Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1873-05-20

From the Richmond Wing.
The Richmond Affair Of Honor
Its Causes and Consequences.


THE FIRST rIG17RE1N TUE erRy,x-
AxEp1GR.v
W. uo;ol g.. ,,,ti;...:, c-u.
from loving swain, Who doubtless has bep;
kicked by his sweetheart:
When Marv's oueenlr form press
In Strauss latest waltz,
would as well her lips caress,
| H''HOUs' 'HoSe FPS Oe i"iSe'
For still with fire love TIPS his dart.
And kindles up anew,
The fame which once consumed my heart,
Hen 'iOs0 lelr iPs were true
of forms So fair of e,;tb co faint.
If truth we're only in her,
Though she'd be then the sweetest saint,
Ia still feel like sinner
What was
r,rr Special occ,s1ov
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.tan 1T :, nn,;;.o,;
- oontrouarsr ba,,odn pane NJ
g, r. v,ho nos oLaraaJ ii
ho;na tLoir onthor III II NJ.
doca; H., who rosa"tod &c., - w. o.,
hoSaIf of ,ba ronna lodr snnroaa ,, ~ -
bo raforraJ 60 - a. , poY,1 ~ "
.HIary" A ha,r,a6ront oorrosrord
encp Cnspad in w6icb il is cid that
cbaIjannn to foI,t = dneI waS con- br
Mr.. SIordar,i r. W. NIcC.rtr h.,
wos declined INV Ia,tar tn e.
com.oJ couS;derohIo ooss;n o. tho
t;mo and Tho nolica ono ni'lht boar,
mo- tLat th.io nantIan,aa rrara"
-; Co. bst,Ia ;a.,;.,.oI
ISIS l''''''0" .
'T3'"uH "e'i'Oi io' '"e -,
Du: 1le. " C. mo- CI ,lieo'Tt Oh '"aS
y O''''"i' 10 T"F'' N,'"ITo HPPeS "''',
Mr. NcC,r,v corfrod =, hone by
neuralgia. The following in regari
to the matter appeared in the WIG
of FEBRUARY Sth:
"Rr-,,oRED Duel Il was rumored
last NIGHT that two prominent and
we'll known gentlemen were prepar-
mo to fioht a dneI. and the police
were ouietly but industrionsl, lnokipr
for both of them till late hour Al
orr latest adyices neither of the par-
tiae had haan fo,uJ"
If was tbouobt nv the opbIic that
the diffcnltv had heep cnmnromis~d
mr. If all events dronnad
At any rate the matter had been
almost forgotten by the public, when
1t was revived again by report that
a few nights Size MeSsrs Mordecai
and NcCarty had met IN the room of
the Richmond Ciab' corner OF InIrd
ana FRANKLIN Streets OF which aSs'c'a
tlon Doth are memOers' ana hao
there.
QUARRELED AFEEsH
oyer Tho old diFarorca tho result he
mo y;ooro,s nocxoga of blows IN
which it is said that SIr McCarty got
the worst of il. Nothing was said of
this by the local press las there had
been nothing published in regard to
the former difficulty for the reason
that publicity would but the more
jpHame the mutual resentment al
anin.oities of the parties, and it was
the wish of all the friends OF both to
settle the matter without a resort to
the last arbitrament. if possible. We
may now state, however, that on this
last occasion. as the
VERSION OF THE STORY
b,ro enc Mr. Nrordacoi cora in
VIC i'1'e JUS WI -lo- - - - aI,h
~ S',I ~ ~ 80 w ~ r,LD
'''u '" me-. 'oui" nj I
men. Mr.. MOrdecai took his seat at
some distance: put cou,u not Ou,
overhear Mr' McCarty' VINO See'i'ea
TO De taking at MN. lie at ie"SIn
strobe up TO Mr.. McCarty' "nen
conversation to this erect enSued
Mr.. Mordecai-Do you mean your
remarks to apply to me, sir?
Mr.. McCarty-I do not know you,
sirr
Mr.. Mordecai-I claim to be a gen
tlemap sir and demand 70 he treated |
rs such.
Mr. McCartv-No doubt A great |
many nersons claim TO he gentlemen
abo are ANYTHING else
At this Mr. Mordecai is said to
have stricken Mr.. McCartv a blow
that felled him to the floor. Mutual |
friends at once interposed and pre-
vented the affray from proceeding
further.
OF course. as we have indicated. |
much of what we have recOunted is