Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-12-01
i Dlsl Probable.

\ special dispatch TO the Baltimore liner
'raa from Richmond, last night says: NO
little excitement has been created in this
city this evening BY the publication in tho
State, in lis Washington correspondence, of
Il letter by Captain W. Page Mccarthy,
which shows that United States Senator II.
II. kiGdicherger Yill have to fight duel
with Captain Mccarthy, or bick down from
Ills position oIupholtling Of the code ;,s the
medium Of settling differences between
gentlemen: The origin Of this trouble is
understood to be as follows: Some weeks
since Captain Mccarthy, in his Washington
istter Ia the 'Stdfe, mentioned that Senator
hhi'llchcr;cr had been whipped by Captain
cambridge, Of Winchester, on the occasion
OF Il public speaking. \ few DAYS since 4,
Shenandoah weekly. III which Riddebereer
Is understood TO nc the owner aud editor.
commented clitorially upon the letters in
The State signed M aud said they were
written BY Captain Mccarthy. It ayerred
that The statement therein, to the cif G. that
cambridge had whipped kiddlebcrger, was
un;re, and proceeded to aliude to CAPTAIN
MCCARTHY as man OF dueliug notoricty.
specifying his connection with the lamentcd
Mccarthy. Mordecai duel of some wears ago,
IN which Captain Mccarthy was desperately
wounded and his antagonist killed The
States Washington letter, published. this
evening, written by Captain MCCARTHY,
says: "klddiebergcr, in imitation of his
master, has an organ i'll which the alleged
Samecock advcrtises himself and abuses his
enemies, and he has been lately DENYING
that Captain cambridge whipped him at
" Winchester. II was not expected that after
being denounced as poltroon and beaten,
10 emphasize the epithet, that Mr. Rid.
atenerger could give purely disinter-
ested account Of the affair." It WAS natural
that be should be preiudicel, and his moral
ahd intellectual optic was in as bad Il
condition as his physical eye when
nc proceeded in tho organ to deny the
statements III the newspapers which repre-
scented nm by his accepted synonyms. Alr.
hsou'cperger seems to be unaware of the
lact that honorable men do not answer in
suits by abuse, and that be, after having
hcasted OF the challenges he has sent. ha,
merely initiated the school boys, who SAYS
You are another when they quarrel over
marbles. His reference 10 duel is uptor-
tunatc, for it recalls his own brilliant ncr-
iorinancc in challenging gentleman and
taking advantage Of an accident to run from
the satisfaction he had demanded, and make
such ridiculous display Of his Wanted
chlvairy that Bob Acres was cclipscd aud a
new exemplar Of braGgart aud poltrom es-
tahlshcd in tho person Of Captain Harry
MGdlcberger, the alleged gamecock Of the
Shenandoah. When, by whiskey and per-
suasion, he was gotten to another field Of
gore, his behavior excited the pity of his
adversary, aud the statement of his ludi.
crous bearing. made byme in the editorial
OF a Washington paper, passed without con-
tradIction or denial. Mr. Riddlebcrger's imi
tation of General Malone lacks two impor.
tant features which practice cannot possibly
supply. General Malone was brave sol.
der, and is man of brains. His little imi.
tator and coat-tail attachment has only the
SLOUGH hat
1t chances that Senator Riddlcbcryer is
now in Richmond, and the STATE has the fol-
lowing significant paragraph at the head of
its editorial column
Captain Page Mccarthy is visiting a friend
rear the city
It is surmised That Captain Mccarthy is
hid near the city in order to give Mr.. Kid |
dleberger every opportunity to get satisfac.
ton for the deep insult Captain Mccarthy
has placed upon him in the letter aud a |
duel is looked for. Mr.. Riddleberoer.
year ago, fought a. bioodless duel with Con.
gresham George D. Wise, and had accepted
Il challenge to tight Mr.. 4. F. Bcirne, editor
Of tie .State. on the same day: hu. owing to
~ accident by which the caps were forgot |
zen, the latter duel7lil not take place-Ir.
RidIieberger declining to wait until they
Gould be procured. It is to these duels that
Captain Mccarthy refers in his letter Srri.
JUS trouble is Anticipated,