Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-10-29
OCTOBER 30, 1862.

chastised in so summary a manner: he had
stared and laughed at S" in rude way
for having ordered three bottles of wine to be
placed upon his table. The upshot of all this
was duel, which took place next day at a
place near Vincennes, and in which s.
shot the unfortunate jester. When Sir
Charles s. returned to Valenciennes,
where he commanded the engineers, he found
on his arrival a French officer waiting to
avenge the death of bis relation, who had
only been shot ten days before at Vincennes
They accordingly fought before s. had
time even to shave himself or eat his break
fast, he having only just arrived in his coupe
from Paris. The meeting took place in the
fosse of the fortress, and the first shot from
SIS pistol killed the French officer, who
had actually travelled in the diligence from
Paris for the purpose, as he boasted to his fell
low travellers, of killing an Englishman." A
friend of Captain Gronow's was walking with
beautiful companion in Paris, and was fol-
lowered by half-pay officer of Napoleon's
army, "Colonel D, notorious duelist,
who observed to the people about him that he
was going to bully 'un Anglais.' This man
was exceedingly rude in his remarks, uttered
in loud voice; and after every sort of insult
expressed in words, he had the impudence to
put his arm round the lady's waist. My
friend Indignantly asked the colonel what he
meant, upon which the ruffian spat in my
friends face; but he did not get off with i'm
punity, for my friend, who had a crab-stick in
his hand, caught him blow on the side of the
head which dropped him. The Frenchman
jumped up, and rushed at the Englishman,
but they were separated by the bystanders.
Cards were exchanged, aud a meeting was
arranged to take place the next morning in
the neighborhood of Passy. When my friend,
accompanied by his second, Captain H
OF the 18th, came upon the ground, he found
the colonel boasting of the number Of officers
OF all nations whom he had killed. and saying:
'Pll now complete my list by killing an Eng
lshman-Mon petit tir aura bientot ton conte
car je tire fort bien.' Ny friend quietly said:
'Je ne tire pas NAL non plus and took his
place. The colonel, who seems to have been
a horrible ruffian, after a good deal more
staggering and bravado, placed himself OPP
posite, and on the signal being given, the col
onePs ball went trough my friends whiskers,
whilst his ball pierced his adversary's heart,
who fell dead without a groan. The duel
made much noise in Paris, and the survivor
left Immediately for Chantilly, where he
passed some time. On his return to Paris,
the second of the man who had been killed,
Commander P, insulted and challenged
my friend. A meeting was accordingly
agreed upon, and pistols were again the wea-
pons used. Again my friend won the toss,
and told his second, Captain H, that he
would not kill his antagonist, though he richly
deserved death for wishing to take the life of
a person who had never offended him, but
that he would give him lesson which he
should remember. My friend accordingly
shot his antagonist in the knee; and remem-
Der to have seen him limping about the streets
of Paris twenty years after this event." But
the most curious of all the duels fought during
the allied occupation was one which took
place at Beauvais. "a Captain B, OF
one of our cavalry regiments quartered in that
town, was insulted by French officer
B demanded satisfaction, which was ac-
cepted; but the Frenchman would not fight
with pistols; B would not fight with
swords; so at last it was agreed that they should
fight on horseback with lances. The due
took place in the neighborhood of Beauvais
and crowd assembled to witness it."