The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1868-11-21
Mis- ell a N e. o v s.
THE LODE or HONOR.


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In ln,Ain. over 'l.auham Dictionary u: Con.
.rrss st,ick with llin "amhcrs OF ducls
10 which micmhc;s had h,ru engaged, In the first
hil' uf this c,aiury Asa toll enumeration %;
all would occup, too much space, We make an
abstract ~ a ivN Oi iht most noted, With some
others "i interest
.a7 Geo. Thatcher, a Representative from
Mn-n,hgsc,ts received IL challenge from, Blouni
~ Fem, Tot II verbal criticism on resolution
offered hy T. Thatcher fr,eiyci the challenge
whit. ia ted. aud treated il With conicmpiuous
filcnlc, promising Ia write To his wife in Massa-
chusclis tor her views on the subject his more
formal nu,we: afforded great amusement at the
expense ui his chvalrous adversary. Mr. BOunt
wa, .uon aitc. expelled from Congress foI irea
son4hir correspondence with the Spanis'i Cover
nor .: New ORLEANS. Thatcher was for many
years after Judge o. the Supreme Cour, Of his
State
lsoa De Wit Clinton, L. ; Scra'or from
New i.sA fought with John SNariwout--ihe
latter 10 Nns ,houghi pushed on by Barr. Il
Nas the i,.Yit ui a political di.puic. Ga tue
sroAni. r!.atoH (refrfring to Bair.l said. "hc
Wished lee .ai tie principal there They ex-
ciiau..ri i've ,huis. Clinton fourth shot struck
Swattwuui H.. i've inches below the knee.
whi.c cub,rgsa;ion Was going on with reference
/" an adjnsimcrt of lh" difficulty, the surgeon o.
SNitiwoui kucli down and extracted the ball
from ih upI.u' ,lc side OF his l,g--Mr. :. stand
ins rptt ~ ilie ;!;ac. ~ the huh shot Lc was
hi; a.. ,iu Lrar the same place, when Clinton re-
fused e., iiic again aud both parties let the field
lsUI IT,, ,auuus duel h,;wcca burr aud
Hamilton took place 10 July the details of which,
aud the n',asr cSci'-mtn, il occasiOncd, are too
well known ,u Tcqlirr repeating.
lSOs llcurry Ci,t fought With old Humphrey
Marshall (uu' the modern lawyer ~ that maine.
h.. tfs.tflr
changed two %, three shots and both wcreslighily
wounded.
1872 The w,l Remembered dGcl between Me-
butii-. tor many years niembt. uf Congress
irom Souih Carolina. nal Col CImning took
l.acr tht- year. The former received severe
wound ia the bach " nirl amci him badly Tor
liir. FAe iapcts OF tie DAP were filled with
squib. aud riliculr ia regard To the duel, and
McDHfiie wound, though il proved 40 joke TO
him. caus.ng sort " gait resembling the
.psins s-hali ~ al old mare. from which he suffer-
"a Until hi, death, in lsji
ises. Nance was killed by :. =. Carson. They
were 10th m-Hhcrs Of Congress ffom North
Carolina. Vance Was one " the two members
Nho waited :or Gcn. Jackson ia ls25.
l5si G,n. Il ,mulus y. Sanders, windy
member d ilv House iIom North Carolina, hay-
IN. hrrn wOTstrl IN discussion with J. &.
Wright Of Ohio sent him a challenge, that was
declined D., Wright, who said, tb,ing near sight
81. u 70 ;. had not known that he could not
disiin.'.i.h him iIum au old sheep at ten PAGES
di.iancr he wouli never had dared TO challenge
him A. thc challenged party ". hadiho right
10 tx The distance ~ h'ar as his defective vision
might require I'D
There Werc stirring tiu,rs ia Congress during
the whole time 81 the administration Of John q
adams VI which jude Wright was one OF the
ablesi sprport,Fs IT, aud Tristan Burges Of
Rhode Island Wefr the only members who never
L. II I.1.a
Randolph. tnd somstinrs the war vas carried
into the tnet.i,s country. Judge Wright after
wards assumed the editorial rlair % the Cincin.
natl Gg.,H, 10 lSi0
In June, isgs jesse \. IiyTum, Of North
Carolinr aui Daniel Jchii,r, Of Maryland, bad
a meeiins near lialensharg. HyTum vas ia
nous dne.ia aud hratado, aud MAS considered q
dead shot. However by nefvousness or though
.ou- oll.f rtusr. the parties fired sk times with
out hitting each other. Ahsf they bad exchang-
"a thf,. o. four shots. Nc. J.. negro hackman
spoke a. his surgeon. Say, Massa, when wil
ihn.r srn'lrmen bcsiu for 10 fight - "why,
don sou see replied the surgeon, ''ihsy have
already hfri Tour times oh, answered the
darkcy - thought dry was only practising"
Ai the sixth ire, Byrsm pistol Vas accidentally
discharged before the word, aud the ssconds wefe
determined that the nonsensc should stop there
A reconciliation was efr'l ted AID al parties,
pfinciplis srcunds aud safg,ohs took breakfast
together, a. the mansion " a Mr. Andfewa, on
Hhosc sfouaa- iicy were hghilng aud who was
a spectator and invited them in liailie Peyton
loaned he durlius pistols for The occasion, boast
ing of the uniuliug accuracy With which they
threw iheir balls. Tom Curwin, aud others so0n
made great fgn Ia Congress about Psyiuns PTS.
tolls ana the blo0ilcss duil
1896. Geo. e. liramgoolc = member " Con.
gress irVm Nirginia, kilrd Mr. DuggeF, o. the
same State.
1898. Jonathan Cilley. y member of the Ilouse
from Maine aud brave and honorable man,
was, on the 2lih ui February, Killed By ". J.
Graves, another mrmhef irom ksniucky. Mr.
e. had made some disparaging remarks about
James Watson Webb ~ editor of the New YORK
C,ar,sr aai EsYsirer, Ia regard 10 the q. n
BANK. Graves hs Wcbb's friend, became com.
plicaied 10 the affair. and finally challenged Nr.
Cillry hmsrli. They tough, at Bladensburg,
with rifles. nj 20 yards distance. and Mr. Cilley
was killed 1T the third shot. lie beckoned 10
his second 10 come up 10 him, gasIed n anu
shot" aud expired almost Instantly There was
really between the c0mbAtanis not the least un.
kind feeling, and Mr.. Graves died few years
AFTER, Il was said, heart. broken with remorsc ~
his conneciion with the affair The deed cansrd
great excitement. Mr.. Webb is now the American
Minister io Brazil.
1851. ". Bruligny, formerly U. >. Senator
from Louisiana, was challenged by a Mr. Gun.
mings AT New orleans. The newspapers ihrcw
considerable ridicnle on the affair saying Mr..
u. received his adverstFy's shot somewhat Ia the
rear. just below the hip joint
1851. Edw'd SiAntely. from North Carolina,
aud =. W. Inge, nom Alabama. (bsih members
~ Cnngrtss, fo1gh, with pistols near Washing.
ton. After an exchange of sho,s, the affair was
announced As "honorahiy aud amir,bly settled" Z"
1889. Edward Gilbert, formerly mslnber VI
Congress from California, Wns killed BY Gen. I.
W Denver Gilbert, al the time of The duel, Was
editing paper nj San franriseo, aud the AFFAIR
was occasioned by some ariicl,s that appeared In
his editorial columns.
1858. VIM. n. Gwia and J. W. MeCorkle, both
members OF Congress from California, fought
with rifles, at 20 PAGES distance, aud after three
shots Intellectually, retired on the held.
1859. r. n. weghiman a delegate itom New
Mexico, was challenged by v. J. Thomas, Of
Maryland. but refused 10 meet him.
lieverdy johnson, our present Minister 10 Eng
land. lost an eye by tbs rebound Of pistol ball,
while practising At a target. Tie was srlerted as
the second aud expected 10 h. called on ~ such
10 duel In contemplation here, sums twsniy
ave years ago but which never took glaes.