wound,
| cd. lie reoled slowly 10 tho left and before his
seconds could reach him he fell to the ground with
hs right leg doubled under him and still g.asping
his weapon.
Judge Terry, upon discharging his pistol,
Immediately folded bis arms, holding tho pis-
| tol sli smoking, in his hand, but not moving
| from his position. The sec. ndi Of Mr.. Brod.
erick Immediately ran to his aid and DR.,
| LOcher commenced 10 s'aunch the wound with
lint. The bullet bad entered just forward OF
| the nipple and had lodged as II was supposed un
der the left arm Previous 10 this Judge Torr}
with his friends LETT the field driving rapidly intO
town and started at once from North Beach where
a boat was in readiness TO take him 10 Oakland,
where he took private conveyance Marines A
| dispatch states that he found some difficulty Ia
| getting ferried across to Bencia, On arriving at
! Beneca ho took over aud conveyance TO Sacramen
| to. Mr.. BrOderick was taken 10 the HOnse Of his
| friend Le0nidas Haskill at Black Point aud seated
| IN bed with his face towards the Bav. prOpped
| up with pillows. Here Dr's LOcher, Sawyer aud
| ROwoll attended on him during the day and hun
dreds Of bis lrends hurried out 70 learn the worst
There appeared little likelihood Of bis recovering
Hs was able 70 speake during the afternoon but
owing 10 tue wonnding of his lungs articulation
was generally indistnct aud uuintclligibe. ATS
Minutes past this morning he breathed bis last
Gloom aud sorrow preyadrs the whole community,
hlgs are half mast Union down, stores are closing
and all the public buildings aud even private
Houses are being dresscd IN Grape.