WASHINGTON, May 26.—It is reported that Hon. Preston S. Brooks of S. C., has challenged Gen. Webb of the N. Y. Courier and Enquirer, in consequence of an article in that paper commenting upon the assault upon Mr. Sumner. Gen. Webb disavowed the authorship of the article in question, and declined to accept the challenge.
[SECOND DESPATCH.]
WASHINGTON, May 26, P. M.—Mr. Brooks has not challenged Gen. Webb. A correspondence has passed between them in relation to the article in question, General Webb stating that the article was not written by himself, but his view will appear to-morrow in the Courier and Enquirer, over his own signature.
SOURCE: Richmond Daily Whig, Richmond Virginia, Tuesday Morning, May 27, 1856, p. 3
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