Dakota City herald. [volume] (Dakota City, Neb.) 1857-1860, 1859-11-05
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most Of the community, the expected duel
between she Hen. David Q. BrOdsrisk, United
States Senator frem Califsrnia. and the Mon.
David 8. Terry, Judge ofths Supreme Court,
took place yesterday morning at a small dell
of ysiisy some ten miles distant from Meresd
Lake In our issue OF yesterday We inform
Cd our readers Of the challenge from Judge
Terry the stIsnl ted tusl, the Interruption By
the police, the examination before Police
Judge Coon, aud the discharge Ofths parties
on the ground tha, no offence had yet been
! committed
We now propose to detail the subsequent
oiroumstanses, The parties went out Of town
Immediately after the decision, and passed
the night in separate localities, each prspar
/ las for the inevitable event OF the morrow.
Mr. Brodsriok was at ths Lake House, and
slept there Meantime, the town had been
greatly excited all through Monday evening,
and at an early hour yesterday morning hund-
reds we're on the qui UiUs, anxious to witness
the rSnoountTs. For duel between United
States Senator and State Supreme Judge
was no ordinary occurrence and independent
Of this fact, ihS larEs number of personal
and party riSnds and sdhcrsnu Of each,
made Il a matter Of universal Importance
Since the days Of the Vigilance Committee,
nothing equaling this in its effect upon all minds
hos tranRpirsd in San Francisco.
The Dgelins Ground.
Vehicles Of all kinds we're chartered to bear
The curious TO the ground. That ground, II
seems, was not generally known ; 80 many
changes had besn made that few If any were
aware Of its location. The instinct, hewsvsr
which draws the vultures to the feast led each
and all to the place This wss In a small val.
let some TIVE hundred yards 10 extent.
arrival Of the Duslisn
At quarter past o'clock Msssrs. BrOds-
rlck and Terry arr we'd on .he ground, in their
respective carriages and attended by their Sc
oonds and physicians These we're the same
as at the previous meeting, viz: Hon. ]. O,
MeEihbin and Mr.. Coulter, formerly Sheriff
of sskiyou county as seconds for Mr.. Brod-
erick, and Calhoun BenhAm and Thomas Hay
So, Esqrs. of this city, seconds for Judge Ter.
ry. Dru Hammond and Aylett we're in at.
tendance as surgeons fer Judge Terry, and
DR. Loshr for Mr.. Frederick
Preparations for The duel.
On descending from their carriages the par
tes seemed to be in the best Of spirits, neither
l a III. -. Al
result The arnOrsr proceeded to load the
weapons which we're slght-inch Belgium pis.
tolls, under the inspSctisn of the respective
seconds. Pending these preliminary opera
tions the spectators we're directed to withdraw
f-om 81. immediate scene OF the duel, which
they did, posting themselves upen the two
kiilockS about four hundred yards distant,
where they an1iously awaited the issue.
Marking out hs Ground-TAe dueL
About half sn hour was Oosupisd in these
arrangements. Ten PAGES we're marked of |
and tested by the seconds, (that being the dis
tanos agreed upOn,) and the principals placed
in their relative positions. Their seconds had
already divestsd ihem OF their outside coats
white collars and other articles viii sh might
present prominent targets upon which to take
aim. The choice Of ground now belonged TO
Mr.. Brsderick, in pursuance to the Arrange
msnts Of Mondays meeting Tho two princi-
nails we're divssted Of their watches and the
coin in their pockets. The coin taken from
Mr.. Brodsriek, his second Mr. MsKibbin,
placed in his own vest pOcket Judge Terry
threw his carslsssly upon the sod The
seconds thSn proceeded TO examine each others
man. nth the view Of Ascertaining whether
sithsr had underneath his clothing any arti1
Gle calculated TO sfOrd protection from bull
let. This is uiusly rather = matter Of form
than otherwise. Mr.. Benham, who eKAmised
Mr.. BrOderiok, felt his breast, abdomen aud
sides With scrapulcus cara. Mr.. McKibbin on
the contrary, but formerly touched the vest
of Judgs Terry with his hand, bowed and
withdrew,
One of the seconds then read aloud the code
dlsYo from a written Msnusoipt which osou-
pied but short time. Mr.. Coulter thou ad-
dressed the two gentlemen, saying in effect
that he wished TO be understood that he should
count cone, two" after the word Fire
sher which he should say "SlOp." No shot
must be fred after that During thts time,
the Two principals maintained their positions,
and listened with much comp osurs to these
details Judge Terry stood with his head
thrown slightly back, looking towards his
Each held his pistoiiu his san d
pointed to the ground. Each was dresse Ia
black clothes, and wore a SlouOhed PalO, Alto
hat. Mr.. BrOdsrISk stood erect, bat With his
head rather down. lie pulled the rim Of his
hat down about hiI eyes, as if to shade them
from the light
Tho nnaitinn ok tha two aera somenaaL az.