Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1859-07-28
BY YESTERDAY EVENINGS MAILS.

III, III
signed by Col. j. l.. Davis. Mr. Wise's see
ond. After the fire, Col. Davis. asked Mr..
Old what proposition he had to make. MIR.
Old replied he had nOne-"that he Withdrew
his principal from the field; Mr.. Wise having
refused to fire ut MIR. Aylett, he could not
ask another fire." After short interval,
Col Davis, without consulting his principal,
asked Mr.. Old if he had understood HIM to
saw that he would not accept another fire Int
we're offered, to which Mr.. Old promptly re-
piled. he "would notion the present occasion.
Mr.. Ola announced, and afterwards repeated
that the affair was ended. Mr.. Aylett APP
preached the gentlemen who had acted rs
seconds, and said he wished Mr.. Wise to be
informed that he ''brlieved the offence offer
ed him by Mr. Wise was the result OF Il mis-
understanding, and wished hy-gone, t" be
by-ynnes." Col. Davis asked II hr wished.
that to be- communicated to Mr. Wise, and
being answered in the affirmative, pro
posed that Mr. Old should deliver the
message. Mr. Old said he preferred that
Col. Davis should do So, but would az
company him. When they arrived at Mr..
Wise's position Mr.. Old, at Col. Davis re-
quest, delivered the message substantially rs
follows: MIR. Aylett believes from the con
duet lust exhibited by Mr. Wise that the Of
fence offered to him by Mr.. Wise was the
result of a misunderstanding on the part "t
Mr.. Wise Mr.. Aylett, therefore, desires by
cones to be by-gones, and amcable relations
to be established" Mr.. Wise immediately,
and without consultation, replied rs follows:
| have lust given sufficient evidence that |
have 10 desire for Mr.. Aylett's blood, nor do
desire now to use any dlsreSlectlul Ian
guage towards Mr. Aylett, or any language
which may wound his feelings, but MIR. Ay-
let's relations towards me, and toward,
another very dear to me. are, in my opinion,
such as to preclude any reconciliation be-
tween Mr. Aylett and myself. lpralrr that
we shall meet hereafter only rs perfect
strangers.
Col Davis then interposed substantially
in the following terms: IL do not understand
my principal AZ declaring perpetual hostility
towards MIR. Aylett | regard his dcclara-
ton as referring only to the present, and not
as shutting the door To the possibility OF IL
future reconciliation,
MIR. Wise replied that he desired his Ian
guage to be understood without modification:
that he considered any explanation Of it rs
unnecessary; that he had not referred to
hostility. present or future: that he desired
70 meet Mr.. Aylett as an entire stranger.
Col. Talialerro expressed the opinion that
he understood Mr.. Wise's language 10 be
sufficiently explicit without modification or
explanation.
Mr.. Old said he understood Mr. Wise de-
sired the parties should stand us they had
met. Mr. Wise replied he did.
The parties then left the ground
Col Davis says
81 ulso take occasion to announce, that pre-
yious to the duel Mr.. Wise placed in my
hands IL specific statement Of the causes OF
the difficulty, to whinh he had already re-
ierred, in general terms, i'll his c"rrespon-
dence with Mr.. Aylett. The privilege III
publishing such specific statement, whenever
he may find such publication desirable, ~
still reserved by MIR. Wise.
also take occasion to explain
lst That ! am informed by Mr.. Wise,
that when the word was given by MIR. Old.
Mr.. Wise distinctly understood IT - the sig
nal Of actual combat; that MIR. Wise p"r.
pusely retained his fire, intending first t" re-
ceive Mr. Ayletts fire and then I" fire INTO
the air; that when Mr.. Old suggested the
probability of miSundel standing. Mr.. Wise
remained silent only because of his unwll-
ingness to disclose, even t" his own friends,
his intention before receiving fire from
Mr.. Aylrtt.
ID. When, after the second giving of the
word. | asked Mr.. Old what propositions he
had to make, Intended only to ascertain
whether Mr.. Aylett demanded further salts
faction"
Mr.. Guild says, 81 was solely responsible for
the termination Of the duel between Mes>rs.
Aylett and Wise. withdrew MIR. Aylctt
from the field without conference with him
or any other person, and AN. OF course, res
ponsible for the honor Of my principal from
the time that addressed my Rrst note t" Mr.
Wise, until announced that the affair was
ended. | sustained Mr.. Aylett's conduct
thereafter. In my Judgment, both parties
acted throughout the affair rs men OF honor
and courage.
withdrew Mr.. Avlett from the field be-
cause could not have seen HIM fire at MIR.
Wise after Mr.. Wise declined to fire, and |
would not have served Mr.. Aylett further,
after knowing that he could not fire ut Mr..
Wise.
Coulu ubt CbliStnt w uIlbN dh'h'i''' WI
dictate the honor of two gentlemen by fair
and chivulruus combat to assume the cliarac-
ter of an implacable ieud. to be ended only
by brutal encounter am informed by
Mr.. Aylett that he did not fire at first ut
Mr. Wise, because. believing Mr. Wise L"
he an expert shot, he had determined 10 re
serve his shot and to fire after getting aim.
Mr. Wise not having leyclcd his weapon
before the word three" he supposed
Mr.. Wise was under the impression ] was
rehearsing, and not giving the word is
an order to fire. Mr. Avlctt not only re-
serves to himself. rs Mr.. Wise does, the right
to publish hereafter all matters which pro-
duced the late unhappy difference between
himself and MIR. WISE but has not the least
objection to its being made public through
any medium of communication which may
be deemed most eligible by his friends or
others
COMMISSIONERS OrTHE REyENUE.-ln some
localities in the State. the duty of Commits
sioner, is very slusgishly performed, and
the returns for this year have not only not
been made in time, hut the provisions Of the
Code as regards visiting every house have not
been compiled with, and the returns made
are from the records last year.
This is rathera lux way Of doing business,
an3 suhiarts the nartips guilty. thereof 10 heavy