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Show IN THE OLDEN TIME. Wars of Antertrea flucllaw One llan-rtrad llan-rtrad Year Age. The Now York Evening Post of Feb. 1, lltul a century ago contained the following: "Veater.1ay morning an affair of honor hon-or waa aettled at lloebuck, between Mr. Chandler of Philadelphia and Mr. Carlisle of Albany. Three shots were axchsnged, and the latter waa wounded In the thlgn. "A second waa terminated at tha same place, between two gentlemen. Tba particulars of tills are variously vari-ously related. Wo give the following follow-ing aa the moat current, anil we believe be-lieve tho moat correct: A challenge waa given about a fortnight since, and time and place appointed, but no weapons wea-pons agreed upon. When the challenger chal-lenger came to the ground he per-celvod per-celvod hla antagonist (who, It is said, waa a Yankee) there before him. with two muaketa. Thla, the Yunkee informed in-formed him, waa hla mode of UKhtiug, offering him hla choice uf the guna; the other declined the musket, aa not a gentleman'a weapon. The Yankee remonntrnted that it waa placing him on dlaiidvantagrous ternia to una pis-tola, pis-tola, aa he bad never fired one In hla life; but If the meeting could be poat-poned poat-poned for a fortnight, ao that he might practice In the meantime, be waa coo-tent coo-tent to use platola; or hla adversary might take the aania time to practice with the gun, and he would then meet him with thut weapon, Tha Oral offer waa acceded to. and the panics met yeetenlay accordingly. Threo shots on each side were exchanged; ths Yan-kee'a Yan-kee'a second flra carried away' the other'a pocket flap, but hla third shot blm through the fleahy part of both thighs; and here the affair ended. "The third duel louk place In New Jeraey about ten days since. The only particulars which have come to hund worth mentioning are that there were several speclatora who arcompunlod the purl lei to tho field, and nil of whom, toKnther with the two seconds, cltmbed the trees, to bo thus out of harm's way while they aaw fair play. Hut, as one of the gentlemen choae to terminate tho affair by firing his pistol In tho air a thing unforeseen the ball paaaed through the upper limbs of tho very tree where the second of his antagonist bud taken hia post, aud who waa so much alarmed at the whistling whist-ling of the bullet thut he fell aud broke hla collar bone, which waa the only accident attending the exhibition; happily hap-pily no Uvea were lost." |