The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-05-26
Acknowledgment Duel,

| LULA, naive OIL SPAN, ana Carel0S
do Mayer, q Cuban, took place above
CarrClltOn, and resulted in dangerous
wound through the:breastIto the Cuban
principal.
For some days preceding the affair
the Crescent city had been variously
agttated with rumors OF quarrels and
ducls between our Spanish and Cuban
population, growing out of the present
| struggle in the "EVer. Faithful 1sle,"
| and the large torChlight demonstration
about a month ago in favor of Cuban
Independence. Their especial cause OF
complaint was banner borne, or al
| legged to have been borne, in the pro-
| cessiOn, bearing some such motto as
death to Spain" "Death to Spar
| Iarda," and that such cries were raised
as the CubRns marched through the
streets. The demonstration led to some
angry recriminations and lengthy pub
| locations in the journals. and to the
! issue of tho following card:
| To the CW60n Refugees and tO.thOSe 1UhO
SympGthize auth them:
The undersigned, a European Span
lard by birth, and who was brought up
in New Orleans, is DESTROYS of respond
Ing on the field of honor, and in any
way they may indicate, to those who,
in their meetings and professions In
this city, have shouted, "Death to
Spair ,""Death to the Spaniardsw
And whoever might desire to take up
| the matter is requested to address him
self, either personally or through his
friends, hackers or seconds, to the un-
dcrSigned, from six to eight O'Clock In
| the morning, at the corner OF Congress
| and Moreau streets, or in the afternoon
from two O'Clock till dark, at the office
of the cemetery, on Louisa street, Third
district, to obtain whatever satisfaction
he or they might desire, under the pen~
atty, should they fail so TO do, of being
| looked upon as importers, towards and
contemplate boosters.
PEPE LULA.
| Neto Orleans, May 4. 1869.
PeDe Lula or Joseph Lula. whose
name is signed to the above. Is gen.
tleman fifty years of age, who has been
residing in this city for the last twenty
five years, and Is we'll known all
through the Third. For the last ten
years he has enjoyed the reputation of
| a quiet and prosperous citizens, devot
| ing his time to his cemetery. His pre-
| vIOus history was, however, or not so
quiet character. The last of the bull
| fights ever given in this city came off
under his auspices upon the other side
OF the river. AT the time of the Span
ish riots here some years ago, Pope
Lula was Il large sufferer, and had
nearly everything he owned destroyed.
| At one time he taught fencing, and he
| has the reputation OF havin. the strong
est wrist of any man in the profession.
His skill in fencing or with the "~hite
weapons" is, however, no greater than
with firearms. He has been known
to shoot the pipe out of a mans mouth
| d dozen yards off, and has frequently
shot nickels out of the hands of his
| friends. AS duels at that day were
matter OF every day occurrence, 1t need
hardly be stated that LULA bad some
excellent opportunities for showing his
skill. A response TO Llulla's placard,
which was posted abut the streets, and
even upon the door OF one OF the Vice
Presidents of the Cuban Meeting
was received on Thursday. Upon
that day the name of Carlos de
Mayer, who had resided and was
perhaps born in Cuba, was presented TO
! Lula and q verbal acceptance of the
challenge given. LULA thereupon
pointed out the fact that the demand
was not in writing, and named Alfred
| Willz as the gentleman who would
serve az his second. Upon the follow.
| ing day Messrs. D:aZ and AnRuera, as
the seconds of Mayer, made formal
call upon Mr.. Wiiiz and Charles Gull
berts0n, ihe latter selected as the advi-
ser of the f0rmer,) and, after two or
three hours discussion, no agreement
could be arrived at as to the choice of
the weapons, both parties claiming to
| have the right to the choice. Upon the
| following day, with Messrs. Hernandez |
and Fernandez as Interpreters, the wea.
the regular dueling pistol-was agreed
to by Llulla's friends. The latter, how
ever, insisted upon naming the distance
of twenty-f five PAGES, and the princi-
pals to fire at will, as the method OF set
| fling the dispute. This was agreed to,
and the Sunday following was appoint
ed for the meeting, at O'Clock, and the
grounds the Matairle Course.
| Previous to starting, the seconds met
at a gunsmith's on Royal street, to
mould the bullets and to select weap
ons which had never been used by ei-
Their party. This point arranged, the
principals, who had not been far off,
were added to their number, and the
whole party now proceeded to the Ne.
tairie Course.
Arrived there, large. crowd, it ap-
peared, had got wind OF what was to
take place, and had already arrived
upon the ground. The party thereupon
Immediately continued upon the shell
road 10 Carrollton, and between ten and
eleven O'Clock found themselves in an
open field about a mile In the rear OF
| that town. The toss.up was now won,
though the morning was cloudy and
the. matter of but little consequence, by
Diaz, the second OF the Cuban; Lula,
with his coat buttoned up and his hat
pulled we'll over his eyes, was placed
| with his back to the river, and Mayer,
who is complimented by all parties for
his fine appearance and courageous
bearing, at twenty-five PAGES distant.
The terms OF the cartel was thereQpon
explained to the .principals-each TO
advance iii he chose) and to fire at will:
The seconds having further intimated
that the principals would be RESPONSE
BILE to them If either fired before the
command, Dlaz pronounced the words
"are you ready?-fre." For more than
a minute after, neither party made any
movement, but stood with arms raised
watching what the other would do.
AT the expiration OF that time the
Cuban, who had been standing In the
attitude prescribed by the code. made
step forward. AS he did SO, Pope Llul-
las pistol was discharged. Mayer
halted, made an attempt to raise his
pistol, and rolling his eyes like one who
had received mortal wound, fell hea-
Willy backward. The surgeons, Dloot
and Hsva, who had been made 70 re-
main some distance of, were now sum-
moned. The ball, upon examination,
proved to have penetrated the breast
upon the right side, and to have come
a,1t of the hack