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.. ^ . mpr*" ' ^ THE CAROLINA SPARTAN. * _ by cavis & trihmier. Dorotetr to Southern Hirsts, politics, fllgricultuvc, nut) iHlSCfUamj. 82 per annum. ^ vol. xiii. spartanburg, s. Or, thursday, february i!), 1857. no 52. THE CAROLINA SPARTAN. n 1SY OAVIS & TUIMMIER. u s T- 0. P. VERNON, Associate Editor. t! ______ p Price Two Doli.aks per annum in advance, or 2i.iO at tlio end of the year. If not paid until after the year expires $3.00. "I Payment will be considered in advance if made witliiu three months. In No subscription taken for less than six months. Money may be remitted through postmasters nt our risk. Advertisements inserted at tho usual rates, and contracts made on reasonable terms. tl The Spartan oiroulates largely over this and tli a. {joining districts, and oilers an admirable medium to our friends to reach customers. ' , Job work of all kinds promptly cxecnted. Blanks, Law and Equity, continually on hand , or printed to order. A CAROLINA SPARTAN.I" Written for tho Carolina Spartan. "SHE KICKED HIM." BY J. F. O. rc mvTivnEn vnn\t last kpautan*. ' 11 It was very near the dawn of day, when, ,l1 tired, agitated and fevered, I threw nivself | upon my bod in old Major U's best room. ; v<What a night had I experienced! How fe; strangely had I been involuntarily brought j I'< under the influence of circumstances, and ! r mado to act a part in an unknown drama. ! IIow I longed for tho rosy approach of i morning, and how drearily came out upon pc tho dewy air tho old church clock beil, telling tho world with its "iron tongue" the <-'<1 hour of four. gi [ know not when or how, but 1 finally U1 lost myself in "the mazo of sweet forgetful- 't ncss," and was awakened from dreams of blood and wretchedness by tho old major 'lf exclaiming: | ex "Pretty tiino of day for a fino fellow to I it be iying abed, 'pon my word!" pr "Is that you, major," I sleepily asked. di "Well, sir, upon reflection, 1 should ra- di ther think it is," replied tho good-natured tl> man, at tho Earns time poking mo in the f? short ribs with his cano. la "Really, major, I insist upon your quit- m ting such manilbstations of yourself as di thoso," I exclaimed, "for I am sensitive be- c7 youd measure." "Seriously, Mr. F., it is time to arise, for '?> tho breakfast bell will soon ring, and it ll' would bo ungeuteol for us to allow the la- I'11 dies to sit at tho tabic alone." r*-'1 " "True, sir," I replied; "but, major, who foi arc the ladies? I was not aware that any but your daughter lived at the house." '?' What! you didn't suppose that 1 allowed : '1tho ladies to leave my house at such an 1)L' unreasonable hour, young man. as near ,nl three o'clock this morning? do you?" "Are all tho company still under this l)e roof then?" I asked. "Nonsense, Mr. F.; of course only the la- w' dies. You must be 'spiritualty minded' j this morning. 'p?u my word!'' i "Major, I II be up directly, but Jo let mo havo a few moments conversation with you nfler breakfast in your otllce." "Aha! you want a private conversation with ine, eh?" exclaimed the major, giving me a rather severe poke in the ribs. =>': "Why, major," said I, "what do you kt mean!" ttr "Alice has played the devil with your heart," exclaimed the major, "and I'll bet " my wig that that's what you want the conversation for! Come now, F., out with it like a mat), and tell me if I ain't a good re guesser." "Bless your heart, major," I replied, "you corlainly are not serious in what you say." l'4 "My dear boy," exclaimed the major, "get up and dress yourself, and after break- cu fast meet me in the oflice. He assured, my ',: son, that if old major's love or money is a<-' good for anything, either or both shall r'-' be enlisted in your service if necessary." | ni "God bless the good old man!" was llio > language of my heart, as he left the room. "Major thinks me in love with Alice," said 1 to myself, while arranging my toilet. "I ki wonder if such is the general imp ossionJ'' a eopic are very apt 10 mink rattier t > lj' mucli of themselves sometimes, and it is *k just then that they make the biggot kind of fools. I remember how impossible it seemed to mo to arrange my cravat tastily, co or to give tho foreign twist to my mustache, 1 nc if tho sixteen stray hairs above my upper lip could bo entitled to that name. 1 thought I looked uncommonly killing and irresistible, and felt euro that i should put the ladies in fits of raptural admiration in less than fifteen minutes. I often look back ' ( upon myself in tho major's snug little room, i standing beside his mirror, and though still j ki a young man, my reader, I cannot but own what a fool I was, and wonder why tho ! u< mirror was not broken bv tho impudence 1 of my conceited glances. In my wander- l'' ings through life, and contact with men and things, I have learned how much bet* su tcr it is to win respect mid admiration by a tb ^ modest and quiet carriage and an upright , 1,1 and manly demeanor. . M "Oh! save me, ye powers, from tlioso pinks of the nation, j ti? Tlioso tca-tablc heroes! those lords of creation!" j c\ I walked down to tho 1 tidies' parlor just in time to hear Joe, tho negro boy, exclaim: I "Breakfast rendy, ladies!" . '"1 Circumstances, it is said, alter cases, and ai there is certainly more truth in that sen- it tonce than poetry. "Breakfast's ready!'' i si To tho hard-working man, who has enjoy- tti od a good night's rest, and who has a hard ta day's job beforo him, it is over a welcome tl sound; but to a parcel of delicate and fash- a ionablo ladies, who liavo spent tho ontirc w night in nervous excitement and active gay* hi ety, it is uny thing but pleasant, To my- ; tl self rt was unwelcome tidings, for my ad- i venture in the grovo had completely pros- ' tinted my nervous system, and tnado nio feel like a fussy old bachelor whon an east r( wind is blowing through the koy-holo of his door. I Having paid my compliments to tho la- h< lies, I proceeded with thorn to the break- si r |<st table, wombniiig all the while how > i the world tho major managed to arcommo si date so many during the night; foi if memo- w ** .:t' Ir' f deceives 111c not there were at jeast thir-] I ten in the Iio'e^e. Alice sat just opposito (j > juo, and oh! how beautiful she looked. { lio was somewhat paler than usual, but lis rather added to her sweet and lovely g >untenancc. "Poor Edward," 1 thought, | ad almost exclaimed aloud, as 1 looked s pon her. ' y "Allie, said tho major, "allow Mr. F. to elp you to a little tongue." "Mr. F. appears to havo need of all ho l! as," replied Alice laughingly. s "Gloriousl" exclaimed tho major; "I see 10 point now. lilcss my soul, Allie, n int's good for you!" r "Really now, Miss Alice O, I beg n irdonl Miss W."? w "1 prefer tho former, sir," interrupted h lice, "if convenient." a "Well, Miss Alice, I was about to ask hy you think that 1 have need of all the b nguo 1 have. Come now, please tell inc." , n "Why, because you aro so very fond of si Iking," she replied. tl "You mean the reverse, Miss Alice, and ally now I must apologize, hy remarking li at I feel loo unwell to be pleasant this 1 c orning." i w "Yes, Allie," said tho major, "Mr. F. is j I ry sick this morning, and I vory much h ir that his heart is affected by tho wounds j ! received last night." | " "Last night!" repeated Alice?"where! the grovo?" n ".No! no! Allie, the weapon was in your issession," exclaimed Major H. si Alico blushed crimson, the major laugh- e< , and 1 felt like a fool. It would have ; ven mo much satisfaction to have caught n ) tho dish of steak beforo me, and heaved s! at tho old major's laughing face; for, j nvever well-meant such a remark might ; d ive been, it was altogether false, ru le, and T ccedingly out of place. Reside all this, , f>. was positively sinful to leave such an im- | cssion as this upon the girl's mind, lor 1 n d not love her. Then, too, there was some t: mgor, if such an announcement caino to d e oars of Edward or Uradsford; for to the o rmer I had nositivelv denied it. and to the iter 1 was already 110 great friend. Tlio ! enl was concluded in silence, for tho la- cl es wore well aware of tlie extreme dclica , d of the subject, and tho major observed v eiubnrrassmont too plainly to continue 1 u s jokes. Breakfast being over, I followed I e ladies into tho parlor, and, more for the h irpose of passing time than anything cLo, 11 ijuestcd Alice to sing "Let luo dream of li rmcr years.'' After some hesitation she consented, and e: uk a seat upon tho stool la-fore the uielo- <?] on, but had scarcely struck the chords ! lore the old major thrust his merry face I I to tho room and exclaimed: ti "Why, Allie, don't you know that sick i ii oplo do not like to hear the melodeon." j "Indeed," said Alice; "and pray, uncle, ' a I10 i" sick!" 1 g "Mr. F., mv dear," provoking') replied s o major. Alice fully understood tho njajoi's mean- il g, and immediately vacated her scat be- .'< Je tiro melodeon, and left the room. 1 was rrght angry with the major, and it It s iinewhat mortified that he would per- e it in making remarks which ho must have town to bo so unpleasant both to Alice ul myself. 1< "Are you engaged, major?" I asked,"and, s not, may 1 have that conversation with |i >u?" e "Aot at all engaged, Mr. F.; and am ady for you just now." s Wo proceeded to tho ollicc, so called 1 r iow not way; oui properly uiu HUraiy ut , :? e major. i he old major handed me to a cozy little li shinned arm chair, beside the lire, and j tl iving lighted his pipe, and comfortably h Ijuited his portly person in a capacious ti eking chair, directly opposite ine, gave tl o a punch in the ribs and exclaimed: t "Now for it!" "1 -ok here, major, do you know that 1 h ink you acted very injudiciously in nia ng Alice heliove that 1 love her?'' a "liather a hard question, my boy, and 1 ink a lectle too disrespectful too," replied ' o major. ' Hog pardon, major, I really did not in- * nd any disrespect I assure you; but you v rlainly must admit that you hud better & ?t have made tho remark which you did tho table this morning." n "J Jut why not, Mr. F.f" replied tho innj >r. c "Vou would not have Alice to believo at I love her? major, when in reality I ? > not. You love her too much to allow u ir to be thus deceived." | J "Mr. I''.," replied the major, rising from s scat, "doyou know that Alico loves you?" i r "No! 'pon my word of honor 1 do not! i I l. i :.n? uiiioi >ili uuiiuvc u. ; v "Then, sir, old major B. tells you plainly f at sho does'" * My reader, have you over experienced r ch as this? If not, you cannot fathom < ' 0 depth of that agony that pressed upon r y heart at this calm announcement of old c ajor B. 1 excused myself from fuilher conversa- t 5n with the major, and sought the priva' of my own chamber. ? "Here is a nice fix for a follow to be in!" J exclaimed, as I throw myself into a chair, t l canm hero to spend a few days of fun id pleasure, and I supposo this is aomo of [ Edward, Hrndsford and Alice! well, 1 lull not soon forget tlioso names, that's cer t dn. Alice loves me, does she! Well,I'll i ike. a smoke anyhow, and quietly await i io final scene in this comedy. It may ho tragedy, howover, and the Lord knows i hat will become of mo. 1 ain't scared a it, hut I don't see what I've got to do with I in whole affair anyhow." i I remember well how I paced to and fro i my littlo room that Tuesday morning, ' id how I finally wept liko a child whon 1 miembored that Alice loved inc. I "I shall find it out in an hour's limo!" i exclaimed, "for I do not helievo it any- | ow." "Oh! if it bo truo," I thought, "what ' iall I do?" As I was thus musing, and thinking, and ' i ghing, and kicking up a funs generally, I < a.i Bt.?itied by a loud knock at my door.! ??* arose to open it, when in came blnek Joe, j y panning from ear to ear, and liolding a n Into of eatables in his hands. N "Mussa F., niassa sen up some sassen- |j ;ors full you." "Sausages!" 1 oxclainied, "who wants c ausages! Do 1 look like eating sausages, }, ou woolly-headed fool?" "Whorrah? why enty niassa sen um!" "Clear out, you black scamp, and eat |, li?m yourself, but 1 hope one of tlieiu will j, tick in your throat cross-ways." tj Joe made his exit immediately, and left f, to in the very worst humor which T ever n emetnber to havo boon in. The fact is, 1 f. ceded repose, for 1 had been up nearly the iholo liiglit, and my mind had been great- (] y excited for several hours about K I ward s nd Aiico. |. Joo returned a few moments afterwards, eating a waiter containing coffee and a f, oto. 1 gladly accepted the coffee, and as ; jon as lie left the room I hastily opened h [jo envelope and read as follows: | .. "Mr. G. J. F.: I am conscious of the v berty which I take in addressing you, but 1 ircumstances inako the step necessary, f M ould esteem it as a special favor for you 1 n ) meet mo in my room within the next e alf hour. Respectfully, Amok W." "Genius of demonstration!" 1 exclaimed, : n what doc9 this mean? iMi?t ;/" in my ' r, pom'?that's c<>ol! I'll got myself in a ico fix before 1 leave this house." bj 1 started down stairs, saw tho major, b bowed him the note, and anxiously await- j |, I an explanation. I > "See her, by all means," Mr. 1\; "for it lust be an allair of some importance, or 0 10 would not have sent you that note." ;v "Well, by jingo! major, show inc up, or j, own. or about, wherever the loom is; but II leave in the next stage ascertain as fate, S| >r I hate all this mystery and nonsense." The major showed me the door of Alice's |, join, and left mo "alone in my glory." 1 0 ipped quietly upon the door with my liing whip, and was bid to come in. 1 pened the door and stepped boldly within, . :arcely knowing what 1 did. "Well, sir," said Alice, rising from her J hair, her eyes (lashing fire and her nostrils dated: ? "llow shall I understand this intrusion pon my privacyi" j, 1 was, of course, amazed, and could only and her the nolo which Joe brought to v ly room. She read it, and turning snii- ' ? ngly to me, exclaimed: J ^ ' Why, Mr. R, 1 didn't write tliis; but I xpcct the gills are trying to have a little a port out of you." ' ".Spoil out of me? Why really, Miss Alice, : j, am not prepared to call this up >rt; it is p itling with me, and I shall leave the ho no y immediately!" ii So saying 1 seized my bat, an I was p bout to rush from the room, wli a Ate p antly placed iier hand on my shoulder and p aid: "Mr. V., you would not leave the house p " von know that by s i d jing you would of v en .1 ?;?< / would you?" , ' The accent upon "/.ir was v? rv cmphat :, and made me feel rather uneasy. Must- 1 ring up all my yourago, I exclaimed: "In the name of common sense, Miss tlice, what do you want me to do?" Alice (ooked at me a few moments in porfcct j urprise, and then her clear silvery laugh i ealcd out of tho rosy eel! of sound, and I choed throughout the old mansion. \ ^ "I'm sold!" 1 exclaimed, rushing down * lairs, and slamming doors behind me. I s centered my room, sat down on my trunk, nd f.dt deep orate. j r "What does Alice mean? I wonder, and ow 11 u p >ssidio mat sue appear* - ? houghtlcss and gay, wl^cu poor Klwnrd's J cart is bieaking on licr account. Cor- i v Miily sho could not bo aware of this. I 1 hirk 1 shall question tlio major about i J his." ; 1 1 met tlio m ijor in his library, enjoying is pipe by tlm Hie. ' What can 1 do f >r you now, Mr. F.?"he ^ sked. ! 11 "Major, what connection is there between j Uico and Kdward M n?" "None that I know oil now, sir; but they j ^ roro old sweethearts from childhood, until t rithin a year ago; but somehow or other t he "kicked" him. "S/tc kicked him!" What an expression! : nd Oh! what volumes of agony, what talcs 1 if blasted hopes, aro couched in that phrase! t "?Mi! major," 1 exclaimed, "don't speak o iritlinglv about the matter, for you know ' lot tiio weight of woo that presses uj>on ' >oor Ivlward's heart." "Voting man," replied the major, "you t nistake mo if you suppose that 1 consider > t a trifling matter. Alice and Kdward | > rcrc my pets when children, nnd nre my i avoritcs now. A year ago I had not the t lightest doubt that thoy would liavo mar led bv this time, i know not whv. but i !icc changed all at once, and scarcely per- ' nits his name to bo mentioned in her piessiice." ''llave you any idea, major, what are lie causes of this estrangement.'"' "No, none other than hor Into acquainthk'o with ldradsford. Ho you think it rossible, major, that we could mediate in i his matter.''' " , "?> no, they arc already engaged," ro- i >liod the major. "Who!?Alice and Uradsford? Why, , najor, under these circumstances your re- i narks at the tahlo this morning arc quite noxplicable." ) | "Tut! a joke i.1 a joke, Mr. ]<\, and I neant you to consider it as such." "Very well, as fur as it goes, but do you enow whether Alice considers it in that) iglit," l replied. "Is she not < n>/agcil? how else could sho rave uiidcrstoo l it," replied the m tjor. "Ho you know if Alice loves this Mr. Idradsford?" f a-.ked, "and can you inform no anything about his history!" "About his history I know nothing, and with regard to your first question, whether Alico loves him, I can only say that I think it probable, from the very nature of tliecircumstancos." "You know uothing of his history? and - . 11 111 1111 1 et toll mo tliat she is to l?e his wife. Whv, najor, it hooiiis very strange that you , liouUl not make some inquitice about Am. ; p "Why should /, particularly, !>o expect- ! ^ c J to milieu inquiry, when her pjwonts are ci natural guaidians, and both nlive." "Arc they favorable to the engagement?" i (/(> "Why, ho far as liiat is concerned, 1 jt)ii avo board it rumored that her fiihei, iiav- j tig always disliked Edward, is ^uito satis- j ,it| ed lo see his daughter tho with jot' UraJs- | ' jrd; but that her mother docs not at all 'i u pprorc of the match, Edward being hor '|,1S ivoritc." sni( "Indeed, major, I feel muh interested in jM ho pailies, although almost .?n entire ^ n I ranger lo them all. It seems to mo that s,u Mward mud liavo hceu encouraged by llico to expect much, or lie wou d not have ill the estrangement so keenly." h: M "Alii my boy," replied tin major, brush- | (i(. :ig a tear from his ruddy old cheek, "if on only knew how Alice ho, 1 hid ward w] rhen a little gi:!. an 1 how ho worshipped cr very shadow, you would excuso an old ian's tears. l>ut change is nscribcd upon ^ ^ II that is earthly, at. 1 tin spiritual and 1 ternal alone arc immutable." jt(jI had heard enough, an I bidding the j injur good morning, 1 bntcned to my u oom. | wo "< >h!" though* I, as I sen od myself be ' ido inv b"v<l :m i laid upon it my fevered j?u row, "what a sorrow must that be which ^ angs like a pall about tho broken heart of; , oor Edward " 1 )e It wai now near noon, an* although nick ,.(>1 uough Icr a physician's adv ce and attend- .l(|, nee, 1 determined, according to promise, to ! ay a brief visit to Edward. I |(M "Mr. 1'.," said Alice, meet ng tne on the ( Lairs, "wo have persuaded tho ni ?jor to j ivo us a small ton party thi evening, and p,i; ope wo si, ill be favored with the pleasure vor f your company." j(0 "And Edward's loo?" 1 aslod. "Certainly, sir. if his present J will add '.<> , ,lj;l our enjoyment." ilU( "Will it add none t > your \ Mi?s Alice." ,..UI asked, playfully, taking her hand. j r ^ Alice bin died crimson, an 1 the fair hand * 1 y ruth: "There was a t ! in ti.o < !': <? of " lie city marshal \ ' u\ where that jOi??l-nalurcl of! al w - siliinj* w? It !io po,?r. 'Stan ! ha k, ,li of you, ami let ' !i won,an wit a a hah have a c'.a:. ' fho crowd complied, an<l again and again, ! volutin aft, r worn in, i a wit i a h the in lor arms, kept pr< n^t >rv.;ud tothede-k. Iu i'ho marshal tw,?k it ,-ot iy f >r a while, hut iuuily the infant bepjnn to itM imi a fun.I ar look, and an oxumiu: i?>:i w is ha !, when t lurnc 1 out that the i <:li r was /, I < '' Wr h'tb>f to lur (iCfti'ii)i uncut, to secure f i ! .hem the immunities winch -lie herself on " ioyod. There was a ia ?_;!? all round, nr. 1 M i fresh stnit. J:in live - that the last I, sl rowor of the hahy pinched it to make it ex ito additional miiij ath\." ?? *- ? Monro: run.MM, Hon-.- A c ?ri< sondent of ho t ark-tilio (Va.) Tohiuv) I 'lant say- : 1 had hoard it said that turnip had no _ lulri iu iit. and that lie h"r in in lioi h< i-t : ould fa'.ti 11 on them. I determine 1 to make an i \|>. liuieut at ill l. i/. irds. I !i nl ? 10 hogs to fatten. I Coini i.jiHVii t o pr>> cess of boiling turnips i very day I i them, mixing in a very un ili quantity ?>f men!, ( uid in live weeks tlioy were in first rate killing order, and made as nice poik as any o| I Imvo over hud. Tim quantity of corn . used tlio whole liino w a - 1 I J bids., exact- , ly, ground into meal. It Usually t 1 k 1-2 bbls. to fatten <>no liogf>r tin? knif\ My wiving in corn was therefore 22 1 2 lib's., which, at *5, make t<112.ir*0 saved. Ail editor out in Iown is grumbling be I. cause ho has boon lined two hundred and b fifty dollars f>r hugging ft gill in meeting. r< Wo con>id< r that cheap hugging. NVo t! huggod a gn! about nine moil I lis ago, and n it ha- cost us double that Mint already, and si thoro is no telling how much Inore it is go. f ing to cost ii -Cofetvill* (If ' .) JnU h. ?? sjenctr. i J a: est led within my own treinbed like a leaf. yl( "Min Alice, please tell me that Edward's j a] rosence will n 1 1 to your enjoyment." L,tl, "Mr. 1'.," -l.o replied, "1 n u-t request of noj ou, as a favor, never to mention that man's auto itt my presence;" and, ?o saying, she Up, umcd abruptly away and !? t mo. "That in-ni's name!" O i! how hitter nd di>r' ;? >etful. IIowcouM site call him ,,r i?! lie upon wlio?c faithful bosom alio I i? ( ad so often leaned, an 1 up n v.hose love- j l eyes she ha 1 j^a' i <. ; fun-:.- in the pas'! lost remcinhiait 'os of tadv i .ve. with ait r. . s sac re ! n-ooiaiions < (* |< light, and icauly, thus i le away! O ?n the human g, artso ea.-iiv part wit!: tha around which L had ,.u:..< d i: ! ' ! "Oh! Alice," I thought, ' ! v in a be tig so ! utiful a thou n?;'i. i so gieat a !i reight of woo up >o tt heart to much thine! ju ,WI,!" l tin [i . nr. coN-ci.no: j ! wi . ? W i...:iiu t nrth, *!?? ? new'% !<vle l >11er:t. ai>, if Madisi.o county, 1 ' ?i*?, opened the court \\ or t i to Hi ft time with the (Allowing nowl m< pcccli: ha "Hoar yo. i in ! a. ral e Court of t en- re] noil pleas within an! f r the county of in dudison anil Slate ef < 1m . 1. iw i.i > ion, ai.il leady t transact .such business A may regulaily come befro it, whore the ' >??; [ililly someti .iOJ ?, > mi] Mii lit 1, an 1 lis- pa nnoccnt unnecessarily Her?where the lonorablo judge Btfth 1-. al ished at the tie- dil iravity ami stupidity of mankind?a 1 til vhere the lawyer-, causo pel feet and di>a - an ious wreck of \?? ir p -ol i 1 o< k, and the > 1 lioritV ready stands, win an unrelenting a; te.ait, to take your g >>1 . chatties, an 1 all t our clothes; and if, at tlio intervals of n* ouit, there should any >r party fall into s' pur hands by any dee tse'l relative, w\ m igain stand re:, ly to p it v. t through !" v:< . ^ _ >c; \\ Ixcin: \i ' r i:. Kir. t. Famin 'an vt!o.--'l he t hiceg ! .uocratic I.*r< ells the ['.(llo'.vil ' slnrv I i-r.-wt - I'.ir i! "J.i in-t, which \"U seem to de-ire im i on-iler as unotliciid. I -hall not com y with your singular fancy, as y??u c.?i ive ii > legitimate claim to address me ?. x j't as .Secretary ot War. Acc >rJingly, tall treat your communication, whet he 'gin .I as private and scurrilous or n ib'.ic missives ot arrogance at ! -tiperciii i-ne?, as C|Ual!y olli d. II, n ai 'atilie- iu them which ought t t to I s', an . it ail not bo iii\ fault it i do li ii ! r your part of this c it -pan 1 -nee ; ,em la. . xatnp!.' to c shunned by yon icci --ors." I this the S : 'tarv replies, Se t. Tib Vol am I to h : at all d>i r? 1 ti , :ii a ftii tpftiro of llie gi ai I! u s of \ a largOS or by tile till, \ i liiaib1 i ion rin 1 inv in : "I ti - hi :. . . . I * ions ?r:i1)io ox unj . t < ' shuui. \\ by n? icco.-o* rs. Tui- i> ibo im-anest brav.i i.? ? to who liim>e!!'it i >ui-? t!io in <t incitwrr io cx.*ti?j?lo otl t! 1 ccc>??I-i t'f l" t'ji t.l l?nt of a Anno . n'.r tVff-:.iiist<lt J'f.ii. : tit la!>.: iU't list. I < \ j tl." IIoa-vhn ) r > I! 1.1! .1 :it*? i 'i(xl< s ali i II Him I'iiinjiboil. < M !U on ma, whilo running lit >r It ir?o-t l-r whi ? vt woro in '.air . Lilloil by liglitn an olh tho hor>? s umler S > writes f?eC abl s oiliz I? of K ; ?\ county froi lilt country. It 'iih tli.it tho race w 't * > much one for whiskey. a* it was wb loultl got to lu ll tir?t. Filtered tho ii mal region* about tho same tiin.-! 11. m ?to}?j)t'(l on tho Iowa rule <>f tho rive i they hati not gone into the race willingl (ion. Soil and Secretary Davis. fhe correspondence between Gen. Scott I Secretary I'avis is quite voluminous. >iQ a hasty examination <>f tlio various sumcnts it appears that Gen Scott deled to give open ami specific information Mr. Davis regarding the expenditure of secret service money in .Mexico, boliovtlr'.l no obligation of public or private lor, according to tlio usages of nations 1 armies, required him to disclose names 1 circumstances, lie however exprcssod illingness to givo such information f<>r private ear alone, which the Secrotary 1 lie was willing to receive in confidence. November, IS.1*"*, the President of the ited States writes to Seer ta>v Davis, ing in substance: "Gen. Scott states two iuiius on which he has learned that I itatnd to nliow the live per cent, com misi. It is proper to remark that he has n misinformed or misapprehended my ition. lie himself fixed 3 I i! per cent, ieh he might propeily icceive f>r his bursemciits in Mexico; and a balance ick upon that ba->ii? was the subject of vernation between us." Mr. Davis, in responses to the Piesident, onus him that Gen. Scott had charged n-oif with the sum i i sJC 1 ,f'J 1, nil of ieh, excepting ?30,Uu0, f->r disbursing >5,511. leaving 8G,155 withheld by Gen. >lt on his account. This balance tha .-sideiit authorized Gen. Sott, through Secretary of War, to retain, den. Seott. in a letter slated New York, ccmber, 1855, writes that there arc two ns, making *1 1,835 against him, as not nilted or disallowed by the President op ount of five per cent, charged hy him all ill euys <bs!?urs? 1. lie says it was irely itliIn tin* c unp -toncy of the Presiit to allow that charge, and he n>ks that suit be brought against him by the gonmciit to recover th>> amount claimed to duo bv liim, nearly *<>,000. lint the -sident declined to enter suit. There are ny explanations relative to those figures, . the financial parts of the transaction not be fairly understood by this mere renco to the subject. \mong the documents i-, the opinion of !oruey General Gushing, dated January, ill, to the effect that tlio act creag the grade of lieutenant general does confer upon Gen. Seott all the authoriwhich was imposed by the law of 1708 >n Washingt >n, who was thereby made commander of the armies, while Gen. stt was appointed li utcnanl general by ! r of the President of the I'nit'l States, arrios retrospec.ivv pay and em turnout*, t ie>t retrospective authority. ' on. -It's ej: r -n .adenee with the oft< < f tlm " ?v r:ii!i it ?t; back us lhr 1- 48, rm 1 that 1 n 1 itn and the r sty of \Y ir ilin ? i $55 con tail s the ' <\\ in_f f. i' i? : Mr. . ivi , on July 25lll, . "? ... i: tf * i th.? exhibition uf .i . :ap. r hi no* A > an inquiry from <! artnjvnt," " ?. < ion. >cott replies, y SO: "it would be easy to show that \vh !o letter in which you char go me l!? exhi! iting a ] \i-l temper is as Hipnt in i'.> st ?t in ".'s and logic as in that pupation," "<Scrt#inly as Secretary of ary.'U have il me miugli to warrant >re than suspicion tliat from the first you ve c insideic 1 it your special mivion, by :>eat? 1 Ingres-i n on my lights ami feel; , to goa 1 me > s m perilous nttiJe of official op: . tio!,." "To pr<.\.. in. ! ;.g f rh-nirancc, for at y time of life all angry <!.<cu- ions arc infill, I will now proceed t < enumerate mo f the provo .it. ms a iinle 1 to, witliont lating in this place on your partisan busily tithe brov.-t ot hviitenant general, 1 t ? tli compensation t.' uigro-s intendt.? attach th r. t >." The General tlien u lis to one of the Secretary's "captious torts" and his "capping tlie climax by urpation and absurdity." lie likewise ys: "Following out your personal rcT.ikc the letter of the 12th, yottr object, in olation of principle, is to crush mo into ;i rsile obcdi? nee to vour self will. 1 know uir ob-tinn -v, and I know also what i: to niyseif a- a man and a soldier; and 1 ant > !>. cruslie 1, I prof r it at tin. in is of niv military peers."' l io S -cret i"V r.-;'ins, in an unofiieial dated August ti l: our present ac i . n c . .-g . in with Usurpation for tin unworthy ends, and imputes to nil . v< s itic ui- >.- l with oliicial ints-i:y cut mm. 1 ba eiy malevolent and pto )Utic d Utteily false." General S it replying, August full, say, iia* received a note fioui vuti dated u; Mr. Knit's Spm-li. Tlie recent speech of Hon. L. M. Iveitt, ] it Washington, on the history of slavery, Tei has called out the following comments of pas tho New York Independent?Henry Ward tig Kocoher's paper. Notwithstanding the am- out j mm* of the article, it involves high cotr.pl: afli incut to Mr. Keitl: acc "In the House, tlic marked point of in ' tcrcst was the speech of Mr. Koitt, of South J,;,, Carolina, upon tho slavery question. It commanded universal attention, and was a strong speeeh in inore senses thiyi one. Mr. ,na Keitl ij a tluent and rapid debater, and is tor, a pure specimen of Southern hot blood. Mr His whole system works like an engine undor the deliverance of his radical thoughts. His eyebrows ri?e and fall like the "walk ' ing beam of a steamboat?and when the . ' steam is fully up, the movement is painful to the beholder. His gesticulation is strong- .V1 er than it is graceful, and his voice is too jf( sharp for harmony, especially when sliding <J into a nasal twang, as it does occasionally. 'u lie grapples his subject with the conscious- .el ness of being a master, and otlVrs no word of apology for the enunciation of bis radi | '' cal views. And radical they arc. They stagger democracy?nay more, they utterly l'' annihilate thy word and condemn its nppli- 001 cation, as a fungus appearing upon modem !n'' society, which should bo cropped oil', so t10 that society could by carried back to its pri mal purity. His views of society and gov- ) eminent aio for the latitudes of Central South Carolina, barbaric Central Africa, and the region governed by tho Autocrat of ail the K issias. Jlis speech is a perfect j r!x museum of historic curiosities in social and llV political life, galvanizing into being defunct ! , Millions >n order to show their d urkest fen- i 1 tures as models for tlio most enlightened, I an ; christianized nation of the worlJ in this the ! j nineteenth century, lie cluinurl that the ! ' j Divine i a waiver, in the very structure of j Kn ; society, established slavery as one of its j s:^ features; or, as lie expressed it, "1 have seen | that slavery was a primordial and universal j lec f i"., and I have traced it up the stream of [ v lime to those awful mysteries which en- 1 1 shroud the origin of society.*' His historic ! j stoppings were painful, aud one almost forgot to bo thankful for an enlightened, liberal an' government in view of the dark historic |u' picture of our race. The ability manifested , in the compilation of the several historic rCH points, and the ingenuity with which they are woven together to form a chain, commen 1 the whole Mibjoct to some well versed and careful reviewer. For roe it is suftiI cient to know, that hecauso tyranny hi a i ^C: existed, it is no sullicient reason tor its ex- | ^ istonce )i or. Hecau.-o Athens, in her na- I ti mil capacity, owned two hundred thou- i UT sand slaves, who. bv forced labor, worked | tV her mine-, and tilled the coders of her *p' tr nry, and sunk to a historic tomb,?bo- liU cause K .me, "in tlio very hey-day of positive c"> I !< gisl.ition, throughout the ropuldioau peii- n,< <? Ivgi-iatc 1 the unfortunate *Uhtor into scliaius an 1 slavery, thus hugging the viper j until tho whole political l?ody was infected Wc with the virus, and crumbling, fell to her l!i lllntori I'rav.i it mi In ..\r? ?? !... , - --- -, -- - .....V... we, us a nation, should follow such examples, ** ? in order to iusuro *ueh a doom. The great featuro of the speech consisted in this; ]T ho did not finish the history of a single na- 1-1 tion from whose laws or customs ha quoted. )( II 11 ho ?hme so, he would have wrapped hinist if about in their rotten shrouds." ? i ^ j A\ AnriTL Miscii.?Sotno tune ago a I j, g-.-u cinau c.-iii 1 upon a c* ruin nobleman, tj ,i very wealthy and inordinately mean character, and found him at the breakfast table, tQ quite alone, and doing his utmost to catch j 1 a tlv which was buzzing about the room. ( What the deuce arc you about," demand- ? | ed the astonished visitor, to whom tho spec , taclcol'an old man amusing himseh by t1* itching dies seem-a 1 very singular, to say ,s , the least. "Jlush!-1 exclaimed the other,'"1 j "I'll toll you presently." After many of- l" forl-?, the old fellow at last suec edod in en- Cl , trapping the tly. Taking '.lie insect care- *1 I fully between bis thumb an 1 fofunuger. lie put il into the sugar bow! a I quickly let 111 : io i ! ??voi his prisoner. Hi. visitor, more I :l! annoy i t' ?n ever, knowing a- he did tho avar :s oil . i.-ter oftii man before, re- n . ]> Hod tiie question. "I'll tel! y ni," replied the mi- r a triumphant grin overspreading Ids ( mntetmnce as ho sp >!; . "1 want to ; r> a-ecitain if the servant# steal the sugar." . i r "* * ' I I ; Lawyer II , of ( >nneotieut, was a (j i sharp lawyer, invariably iota ied ia crimi- rj c rial ?ms . w i eie bis peouliar abilities were j 0 doomed likely to benefit bis client. "Old ^ i Mrs. 1 the wi ! n f i u hi fir ^ - iner, was remarkable I r h r pluiuncsj of 1 speech an l manner; nnd sbo wa# "orto of 14f! i t o 'cute .-..it." The " ! woman w is an s) i wtaiit witii 's- r tii pi .'otiti in, in I ^ w l ich 11 defended tho ovi! doer. | J o llor testim - \* hot.- liar 1 up >n th prison ! 0 or, and in t! cross exani i.-i'ion 11 ????? j , on n i \ :h a t . { .Ti" .-# n- itf it?t?5 I. i. 1' 1 At 1c h tulit:n^ abruji'.li : > t! w ikss, J. i 11?; OX i i I : "M i i lilt! \ 1 have br.-s 1 l" I ' t i i: >ti^ i i \ o-ir ' a : in ik- a tw?Uo q i nt : pail!" > *." i.-plied t.io withe*#, d 'l, you've g ' sass onoliah . 1 \ our III-ill to fid,1' r it!" l i '1 aw\.-r had d uio with that wit-' j ness.?fCnict'r!T r Ma>ja: n . A I' m Ui-ti . \ lew day* <-'neo n I coiintiimoi ramu Inlown < I. >w? !i, Mass., I l and to llit' |">?t ofli v\ii! 1 a bank t bill, cm, I * r i . V- woitli i f p m#i^o ; ^ j i?i unp-; iln* ia ks wanted jh cie, an.I lie v straight^ iv r.'.nm . willi (>wr Spanish | . n .'M i an 1 til - beintj al? > ?1 :i.c?l nl n n in. ' moy, ewopi lit . mat, ha came a I j , third :imo w i:!i a In. li 1 coppers, and a I v ry Ciipp ;is"i I <-/ \uiia'imi. Heing \ d ii'! r:n. ! \ . .1 In lii: d lln. window . i a that i >;p - wor< i >t .? le<al tender t<? n r a 11. . r . \ . nt t'.iaa 'as. o tvnb Hi a time, tin | c is man from tin1 i ml luiTiol" oonlly porches.' ? la-'; _ . -tar p. nid H'peated the open- J i lion till hi- per?e -utor caved and li?ok in i i the n \n i e< it- in a ltur.p, inneh <?> ? r, the internal rati?fartion <"if tlui individual I .' ("i! le. t One of the Three Thousand, It?v. Isaac S. Kallocli, of the Trcmout nple, Boston?one of the popular Kanfrcedonw.hrieking preachers?is in ft i lit place at present, though ho brazens , the proof against liiiji. The following uavii* will tell the story of what he is us.d: Several of those who undertook to defend 11 have announced their intention to dc* t him if he does not conic out and dotal a full investigation of the whole matThe landlord of the hotel at which . K. put t t> with a huly, at Cambridge, as., publishes the following affidavit; flout Cambridge, Jan. 17, 1857. [, Kphraim Ik Bailey, do depose and say, ,l 1 ant one of lite landlords of a hotel in ?t Cambridge, now known as the Cragie use, formerly known as the Loch mere use; that on the night'of the 5th of itiary instant, about six o'clock, a gentian, accompanied by a lady, came to i Cragie Ilou-e in a carrriage; the genman stated that bo was to lecture befo e i lyceutn that evening, and desired a tire be made in a private room, for the acntnodation of himself and his wife; the ,ti then ordered some hot whiskey, saying was not very well, and his wile was ill; [ cotild bring it up without heing known Jo so; I took it up and handed it to the y; suspicions of the characters of the peris being aroused, anil wishing to protect i character of the bouse, 1 went to a mi adjoining that occupied by the pari, and I, through an opening at the top the door, saw tho gentleman kiss the y; the persons occupied the room about hour and a half before the lecture; heard > woman say "what would your wife say t she saw tts?" I le replied: "how will she ow it?but what would your husband ' if he knew it?" And they left the house to alteud the ttuo, and while the room was unoccupied, ridened tho crevice above the door, in i presence of Mr. Samuel Giddings so it the eye could command a veiw of the 1, and the principal portion of the lloor il turnituro ot the room. The lady rened from the lecture about five minutes fore the gentleman, and went to tho >m formerly occupied. The conversation ,s rather low. lie proposed occupying i bed. She said, "No, they will mistrust " Saw the lady take the combs out of r hair and lay them on the dressing buiu. Saw tho man take a pillow from tho d and lay it upon tho floor; and then ih the uinti and the woman laid down ion the floor. 1 was alone at the lime, terwards I went down stairs, and lohl r. Griflin and Mr. Giddmgs, the latter o taker on the Cast Cambridge omuibuswhat was going on; both these gentlefti then went up and cxainiucd theprcmi-; 1 am fa'.ly satisfied that the individual is I lev. Isaac S. Kallocli, and that tUo ?man he was with was not his wife; furcrmoro, I believe that the man did then 1 there commit adultery with the woman; poiieut further says that on paying his 11, Ilev. Mr. Kalloch ordered another liikey *ling and drank it; and further is dep >nent saith not. Subscribed and sworn to before me, this ith day of January, 1857. Samckl K. Glen, Justice of the Peace. Mr. Giddings publishes a similar aflidat. Mr. Kauoch has admitted that ho ank the liquor, but gives as an cxcuso. at he was much fatigued and very until, and had been advised by a physician drink occasionally, for the benefit of his tt'th, a little Bourbon whisky, The Ban r Whig Mr. Knlloch I ins been n fast young man, id carried the same qualities into his inintrv. At llockland, a fa t place for looso orals, he has been considered ns 'one of io b'lioys,' drove his fast hor>e and stuok1 his Havana with great gusto, and was token of there very familiarly as *Ik? Raich.' With all tlio outside indications of i absence of vital piety, by the religious ad p litioal gullibility of the people, and is ow n assurance, ho has been put into Trclout Temple as a great popular preacher. The Boston Herald al-o says: He lias figured as a most active moral . former; has been a prominent Maine law inn, has been fiercely and bitter 1 y dentin niory against the immoralities, licenliouscss and degeneracy of the times?against ie concubinage and violation of the murage covenant of tlio slave system-?was lie of the famous three thousand who enred their protest in Congress against the [un-ms Xobraska act as 'a rape of the virin territory,' and was one of tlio most acve political clergymen in the late campaign, lumping everywhere for his candidate, and peaking eloquently and pathetically over Icod.iig Kansas. Wo shall find, on examining the list of :i ;.! d linquentH fur the last ten rears. . u tin y who )i:n o helped to swell that *t have l?een clergymen who havo left heir vocation, tinned their backs upon the It'ii", and engaged in partisan wafaie with heir whole soul*. kiginincr a Wroxo.?The Know Nothngs of North Caroline are very indignant iccausQ the Legislature of that Statu hare lotted out the Whig preamble ?>f 1846, lnit implied condemnation of the Mexican iVar, ntid threw the whole blame of that inr upon President James IC. Polk. The ncamblo which accompanied a resolution ppropiiatinsj money for defraying the ex* uT.ses of the noble Nortb Carolina rolun- . eor?, riassed by the Legislatuie of 1846 vat a ?lain upon tho fair character of the hate, and virtually impeached the gallant pirils who volunteer*' I in defence of their oun try's honor, a> going to fight a wicked md dishonorable war. It nai due to tho bate, to tho noble volunteer*, and to the nemory of Janies K. Polk, that so inon troua nu act of partisan prejudice should >o wiped from the Journals of the lyegislaurn, r-j it has been done.