Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1882-12-05
A Duel Invited.

PATH FIERCE DEMONSTRATIONS or
SENATOR ELECT RlDDLEBER0ER.
Especial Dispatch to the Baltimore SUM-
RICHMOND Va Nov 80. I'm the
issue IF the State this afternoon letter
from Captain Page Mccarthy il pub
lished, in which he savs 80 Riddleher-
ger. In imitation Of his master hss al
organ. in which the alleged gan,ecnck
mics and ne has been lately denying
that Capt Dandrihye whipped him It
was not expected that after being de
nounced as q polrroon and beaten to
emphasize the epithet thai Mr. Riddle
berger could give a purely disinietofed
account of the affair 1t was natural
that he should be pre]udi.ed and his
moral andsintellectnal optic was in as
bad condition as his physi cal eye when
he proceeded In the organ to deny the
statements in the newspapers which
represented him by his accepted syno-
nyme Mr. Riddleberger seems to be
unaware of the fact that honorable men
do not answer insults by abuse, and that
he, after having bOastef of the chaI.
lenges he has sent his enemy. initiated
scbOolbOys, who say, you are another. ,
when they quarrel over marbles. His
reference to q duel ia unfortunate. for it
recalls bis own brilliant per Torrance in
challenging q gentleman and taking ad.
vantage of au accident to Iun from the
satisfaction he had dema nded. and made
such aridiculous distyysy Of his vaunl ed
chivalry that Bob Acres was eciipsed
and new exemplar Of braggart and pol
troon established In the person of Capt.
Harry Riddleberger, the all. &. d game
cock OF the Shenandoah. v hen, by
whiskey and persuasion, he was gotten
to another field 1T gore. his behavior
excited the pity Of his adversary. aud
the statement of bis Iudicr,us bearing,
made by me in the editorial Of Wash.
ington paper, passed without c0ntradic.'
ton or deuial Mr.. Riddleberger's imi-
tation OF Gen. Mahoue lack twO impor-
tant features which practice cannot pns.
sibly supply Gen Malone was brave
soldier and is man Of brains. His lit
tie imitation and cOattail arte chment
has only the SLOUGH hat
Some weeks agn Capt Mccarthy In
his letter to the State from Washington
mentioned that Senator R,ddlesergeF
had been whipped by Captain Dand-
ridge, of Winchester A few.1ays since
q Shenandoah county paper, of which
Riddleberger il understood to be owner
aud editor, cnu,meu'e ed edilOrially upon
the letter in the State. and said it was
written by Captain Mccarthy. IT
avprred that the statement therein, TO
the effect that Dandridye had whipped
RidhIeberger, wa untrue, and proceed
ed to allude to Mccarthy ~ q man Of
dueIling nntorkty. specifying his con
nection with the Mccarthy MOrdecai
duel Lear this city. III 1873. in which
Captain Mccarthy was desperately
wounded and Mersiecsi was killed
Senator Riddleberger ~ in thescitv. and
it Is understood that Mccarthy is vieit-
ing friend near the city c0pcealing
his whereabnuts in order that the man
he has ipsulted MAJ seek redress OF the
fieIdrif he desires 1t Last October Rid
dleberger fought q blondlens duel with
Congressman George D Wise and on
the same day accepted challenge to
fight anutner with Il F Beirne, E q
editor of the State newspaper. The lat
ter affair did not come off because Of an
accident by which caps were unt pro-
cured, and Mr., RiddIeberger. it wa al
legged, declined to wait until they could
be procured.
A telegram from Richmond to the.
Pbilad+lphia Times of Monday of Last
week says: t,..
'MahOne controlled nine-teenths Of
the, election machinery in this State
A II 1T the special collectors of the de-
linqu+nt poll taxes " ere his alpninfees
The Auditor to whom these last off
GERS were required to report, and from
whom they received blank receipts IL
member of the Returning Board and q
Stalwart MahOreite
3 The contest before the Returning
Board will be an exciting one. All OF
the parties interested will be represent
ed nv their attorneys.
when the Virginia cases come up
before Congress some interesting facts
will be brGugh, out and the reop.e Of
the country will be able to judge how
little faith there is to be placed in Sena-
tor Mahone's demand for free ballot
and fair count in Virginia elections"