Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1859-10-11
IMPORTANT FRoM CALlgoRNll.
SENATOR BRODEkICK KILLED IN THF
WITH JUDGE TERRY-CAUSR OF THE DT-J

TENAlbh bkoDEklIh KILLED IN TIP DTTET.
WITH JUDGE TERRI-CAUSE or THE DUEL. &C
Sc, &c.
ST. Lorrs, Oct 3 ls5e.-Tbe overland mail q the 9th
ult. reached Jefferson CTfy to-day
The duel betw Senator Broderck and Cbi.f tps,ls
the 18th ulL
BrOderick fal. the 6rs, FIRE, having been pierced
through the lungs he fingered ill half past nine O'clock
on the morning Of the IStn when he died
cAuy event
Judge terry escaped unhurt
Daring the political campaign closed b7 the election
on The Ith ut, Senators Gwiu and Broierck bvr,.
ed defiance Al one another, while expressing their
readiness % -ce their private griefs ia a p-iv,tr
.ay, or 30 the manner usual among reptleTep ~
duel was looked for after the election and the
report that they wero 20 fight, therefore, excited
no great a7toni1hmcnt, though the result wa anti
cpaiei with intense interest. Bot instead Of r. duel
between Brodeck and Gnin 10 turned out that the AIR
wa' % be between Frederick and Chief Justice Terry Of
the Supreme Court In the Herald about two month";
since the difficulty that occurred between roderrk and
q h~yer named Pcr'y Zoe which Judge Terry. maine
hgnr'd, w. detailed in , aud the subsequent cOrrg
pondcuce between BrOlerics Perley and Kcven vas al
% gwen in full Broderick, on that occasion ~ the
breakfast table Of the International Hotel loo San Fran
CISCO said that Terry, who delivered speerh AZ the
/ Democratic Convention attacking BrodcrickI did not
treat bin well and that 10 be had bic deserts the yi,i
lhee committee, When they held him NTerryl ur sonrr
would have hung him. lie aso said that uben iu that
Loupc Terry received Dr. active aid and be CTerrys)
conduct was poor return for the services rendered him
when he wanted friends Pcrcy challenged Broderiek
and, AZ j. known, he declined 70 SIGHT on the rround
that Pcrlcy vac inferior. Soon after Frederick an.
uounced from The stump that he would not accent chat
i'nge before The election. bot that bicr was over he
was ready Tor any Of bic cnemes.
On Friday morning. tho 9th ult Broderick vss wait.
Cd on by Mr. Calhoun Benham the friend ~ Terry
who delivered challenge 10 mortal combat u was If
once accepted and 10 H undertood tho condition. agreed
on were, that no persons except tbc principals second
and surgeon, 10 know Of the dmr or place III the
duel Frederick and Terry Immediately afi the city
fact which soon became widely known anI caused ihs
greatest excitement Expectation waa ON fpfoe and ihs
11c topic oi conversation concerning the concfr
plated hght u seems that CORES poudoncc wa opened
WITH view Of settling The difficulty Tho report was
That Broderck ready give satisfaction by st,tpo
hat although be used The ayVuugc complained Of on bf
spur OF c moment and n the heat Of personal debate
such were not The feelings Of bic heart Il IL said th
apology or explanation .adsflctory and meet
Jog was agreed on, 10 take place O'Clock on h,
morning Of the 18th uit the weapons 70 he sixghooters
~ ne appointed time that morning the parties we're or
'n' h'id 10 presence of about two hundred spectator
sul several police ofhcerl The spot selected near IN,
ANe House beyond the Mission and IN San Francsco dt
o urn out satisfactory 70 the seconds either 10 oonse
noe o. the nature Of The ground the presence Of th
ohce oHcers Who expressed their dstsrmusdoa 70 pre-
'p.'es aa'lhAngplscs' Two other places we're sEanin