The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-06-15
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TITS EOUGEITIN NORTH CAROLINA
CAMERON WOUNDED. THOUGH NOT
SERIOUSLY.
THE r Els ULT
TIE FIELD AND PRELIM1NARiES.
Further Particulars about the Affair
at Chester. Etc.


| the discovery and prevention Of the ar'
RANGED duel between Mc>SrS. Cameron and
! Hughes on Friday last at Chester. Even
! though fun accounts had been given IL tal
a could be gathered, and the fact that most
| of the parties had been arrested stated. the
| public seemed not to he satisfied, and the
rumorS of the day previous were still in
vogue and found not 4 few believers. The
day passed oil without any new develop
mCntS. however. The continued absence OF
the parties made it Il matter of reasonable
conjecture that they would certainly meet
bcvond the limits of the State. The first
information received from the parties was
i'm the appearance Of several of those con
rcrnrd on the Petersburg train on yesterday
1T IL, o'clock. They are Of course rather
rcticcnt. making it matter Of difficulty to
ret any very full account, or one winch l.
strictly accurate in every respect. we give
the following particulars
At CHESTER.
In our SATURDAYS issue we gave Il general
account Of the meeting ut Chester We
have been able To get the additional fact,
below stated:
AZ is generally known. the meeting was
arranged for Thursday, but official inter
ference on the part Of Mayor Chahoon made
delay necessary. We were in error i'll ON
statement Of Saturday that Mr.. Witt was
bound over to keep the peace. His bond
was merely for his appearance. On Thurs
day evening Mr. Witt left the city fpr
Petersburg. Finding Captain Cameron
party in readiness. The arrangements were
at once made for the meeting nj Chester the
next morning, the parties to leave Richmond
and Petersburg respectively in carriages
ON Friday llr. WIZ repaired to Chester
1t was moi long before he could see that hC
was noticed, and il was very evident that the
authorities there were on the lookout for the
duel. Upon finding this out he went unno-
ticed 10 the main road from Petersburg IL
Richmond TO intercept the parties. He did
not wait long before he met Mr. Hughes.
with Colonel Garrison. \ short con>!Ilta-
ton was held, and the latter proceeded t.
Chester to look after the others, leaving
Mc>srS. Wilt and Hughes on the roadside,
Colonel Clarkson was arrested upon hI>
arrival at Chester by Justice Lindsey, who.
with the carriage used ~ aconycyancc from
Richmond, proceeded to the spot where
Me>SrS. Wilt and Hughes were. Here,
after short search. h. found them, and
approached them with the exclamation, -
arrest YOU i'll the name Of the Common
wealth"
In the meantime the Petersburg party,
consisting Of Captain William +. Cameron
and his seconds. McSsr>. Ernest La@ardc and
Asa Rogers. Jr. and General Malone, lI;ttt
! gotten near Chester and taken short cut
hy Il county road. After reaching Il Mt.
poindcXtcr'S house, Captain cameron anu
General Malone got out Of the carriage anu
the other gentlemen went forward Dl way
of a reconnaissance. They had hardly got
fen within si.ht of Chester however, before
they were arrested and bound over 10 keep
the peace. When Captain Cameron came
to be looked for he was gone. lie had pre-
yiOuSv expressed Il willingness 10 20 TO
North Carolina in view Of any such inter-
ruption rs this. and, consequently, IL was ut
once understood that arrangements should
be made 10 20 there. The party. therefore,
returned with all possible haste 10 Peters
burg.
TIE DEPARTURE FROM PETERSBURG.
Here they were strictly watched by the
police, whose vigilance, however, they man
aged to cludc.
On Saturday morning at about 4 O'Clock
the parties left Petersburg on special car
attached to the freight train on the Norfolk
and Petersburg railroad. They made Their
way slowly, and by O'Clock they reached
Deep Creek crossing, about six miles from
Norfolk. Here they found carriages in wait
ing. in which they proceeded down the
banks of Dismal swamp canal.
THE FIELD.
The spot chosen for the mcctin" was near
the tow-path of the canal Just beyond the
dividing line between Virginia and North
Carolina. 1t was an open, dry space III the
swamp, and chosen - the nrst suitable
place which the party had approached.
PRELIMISARiES.
The field having been reached, prepare
tionS for action were commenced. Both
principals were provided with duelling pis
! tolls. and each one had his surgeon. The
| positions were selected. and ten PAGES, The
| distance. marked off. The choice OF wea
ponS to be used fell to Mr.. Hughes. The
| pistols carried by him were the same used
! in the Wise and Clements, Wise and Ay
! lett, and Daniel and Gilmore duelS. They
are owned by Mr.. Sutherland, of this city
and are from the celebrated maker Consta
| Bile, OF London. The preliminaries being
arranged. the pistoiswer handed the princi
pals. the terms Of the duel We're explained
and all was declared ready.
TIE DUEL.
| The two men stood opposing each Other
| with their weapons III hand, each one dis
playing GOODNESS remarkable for so crItica
i moment. The words Of the second coulC
| be heard, " Gentlemen, are YOU ready
| Fire !" Scarcely had his lips uttered tn,
last word when the report OF plSto
| drowned the sound OF the next Ii WA,
| Cameron who fired. He has missed hi,
man, who in second or two aftcrward,
| fires his DistOl Cameron yyhc.ls hale W.,