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Blanks, Law nnd 15<|uity, continually on hand or printed to order, ffj??? n A "DAT TAT A OD AUTA1VT i 1/ARAJ-LiXH-fl. ox ilJLb.L/lH. , Written for the Carolina Spartan* "SHE KICKED HIM." JIY J, V. O. , CONTINUED FROM LAST SPARTAN. t It was very near the dawn of day, when, i tired, agitated and feverod, I threw myself upon my bod in old Major 13's best room. > What a night had I experienced! ilow f strangely had I been involuntarily brought I under the influence of circumstances, and made to act a part in an unknown drama, ' How I longed for the rosy approach of morning, and how drearily came out upon I the dewy air the old church clock beil, lolling the world with its "iron tonguo" tho ? hour of four. ? [ know not when or how, but I finally ' lost myself in "the mazo of sweet forgetful- > noss," and was awakened from dreams of I blood aud wretchedness by tho old major ' exclaiming: c "Prottv time of day for a fino fellow to ' be lying abed, 'pon my word!" 1 "Is that you, major," I sleepily asked. < "Well, sir, upon reflection, i should ra- < ther think it is," replied tho good-natured 1 man, at the same lime poking mo in the f short ribs with his cane. ' "Iieally, major, I insist upon your quit- > ting such manifestations of yourself as those," I exclaimed, "for I am sensitive be- c youd measure." 11 "Seriously, Mr. F., it is time to arise, for tho breakfast bell will soon ring, and it 1 would be ungeuteel for us to allow the la- I dies to sit at the table alone." r "True, sir," I replied; "but, major, who f' are the Indies? I was not aware that any but your daughter lived at tho houso." 1 "What! you didn't suppose that I allowed the ladies to leave my house at such au 1 unreasonable hour, young man, as near 11 three o'clock this morning? do you?" \ro an mo company still under una iJ roof then?"' I a-.ked. "Nonsense, Mr. F.; of course only the la* v dies. You must be 'spiritually minded' this morning, 'pon my word!" 1 "Major, I II be up directly, but do k*t mo have a few moments conversation with you 1 after breakfast in your otllce." s "Aha! you want a private conversation J with me, oh?" oxclaimed the major, giving 1 me a rather severe poke in the ribs. "Why, major," said I, "what do you * mean?" 1 "Alice has played the devil with your heart," exclaimed tho major, "and I'll bet 1 my wig that that's what you want the con* I versation for! Come now, F., out with it like a man, and tell iuc if I ain't a good r guesser." "Bless your heart, major," f replied, "you ' certainly are not serious in what you say." 1 "My dear boy," exclaimed the major, "get up aud dress yourself, and after break- 0 fast meet me in the ollice. Be assured, my ' son, that if old major's love or money is a good for anything, either or both shall 1 be enlisted in your service if necessary." r "God bless the good old man!" was tho laiuruace of mv heart, as lie lal'i llm r..nm O O t ' "* "" " _ vw , ''Major thinks me in love with Alice, said I ; 1 to myself, while arranging my toilet. "I j 11 wonder if such is the general impression!"' People are very apt to think rather too I 1 much of themselves sometimes, and it is 1 just then that they make the biggest kind of fools. I remember how impossible it 1 seemed to me to arrange my cravat tastily, c or to give the foreign twist to my mustache, r if the sixteen stray hairs above my upper " lip could bo entitled to that name. I thought I looked uncommonly killing and irresistible, and felt euro that i should put 1 the ladies in fits of raptural admiration in ( leas than fifteen minutes. I often look back | ' upon myself in the major's snug little room, j standing beside his mirror, and though still j ' a young man, my reader, I cannot but own ' what a fool I was, and wonder why tho ! 1 mirror was not broken by tho impudence 1 of my conceited glances. In my wander- 1 ings through life, and contact with men and things, I have learned how much bet- s tor it is to win respect and admiration by a 1 modest and quiet carriage and an upright . ' and manly demeanor. *'Oli! save me, yc powers, from those pinks of tho nation, j t Tho*o tes table heroes! those lords of creation'." ( I walked down to tho lAdies' parlor just in time to hear Joo, tho negro boy, exclaim: 1 tf I" 4 " 1?J\, IVIIUJTy Circumstances, it is said, alter cases, and i there is certainly more truth in that sen- . i touce than poetry. "Breakfast's rcadyl" i i To the hard-working man, who lias enjoy- 1 I od a good night's rest, and who has a hard I day's job beforo him, it is over a welcomo ' sound; but to a parcol of delicato and fash- i ionablo Indies, who have spent the entire night in nervous excitement and active gay- I ety, it is anything but pleasant, To my- I self rt was unwelcome tidings, for my adventure in the grovo had completely pros- \ trated my nervous system, and made nio , feel like a fussy old bachelor when an east | wind is blowing through the koy-hole of his door. Having paid my compliments to tho la- j 1 lies, I proceeded with thorn to the break- i list table, wondering all tho while how in ' the world tho major managed to accomino date so many during the night; for if memo-11 > s' i i ry deceives mo uot there wero at Joust thir teen in the house. Alice eat just opposite to iue, and oh! how beautiful sho looked Sho was somewhat paler than usual, bul this rather added to her sweet and loveh countenance. "Poor Edward," I thought and almost exclaimed aloud, as I looked upon her. "Allie, said tho major, "allow Mr. F. tc help you to a little tongue." "Mr. F. appears to have need of nil h? has," replied Alico laughingly. "Gloriousl" exclaimed tho major; "I sec tho point now. Bless my soul, Allie, that's good for you!" "Really now, Miss Alice O, 1 bog [>ardon! Miss W."? "1 prefer tho former, sir," interrupted Alice, "if convenient." "Well, Miss Alice, I was about to ask why you think that 1 have need of all the tongue I have. Come now, please tell mo." "Why, because you aro so very fond oi alking," she replied. "You mean the reverse, Miss Alice, and cally now I must apologize, by remarking hat 1 feel too unwell to be pleasant this uorning." "Yes, Allie," said tho major, "Mr. F. is re ry sick this morning, and I very much ear that his heart is affected by tho wounds io received last night." "Last night!" repeated Alice?"where? n the grovel" "JS'o! no! Allie, tho weapon was in your xxtseaeion," exclaimed Major It. Alico Mushed crimson, tho major laughid, and 1 felt like a fool. It would have jiven mo much satisfaction to have caught ip tho dish of steak before me. and heaved t at tlio old major's laughing face; for, lowever well-meant such a remark might lave been, it was altogether false, rude, and ixcecdingly out of place. Beside all this, i was positively sitiiui to leave sucli an impression as this upon the girl's mind, (or 1 lid not love her. Then, too, there was 6ome lunger, if such nn announcement enmo to he ears of Edward or Bradsford; for to the brmer I had positively denied it, and to the atter I was nlready no great friend. The ncnl was concluded in silence, for the lalies were well aware of the extreme deiica y of the subject, and the major observed ny embarrassment too plainly to continue lis jokes. Breakfast being over, I followed he ladies into the parlor, and, more for the airposc of passing time thau anything else, equestod Alice to sing "Let tue drenin of ormcr years.'' After some hesitation she consented, and ook a seat upon the stool before the meloieon, but had scarcely strurk tho chords lolore the old major thrust his merry face 11 to tho room and exclaimed: "Why, Allic, don't you know that sick leoplo do not liko to hear the mclodeon." "indeed," said Alice; "and pray, uncle, vho i- sicki" "Mr. F., my dear," provoking!) replied ho major. Alice fully understood tho major's mealing, and immediately vacated her seat be ide the mclodeon, and left tho room. I was ri^iit angry with tho major, and oil somewhat mortilied that he would perist in making remarks which ho must have mown to bo so unpleasant both to Alice uul myself. "Are you engaged, major?" 1 asked, "and, f not, may 1 have that conversation with "Not nt all engaged, Mr. F.; aud niu eady for you just now." \Yo proceeded to the onice, so called I enow uot why; but properly the library of be major. The old major handed me to a cozy little ushiohed arm chair, beside the fire, and laving lighted his l>ipe, and comfortably idjusled his portly person in a capacious ocking chair, directly opposilo me, gave no a punch in the ribs and exclaimed: "Now for it!" "Look here, major, do you know that I hink you acted very injudiciously in mating Alice believe that 1 love lier?'' "liather a hard question, my boy, and 1 hiuk a lectle too disrespectful too," replied he major. "ltcg pardon, major, I really did not inend any disrespect 1 assure you; but you crtainly must admit that you had better tot have made the remark which you did it the table this morning." "J>ut why not, Mr. F.?" replied the mnj >r. "You would not have Alico to believo iiat 1 lovo her? mnjor, when in reality I lo not. You love iter too much to allow icr to be thus deceived." "Mr. F.,M replied the major, rising from lis scat, "do you know that Alice loves yo;/.'" "No! 'pon my word of honor 1 do not! loilhcr do I bolieve it!" "Then, sir, old major li. tells you plainly hat sho does!" \ii ? ? ' mij mnwci, iiiivo yuu over experienced ucb t\* tili?? If not, you cannot fathom ho depth of that agony that presseJ upon ny heart at thia culm announcement of old dajor 13. 1 excused myself from further converse.ion with tho major, and sought tho priv.v :y of my own chamber. "lloro is a nico fix fur a follow to be in!" [ exclaimed, as I throw myself into a chair. "1 came hero to spend a few days of fun md pleasure, and I supposo this is somo of it. Edward, Hradsford and Alice! well, 1 iliall not soon forget those nainos, that's certain. Alice loves me, doos she! Well, I'll '.ako a tmoke anyhow, and quietly await Lho final sccno in this comedy. It may ho \ tragedy, howovor, and the Lord knows what will beeomo of mo. I ain't scared a bit, but 1 don't seo what I've got to do with lire wholo ntl'air anyhow." I remember well how I paced to and fro in my little room that Tuesday morning, md how I finally wept like a child whon I remembered that Alice loved me. "I shall find it out in an hour's time!" 1 exclaimed, "for I do not bclievo it anyhow." "Oh! if it bo truo," I thought, "what dinH I do?" As I wns thus musing, and thinking, and lighing. and kicking up a fii^s generally, 1 was startled by a loud knock at my door I arose to open it, when iti cnmo black Joe, > grinning from ear to our, and holding a . plate of eatables in his hands. l "Massa F., inassa hod up soma sasscnr gers fuh you." , "Sausages!" I oxc!aimed, "who wants I sausages! Do 1 look liko eating sausages, you woolly headed fool?" ? "Whorrah? why cuty massa sen una?" "Clear out, you black scamp, and eat > them y or "-elf; but I hope 0110 of them will stick in your throat cross-ways." ) Juo made his exit immediately, and left , mo in the very worst humor which T over remember to havo been in. The fact is, I ' needed repose, for I had been up nearly the whole night, and my miiul had been greatly excited for several hours about Edward and Alice. Joo returned a few moments nftorwards, i bearing a waiter containing coffee and a '; noto. i gladly accepted the coffee, and as soon as he left the room I hastily opened tho envelope and read as follows: "Mr. G. J. F.: 1 am conscious of tho liberty which 1 tako in addressing you, but ;! circumstances make tho stop necessary. 1 , would esteem it as a special favor for you to meet mo in my room within tho next I half hour. Respectfully, Alice W." "Genius of demonstration!" I exclaimed, "what does this mean! 'd/itf me in viy room'?that's cool! I'll get myself in a nico fix before I leave this house." 1 started down stairs, saw tho major, showed him the note, and anxiously awirit! ed an explanation. ) "Sec her, by all means," Mr. F.; "for it must be an afiair of somo importance, or she would not have sent you that note." "Well, by jingo! major, show me up, or down, or about, wherover tho room is; but I'll leave in the next stage as certain as fate, for I hate all this mystery and nonsense." | The major showed mo the door of Alice's room, and left mo "alone in my glory." 1 tapped quietly upon tho door with my riding whip, and was bid to come in. I opened the door and stepped boldly within, scarcely knowing what 1 did. "Well, sir," said Alice, rising from her chair, hor eyes Hashing fire and her nostrils dilated: "How shall 1 understand this intrusion upon ray privacy!" I was, of course, amazed, and could only hand her tho note which Joe brought to ray room. She read it, and turning smilingly to me, exclaimed: "Why, Mr. F., / didu't write this; but 1 expect tho girls are trying to have a little sport out of you." "Sport out of ine? Why really, Miss Alice, I am not prepared to call this sport; it is trilling with mo, and I shall leave the. house immediately!" So saying I seized my hat, an 1 was about to rush from tho room, wh n Alice gently placed Iter baud on my shoulder and said: "Mr. F., you would not leave the hoyse if you know that by so doing you would of fend mcf would you?" Tho accent upon "/ur" was very emphatic, an J made me feel rather uneasy. Mustering up all my tfourago, I exclaimed: "In tho name of common sense, Miss Alice, what do you want mo to do?" Alice looked at me a few moments in porfect surprise, and then her clear silvery laugh pealod out of tho rosy cell of sound, and echoed throughout tho old mansion. 'Tin sold!" I exclaimed, rushing down stairs, and slamming doors behind inc. I re-cutored my room, sat down on ray trunk, and felt desperate. "What docs Alice moan? I wonder, and how is it possible that she appears so j thoughtless and gay, wlyju poor 1U ward's , lu-vort 5a lllfttL'ili/f OH I'OM i V - ? . sj<? rv . ? ? UU l?UI lUUUUIIl. \,ur* UintV she could not bo aware of this. 1 thir.k 1 shall question tho major about this." 1 met tho major in his library, enjoying his pipe by the tiie. "What can 1 do for you now, Mr. F.?"ho n-ked. "Major, what connection is there betwoan Alice and Edward M n}" I "None that I know off now, sir; but they woro old sweethearts from childhood, until within a year ago; but somehow or oilier 6he "kicked" him. "Shekicked him/" What an expression! and Oh! what volumes of agony, what tales of blasted hopes, aro couched in that phrase! "Oh! major," 1 exclaimed, "don't ?peak so tritlinglv ubout tho matter, for you know not tho weight of woo that presses upon poor Edward's heart." "Young man," replied tho major, "you mistake mo if you suppose that 1 consider it a trilling matter. Alice and Edward were my pets whon children, nnd are my favorites now. A year ago I had not tho ! slightest doubt that they would havo married by this time. I know not why, but i Alice changed all at cnce, and searcoly permits his name to be mentioned in lier presence." "Have you any idea, major, what are the causes of this estrangement?" "No, none other than her lato acquaintunco with Bradsford. Do you think it possible, major, that wo could inediato in this matter?" "O no, they are already engaged," replied tho major. "Who!?Alico and Bradsfordf Why, major, under those circumstances your remarks at the table this rooming are quite inexplicable." "Tut! a joke is a joke, Mr. F., and I meant you to consider it as such." , { "Very well, as far as it goes, but do you know whether Alice considers it in that light," 1 replied. , "Is she not engaged? how olse could sho haro understood it," replied tho major. "Do y?nt know if Alico loves this Mr. Bradsford?" I asked, "and can you inform ' mo anything about his history?" "About his history I know nothing, and t with regard to your first question, whether Alico loves him, I can only say that 1 think I it probable, from the very nature of tliecirI cumstancos." "You know uothing of his history? and ilirfilfi I iltffcifr > | yet tell mo that she is to be his wife. Why, I ' major, it seems very strange that you .j should not make some inquiiics about | him." \ jV ' Why should I, particularly,|bo oxpect- j( c od to make inquiry, when her p wonts aro cjjn her natural guardians, and both dive." ( < "Are they favorablo to the cog igemenl?" ; "Why, so far as that is co icernod, I j jMl, havn heard it rumored that her father, hav- ji(i" i 11 pr always disliked El ward, is ^uito satis- ,U| | lied to see his daughter tho wife [of Brads* j ford; but that her mother docs not ut all ; u. approve of the match, Edward boiug bor ! j favorite." ' sa;( "Indeed, major, I feel much interested in jn tho paitius, although almost un entire j |( stranger to them all. It seems to ine that K iy Edward must have been encouraged l?y Alico to expect much, or he would not have j|t.s felt the estrangement so keenly." I g-loI "Ahl my boy," replied the major, brush- j gec ing a tear from his ruddy old cheek, "if you only knew how Alice loved Edwnid \\ ] j j when a little girl, and how ho worshipped her very shadow, you would excuse an old dlrl man's tears. But change rs nsedbe.? upon all that is earthly, and tin spiritual and ^ eternal alono are immutable." I had heard enough, and bidding the j j( major good morning, 1 hsstencd to my w>(j room. "Oh!" thought T, as I sealed myself bo ' j sido mv bed and laid upon it my fevered p brow, "what a sorrow must that be which ; ^ hangs ii!-c a pall about the broken heart of j j poor Edward " ' jy0( It was now near noon, and although sick jl01 enough lor a physician's adv eo and attend- ,l(j( ance, I determined, according to promise, to ' acc pay a brief visit to El ward. | on "Mr. 1'.," said Alice, meet ng me on the <M)l stairs, "wo have por*uaded the m ?jor to |i r) give us a small ten party this evening, and ti10 hope wo shall be favored with the pleasure j vor of your company." i "And Edward's loo?" I asked. ! j >r(, "Certainly, sir. if his presence will add to miV your enjoyment." j i>ul "Will it add none to your., Miss Alice?" oa? 1 asked, playfully, taking her hand. rtffc Alice blushed crimson, raid the fair hand nestled within my own trenibud like a leaf. ^ "Miss Alice, please tel! me that Edward's j dr presence will add to your enjoyment." tjnr "Mr. F." she replied, "1 n.ust request of uof you. as a favor, never to mention that man's j ly , name in my presence;" and, so saying, she : turned abruptly away and left mo. j e "That man's name!" Oh! how bitter < and disrespectful, llow c<?n! I she call him r j <o! Ho upon whose faithful bosom she i, f I uuu do ortcn leaueo, an l up n v.liose love- I p.j, iit eyes Hie bad gavd so fon-h* in the past!) < Must remembrances of early i vo. with all J p . its sacred associations of inc. light, ami beauty, thus fa de away! Can tlie human *;0 heart so ea;.iiy part with tl?n around which ; f0|] it had entwined its tendrils v "<?!?! Alice," 1 thought, '-h<-w can a be- *( ing so beautiful as thou at!bet ?o gioat a [p: weight of woe tip >11 a heart s < tnuch thine j,,| own!" l!lt [to nr. coNCi.unttr .j wj, William Smith, the newly-ili>clcl sheriff mx of Madison county, < >!tio, opened the court \V for the first time with tho f dlOwing uovel nu: speech; ha "Hear ye. Tiio honoral'o c ?urt of com- rej tnon pleas within and f r the county of ins Madison and State of Ohio, is now in s tut sion, ai d ready to transitt such business as may regularly come before it, whore the mj guilty sometimes go uupi nb.hcd, an 1 tlie pai innocent unnecessarily si Her?where the * ' , honorablo judge stands al.ashed at the tie- i Uil 1 pravity ami stupidity cf mankind?ami , tili where tho lawyers cause perfect and dis.v- :in trous wreck of your pocket book, and the od sheriff ready stands, with an unrelenting "!! heart, to take your g"?od->, chatties, and nil r^t your clothes; and if, at the intervals of usi court, there should any >roporty fall into 1 *a; yymr hands bv any dee isod relative, wc again stand ready to put you through 1" , v'( -or An Incident of hi:: l't a. Famish at 1 Chicago.--The Cliicag 1 >emocratie I'rc-*s V1 tells the following Itor v, -i 1 vouches for its truth: "There was a ct ! in tlio ofliee of 11 i the city marshal vest.-relay, where that good-natured official v. is selling wood to the poor. 'Stand bade, all of you, and let ' tlie woman with a baby havo a chance.' 1 Tlio crowd complied, and again and again, !" woman after woman, e eh \s:ta a babe in her arui-i, kept preying forward to the de-k. "u The marshal took it coo ly f??r a while, hut j fiuully the infant began to aisuiiu a famil ' iar look, and an cxamina ion was had, when i it turned out that the mother was Uwliny '' her baby to her acyuain truces, to secure for j ' them the immunities which she herself en1 joyed. There was a lajgh all round, and ' a fresh start. Jim avers that the !a*t bor- *,' rowor of the baby pinch >d it Co make it ex- ' 0 cito additional sympathy." Moi>e of Kvttkning lloo*.?A c>ricspondcnt of 'ho ? larksvillo (Vhi.) Tobacco r. I 'imit ?ny? : 1 had hoard it said ihut turnips li . i no 1 nutriment, aiul that tic.her mm nor beast couhl fatten on them. I determined to \ tnako nil experiment at ill hazard*. 1 h id 10 hogs to fatten. I commenced the pro- ( cess of boiling turnips ?very day foi thorn, mixing in a vorv small <pi mtity of meal, |(J and in five weeks they wero in fir-t rate s ( killing order, and made as nice pork as any o| I liavo over had. The quantity of corn .t I used the whole limo was 1 1-2 bids., exact* ly, ground into meal. It usually takes 1 v 1*2 bbls. to fattou ono hog for the knife. My saving in corn was thortforo 22 12 bbls., which, at *5, make 1 12.50 saved. <;] An editor out in Iowa is grumbling be ki cause lio lias boon lined two hundred and be fifty dollar* for bugging a gift in meeting. r?* I Wo consider that cheap hugging. We tli hugged a gill about nino moat lis ago, and nc it lias cost us double that stmt already, and | sh ; there is no lolling how much fnoro it is go. fei ing to cost in. -Onffetvili* ()f< t.?.) Jnttlli j se II fjei cer. | .is Sen* Scott and Secretary Davis. ['ho correspondence between Con. Scott 1 Secretary I>avis is quite voluminous. ^ in a hasty examination of the various j unionts it appears that Gen Scott do od to give open and specific information dr. Davis regarding tho expenditure of 1 secret service Money in Mexico, beliov- % that no obligation of p'sblie or private , lor, according to tho usages of nations I armies, required him to disclose names ( circumstances. He however expressed ^ iliingness to givo such information for private ear alone, which tho Secretary I he was willing to receive in confidence. November, 185S, tho President of the ited States writes to Secrelatv Davis, ing in substance: "(Jen. Scott states two utius on which he has learned that I itatod to nlluw the live per cent, cotnmisi. Jt is proper to remark that ho has II misinformed or misapprehended iny it ion. He himself fixed 3 1 'J |?or cent, ch ho might proporly receive for his j jursemcnts in Mexico; and a balance ick upon that Irakis was tho subject of versation between us," Ir. Davis, in responses to the President, irms him that Ceil. Scott had charged \ is?lf with the sum of 8261,091, all of ich, excepting &30,0u0, for disbursing io,o41, leaving *0,loo withheld by Gon. tt on his account. This balance the ! sideiit authorized <len. Scott, through J Secretary of War, to retain. Jen. Scott, in a letter dated New York, ember, 18oo, writes that there are two n?, making ?1 l,8oo against him, as not | nitted or disallowed by the President oji ' bunt of five per cent, charged by him | all moneys disbursed. He savs it was irely within the competency of the Presi*, t to allow that charge, and he a>ks that 1 suit be brought against linn by the go- | iiment to recover the amount claimed to duo by him, nearly 8<5,000. lint the j sidont declined to enter tuit. There are ny explanations relativo to these figures, j. the financial parts of the transaction ! not be fairly understood by this im-rc u-ctieo to the subject. Vmong the documents is the opinion of orney General Gushing, dated January, iC, to the etl'ect that the act creaI the grade of lieutenant general does confer upon Gen. Scott all the authori- ^ which was imposed by the law of 1708 ' >u Washington, who was thereby made commander of the armies, while Gen. j >tt was appointed lieutenant general by <t of the 1'resMent of the United Stales, arrics retrospective pay and emoluments, . not retrospective authority, den. Scott's correspondence with the of rs ?>( the government g >es back us far , 1848, and that between him and the rretary of War during 1855 contains the j owing features: Mr. . avis, on July 25ib, ( "! have n n thv.l *.h-' exhibition of i wish t niper in reply 'o an imjuiry from j s department," etc. Gen. Scott replies, v 30: "it would b" ea?y to show that wliole letter in which you charge ine ' ,!i exhibiting a peevish temper is as flipnt in its slat m-nts and logic as in that | aisatioii." " (sJertninly as Secretary of I ar you have done enough t > warrant ?rc than suspicion that from the first you ve considered it your special mission, l?v eatod aggression on my lights and feelis, to goa ! me into some perilous atli-j lo of otiicial oppoiilion." "To prove niv long forbearance, for at time of life all angry di-cussions arc infill, I will now proceed t?? enumorate no of the provocations allude 1 to, without ating in this place on your partisan hosly to the brevet ol lieutenant general, \ 1 t > the compensation Congress intendto attach thereto." Tlio General ihoti u l? s to one of the Secretary's "captious orts" and his "capping the climax by | .'.nation and absnrdi'v." II.*. !iki-wi;e r?: "Following out your personal rebuke j tbe letter of the 12tli, your object, in ilation of principle, is to crush ino into a \ile obedience to your self will. 1 know ur obstinacy, and I know also what ito myself ai a man and a soldier; and 1 ant to be crushe 1, 1 prefer it at the J li'ia of inv military peers." 1 ho S 'cretary roj >ins, in an unofficial to date 1 August 2d: "Vour present accu- ; ion charges mo with usurpation for the >si unworthy ends, and imputes to me .ivt s inconsistent with oflicia] integiity, considered barely malevolent and pro unc d utterly false." tietieral Scott replying, August Gth, says: have received a note from you dated on o 2d inst, which you seem to desire me consider as uiiotltcial. I -hall not coin y with your singular fancy, as you can ivo no legitimate claim to address me expt as Secretary of War. Accordingly, I all treat yuiir communication, whether sigu<d as ptivalo and scurrilous oi nibiic missives of arrogance and sitperciii* .-ue>s, as equally oiliial. There aio antics iu them which ought not to be it, and it shall not be my fault it 1 do n >t udur your part of this correspondence a emoiabie csatuple to l e shunned by your cc? --ors." i > this the Secretary replies, So, I. 7 th: vor mi 1 to bo at all deterred from a full j) -uro of- tho i?i >un 1!< ne>s <>f your aigosor by the throats \ i made I 1011 ring my part of 11?io>i re*pi>ndoncv a einorabla example to bo shunned by my occv'or*. Thi* it tho meanest bravado in o who himself alVoid* the mo*t meinora0 example on the iccowls of this depart- t ent of ft sane controversialist defeated and taUo accuser exposed/' 1 lo Vf'iNo ro 11 ;u! .1 >r, nthan loibs and 1 liraoi ('ainpboll, <>f Mills ro., j wa, while running their hornet f?r whis V, wore instantly killed by lightning, and >th the horses under them. S > writes a sffectablo citizen of Knox county from at country. It seems thai tbo race'was >t so much ono for whiskey# a* it was who ould get to bell first. Entered the in rnal regions about tho same i ind IT< r s stopped on ihe Iowa side of ihe liver, they had not gone into the iacc willinglv. --JL INIr. Kcltt's Speech. The recent speech of Hon. L. M. Keitt, it Washington, on the history of slavery, ian called out iho following common'* of he New York Independent?Honry Ward Jcecher's paper. Notwithstanding the aninus of the article, it involve* high compl; nest to Mr. Keitt; "In the House, the marked point of in ercst was the speech of Mr. Keitt, of South Carolina, upon the slavery question. It omtnanded universal attention, and was a trong speech in more senses than one. Mr. Seitt is a lluenl and rapid debater, and is i pure specimen of Southern hot blood, lis whole system works like an engine unler the deliverance of hi- radical thought*, lis eyebrows rise and fall like the "walk ng-bonm of a steamboat?and when the team is fully up, the movement is painful o the beholder, ilis gesticulation is strongr than it is graceful, and his voice is too harp for harmony, especially when sliding nto a nasal twang, as it does occasionally. Io grapples his subject with tho cotiAciotisicss of being a master, and oilers no word if apology for the enunciation of his radial views. And radical they nro. They tagger democracy?nay inorc, they utterly uiniliilate the word and condemn its nppli ation, as a fungus appearing upon modem ocicty, which should bo cropped oil', so hat society could be carried back to its prinal purity. His views of society and government nro for the latitudes of Central south Carolina, barbaric Central Afiicn, utd the region governed by tho Autocrat >f nil the Kussias. His speech is a perfect n use urn of historic curiosities in social and lolitical life, gulratiizing into being defunct lalions, in order to sbow their darkest feaures as models for tho most enlightened, rbristianir.ed nation of the world in this the linctconili century. lie claimed that the Jivino lawgiver, in the very structure of ociely, established slavery as one of its entures; or, as ho expressed it, "I have seen hat slavery was a primordial and universal act, and I have traced it up tho stream of irno to those awful mysteries which enhroud the origin of society.'* His historic toppings were painful, and one almost forjot to bo thankful for an enlightened, liberal government in view of tbe dark historic iicluro of our raee. The ability manifested n tho compilation of the several historic7 mints, and tho ingenuity with which they ire woven together to form a chain, comnond the whole subject to some well versed ind careful reviewer. For me it is sufficient to know, that because tyranny h't$ existed, it is no sufficient reason for its ex*totico no to. llecatiso Athens, in her naa >nnl capacity, owned two hundred thousand slaves, who, by forced labor, worker! lier mines, and filled the coders of her :r:r. ury, and sunk to a historic tomb,?bo.a use II cue, "in tho very hoy-day of positive legislation, throughout the repuldicau pcii)?!." legislated tho unfortunate tUbtor into ;hains and slavery, thus hugging tho viper until tho whole political l?ody was infected with tho virus, and crumbling, fell to her historic grave, it is no reason to me why we, as a nation, should follow such examples, in Order to insuro such a doom. The great feature of the speech qbnaUted in this; ho did not finish the history of a single nation from whose laws or customs he quoted. Had lie done so, lie would have wrapped himself about in their rotten shrouds." As Aiupcl Miser.?Soino time ago a gentleman called upou n certain nobleman, a very wealthy and inordinately tucan character, and found him at the breakfast table, quite alone, and doing his utmost to catch a llv which was buzzing about, the room. "What the deuce arc you about,'' demanded the astonished visitor, to whom the spectacle of an old man amusing hhnsell by catching liies seemed very singular, to say tho least. "lluihl" exclaimed the other, "I'll tell you presently." After many effort*, the old follow at last succeeded in entrapping tho l'y. Taking tho insect carefully between his thumb and forefinger, lie put it into the sugar bow! and quickly lol the lid over his prisoner. His visitor, more annoy- d than ever, knowing as he did the avaricious character of the man bt-foro, repeated the question. "I'll tell you," replied the miser, a triumphant din over-ore.idin<? I o i OP his t >unUnance as ho sp dc\ "I want to aseeit tin if the servant* steal t!ie sugar." I.nwyor K , of C mnccticut, was a sharp lawyer, invariaby ret a io-I in criminal cases wl'ore hi* peculiar abilities were deemed likely to benefit his client. "Old Mr*. 1. the will ?w of a small farmer, was remarkable f r her plaiuucsj o| speech a: 1 manner; and she. \va* "onr < I t;:o 'cute sort." '! ?.? old woman was an imp >rtnnt witness t >r the ]?i oeufion, in which II defended the evildoer ller testimony horo h ird upon the prison er, :;n-l r - rx.-nii'', I'i-.Ti 11 endeavored in vain t > confute or inhale her. At length. Uiriiiii* nbrnp'lv l?> the vvitm.ss he o\ei i ,.-,i; "M i lain! yob have bra*eii Mjeli . voirr tace t in tke a twelve'inart pail'." e*," replied the witness, "ant you've L'"t - i-s enough in your head to !i! ill" l im I iwwr had d<mo willi that wit ness. A nick' rf><h-ki r d/oyo./wc. A Ihtii.itr Kt*nc\- \ lew ilnvs since i coiinliym 111 nuiiu tn town it Howell, Mas*, and going to the p>*t ofliee with a bud bill, culled t >r a <'. .iu'm woiih of poMitg' stamps; thn e'.-rks wanted -j*ocie, and In straightway return.d with four Spuds! quart. ia; and th -c being als denied ad mil! mew .wr.vn.i .? .11 >- K | ?. f<i-imini, nu C.HOO 1 third tirno with ;i liuudud coppers, and t v ry eoppcrish |<? k nf exultation. In'inj informed In tie- official behind tbovrindov thai coppi - were not a legal tender In larger extent than three cont* at a tim.\ ih nmn from the rn il dmri.t* cooiiv ptlrchni ed a single stamp, and related the oner lion till hi- per ecu tor cared and took i the remaining cents in a In at p, much t the internal satisfaction of the tatUvila: outMdfl. One of llie Three Thousand. K?v. Isaac S. KuUoch, of the Trcmout Temple, Boston?one of llio popuinr Kansas freedom-shrieking preachers?is in a tight place at present, though ho brazens out the proof against him. The following ? Hi anvils wUi tcU the story of what he is accused: ... - *< Several of those who undertook to defend hint have announced their intention to desert him if he does not come out and domaud a full investigation of the wholo matter. The landlord of the hotel at which Mr. K. put up with a lady, at Cambridge, Mass., publishes tho following affidavit: East Cambridge, Jan. 17, 1857. I, Kphraiin P. Bailey, do depose and say, that 1 am ono of the landlords of a hotel in Kaat Cambridge, now kuown as the Cragie House, formerly kuown as tho Lochmere House; thai on the night of the 6lh of January instant, about six o'clock, a gentleman, accompanied by a lady, came to the Cragio House in a carrriage; the gentleman stated that lie was to lecture before the lyceurn that evening, and desired a tire to l>e made in a private rootn, for the accommodation of himself and his wife; the man then ordered some hot whiskey, saying ho was not very well, and his wile was ill; if I could bring it up without being known to do so; I took it up and handed it to the lady; suspicions of the characters of the persons Lcing aroused, and wishing to protect tho character of tho house, 1 went to a room adjoining that occupied by the parties, and I, through an opening at tho lop of tho door, saw tho gentleman kiss the lady; the persons occupied the room about nn hour and a half before the lecture; heard the woman say "what would your wife say # if she saw us?" Ho replied: "how will she know it?but what would your husband say if ho kuew it!" And they left the house to attend the lecture, and while the rootn was unoccupied, I widened the crevice above the door, in the presence of Mr. Samuel Giddings, so ! that the eye could command a veiw of the bed, and the principal portion of the Hoor | and furniture ot the room. The lady re| turned from the lecture about five minutes ! before the gentleman, and went to the room formerly occupied. The conversation was rather low. lie proposod occupying the bed. She said, "No, they will mistrust us." Saw the lady take the combs out of bcr hair and lay them on the dressing bureau. Saw the man take a pillow from the bod and lay it upon the floor; and then both the mau and the woman laid down upou the lloor. I was alone at the time. Afterwards I went down stairs, and told Mr. Griffin ami Mr. Giddings, the hitter fare-taker on the Rast Cambridge omnibuses, \vhat was going on; both these gentleI men then went up and examined the premises I &in fully satisfied that the individual I was Rev. Isaac S. Kalloch, and that the woman lie was with was not his wife; furthermore, I believe that the man did then and there commit adultery with the woman; deponent further says that on paying his bill, Rev. Mr. Kalloch ordered anotiier whiskey hling and drank it; and further this deponent saith not. Subscribed and sworn to beforo ine, this 28th day of January, 1857. Saulki. R. Glen, Justice of the Peace. Mr. Giddings publishes a similar affidavit. Mr. Kalloch has admitted that he drank the liquor, but gives as an excuse, that he was much tutigued and very unwell, and had been advised by a physician to drink occasionally, for the benefit of his health, a little Rourbou whisky, The Hangoi Whig says: Mr. lvalloch has been a fast young man. and carried the same qualities into his ministry. At Rockland, a fast place for looso ; morals, he has beeu considered as 'one of the h'hoys,' drove his fast horse and smolci cd his Havana with rrrent ciuin nml ?n? ? " H spokcu of there very familiarly as 'Ike Kalloeli.' With all the outside indications of , an absence of vital piety, by the religious i and political gullibility of the people, an<l j his own assurance, ho has ixjcti put into TroI niont Temple as a great popular preacher. The Boston Ilerahl al-o says: lie has figured as a mist active moral rcfuiiner; has been a prominent Maine law man, has been fiercely and bittcily dentineinlory against the immoralities, licentiousiic.vi and degeneracy of the times?against the# concubinage and violation of the marriage covenant of the slave system--was one of the famous three thousand who entered their protest in Congress against tho . Kansas Nebraska act as 'a rape of the virgin territoryand was one of tho most ac? tiw political clergymen in the late campaign, stumping everywhere for his candidate, nnd . speaking eloquently and pathetically over ' bleeding Kansas, i We shall find, on examining the list of cloiienl delinquents fir the lust ten years, | that they who have helped to swell that list have been clergymen who hare left their vocation, turned their backs upon the I altar, nnd engaged in partisan wafaie with , their whole son Is. ILuhiinc. a Whoso.?The Know Nothings of North Carolina are very indignant I because the Legislature of that Slate 'nave J blotted out tho Whig preamble of 1840, ^ that implied condemnation of the Mexican 3 j War, and threw the whole blamo of that c war upon President .lame* K. IVIk. Tho pienmble which accoin|?anied a resolution - i appropriating money for defraying the ex111 penaes of the noble North Carolina volun- . it leers, passed by the Legislature of 1848 ; was a stain upon tho fair character of the v State, and virtually impeached the gallant a spirits who volunteercvl in defence of their 0 country's honor, as going to fight a wicked i and dish on arable wur. It was due to the 1. State, to tiro noble volunteers, and to the II memory of James K. I'oik, that so mono 1 stroiis nn art of partizttu prejudice should il ; be wiped from the Journals of the Legist a* I turo, aa it has been done.