Gen. Chambers requested us to name 5 o'clock of the same day for the hour of the meeting. But he informed us that his desire was first lo meet Col. Wilson, whom he considered the principal, and requested us to say, that if the Colonel would not meet him at 5 o'clock on the same day, Saturday, to give him until Monday, if he would give a positive assurance that he would then meet him, and if he would not give such an assurance, then to accept Capt. Postlethwaite for the same day (Saturday). Col. Wilson, through his friends, gave the assurance that he would meet Gen. Chambers on Monday, alleging that his ht:alth would not permit him to do so on that day [Saturday.] On Sunday, Mr. A. C. Bullitt, as the friend of Col. Wilson, proposed to postpone the day of meeting beyond Monday, to give to the board of honor more time to act. This proposition was submitted to General Chambers, who rejected it, and insisted that the affair should be terminated on Monday. On Monday, whilst the court was in session, Gen. Chambers sent in the following note, which was returned to him in a courteous manner by a member of that body: "To Jltlessrs. Geo. W. Chambers, W. C. Galt, A. Throckmorton, and James Love. "Gentlemen,-I have just been informed that your decision would have been yesterday, that Col. Wilson should withdraw only what was said in his publications touching me personally, and that in consequence of that I should withdraw all that I have written both in defence of myself and country. Now, if this is to be the result, I entreat you to pause and dissolve without deciding. By such a decision, you would inflict a wound upon me which would be incurable, and which would heap upon me a load of sorrow through my whole life. What was said about me, was of little or no consideration, I wrote to defend my country's honor, not my own, and most of what I wrote was in defence of that. And shall I withdraw all that was said upon that subject, because Col. Wilson withdraws what he wrote in an unimportant postscript, in which I was mentioned? If he had not mentioned me at all, I should still have written my answer; for it was as much my duty to defend my country's honor as my own. I have taken the liberty of suggesting these things to you gentlemen, fearing that you had not viewed them in the strong light in which I do, and I tmst you will not deem it improper, as the
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