Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1883-01-25

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gress Of that day. After waiting a
short time and no one Of them mak-
ing move or seeming to know me, /
asked IL any Of them. could tell me
where ! might find Mr. Huger. One
Of them Immediately let the room
and Mr.. III. soon made his appearance.
He expressed great aarprsas at ssaing
me- statihe that tlls Baltimore morn
ings newspaper had reached them,
and ii was stated that We had been
arrested and had abandoned all ex-
pectation Of our making an appear
ance. =
H0W ssoM MIsLED TEE AUTHonf-
Ill 80 1IKs. ~ ~
When eng ging hack to leave Bal
tlmoras ! c. "a - porter, an Ifish-
man, familiarlg wa as John. =
aside, pretehded . lie very confiden-
tiai, AID Informed him that we were
going to Delaware to 6ght duel, re-
qnssting him to secure me a good
hack with . trusty driver, and on no
account to let anyone know We had
gone 70 Delaware. This he faithfully
promised. / knew "John' to be q
most worthy and honest man, but
doubted his ability to keep such q
secret. and Thought thus to put the
authorities on the wrong scent ia case
ne should prove 10 be Ieaky. This
little rnse proved Of good effect
JOAN a. Isexpected. had betrayed
my pretended confidence, and the au-
thorlties were pnt On the wrong trail,
and every road leading into Della
ware was guarded, and so positive
were they Of our capture that the
newspapers announced our actual ar
rest.
Leaving the servant at the tavern,
Mr.. Huger got into the buggy with
me and We proceeded 10 select the
ground. He had before my arrival
found very suitable place, about q
quarter Of mile from the tavern,
and concealed from the road by an
intervening ridge. which fully met
my views. The distance-ten PAGES
was measured and the pegs driven.
We tossed for the word, which Mr..
Huger won, leaving me the choice Of
position.
Mr.. Huger's attention was now
called to the terms of the meeting,
and particularly to the article which
prescribed. "that if either principal
raised or lowered his pistol before the
word fret or should FIRE after the
word hatf the second of his adver-
sary might shoot him down" And
e expressed the hope thxs ne nao
thoroughly Impressed upon his prin-
clpal the importance Of carefully OBJ
serving this requirement. He assnr-
ed me that he had. We then returned
20 the tavern, where Mr.. Huger alight-
ed / took mp the servant, and had
started to meet and bring my princi-
pal and party to the field, when Mr..
II. came running towards and hail
ing me. He informed me that u Q
house was in the possession of the DO
lice, and expressed his fears that no
meeting could take place. replied,
If any arrests. were made the whole
oiIam must rest on his side, that we
hadnot been within miles of the place
and had communicated with no one
bat the two gent tlemen at whose house
we had stopped Mr.. Hanson and Col.
Capron, both OF whom were accom-
panYing us to the field. That eyery
effort to bring alb )ut an amicable ad-
Justment having failed, it was imper-
ative on Mr., Clingman to demand a
meeting. If arrested we would give
bond to keep the peace in the Saete
of Maryland, and then require a h
ing in scme other state. That \ her
no circumstances must his party re-
turn to the District of Columbia, as
there they would be held to keep the
peace in the whole of the United
States. He expressed himself as be-
ing much chagrined. and said that he
would personally be very much in
convenienced If such a course had to
be pursued, and requested that 1
would take my party to the ground
and he and his party would endeavor
to avoid the officers Of the law.
Leaving Mr.. Huger, proceeded to
meet Mr.. Chngman, and had driven
but a short distance when / met him
and his party somewhat ahead of
time; explaining to them what had
occurred and stating that thought
no fight would take place, they were
led to the ground.
THE TROUBLESOME PoLIcK
After we had chosen the position
Mr.. Clingman would occupy, and re-
mained chatting short time, a hack
drove up containing only one gentle
man, who asked for Mr.. C.'s second.
/ approached, and he introduced him
self as Mr.. Burt, of South Carolina.
He stated Mr.. Yancey and his second
had succeeded in evadinq the police.
aud would soon make their appear
ance by ciEcuitous way. and pro-
posed that If any interference took
place we shonld seize and tie the
magistrate, offering himself to lend a
hand. Being quite a young man at
the time. / would then have esteemed
i little more thahsa good practical
joke to have engaged IN such a pro-
Fceeding, headed By the law.makers
Of the nation, and at once gave a
ready consent to the proposition; but
when it was communicated to the
other friends Of Mr. Clinpman. Mr.
c .usifI objected. stating that he was
Representative of MARYLAND in Con-