Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-08-29
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WEEY1-the 1aY long looked for eorresn0n5.n...
oes@een o1, Obadiah Jennings Wise, and william.
olu-eoltors' the ono of the Richmond Eaoui.
,sf me other'of1 the Eranliner, has. come ~
,'st Q u Is drawn up with all the formaitv in
.ortn ana Verbiage frstcfdss treaty sbstyasr
Two nigh contracting" powers, and oeenp,iTas
seven columns Of the Governors fam;lv. naJ,ssr
u is sad that the drawing, accepting and ssion.
ing occupied just 80 hours more than dil.tbo
craving accepting and signing of the peace Of
- sitlia1rancn, betyeen Napoleon and Francis Jo-
ana ana Is Is in that respect, certainly much
more remarkable, than that now much talked
Of trsdty.5J s { E &, 8
zine oloodless;; but still remarkable muss, be-
tween these two chivalrice ebloods.5 grow out of.
Just nothing tall, to tell-the ptan 1nyaFnigbcd
truth, ,,andet taking theinownaccount aseyidence.,
IN proof OF ii we have only to mention the fact
tat it was all Settled upon tie self Same basis
alter two exchanges of shots, that had been re.
FUSED before as unsatisfactory and rs INSULT
clent TO wipe5out the stain that had been east
nPon.a sensitive "sonl of honor.''
1t, the affair, originated from, this remar.;.in.
one OF Wlse's editorial comments on3on Of
0ld's articles
... 1T would be difficult to crowd a larger quan.
tlty Of papabe untruths into the same l;niIed
tion.'' eel = 'alse a11esa-
e In explanation, Wise wrote that
In making this assertion I was careful fore
st5ITlct=Lnyself to statement that the specified
alegatons were untrue, without making anv
charge OF insincerity against their author
rms disclaimer, as'wc said wouldn' t suit Mr..
Old. So they proceeded to Washington Citv
ana from thence across into Maryland. There
the ground was measured off-the prin1cipais
placed IN position-the word given, and crack
went the pistols. Nobody dropped that time
Inc seconos, hereupon. advanced, wanted to
Know Il anybody was hit. Nobody hit The /
next thing they wanted to know whether Old's
now bepolished off without further
expenditure of gunpowder.
Mr.. Old's second replied;as follows:s 49,
Being the challenging and, as he considers.
the Tue aggrieVed party, my principal can make no
prolter OF adjustment; but suspend the cbaI-
lenge tozaloSy the opportunity TO the other party
to omake any, if desred.'' SSs2
To which Wise replied
II not only believe, but am fully convinced
that am the aggrieved party; that the chal3
t6SnnSs sebf fHKe no proposal
for adjustment which have not already made.''
To which Old'S second replied
My principal can only renew his challenge
and demand another fire.
Thea aeupon the principals were posted and
pistoled again. Again the word was given.
Again they fired, and again nobody dropped.
at this juncture-p perhaps VIC should write it
crisis-the princiPal.second-Gf we may be
allowed to use such contradiction in terms)-
of Wise, rcame forward and stirred up a mo-
tncntary complication, which seemed promising
for sensational scene. It was this:
Col. Davis then addressed Mr.. Wise; nosone
else being within hearing, substantially as fol-
lows: "Sir, l now inform you that If another
shot is exchanged, will withdraw from nv
position as second, unless am permitted to
take your position by that peg" Mr.. Wise
final decision, Sir, shall be obliged to dismiss
you at.once from your position as second, and
relysentlrey on Col. Talilfcrro'S assistance"
No lone else having been within hearing"
of this gallant little episode, it was Of course
chronicled by one or the other OF the two he
roes whose high joint chivalry it so graphically
illustrates. But then what's the use of doing
brave deeds and making death-defying propo.
sails Of the sort, when no glory is to come of
them. Glory comes through fame and fame
comes through public disclosures.
Rather than be dismissed" from the service,
Mr.. Davis caved, not without however, having
protested to Wise (no Ione being. within hearing
distance) that she, (Wise) was his friend, and
the son of his friend, meaning the Governor
This conversation was interrupted by the an
nouncenent on the part of Mr. Odds second,
that the challenge was suspended, with the ex.-5
pressed hope, that on conference among the /.
friends of the parties present, some kind of
satisfactory adjustment might be devised.
Now comes the tug Of war, the real, genuine.
critical period that was to decide whether ''hu-
man gore'' was to come5of the affair
we transfer it in full:
TIE CONFERENCE.
Mr.. Seldom suggested as follows:
= MAY not an adjustment be effected on this
basiS:-All controversy as to the import of spe-
ialsphrases and general intent of Mr.. Wise in
his articles being mutually discarded, cannot
Mr.. Wise disclaim all intent in his3articles to
imppgn the veracty and honor of AEr. Old, and