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Show SOME FAMOUS DUELS. In the early days of the United States duelling was quite common, numerous public man Having met their adversaries on the "field of honor," often with fatal results. The most notable of American duels was that in which Vice-President Aaron Burr killed Alexander Hamilton, first secretary of the treasury, in 1804. During the Revolutionary war nonfatal non-fatal duels were fought between General Gen-eral Charles Lee and Colonel John Laurens, and between Generals Cad-wallader Cad-wallader and Conway. General Lach-lan Lach-lan Mcintosh mortally wounded Button But-ton Gwinett, a signer of the Declaration Dec-laration of Independence, in a duel fought in 1777. Andrew Jackso" fought seveHal , duels before he became president, in one of which, in 1806, he killed Chas. : Dickinson and was himself S2verely I wounded. While editor of a St. Louis newspaper, news-paper, Thomas H.' Benton was involv-' involv-' ed in a number of duels, and killed Charles Lucas in 1817. Benton after-ward after-ward served 30 years in the United States senate. Commodore JIames Barron killed I the distinguished naval officer. Commodore Com-modore Stephen Decatur, in 1S20. Henry Clay, then secretary of state, fought a harmless duel with Senator Randolph of Virginia in 182'?. Congressman Con-gressman W. J. Graves of Kentucky and Jonathan Cilley of Maine fought in 1838. the latter being killed. One of the last fatal duels between high officials was fought in 1859, in which Senator David C. Brod:rick of Cnl'fornia was killed by Judge Terry, of the same state. In 1839 Congress outlawed duelling in the District of Columbia, and it is now a criminal offense in all stat s of the union. I |