, 1860-04-18
THE PRYOR AND POTTER DIFFI-
QUI.TY.
4 Clean Rack Ooxn.--The White
Feather Shown
tNew York Herald yefatoo.1

WAsA1asro1, April II. 1s$o.
Tie a11air Of honor between Pryor, of Virgin
Ia, and Potter, Of Wisconsin, growing out Of d
personal alteration, which took place In tho
House Of Representatives on Wednesday. in
ended as T sal Late .Peseh esep & a;s
al big bullying, has completely backed down
from LIS position, and left Potter master of tho
neld. 1harc received details which may be re-
LED On as entirely correct Mr.. Pryor's irst
note was handed to Iii. Potter By Mr: Hiudman,
u pat tne presence Of Ar. Case, Of Indiana. Alr.
the question pending, left. the usll. Meeting
DIS wife, he requested ner to return home, as be
would dine out. She remarked that she under
STOOD him, and entering the carriage'droFe of.
- took another and proceeded to the room Of
The bon. Ar. Washburn. This was about i
O'Clock on Wednesday AFTERNOON. IL did mt
see bis wife agniu until this afternoon, but did
not leave the district Mr. uindman having tn
icaTe ior Arkansas Oh account 0fsickness in his
family Iessrs. keitt and Niles we're called in nv
r. pryor's advisers. Messrs. Grow, e. c.
Washburn, Isl ael Washbusn, and Hickman and
Senator'S Chandler and Wade we're Mr.. potter's
advis rs. Col. F. ". Lander was agreed on as
Mz. po,ter's friend; Mt. Chisnan a. Mr.
Pryors.
Potter reduced his advisers to Senator Wade
and Hon. C. G. Washbu.n, and then referred
Mr. Chisman to Col Lander. The latter 1nforu-
ed Mr.. Chisman that hs had verbal instructions
to say IL repl5 to Ar: Pryor's note that Mr. Pot
tuition Of Wisconsin visited him with the penal
ties Of the ati-duelling law wherever he might
60, and It was but lair Ir. Pryor SHOULD an
countor The same, according to the Law Of this
District. Nr. Caixuaan: inquired if Ar. Potter
would accept challenge in the District, which
VAS promptly answered in the affirmative, and
the challenge was promptly delivered demand
inv ffeFA A%{S
Mr. B. F. Beals being chosen BY Ar. Lander as
bis associste IN the NATTER visited Mr. Potter to
leara his wishes and receive instructions. Mr.
Potter replied in y ritiug to Col. Lander through
M1. DeAlc, that he did not acknowledge the code,
and considered it barua1pus and inhuman, but
inasmuch as his life was sought end rs the lib
erty Of speccn wss in.lysd,. ha Was willing
airray upon the floor Of tile House, vi hich 9th.
erwise seemed inevitable. His choice Of
weapons would be bos.ie knives, leaving 9TH
er matters to his friends. Mr. Chisman re.
turning for reply to Mr. Pryor's note, receiv-
ed note from Col. Lander, stating that they
would NEE: them with bowie knives Of equal
size and weight aud length Of blade. either IN g
room Or in the open air, all parties to be ex-
c{uded except two seconds o. each side; the
seconds to be armed eeca with one navy revoly.
er; the distance between pri1ripuls four feet,
and the word to be given by tue second winning
it on the top Ut piece Of money, sud the 6:ht
to take place at some time within twelve hours.
The challenge was received at three o'clock yes-
teFdav aftsrnoon, aad the reply was delivered
at e'eht o'clock last night. Afler advising with
Senator Hunter aud other friends of SIR Pryor,
the latter having IN the meantime taken post in
Alexandria, replied that the terms proposed
were iuadmlssable and unusual, and he acknoyl-
edged no such mode Of settling difficulties be-
tween gentlemen, As they were vulgar, baruar-
uI 1eh. 4 fo1f fhn$k f. +
dsr's principal should offer other terms Mr.
Lander rejolced that the instructions from Mr.
Potter had been followed, but that Mr. CHS
man $ letter conveyed reflections upon his rrin-
cipal, who had distinctly announced that le did
not recognize the code, but who had not placed
himself behind the last resort Of the non-duel-
list: 4 siMN!e dctcnse if ifnttacked oo the Streets
and reiterated ,heteEns Of the meeting.
Mr.. Chisma1 cgain replied, tha. inasmucl, as
he had acknowledged d that Mr. Potter would not
defend himself upon tho street, mad their terms
were such as could not be accepted, they
thanked him and Mr. Dea!e for their courtesy
in the aaair, and dropped the correspondence.
Nr: Lander, however, answered that hIs state
ment had been mlsconstrned, and that 3fr, Pct
ter s7o:4td defend hia4sstf eeeryuher<; md fur.
ther, that ina,mucn as the terms proposed had
been stismasized b laibarcus, vulgar, and in
human, thereby rejecting upon himself aud bis
principal, without consulting and without the
Enow:edge OF Mr. Potter, be placed himself ia
Mr. Po.ter's ro.ition, and, hapiag no scrupla in
regard to The code, sooild mtet them on tA.ir oun
terms. This WAS about o'clock this morning,
At 7, reply Was sent to Col. Lauder that NJ,
Pryor had no quarrel with him, and that they
intended no reflection by the terms Of their note,
and therefore declined The otIar Of Col. Lander
Il is said that the. only way Pryor can obtain
aatisfaction noE: is BY street attack, which,
Potter will not shrink from.
Potter made his appearance in the House
about one o'clock, and was greeted in the warm.
est manner BY Northern and Southern meu,
he has suddenly b: come lion by piucking the
plurnss from the Tirginiaa Iiotspur.