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duel near Pensacola. --The fact of a duel at Fort McRae, Fla., between St. Clair Morgan, of Charleston, S. C., and a young Alabamian, named Storrs, late a midshipr of comrades, were off in a boat on a reconnoitering party near Fort Pickens. Morgan, full of reckless daring, proposed that they should land just under the walls oem to almost certain capture, and the majority of the party sided with him. But Morgan, hot tempered and impatient, reproached Storrs with timidity.--A few words passd the boat put back to the main land. When they had disembarked Storrs said to Morgan that he had intimated a doubt of his courage, and as they had rifles, and the moon was shining brightly, he could prove it. Morgan responded to this proposition with alacrity. Twenty steps were paced off, and at the first fire Morgan fell dangeMorgan fell dangerously wounded, the heavy ball of the Sharpe's rifle having entered his right groin and ranged through and out of the back part of the thigh. An unfortunate affair,