The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1862-11-04


difference 81 moral ana masflai
ara 8 implied BE- sile contrast
Duei az Charleston.
Tho elisslry 81 tla ssah have
beea maeh engaged r. dglaias ths
freemea of tbe aoth, that theif owe
personal quarrel. have been post
Ponsd. a, ans rate this is The dnt
dusl On She scale AZ honor tl4a, se
have seen recorded for some lime.
1871 ibis j. a 1uel Ia high lle. rbe
parties engaged bear very disdn-
guished names-Col w. Il. Calhoun.
Ia regiment South Carolina artillery,
and Major Alfred Rbca Of lie same
regiment
This duel lad been preceded BY
another IN which Rhell was also one
Of .hc parties The style IN which
TIE whole thing was goi up aud exc
cuied will be seen by the following
account, which Is taken from Rich
mond paper
"rhe late fatal duel 1t Charleston,
S. g., resulting in the death Of Col.
W. r. Calhoun, Of the lst regiment
South Carolina artillery, ut the hands
OF MAJOR Alfred Rheu Of the same
regiment, did not obtain much public
ity through the papers Of that city.
/ a correspondent Of the Mobile Adj
( vertiser, writing from Charleston,
says it is TO be the subject Of legal In
yesiigalion, the first case Of the kind
in the city courts for twenty years.
The letter says
Besides the principals and their
surgeons, ii is said there were six gen
tlemen present at the meeting, three
State Senators, the Speaker Of the
/ House Of Representatives Of North
Carolina, a leading member of the
state convention, and a captain. Two
! Of the Senators also hold commissions
as officers in the army. The arrange
ments Of the meeting were conducted
/ throughout with the incest regard for
tho siinneite Of the code. and J 1--we
/ heard Of several Of those mo were
on the ground who express their be,
/ lief that more fairly fought duel
never occurred. Major Rhett, the
challenged party, waived the drop
shot, which he preferred, and shot the
rise He was dressed in full uni.
form; Colonel Calhoun in citizen;
dress, Both fred almost simulta.
neously, Major Rhett, in an instant
after Colonel Calhoun. The latter
missed and fell with a bali through
the middle Of his body. He survives
only about an hour.
The quarrel which led to this IN
fortunate result is said to have had il
origin as long ago as April, 1861, a
I the time Of the bombardment Of For
Sumter, in what Major Rhett consid
cred repeated official tire passes Of his
inferior officer. These led to the U.S.
on his part Of offensive language
and the repetition since Of these al
legged trespasses, and the offensive
words by which they were met, have
aggravated and complicated the affair
No explanation was asked or given
I The immediate cause Of meeting wa.
a recent duel between Major Rhet
and friend Of Colonel Calhoun. who
though aware Of existing difficulty
had eulogized Colonel Calhoun in the
presence Of Major Rhelt. Therefor,
Major Rhett repeated his former de
nunciaiions Of Colonel Calhoun, which
the friend OF the latter resented as al
insult to himself, and demanded salts
faction. In the first duel Major
Rhett received two fires Of his adj
versary, he himself firing his seeonC
shot in the air. Here the meeting
ended. In both duels Major Rhet
was peremptorily challenged. 1t i
said that in the latter affair il wa
proposed, on the part of the challon
ger, that firing in the air should no
tic allowed"