, 1861-10-14
Gbirago Gtihu,te
MONDAY, OCTOBER IL, 1861,
MODERN DUELS AND DUELIsT5,

M0BERN DUELS AND DUELISTS.
We may take prido III the fact that, though
hot beaded fools have on a few occasions SET
tied their quarrels by the duel in thig country =.
public sentiment In America IL very strongly
aga!nst the duelhe It Ia different IN ~ms1y
paIta of Europe, md especially In France.
Dneling' 60 Ttfe in France in the middle
mund u. and. Canute had set their subjects
the example. The judicial combat is said to
have been upheld ID this country longer than
any other. Nothing eould exceed the feroclty
ex@bited at the tucouRter Of William Count
Of Eu and Of Godessey Baynard, in 1898, in
celtate6 IN Judicial combat By Robert Of
Montlort, in 1l63, withdrew to the monastery
q Reading: In Judicial combat held At
Dublin in 1858, ene OF the combatarts, McGill
Patrick, cut his opponents (McCormach's}
Lead off, and Lid it at the feet OF the judges.
It vas in win that the Star Chamber fnlmlna-
ted lis decrres against dneIng in the seven,
the Practice Q: @lGost daily occurrence. The
Putitsrs set the example Of disregard Of tha
accepted lava CT honor. Lord Holes nsulted
1ronton to 10 purpose. he even pulled his
noEe, exposing to him TINT his conscience
tton1d k1ow 70 wrong, II, having committed
i. CroHwtks edicis did not prevent the
Duke Of BacElagha n ard Beagfcrt ing In
graTel.pit in Hyde Park.
The QEa:1e!s ii Wa!pole, Pa}teney and b.
linghr1ke paved the way .or those numerous
IT disastrous cue's which had their founda
lien l. political differences.
The Parliamentary debates of ITS 70 1850
Ttre especially violent Mr. Adam challenged
Fox, and wounded him slightly. PITT had to
meet i1errey, End Lord CHstfereagh wounded
Canning.
A peeulia5y melancholy event occurred At
Armagh on the2Sd cf june, 1908. Tae Twenty
first had been revieEed BY General Kerr,
wter, Alter dinner, triding diEcnssiouiarose
between Captains Boyd AMI Camp5ei1 regard
icg come Incident OF the day, which led to-
WerGs. The fTo gentlemen left the mess
rutm, and shortly afterwards the sound Of
pistols WAS Eeatd in an adjacent Apartment
Rs1shirg in Boyd Eas 1ouud in chair mor~
tally wounded. They LAD fought vitnout Wit
nssses, and by tbs ght Of two candles stuck
81 each end Of The reon. Campbell took re-
frge for Some time in Chelsea, b1t he soon
give himself up, aud T7k hung latter in yaiu
begging to b. shot:) at Arm;lgh, in 1909. So
much TOR a foolish, hasty word aitar dinnrr,
and the neglect Of those present to HaId uff
evil coDse9ucnces.
O'Connell haVirg shot D'Esterre, who had
undertaken to ayenge the Dublin municipality.
desigEaFed As "beggarly" BY the great egita-
Tor, ht tcck yo% to ii :: at 20 more; bat Is he
continued to indulge IN personalities Just az
ai:cr tie cases OF Lord .Al7anley and Mr. Dis,
rlc!3, tbt9 Ee1e bound over In heavy penalties
TO keep the peace. Tae Duke Of Wellington
and Sir Rubert Peel may be both said, by their
ac'e, to have lent their eouatenance to the
TTsc.ico Of dae1iEg as capable OF avenging the
itfulte Of political opponent.
Lord Cast,erc5sh's affair ut Wormbo!t
sc1ulbs with If. Gerard de afe1cy, originatiny
in The young noblemsn having written o fool.
i b letter 70 Madame de Me1ey, better known
Is 0iuha Grid, was altogether an absurd and
stupid sdAT, which luckily tcrnl.1astd in q
slight wound Inflicted upon the enamorsd Wis
coGnt
duel, when he fell himself pulled By his pig.
tail. It was his Colonel, who had him r..
moved to q dungeon. No sooner out Of dur-
sIce, howey: 7, taan the future Marshal had biz
fight cut. His antagonist was anaaitre d'arnses
ard Ike most of bis class bully, who kept
tts Wtose garrison IN hot water. Ney cut BIZ
right wrist and disabled him for life When
be had risen to be Z general officer h. was con.
slaeEate enough to grant the nuIsancea pen.
tior.
FINALE DUCL1NG.
In France, before the 1avolu1ioo, ia those
turbulent times when parish municipalities
pfreesslcns, With their banners, and t7=n the
d
The choir Of another, R!chelieu had the m,sfor
tune to scId the WrolE notes, one addressed
10 1hl T., chioDess Of NesIe, the other to tue
Counttss dc Po1iguac. The contretemps en-
Cd The eyes If both ladies, AID meeting il
Tic Boss de Bo1!onge was the result.
'You may fire the first" said the count
eEe, land Go not miss ne, for shall not miss
JGu."
Madame de Nes1e tock aim, and cut twie
eff q tree.
"Aager makes the hand shake,'' added
NsdaEie dc Polignac, with the GOODNESS o1
"A accomplished 0uclist. And taking sight
IL ler Turn, she carried OF the tip OF Madame
&c Nes!e's car. The ma1chioness fall as Il
killed or the spot
4 FATAL PLASTER.
Ar ftice7 Of the Ffvnch Guard having &c
ceived : lisp Oil the face, stuck an immense
p'eee OF plhster, as large as the PUN Of his
i.aad, CT i1e SPOT, ana then challenged ths
ttlceT Eho had fnsultsd him. 4 6aors wall
ct feW minutes duration cost the officer 8
wound which 1aid him txo months in bed
His o1.taguI isr took 3 pair Of scissors from
( h;s Pocket ard quietly cutsa circle trsm Of
tte black patch.
No sooner had the wounded man regalned
MS heath than his ssryant announced d visito1
Tlrh black patch. He h2d to take apoxhc,
walk, and received second wound. Another
circumference Was cut out OF the black patch
! ard the proceeding was renewed till it va:
reduced 10 mere specE+
L have finished With my plaster" aaid tbs
eihcer, on gong ont Tor tue LAST time, :ant
now yoa snail be relieved from further perse
! cution-" And he killed him on the spot. III,
hlack epecE Was, ne suppose, the concentrate
| point Of honor.
| HOW TO STOP pUELEG.
TIE Duke Of Brlssac adopted strange bu
Successful device in putting down dueltr9 ii
hts regiment. He pretended to countenanc
the proceeding, but requested that his officers
before fighting, which they did almost ever!
They asreea to this joy:uily. Next day twt
made Il ejr appearance, The D1ke inquire;
the cansc Of the quarrel. As usual, 1t was
I racze matter Of foolish c31 radict'on stCer
I talnly it Is worth while fighting fo1 such
matter" observed the Dnke. And he CAV.
the two officers were present. "What!" sal,
the Duke; "tee affair had 10 results, then q
EXCUSE me, Colouel," said one, holding III
bis arm in scarf, ~ received q sword wound.
"Pooh e scratch. And qu.e et1on Of etiquette
too! Tou mnst fight it out.'' So The ol
fce1s bad 10 fight sgain, and one Of them II
ceived wound that kept him coutlned tire
weeks to his bed In the interval, s.Yers
others applied for permission to fight, but th
duke would not grlnt it: they must wait, h
Eeid, till the fir1t quarrel Was settled. On
day ke met tie wounded officer taking iret
air, and leaaing On the arm OF feieni
"What ~ he said, ION one foot again? Car
this affair be finished with" The two officer
met again, aud both fell deaa. The duk
1nen summoned before hin those who had tt
quested permission to fight, and he said b
would GRANT them their wish, but it must b
to OILY Two at time, and in each case he va
determined to see the quarrel settled as in tn
instance that had just occurred. The lesao
! Ef4f.Hf Il
quests for permission to fight.
h De Aa1celrs 7as . plou5 NAL Bs:n
t gcfsly {nsu'ted, he applied to Ri:helieu, "a,
ing that some one had spit In his face.
Vt, and wash yourself" simply observe
the indit nant minister. Bat tho matter dl
rot stop there n. De Ms:cellqs was electe
one Of The 1otab1es in l765, and he found ths
no CHE would sit near him, lie had nos tt
courage to remain firm 10 his religious prime
| pies he felt that he must wash of the affco1
in blood, and he challenged one Of his dep
ties only to be slain on the spot,
ABAND OF DUEL1sTs.
| Under the Assemble Rationale battaIio
Of cbasseurs took an oath to consider ever
attack made upon the patriotic members as
personal insult Boyer, On his side, organize
Kind Of guard, who we're designated as tt
'hatalllon des epadassincides." The revolt
| tion de:fied reason ard leealized spadassincid
| 0Nh ~ HVVA 3JluN hbGEl C@kt8 W H4&p Eu8U u
elisls, and combats Of man to man disappeart
In the melee that followed, till the Empi
arose, when all Frenchmen being turned in1
soldiers, the entr'actes Of Wat were filled I
with duels- Officers fought merely to ke<
their lands in, and that in the face Of the IA
that Napoleon held duelists In the create
con tempt. He punished Gen. Destalug #
/ having killed Gen. Reynte1 in duel
| L DUEL IN TIE DARE.
Al the restoration scarcely day passl