Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-09-20
The Anticipated Duel.

The Anticipated Duel.
Runners were .i!o 10 hi,hmord YESTERDAY &,
a duel between Gen. ps:;on Wise a7d L, $
District Attorney l.. l.. LEWIS. Nolhius OFF.
| mite as to positive meeting has yet lr,uspired
The misunderstanding betRceo the parties orr
mated 10 report Of speech BY l.. l.. Lewis;
10 which he vas represented ns havitg DE-.
| nourced the Hon. George D. Wise as "a lisr,
socundrel aud fool, 10 connection With alleged
reflections Of the latter Oh John I. Lewis 10
tho absence OF Congressman Wise, bis brother,
Gen. P.ylon Wise, sought information from
MIR. Lewis as to the oorre otness of the report ut
his speech, and received az acknowledgment
from HIM that ne had been ooireolly reported.
Gen. Wiso lhtroupon published tho letters
which hsd passed between him and Mr.. Lewis,
together Wi.h s,athiog dcnu1 cation of the
latter. 10 tho c>urse Of which no ssil "Tna
public wall observe that have sfhxed to the
name OF L.. H. Lewis the other titles which be-
long to bin, besides the high sounGiog ono ct
U. 3. district attorney, God save the mark i
snd they are those OF fool, blsckeu.rd, liar ADD
coward"
Tic correspondence, which plss.d between
tho parties subsequent to the above has not yet
baen divugcd, bat from the fac. that b)th lett
the clty,lt is to be inferred that they are abscpt
tor the purpose Of hostile meeliog. Warrans
Wero placed 10 the hands of the poIico yesttr-
dsy for their arrest, bu: thew succeeded 10 get
ting OF without being caught.
kilograms were sent 10 every direction 10
watch It WAS supposed they would 20. A rerly
to ono of these from Ws,renton Jurc iJo, on
the Virginia Midland Railroad. stated thu,
Goa Wise got off train at that point at "a
early hour yesterday moraitg and was Their.
met by Geo. VIM. II. Payne. of Warren;oa.
Ooe report stated that meeting had taken
place aud that Gen. Wise was wouedsd. 40
other said they met near Qasntico, on the po-
tomac aud that Gen. WIS, was shot in the
| right thigh and Mr. Lewis 10 the LETT beat
both OF which reports we're uatrus.
Upon seeing the publication of Gen. Wi;e's
10 the Dspalca,i it is stated that Mr.. l.. l. Low.
is Immediately sent challenge to the former
which was accepted. Every effors was made to
discover the whereabouts Of Wise and L,wis,
but Tithou! SUCCESS. 1t is understood that at
a late hour General Wise sucoseled 10
eludlug tho pollca aud dtivi7g ous OF tho cl,y 10
carriage, up the Chesapeake and Ohio Road.
ard taking train 90 TINT road at some WY
station, Ioadc his way towards Wasbiogton.-
Colonel John Il. Pophsm, clerk Of the Uuitre
States District Court, left Oh tho same tr.in fo.
the purpose, it is supposed, OF proceeding to
the objective point Of the bel;gereols and TO-
ing as the second Of Lewis.
MIR. Lewis succeeded 10 Leaving the CITY al an
| early hour 10 the morning. ard boarding tic
o'clock last mail, bound 'oy tho North. ct
| some station above the city. A dispatch stales
| that Gen. Wise arrived OF Warrenton JUNCTION
yesterday morning aud was met By Gen. VIM.
IL. Payne, OF Warrehton. These gentlemen soon
atterWard lett. What vas tho objective point
IS not known. but thorc is az impression tha. is
was BIadensburg. tho famous duelins ground
MIR. LEWIS Is believed to have proceeded IL
| Washington, aud from thence to the p,ac, o..
| moeilog agreed on. All efforts 10 ascertain tina
whereabouts of the duelliss up to a late hour
proved uoavailiDg. Congressman George l.
| Wiso arrived 10 Richmond from the southwest
err rart CT tho State at az early hour ycstcr.
| dsy; Before his presence vas known be pre-
ceoucd with friends by private conveyance IN
th' line OF the Richmond aud Fredericksburg
road' expecting /! is thought, 10 board tho Eve
O'Clock north bound train 90 that road at some
point above the city: Mr. e. A. Boh.uau who
accompanied MIR. Wise, was arrested few
miles above the city and brought back 10 the
city asd paroltd. Mr.. Wise succeeded in elud.
| ing tho police and it is supposed has proceeded
to Washington, but whether to Join bis brother
| OF the plsce of meeting between that gcntlsmup
and Lewis is not known.
| A dispatch from Warrenton says: 1.-THE Of.
fair between Messrs. Wiso and l,gis is mana.
ged With su,h sccreeS that Ultimate friends Of
the parties know nothing of the programme.
One OF the duelists is believed to bo scorolr,;
| near here. A dispa:ci for Wise's arrest t,om
tho chief Of polio, of Richmond vas received
here this afternoon. The mcetir : canuct oeuu;
| before to morrow. Ito day.