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eight paces distance , wheel and fire * Mr * F * fired a second or-two before his antagonist , and his ball fell short a few feet . Mr . R . s shot took elfect , entering Mr . F . ' s right breast , and passing directly through his heart , he fell dead without a groan . Both parties behaved with j £ cool determined intrepidity . $ From the Washington Gazette , Aug . 9 .
Last evening , at the funeral of Mr . Edward Fox , which was very respectably and numerously attended , by the principal officers of the Treasury Department , several officers of the other departments , and a large concourse Of citizens * a
difficulty had like to have occurred which might have excited very unpleasant feelings . After repeated applications to several clergymen to perform the funeral service , none could be prevailed on , to officiate , from motives we will not even conjecture ; at length the Rev . Robert Little , of
the Unitarian Church , was applied to , who , at a minute's warning , with a truly Christian spirit , cheerfully undertook the discharge of this last sad duty , and performed it in a very impressive and able manner , very opportunely introducing , \ vhen the body was deposited € t in the
house appointed for all living , " some excellent reflections against the barbarous practice of duelling ; he referred to the necessity of adhering to the Divine precepts of Jesus , in the government and direction of our passions , that would cer-€ (
tainly conduct us through life , without fear and without reproach . " His * incidental anticipation of the agonized feelings of Mr . F . ' s parents and family , when they heard of the catastrophe ^ touched every feeling heart who heard him .
P , S * In addition to these documents there is a note purporting to be from tl ^ e " vNew . Y ^ k Gazette , " wherein the Editor of that paper states , that a citizen threatens to publish tbe najnes of those ministers who refused , or eva 4 ed the request to officiate .
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* ithe remaining most beloved members ; of our princely family , for bur joy and for the * Welfare of our country , and attend their days with thy richest blessing I Grant our most pious wishes ! Amen . "
While the minister was uttering this beautiful and pathetic prayer , - -all were deeply affected : the military did not disdain to express their emotions in an audible manner , and several times we saw the Great Chamberlain wipe away the tears from his fine manly countenance .
As to the immediate mourners , including the servants of the Queen ' s household , we never saw iriore unequivocal and unaffeeted sorrow . ¦ When the prayer was finished , and before the mourners left the tomb , the hundred young ladies Were
admitted , and formed a large circle round the platform ; they strewed flowers on the floor ; and then having prepared some Wreaths , arranged them in different forms on the cofliu ; they then knelt down , uttered a short prayer , and retired amidst the tears and sobs of the company *
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AMERICA . —UNITED STATES . ( From a Correspondent . } It appears from the following documents , which are copied verbatim from the € C Morning Advertiser , " that the fatal effects of the barbarous practice of Duelling has been strikingly exemplified on the Other side of the Atlantic . It is to
be looped , that in a land where free inquiry in matters of religion is , making rapid strides , and rational Christianity meets \ yith considerable encouragement , we sl ^ all not long hear of such outrageous iusu $ ji ; s on good sense and piety . Jgt&m the Georgetown Metropolitan , Aug . 9 > .
Fatal Duel . —On Tuesday evening last , a . cjuoliwas fought out of the district line a ^ ove this town , between Edward J * Foil , Eisq ^ , of the Treasury Department , and Ifenry HwdaU , Esq > of the same depart nionfe The order of combat was
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Cpmmuinqations JP have been received from Dr . J . Jones ( continued Remarks on I ^ V . , Smith ' s critique on Philipp . in 5 ) ; Messrs . Freud ( Mosaic Moownt of the c *® & $$$ h vindicated * in reply to Mr . Belshan / s Sermon ) ; G , Kenxi ^ k ( JRotw : Jbetters *? " mMmfi ** Mourners ) >; Q . ( on the , Peterborough Questions ) : T \ C * -Jfc ; G . M . B . ; W * .. ft& 4 » Occasji ^ n ^ Lay-Preacher . . ' , A ^ P » ISV lw ?^ *^ % ^ ^ omn hutor t <> o ^ pagps ^ has . ^ ,. ^ , pw > handfia pai ^ r * ty ^ fmtimdJit m&tfier qi ) two , on tihe ; * 7 / w ?^ # « W ^ tm U # ra * & S ^ SebMm , \ inMs > <* . $ wiipture Testimony ;* L ^ \ ^ - . . , PNmNBffi mik c ^ ii ^ a copyVp f the woi : k to which he refers v ^ mm ^ Pe leh for , ^^ J Mtot % e Publi U ^ Hfers ' , soine account of it will be Wmin * Mv Wm& ^ - < . Qm ( , G ^ 9 MMeiiik V . s . ( p .. 4 * ty ^ i >* Hip ^ M 8 ? p ; p U Wflp ' | . fe . may .. uQt ' / ttlutt ^ it n ' ^ ssaiy A % ' ' # > Im 0 t ^ 0 i 0 m # l 5 ^ t ## # ; njS ^ j ^ ^ ii ^ wJ [ iole ^ . otriajte .. -Oii ^ -fi ^^ cfrSrvt ^ * y $ ^ tm ^> ? jfrn $$ fy tolthe StO ^^ ^ rr- ¦ ¦ - ; . ¦ iwi ^ . ' u m ) ^ : / T ¦ i&&to ! V >* W *
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1821, page 632, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2505/page/64/
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