ccupied among the
states of this confederacy.--But enough of this personal
matter."[A]

[Footnote A: The following paragraph, which has
recently been going the rounds of the newspapers,
will serve to show the sort of manners which
prevail in the state so fitly represented by Mr.
Foote, and how these southern ruffians experience
in their own families the natural effect of the
blood-thirsty sentiments which they so freely avow:

"THE DEATH OF MR. CARNEAL.--The Vicksburg
_Sentinel_, of the 13th ult., gives the following
account of the shooting of Mr. Thomas Carneal,
son-in-law of Governor Foote:

"We have abstained thus long from giving any notice
of the sad affair which resulted in the death of
Mr. Thomas Carneal, the son-in-law of the governor
of our state, that we might get the particulars. It
seems that the steamer E.C. Watkins, with Mr.
Carneal as a passenger, landed at or near the
plantation of Judge James, in Washington county.
Mr. Carneal had heard that the judge was an
extremely brutal man to his slaves, and was
likewise excited with liquor; and, upon the judge
inviting him and others to take a drink with him,
Carneal replied that he would not drink with a man
who abused his negroes; this the judge resented as
an insult, and high words ensued.

"The company took their drink, however, all but Mr.
Carneal, who went out upon the bow of the boat, and
took a seat, where he was sought by Judge James,
who desired satisfaction for the insult. Carneal
refused to make any, and asked the old gentleman if
any of his sons would resent the insult if he was
to slap him in the mouth; to which the judge
replied that he would do it himself, if his sons
would not; whereupon Mr. Carneal struck him in the
month with the back of his hand. The judge resented
it by striking him across the head with a cane,
which stunned Mr. Carneal very much, causing the
blood to run freely from the wound. As soon as
Carneal recovered from the wound, he drew a
bowie-knife, and attacked the judge with it,
inflicting several wounds upon his person, some of
which we