, 1869-05-12

IL WIS eau0e1 sCEue 1A1n NeL500, DtCotu3
sdmlrer, dying IA the cockpit during the battle,
Or Dayard. to whom he had beeu cou14frd, bleed
.nR on the battlefield. -
The carriage cauae and they bore De casur to 1t.
Bsiuhfidze Kissing his cheek. lie hsd Nresteu
Rainhridee from the dungeons Of the Moora Ball.
b1fdge tn return had measured the ground for him
to stain It with his blood.
Rodgers took Decaturs head upon his shonl'1e7,
The DOCTOR T1ryttt, seated With them aad the car
rage took its painful way back to the city. Ha.u-
hstdSe and HamtIeton 1aEtened TO the navy yar1,
where the ting lay to cary them back to the CO.
.u1nbus, that ship Of dl4corl- II half
rast 10 o'clock Decatur re-e1tered his
elegant mansion. his vile and household
disturbed ut the breakfast fable with the APpAll-
Ing ne1B, and they we're driven to the upper part
Of the house. Around the city the evil news
SPREAD. Friends crowded round tue door and in-
70 the duentstTs dying chamber. lie sgned his
wtI refused to have the bAlI extracted fr0m hts
wound, and spoke adtction2tely OF hts wife. whom
he yet refused to see. Exrruclaiing pains came
to him. After one Of the spasms. be ssll:
"1d!d not believe 1t possible for person TO en-
,1ure 50 much pain u feel"
The town was aroused, and It's doorways End
paycments crowded They stopped the drawing
room At President Nonroea UncomplainlnR, in the
midst Of anguish, to the last, the uncpnquearAble
soul Of the Baya,l Of the Seas yielded itself up
without a groau 1T halr-paat 10 O'Clock In the
night
pEcA1Ca OF HRRox N rHR RIGHT:
Next day the little old National Es-ui5ene-r csme
ont with \ loaded editorial head, ssysng that It
would be " adectattou" TO be silent upon the fact
that the duel had occurred, and that the combat
ants we're mortaliy woupd pdet- In a "Postscrlpt
II related &hl, Deeatur WAS dead, and aided ta the
crude apostrpphe Of thst period: Noun, Calnu-
lin. for one Of Thy brightest sta7 Is set:' Three
days alterW1tu the mail was robbed three miles
trum baltimore, the sr1rer TED to tTee and sho,
dead, and the nail bags picked over In the bashes
near By. All this while Decatur body vas going
from bis residence. close by the White House, 10
"ka.osama,' an estate on hill overlooking
tieosg-towD, and while Barron lay In the city,
whiting in pain and listening to the, funeral
,lruMs- In Congress, John Randolph offered con-
solasort resolutions, but they were ob}e,te to-
The tone Of the Press. commenting on The duel
WAS respectful both tn ihe living and the dcaA
tagon!sE, but As serlty dcaunciatorE Of "ihe
code as our newspapers nox-a-days could
be- have looked over the Newspaper tiles ,
OF that time, and sud that while th. gentle
meu' Of that day were more eautIous than now,
the rest Of society were rude and will Ruua- !
WAY negroes and fighting cocks were advertised.
Abont the larga yital occurrences there WAS awe
struck mention IN the newspapers. The mall
coach seldom left tts tavern OF entered the woods
or the dasRntsS but all hands were dtsenSaged for
expected robbers. II WAS much the same aort OF
tune IN America as the era Of Jonathan Wild And
highwaymen IN England.
Barron suffered dfeadlully for many months, hut
recovered At last, and lived down to the rear 1851,
surviving, think. DecaturB chIidless widow,
who was represented III ISIS to be
alive IN the Geozgeown Catholic College,
"lo I'll health and poverty, nnItng
ln the consolation OF religion alone allesIattou If
her sorfowa, but hopeful ct securing someshiog
from Congress- Barron went u sea again aud
bad charge Of several vessels, but the shadow Of
the duel Lay acspss his ufe- People forgot the
apology for II In the catastrophe Of l. 4 new
generation Of boys rose up who read OF Decaturs
vaor and learned TO fegard Barron as his aasassiu
The poor nsing victim could not explain against
a dead man He asked tor court martial
on Decatufs charge against him, and Was exoner- I
ated With nlggasd complulenta.
Decatur LES buried behind 81. Peters Church
Philadelphia IN venerable aud spaclous grave
varl- Under an eagle. capped monument His
portrait Is IN Georgetown College. Ills name IS
conferred on many towns anu counties OF ,his
country. What he lived for he has obtatne.l-
glory In the eyes Of his countrymen. Barron OBJ
lsined "satisfaction little more. Yet think !
that tho latter WAS throughout the aggrtered .
sptrt and that Decatur never fought no1 assisted
nj duel where the prorocatiou was 50 ungener- |
GUS a. that which he gave R2fron. Decatur was |
Was gallant and popular: Barron Was sick and !
lsg1aced- Decatur hnd The heart OF the uatlou a |
lovely wife, happy home ashore and any ship he |
wanted at sea- All that Barron nad which Decatur |
had not was higher peg IN rank Barron had !
nothing but this poor empty peg. and the suspl-
cious re4det cannot be able to eyade the belief that
Decatur wanted it. The correspondence between !
them embrace about a dozen letters, and
was begun and finished by Dss1on. Deca-
tar'a setters are tanntlng; BAnuus are
pleading. The moral onus OF the duel Is on De-
catur; for, although he WAS the challenged party. !
he tempted the chaIlenge- Barron had not been .
distinguished In duellin3. IKE Decatur. He WIS
near-sighted. lie had people to bewal his loss, |
and Decatur WIS ChildIess. Yet Decatur the bet
ter shot, choosing his own place, distance and ,-
sition died By the !" code he had accepted, and |
Oh 'ttac neld " he had 10 frequently tempted |
HaEron has little posthumous mention ma4le Of
him IN any book Of biography or passing paper.
Persecuted By hts wound to the end Of his life, the
victim Of Misfortune and tho rctor In lottery OF
murder, he demonstrates how hAr1i It Is to be q |
duelfist and live, aud Decatur hoy hard 1t Is to be
lpellist hnd die. GATH