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 1 "CaimUaiators qt Henry CloyF'

 Tins Feems to be adopted as he stereotype head ing ui ni the columns of the Bee, rnd under over oi II the character of onr of most esteemed c- zens (the Eev. W. A. Scott) has been made the ob- jecI of gross attack.

 We perceive that in lhs Bulletin ef the 10th inst, l tho whoie iuesp0ndence upon which lhese attacks are based is pubisbrd, and wc uust say. that con sidcring iha. correspondence Inc basis of the grave and serious charges made d. anst the Rev. W A. Scott, wa had expected that stronger case woild have been ma e out, by lhose wln undertook to accu'e hm "dupllcity and entire disregard of | truih!"

 Ipon an examination of thi. correspondence, il win be perceived That Messrs. Peters and Rnselius called, "n tAc Bud November, leIl, upon Dr. Scott, ;o ascertain whether certain charges derogainry 10 iie character of the Hon. Henry Clay, anG nlleg ged bv ihe Clay Club of Columbus, Misslssippi to have been circulated by the Rev. Mr. Lyon, under Il 0 samtion Of his name. had ever been made by him. | Ih, charges were in substance as foil WIS:

 "That he (Mr ScnD was travelling in company with Mir. Clay, about eighteen nlonhs or two years ago, m T steamboat. on the Mississippi river, that he saw MT. Clay pay cards the wdoe of Saur- day niGht until Sabbath morning; at which time D- sine service mns proposed, it being Sunday; where. upon hc (fr. tiay) fhr.p doua h.s cords CD up"n the table, retired tn his room, and closed inc do"r until o,ine service WAS over, when he resumed l his cnrds."

 Tnls |. the cb,rse which Mir Clay p,ouounc-s ''a vie c'Innk, and ,hi. too is the charge twiih i's nanIlts coioins of every minute circumstance, even tr alrocy) which Air Scott was called upon to gay whether ha had circulated or no.

 One Can hardly examinc the admirable arrange mont of phrases in niich these charges are coucled (as submitted 10 Mr. Claw without being strongly reminded of the manner in which pins are placed on len in alley, agprssstg 10 De bogled dten Re ths | M II may, flor we have no disposition to call in question the perfect accuracy oi augut body us Clay Ciub!) what was Mr Scouts ms CT 10 iil- His immediate reply ~as. "lhat he never had said to any one that Mir. Clay played cards on Sunday, but that he did say Una; Mir. Clay had played card. late | on Sartuday Eight-so atet!at he (nt having timed him) could moi say whether it WAS after l2 o'clock al night or no':" he further to say that Mir. Clay, on the ensuing Sunday when divine service was proposed, trtlred 10 his state room and iena ed there during the service Nil. Scott also expiaI,- | ed that the circumstances above alluded ts had cured n io29 or 1850, and that he had never rec presented these occurrences as happening eghtecu | months or two wears ago.

 These were the answers, with the specifications as 10 time and place, which Mr. Scott made to the ques | lions of Meaars Peters Hnd Roselius touching the above mentioned charges.

 Now would defy lhe veriest quibbler in the city, | to point out in any part of the correspondence, which are based the charges ofssdupcity md entire

 

 "even to the division of hair" from this simple statement.

 He said from the beginning that Mr. Clay did play cards on Saturday night 10 at' hour to leave | 1t doubtful (fo person moi timing him) whether it was after I2 o'clock or not This he has alwa,s l sad and he says still.

 He said, when first questioned on the subject that he never had reported that Mir. Clay played cards on | Sunday morning under the atroclous circumstances set forth in the letter of lhe Clay Club of Columbus, Mississippi, 'o Mr Clay-snch for instance, as "ihat Mr. Clay fhrew do,nn his eardsW when divine service was proposed, and retired in apparent disgust to his l stateroom.

 Mir Scott has uniformly denied having made this last charge, and we can discover part of he cor respondence in which he is incon'i.ten in this par iicular With regard ihe specification as 10 time | and place male by Mir. Scott, he informed Messrs. Peters and Roselius m his first aierview with them | -TSee their own 'taiementi- i-iha the occurrence l which he had spoken of, had happened in 1s30 or | thereabou,s, (about II years neo.) We have ex- nmiaed the correspondence with care and cannot find that any allegation of Mr. Scott's varies from this | plain and explicit statement.

 | Mr. Scott informed Messrs. Peters and Roselius, las it is alleged in Mir. Scouts statemenD that Mir. | Clay did on that occasion, when the steward ranging the chars for divine service, retire to his staleroom and shut the door; thai he remane there during the service and afterwards came out to dinner | Mir. Scott said this m the beginning, and gather l from the correspondence that he says so st True It s that Mir. Clay pronounccs ths last charge be .sa calumny," and we do not presume iha those who have perseveringly maintained MT. Cay's nfalhbili- ty through evil report and good report, during the last thirty years of his poitcal career, would now credit even an angel of light in an issue of veracily l with Mir. Clay. What matters il that MT. Scott speaks hs special recollection of an event occur | ring a, a particular time and place, aud that Mir. 1 Clay contents himself wnh the general averment "tha he never failed tn attend divine service" when | E--,, I.f.. IL. l he was travelling.

 | There are, however, fsw persons in this commu- l pity who differ widely from the Csy Clubs of the countrv in their estimate Of the 'sTahed charctu of that disting gsi,hed eitizsn." There who go so far as to think possible that Mr. Clay may have forgotten what he d,d, or did net do on every Sum day during his whole life There others who are 50 unreasonable to believe that unless Mir. Gay' z recollcctions were very distinct on.thc subject, he would have hesitated to confess just on the eve of the election, that he had treated religion or it's min is,er with dsrespect, on the occasion alluded 10. | Be this as it may, we would like 10 know what parts of Mr. Sco's allegations, as he has uniformly stated them, and they are set ferth in every part | of the published correspondence between him and Messrs Peters and Roselus, are considered as | lumnies ;-celialnly not those which Mir Scott has uniformly denied hsvng uttered, and which con- ,radiced as having been circulated upon Mr Scott' authority by Mr. Lyon himself, to whom is alleged l they were made.

 If any of Mir Scoti's statements are 10 be treaied as caulnnies, we presume they must be those winch asge that Mr. Clay'.payed cards where there were | piles of money on the table, so late on Saturday night as 10 leave it doubtful in person not timing him. whether il was afier l2 o'clock or not," and '',hai Mr. Clay did not attend divine service the ensuing day." This seem. to haze Teen all that was said at any time by Mir. Scott. and if these nre 10 be considered as calumnief, we imagine that some of Mir. Chy's best friends have been guilty of cau'n- mating him. Does any friend of MT. Clay lws mean any friend who is st all familiar with Mir. Cay's hxbits, at the time spoken of) believe that | Mir. Clay would feel calmnisted hy the assertion that that time he frequently sat np aiier J2 o'clock al night playing cards for money3 Does any friend of his believe, for moment, that if Mr. Clay (nt that lime) had been playing for money on Saturday | night. (and his game wns good one,) he would have stopped pla, ing and thrown up his game, be cauSe the hour of twelve had arrivedf II he does. then that friend may be justified m thinking thai | Mr. Clay hns been calumniated.

 | We cannot close this article without an alusion to the anxiety manifested for Mr. Scot's snety by Mes,rs Peters and Roselius, and some others oi the whig party, when they first received the communion ton from Columbus Mississippi. (not that we would make ludicrous co,nment upon the propr'ety wi'h | which these gentlemen frst opened tbeir correspon- 1 deace with Mir Scott, and for which we sive tnem full credit but we could mol suppress smile when perpsing the papers found that one reason Tor no' communicating their letters directly to the Clay Club, their anxiety about the feHrfuI excisemcnt thst might ensse. The probable consequences o ih's fearful excitement are left 10 the imagination oi e'e-