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z 1t general court marital lssld at Fort .1 ,eayenworth, Tn faaY isst i.ieitefaafits RIRonas Slco11is and Josss F. Hamilton, .bf Dragons, were tried so; yioIasion of the a5th, 26th, and 2Sth articles of war, Lieut..

 Swords for writing and sending a challenge Id Capt. Matthew Duncan, and upon Capt. &D.,s refusal 10 accept the challenge, mak- .ingz use of language derogatory to his char Iacter; and Lieut.. Haipiiitoi foi s5 bearing . .cballenge from Lieut. Swords to Capt. TDuncan, casting lots with Lieuts. Swords Sand Wheelock to determine who should be sthe challenger of Capt. Duncan, aud for sabusing Capt. D. for refusing to fight.

 Both Lieut.. Swords and Hamilton were 1sefI;eneed by the eourf tn be caShiered Ion the recommendation of the Court, the President remitted the sentence passed on AMr. Swords, and pronounced the following kdecsion in the case of. Mr. Hamilton;

 ssFhe President confirms the finding and sentnce of the General Court Martial in

 the aase of First Lieut.. James Y. Hamilton, of he Dragons. In examining the pro- cee9lngs in the case of Lieut.. Hamilton, the President observes, that one of the wiitlesses testifes that Captain Duncan

 usel, in the presence of several individuals,

 and when speaking of Lieut.. Hamilton,

 lanfage of an insulting, and highly i'm

 proer character, which, if correctly report

 ed,would be so derogatory lothe character

 of II officer and gentleman, and so

 'espcially unbecoming in a superior officer whn speaking of a junior, that the Presi-

 deI feels 1t to be his duty to order that

 Cat. Duncan be placed in arrest, and

 cot martial appointed for his trial of that

 aePunt, and on such other charges as may

 bqreferred against him" Com, Bal.