Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-06-27
Bladensbure as n DneIinE Ground The
Affairs OF Honor There Enumerated.

A correspondent Of the Cleveland Plain
Dealer writes in late letter from Bladens-
burg, Nd; -.
This place, so noted for its polite and re-
fined murders, is about FIVE miles from the
city, fresh and handsome, in full livery Of
green, adorned with flowers, and should
blush in its beauty for the scenes it has witt
messed. Here, in beautiful little grass-plat
surrounded by trees, forms, made after the
image of God come to insult nature and defy
Heaven. In 1914 Edward Hopins was killed
here in duel. This seems TO have been the
first of these fashionable murders on this
duelling ground.
In 1919, A, T. Mason, United States SEN
ator from Virginia, fought with his sisters
husband, John McCarty, here. McCarty was
averse to fighting and thought there was no
necessity for IT, but Mason would fight
McCarty named muskets loaded with grape
shot and so near together that they could
hit heads If they fell on their faces. This
was changed by the seconds TO loading with
bullets and taking twelve feet as the distance.
Mason was killed instantly, and McCarty,
who had his collar bone broken, still lives
with Mason's sister, in Georgetown. His
hair turned white so soon after the fight as TO
cause much comment. He has since been
solicited to act as a second in duel, but re-
fused, in accordance with a pledge made to
his wife soon after killing her brother.
In 1920, Commodore Decator was killed in
a duel here by Commodore Barron. Al the
first fire both fell forward and lay with their
heads within ten feet of each other, and as
each supposed himself mortally wounded,
each fully and freely forgave the other still
lying on the ground. Decator expired i'm
mediately, but Barron eventually recovered.
In 1921, two stranges named Lega and Sega,
appeared here, fought, and Sega was in
stantly killed. The neighbors only learned
this much of their names from the marks on
their gloves left on the ground. Lega was
not hurt .... ...I.... 80, ~
In 1922, Midshpman Locke was killed
here in duel with a Clerk of the Treasury
Department named Gibson. The latter was
not hurt. In 1926, Henry Clay fought his
second duel with John Randolph, Just
across the Potomac, as Randolph preferred
to die, if at all, on Virginia soil, received
Clay's shot and then fired his pistol in the
air. This was in accordance with a declara-
ton made TO Mr. Benton, who spoke to Ran
dolph of a call the evening before on Mrs
Clay, and alluded to the quiet sleep of her
child and the repose of the mother. Ran
dolph quickly replied, Il shall do nothing to
disturb the sleep of the child or the repose
of the mother" Gen. Jessup, whose funeral
attended last week. was Olay's second.
When Randolph fired he remarked, 81 do
not shoot at you Mr.. Clay" and extending
his hand advanced toward Clay, who rushed
to meet him. Randolph showed Clay where
his ball struck his coat and said facetiously:
"Mr. Clay you owe me coat" Clay replied,
THANK God the debt is no greater" They
were friends ever after. In 1882, Martin was
killed here by Carr. Their first names are
not remembered. They were from the South.
In 1888, Mr.. Key, son of Frank Key, and
brother of Barton Kew of Sickles notorietv