The sun., 1873-05-13
The VIRGINIA Belle who Inspired n Sonnet
The sonnet that Caused Fiabt-And the
Fight that Ended iu ~ Duel.

] the lady had either to give Met 'arthy the cut
1f and m 9 relations c sns were t
| all appearances once more established.
verses u.r. uriniad i'm tbs En1iiiyer and though
considered Iy the editor and nearly every per
IN" "cresie3 81 The ars, rutture Of friendly re-
! lations between Mcssrs. MOrdecai and Mccarthy
| THE FIRST FIGURE IN THE GERMAN"
| Az t,,g,on
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sxeths,, sN 'in' N"o "ouo'e's "As oce" w "'
| when Mary's gucenly form press
| In strauss latest waltz,
sY1d ,hi, ~ wrl, Sa.,. MI i, up m ee.fss' s.ss
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fpr hnn s, tT1rs wIse nre nv aaew now 'ps n' DART
lls nan,s shlch once consumed my near
offorn so fair. of faith 50 raint,
TGgaei .ncl ng ih5n thc sscetcs, sa!at,
III ''''' Zee, ,,wosr T1S a ',ap,' a p'.r,
When those lines aprcaraJ they were die.
I c,,vsnd in thc cirL and Nnrderni inn,,ired who
rScr in 'g and niu adad TINT II ,be intent
& Mas 10 rulcne IN" Epu.S ihu?' i? si,oh wmorh sonne
| Car,hT ,xhr " ,,,, rrcscn, avoyscd Iimse,f tho
| ouix ureycnted hv ,be s,igcestion that a duel
! >xas no rnnre s,tisfnrtor, vnv nf settling tho
dinicnitv Mordecai at once OPENED CORRESPOND
I en|e with MrC.rthv. NM lille tho arrange
gnt wind nf inc aroir and arrested the parties
/ They afterMaIu discharged, there
being no proof that 4 hostile meeting was In
tended Ihen, thru uGh the ihtervchtlnh ui
mutual 'rlsnuS anu Iho eiNihe 81 Inc Nunc SNllaha
ii W, . g. N 80 ,,,s M, hr,ev.r re-
ie'nht ottw.eh wv wv , VIZ ~ ~ "'e''.' =, IL E
sUitu' anu 'nc! "c'o 1'to'""u h"""" " "'
p'tter ehciheS; ,,,y ,,,.s,.s n,,tt
Last Monday night Murdecai and Mccarthy
AGAIN met at the ltehmoud cab rooms. a.
Franklin and Third str'ct~. Mr. Mccarthy wH>
I'm the rcfreshment room talking TO friend
ahohi relative Of his. who Had killrd his man
in a duel. At this luncturr Mordeca came in,
when Mccarthy - -ald 70 nave raised his NGi,c,
rcmarking that hts rtlhti'c hhd taken the flslt
course anu tlh' I"r h's pIl' ~ no vN'r E"t
into dimr9ity again he would 90 me sam, same
way; he would neither oe persuaded nor buil' 4
in;o = mock settlement; Mordscai conceived
that thls lOhEthge WIS lilt'hueu i,"r hlH e"S,
and was rratuii 'us insult. lie therefore
stepped 9p and .a'd
Mr.. Met arhy' do YOU mean what YOU are
saying for me-"
McCalthy lo4hcl al him rather contemp,n"u+ e.
" Hnu u''"''u ""' '''' pray WIZ "' ''@'
Murd,cai rcjoincd "wcll sir .upposc | am
H. this McCarth,' ret.lv was a prolonged - h
indeed!
The word, had scarcely escaped hi, lips when
, Murdecai struck uiu huw IN the face winch
knocked him down Mccarthy sprang up. but
va. a.,aln strlcH by Mordecai, who was - rapid
I'm his blows and 80 vigorous in his attack that
tho former could make but a poor defence and
n S. near II hand used propt exsrti"1,
separate the gentlemen, and they Nere taken
af,rt after a few seconds ncht. This afira, WA
the immediat, cause OF the duel.
,.,.,,,..,,,,,. 90, =, ,,-..-
''"' mann >'h
Mccarthy conceived there was no ap'l"gy II
c1ilanatiun likely tn be given that wouli -atl~'N
HIN. and hc therefore detcrnincd 90 resort o.
the code ~ honor, and sent MordeCai U.remi-
tory challenge. ON FRIDAY morning. ~ " rdecd
was passing along by the Washington monii
u Iahh; wno informed MN ihai. actlng az IA,
itIend "i hr. M.'atthy, ne hhu come, u te'l''t'l
nm nm .Morut.n ~ II .e VI, ,Il'itui ~ ,,.n
the nalure ui ,l'e ihesslSS va 'I'N u%iu'' % 70
Nv M1lu.'m ~ h"hed pr =" u; n"AS'l' hl'
va va anou' ~ " vtnrS' ia'o % a,u % n.aH', ,, a. Iu M
irw noun attet"id ih'' anu "grttu lhdt tn'
duel should take rl1'e AZ o"cloSk IA the 9i,,r
mon n'HI ''iN''" ~''n'''i ~ luit lu,iti ~ - =, ~
vS .nal we Ne%.iS y,'u nd s,l," viii r,,
halls and to he Cred at ~ lance 81 ten pac',
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lal'H ,l''t ne .l',N. ,i,.l."e'V l'S',.'9 ~ '',
atll' :, tnVusn Sus sl,'','nE l a Gar', @ S',''' " ~
,'r WJIr entt'A @ & Ina III aIV & t,,s, ',,y "a Il
n',n @ @IaA'u 1Iu ~ ~ tI I,'l't H., M" uu',i - u
, uhtl th'y hdu lelt lot th' uuelHhs SI"uhu
on TuE FIELD OF BATTLE.
rho ...pa ~ ,b. n,aattp, vas A., sscluded s,,.i
an ,Ts Inc 81 The YorK River Railroad. an,
i about hall a mile from Bakey's Mill Mr. Nor
with his frlends MIR RoyAll and Mr.. ". y. rr.g
, and was met by Mr Mccarthy and his friends
s", & ~ 1871 Si,S ws an Wsprsd'
~, ,, al IL III botnt S,Lwdn f,r,
i",', a'i'v' ma y 'h'i q =, v r"t I,i -
terry, anu IN hnnoW " "9ete ul.e vrteh n,ahes
hruu ,,,,, w. w., r,d rh. sroitnd t,ns Ieyai nm,
9 Nv ,.i ~ o'i",ry ~, hro,r, se1i,a faw sCrnIn
y ,,in,t and thi.k Lu-hes screened the partv fruu
: in,,sery,tinn a. the two principals appro,c
80, ,,,,tI..,,,, ,r,sopt 'r.i-o,t bt
ta.h oliVu ca. H." i'i ~ I k,,,.m v,i,h,,,t
% n"', a,'' 49,, ,r,,.,..,ind ~ InsLs ihs An
hl,'ilelu 'Srh W tI"s " nistIs fsII 20 n,
=, "a ~ fr,.,rd IA 'r,ni ,I., a.,
- -, ~ ~ - ~ ,,vi,' ths AnrJs nf comma IA
H. 'r,,'l--sr. ,,-,.r, 1nsd.d snJ the uriu,inel
80, 80 " '
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Mt-sr~ N"rur' al 9ni " 'IirthN were lnth lhl
h ie''lN cnuI hiu coifc,ru ne!,htr sh3Weu lh
n lv'Ht Hlth "l az, "a ui @ uuh ~, "a "a
q ...h ,ther I'm n,inner thar indicated thelr d,
" termination To make a desperate hght. Ihor
waf absolutely no advanta-e In position, thoug
- the chttC" had fallen 20 MT MCCARTHY. The
h stood un a line running north aud south, an
~ the sun. lust sinking IN the west. tell a-aUt g.
each OF trem.
y The " rds were 10 hc Arc YOU ready
j. Fire -" one. two. " three and the parti0
~ were 'o fire not hcfnr, one. nor alter turcr
'Tur words Are Won re- fy - were slowly ana Il
= tiuctiy uttered IN Alr Tihh, and RESPONSES cam
= prunutly and clearly from. Murlecnl and ".
earthly. 't.ily." lhru.. IS TAT b said, FIRE ca
y two pistols were raised, and steady aim ta.cI
~ Al the wuId two" hoth fred, and -o nearly I,
ID T gether Ia point uf time that 1t seemed as II uil
F one weapon d 10 hcru ci-rharged. A. the sulo !,
70 cloared away both parties were observed ~t'uIt
ia. quietly in place.
' norm wnr Nprn ON ruE SECOND rIgr
~
- ! II being apparent thal ms adt'ltul we Nl
~ hurt Nr Ni'' arr ~ u'W9hH'I "h"thel VI