Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1859-10-15
BrOderick and Terry Duel.
CINCINNATI, Oct. 10.

Broderick and Terry Duel.
CINCINNATI, Oct. 10.
The San Francisco Times of the 18th ult.,
says: In accordance with the anticipations
of most of the community, the expected duel
between Hon. d. G. BrOderick, U. S. Senator
from California, and Hon. David s. Terry,
Judge of the Supreme Court, took place yes
terday evening, at small dell or valley, some
ten miles distant from MERGED Lake The
parties went out Of town the night previous,
and passed the night in separate localities.-.
At a quarter past six o'clock, Broderick and
Terry arrived on the ground in their respec-
tive carriages and attended by seconds and
physicians. Hon. g. McKlbbon and Mr.. Coul.
ter as seconds for Mr.. Broderick, and Calhoun
Benham and Thomas Hays, Esqrs, seconds
for Judge Terry.
On descending from their carriages, both
parties appeared to be in the best Of spirits
neither seemed at all anxious or nervous as
to the result. About half an hour was &C.
cupied in the arrangements, ten PAGES were
marked of and tested by the seconds, and
the principals then were placed in their
relative positions. The seconds had al.
ready Invested themselves of their outside
coats, white collars and other articles which
might present prominent object upon which
to take aim. The principles were Invested of
their watches and the coin in their pockets
The coin taken from Broderick by his second,
McKibbon, was placed in his own vest pock-
ct; Terry threw his carelessly upon the
ground.
One of the seconds then read aloud the
Code Duello from "a written manuscript,
which occupied but short time. Mr.. Cotton
then addressed the two gentlemen, saying in
effect that he wished it to be plainly under
stood that he should count one, two, after the
word fire after which he should say stop
no shot must be fired after that.
During this time the two principals main
| tanned their positions and listened with CON-
posure to these details. Judge Terry stood
with his head thrown slightly back, looking
toward his antagonist Each held his pistol
in his hand, pointed at the ground and each
was dressed in black clothes, and wore
Palo Alto hat. Mr.. Broderick stood erect,
but his head rather down; he pulled the rim
OF his hat down about his eyes to shut them
from the light.
The positions of the two were somewhat
different Judge Terry maintained that of
practical duelist, presenting only the side of
his person to his antagonist and keeping his
left hand and shoulder well behind him. Mr..
Broderick, on the contrary, though at first as
Stunning position somewhat similar to that of
the other, seemed to prefer more careless
and less constrained one, and gradually pre-
sented more of his body to the fire of his op-
ponent His pistol he held in his hand rather
awkwardly, and seeming to feel this himself,
he once or twice turned the wrist of his pis-
nj arr,,f O no iuhf 1nft
| though endeavoring to comply with some pre-.
scribed directions previously given him.
He took one look at his antagonist, and ran
his own position, as if drawing a bee line be-
tween them; from that time he did not raise
his eyes until the word was given to fire; once
his right foot got a fraction beyond the line,
when MIR. Mckibbon stepped forward and re-
placed it. The bearing of Judge IT,, though
he assumed more practiced and motlonless
nerved man than was that of Mr.. B.
Mr.. COulton pronounced the words, arc you
ready? Ready, Ready, responded Terry,
and ready was uttered by Broderick. Imme.
diately after tire-one, two, pronounced in
moderately quick time, Mr. B. raised his pis-
| tol, and hat scarcely brought it to an angle
of 45 degrees from its downward position,
and in a Decline towards his opponent, when,
owing to the delicacy of the hair trigger. it
was discharged, the ball entering the ground
about four PAGES from him. Judge Il. fired
few instants later, taking deliberate aim.
There was an interval between the two re-
ports. At that instant Mr.. B. was observed
to clap his left hand to the right side of his
breast, when it was seen that he was wound
cd. He reeled slowly to the left, and before
his seconds could reach him he fell to the
ground, with his right leg doubled under him,
and still grasping his weapon. Judge Z. up
on discharglng his pistol, immediately folded
his arms, holding his pistol still smoking in
his hand, but did not move from his posi-.
ton.
Mr.. BIS seconds Immediately ran to his aid.
and DR.. Locher commenced to staunch the
wound with lint. The bullet had entered lust
forward of the nipple, and had lodged as was
supposed under the left arm.
After the duel, Judge Terry with his friends
left the field, driving rapidly into town, and
started at once from North Beach, where a
bat was waiting, and proceeded to Oakland,
where he took private conveyance to Mar
THESE.
A Geographic dispatch received late last
night from that point, stated that Judge Ter
ry on his arrival at Martinese, found some diff
ficulty in getting ferried across to Benicia.-
From Benicia he took the overland convey
ance to Sacramento.
Mr.. Broderick was taken to the house of
his friend Leonidas Haskell at Black Point,
nearly two miles from the Plaza, and was
seated in bed with his face towards the bay,
and propped up with pillows. Here Drs.
Locher and Romell attended him during the
day and hundreds of his friends hurried out
to learn the worst.
There appeared little likelihood of his re-
covery. He was able to speak during the P.
NJ, but owing to the wounding of his lungs
the articulation was generally indistnct and
unintelligible.
A correspondent of the Cincinnati Times
says -" At fifteen minutes past 8 o'clock
this A. M, David G. Broderick, U. S. Senator,
breathed his last. Gloom and sorrow pervade
the whole community; flags are at half.mast,
stores are closed, ana all the public buildings,
and even private houses, are being dressed in
Grape.
SALE OF STATE RAILROAD BONDS AT Auc-
TIoN.-This morning the sale of Rail Road
Bonds for the benefit of the NJ. and G. V. r.
r., came off at the Court House door. There
were 1S bonds auctioned off, and brought va
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