Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1869-06-25
THE LATE DUEL,
Further Particulars OF the Ar,

Public interest was gcuerally a,or..,.
the discovery and prevention oc ~
duel between Messrg Co.. IL.
ana Hughes on Friday last at C,bo'.,rpt'.
Even though full accounts had bao,, y.
as far as could be gathered, and ~ given
that most OF the parties had been o o. Lact
stated, the public seemed not fo Io eSted
fed, and the rumors of the dav '', 80 StuS,
were still In vogue and found ,a ats'iod'
believers. Tho day passed of wiJLo,."t Ie"
new developments, however T1' Tn any
tlnued absence Of the parties MAJ. con-
matter Of reasonable c0nioa,p,a tI,l ~ ~ +,
would certainly meet beyond the T,n:t ,...l
the State. The first information , raa.. OF
from the parties was in tho aunaoro,','cl
several Of those concerned on tho - III
burg train on yesterday at ii Y'ci.cSi
They are Of course rather reiiceut ,oaL%
it matter Of difficulty to get apv va anil ~
account, or one which is stricIy ao .S l,"'
in every respect We give the yoiI 01''
particulars /: N'4"
At CHESTER.
AS Is generally known the rcoi;r,,
arranged for Thursday, but official nf,.
ference on the part OF Mayor CbaLN'.
made delay necessary. We were in nr,."
IN our statement Of Saturday thai ~
Wilt was bound over 10 keen the nrS'.'
His bond was merely for lis apDcar,r,,
On Thursday evening Mr. Wilt !r,f H.
city Tor Petersburg. FindiY~ Cant,:''
Cameron party III rCasiuesa, The ar,..,,o.
mentS were at once made for the m.au..
al Chcster the next morning, tho part.
to IC,aFo l'lchmond and Petersburg ropt.
lively ~ carriage. Ga Friday NJ. viii
repaired to Chester. It WAS not long h,
lore he could sec that lie was noticed. u,a
1t was very evident mat the parties thcg.
were Oh the lock out Tor the duel Urs.
nndinS this out bo went uuuoiiacd H. a..
main road from petcrsbag" 10 Hiramaa!
to intercept the pItioa lie al not ,g,,I
long before no met Nir. Hughes. with Col
Clark&On. y short consultation wac held
and tho latter proceeded to Chester toL..
after the others, leaving M2ssa. VIII, am.
Hughes on the roadside Col. CIuE-a.
was arrested upon his arfiva! mt Che,t.rl,
j Justice Lindsay, who, with the carrr.a.
used rs conveyance ~frrm Richrvau.l
proceeded 50 the spot where Mcssrs. win.
and Hughes we've. Here, after "a sn.u
search, he found them, aid apprnarh..
them with the exclamation, It arrest ,ou.
in the name of the C0mmOnTtaLtlI."
In the meantime the Petersburg gl.t
OF Captain Wiiiar T.. Cameron
and his seconds, Me- rs. Flrncet Lar.fIr
and Asa Rogers, Jr., and General Nah ID.
had gotten near Chester and taken q .n,,.
,nt by county road After reaching
Mr.. loindcXtor'& house, Captain CaLr.uu
and General Mahono got ont of tn ca,
Rage and the other gentlemen went Ton
ward by way of a reconnaissance. The.
lad hardly gotten within SIGHT Of Chester
however. before they were arrested aaI
bound over to keep the peace. WhrI
Captain Cameron camO 10 be looked lor
lie was gone. He had prCvirug.E ..Y.....u.
Willingness to so 10 North Ia!u.ul ,r
7iew OF such interruption rs thi#, ali ,uu
it was ut once uulT.tari laoi
should be made TO- go tnerr
The party, therefore, retained with ar
possible haste to Petersburg.
THE DEPARTURE FROM pEraEsEUEG
On Saturday morning rs uhDut o'cior,
he parties left Petersburg on u SprcaI car
ttached 10 the freight tram un tuc Nor
ok and Petersburg railroad. They mad.
heir way slowly, and Joy / o'ciorit the,
cached Deep Creek crossing, about ST.
niles from Norfolk. Here they found
arrlaGea III waiting, III which they pro
eeded down the banks Of Dismal Swami
anal.
TIL, FIELD.
The spot chosen for the meetinr wa.
ear the tow path of the canal iust beyond
be dividing line between Virginia AMI
orth Carolina. 1t wes an open. dry place
I the swamp, and chosen as the first suii
bic place which the party had approached
PRELIMINARTEg.
The field having been reached, prepare
onS for action were commenced. 10th
rincipals were provided with duelng pIa
us, and each one had his surgeon. Ih,
ositions were selected, aud ten PAGES, thr
istancc marked of. The choice Of Woip
as to be used fell to Mr.. Hughes iii,
lstOls carried by him were the same used
l the Wise and Clements, Wise and Ay-
1T, and Daniel and ElmoSe duels. They
re owned by Mr.. Sutherland, OF this city,
nd are from the celebrated maker COust,
10, OF London. The preliminarics bcius
the pistols We're handed the prin
ipals, the terms OF the duel were explain
d, and al was dcclnlcd ready.
Tile DUEL.
The two men stood opposing each other
laying a GOODNESS remarkable for so Grill
ii moment. The words OF the second
Ould be heard, " Gentlemen. are you
9ady ? Fire - Scarcely mad his lips ut.
red the first word when The report OF
istol drowned the sound of the next j.
as Cameron who tired. Ito has missed
Is Mali, who il e second or two aiterWarda
res his pistol. Cameron wheels half wav
)und and cXclaimS, " am shot, but lam
ere to give gltisfactiop. He walks il
w steps and is laid upon the ground for
He was found TO lave been wounded IN
le left breast, the ball passing about tw0
ches below his heart, and around tn
Ody for several inches. The wound wa.
ot considered serious. Wo have two re-
orts conserving Cameron ball-oue to
le effect that it whizzed by Hughes len
II, another that it passed above his head.
his, however, is immatorial. Again
ere IS some difference of statement - t.
hat followed. Ono report has it that
ughes exclaimed. g am satisfied
Another one which agrees with tho OH
al statement, which we give below, is that
ughes, being asked if he was satisfied,
piled " | demand another lire. The
lysicians having declared Mr.. Cameron
IT able to continue tho dUei another FIRE
as not deemed necessary.
THE RESULT.
After this the seconds dreWup AMI siguei
Q following document, which mas been
uS in Iiau nf aOrrpct inc. lI DiiItI