Cassius M. Clay Kills His Man

Hou. Cassius M. Clay, formerly Minister to Bussia under President Lincoln's administration, reeently sbot and killed a negro man, Perry White. The affair, which occurred on the farm of Gen. Olay, near Biehmond, Ky. , is thus described by a correspondent of the Oinoinnati Enquirer : "Gen. Clay has had in his employ as cook for some time a negro woman, the mother of Perry White. A few days ago he discovered that she had been robbing him of his süver plate, his table service, and other article3, and he discharged her. Being a very violent woman, she swore vengeance against her employer. Previous to this Perry had also been ordered f rom tb e place, being known in the neiglborhood as a negro who lived by stealing, who had 'requently been implicated in robberies, and was otherwise notorious as a bold, daring man and desperate negro. The negro, on his own account, and to avenge his mother, had resolved to kill Clay, and a letter written by White, containing a threal to carry out his murderous purpose, was shown to Clay. Che latter has anticipated trouble with he negro, and for ten days past when ie went out on his farm he carried his jistol. This moruing Gen. Clay mount:d his horse, with a small wïlite boy jehind him, and started to a negro church in the neighborhood, whore he ntended to hire a cook, in place of the ono discharged. He had proceeded but i short distance from his house when he saw a loóse horse in a pasture near the roadside. Just as he was passing, the little boy remarked, ' There is Perry White,' looking in the direction of the horse, which had neither bridle nor saddle on. Clay saw the negro in the act of hiding or'dodging behind the animal. Knowing White had no business there, nnd believing that he had come for some bad purpose while all the other darkies were at church, and at once supposing that the negro intended to make an attack upon him from the cover, Clay leaped down, and, passing immediately in front of the horse, confronted the negro and ordered him to throw up his hands. The negro obeyed, sinking to the ground. Clay then talked to him roughly, ordering him from the place, and telling him if he moved from his position until he (Clay) got on his horse he would kill bim. " Clay then turned and started to his horse, when the negro rose suddenly and made at Clay, at wliich time the latter drew his pistol and fired twice. Both balls took effect, one in the neck and the other in the breast, and the üegro feil dead. Gen. Clay immediately rode to town and gave himself into the hands of an offlcer of the law."