Delaware State journal and statesman., 1867-05-14
[From the New YsTk Tablet
DANIEL O'CONNELL---HIs DUEL
WITH D'EsTERRE.

member of the Corporation, to the effect
that he considered the words as personal
insult and desired to know had O'Connell
used them. o'Connell replied, that without
admitting or dsclaiming the words, he con-
sidered the conduct of the Corporation to-
wards the Catholics, as emitting it as a body
(while he excepted some individuals of iD
to his unmitigated contempt; he also said
that he would not again notice communi-
cation on the subject. D'Esterre wrote a
second letter which was opened by James
O'Connell and returned unread. Itwasnow
generally expected that a challenge would
be sent by D'Esterre who had been an officer
in the British navy and who was a noted
duelist and a crack shot, but the leading
0rangemen desired that 0'Connell should
be first publicly flogged o'Connell was
justified in applying the word beggarly to
the Dublin Corporation. The night DIES
telre died, his body, house, and furniture
were seized by the sheriff, and he was buried
by candle light, and four days afterwards
one of the Aldermen absconded to avoid ar
rest for forgery.
He might have fancied that the road to
preferment was strewn with the bones of
the people, and stained with their blood
and that his pistol would be guided to his
game by rewards in proportion to the rank
and worth of the sacrifce-indeed, he might
have fancied he could see fortune and honurs,
either from the mangled back of O'Connell
hull I,ala -, I. .se6
ing boasted in the Grand Jury room that he
would either fog or shoot 0'Connell, he
procured heavy horse-whip, and arm and
arm with Mr.. Andrew, who was actually
clerk in the Police Court, he paraded the
streets of Dublin, seeking his victim. So
sure were the leading orangemen of o'Con-
nell's humiliation, that several of them hired
window in cloth merchants in Grafton
street to see him pass after his whipping.
Meantime, the excitement in the city be-
came intense, and numbers rushed to O'Con-
nell's house to protect him. After he left it
on his way to court, the crowd around him
became SO embarrassing that he was obliged
to take refuge in a house in Exchequer street.
Here Judge Day followed him and demand
ed that he should pledge his word of honor
that he would not commit breach of the
peace. O'Connell SAID he would promise
not to be guilty of violence or aggression
against any one, but further than that he re-
fused to go. This satisfied Judge Day, who
was about retiring, when Mr.. Bernard Coyle,
wealthy Catholic merchant of Linen Hall,
accosted KIM. Mr.. Coyle, familiarly known
as "Barney Coyle," had, short time pre-
vious, fought duel with George ogle, NJ.
P. from Dublin. 0gle was canVassing the
city, and Coyle met him on Change and told
him If he had said so-and-so about the Catho.
lies in Parliament, he lied. Great commo-
tion ensued; Ogle's friends gathered around
him, told him that Coyle being only trader,
he was not worthy of notice. 'Is he mer.
chant?" said Ogle. The reply was in the
affirmative. "Does he pay his bills2" "oh
yes; he is RICH" "Then," said ogle, the
must be fought" ut is very extraordinary,
Judge Day." said Coyle, "that rutIian shall
be allowed to parade the streets of Dublin
for two days, to assault a worthy gentleman,
and the father of six children, without any
hindranee or interposition from the magis.
trates. " 81 hope, sir" said the Judge, ''you
are satisfied that the laws are competent to
reach all such offenders" "By my soul,'
replied Coyle, 81 am very well satisfied the
laws can reach us if we transgress, but they
have not reached that fellow for two days
that he has been seeking to effect breach
of the peace"
O'Connell got home without any inter
ruption, and the following morning Sii
Edward Stanley called on him in his Ii
brary, and begged he would give some ex
PLANTATION of the words he had used. This
o'Connell peremptorily refused, or to holt
any communications with Sir Edward, bu
referred him to MAJOR McNamara. At Il
o'clock Sir Edward called on Major Nc
Namara and said he hoped the matter coult
be settled by an explanation If, said Major
McNamara you expect an apology or ex
PLANTATION from Mr.. O'Connell, you will bI
disappointed. He has given no offence t
Mr.. D'Esterre, he has done HIM no injury
therefore must tell you it will be vast
of words and loss of time to speak more OIL
topic which has already and for so long
time, engaged the public attention Then
sir, said Sir Edward, lit is my duty 10 de
liver you message from Mr.. D'Esterre t
Mr.. o'Connell' Very WELL" rejoine
McNamara, st Is my right to appoint
time and place, and fix on this day at
O'Clock for the meeting, and Bishops CouI
in the County Kildare as the place 81
Edward appeared confounded at the promp
itude of the Major; he wished to have th
time 12 o'clock the next day, or the ne1
.. morning early, or even hali-past that day
but except to yield half an hour, Major Nj
Namara was inexorable. All points az
. justed, Major Mcnamara observed that 9
the gentlemen had no personal quarrel, nC
any cause for animosity to each other, b
: supposed the discharge of one pistol eac
would be sufficient. NO, sir, replied s.
Edward, that will not do; If they fiji
= twenty five shots each by G., Mr.. D'Esteri
will never leave the ground until M
9 o'Connell makes an apology 'oh, thei
sir, said Major McNamara, if blood be vol
n object, blood you shall have by c. At
"a O'Clock, precisely, o'Connell and his secor
"a arrived on the ground. 1t was near wht
"a D'Esterre and his appeared. There was
, large crowd of people, and it was subs
a quently ascertalned that troop of hors
n was drawn up about half a mile from Il
= scene, no doubt to protect D'Esterre if {
A Connell should be killed. Sir Edwa
n. Stanley expressed his apprehensionst to Maj
a, Mcnamara that If o'Connell fell, D'Ester
re- might suffer violence, and he thought