The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-12-02
THIRSTING FOR GORE.
Duel Between Page McCarty md
Rtddleberscr Probable.
'ns"lted by McCarty, Mahone's Man Con-
tents Himself by Saying "You,re An
other The Former Taunts RiddIeberaer
with Gross Cowardicc

Cnucr The above caption the Baltimore
american OF yesterday publishes the fol-
lowing special from this city, dated No.
vemLcr Both:
/ No little excitement has been created in
this city this evening by the publication in
the Evening State, in its Washington cor
reSpondcncC, OF a letter by Captain w.
Page McCarty, which shows that United
states Senator II. II. Riddleberger will
/ have 10 fight duel with CAPTAIN McCarty
or back down from his position OF uphold
er OF the code u the medium OF settling
| differences between gentlemen. The ori-
gin of this trouble is understood TO be as
/ follows:
| Some weeks since Captain McCarty, I'm
| his Washington letter to the state, men
/ toned that Senator Riddcbcrger had been
whipped 10y Captain cambridge, Of VIM
chester, on the occasion Of a public speak
/ ing. \ few days since Shenandoah
weekly, of which Riddlebergcr is under
stood to be the owner and editer, COM
lncnted editorially upon the letters in the
/ State signed on and said they were
written by Captain McCarty. II ayerred
that the statement therein, to the effect that
! cambridge had whipped Riddlebcrger. was
untrue, and proceeded TO allude 20 Captain
McCarty as a man OF duellIng notorietv,
specifying his connection with the Ia
mented McCarty- duel of some
years ago. in which Captain McCar,y was
desperately wounded and his antagonist
killed. The states Washington letter,
published this evening. written by Cap
tain McCTty, says:
RiddlebergeT, in imitation OF his mas
ter. has an organ, in which the alleged
gamecock advcrtscs himself and abuses his
enemies. and he has been lately denying
that Captain cambridge whipped him AT
Winchester. twas not expected that after
being denounced aS pOtrcon and beaten
TO emphasize the cpithct, that Mr.. Riddle
berger could give purely disintorested ac-
count Of the affair. II was natural that
he should be preiudiced, and his moral
and intellectual optic was in aS bad q
condition as his physical eye when he
proceeded in the 'organ to deny
The statements in the newspapers which
represented him by his accepted Syno'
lnvmS. Mr.. Rlddleber9er seems TO be un'
lawarc OF the fact that honorable men d(
mot answer insults by abuse, and thai
he. after having bOasted OF the challenge
he has sent. has merely initiated the slree
bovs. who say You are another Wher
they quarrel over marbles. Ills reference
10 = duel is unfortunate. lOr II recalls III
own brilliant performance IN challenging
gentleman and taking advantage oI an ac
cident 10 run from the satisfaction ne nae
demondcd. and make such ridiculous dis
plav of his yaunted chlVahy that 1907
Acre, was cclip~cd and new oNclnpmr o
hraegaIt and poltroon established I'D th'
ner.on of CAPTAIN Harry Rddlcbcrgcr
/ IL Of Ia Shenandoah
when. hv whiskey and persuasion
he wa. gotten to another field o
0orc hi, behavior excited the pity ol III
adversary. and the statement of his ludi
IRON. bearipg. made by me in the edltOila
Of a Washington paper, pasNeu NItiiou ,,dinI
contradiction or denial. Mr. RlddleDci
, Ger, imitation Of General Malone lack
. two important features which pracllc
I cannot possibly supply. General Mahoh
vros a brave soldier and is man OF braln'
iii. little imitator and cCat-tail attachlnel
= has only the slOuch hat
II chance, that Senator RiddlcDtfSeI
now i'm this city. and the Stdte mas 'hc 10
h lowing significant paragraph al 'he III"
I of it, editorial column: ....
Captain Page McCarty Is NiS'''hs
friend near the city"
II j. surmised that Captain NC hir
e hid near m the city, in order to give Mr., iiC
dlcbcrger every opportunity 10 ee' 'l1., sa'I,ia'
= tion for the deep insult Captain Mc' ar
L Los nlaced upOn him in the lctter, anu
= Ill i looked for. Mr.. RlddlehcrSer,
z ,,cor ago. fought bloOdlcss dutl VII
;, ConoreSsman George ID. Wise, ana llld - -
corted challenge to fight MI. Ia
D;rrnc. editor OF the state, on ihe sail
Inr. Emf owing TO an accident by VINO
T"s tbs cams we're forgotten, the latter duel dl m
/ ,nS not tax take place. Mr.. Riddlcberger deelinin
: lo, ~ want ant, until they could be procured.
|; is is 70 these duels that Captain McCariy y +, r
!; Ter. r. - in his letter. Serious trouble Is al
A. ticinafed