Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-10-10

Said he: II have never courted trouble with
any one. but have never gone out of the way
to avoid it. / have had a member of encounters
and i have never been whipped In my life,
except BY my mother and by my elder brother.
i remember the first and ONLY whipping i got
from nv brother. He was older than / was and
a greal deal stronger. and / was accustomed
TO tease him and play tricks upon him. until one
day We were ont trimming some trees In the
orchard. The trees were rather high. and my
brother had made little ladder to enable him
to get up into them He took one row of trees
and took another. and | would put away his
ladder and take Il over to my row. so that he
had to jump down and get it when he wanted
to go to a new tree He objected several times.
Notwithstanding this 1 still kept at il. ana he
caught me and threw me down and whipped
me with some OF the long sprouts or trimmings
of the trees. These sprouts we're very supple
and / can almost fee! their sting vet. / appre-
ciated. however, the justice of the whipping
and did not cry. l rose laughing. but from
that time 1 did not take my brothers ladder
anG i stopped teasing him.
GIN. CLAWS FIRST DUEL
when did you have your first duel, gen.
eral?'' asked.
"My first duel" replied Gen. CLAW. ster-
minated without either party firing a shot 1t
occurred when was twenty-three. ffty-eight
years ago. was engaged to be married and
had rival suitor. who. in spite of my success
wrote letter to my sweethearts mother in
Which, lie IDdut u number OF VERY OBNOXIOUS
charges concerning me. The letter should
never have been shown me. but the mother of nv
aftanced wife did hand II TO me and asked me
to explain IT. / explained 1t by going to Louis
vile on the hunt for the man who had written
it He was a doctor. and his name was Uecla-
rev. friend of mine went with me- and as
soon as We got to the city | went into a cooper
shop and got good. tough hickory cane. about
as big around your finger. l saw DIR. De-
clarey on the street and went up to him and
asked him II his name was Declarey. He re-
piled that it was and then told him would
like to have talk with him This was On one of
the main streets of Louisville. and though in
tended 10 cane him ] did not want to do it
where crowd would rush in and prevent my
giving him the punishment he deserved so /
quietly turned our promenade of into a side
street In the meantime friend. James ).
Rollins, afterward noted during the war as
Gen Rollins. walked along tine other SHE OF the
street and watched me. When L had gotten
Deelarey into cross street / said: DR. De-
clarey, am Cassius VI. CLAY. abou; whom YOU
have taken the trouble 10 write in this letter.
and would like to know whG Their YOU can give
me any explanation of your action. | then
showed him the letter. but he said nothing |
then raised my cane and began to cane him.
lie cried out and a crowd soon collected but
Rollins, by spreading out his arms and running
In again and again. pretending to separate u.s.
actually kept back the crowd until was able
70 give him good Gaming. j expected
L
had brought Rollins along to act as nv
second l was not disappointed A few hours
after the Gaming go; challenge We fixed 4
place IN Indiana, just over the river and the
time was the next day When We got there We
found that there was a great mob of Declarey's
friends on the ground, and Gen Rollins
refused to allow the fight to go on. We there
upon cnose another place, but Declarey's mob
followed US there. The next day was TO have
been my wedding day. and had to go to meet
II. Decisrey wanted me to come back after I
was married. but decidedly objected TO break
ing up my honeymoon in this way He after
ward said that he intended to cowhide me the
next time he me. and went to Louisville
TO give him chance 1 went 70 his hotel. but
he was not IN the dining room and had not vet
come into dinner. i waited for an hour. but
he did not come, and then went into the dining
room and leaned against the pillar. intend
ing TO wait for him. As l stood
there heard some one rise behind me-
turned and saw Decla-ey. He as pale as
death and / saw the Domiuick in him. lie did
not hold my eye, but got up and went out
stayed for a short time longer and, finding that
lie did not intend To fight, went back home
A man who acted in this way could not at that
time be respected in Kentucky and Declarey
committed suicide the next evening by cutting
his arteries.
TIE CLAY-NARsHAIL FErD.
at is a curious thing" unused Gen. Glav. as
he poked up the dying embers Of the FIRE into
glow, that man viii have the bravery TO
commit suicide and still not have enough
physical courage 10 fight / have had a aum-
Der OF such instances in nv life. IL was so
with Tom Marshall. who was so famous az an
orator In Kentucky There has been for wears
teud between the Clays and the Marshalls
Henry Clay, you know, had duel with Hum
phrey Marshall, and Tom Marshall and myself
we're enemies for years.