The mountain Democrat., 1863-10-17

The DRAPER. ElCHEERoTH DUEL-We
find the following account OF the duel be-
tween r. E. Draper and DR.. Eichelroth,
ut Aurora, on the 9th instant, in a letter
to the Sacramento Bee:
At the appointed time both parties
were on the ground with their seconds,
neither principal being a minute behind
time. DR.. EichelrOlh had for his seconds,
first, r. NJ Wilson, SecUnd, b. L. lliIIiarl;
and Draper had first, Win Hicks Graham
and second DIR. Mitchell. There were at
least ONE NNMdred persons present to wit
1neSS the h0nOrable settlement Of ditfi
Guilty between gentlemen, aud among the
visitors were q. W. Bailey. Sheriff uI
Mono county, California, and Mr.. Francis,
Sheriff Of ESIneraIdO county, n. /. Be-
fore the preliminarirs were all arranged
for the conSuu.mation of the tragedy. MIR.
Bailey attempted to arrest the Doctor,
vino resisted, aud claimed that he (B
had no authority; hut Bailey cOntcnIe,i
that he had, nuh still entleavnr To make
the arr, ST, when some outsiders heiped
Eiclmlroth to resist the officer. aud finally
tn"k hwy Away, a"d partially h"mnd him
to prevent further IN, ddiug. Tiny, how
ever, soon released their prisoner, when
lie attempted to arrest Draper, who al>u
Resisted, and the Shel lit called upon the
crowd to assist him. but thev all claimed
to be Ntvadaile>, and not SUBJECT To draft
by Mono county official and Draper :
friends now offering their assistance Tn
his resistance, Mr.. Bailey concluded not
to "t1iclatt any more on that field. But
after u conlab among the parties interest
ed, they decided TO re-croSS the line, and
give to Nevada the honor of having within
its limits the sanguinary field. But here
they met our newly appointed Sheriff, Mr..
Frances, who informed them that should
any further steps he taken to bring on n
battle within his lines, he should be called
upon by law TO arrest the party sending
the challeng", and he should most assn.
rcdly do his duty. This General Order
M. 2 sent hostility Skedaddling back
again over the line, where, after two hours
delay, in an rndravor Of the seconds t.
amicably settle the difficulty. but whose
proposition was rejected by the minci.
pals, VOID WIS given to load the guns,
with ounce balls. Forty PAGES were meas,
ured of, and the principals took their
places, without quiver of fear exhibiting
itself in either. aud at the word Draper
turned quickly and instantly fired. his
hall pa>,lng close to the Doctors head,
without iutln.ting any Injury. while Elch.
clrUth turned more lei>ufrly. and WAS not
in such haste To lire. there being an in.
terval Of probably two seconds between
the shots his shnt also Speeding harm,
lrS>ly on its way. Draper demanded an.
other shot, md while the guns were be-
ing reloaded the contestants quietly seat
rd themselves oh the ground, seemingly
the most unconCrrurd ui the whole com
panv. At the Sccund lire the reports
we're almost simultaneous, llIaprI's beng
inst an instant before the D"tur S-hut
mis- shot WAS wide If its mark, while f..
chelr"th's struck Ills opponcnt in the in.
step Of the right foot. passing through
just below the ankle, >hattriing the brur
terribly making an ugly wound that
may Urce>~itate smpulati"n aud possibly
the loss Of lite. When EicheliuIh saw
hi> aivnsary was hit, he threw his gun
away, ani waited with fold, Il arms until
his : cond informed h'm nf the result uI
his shot, when he wa,kel over To wh,rr
Draper WAS sitting an S',onk hands Niil
him. asked il he WAS ti>iird AMI receive, d
A. affirmative RELY. acknowledge >ali>.
frrti"n ana took lis departure; and thus
ended the dnel to-day, III wnich both par.
ties exhibited untinrhing nerve, and 10,
hit Of white feather. but want IF rhn,
moral courage that al good men ought tt
possess to euabr them to trown d"wr
every attempt a such "A bloody arbi,ra
ment Of pcr>uhal difficulties.