St. Mary's gazette., 1867-02-28
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Cd white so soan sf-er the fight a. to caus ;.
much comment He has since been sill
cited to &C, as second in duel, bu, rcfus-
e: in accordance with a pledge mat'2 TO
his wife soon after killing her brother.
Seldom nave | seen 50 many uiisS'ate-
mcn's in so short paragraph. and aS JUS
tire to the dead. aud particularly to tho
living, requires that they sholi! 20 cor
rected, hope you will indulge me in the
c,ort o 20 81. Co, Jno u VI Ca sy and his
brother William, sometime previous TO the
fatal duel, were members ot my father s
household, in Loudou county, Virginia,
and as they were great favori,cs with us
all, every thing III reference to their move
ments and personal history was duly no.
ted b, US, and talked over in the family
crclc shall ever remember the vivid i'm
prc>sious maize upon my youthful heart
aud mind, by the facts ami circumstances
connected with that unfortunate affair
Time has on,y served ID render those iu-
pressions stronger and deeper
Col ohn NJ McCarty w.s quite a
young man, and unmarried, when he was
called to the field by Gcnl Mason, aud
therefore, could not have been, at that
time. the husband Of Genl. Mason's sister,
nor WAS he at any future time, for subsc-
oucnt TO the deed, he married a Miss lie
of Alexan,iria. Both he AMI his wife
have long since passed to THAT bourne
whence no traveller returns Tie having
died about fifteen years since in Leesburg.
cannot now be living IN George Town with
Gcnl. Mason's sister as his wife.
He aud Gcnl Mason were blood rela-
tons, bis mother having beou Miss. and
| believe, an aunt Of the Gcul. His broth
er William, (and not himscif) married the
sister cf Genl. Mason, who died many
years ago, and her bertared husband was
married a .ain 10 lady of Richmond,
whose ulailen nam | do not now rccol-
lcct
I suppose there never vas duel fought
il Blalcnsburg, or any where else, about
which there was SO much talk at tue time,
and 50 great a sensation, for both gentle
mcu were we'll KIN -wn, talented, pecullarly
aud closely connected, and vsry popular
with a-wilc circle of friends aal acquain-
tances many of whom lived, and ttili live,
on the soil Of Mary land. There was a
pamphlet published by Col. McCarty soon
after the duel, giving a detailed account
/ of the whole affair, from is lnciPionry TO It's
/ fatal consummation, d copy of which was
sent to nv father, then resident Of Ma
rvland. BY him | am sure there is error
in the statement under review az TO the
distance at whicl. the parties fought. Ny
/ own impression is, that 1t was ten or twelve
PAGES instead of ten feet. That impression
is derived from my recollection OF the
pamphlet alluded to, which was kept for
many y oars by myself, and frequently read
loug after the sa. event.
Those who chronicle events for the in
formation of others should be particularly
cautious in their statement of facts, and
thoroughly informed before submitting
them to the public. speak knowingly
when | say, that this duel with its pain
ful and fatal results, was y source OF great
regret to Col McCarty, an! probably EN-
bijtcred the whole ot his after life. II,
vas genial companion, gentleman o
refined feelings, and keenly sensitive
whenever this melancholy subject was al
ludcd to, either publicly or prlvatel y
He was always popular in the region ii
which he lived, aud enjoyed the confidence
in an eminent cgrcc, of the community
at large Hc frequently represented The
county of Loudon in the Legislature of III
native State, aud died deeply lamcnted 10y
many warm and voted personal friend
His bro.h William was 10 less poPua
than hms:if. He was sent to Florida, whcl
com paratively a young man, as goyerno
of the Territory, and on his return va
elected from the Fairfax district as State
Senator, then a member of the United
States Congress, after which. he retired
from public lifo The last beard of hin
he lived in the city of Richmond, but ma,
now bs in George Town Wherever hi
domicil may DC found, | hazard nothing II
saving, that he is loved and respected by
all who know him.
have thus endeavorcd to set right al
erroneous statement about an event, bu
too painfully interesting to many now liv'
lug, and to do justice to two gentlemen
| the one dead aud the other still living,
sho were my fathers cherished friends
and bosom companions, and who have ex'
tended to NC many acts OF P ;rsonal kind
T. M*****