January 30, 1861, The New York Herald
The announcement of the peaceful mission of the steam sloop-of-war Brooklyn to Florida is confirmed by late advices from Washington. The provisions on board the Brooklyn are to be delivered at Fort Pickens, but she is not to enter the harbor of Pensacola, nor to land troops at the fort, unless the fort should be attacked. Her commander is ordered to act strictly on the defensive, and to give no pretext of hostilities.
Companies D and K of the artillery went forward yesterday from Governor’s Island to Washington city. They numbered 112 men.
The first duel which has resulted from the present political complications took place yesterday morning, on the Pennsylvania border, between Dr. Jones, a partisan of Senator Douglass and Mr. Wilson, a Breckinridge democrat, both residents of Washington. Wilson was wounded in the hip. The constabulary are said to be in pursuit of the parties.
The radical abolitionists yesterday exhibited another example of the reaction on the slavery question that is going on at the North. These incendiaries arranged for a Convention at Syracuse, a place where they have had the largest liberty for years past. But the citizens, determined to tolerate them no longer, assembled at the hall, organized a meeting, and compelled the abolitionists to beat a retreat.