Year: 1874

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 According to his political enemies, Gov ernor Kellogg. of Louisiana, has attminis- tered the high office which he holdss in a fashion far from admirable; but it iS not of this phase of his career that we wish to speak to-day, but of what may beTTegard- ed as his purely personal conductJsssf

 Governor Kellogg appears to be one of those men who have their joke on alEocea- slons, and who display great ingenuity in their search for pleasure. In the little encounter between him and Major Burke, yesterday, in the streets of New Orleans, this personal peculiarity was very mani fest. Burke assailed Kellogg with whip of some kind, but through the energy of of Kellogg's driver, who whipped his horses into rapid pace, the combantants were seperated without injury to either. Now, most men would have been content ed to sit still and be driven out of harms way. Not so Governor Kellogg. He at | once drew his pistol, which appears to be Tn these days an essential part of the per sonal outfit of Governor in that part of the country, and began firing away at his late assailant. His assailant at once en- tered into the humor of the moment. . Overcoming momentary embarrassment caused by the presence, in Governor Kel- oggs carriage, of Judge Atocha of the criminal court, and apparently thinking that the fun would not be spoiled by shooting the wrong man, Major Burke drew his pistol and returned the salute. As it happened, no one was hit; and Kel- logg returned from his ride refreshed and invigorated to shoulder again the cares of office. ..f -af-r

 It may be thought that we have given false coloring to this incident, and that q man occupying so responsible position as that of Governor of state would not turn public street into shooting gal lery merely for his personal pleasure But the fact that the Judge of the Crimi- nal Court went at once and obtained the release of Burke, who had surrendered himself voluntarily to the police while Kellogg was finishing his ride, and the additional fact that Kellogg assured all persons who spoke to him on the subject that he wished the affray to be under stood as purely personal matter, and that ln no case should any prosecutions follow the occurrence, prove conclusively that Kellogg regards the incident as Il joke.

 It must be confessed that Kellogg's hu- nor is of the grotssque order. It is also apparent that it's manifestations are some what irregular. To gratify his love of fun the prosecuting officers of the state are forbidden to exercise the duties of their offices, and street shooting receives the sanction of the highest official exam pie. How weak appears the conduct of Bismark, when Kullmann attempted to take his life, by the side of Kellogg. Bismark "goes to law," inst as an ilLtem- .pered man does when his neighbours COW invades his cabbage patch. But Kellogg simply reloads his pistol and dismisses the whole transaction as personal mat ter.-N !. Erening Post. -.,,

 THE ORIGIN OF A DICKENS IDEA.-A house with history, that has suffered from the force of the explosion, is Win terton house, large rambling edifice fac ing the outer circle of the park. It was for years inhabited by an eccentric lady, a Mrs. Csss, who died not long ago aEA very advanced age. This lady had, near iy half ? century ago, formed Q connec one of those royal dukes whom George III, presented to his unappreciative sub jects. I should not have alluded to her history, but that there IS connected with 1t a story not generally known, and which gave Charles Dickens remarkable point for "Great Expectations. Mrs. Cass had one daughter who married against her mothers wishes, although the wedding took place at Winterton house. When the guests left the room in which the we'd ding breakfast had been given, Mrs. Cass ordered the shutters to be shut and the doors to be locked, and from that time to the day of her death the roum was never opened. The key was kept by Mrs Cass, and a lady who lived with her as compan- ion for a long time told me that she did not believe that the old lady had ever looked in herself. I have been permitted to peep through the keyhole, and have seen, by the few rays of light that pene- trated the chinks of the shutters, the ta- ble laid out with all the plate and china just as they had been left by the wedding party. The table linen was yellow, and had been eaten in places by mice and rats. The food had all been crumbledin- to dust; but in the center still stood the immense wedding cake, with all its sugar figures and wreaths of orange blossoms now black with age. It was a ghastiy mockery of a feast, and I turned from the sight with Q shudder of almost supersti- tious horror, yet with feeling of pity for Q woman whose hate for her own child could have remained unweakened for twenty years When I knew Mrs. Cass, she was little, shriveled woman, nearly eighty; but 1t was easy to see in her the traces of former beauty. Although very wealthy, she spent an extremely small sum annually, and lived with her compan- ion in two rooms in wing of the house, the main building being quite unoccupi- ed.-LOado1a Letter in, Arcadidaa.