day, in a few hours, if challenged. Nothing, however, occurred until Monday, the 17th inst. at about 11 o'clock, when Capt. Russell and Mr. A. C. Bullitt presented themselves as the friends of Messrs. Wilson and Postlethwaite, and informed us that Col. Wilson was quite unwell with an affection of the spine, and requested to know if Gen. Chambers would wait two or three clays, when, they said, if Col. Wilson's health would permit, he would enter into a correspondence with Gen. Chambers. Three days having elapsed, and not having received the communication, Gen. Chambers requested us, on Thursday the 20th, to call upon the friends of Messrs. Wilson and Postlethwaite, to enquire after the state of health of the former, and to say that his (Gen. C's) public duties would not permit him to remain in Louisville longer than the ensuing Monday, and, that if there were responsibilities of a personal nature impending, he must meet them before the expiration of that time. We were informed that Col. Wilson's health would not yet permit him to attend to the affair, but that there were three other persons who conceived themselves equally compormitted in it. We replied, that there was one other (Capt. Postlethwaite) who would be recognized by Gen. Chambers, and that if any others should present their claims, they would be considered of, also. The other two were never named. On the same day (Thursday 20th) the following application was made to each of the principal parties at the same time, in duplicate, requesting them to submit the decision of the affair to a board of honor. "We, the undersigned, friends alike to Gen. Chambers and Col. Wilson, deeply regretting the existence of the present difference between them, and claiming for ourselves the confidence of both, hesitate not to say, that we appreciate in as high a degree, the just claims of each of the gentlemen to honor, integrity, and courage, as they themselves would require of any one, and would unwillingly hazard that which they hold so dear, by any improper interference, as we would our own reputation; still we believe that it is the highest point of HONOR to be JUST, and as we are convinced that such a sense of honor is the controlling principle with both of the above named gentlemen, we trust that we shall not be intruding ourselves upon their attention by suggesting the following as the most honorable mode of adjustment, and insisting upon their suffering it to be adopted in their case, viz: "Let each of the gentlemen choose his friend, who shall select each two disinterested persons; the four thus appointed shall choose a fifth, and these five shall constitute a court of honor that
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