On Saturday, the 22d, the board of honor being in session, the subjoined challenge was received by Gen. Chambers, who forthwith returned the acceptance which follows it:
"Gen. T. Jefferson Chambers:
"On my return from Texas last summer with a portion of the Kentucky volunteers under my command, I deemed it my duty to present to the public, whose expectations were elicited in our behalf, the reasons which induced me to abandon a cause which had enlisted their and my own sympathies so deeply. In complianse with that sense of duty, the publication of September 10th last, (over the signatures of Capt. Postlethwaite and Col. Wilson) was exhibited to the world, setting forth the continued disappointments which accompanied our journey to Texas, and the contumely that awaited us there, together with such other facts as came to our knowledge during our connexion with the interests of that country as we thought proper to be made public-facts, which, so far as they concerned you personally, were made known to you by me, upon our meeting, after my return. "In responding to that publication some weeks after its appearance, you used language toward Capt. Postlethwaite and myself of insult and reproach, language which requires an atonement which is now demanded. Respectfully, Edward J. Wilson. "P S. My friends, Capt. John Russell and A. C. Bullitt will attend to the arrangement of the necessary preliminaries on my part. E. J. W." "In the event of the inability of Col. Wilson (whose health is at this time precarious) to fulfill any arrangements agreed upon, I adopt the foregoing communication, and will supply his place. G. L. Postlethwaite." "Messrs. Edward]. Wilson and G. L. Postlethwaite, "Gentlemen,-! have just received your note of this morning, relative to a publication made by yourselves, and my answer to the same. In answering that publication, I discharged a sacred duty to my country, in defence of whose honor I am at all times ready to devote myself. "The satisfaction to which you allude shall be freely and fully accorded to either or both of you. "My friends, Mr. George C. Childress and Col. Thruston, will arrange, on my part, the necessary preliminaries. Your ob 't. servant, T. Jefferson Chambers."
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